It's official: U.S. is in recession

News Type: Event — Seeded on Mon Dec 1, 2008 12:33 PM EST

Article Source: msnbc.com

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Seeded by Paul William Tenny

A panel of the National Bureau of Economic Research said Monday that the U.S. economy fell into a recession last year.

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{"commentId":4247039,"authorDomain":"ted66"}

TED C.

Amazing news! And here I thought that everything was peachy.

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#26 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:12 PM EST

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ar_dennis51

If you think we are in a recession, think again. It is called Depression.

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1 vote

#27 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:14 PM EST

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Lionel Fuhrman

While the government should have made this announcement months ago so that Americans could have made adjustments to their lifestyle, I think that the government held off because those in power did not want to alarm anyone. I also think that the government did not want to announce that we were in a recession with an upcoming election. It would have made the party in power look weak.....which it was! Now it will be much harder to pull out of the recession. I worry for the families that were barely making ends meet before!

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1 vote

#28 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:15 PM EST

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Ryan-

Or it's because a recession has clearly defined principles.

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1 vote

#28.1 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:21 PM EST

{"commentId":4247073,"authorDomain":"bob12345678"}

BOB-513265

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There is no recession !!! Wake up people----Xmas sales are up 7 %---The Negroid elect must keep us fearful, so he can " save " us

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1 vote

#29 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:15 PM EST

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jolt1972

Can you give your opinion without racial references? It has nothing to do with anything.

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3 votes

#29.1 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:25 PM EST

{"commentId":4247188,"authorDomain":"carlostoadvine"}

Carlos Toadvine

The Negroid elect must keep us fearful

Shame on you!

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5 votes

#29.2 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:26 PM EST

{"commentId":4247366,"authorDomain":"luvenia48"}

luvenia48

You are either blind or to rich to care. Sales went up due the discounts and the fact that we are still trying to keep our children hopes up. However a large amount of people will still have NO christmas due to loss of jobs and their home. Children that until recently had homes are now living in group shelters until their parents can find work again and a roof to put over these children's heads. Shame on you. I don't care what you think of Obama, he is next in line and even if he is not the great one so many project, he sure has to be better than the one going out..........

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1 vote

#29.3 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:39 PM EST

{"commentId":4247393,"authorDomain":"gregziglar"}

Greg-281912

Bob is correct in that there is no recession. In fact, there is no problem at all with the economy.

But, Bob, poor choice of words, really.

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4 votes

#29.4 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:42 PM EST

{"commentId":4247398,"authorDomain":"nativemedicfire"}

Anniek

Bob no one even pays one bit of attention to you when you start with that kind of talk. If you can't say anything nice shut the hell up. We don't like that kind of take here or anywhere in the USA

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1 vote

#29.5 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:42 PM EST

{"commentId":4247492,"authorDomain":"nativemedicfire"}

Anniek

Paul would you do something about Bob crap. We do have rules on this public discussion Please they are just plan wrong and need to be deleted. Please

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1 vote

#29.6 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:49 PM EST

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kdw-gocal

Such a shallow mind it takes to beat our society down. Shush Bob!!!

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#29.7 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:56 PM EST

{"commentId":4247603,"authorDomain":"KatSC"}

Kat-343963

I guess the rich brought there noses down to Walmart level, I am sure the Chinese are greatful! They veven manged to destroy yet another middle class family in process, I sure hope the man's family can get more help the rest of us have gotten..I am just waiting to lose my job and then my home cause of no money to pay bills and then listen to those say well ya shouldn't have lived above your means, many who pay there debts and have home well within there income will lose them without a job..Thats a fact even a first grader can figure out !!

Those who spend much time slamming man thats not even in the house yet aren't very productive, except with there mouths !!

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#29.8 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:57 PM EST

{"commentId":4247684,"authorDomain":"Samual"}

Samual

Kat, be sure to attend the union meeting tonight. Get more material on beating up on Walmart. (Fact: Walmart purchases more domestic goods than any business in America) Your Chinese bull just doesn't wash.

