Is It Just Me, Or Is The Left Beginning To Lose It Here?

past tense

what has gone wrong

the ship has already been wrecked

No, it hasn't. The US has its difficulties, but its still one of the best places to work or live in the world.

Though as an aside, have you noticed how much some conservatives hate this country? I mean *hate*. There is no country they'd rather talk shit about, no good news that they won't ignore, no prediction of doom they won't gleefully swallow if it portrays the United States in the worst light possible?

I mean, reading the posts of some conservatives is like reading Soviet Era politburo propaganda. Which isn't exactly surprising. Most of these same conservatives have a Putin fetish that borders of the sexual, laud Russian politics, leadership and staunchly anti-gay stances.

its still one of the best places to work or live in the world.

then WTF was "days away from fundamentally transforming America" all about

Its a political 'rorschach test', where you get to project yourself onto it. Given the utter loathing and spiteful hatred that many conservatives have for the United States, they've told us what they think. What do you think it means?


where do you get that crap

when was the last time you seen a Conservative pissing on the flag

stopping their grimy feet on it

or torching it for example

I've seen plenty of American Conservatives raise the battle flag of the southern armies that fought against us and killed US soldiers by the hundreds of thousands. I've seen plenty of American Conservatives train their guns on lawful US law enforcement enacting court orders. It wasn't democrats in the Nevada desert babbling about 'rivers of blood' from US law enforcement. It was American Conservatives.

Who funds and overwhelmingly participates in secessionists movements in this country? American Conservatives. Who does these seccessionist groups fund? American Conservatives. ALbama Chief Justice Moore was funded by just such a group. And he's about as Conservative as Conservative gets.

Look at our board. Those insisting that our economy will collapse? Overwhelming American Conservatives. Those that are insisting we're an immoral nation embracing degeneracy? American Conservatives. Those calling for the 'responsibility to eradicate homosexuals'? American Conservatives. Those rubbing one out to the thought of another Civil war? American Conservatives.

There's no group more likely to focus exclusively on the negative, more group willing to ignore any positive signs, no group more committed to the collapse of this country, than American Conservatives. No matter how low our unemployment numbers go, no matter how high the DOW, no matter how many people we employ.......they still talk an endless seething stream of shit about this country, her people, and her economy. The 47% that was written off as leeches....near a full HALF of our country?

Written off by American Conservatives.

The hate, vitriol and pure naked Anti-American poison pouring from the fringe of American conservatism is as rabid as it is rancid. They fucking hate this country. They hate everything about it. They hate its values, its laws, its taxes, its government, its people, its entertainment, its culture, its colleges, its music, its media.

And it wasn't always this way. As I remember a time when you could always count on an American Conservative to be pro-US. Sometimes to the exclusion of reason, they'd always be the one's out in front, screaming 'USA, #1!'

Not anymore. They fucking hate us. I've traveled the world, talked to pretty much every kind of person there is. Canadians, Japanese, French, Chinese, Nigerians, Egyptians, Iranians, you have it.

I've never heard the kind of naked hatred of the US from any of them that I do American Conservatives.

From what I've been reading on this board, I would tend to agree. We mustn't forget though, that these types of forums tend to attract the most extreme people with the most extreme views. I've said it before . . . they are too crazy for anyone else to listen to them and take them seriously, so they come to forums like this to "express themselves" and their crazy effed up viewpoints. I tend to think they are in the minority. Maybe I'm just optimistic though.
 
No, it hasn't. The US has its difficulties, but its still one of the best places to work or live in the world.

Though as an aside, have you noticed how much some conservatives hate this country? I mean *hate*. There is no country they'd rather talk shit about, no good news that they won't ignore, no prediction of doom they won't gleefully swallow if it portrays the United States in the worst light possible?

I mean, reading the posts of some conservatives is like reading Soviet Era politburo propaganda. Which isn't exactly surprising. Most of these same conservatives have a Putin fetish that borders of the sexual, laud Russian politics, leadership and staunchly anti-gay stances.

its still one of the best places to work or live in the world.

then WTF was "days away from fundamentally transforming America" all about

Its a political 'rorschach test', where you get to project yourself onto it. Given the utter loathing and spiteful hatred that many conservatives have for the United States, they've told us what they think. What do you think it means?


where do you get that crap

when was the last time you seen a Conservative pissing on the flag

stopping their grimy feet on it

or torching it for example

I've seen plenty of American Conservatives raise the battle flag of the southern armies that fought against us and killed US soldiers by the hundreds of thousands. I've seen plenty of American Conservatives train their guns on lawful US law enforcement enacting court orders. It wasn't democrats in the Nevada desert babbling about 'rivers of blood' from US law enforcement. It was American Conservatives.

