How's That Hopenchange Feel Now? Youth Unemployment Surges to Record High
Posted by Jim Hoft on Monday, January 4, 2010, 11:47 AM
How’s that hopenchange feel now?
(Social Capital Blog)
There are more unemployed youths in America today than at any other time since World War II.
Americans for Tax Reform reported:
The New York Post yesterday ran with this staggering story on newly released figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics:
“The unemployment rate for young Americans has exploded to 52.2 percent — a post-World War II high, according to the Labor Dept. — meaning millions of Americans are staring at the likelihood that their lifetime earning potential will be diminished and, combined with the predicted slow economic recovery, their transition into productive members of society could be put on hold for an extended period of time.”
“The number represents the flip-side to the Labor Dept.’s report that the employment rate of 16-to-24 year olds has eroded to 46.6 percent — the lowest ratio of working young Americans in that age group, including all but those in the military, since WWII.”
Almost fifty five percent of young Americans are unemployed. The figure is just mind-boggling. And yet the Administration continues to throw more of our money down the drain on this failed so-called ‘stimulus’. Despite the fact that every country that has tried to spend its way out of a recession throughout history has failed. Without exception. And stimulus packages are failing all around the world now.
Barack Obama took 68% of the youth vote in 2008.
Dr. Gina Loudon has this – Happy New Youth.
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TrickyDick commented:
Good job morons who voted to raise the minimum wage.
averagemelon commented:
Kids are going to get the education of a lifetime: YOUR VOTE MATTERS.
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Picric commented:
I wonder what that map will look like in 2012.
One Way commented:
This is all going according to plan. How else will we “need” the government?
kate commented:
I’m just curious. Aren’t the rich, greedy, venal, self-serving overclass going to get tired of being forced to spread their wealth around? Is there any chance they could put some of the money they still have left to help elect a conservative in 2012 before the vampires in this administration suck them white? Or will they vote for the commie again?
Bo commented:
The seeds of today’s unemployment rate were sown over eight years of incompetence that led to endless unnecessary wars, unfunded tax reductions, an unfunded trillion-dollar expansion of Medicare and abuses in the financial and banking sector brought on by deregulation and lack of attention.
It is so amusing to read the rantings on this website and all of the false conclusions drawn about our current predicament. Do any of you actually remember the Bu$h years or are you content to let Cheney, Fox News, Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity and the RNC rewrite history for you?
cindyk commented:
For the record, I grew up in Wyoming and the nieces and nephews still living there are “smart cookies”.
bg commented:
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not to worry..
they will be paid handsomely when they join the Civilian
Security Forces, if not voluntarily, mandatorily of course..
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dwells commented:
I have an unemployed Nephew in that age range whom voted for Obama and thinks he is a God and will vote for him no matter what
Saint commented:
“I have an unemployed Nephew in that age range whom voted for Obama and thinks he is a God and will vote for him no matter what”
And that miracle of sense is why he will be unemployable for his whole life. Politicians always get a chuckle out of the True Believers, since they really ARE that stupid.
USMCdaughter1 commented:
These kids don’t think any further than the next hour – most of them voted for him because they want the state to take care of them, they think everything is free.
One Way commented:
The seeds were sown decades ago by the radicals who’re in charge now.
Only their tactics have changed – they traded in their bombs for lies and other forms of deception. It’s obviously still working on some.
The only question I have for Bo is – which one are you: the deceived or a deceiver?
Chisum commented:
Dang, that Obama is really something else!
Here I thought Bo was a four legged creature that lives in the White House and occasionally craps on Air Force One.
I didn’t know he could read and write.
Can you talk, too?
Peter commented:
Chisum,
Bo is Obama’s lap dog. Double meaning but accurate.
Espresso Logic - The 6th Sense commented:
Shock and Awe – The look on college student’s faces when they graduate in May and can’t find a job.
I see stupid people.
Bo commented:
Bring on the flaming. I can take it. While you’re at it, here’s a useful exercise for you — deconstruct the national debt that was rolled up during GDumbya’s eight years and explain why you can still say with a straight face that “it’s Clinton’s fault” and “it’s Obama’s fault”. You are in a deep, deep state of denial, folks. Isn’t it about time that you admit to the failings of your party’s (republican) policies and its total incompetence in governing or legislating?
