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2011-10-04 Economy

US Factory Orders Fell Unexpectedly in August

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Posted by Beavis 2011-10-04 12:39|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 In other words, the economic experts still are doing the same thing as they have been for the past two years and expect different results.

It's a mad, mad, mad, mad, mad world.

Posted by DarthVader 2011-10-04 14:31|| 2011-10-04 14:31|| Front Page Top

#2 "Experts": credentialed, not educated

(HT: Instapundit)

Posted by Pollyandrew 2011-10-04 16:03|| 2011-10-04 16:03|| Front Page Top

#3 Unexpectedly?
I don't think the word means what you think it means.

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2011-10-04 16:20|| 2011-10-04 16:20|| Front Page Top

#4 Not sure "economic recovery" means what normal people think it means either!

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2011-10-04 18:00|| 2011-10-04 18:00|| Front Page Top

#5 Factories? In the US?

We don't have factories here anymore. We don't even manufacture basic textiles today.

Mitch McConnell's spousal unit, Elaine (Chao), a former SECY of LABOR took care of that pesky issue years ago.

Posted by Sping Panda9115 2011-10-04 21:07|| 2011-10-04 21:07|| Front Page Top

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