Who funds and overwhelmingly participates in secessionists movements in this country? American Conservatives. Who does these seccessionist groups fund? American Conservatives. ALbama Chief Justice Moore was funded by just such a group. And he's about as Conservative as Conservative gets.

Look at our board. Those insisting that our economy will collapse? Overwhelming American Conservatives. Those that are insisting we're an immoral nation embracing degeneracy? American Conservatives. Those calling for the 'responsibility to eradicate homosexuals'? American Conservatives. Those rubbing one out to the thought of another Civil war? American Conservatives.

There's no group more likely to focus exclusively on the negative, more group willing to ignore any positive signs, no group more committed to the collapse of this country, than American Conservatives. No matter how low our unemployment numbers go, no matter how high the DOW, no matter how many people we employ.......they still talk an endless seething stream of shit about this country, her people, and her economy. The 47% that was written off as leeches....near a full HALF of our country?

Written off by American Conservatives.

The hate, vitriol and pure naked Anti-American poison pouring from the fringe of American conservatism is as rabid as it is rancid. They fucking hate this country. They hate everything about it. They hate its values, its laws, its taxes, its government, its people, its entertainment, its culture, its colleges, its music, its media.

And it wasn't always this way. As I remember a time when you could always count on an American Conservative to be pro-US. Sometimes to the exclusion of reason, they'd always be the one's out in front, screaming 'USA, #1!'

Not anymore. They fucking hate us. I've traveled the world, talked to pretty much every kind of person there is. Canadians, Japanese, French, Chinese, Nigerians, Egyptians, Iranians, you have it.

I've never heard the kind of naked hatred of the US from any of them that I do American Conservatives.

From what I've been reading on this board, I would tend to agree. We mustn't forget though, that these types of forums tend to attract the most extreme people with the most extreme views. I've said it before . . . they are too crazy for anyone else to listen to them and take them seriously, so they come to forums like this to "express themselves" and their crazy effed up viewpoints. I tend to think they are in the minority. Maybe I'm just optimistic though.

I'm actually making a concerted effort to engage conservatives in the real world. As I refuse to believe that batshit, 'blame America' apocalypse fetishists that post here represent most conservatives. Most of the most rabid conservatives that post here are are just assholes. I mean generally horrible people.

Most of the conservatives I meet in real life are just folks. And I really want to believe that my anecdotal experience is indicative of the mix among conservatives around this country. I really do. As I love this country. And I want to think the best of all of her people.

Which is why I hope that our posters are the fringe of the fringe of the American Conservative movement.
 
Seems to me that leftards on this board are really getting their asses kicked up around their shoulders lately. Seems that all their liberal utopia bull shit is coming home to roost, and ain't none of it good, and they have NOTHING worth while to say to defend it.

Trump is capitalizing on it too. He knows the country has been pushed so far, so fast to the left that people are sick to tears of government, liberals and being RAIL ROADED AGAINST THEIR WILL. The man has touched home with America, and America is responding. The left is going DOWN, and they're PISSED, and I LOVE IT.
Liberals win on same sex marriage, pulling the confederate flag and recognizing Cuba

Best conservatives can reply........TRUMP
 
Seems to me that leftards on this board are really getting their asses kicked up around their shoulders lately. Seems that all their liberal utopia bull shit is coming home to roost, and ain't none of it good, and they have NOTHING worth while to say to defend it.

Trump is capitalizing on it too. He knows the country has been pushed so far, so fast to the left that people are sick to tears of government, liberals and being RAIL ROADED AGAINST THEIR WILL. The man has touched home with America, and America is responding. The left is going DOWN, and they're PISSED, and I LOVE IT.
Liberals win on same sex marriage, pulling the confederate flag and recognizing Cuba

Best conservatives can reply........TRUMP

Everyone lost, however.
 
past tense

what has gone wrong

the ship has already been wrecked

No, it hasn't. The US has its difficulties, but its still one of the best places to work or live in the world.

Though as an aside, have you noticed how much some conservatives hate this country? I mean *hate*. There is no country they'd rather talk shit about, no good news that they won't ignore, no prediction of doom they won't gleefully swallow if it portrays the United States in the worst light possible?

I mean, reading the posts of some conservatives is like reading Soviet Era politburo propaganda. Which isn't exactly surprising. Most of these same conservatives have a Putin fetish that borders of the sexual, laud Russian politics, leadership and staunchly anti-gay stances.

its still one of the best places to work or live in the world.

then WTF was "days away from fundamentally transforming America" all about

Its a political 'rorschach test', where you get to project yourself onto it. Given the utter loathing and spiteful hatred that many conservatives have for the United States, they've told us what they think. What do you think it means?

You'll find no other group that loves America like conservatives....
We just hate the lefties and what they are doing to this once great country.

Your team proved how patriotic they were by going all out for the latest trade deal giveaway to corporations, both american and international. It was pushed by boner, mcconnell, and of course obama. Most dems voted against it were but were outnumbered by repubs who don't mind signing away the peoples' rights to international tribunals.


