MSNBC.com headlines....

[DamnYankee]

....appear to be contradictory.

Obama: 'Sharp decline' may be slowing
In a speech at Georgetown University, the president aims to juggle his glass-half-full take with a determination to not be stamped as naive or overly rosy. (Full story)

Video: Is economy on the mend?

Retail sales tumble in March
Motor vehicle and electronics purchases decline as unemployment takes a toll. (Full story)

Employers put squeeze on workers
More employers are using the recession as an excuse to trim benefits, force unpaid time off or fire workers. (Full story)

So, if the sharp decline may be slowing, according to Obama, and the economy is on the mend, what's up with the tumbling retail sales and the employer squeeze?

 

[Truthmatters]

maybe you dont understand the words "decline is slowing"

 

[WillowTree]

It's just another campaign speech.. I notice one difference so far.. Cap and trade tax has now become a "gradual cap and trade"

 

[stekim]

Ahhh, when someone says, "the decline is slowing" that means it is still declining.

 

[sealybobo]

....appear to be contradictory.

Obama: 'Sharp decline' may be slowing
In a speech at Georgetown University, the president aims to juggle his glass-half-full take with a determination to not be stamped as naive or overly rosy. (Full story)

Video: Is economy on the mend?

Retail sales tumble in March
Motor vehicle and electronics purchases decline as unemployment takes a toll. (Full story)

Employers put squeeze on workers
More employers are using the recession as an excuse to trim benefits, force unpaid time off or fire workers. (Full story)

So, if the sharp decline may be slowing, according to Obama, and the economy is on the mend, what's up with the tumbling retail sales and the employer squeeze?

Its slowing. It hasn't stopped. And companies, just like other countries, are going to test Obama. They'll see how far they can go.

Oil companies will try to gouge us this summer.

Companies will continue sending jobs overseas.

Just look how the new governmetn found out that UBS was helping thousands of the richest Americans dodge paying their fair share of taxes.

Look at how Lehman Brothers and all the bankers who failed were the ones who found all the tax breaks for companies that were going overseas.

And they ended up being the companies that all went out of business? Are you buying that?

They had 6 years where Corporations were allowed to rape the treasury, and you mean to tell me that right in the very last days, the economy collapsed and they ran out of money?

OMG!! When I think about it, it makes me crazy, because it is so obvious what they did.

But what can we do now but pay them whatever they demand.

The only thing we can hope for is that the Democrats undo all the crap the GOP did the last 8 years, so this mess never happens again.

 

[user_name_guest]

Funny how people tend to leave out Fannie and Freddie Mac. I wonder why? hint hint.

 

[Xenophon]

When it's over let us know.

 

[PoliticalChic]

....appear to be contradictory.

Obama: 'Sharp decline' may be slowing
In a speech at Georgetown University, the president aims to juggle his glass-half-full take with a determination to not be stamped as naive or overly rosy. (Full story)

Video: Is economy on the mend?

Retail sales tumble in March
Motor vehicle and electronics purchases decline as unemployment takes a toll. (Full story)

Employers put squeeze on workers
More employers are using the recession as an excuse to trim benefits, force unpaid time off or fire workers. (Full story)

So, if the sharp decline may be slowing, according to Obama, and the economy is on the mend, what's up with the tumbling retail sales and the employer squeeze?

It appears President Obama is painting himself into a corner.

If the decline is slowing, does that imply that the economy is coming around?

And if it does mean that, doesn't it seem to imply that those of us who oppose the huge stimulus are correct: the best way to fight a recession is to let it run its course, as the funds of the administration stimulus have not entered the economy?

So, which is it- economy getting better, or we need stimulus?

 

[ABikerSailor]

Well........considering that Bush Jr. and Cheney left the Iraq war OFF THE BUDGET, is it any wonder the economy is in such crappy shape?

I'm surprised it happened this fast.

 

[stekim]

If the decline is slowing, does that imply that the economy is coming around?