Melvin Winter commented:
Related Onion-style parody: Obama Rewards Young Voters With More Leisure Time as Youth Unemployment Soars http://optoons.blogspot.com/2009/09/obama-rewards-young-voters-with-more.html
Max Silverhammer commented:
Obviously the answer to the problem is to INCREASE THE MINIMUM WAGE!!!! Yeah, that oughta do’er!
sliderblaze commented:
Bo,
I loved the last 8 years, minus the last 1 of course. i’ve owned my own company for 6 yrs now, havent had to be on anyones payroll for almost 10 working as a sub contractor. all the sudden, I have to get a crappy job that wont pay me half of what i was making. I’ve been struggling to find work for my business for the last year…. cant get unemployment cus the guys who create jobs…arent eligible. Sad part…with just about 5k in “stimulus” i coulda outfitted my business with another type of trade, paid for advertising and prolly created a whole nother crew (5 people)….all for 5k…. and Obama’s admin is just pissing billions away…yep, you are brilliant!!!!! So no, i didnt forget about the last 8 years…seems you have and the likes of you who are the clowns trying to rewrite history….
bigkahuna9 commented:
Bo, Those 8 years were one hell of alot better than the first under Obama. And as always Dimwit liberals always forget to mention Moron Harry and Natzi Pelosi were in charge of the federal budget for the past 2 years of Bush term. The republicans spent too much yes. But Botox Nancy and Barrack Insane Obama promised reeform, reform, change, transparrency, relief from abuses of power and corruption, lack of lobbyists in the admin, line by line review of budgets for waste, lower taxes,no earmarks, bills online for 72 hours before voting at minimum. What we got( and most of us knew before hand) was a Giant freaking lie. Complete and total corruption, socialist incompetent takeovers of private industry, bailouts for liberal contributers, More giant lies of tax and spend, promises of higher taxes, energy costs and overbearing , confusing, illegal, unconstitutional, socialist govt policies on energy, banking, autos, healthcare, and envirionment. We got Liberals under Bush term refusing on CSPAN to reign in out of control spending, loaning, buying of Freddie and Fannie with shouts of racism and lynching by liberal morons and statements of their total safety and solvency by those same idiots who pushed these idiotic loan practices on the industry to feel good. THE LIBERALS are the reason the banks and housing has failed plain and simple. You never hear a liberal or a media person talk about the fools on the left. Its always somehow Bushes fault. Oh and By the way you moron…The Govt’s main purpose is to protect our nation so wars are part of that. We were attacked by evil religion of peace… yes that means islamic terrorists for you simpleton liberals. Healthcare, welfare, foodstamps, free daycare, free food, clothing , cars and shelter are not. They are not supposed to be running banks, car companies, public radio, and tv, insurance companies any more than they should run Churches! They also should not be taxing one Legal citizen of the country at a higher rate than any other american or imposing fees and charges and taxes on one legal product over another. They also should not be promoting, encouraging ignoring illegal aliens living, working and taking advantage of services they have no right to be able to recieve. They are to be minimal and unintrusive in every way possible.Govt should provide nothing more than protection and a simple unobtrusive envirionment to live and thrive in business and life. Not provide the jobs and livelihood for us. They have become the problem not the solution you twit. Its also not their job to mock and ignore 45-50% of those who protest peacefully( for now) but loudly and well informed unlike most liberals and world anarchist and environmental whackos who make up data to support their new religion of fake man made global cooling, warming, change.( take your pick) You know…The Change we cant believe in from liberals but always happens in nature. How ironic eh ?????
Chisum commented:
Isn’t it about time that you admit to the failings of your party’s (republican) policies and its total incompetence in governing or legislating?
Ooh, look. Not only can he read and write but he PROJECTS too.
Bwaaack Bwaack Bwaack
Booosh Booosh Booosh
bg commented:
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Bo @ 1:38 pm #19
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Bo commented:
Well, sliderblaze, it’s nice to know that you had a good “sugar-high” during the GDumbya years. Hope you enjoyed the ride. Sorry to hear that you’re going through a rough patch these days. Too bad that you don’t understand that cause and effect are most often separated in time and space. Guess you’re just about as bright as GDumbya, huh, cupcake?
lulu commented:
Bo,
The dems took control of Congress in 2006, two years before Obama was elected. Since that time, taxpayers have bailed out the banks, car companies, Freddie/Fannie, etc. I read today where millions of dollars of stimulus funds our going to non-existent zip codes. Prior to that, funds were allocated to non-existent congressional districts. I’d like to know whose pockets these funds are going in to.
If you believe for one minute the Dems are not complicit in the financial meltdown, then please explain to me why these institutions bundled millions to get Obama elected? Do you think they possibly knew they would be getting bailout money for their votes? Nah, couldn’t be that simple. Or could it?