If you havent noticed I hate boner and all the other RINO fuck heads.
Get a clue.
 
past tense

what has gone wrong

the ship has already been wrecked

No, it hasn't. The US has its difficulties, but its still one of the best places to work or live in the world.

Though as an aside, have you noticed how much some conservatives hate this country? I mean *hate*. There is no country they'd rather talk shit about, no good news that they won't ignore, no prediction of doom they won't gleefully swallow if it portrays the United States in the worst light possible?

I mean, reading the posts of some conservatives is like reading Soviet Era politburo propaganda. Which isn't exactly surprising. Most of these same conservatives have a Putin fetish that borders of the sexual, laud Russian politics, leadership and staunchly anti-gay stances.

its still one of the best places to work or live in the world.

then WTF was "days away from fundamentally transforming America" all about

Its a political 'rorschach test', where you get to project yourself onto it. Given the utter loathing and spiteful hatred that many conservatives have for the United States, they've told us what they think. What do you think it means?

You'll find no other group that loves America like conservatives....
We just hate the lefties and what they are doing to this once great country.

The same people that talk about how our nation is destined to fail, how our car companies are going to go bankrupt, how immoral our people are, how stupid our people are when they elect Obama, how we're rocketing toward civil war? These are the people that 'love America'?

There's no body on earth where you're more likely to find apocalyptic 'death to America' fetishists than American Conservatives. ISIS doesn't have the naked loathing for America, her values and her people that can be found among the fringe of the American right.

I'll just sit back and watch...I hope you dont have any children because you are dooming them to a third world lifestyle.
Personally I have all the money I need. Unfortunately the next generation will be working until they drop dead.
 
No, it hasn't. The US has its difficulties, but its still one of the best places to work or live in the world.

Though as an aside, have you noticed how much some conservatives hate this country? I mean *hate*. There is no country they'd rather talk shit about, no good news that they won't ignore, no prediction of doom they won't gleefully swallow if it portrays the United States in the worst light possible?

I mean, reading the posts of some conservatives is like reading Soviet Era politburo propaganda. Which isn't exactly surprising. Most of these same conservatives have a Putin fetish that borders of the sexual, laud Russian politics, leadership and staunchly anti-gay stances.

its still one of the best places to work or live in the world.

then WTF was "days away from fundamentally transforming America" all about

Its a political 'rorschach test', where you get to project yourself onto it. Given the utter loathing and spiteful hatred that many conservatives have for the United States, they've told us what they think. What do you think it means?

You'll find no other group that loves America like conservatives....
We just hate the lefties and what they are doing to this once great country.

The same people that talk about how our nation is destined to fail, how our car companies are going to go bankrupt, how immoral our people are, how stupid our people are when they elect Obama, how we're rocketing toward civil war? These are the people that 'love America'?

There's no body on earth where you're more likely to find apocalyptic 'death to America' fetishists than American Conservatives. ISIS doesn't have the naked loathing for America, her values and her people that can be found among the fringe of the American right.

I'll just sit back and watch...I hope you dont have any children because you are dooming them to a third world lifestyle.
Personally I have all the money I need. Unfortunately the next generation will be working until they drop dead.

And playing the role of 'Exactly What I'm Describing', is an American Conservative. Talking shit about the US, her people, and her children.

Gee, how did I know that was coming?
 
its still one of the best places to work or live in the world.

then WTF was "days away from fundamentally transforming America" all about

Its a political 'rorschach test', where you get to project yourself onto it. Given the utter loathing and spiteful hatred that many conservatives have for the United States, they've told us what they think. What do you think it means?

You'll find no other group that loves America like conservatives....
We just hate the lefties and what they are doing to this once great country.

The same people that talk about how our nation is destined to fail, how our car companies are going to go bankrupt, how immoral our people are, how stupid our people are when they elect Obama, how we're rocketing toward civil war? These are the people that 'love America'?

There's no body on earth where you're more likely to find apocalyptic 'death to America' fetishists than American Conservatives. ISIS doesn't have the naked loathing for America, her values and her people that can be found among the fringe of the American right.

I'll just sit back and watch...I hope you dont have any children because you are dooming them to a third world lifestyle.
Personally I have all the money I need. Unfortunately the next generation will be working until they drop dead.

And playing the role of 'Exactly What I'm Describing', is an American Conservative. Talking shit about the US, her people, and her children.

Gee, how did I know that was coming?

Gee how did I know you'd flat out lie about what I just said.
This country is on the verge of collapse,dont blame me for stating the truth,look in the mirror for the cause.
You fools want to continue on this path this country is fucked.
Have fun....
 
Its a political 'rorschach test', where you get to project yourself onto it. Given the utter loathing and spiteful hatred that many conservatives have for the United States, they've told us what they think. What do you think it means?

