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IndianaJoe Donating Member (664 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-29-11 01:57 PM
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No one is looking out for us. They're all clueless or bought
<http://www.salon.com/news/us_economy/index.html?story=/tech/htww/2011/07/29/debt_ceiling_gdp_and_the_economy>

"Here's how monumentally screwed up our national priorities are. Just two hours after the government's Bureau of Economic Analysis released disastrous new figures indicating that GDP growth has essentially flat-lined, the president of the United States gave a brief address to the nation calling for both political parties to come to bipartisan compromise on 'how to cut spending responsibly.'"
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Lindsay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-29-11 02:03 PM
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1. Or both.
Many of them both.
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tk2kewl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-29-11 02:06 PM
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2. that reminds me of a saying we used to have when i was a kid...
"Are your stupid or stoned?" which often was answered with "Both" and eventually morphed into "Are you stupid or both?"
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FiveGoodMen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-29-11 02:07 PM
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3. Obama's not stupid; definitely bought
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blindpig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-29-11 02:10 PM
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4. Yep.

k&r
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MannyGoldstein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-29-11 02:15 PM
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5. I just got a nice email from Barney Frank
He's *usually* on our side, is certainly on our side regarding the sick attack on entitlements.
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