Bush put a hurting on the economy by fronting two wars, and the Dems are finishing the job by spending three times the amount that Bush did.
bigkahuna9 commented:
Oh and I believe if you rearrange the lettewrs in HOPENCHANGE it spells Copenhagen..lol Both are failed promises filled with tax and spending. Lets hope for more failure on their part. We dont need hopenchange We need Big Govt to shut down 30-40% of its total operations and wasteful spending. Lets be honest there is at least that much waste and total needless govt programs that if are needed can be much better provided by the private sector and at no taxpayer expense and loss of control to some moronic beaucracy. NPR, PBS, NEA and many others are just a tiny sample of those that should be eliminated.
sliderblaze commented:
Bo…. ever hear of the housing crisis..
i think maxine waters said it worst…. i dont see a crisis at freddie mac and particularly fannie mae…. hmmm… and she’s not the only one, i could go on and on. but while we are on the subject since you dont know sh!t about sh!t… i’ll try and simplify it for you.
Housing bubble, created by who?
Tried to be stopped by who?
Leading cause of the economic melt down… as said by EVERYBODY was….?
now lets look at energy…and the $4/gal nonsense we saw which was, btw, the start of my troubles…
who’s for drilling
who’s not for drilling…….. riddle me that?
W had it in his energy policy i think back in 01 mmmm…brilliant you are…
sliderblaze commented:
a little side note, my family described themselves as democrat, however, never really paid attention…thanks to me, they will be voting for the first time this 2010, all voting conservative!!! and no, not cus we are racist, it’s cus common sense must prevail. and for a party of people who wants to save the earth, the whales the seals but wants to abort the babies, common sense got fogged out by the drugs many a moon ago, we are coming for you my friends…. oh yes we are.
mrt commented:
“Bo
January 4th, 2010 | 1:10 pm | #8
The seeds of today’s unemployment rate were sown over eight years of incompetence that led to endless unnecessary wars, unfunded tax reductions, an unfunded trillion-dollar expansion of Medicare and abuses in the financial and banking sector brought on by deregulation and lack of attention.”
Exactly!
And now we have his wife as Secretary of State and half his cabinet working for the current administration.
Chisum commented:
Excellent points, Sliderblaze.
Don’t forget that Treasury just handed Freddie and Fannie a blank check on Christmas Eve. This virtually nationalizes the US housing market.
Democrats doing what they do best:
Doubling down on stupid.
But it’s Booosh’s fault!
maverick muse commented:
While Amanda Simpson is clearly one of the first transgender presidential appointees [Transportation], Democratic officials say they’re unsure if she is the very first one [DNC churning the rumor machine: who else]. Simpson hopes that HUNDREDS more transgenders will gain government appointments.
So that’s one way Obama’s crew expects a college grad to fit in for a job, and gives “created or saved” a twist to boot.
jorgen commented:
“The unemployment rate for young Americans has exploded to 52.2 percent…”
This is the official figure. I wonder what the real number is! 75% or so?
bg commented:
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sliderblaze @ 2:19 pm #30
thumbsup!!
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sliderblaze commented:
im just fed up with dems and their policies that lead to other things. i live in lancaster pa deemed the most watched small city in america cus of the cameras and what did that get me. let me let you in on what dem. policies do. We elected a new mayor four years ago, democrat, who, in traditional democrat fashion, spent way too much money. had to cut police patrols, last winter my house got robbed of everything i accumulated over my 32 yrs alive, including things my grandfather left me when he died. only thing i had left was the 6 outfits i had on me on a week long work trip to philly. i live on the only street in the city from the south. 222. now they are asking me to pay 25% in more taxes, for what you ask? no, not more police patrols, they are cutting them and the fire department back by 43 members… house is up for sale, im staying at my partents house now waitn for my house to be sold…. so on a scale of 1 – im really fed up….im really fed up
Chisum commented:
Obama beats Bush
http://wizbangblog.com/content/2010/01/04/obama-beats-bush.php
CARMELLA commented:
We have a president that openly hates our country – the same country that made him rich and powerful. I LOVE how the libs talk about the downtrodden poor peeps, all the while soaking up the money for themselves. Hypocrites all, with prezzie obeyme leading the pack, full of utopian ideas that never work, & will never work. Heck, he has homeless people sleeping on the sidewalk not 1/4 mile from the white house……I was in DC on 9/12/09 and saw them myself. If he cannot even feed the locals, how the holy heck can he be expected to run health care? This country is crumbling and obeyme is holding the pickaxe and wearing a big PHAT SMILE.
