DOW closes above 13,000 first time since 2008
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Is it time for you to get robbed by a stripper again to correct the fact that you are overpaid given your mental worth?
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That's the problem with neocons, they want the country to bottom out just so their party can get re-elected. It's their ideal or nothing. I think it's a way to justify the dying belief system.
If Willard was in office they would be singing from the rafters.
if you catch my drift
GO OBAMA !
Ney?s most dramatic accusations are against his fellow Ohioan John Boehner, the man he once saw as his biggest rival to someday being speaker. He describes Boehner as ?a bit lazy? and ?a man who was all about winning and money. He was a chain-smoking, relentless wine drinker who was more interested in the high life--golf, women, cigarettes, fun, and alcohol.? He said Boehner ?spent almost all of his time on fundraising, not policy.? He ?golfed, drank constantly, and took the easy way legislatively.? Ney recalled Boehner handing out checks on the House floor and said his ties with a tobacco company were so tight that lawmakers could get free cigarettes from Boehner?s office. His golfing, Ney said, was ?nonstop? and ?paid for by lobbyists.?
Ney wrote: ?If the Justice Department were ever to make John produce receipts for his addiction to golf just for the years from 1995 to 2004, he would be hard-pressed to comply. John got away with more than any other Member on the Hill.?
The most inflammatory accusation against Boehner in the book is Ney?s contention that he ended his reelection campaign after winning the primary in 2006 only after Boehner, then the majority leader, summoned the cash-strapped and embattled congressman to his office and told him if he quit the race, Boehner would take care of him. ?If you resign the next day, I will personally guarantee you a job comparable to what you are making, and raise legal defense money for you that should bury all this Justice Department problem for you,? Boehner said, according to Ney. He said he pressed Boehner, repeating the terms and getting assurance that the offer was ?ironclad.? When Ney called back the next day to accept the deal, he wrote that he again repeated the terms to Boehner, who agreed. ?Because of Boehner?s promise, I stepped aside,? he wrote. But Ney said Boehner did not keep his word. ?I had been lied to and ditched,? Ney said.
Boehner spokesman Michael Steel questioned Ney?s accusations. ?This is a convicted felon with a history of failing to tell the truth, making a lot of baseless accusations to try and sell books,? Steel said in a statement to National Journal Daily. ?More than anything else, it's sad. Congressman Boehner urged his friend to resign and deal with his personal and legal issues. The allegations that a resignation was traded for specific promises are untrue.?
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keep trusting neo cons
best of the best
Ney wrote: ?If the Justice Department were ever to make John produce receipts for his addiction to golf just for the years from 1995 to 2004, he would be hard-pressed to comply. John got away with more than any other Member on the Hill.?
The most inflammatory accusation against Boehner in the book is Ney?s contention that he ended his reelection campaign after winning the primary in 2006 only after Boehner, then the majority leader, summoned the cash-strapped and embattled congressman to his office and told him if he quit the race, Boehner would take care of him. ?If you resign the next day, I will personally guarantee you a job comparable to what you are making, and raise legal defense money for you that should bury all this Justice Department problem for you,? Boehner said, according to Ney. He said he pressed Boehner, repeating the terms and getting assurance that the offer was ?ironclad.? When Ney called back the next day to accept the deal, he wrote that he again repeated the terms to Boehner, who agreed. ?Because of Boehner?s promise, I stepped aside,? he wrote. But Ney said Boehner did not keep his word. ?I had been lied to and ditched,? Ney said.
Boehner spokesman Michael Steel questioned Ney?s accusations. ?This is a convicted felon with a history of failing to tell the truth, making a lot of baseless accusations to try and sell books,? Steel said in a statement to National Journal Daily. ?More than anything else, it's sad. Congressman Boehner urged his friend to resign and deal with his personal and legal issues. The allegations that a resignation was traded for specific promises are untrue.?
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keep trusting neo cons
best of the best
Yep.....everything is hunkey-doorey....
The last time the Dow Jones was this high....
(and I hope you understand that the Dow Jones is an archaically-weighted index of an ever-changing basket of stocks and the components of the index NOW are much different than THEN, when it was this high in the past?
hmmmm - no, no you don't understand this - ok, then, here are some facts for you)
Dow Jones Industrial Average:
Then 14164.5;
Now 14164.5
Regular Gas Price:
Then $2.75;
Now $3.73
GDP Growth:
Then +2.5%;
Now +1.6%
Americans Unemployed (in Labor Force):
Then 6.7 million;
Now 13.2 million
Americans On Food Stamps:
Then 26.9 million;
Now 47.69 million
Size of Fed's Balance Sheet:
Then $0.89 trillion;
Now $3.01 trillion
US Debt as a Percentage of GDP:
Then ~38%;
Now 74.2%
US Deficit (LTM):
Then $97 billion;
Now $975.6 billion
Total US Debt Oustanding:
Then $9.008 trillion;
Now $16.43 trillion
US Household Debt:
Then $13.5 trillion;
Now 12.87 trillion
Labor Force Particpation Rate:
Then 65.8%;
Now 63.6%
Consumer Confidence:
Then 99.5;
Now 69.6
S&P Rating of the US:
Then AAA;
Now AA+
VIX:
Then 17.5%;
Now 14%
10 Year Treasury Yield:
Then 4.64%;
Now 1.89%
Gold:
Then $748;
Now $1583
NYSE Average LTM Volume (per day): Then 1.3 billion shares;
Now 545 million shares
Buy, HEY - water is great....everyone jump IN!
The last time the Dow Jones was this high....
(and I hope you understand that the Dow Jones is an archaically-weighted index of an ever-changing basket of stocks and the components of the index NOW are much different than THEN, when it was this high in the past?
hmmmm - no, no you don't understand this - ok, then, here are some facts for you)
Dow Jones Industrial Average:
Then 14164.5;
Now 14164.5
Regular Gas Price:
Then $2.75;
Now $3.73
GDP Growth:
Then +2.5%;
Now +1.6%
Americans Unemployed (in Labor Force):
Then 6.7 million;
Now 13.2 million
Americans On Food Stamps:
Then 26.9 million;
Now 47.69 million
Size of Fed's Balance Sheet:
Then $0.89 trillion;
Now $3.01 trillion
US Debt as a Percentage of GDP:
Then ~38%;
Now 74.2%
US Deficit (LTM):
Then $97 billion;
Now $975.6 billion
Total US Debt Oustanding:
Then $9.008 trillion;
Now $16.43 trillion
US Household Debt:
Then $13.5 trillion;
Now 12.87 trillion
Labor Force Particpation Rate:
Then 65.8%;
Now 63.6%
Consumer Confidence:
Then 99.5;
Now 69.6
S&P Rating of the US:
Then AAA;
Now AA+
VIX:
Then 17.5%;
Now 14%
10 Year Treasury Yield:
Then 4.64%;
Now 1.89%
Gold:
Then $748;
Now $1583
NYSE Average LTM Volume (per day): Then 1.3 billion shares;
Now 545 million shares
Buy, HEY - water is great....everyone jump IN!
Hmmm, let's see....
John Paulson, Warren Buffet and George Soros have liquidated almost, if not all, their holdings in US stocks, particularly, US Banking stocks....
and Hedgehog is buying......
To the MOOOON, Alice!!!!
John Paulson, Warren Buffet and George Soros have liquidated almost, if not all, their holdings in US stocks, particularly, US Banking stocks....
and Hedgehog is buying......
To the MOOOON, Alice!!!!
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