12/23/2009

17 Comments

1. Why couldn’t Obama have voted present on the stimulus? When did he start to think he knew anything?

   Comment by MU789 — 12/23/2009 @ 5:40 pm

2. Off topic, but the voice of “Top Cat”, Arnold Stang has passed away. He was 91.

   Comment by Gazzer — 12/23/2009 @ 5:59 pm

3. Thank God they passed that stimulus….

   If were not 15 Trillion in the hole by December, Im voting Green!

   Comment by Dopey — 12/23/2009 @ 6:19 pm

4. Off topic, but the voice of “Top Cat”, Arnold Stang has passed away. He was 91.

   That’s lame as hell, Top Cat was the shiz when I was like 7. Which was like 35 years after Top Cat first aired.

   So remember Obamacare? It had to be passed before August? And then before September? And then before October? And then before November? And then before Christmas? Turns out Obama changed his mind and we don’t need Obamacare to be on his desk until February. I guess he finally noticed that people aren’t too happy about the subject of DRJ’s post, eh?

   Comment by chaos — 12/23/2009 @ 6:36 pm

5. Never let a crisis go to waste.

   Increased unemployment? More government programs.

   Comment by Patricia — 12/23/2009 @ 6:49 pm

6. They’re going to need a larger y-axis on that chart.

   Comment by plep — 12/23/2009 @ 7:32 pm

7. Sadly, I think you’re probably right, plep.

   Comment by DRJ — 12/23/2009 @ 7:41 pm

8. Bonus Feature is the administration’s refusal to correct the stimulus site for the bogus jobs saved or created claims unearthed after they publicly reported the data.

   Comment by daleyrocks — 12/23/2009 @ 8:18 pm

9. Let’s not forget part of that porkulus bill doesn’t kick in until 2010 and another part doesn’t kick in until 2012. I wonder why.

   Then there’s the “crush your used cars” thing that cost triple what they planned for and the duration was much shorter than they planned.

   Then there’s the “first time home buyer” thing that didn’t exactly get the housing market going. And it’s now being reported that thousands of people wrongly got that federal credit.

   And they’re throwing another porkulus bill in, using unused TARP (borrowed) funds because the first porkulus bill (which hasn’t even been spent yet) failed.

   Forget double-dip, this is at least a three-scoop ice cream cone of a recession in the making.

   Comment by John Hitchcock — 12/23/2009 @ 9:11 pm

10. Our own “Lost Decade”, care of Barry, Nancy, & Pinky.

    Comment by AD - RtR/OS! — 12/23/2009 @ 9:22 pm

11. I’m part of that red line.

    It sucks.

    Comment by Blue Ox — 12/23/2009 @ 9:49 pm

12. Blue Ox,

    I’m sorry and it does.

    Comment by DRJ — 12/23/2009 @ 9:58 pm

13. I’m not part of that red line. When I lost my job last November, I fell through the cracks so I didn’t get put on that red line. Now that I’m making less than 1/3 of what I made last year, I’m still not part of that red line.

    But at least the credit card companies quit calling me. (I wonder if it has anything to do with my home phone getting shut off.)

    Comment by John Hitchcock — 12/23/2009 @ 9:59 pm

14. You think that’s bad? I’m trying to get by selling crappy t-shirts with charts on them!

    Heh. Thanks for the link. I suspect the chart will undergo mucho revision before that red line ever touches the blue line.

    Comment by S. Weasel — 12/24/2009 @ 10:31 am

15. Comment by John Hitchcock — 12/23/2009 @ 9:59 pm

    JH, whether intended or not, the humor in that was very welcome.

    Comment by AD - RtR/OS! — 12/24/2009 @ 10:47 am

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