Jim commented:
LOL Reap what you sow. The uneducated youth of this country are getting just what they asked for and deserve every bit of it!
wanumba commented:
Normally, the unemployed youts would be upset with no jobs at graduations, but their parents haven’t prepared them to work anywhere. Too many have been been raised by TV. No arriving on time, no “swab do a good job and work your way up to first mate” stuff. How do you peel a hoodie off someone who’s lived in one 24/7 for ten years and get them credibly into a suit – or ANY standard uniform?
Okay, the military knows how to do that, but no one else does. Most businesses don’t have the likes of drill sargents to scare the slouch out of new recruits.
And the Dems want amnesty for illegals? In most countries with high unemployment, that sort of thing would be lighting a fuse for explosive rioting, but with the comfort pillow thick enough for another couple of years, slackers can continue to slack … until disaster.
Tom63010 commented:
It amazes me that the blame Bush drum is still beat by liberals. There forte is rewriting history. They constantly interfere with free enterprise and then blame free enterprise when their interference causes problems. We were told that a stimulus package would bring us Utopia. GW was a lame duck president so he allowed the Federal Reserve and Congress to engineer a solution. This economy is Barack Obama’s baby, he was the one that made the promises of what the stimulus would “buy”. He and the Democrat controlled Congress has complete ownership. It will be curious how they pin the Health Care debacle that will surely come on the Republicans.
Bottom line is the liberals have their Utopia. Completed control over the Congress and the White House. If the huge expansion of the Federal Government brings prosperity then they were right and if it doesn’t they own it.
They own the economy, defense of our country, etc……that is until November when the Congress will be flooded with new CONSERVATIVE Republicans, God willing.
Dick_Nixon commented:
Bo, apparently a product of the failing public school system in this country, makes several rather glaring ommissions in his drivel infested posts above.
1. “Endless Wars”. Barak Obamateur has been POTUS since 1-20-09. Why hasn’t he ended the wars? He is the CIC. One phone call to the Pentagon could end the fighting.
2. “unfunded tax reductions”. The Bush Tax cuts led to record amounts of tax revenue. Was spending too high? Yes. Conservatives opposed it and were ignored. Thus leading to the Congressional election of 2006. Since January of 2007, The Democratic Party has controlled the purse strings in Washington. They have spent like drunken sailors on leave.
3. Bo’s concern about the National Debt. Bo curiously ignores the Obamateur Administration running a 1.5 trillion dollar deficit in it’s first 11 months of operation, thus adding over two trillion to the national debt. Also, by covertly removing the stop loss program over at FNMA and Freddie Mac, the US taxpayer has a no limit exposure to any more housing tumbles. No limit is easy to play with someone else’s money.
Also, Bo doesn’t discuss the record unemployment, the hijacking of 1/6 th of the US economy that is underway, nor the nosediving US dollar. Wonder why, perhaps Bo doesn’t have his talking points from Ko$, HUffPo, and DU yet to spew.
gus commented:
Everything a LIBTARDS touches, turns to shite.
What did expect of Obama. He’s an idiot. He’s never done a thing in his life. Nothing.
Libtards simply do not THINK. How was an affirmative action, 2nd string wannabee basketball player turned Marxist “College Instructor” going to run a military and economy and a country??
This dim bulb cannot even pick intelligent people to do the heavy lifting for him.
gus commented:
Bo is a focking idiot. The dimwitted kind who is too stupid to see he’s been conned.
deathstar commented:
Bo,
President Bush won the war in Iraq, Obumbya is losing Afghanistan.
Under Bush we had the longest period of economic growth the US has ever seen.
Bush wanted to reform Freddie and Fanny, corruptocrats like Bawney Fwank and Chris “I got me a GREAT interest rate from my CEO pal Angelo” Dodd stoped him. Socialism and government interference in the free market never work, how often do the libtards need to learn that?
Incompetent Democrats botched the response to Katrina, Bush had to bail them out.
Under Ogabe the deficit has quadrupled as unemployment has shot up to 10%.
But yeah, Bush is silly and your boy Barry is smart!
Chisum commented:
Americans Deserting Democratic Party
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/01/025304.php
olm commented:
Well said slider. There are many people just like you who are completely and utterly fed up.
This will be an interesting year and it will not turn out well for Obama.
