On Aug 30, 7:57*am, Billy Burpelson wrote:
wrote:
- - Senator Obama's statement that "our economy is in turmoil"
- - is standard stuff on the left and in the mainstream media,
- - which has been dying to use the word "recession."

- Forget Obama, the 'R'(recession) word and the left or the right.
-
- Have you been out in the real world lately?
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- Gasoline, heating oil, aviation fuel, basic food staples like bread
- flour, tuition, medical costs...all experiencing double digit
inflation.

The Double Digit Heads of Inflation . . .
Nancy Pelosi, D-CA & Harry Reid, D-NV

- Real income down every year since 2000.

The Double Digit Heads of Inflation . . .
Nancy Pelosi, D-CA & Harry Reid, D-NV

- Record number of private and business bankruptcies.

The Double Digit Heads of Inflation . . .
Nancy Pelosi, D-CA & Harry Reid, D-NV

- The housing/credit scandal and more home
- repossessions since 1929.

The Double Digit Heads of Inflation . . .
Nancy Pelosi, D-CA & Harry Reid, D-NV

- -Millions- of decent paying American manufacturing
- jobs 'downsized' and 'outsourced' to our friends in
- India and China.

The Double Digit Heads of Inflation . . .
Nancy Pelosi, D-CA & Harry Reid, D-NV

- Yup, the economy is in swell shape.
- (Although to others who -don't- have their head in the sand,
- it may indeed sound like the economy IS "in turmoil").

The Double Digit Heads of Inflation . . .
Nancy Pelosi, D-CA & Harry Reid, D-NV

- However, if you insist on "blaming the messenger",
- Obama is as good a target as any, I suppose.

Better to Focus On The Double Digit Heads of Inflation . . .
Nancy Pelosi, D-CA & Harry Reid, D-NV