You'll find no other group that loves America like conservatives....
We just hate the lefties and what they are doing to this once great country.

The same people that talk about how our nation is destined to fail, how our car companies are going to go bankrupt, how immoral our people are, how stupid our people are when they elect Obama, how we're rocketing toward civil war? These are the people that 'love America'?

There's no body on earth where you're more likely to find apocalyptic 'death to America' fetishists than American Conservatives. ISIS doesn't have the naked loathing for America, her values and her people that can be found among the fringe of the American right.

I'll just sit back and watch...I hope you dont have any children because you are dooming them to a third world lifestyle.
Personally I have all the money I need. Unfortunately the next generation will be working until they drop dead.

And playing the role of 'Exactly What I'm Describing', is an American Conservative. Talking shit about the US, her people, and her children.

Gee, how did I know that was coming?

Gee how did I know you'd flat out lie about what I just said.
This country is on the verge of collapse,dont blame me for stating the truth,look in the mirror for the cause.

No, it isn't. You're merely so committed to the idea of America's Collapse, so emotionally invested in her failure.....that you'll believe your own apoylpse 'Death to America' porn no matter what?

Unemployment the lowest its been in more than half a decade. DOW near an all time record high? Total employment at all time records? Productivity up? GDP up? Homeownership rates climbing?

Does any of it matter to you? Of course not. You've decided we're fucked. And you're going to hold to that course no matter what.

You're committed to America's failure. We're committed to her success. And we're winning. We're continuing to invest in this country, continuing to start businesses, start families to build our communities. You feel free to wallow in the wasteland of your own miserable fantasies. And we'll continue to build this country.

Deal?
 
You'll find no other group that loves America like conservatives....
We just hate the lefties and what they are doing to this once great country.

The same people that talk about how our nation is destined to fail, how our car companies are going to go bankrupt, how immoral our people are, how stupid our people are when they elect Obama, how we're rocketing toward civil war? These are the people that 'love America'?

There's no body on earth where you're more likely to find apocalyptic 'death to America' fetishists than American Conservatives. ISIS doesn't have the naked loathing for America, her values and her people that can be found among the fringe of the American right.

I'll just sit back and watch...I hope you dont have any children because you are dooming them to a third world lifestyle.
Personally I have all the money I need. Unfortunately the next generation will be working until they drop dead.

And playing the role of 'Exactly What I'm Describing', is an American Conservative. Talking shit about the US, her people, and her children.

Gee, how did I know that was coming?

Gee how did I know you'd flat out lie about what I just said.
This country is on the verge of collapse,dont blame me for stating the truth,look in the mirror for the cause.

No, it isn't. You're merely so committed to the idea of America's Collapse, so emotionally invested in her failure.....that you'll believe your own apoylpse 'Death to America' porn no matter what?

Unemployment the lowest its been in more than half a decade. DOW near an all time record high? Total employment at all time records? Productivity up? GDP up? Homeownership rates climbing?

Does any of it matter to you? Of course not. You've decided we're fucked. And you're going to hold to that course no matter what.

You're committed to America's failure. We're committed to her success. And we're winning. We're continuing to invest in this country, continuing to start businesses, start families to build our communities. You feel free to wallow in the wasteland of your own miserable fantasies. And we'll continue to build this country.

Deal?

And who's going to pay for this success?
If you havent noticed this country is broke and you morons keep adding to that debt.
Pie in the sky liberals.....
 
Well I always love the lefts skew on things, how bout some links there chump to support those lies??


Growth
Our dismal GDP numbers: Under Obama US stuck in slow growth rut


By Joel Griffith, Stephen Moore

Published April 29, 2015
FoxNews.com
1430504625378.jpg

March 31, 2015: Roy Livesey marks a pallet of 2x4's at the Allegheny Millwork and Lumberyard in Pittsburgh. The Commerce Department releases first-quarter gross domestic product on Wednesday, April 29, 2015. ( AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Here’s some advice to the White House: it might be time for President Obama to cancel the rest of his economic “mission accomplished” tour and help figure out how to get the U.S. growing again.

The Department of Commerce delivered the miserable news Wednesday morning that economic growth nearly ground to a halt during the first quarter, up a microscopic 0.2%. Even more disturbing, because the population is growing at about 0.8%, real per capita GDP is actually negative. Remember we also had an abysmal jobs growth number for March.

Bad ideas have bad consequences. What is especially demoralizing is that after this flurry of program spending in Washington, all we have to show for it is $7.5 trillion more debt.



Once again economists blamed the frigid and blizzard conditions on the east coast; and no doubt weather was a factor in the subpar performance.

But this is a long-term pattern under Obama, not a seasonal blip. Back in 2009, Vice President Biden promised us a “Summer of Recovery” and nearly six years later we are all still eagerly waiting for it.

