Oil prices & unemployment drops. DOW surges. I think I'll have a cigar.

[zonkers]

What a deceit. What treachery. And the way MSM pounces on these stories is dastardly. I hear from friends in various cities that they have never seen more homeless and more stores closing. We know more Americans are uninsured than ever. Whew, thank God housing prices are keeping things afloat.

[stepnw1f]

1. DOW UP=The Wealthy are Doing Fine

everyone else, suffers. What do you think the ratio is between rich and poor?

[Hugin]

11. Thank God! I've been so worried about the Wealthy...

You know how fragile they are!

[stepnw1f]

13. Fragile? Extremely Fragile

that's why they need so much wealth. Could you picture them all working and getting their hands dirty?

[Hugin]

15. Horrors!

Now I'm going to cry myself to sleep tonight...

All that dust and sweat!

Cripes! Laws must be passed!

[redqueen]

17. I love you guys.

:hi:

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. This reminds me of the ooooold joke about hell

After the election, "Coffee breaks over, back to standing on your head"

[Just-plain-Kathy]

3. The other day on the Daily Show...

...John Stewart did a piece on the Hungarian economy. It seems the Hungarian government admitted to lying to their people about their economic stability. I wonder which country thought of this scheme first, us or them?

[Atman]

4. I was in Boston last weekend. I have never seem more homeless.

This was right in Copley Square. What a bizarre scene it was...a massive MS Walkathon was being staged in front of the library. Lots of nice, wholesome folk with their matching shirts, and live bands, and food...all barricaded off from the riff-raff, dozens of bag-ladies and raggedy-coated men sleeping on the steps of the library and the surrounding curbs. It was astonishing. Newbury Street, the Rodeo Drive of New England, is a block away. Massive wealth. $400,000 studio apartments. And people sleeping on nearly every corner. That ain't the Boston I grew up in, that's for sure!

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[zonkers]

5. I was in L.A. Never seen more homeless.

[OhioChick]

6. Cleveland is getting worse, as well. n/t

[zonkers]

14. It breaks your heart, sucks the life from you. Wonder what the economic

toll is of all this collective sadness -- from the war, poverty, America's tarnished self image. We are truly rudderless. It must cost us billions and billions.

[butterfly77]

16. Aren't these all blue states...

I want to know what is going on in Montana,Idaho, Utah, Wyoming ,North Dakota and other states in the middle of the map.

[bridgit]

7. anyone that thinks any of this is occuring for any other segment...

than the investor class is loopy, and no i do not accept the retort that more people are stock holders these days...nor conglomerates of 10 & $15,000 holders in that their the only ones left with any sense bargaining power while anyone else has none; but the Big Guys = the money lenders & changers, people WITH money

[originalpckelly]

8. We need numbers on how many Americans are carry credit card debt...

and how much of a percent it is of their yearly income. I have a feeling that economy is surviving on credit card based life support.

[Hubert Flottz]

9. Fuzzy Economies buy GOP votes!

GOPers lie about EVERYTHING.

[fasttense]

10. I do not trust the numbers.

I would never trust a number coming out of this administration. They routinely lie and give out intentionally false information without batting an eye. We could have a 25% unemployment rate right now and who would know? Really, how would you or I know what it really was? I list my friends and out of 10, three are without jobs but is that because I don't know many rich people? Or is it because it is a true reflection of the number of unemployed? Then I list how many are doing shitty jobs for low wages and I get five more. The under-employed are probably more numerous.

Just a reminder right before the Great Depression, the stock market was great. It was doing just fine until 1929.

[Atman]

12. You're a wise poster.

Especially on with the election so close. Everything coming out of BushCo know will smell like petunias and roses.

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