Category: Depression
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 26, 2010 in Bamboozling, Barack Obama, California, Campaign promises, Current Affairs, Deficit, Depression, Economy, Hoodwinking, Media, Television, Obamedia, Unemployment/Jobs | View Comments
“60 Minutes” dropped a bombshell on their 10/24 broadcast regarding the unemployment numbers in this country. We have been hearing for some time that the figure stands at 9.6%. Turns out, that is a big crock of hooey (and h/t to Jammie Wearing Fool for highlighting this report). Yes, even though the 9.6% is a [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jul 19, 2010 in Arrogance, Current Affairs, Depression, Economy, Elitism, Florida, Housing & Housing Crisis, Louisiana, Michelle Obama, National Debt, Off-Shore Drilling, President Barack Obama, Unemployment, Unemployment/Jobs | View Comments
One would be hard pressed these days to not know that many people in this country are struggling. New Unemployment claims continue to be over 400,000 weekly, and unemployment benefits have been extended to 99 weeks (yes, almost 2 years). The DOW continues to hover around 10,000. Home foreclosures are skyrocketing. People are struggling, they [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on May 2, 2010 in Current Affairs, Depression, Pandering, President Barack Obama, World | View Comments
The following commentary was in my local paper on Friday, Wanted: Another Thatcher or Reagan. It caught my eye because I didn’t care for either Thatcher OR Reagan. Okay, that’s mild. I hated Reagan. I was your typical young, lefty, anything Republican sucks, Reagan was a mo-ron, “ketchup is a vegetable?” lightweight. As for Thatcher, [...]
By Anita Finlay ("Ani") on Apr 29, 2010 in Bailouts, Bank Bailouts, Banking Institutions, Campaign promises, Credit Card Companies, DNC, Deficit, Democrats, Depression, Earmarks, Economic Stimulus, General Motors & Chrysler, National Debt, Obama Administration, Obama's Broken Promises, Obama-Barack & President Barack, Obamatopia, TARP, Toxic Assets, Wall Street | View Comments
President Obama made a visit to Ottumwa, Iowa Wednesday. As reported by Jake Tapper on ABC’s Political Punch: “We’re going to have to make some tough choices” about the deficit and national debt, President Obama said to a crowded gymnasium full of supporters at Indian Hills Community College, after a lengthy riff on how the [...]
By Anita Finlay ("Ani") on Apr 25, 2010 in Bailouts, Bank Bailouts, Depression, Economic Stimulus, Economy, Joe Biden, Stimulus Plan, TARP, Toxic Assets, Vice President, stimulus tax package | View Comments
On Friday’s Political Punch, it was reported that Vice President Biden Predicts Massive Job Growth in Coming Months: Usually the Obama administration downplays expectations for job growth, but apparently Vice President Joe Biden didn’t get the memo – or he did, but just blew it off. Well, it wouldn’t be the first time our loquacious [...]
By Anita Finlay ("Ani") on Apr 20, 2010 in Bailouts, Bank Bailouts, David Shuster, Deficit, Depression, Economic Stimulus, Keith Olbermann, MSNBC, Obama Comrades, Obama's Broken Promises, Race | View Comments
Tea partiers have pundits and politicians heads spinning. The movement keeps growing. The defy description or easy characterization. First insulted with the sexual slur “teabaggers,” called racist, extremist, angry white men and every other nasty name in the book, recent polling has determined they are quite representative of American demographics, many are well educated and [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Apr 16, 2010 in Banks, Ben Bernanke, Congress (House & Senate), Credit Risk, Current Affairs, Deficit, Democrats, Depression, Economy, George Bush, Health Care, National Debt, President Barack Obama, Unemployment/Jobs, Wall Street | View Comments
I think we are in for a world of hurt. So does Chairman Ben Bernanke:
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Apr 1, 2010 in Bailouts, Bank Bailouts, Barack Obama, Bush administration, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Democrats, Depression, Fannie Mae, Franklin Raines, Freddie Mac, Housing & Housing Crisis, Mortgage Crisis, National Debt, Unemployment | View Comments
~~Bumped Up~~ The DOW continues to be on the rise, which is certainly some good news, particularly for investors. Unfortunately, that is not translating into new jobs. Quite the opposite, in fact. For the second week in a row, first time unemployment benefits have risen, this week close to half a million (484,000), a rise [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 16, 2009 in ABC News, Afghanistan, Bamboozling, Campaign promises, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, David Axelrod, Depression, Economy, Flip Flopping, Foreign Policy, Fox News, Governance, Harry Reid, Health Care, Hoodwinking, Housing & Housing Crisis, Insurance Policies & Industry, Iran, Iraq, President Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Unemployment, Unemployment/Jobs | View Comments
One just has to wonder what prompted the child in the video below to ask Obama the question he did. Maybe people in his household were decrying the lack of it, or maybe this child was picking up on the animosity in the air, or maybe he just wanted to share the good news of [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Aug 14, 2009 in Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Depression, Economy, Employment, Energy Policy, Environment, Health Care, National Debt, US Senate | View Comments
(bumped up from early afternoon) See the Update about how many of our Elected Officials will/not be holding Town Hall Forums at the bottom of the page. Friend to NQ, Kathleen Wynne from HandCountPaperallotsNow made a suggestion after seeing the negative spin the MSM is putting on reports of concerned citizens calling out their representatives [...]
By Pat Racimora on May 12, 2009 in American Consumers, Bank Bailouts, Bank Failure, Credit Card Companies, Depression, Economy | View Comments
An optimist has been defined as one who would, should a ton of crap be dumped on his doorstep, jump right in and rummage through it, convinced that there must be a pony in there somewhere. I tend towards optimism. So, while not for one second denying that millions of citizens have been significantly harmed [...]
By John Batchelor on Apr 11, 2009 in Democrats, Depression, John Batchelor, Republicans, TARP | View Comments
Originally published today at The Daily Beast, which wrote, “Conservative radio host John Batchelor says it’s obvious: His Republican Party is a corpse. And its response to the financial crisis reveals how and when it died.” The Republican Party is dead like Lehman Brothers and Robert E. Lee, not to be revived by TARP, Rupert [...]
By LisaB on Mar 29, 2009 in American Consumers, Charitable Contributions, Depression, Economic Stimulus, Economy, European Union, International Monetary Fund, Judd Gregg, President Barack Obama, Tax stimulus package | View Comments
Below, from end-of-the-week economy must-reads: The U.S. Is Not Strong Enough (!) for E.U. Membership … Obama Spouts Pablum (Drivel) … The Atlantic and Real Clear Politics Write Exposés on the State of Our Economy, With the Naked Truth About Who Controls Our Country 1) At BriefingRoom.TheHill.com, Judd Gregg says the U.S. couldn’t even join [...]
By bert on Feb 16, 2009 in Age Discrimination, American Consumers, Banking Institutions, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Depression, Economic Stimulus, Economy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Health Care, Illegal Aliens, Medicare, Social Security | View Comments
(bumped up from earlier this evening — it is the most fascinating history, and a true must-read! – Susan) In the first post on our nation’s Social Security system I tried to give a brief history of how the program came about and the immediate needs of people suffering from the Depression that caused FDR [...]
By bert on Feb 9, 2009 in American Consumers, Current Affairs, Depression, Economy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Social Security | View Comments
(bumped up from early Sunday night) Editor’s Note: Yes! This essay is written by “bert,” who you all know from her regular comments here. She submitted this superb article for publication, and we are so pleased to share this fine writing and excellent research with you. Below, you’ll see that “bert” also found a shocking [...]
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