The tepid growth rate so far in 2015 merely extends the track record of the 23 quarter post-Great Recession recovery. The annualized growth rate of 2.24% dead last compared to the six other recoveries since 1960, which averaged 3.97% after 23 quarters. This translates into nearly $1.7 trillion (in constant 2009 dollars) in absent economic growth.

Bad ideas have bad consequences. What is especially demoralizing is that after this flurry of program spending in Washington, all we have to show for it is $7.5 trillion more debt.

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(Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis)



But the more amazing comparison is that of the Reagan – which trounces this current so-called recovery. That recovery’s sizzling 4.8% annualized growth through 23 quarters was more than twice the rate of the current recovery. In other words, for every $1 of economic growth experienced during the present time, the Reagan recovery produced more than $2. As a result, the Reagan recovery gap now stands at a record $2.48 trillion of real annual GDP (in 2009 dollars). The economy is now more than 15 percent smaller than it would have been with Reagan style growth.

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(Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis)



This didn’t happen by accident. The Obama policies (as well as those in the final months of the George W. Bush administration) were, almost without exception, costly and counterproductive. Congress and Obama pushed through $830 billion in stimulus spending – which was right out of the Keynesian economic playbook. Then the disciples of Lord Keynes expanded the assets of the Federal Reserve by $3.5 trillion dollars during three rounds of so-called quantitative easing. These trillions of newly created dollars flowed into the credit markets, to the banks, and into the mortgage backed securities industry. Like a cheap sugar high, economic growth seemed to temporarily respond.

The federal minimum wage rate was raised by more than 10 percent. Then came ObamaCare and its new regulations and costs on employers for mandated health care. Next were the tax increases on the rich. The Environmental Protection Agency went on a regulatory search and destroy mission against American fossil fuels producers – and that mission continues unabated to this day.

Bad ideas have bad consequences. What is especially demoralizing is that after this flurry of program spending in Washington, all we have to show for it is $7.5 trillion more debt.

Related Image

Expand / Contract

(Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis)

Mr. Obama suggested earlier this week that if Republicans hadn’t blocked his further spending ambitions for more social programs and “investments in infrastructure “projects, the rioting in Baltimore might have been averted. Really? Can our economic problem truly be that we aren’t spending and borrowing enough money in Washington?

Meanwhile, almost all economists agree we need to reduce our corporate tax rate. We could create hundreds of thousands of more jobs by encouraging domestic drilling for oil and gas rather than preventing it – through the EPA and the moronic decision to delay the Keystone XL pipeline. Fixing the ObamaCare anti-hiring rules would also boost growth. Those are the easy things – and even they can’t get done in this White House.

We reject the fears that America is headed into another recession. Expect a bounce back this quarter. But we’re stuck in a slow growth rut that is holding back American potential and hurting those at the bottom of the ladder the most. As John F. Kennedy used to put it: “We can do bettah.” Yes, much bettah.

Our dismal GDP numbers Under Obama US stuck in slow growth rut Fox News
 
The same people that talk about how our nation is destined to fail, how our car companies are going to go bankrupt, how immoral our people are, how stupid our people are when they elect Obama, how we're rocketing toward civil war? These are the people that 'love America'?

There's no body on earth where you're more likely to find apocalyptic 'death to America' fetishists than American Conservatives. ISIS doesn't have the naked loathing for America, her values and her people that can be found among the fringe of the American right.

I'll just sit back and watch...I hope you dont have any children because you are dooming them to a third world lifestyle.
Personally I have all the money I need. Unfortunately the next generation will be working until they drop dead.

And playing the role of 'Exactly What I'm Describing', is an American Conservative. Talking shit about the US, her people, and her children.

Gee, how did I know that was coming?

Gee how did I know you'd flat out lie about what I just said.
This country is on the verge of collapse,dont blame me for stating the truth,look in the mirror for the cause.

No, it isn't. You're merely so committed to the idea of America's Collapse, so emotionally invested in her failure.....that you'll believe your own apoylpse 'Death to America' porn no matter what?

Unemployment the lowest its been in more than half a decade. DOW near an all time record high? Total employment at all time records? Productivity up? GDP up? Homeownership rates climbing?

Does any of it matter to you? Of course not. You've decided we're fucked. And you're going to hold to that course no matter what.

You're committed to America's failure. We're committed to her success. And we're winning. We're continuing to invest in this country, continuing to start businesses, start families to build our communities. You feel free to wallow in the wasteland of your own miserable fantasies. And we'll continue to build this country.

Deal?

And who's going to pay for this success?
If you havent noticed this country is broke and you morons keep adding to that debt.
Pie in the sky liberals.....

