I really don’t get it.

John Stahl

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I really don’t get it.

We have high unemployment.
That keeps getting higher. We had dismal sales in December and the poor sales will continue tell we can reverse the unemployment trend.

We have High oil prices.
Every thing we do is connected to the oil price. Even the food you buy has been trucked at least 2500 miles before you buy it.

The media is telling us that the recession is over?
The only thing I have seen that makes it appear that the recession is over is government spending. The government can’t hold up the economy for ever.

The states that count on revenues from sales taxes like California and New York, Illinois are in debt so deep they cant see daylight any more. These states have no choice but to stop providing services. And there will be massive layoffs of state employees.

The next wave of home foreclosures is about to hit. I think that the judges will be so horrified by the number that they will impose a moratorium on home foreclosures.

The number of banks that are in trouble is on the rise.

Like I said I really don’t get it.

Why is the stock market on the rise????
 
It is all artificial. They are giving a chance to regain the losses to the other big financial firms to cash out before the crash. It is actually very simple. Read the top of the dollar bill. It says FEDERAL RESERVE NOTE! Not a "LEGAL BILL OF THE UNITED STATES" It kind of explains it all. Have you notice the record profit the federal reserve made during this economic mess?Stocks are I owe yous and have no backing but promises. Well guess what? Promises can be broken. Look for the market plunging around late September or early October......... I claim to know nothing about reading charts.....but they point that way for sure.
 
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Government agencies are only just now beginning to run out of the tax revenue windfalls the GWB tax cuts provided.

But don't you worry none, the Democrats are planning to tax the hell out of the rich people for us, so they'll not need to fire their government minions, their voting block. The rest of us just get to work harder for less so the "rich people" don't go broke paying taxes.

They pedalled "HOPE", and boy do I have hope now . . . no substance, but a lot of hope.

I can't wait for them to start fining people for not having health insurance. That's going to be fun. And very hope inspiring.
 
Don't get me started on the health insurance BS, I've been unemployed for over 6 months, I just received a 20 week extention on my UI payments so that helps some, but when your income is cut by 40% and the bills are not, it's all a snowball effect.

I decided to get certified in Mig & Tig welding and change career pathes entirely, I've been doing Purchasing and Inventory management for 15 years, Job hunting is brutal, in my area the average is 20 people for every job position in my field.
 
Hmmmm
Shoud I? . . .or should I not jump in with both feet?
It is like a gyro landing, deepens down and level . . .if there is enough rrpm you can flare with some success . . .if not . . .buttwill hurt . . .
Heron
 
wanna really get pissed...watch how power is abused...what the O-man learned with Chicago style politics and then brought that style to the "Hill".

2 minute long and straight from C-Span - how a vote was passed.

This is how the House will pass healthcare. Just watch this. This is our Democratic-Controlled House at work. It's their way all the way.

(the video is very short and very maddening).

If anyone wonders about our current Congress and especially the House of Representatives this youtube will open their eyes. Watch this, then cry. We are losing our nation and everything it stands for.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywgUCdefSW8
 
It is all artificial. They are giving a chance to regain the losses to the other big financial firms to cash out before the crash. It is actually very simple. Read the top of the dollar bill. It says FEDERAL RESERVE NOTE! Not a "LEGAL BILL OF THE UNITED STATES" It kind of explains it all. Have you notice the record profit the federal reserve made during this economic mess?Stocks are I owe yous and have no backing but promises. Well guess what? Promises can be broken. Look for the market plunging around late September or early October......... I claim to know nothing about reading charts.....but they point that way for sure.

Artical 1,section 10 lays it all out
Most don't know or care about the constitution any more. The real "money"or silver certificate promised the ammount stated on the bill "payable on demand" in silver.:help:
 
Artical 1,section 10 lays it all out
Most don't know or care about the constitution any more. The real "money"or silver certificate promised the ammount stated on the bill "payable on demand" in silver.:help:

Oh yes Sir you are correct :) And I am sad to say most are not educated enough to care. American Idol is more important than our constitution to some, whom are eligible to vote..... sad sad state of existence we live in.... Thank God for people like you who still care.I tip my hat to you and the others who still care :yo:
Cheers. Btw Bud how are you coming with your rebuilding?
 
The rebuild is coming along pretty good.It has been to cold here to do any fiberglass work so the rudder is on hold untill it warms up. The machine is on gear and painted .I still have the pod to repair[another warm weather job] so basicly I am at a standstill.I am installing new bearings in the prerotor as they burned up when the prerotor did'nt disengage,really charred them! All in all it will push me hard even with good weather to be ready by june this year.
Thanks for careing also.
 
I'm in the same state as you bud, waitin on the weather to warm up so I can build a glass tail for tha bee!


The rebuild is coming along pretty good.It has been to cold here to do any fiberglass work so the rudder is on hold untill it warms up. The machine is on gear and painted .I still have the pod to repair[another warm weather job] so basicly I am at a standstill.I am installing new bearings in the prerotor as they burned up when the prerotor did'nt disengage,really charred them! All in all it will push me hard even with good weather to be ready by june this year.
Thanks for careing also.
 
I'm in the same state as you bud, waitin on the weather to warm up so I can build a glass tail for tha bee!

Hope that it will warm up soon,being stuck inside with the weather in the single digits is putting the weight on me,well not the weather but the massive ammounts of beans and corn bread that I put away sure is!:painkiller:
 
beans, cornbread, and fried tators is what I was raised on! in the summertime fried bream is the meat of choice, I do all the catching and cleaning! ;)

Hope that it will warm up soon,being stuck inside with the weather in the single digits is putting the weight on me,well not the weather but the massive ammounts of beans and corn bread that I put away sure is!:painkiller:
 
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I had some speckled perch just last week with beans,cornbread,fried tators with lotsa onion! Thought that I had died and went to heaven! [ The wife just thought that I had died]
 
good beans cooked about three days past and some seeet corn bread can sure run filet mingon a close race

Tony
 
sweet corn bread
 
When do the unemployment extensions come to an end ?

How do I gets some of dem ?

The recession MUST be over.......all the snow has melted here ! Thank God !

It rained here all day , yesterday. Think NO SNOW !!!!
 
Can´t cry no more? Smile then . . .

The economy is so bad, I got a pre-declined credit card in the mail.

I ordered a burger at McDonald's and the kid behind the counter asked, "Can you afford fries with that?"

CEO's are now playing miniature golf.

If the bank returns your check marked "Insufficient Funds," call them and ask if they meant you or them.

Hot Wheels and Matchbox stocks are trading higher than GM.

Parents in Beverly Hills fired their nannies and learned their children's names.

A truckload of Americans was caught sneaking into Mexico .

Dick Cheney took his stockbroker hunting.

Motel Six won't leave the light on anymore.

The Mafia is laying off judges.

Exxon-Mobil laid off 25 Congressmen.

Congress says they are looking into this Bernard Madoff scandal.
Oh Great!! The guy who made $50 Billion disappear is being investigated by the people who made $1.5 Trillion disappear!


And, finally... I was so depressed last night thinking about the economy, wars, jobs, my savings, Social Security, retirement funds, etc., I called the Suicide Lifeline. I got a call center in Pakistan , and when I told them I was suicidal, they got all excited, and asked if I could drive a truck!
 
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