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2011-08-23 Economy

Jobless total exceeds population of Greece

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Posted by DarthVader 2011-08-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 ION RENSE > [Telegraph.UK] QADDAFI'S DEFEAT WILL NOT SAVE OBAMA'S PRESIDENCY.

* CNN NEWS AM > "AMERICAN MORNING" Show = US, WORLD ECONOMY IS STALLING.

* STARS-N-STRIPES > "BLUE DOG" DEMOCRATS DECLINE IN NUMBER, INFLUENCE WANES.

Lines in the sand???

* PEOPLE'S DAILY FORUM > GLOBAL RECOVERY REQUIRES POLITICAL COURAGE, + Pol Leadership, NOT MORE PCORRECT-DENIABLE, DUBIOUS CUT-N-FIT ECON METHODS + SHORT-TERM FIXES that fail to resolve anything except the size of Govt. + Govt spending.

* SAME > THE GREAT FAILURE OF GLOBALIZATION. The US + Europe are unable to identify core problems.

ARTIC = ...
> No Econ or Growth Strategy.
> Failure of Political Leaders to realize that GOOD FISCAL POLICY DOE N-O-T MEAN RUNNING UP HIGH OR MASSIVE, PERENNIAL DEFICITS.
> US INCREASINGLY DEVOL INTO A MELANGE OF DIFFERENTIATED, COMPETING SECTORS, CLASS, + REGIONAL INTERESTS. Ideo???
> TOP POITICIANS REFUSE TO DELINK PERSONAL, NON-STOP = PERPETUAL,PDENIABLE, ELECTIONEERING OR CAMPAIGNING VEE VITAL NATIONAL INTERESTS.

IIUC, IOW, the "GOOD OF THE NATION/PEOPLE" is seemingly always SECOND-FIDDLE TO PERSONAL, FOR-PROFIT/BENEFIT, I-GOT-MINE-N-THATS-ALL-THAT-MATTERS MOTIVES.

* TOPIX > NO LEADERSHIP OR GRAND STRATEGY IN WASHINGTON TO FIX NATION'S WOES.

* SAME > HAYEK IS WRONG, + SO IS BERNANKE, THE COMING [US, Global?] RECESSION WILL BE DEFLATIONARY.

* SAME > ANALYSTS: HIGH RISK OF [US-Global]ECONOMIC DEPRESSION DUE TO FAILURE OF DEBT DEAL TO MEET TARGETS.

* SAME > RISE IN US JOBLESS CLAIMS HERALDS/SIGNALS POOR RECOVERY.

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > POLLS: MOST AMERICANS FAVOR AFGHAN PULLOUT.

Majority of Amers believe ...
> US has NO CLEARLY DEFINED MISSION, ROLE, OR STRATEGY IN AFGHANISTAN = AFPAK.
> The Fed in Washington should NOT BE SPENDING SCARCE TAXPAYER $$$ IN A TIME OF NATIONAL ECON TROUBLES UNTIL IT DOES THE ABOVE.
> US Troops in Afghanistan = AFPAK should be brought home ASAP, IN NMT ONE YEAR OR LESS.

* BHARAT RAKSHAK > LIFE AFTER DEBT: IN THIS MONTH'S MARKET UPHEAVALS, WE ARE WITNESSING THE END OF A SEVEN-DECADE [70 Years] LONG ECONOMIC EXPERIMENT, BUT DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY CLUE WHAT COMES NEXT?

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > TEXAS A & M PREDICTS FLOOD/WAVES OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS INTO US FROM CHINA.

D *** NG IT, FERGIT THE CARTEL WARS, OPEN BORDERS, + ILLEGAL HISPANICS - ITS THE CHINESE THAT ARE COMING, THE CHINESE ARE COMING!

PRAVDA = CHINESE MEN HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO CONQUER RUSSIA'S FEMALE POPULATION.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-08-23 00:56|| 2011-08-23 00:56|| Front Page Top

#2 We could adopt the Afghan model and begin growing Marijuana and Poppies as a cash crops.

Posted by Besoeker 2011-08-23 09:13|| 2011-08-23 09:13|| Front Page Top

#3 Better living through chemistry. Home meth labs.

Posted by Eohippus Phater7165 2011-08-23 09:30|| 2011-08-23 09:30|| Front Page Top

#4 >We could adopt the Afghan model and begin growing Marijuana and Poppies as a cash crops.

Be better than the Nu-Prohibition choices.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2011-08-23 11:57|| 2011-08-23 11:57|| Front Page Top

#5 How apt, comparing the unemployed population to that of Greece.

Posted by no mo uro 2011-08-23 14:53|| 2011-08-23 14:53|| Front Page Top

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