As I said, you're commited to America's failure. No matter what, you will always bet against her. Exactly as I described among American Conservatives. And this you call 'loving your country'? You're emotionally invested in the collapse of your own country. And do nothing but talk shit about her. That's not love. That's hate.

We're commited to America's succcess. Which is why we're building America....while you fantasize about her collapse.
 
Well I always love the lefts skew on things, how bout some links there chump to support those lies??


Growth
Our dismal GDP numbers: Under Obama US stuck in slow growth rut


By Joel Griffith, Stephen Moore

Published April 29, 2015
FoxNews.com
1430504625378.jpg

March 31, 2015: Roy Livesey marks a pallet of 2x4's at the Allegheny Millwork and Lumberyard in Pittsburgh. The Commerce Department releases first-quarter gross domestic product on Wednesday, April 29, 2015. ( AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Here’s some advice to the White House: it might be time for President Obama to cancel the rest of his economic “mission accomplished” tour and help figure out how to get the U.S. growing again.

The Department of Commerce delivered the miserable news Wednesday morning that economic growth nearly ground to a halt during the first quarter, up a microscopic 0.2%. Even more disturbing, because the population is growing at about 0.8%, real per capita GDP is actually negative. Remember we also had an abysmal jobs growth number for March.

Bad ideas have bad consequences. What is especially demoralizing is that after this flurry of program spending in Washington, all we have to show for it is $7.5 trillion more debt.



Once again economists blamed the frigid and blizzard conditions on the east coast; and no doubt weather was a factor in the subpar performance.

But this is a long-term pattern under Obama, not a seasonal blip. Back in 2009, Vice President Biden promised us a “Summer of Recovery” and nearly six years later we are all still eagerly waiting for it.

The tepid growth rate so far in 2015 merely extends the track record of the 23 quarter post-Great Recession recovery. The annualized growth rate of 2.24% dead last compared to the six other recoveries since 1960, which averaged 3.97% after 23 quarters. This translates into nearly $1.7 trillion (in constant 2009 dollars) in absent economic growth.

Bad ideas have bad consequences. What is especially demoralizing is that after this flurry of program spending in Washington, all we have to show for it is $7.5 trillion more debt.

Related Image

Expand / Contract

(Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis)



But the more amazing comparison is that of the Reagan – which trounces this current so-called recovery. That recovery’s sizzling 4.8% annualized growth through 23 quarters was more than twice the rate of the current recovery. In other words, for every $1 of economic growth experienced during the present time, the Reagan recovery produced more than $2. As a result, the Reagan recovery gap now stands at a record $2.48 trillion of real annual GDP (in 2009 dollars). The economy is now more than 15 percent smaller than it would have been with Reagan style growth.

Related Image

Expand / Contract

(Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis)



This didn’t happen by accident. The Obama policies (as well as those in the final months of the George W. Bush administration) were, almost without exception, costly and counterproductive. Congress and Obama pushed through $830 billion in stimulus spending – which was right out of the Keynesian economic playbook. Then the disciples of Lord Keynes expanded the assets of the Federal Reserve by $3.5 trillion dollars during three rounds of so-called quantitative easing. These trillions of newly created dollars flowed into the credit markets, to the banks, and into the mortgage backed securities industry. Like a cheap sugar high, economic growth seemed to temporarily respond.

The federal minimum wage rate was raised by more than 10 percent. Then came ObamaCare and its new regulations and costs on employers for mandated health care. Next were the tax increases on the rich. The Environmental Protection Agency went on a regulatory search and destroy mission against American fossil fuels producers – and that mission continues unabated to this day.

Bad ideas have bad consequences. What is especially demoralizing is that after this flurry of program spending in Washington, all we have to show for it is $7.5 trillion more debt.

Related Image

Expand / Contract

(Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis)

Mr. Obama suggested earlier this week that if Republicans hadn’t blocked his further spending ambitions for more social programs and “investments in infrastructure “projects, the rioting in Baltimore might have been averted. Really? Can our economic problem truly be that we aren’t spending and borrowing enough money in Washington?

Meanwhile, almost all economists agree we need to reduce our corporate tax rate. We could create hundreds of thousands of more jobs by encouraging domestic drilling for oil and gas rather than preventing it – through the EPA and the moronic decision to delay the Keystone XL pipeline. Fixing the ObamaCare anti-hiring rules would also boost growth. Those are the easy things – and even they can’t get done in this White House.

We reject the fears that America is headed into another recession. Expect a bounce back this quarter. But we’re stuck in a slow growth rut that is holding back American potential and hurting those at the bottom of the ladder the most. As John F. Kennedy used to put it: “We can do bettah.” Yes, much bettah.

Our dismal GDP numbers Under Obama US stuck in slow growth rut Fox News

And the patron saint of betting against America: Fox News.

Notice how conservatives even turn a steadily climbing GDP into a negative. How they dismiss employment gains, lower unemployment rates, expansions of our manufacturing output, increases in our stock market, growth of our businesses, drops in our budget deficit.