Young people do not know how to get jobs or keep them. Many parents, my peers, do not see getting a job as a young teen as something necessary in the parenting process so we have spoiled rotten combined with no jobs. Seems to me to be a violatile mix going on but what am I worried about? the messiah is the smartest guy in the room and will save us all.
Pat the First commented:
Most political scientists will tell you that B.O. has owned this economy for almost one year. He could have made choices to help, but he made choices that only harmed our country.
Bo, how can you blame Bush when your President tripled the debt? That triple came under his watch.
Come 1/20/10 it will be one year . . . about 6 months ago, B.O. should have quit blaming Bush. It is getting old, tired . . . and just flat not true.
Bo commented:
Buh-bye for now, suckers. I don’t have the time or patience to debate a bunch of idiots like you. I will leave you in the peaceful comfort of your own little echo chamber here. You are in such a minority of the country, you need the solace of your own kind so that you can pass Limpballs’ talking points around and feel like you have somehow purged yourselves.
It must really suck to be you. I feel sorry for you all. It’s a wonder that you can get dressed by yourselves in the morning.
ROTFLAMO at you!
olm commented:
I have a theory about leftists like Bo. I think they truly do not understand the sheer enormity of the number trillion. It just rhymes with billion and million to them and therefore equivilent.
Pat the First commented:
You know you have won the game when the opposition starts the name calling. Thanks for conceding, Bo. We knew you were losing anyway.
Chisum commented:
Awww, don’t go away mad Bo.
And please stop pooping on AF1.
Dick_Nixon commented:
Bo,
Thanks for playing. Nixon sees you admitted defeat above. No hard feelings, you gave it your best try and failed miserably.
Blacque Jacques Shellacque commented:
Good job morons who voted to raise the minimum wage.
I’ll bet that if you said this to any of those morons they’d still go, “Huh?”
Tori commented:
I can believe this unemployment rate. I am 26 years old, voted for Sarah Palin (she just happened to be on John McCain’s ticket), a product of the public school system, and I have been struggling to find full time work since October 2008. I have both a bachelor’s degree (in finance) and a master’s degree (in education), but I can’t get a job in either field. I am going back to school to get into occupational therapy and have been working at least 10-20 hours a week since losing my full-time job. Right now it is hard for people my age to find a career to start in and be able to make enough money to be self-sufficient. I know in my case, it’s not from lack of trying. I have sent out lots of resumes and followed so many leads that went nowhere. I also have to worry about student loan debt and all sorts of other debts (most of which came up the first 6 months after I got my undergraduate degree, as I was working for $7 an hour processing loans). I have also been forced to pull money out of my retirement (only had a couple of thousand dollars) in order to get by.
I really do have hope for the future, but right now the federal government is going in the wrong direction with how they are handling the economy. In my hometown, I have seen the largest employer (Chrysler) leave and hurt the tax base for the area.
I would like to see the under-employment numbers for people in my age group. We are getting by with much less. Please don’t say that I am an example of a failing school system, because I don’t think I am. I come from a very strong hard-working background and I want to make a contribution to society and want to be self sufficient. I don’t want to depend on anyone or anything, especially my government, for anything.
Ryan commented:
“Buh-bye for now, suckers. I don’t have the time or patience to debate a bunch of idiots like you. I will leave you in the peaceful comfort of your own little echo chamber here. You are in such a minority of the country, you need the solace of your own kind so that you can pass Limpballs’ talking points around and feel like you have somehow purged yourselves.
It must really suck to be you. I feel sorry for you all. It’s a wonder that you can get dressed by yourselves in the morning.
ROTFLAMO at you!”
*Sigh*
Pat the First commented:
I am a small business owner who employs 2 teens. One of them had never held a job and needed to get a job in order to have some work experience. She does a great job. The other one may not be there long if she doesn’t improves her work. We pay above minimum wage. We have to be very careful because of the rules. It isn’t easy to hire teens.
We will continue to hire teens because we care about kids as long as we can. It is a good job that we offer and it is a safe job. People gave us a chance when we were kids. We are just paying it forward, but we will not continue doing it if it harms our business. Keeping our business going is more important to hiring kids.
Corporal Vere commented:
Bomoron and Ryan:
You asked for it.
From today WSJ letters:
Go see “Forget the Facts, Just Blame Bush and the Republicans”
Idiot liberals $cumbags blame Obama’s 10% unemployment and the supposed (I looked at my net worth 2001 and today – up 100% to low seven figures) great recession “to either a lack of government regulation or ineffective enforcement of existing regulation.”