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1 vote

#29.9 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 2:04 PM EST

{"commentId":4248104,"authorDomain":"sjones34668"}

SickNTired

(Fact: Walmart purchases more domestic goods than any business in America) Your Chinese bull just doesn't wash.

Samual, you may want to do a little research on Wal-Mart.

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3 votes

#29.10 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 2:37 PM EST

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martvol

Sam Walton used to buy American, whenever he could. That ended when he died.

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2 votes

#29.11 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 3:53 PM EST

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Brian-352902

Remember, his name is The Annointed One

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#29.12 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 6:02 PM EST

{"commentId":4263131,"authorDomain":"rubysmama35"}

Sigh-268832

As an African-American (pronounced A-freakin' American) I'm going to defend poor old Bob. After all, you can only do what your mind lets you...

No child left behind...you betcha...wink, wink!

(I know it's old but it was so hilarious)

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#29.13 - Tue Dec 2, 2008 4:19 PM EST

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bdorgle

Recession and soon depression. Buy bulk food and water. Without the ability to borrow farmers cannot plant. No crops no food.

No more Corporate Bailouts! End the Federal Reserve and go back to real money (ie precious metal)

End all military conflict until we get back to no debt.

stop the spend and borrow practices.

oh and have a great day.

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1 vote

#30 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:15 PM EST

{"commentId":4255483,"authorDomain":"pwtenny"}

Paul William Tenny

Buy bulk food and water.

Living in rural communities has its advantages. Like, say, a well...

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1 vote

#30.1 - Tue Dec 2, 2008 2:19 AM EST

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countrycomfort

And room to garden / hunt / fish.

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#30.2 - Wed Dec 3, 2008 8:34 AM EST

{"commentId":4247079,"authorDomain":"dmhonold"}

ar_dennis51

If you think we are in a recession, think again. It is called Depression.

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1 vote

#31 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:15 PM EST

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Harleytype

Just what the media wanted to create, a new "crisis". Stories on Iraq, Iran ,etc. were getting boring and the lection is over. Now the mesia can print and spin every event that is negative to keep the crisis going. Also, the day traders are making a killing of off market volatility (which they create). Bewtween the media and the day traders they are doing to the stock market what the speculators and media did to the price of a barrell of oil months ago. It is all smoke and mirrors to make some people very, very wealthy.

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5 votes

#32 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:16 PM EST

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Marc-543527

So far the only intelligent comment I have read here

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2 votes

#32.1 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:35 PM EST

{"commentId":4247086,"authorDomain":"dmhonold"}

ar_dennis51

If you think we are in a recession, think again. It is called Depression.

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1 vote

#33 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:16 PM EST

{"commentId":4267669,"authorDomain":"melinda-davis01"}

SCORPION-617125

Must be an echo!

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1 vote

#33.1 - Tue Dec 2, 2008 9:52 PM EST

{"commentId":4247094,"authorDomain":"dmhonold"}

ar_dennis51

I hope Obama will get us out of this mess. Forget party and race lines, this is an American crisis to be dealt with.

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1 vote

#34 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:16 PM EST

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fran-619721

Alright...Already

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#34.1 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:24 PM EST

{"commentId":4247192,"authorDomain":"bob12345678"}

BOB-513265

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{"commentId":4247270,"authorDomain":"ctmcmanus"}

Mac-329110

He will get us out of this just like

Roosevelt got us out of the great depression...NOT. Unemployment stayed at 17+% from the depression intill the start of WWII. Everything just had a good spin put on it after he took office.

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1 vote

#34.3 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:33 PM EST

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Anniek

Bob you are a sick person you don't know him but because of the color of his skin you think he is dumb and no good god get a life grow up read a book do something beside spread your hate. You are one sick person sir.