.....and continue to double down on only the negative. Only the collapse narrative. Only bets on our failure.

As I've said, many American Conservatives are emotionally invested in our failure and committed to our collapse.
 
The same people that talk about how our nation is destined to fail, how our car companies are going to go bankrupt, how immoral our people are, how stupid our people are when they elect Obama, how we're rocketing toward civil war? These are the people that 'love America'?

There's no body on earth where you're more likely to find apocalyptic 'death to America' fetishists than American Conservatives. ISIS doesn't have the naked loathing for America, her values and her people that can be found among the fringe of the American right.

I'll just sit back and watch...I hope you dont have any children because you are dooming them to a third world lifestyle.
Personally I have all the money I need. Unfortunately the next generation will be working until they drop dead.

And playing the role of 'Exactly What I'm Describing', is an American Conservative. Talking shit about the US, her people, and her children.

Gee, how did I know that was coming?

Gee how did I know you'd flat out lie about what I just said.
This country is on the verge of collapse,dont blame me for stating the truth,look in the mirror for the cause.
No, it isn't. You're merely so committed to the idea of America's Collapse, so emotionally invested in her failure.....that you'll believe your own apoylpse 'Death to America' porn no matter what?

Unemployment the lowest its been in more than half a decade. DOW near an all time record high? Total employment at all time records? Productivity up? GDP up? Homeownership rates climbing?

Does any of it matter to you? Of course not. You've decided we're fucked. And you're going to hold to that course no matter what.

You're committed to America's failure. We're committed to her success. And we're winning. We're continuing to invest in this country, continuing to start businesses, start families to build our communities. You feel free to wallow in the wasteland of your own miserable fantasies. And we'll continue to build this country.

Deal?

And who's going to pay for this success?
If you havent noticed this country is broke and you morons keep adding to that debt.
Pie in the sky liberals.....
BS, ya brainwashed twit. But because of you morons, our infrastructure is going to hell and 3-4 million GOOD tech jobs can't be filled, while loans to fix that are at lowest interest FOREVER.
Shortsighted, selfish idiots...
 
I'll just sit back and watch...I hope you dont have any children because you are dooming them to a third world lifestyle.
Personally I have all the money I need. Unfortunately the next generation will be working until they drop dead.

And playing the role of 'Exactly What I'm Describing', is an American Conservative. Talking shit about the US, her people, and her children.

Gee, how did I know that was coming?

Gee how did I know you'd flat out lie about what I just said.
This country is on the verge of collapse,dont blame me for stating the truth,look in the mirror for the cause.
No, it isn't. You're merely so committed to the idea of America's Collapse, so emotionally invested in her failure.....that you'll believe your own apoylpse 'Death to America' porn no matter what?

Unemployment the lowest its been in more than half a decade. DOW near an all time record high? Total employment at all time records? Productivity up? GDP up? Homeownership rates climbing?

Does any of it matter to you? Of course not. You've decided we're fucked. And you're going to hold to that course no matter what.

You're committed to America's failure. We're committed to her success. And we're winning. We're continuing to invest in this country, continuing to start businesses, start families to build our communities. You feel free to wallow in the wasteland of your own miserable fantasies. And we'll continue to build this country.

Deal?

And who's going to pay for this success?
If you havent noticed this country is broke and you morons keep adding to that debt.
Pie in the sky liberals.....
BS, ya brainwashed twit. But because of you morons, our infrastructure is going to hell and 3-4 million GOOD tech jobs can't be filled, while loans to fix that are at lowest interest FOREVER.
Shortsighted, selfish idiots...

I would have to say we should blame our school system and our colleges for turning out a bunch of idiots. And of course all the dumb ass liberals taking black studies and underwater basket weaving as their majors.
God you liberals are fucken stupid...

Almost forgot.......you hater dupe.
 
I'll just sit back and watch...I hope you dont have any children because you are dooming them to a third world lifestyle.
Personally I have all the money I need. Unfortunately the next generation will be working until they drop dead.

And playing the role of 'Exactly What I'm Describing', is an American Conservative. Talking shit about the US, her people, and her children.

Gee, how did I know that was coming?

Gee how did I know you'd flat out lie about what I just said.
This country is on the verge of collapse,dont blame me for stating the truth,look in the mirror for the cause.

No, it isn't. You're merely so committed to the idea of America's Collapse, so emotionally invested in her failure.....that you'll believe your own apoylpse 'Death to America' porn no matter what?

Unemployment the lowest its been in more than half a decade. DOW near an all time record high? Total employment at all time records? Productivity up? GDP up? Homeownership rates climbing?

Does any of it matter to you? Of course not. You've decided we're fucked. And you're going to hold to that course no matter what.