Why are people having so much trouble with the English language? It has to be on purpose because his comment was not cryptic in the least. It was perfectly clear.

 

[Indiana Oracle]

If The Prophet will just STFU and focus on citizens instead of visions, I think we would all be much better off.

 

[ABikerSailor]

Really? I kinda thought the same thing of Bush Jr.

 

[PoliticalChic]

If the decline is slowing, does that imply that the economy is coming around?

Why are people having so much trouble with the English language? It has to be on purpose because his comment was not cryptic in the least. It was perfectly clear.

If the decline is slowing, does that mean the economy is coming around, boyo?
Don't you understand the question?

Now continue with the rest of the post: did we need a stimulus?

 

[Old Rocks]

If the decline is slowing, does that imply that the economy is coming around?

Why are people having so much trouble with the English language? It has to be on purpose because his comment was not cryptic in the least. It was perfectly clear.

If the decline is slowing, does that mean the economy is coming around, boyo?
Don't you understand the question?

Now continue with the rest of the post: did we need a stimulus?

Are the ranks of the unemployed still growing? Are our bridges still falling down on the Interstates? Are there cities that waste more water from old leaking pipes than they use? Are we still funding both sides on the war on terror? Do we still have one of the lowest life expectancies, and highest infant mortality rate among industrialized countries? Is our electrical grid adaquete operating with controls often half a century old?

Do we still need Conservatives is a more relevant question.

 

[DamnYankee]

THREAD
MSNBC.com headlines....
....appear to be contradictory.


So, if the sharp decline may be slowing, according to Obama, and the economy is on the mend, what's up with the tumbling retail sales and the employer squeeze?


Do we still need Conservatives is a more relevant question.


Focus, people.... First on the thread title and then on the question....

Deflections are just.... Deflections....

 

[strollingbones]

minute i see the red font....i scroll away

 

[DamnYankee]

minute i see the red font....i scroll away

Really? What IS that black streak you left behind? <snicker>

 

[code1211]

....appear to be contradictory.

Obama: 'Sharp decline' may be slowing
In a speech at Georgetown University, the president aims to juggle his glass-half-full take with a determination to not be stamped as naive or overly rosy. (Full story)

Video: Is economy on the mend?

Retail sales tumble in March
Motor vehicle and electronics purchases decline as unemployment takes a toll. (Full story)

Employers put squeeze on workers
More employers are using the recession as an excuse to trim benefits, force unpaid time off or fire workers. (Full story)

So, if the sharp decline may be slowing, according to Obama, and the economy is on the mend, what's up with the tumbling retail sales and the employer squeeze?

Its slowing. It hasn't stopped. And companies, just like other countries, are going to test Obama. They'll see how far they can go.

Oil companies will try to gouge us this summer.

Companies will continue sending jobs overseas.

Just look how the new governmetn found out that UBS was helping thousands of the richest Americans dodge paying their fair share of taxes.

Look at how Lehman Brothers and all the bankers who failed were the ones who found all the tax breaks for companies that were going overseas.

And they ended up being the companies that all went out of business? Are you buying that?

They had 6 years where Corporations were allowed to rape the treasury, and you mean to tell me that right in the very last days, the economy collapsed and they ran out of money?
OMG!! When I think about it, it makes me crazy, because it is so obvious what they did.

But what can we do now but pay them whatever they demand.

The only thing we can hope for is that the Democrats undo all the crap the GOP did the last 8 years, so this mess never happens again.

Not trying to rain on your parade to much, but the years before the last 8 years were replete with corporate scandal due to lax regulation and outright thievery.

Does the name ENRON ring any bells for you? How about "the .com bubble"?

If you look at the world from a partisan view only, you will get only half of the information. If someone told us that we could not have the whole picture, we'd scream, with justification, about censorship, but most of us choose to be deprived. We see what we want when we want and remember only the parts that we want.

It's not quite blindness, but it will do.