The morons blame only Republicans/conservatives. They mention only Bush. The nitwits omit/lie mentioning repeal Glass-Steagall Act was committed by CLINTON. Who was pushed by his Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin. Cretinous liberals could research Rubin’s employment before and after repeal of Glass-Steagall. Further, Bo-idiot fails to tell us that President Bush signed Sarbanes-Oxley — a law drafted by a Republican Congress to save us from Wall Street crimes that Clinton did in the 1990s.
The lying sacs of excrement also fail to accuse Barney Frank and Chris Dodd, among others, who stopped Republican attempts to stop FNM FRE with additional, effective regulation. Maybe if the rat democrats allowed Bush to rein in the GSE’s so many Obama morons wouldn’t be losing the homes they should never have been given.
And, bo morons never mention 9/11 but say Bush took us to an unjust, unnecessary war. The 1990’s stock bubble grew and burst when cigar willie was president, Nasdaq fell 50% by inauguration day 2001. Enron’s accounting abuses were clintonian. Subprime lending was pushed by HUD Secy. A. Cuomo in the mid 1990’s who was aided and abetted by Democrats who required banks to loans to people who couldn’t repay. .
Pat the First commented:
Kind of OT: Glenn Beck showed a picture of “Professor” Obama teaching Saul Alinsky. I mean it is actually showing Alinsky principles written on a blackboard with B.O. in front of it teaching it.
Unbelievable. How are we just learning this stuff now???
Ryan commented:
“Bomoron and Ryan:
You asked for it.
From today WSJ letters:
Go see “Forget the Facts, Just Blame Bush and the Republicans”
Idiot liberals $cumbags blame Obama’s 10% unemployment and the supposed (I looked at my net worth 2001 and today – up 100% to low seven figures) great recession “to either a lack of government regulation or ineffective enforcement of existing regulation.”
The morons blame only Republicans/conservatives. They mention only Bush. The nitwits omit/lie mentioning repeal Glass-Steagall Act was committed by CLINTON. Who was pushed by his Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin. Cretinous liberals could research Rubin’s employment before and after repeal of Glass-Steagall. Further, Bo-idiot fails to tell us that President Bush signed Sarbanes-Oxley — a law drafted by a Republican Congress to save us from Wall Street crimes that Clinton did in the 1990s.
The lying sacs of excrement also fail to accuse Barney Frank and Chris Dodd, among others, who stopped Republican attempts to stop FNM FRE with additional, effective regulation. Maybe if the rat democrats allowed Bush to rein in the GSE’s so many Obama morons wouldn’t be losing the homes they should never have been given.
And, bo morons never mention 9/11 but say Bush took us to an unjust, unnecessary war. The 1990’s stock bubble grew and burst when cigar willie was president, Nasdaq fell 50% by inauguration day 2001. Enron’s accounting abuses were clintonian. Subprime lending was pushed by HUD Secy. A. Cuomo in the mid 1990’s who was aided and abetted by Democrats who required banks to loans to people who couldn’t repay. .”
Sigh again. I was not agreeing in ANY way with Bo. I merely quoted his ridiculous comments and added my “sigh” to the end to show I was without words due to the absolutely insane nature of his comment.
Ted commented:
Isaiah 3:4-6
I will make striplings their princes; the fickle shall govern them, And the people shall oppress one another, yes, every man his neighbor. The child shall be bold toward the elder, and the base toward the honorable.
When a man seizes his brother in his father’s house, saying, “You have clothes! Be our ruler, and take in hand this ruin!”
bg commented:
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Ryan @ 4:26 pm #61
echo this..
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Ryan commented:
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Ryan @ 4:26 pm #61
echo this..
I am a conservative. I want all the socialists and commies thrown out. My post was totally misunderstood. I was quoting Bo and replying with a “sigh”, which can be seen at the end of the comment. I have posted here enough for people to know I am conservative.
daryl commented:
“Bo” says:
“I can take it.”
So can Barney Frank, Bo, but even that old queen doesn’t barge in where he knows he isn’t welcome and announce it.
Then “BO” says:
“Buh-bye for now, suckers. I don’t have the time or patience to debate a bunch of idiots like you.”
What’s the matter Bo? Can’t you “feel the love” here anymore??
mmmm, mmmm, mm
olm commented:
I got it Ryan.
Sometimes things are read on here a little too quickly.
Daniel commented:
Pat the First,
If it weren’t for Glenn Beck, Rush and others – we would never know what we have come to know now.
