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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-18-11 09:33 PM Original message |
The economy is improving, and pigs are flying out of my ass! |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-18-11 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. Unrecc'd by the "don't be mad at the Banksters!" crowd |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-18-11 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. Rec'd. I get so angry when I hear them repeat that lie. n/t |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-18-11 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
3. be sure to wipe. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-18-11 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'm looking for a tech job in Kansas City.. |
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Kermitt Gribble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 07:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
52. Tech jobs are much more plentiful now than they were a year ago. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-18-11 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
5. Private Employers Have Added 1.1 Million Jobs Since the Affordable Care Act Became Law. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 05:17 AM Response to Reply #5 |
18. Leaving us a mere 10 million more to go before we get back to |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-18-11 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
6. Yes, "the economy" overall IS improving, but it's never uniform. |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-18-11 09:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Maybe so, but many of these jobs are gone forever |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-18-11 09:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. if it makes you feel better |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 10:42 AM Response to Reply #11 |
27. Only because they will outsource Bangladesh to Bejing. n/t |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 06:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
48. Doesn't make me feel better at all I'm afraid. |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-18-11 10:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Most of those jobs were lost long before this recession, and you're |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 10:31 AM Response to Reply #6 |
25. Corp profits up, wages down. That's what Wall Street calls "recovery". |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-18-11 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
7. k&r for the truth, however depressing. n/t |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-18-11 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
9. knr |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-18-11 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
10. pigs are flying out of your ass? |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 02:20 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Sounds like good news - free bacon! |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 07:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
50. Are they fascist killer pigs? |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-18-11 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
12. Same shit the chimp told us every month. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-18-11 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
13. Hey one of your flying ass pigs just knocked me upside the head. |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
15. The job numbers HAVE IMPROVED. Let's say it's like a train... |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 02:19 AM Response to Original message |
16. On the bright side |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 05:20 AM Response to Original message |
19. Inflation is the next BITE out of your pocket... it is already hitting places like the Middle-East |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 05:29 AM Response to Original message |
20. Once enough people are economically disappeared they won't need to create but a couple million jobs |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. Bingo -- sad to say |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 06:28 AM Response to Original message |
21. The "signs" are quite the opposite.... |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
22. Did one of them fly over my neighborhood last week? |
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JBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
23. The early signs are showing: Overtime and Temp Hours |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. There was a study done. Those overtime and temp hours have been proven to be from |
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JBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. I'd be interested in seeing that study. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
24. “The most brilliant propagandist technique will yield no success unless one fundamental principle is |
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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
26. There has been no real improvement, and the gas increases this spring and summer |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
29. You are confusing recovery and recovered |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 04:43 PM Response to Reply #29 |
42. What a rude reply. |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 04:45 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. The pot is calling the kettle black |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 04:54 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Right. I'll defer to the "adult" who accuses others of.. |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 05:03 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. They shouldn't do things that will cause bad economic outcomes if they don't want to get called out |
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Rockholm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Thank you for calling them out. |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
30. still too many desk jockeys where I work ... odd though, that is Not where |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
33. Right now in my area, several long standing and locally owned businesses are closing. |
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remember2000forever (594 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 02:34 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. LOVE your Avatar |
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social_critic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
35. The US economy is recovering, it's just uneven, that's all |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
36. That's because the stock market has been elevated as the principal indicator for the "economy" |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
37. Define "improving" before I ca aghree or not |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
38. Profits ARE recovering |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
39. The gas prices are bound to slow things down again. Don't forget |
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russspeakeasy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
40. Just wait...some knob job will say that we won't all feel the recovery |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
41. Regulatory reform is the answer. |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
47. A job that pays less is better than no job at all. The Wall Street crowd have the upper hand |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 08:11 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. The gap between rich and poor is wider than ever and you call that |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 10:13 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. I am a pragmatist. I see this as inevitable. I wish it were different, but I don't see what I can do |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 10:41 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Then you need to be quiet and move out of the way. The rest of us are ready to fight. nt |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
49. You know, of course, that this thread is worthless without pictures. |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
51. Came for the pigs. Thread does not deliver. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
53. Where are the jobs, Boehner? |
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Marblehead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
55. that must hurt |
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Fuddnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
56. It's kind of tight around here. Could you spare a ham or two? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 09:51 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Welcome to DU.. |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
58. Feral pigs or domesticated pigs. Ummm, both? |
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