You're committed to America's failure. We're committed to her success. And we're winning. We're continuing to invest in this country, continuing to start businesses, start families to build our communities. You feel free to wallow in the wasteland of your own miserable fantasies. And we'll continue to build this country.

Deal?

And who's going to pay for this success?
If you havent noticed this country is broke and you morons keep adding to that debt.
Pie in the sky liberals.....

As I said, you're commited to America's failure. No matter what, you will always bet against her. Exactly as I described among American Conservatives. And this you call 'loving your country'? You're emotionally invested in the collapse of your own country. And do nothing but talk shit about her. That's not love. That's hate.

We're commited to America's succcess. Which is why we're building America....while you fantasize about her collapse.

So pointing out that the Titanic is headed for an iceberg is being "committed" to the Titanic's failure?
 
And playing the role of 'Exactly What I'm Describing', is an American Conservative. Talking shit about the US, her people, and her children.

Gee, how did I know that was coming?

Gee how did I know you'd flat out lie about what I just said.
This country is on the verge of collapse,dont blame me for stating the truth,look in the mirror for the cause.
No, it isn't. You're merely so committed to the idea of America's Collapse, so emotionally invested in her failure.....that you'll believe your own apoylpse 'Death to America' porn no matter what?

Unemployment the lowest its been in more than half a decade. DOW near an all time record high? Total employment at all time records? Productivity up? GDP up? Homeownership rates climbing?

Does any of it matter to you? Of course not. You've decided we're fucked. And you're going to hold to that course no matter what.

You're committed to America's failure. We're committed to her success. And we're winning. We're continuing to invest in this country, continuing to start businesses, start families to build our communities. You feel free to wallow in the wasteland of your own miserable fantasies. And we'll continue to build this country.

Deal?

And who's going to pay for this success?
If you havent noticed this country is broke and you morons keep adding to that debt.
Pie in the sky liberals.....
BS, ya brainwashed twit. But because of you morons, our infrastructure is going to hell and 3-4 million GOOD tech jobs can't be filled, while loans to fix that are at lowest interest FOREVER.
Shortsighted, selfish idiots...

I would have to say we should blame our school system and our colleges for turning out a bunch of idiots. And of course all the dumb ass liberals taking black studies and underwater basket weaving as their majors.
God you liberals are fucken stupid...

Almost forgot.......you hater dupe.
MORE RW idiocy- the problem actually is hs grads don't get any training for the tech jobs when their manufacturing jobs go to cheap 3rd world countries, even when they're unemployed, and our failing infrastructure after 30 years of Voodoo costs us- musn't tax the billionaires who brainwash the chumps ...

We don't have a giant propaganda machine to turn out ridiculous people like Trump supporters, ie hater dupes, btw.
 
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And playing the role of 'Exactly What I'm Describing', is an American Conservative. Talking shit about the US, her people, and her children.

Gee, how did I know that was coming?

Gee how did I know you'd flat out lie about what I just said.
This country is on the verge of collapse,dont blame me for stating the truth,look in the mirror for the cause.

No, it isn't. You're merely so committed to the idea of America's Collapse, so emotionally invested in her failure.....that you'll believe your own apoylpse 'Death to America' porn no matter what?

Unemployment the lowest its been in more than half a decade. DOW near an all time record high? Total employment at all time records? Productivity up? GDP up? Homeownership rates climbing?

Does any of it matter to you? Of course not. You've decided we're fucked. And you're going to hold to that course no matter what.

You're committed to America's failure. We're committed to her success. And we're winning. We're continuing to invest in this country, continuing to start businesses, start families to build our communities. You feel free to wallow in the wasteland of your own miserable fantasies. And we'll continue to build this country.

Deal?

And who's going to pay for this success?
If you havent noticed this country is broke and you morons keep adding to that debt.
Pie in the sky liberals.....

As I said, you're commited to America's failure. No matter what, you will always bet against her. Exactly as I described among American Conservatives. And this you call 'loving your country'? You're emotionally invested in the collapse of your own country. And do nothing but talk shit about her. That's not love. That's hate.

We're commited to America's succcess. Which is why we're building America....while you fantasize about her collapse.

So pointing out that the Titanic is headed for an iceberg is being "committed" to the Titanic's failure?

You assume you are on the Titanic. Failure and collapse define your world view. You're emotionally and intellectually invested in protecting your view of failure and collapse. And will ignore anything that contradicts that view.

Shrinking deficit, rising GDP, lower unemployment, higher total employment, rising stock market, rising consumer confidence, higher manufacturing output......

To your ilk, its all irrelevant. You're commited to hitting that iceberg. And there is nothing that can convince you to steer away from it.

Feel free to wallow in failure, loathing of this country, and delusions of collapse. We'll keep building this nation that we love, starting our businesses , raising our families while you huddle in a puddle of your fetid yellow fear.
 

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