Although, I hear you. I wish we could have known about this far earlier, and from the so-called “journalists” who only ignore us and feed pablum.
bg commented:
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wanumba @ 3:03 pm #45
Obama has “hood” appeal..
just ask NOI minister Louis Farrakhan..
better yet, Obama mentor Dr. Khalid al-Mansour aka: Donald Warden..
DW: “I want Islam to rule the world, and i want to rule Islam”
~ Dr. Khalid al-Mansour aka: Donald Warden, whom i call the
“smoking gun”..
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Karen commented:
And all those 20-somethings are moving back home with mom and dad!
One of the main goals of the communist left is to destroy the family unit.
They are keeping families together longer because the kids can’t afford to live on their own. I’m sure this is an unintended consequence of the job destruction because they prefer familes be fractured, but oh well, families are together more than ever. Lot’s of talking about the economy and who is responsible and what should be done to stop the destruction of the USA by our treasonous “leaders.” Families will come out of this stronger than ever. This should probably scare the “powers that be.”
Stephen commented:
Sigh–my kin, being 24 years old here–tis tragic how easily the ignorant among the youth fall for a silver-tongued devil.
bg commented:
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Ryan @ 5:37 pm #68
my apology & thanks for the correction (missed
Bo’s post & there was no distinction made)..
the following was meant for BO @ 4:07 pm #54..
echo this..
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TaSS commented:
Tori
January 4th, 2010 | 4:26 pm | #60
Tori,
Recent graduates who have been unable to find employment are not even included in the unemployment numbers.
Either are many people who have seen their hours and pay decreased but are forced to keep the job because there are just no viable choices right now.
All we can do, is rein in our spending and try to bunker down, which of course constricts the market further and causes employers to once again make cuts.
Inflation will be hitting shortly like a tidal wave as congress continues to over spend.
All I can say is hang in there and do your best to spread the word. In 2010, we need to clean House and the Congress too.
bg commented:
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re: Corporal Vere @ 4:34 pm #63
Forget the Facts, Just Blame Bush and the Republicans
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Corporal Vere commented:
Mr. Ryan,
My sincere apologies, sir.
Keep the faith and never give up.
The treasonous opposition is completely dishonest and vicious. They deal in distortion, exaggeration, omission, and downright lies. Their lies need to be exposed else they destroy the private sector and give my sons a ‘Zimbabwe’ economy.
The truth shall prevail.
sybilll commented:
Poor Bo had to leave, awwwww. He wouldn’t know the difference between the debt and the deficit, if it bit him on his hind leg.
bg commented:
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Pat the First @ 4:43 pm #64
posted about that (and much more related to it)
during the campaign.. and several times since..
here you go..
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shiba07 commented:
well good! maybe the dumb kids will stay home, sleep in, and forget about election day 2010. then we can finally get some non-dems in office to clean up this mess.
bg commented:
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btw Pat the First @ 4:43 pm #64
gotta love Glenn!!
here’s one of my favs..
Meet Jeff Jones
(of course the YT vid’s been sucked up
by Obma’s black hole machine on YT)
bit more here, and in comments/Older comments..
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Pat the First commented:
1979 is coming back in a vengence. Took a very long time to recover from Jimmah. How long is it going to take to recover from B.O.?
Boogy commented:
Jimmah still has Obummer, but Obummer is closing in on Jimmah — it is a fight to the finish to see who has created the most damage for employment. Still after Health Tax Program, the states will suffer greatly and then will see some really deep employment cuts.
AuntieMadder commented:
ACORN desperately needs to come up with better materials for their trolls to work with; “It’s Booosh’s fault!” grew tiresome months ago. On the bright side, at least they’ve been recruiting trolls with better writing skills.
Solaratov commented:
Bo
January 4th, 2010 | 4:07 pm | #54
Buh-bye for now, suckers. I don’t have the time or patience to debate a bunch of idiots like you.
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Translation (for those who don’t speak libtard or coward):
“I got my clock cleaned by a bunch of people who know a lot more about the real world than I ever will.
But, by golly, I’ve still got my self-esteem to the max! Now I’ll go tell all the koskids how I spoke truth to power. They’ll eat it up. Life is good. All skittles and unicorns.”
Jerry M commented:
I teach at the College level and can tell you many in this demographic are clueless airheads who even now don’t seem to understand that their futures are being destroyed before their very eyes. They voted with their emotions instead of their brains and will pay a heavy price for that.
sandy commented:
I think Obama was the flavor of the month for kids last year. I doubt they will vote again with such excitement. We Seasoned Citizens however, with turn out in huge numbers to vote against what the Dems and Obama have done. With 45 million Seniors and 76 million Boomers the youth can sleep in.
Simon commented:
Bo I just gotta say: who tried to rein in Fannie May?
Mr. Bear commented:
Not that any government can do anything about unemployment. The only way they could do something is: hire more people.
Then you’d have more jobs in public service funded by the taxpayer. Jobs that produce nothing at all. And the whole government apparatus is already overblown and gigantic. That goes for every western country.
With hiring more people by the government the costs would, of course, also rise, and all these costs go back to the taxpayer. Thus the national debt and the deficit would increase even more.
Funny how the Chinese managed to rule their huge country just a few hundred years ago with just 20,000 civil servants. And they didn’t even have computers back then.
Of course the “youth” would vote like that. Years and years of indoctrination over how “evil” capitalism is are finally paying off. 15 years ago we used to joke at how stupid Americans are thanks to their really messed up public school system. Today those jokes have turned into how things are. Today those jokes are fact. It’s a pity, really.
And Bo…
Who abolished the redlining, thus forcing banks to hand out mortgages and loans to everyone without checking whether the person even had the necessary securities?
Who forced the idea that everyone should be able to buy a house (whether the person in question could actually afford it or not was irrelevant) down the banks’ throats and created thousands of mortgages that were simply bad (no bank would have handed out money like that on its own without the government forcing them to do it) and thus destroyed billions of Dollars?
Who refused to reform Fannie and Freddie and said “Everything’s fine” two weeks before it all went down the crapper?
Who destroyed one trillion dollars with a “stimulus bill”?
Who managed to get the US unemployment rate up to 10%?
The answer is simple: Democrats.
It was Bush’s bill? Nope, it wasn’t. Bush only signed it back then, but it had to pass the Hill and the Hill, atm, is dominated by the Democrates. The Democrates okayed it. They could have said no. They didn’t.
You want to blame someone?
Blame Clinton. Hell, blame Carter, it started under him.
egoist commented:
Thursday on Rush, Walter Williams interviewed Thomas Sowell. Black youth unemployment was lower than white – until minimum wage came along to wreck things.
yeayo commented:
I graduated last May with a degree in mechanical engineering. At that time, only about 10 percent of my engineering class had gotten jobs. The rest were unemployed like me or went directly into grad school to avoid this mess. I really believed that I would find something within 3-4 months after graduation. But, 7 months have gone by and the future still looks really bleak.
King Obama commented:
unemployed youth will be working for me in ’10.
Trish commented:
Redefine voting age requirements! I think only people who have a) paid taxes; b) supported themself in some manner; and c) grown up!
These little shi#s have just ruined my life, and they don’t even understand the how or why of it!
Cousin Dave commented:
I have a hypothesis that every generation has to experience a bit of socialism, in order for them to see why it’s a bad idea. My generation had it with Carter. My parents’ generation had it with FDR. Hopefully this generation will be smarter and will start to undo the damage in 2010. And hopefully, by 2012, their Reagan will have emerged.
Tom commented:
The solution is really simple.
Give everyone one vote for every dollar in federal tax paid over the previous four years.
Problem solved.
Will commented:
Just a reminder – The economy fell apart during the Bush years. A result of massive deregulation that encouraged rapid economic growth no matter the risk. Coming out of the tech crash, interest rates were dropped to encourage lending. They were left low too long and flamed the housing bubble. Bush was not only aware, but encouraged this….remember the “ownership society” speech?
Now, what do you think the unemployment rate would be if the entire financial system crashed? If the domestic auto makers folded? Do you really believe Obama wants to nationalize banks and industry? Really folks? Come on, be rational and accurately informed. The TARP funds are being repaid quickly – If the government really was out to nationalize these companies, why would we allow them to repay us? Think about it. Don’t let wild conspiracy theorists like Beck and Limbaugh hijack your ability to think independently.
Chisum commented:
Will,
Just a reminder.
Meltdowns and Myths: Did Deregulation Cause the Financial Crisis?
“The trouble with the world is not that people know too little, but that they know so many things that aren’t true.”–attributed to Mark Twain
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Economy/wm2109.cfm
Will commented:
Chisum:
http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=seven_deadly_sins_of_deregulation_and_three_necessary_reforms
“The trouble with the world is not that people know too little, but that they know so many things that aren’t true.”–attributed to Mark Twain
Chisum commented:
Will,
I clicked on your link…twice.
Here’s what I found:
“The American Prospect
Liberal Intelligence”
Oh, and something about signing up for their weekly newsletter.
Bwa ha ha ha!