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2 votes

#34.4 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:44 PM EST

{"commentId":4247462,"authorDomain":"martvol"}

martvol

Careful, Bob. You are going to end up on an FBI watch list, if you are not already there. They might even be headed to your door now.

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5 votes

#34.5 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:47 PM EST

{"commentId":4247506,"authorDomain":"nativemedicfire"}

Anniek

We can only hope they are god what a sick person he is

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1 vote

#34.6 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:50 PM EST

{"commentId":4247861,"authorDomain":"tyler"}

tyler

he better worry about not stepping in front of supersonic moving small objects

How are you not banned, BOB-513265?

Now you are.

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7 votes

#34.7 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 2:17 PM EST

{"commentId":4247953,"authorDomain":"carianne"}

Carianne

Wow...that was fast. Thank you, tyler.

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1 vote

#34.8 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 2:24 PM EST

{"commentId":4247966,"authorDomain":"brian-39"}

The partys overDeleted

{"commentId":4247994,"authorDomain":"jeffersonj"}

82nd ABN RGR

Hey Bob, comments like that sir will get you "watched". So, wise up or stop acting like the 3rd grade was you "senior year".

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#34.10 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 2:28 PM EST

{"commentId":4248182,"authorDomain":"sichuan"}

Sichuan

Thanks, Tyler. There are several more just like him.

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2 votes

#34.11 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 2:43 PM EST

{"commentId":4248550,"authorDomain":"mikeanddonna57"}

Donna-367223

Alright already. Ya know, if we all were doing our jobs and being responsible there would be no crisis to get us out of.

But there are too many greedy people that caused this.

We the people are the only ones to fix this and you can start now.

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#34.12 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 3:16 PM EST

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tyler

Yes thank you for the censorship

Trolls, do you really want to defend someone who posts this? It's not censorship - there are rules, the user wasn't following them.

[Also, threatening a President-Elect of the United States is against federal law and the user's in the U.S.]

End of derail.

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4 votes

#34.13 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 3:42 PM EST

{"commentId":4247108,"authorDomain":"lionellon1"}

Lionel Fuhrman

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1 vote

#35 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:18 PM EST

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cannonmama

"the government should have made this announcement months ago so that Americans could have made adjustments to their lifestyle,"

What?? Why does the government have to tell us to prepare for hard times? Have we no common sense on our own? I for one am tired of the government telling me what to do and when to do it. Think for yourselves for a change. My home and land is paid for, no mortgage, my car and truck is paid for, I make my own power, etc. I also have money in the bank. Not as much as a lot of people but enough to get me through tough times. Imagine that, I did all this without the government warning me that there would eventually be a downturn in the economy. Amazing!!

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1 vote

#35.1 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 2:17 PM EST

{"commentId":4247109,"authorDomain":"carlostoadvine"}

Carlos Toadvine

If we raise taxes it will be worse. More spending is a bet that the possible inflation will be better than deflation if money dries up, probably true. If this goes like the numbers indicate a lot of people will be really hurt. This took a long time to happen and probably won't be fixed quickly by a government program since most programs don't do anything quickly, get ready for a rough ride if the crap really hits the fan.

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2 votes

#36 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:18 PM EST

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SickNTired

I would be inclined to say "when the crap really hits the fan." My guess 3-09.

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#36.1 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:46 PM EST

{"commentId":4250363,"authorDomain":"carlostoadvine"}

Carlos Toadvine

SickNTired, I really hope you are wrong. As a nation we need to get together and quit the partisan banter, it is so useless. I don't give a damn who gets the credit or blame this is a time when real leaders need to step up and do the right thing, I sadly have little confidence in the caliber of our elected officals and dont see any indication they have the will make the really tough decisions and look at the future outside of the next election. On that score I hope I am wrong. Time will tell.

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#36.2 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 5:11 PM EST

{"commentId":4257800,"authorDomain":"sjones34668"}

SickNTired

Mr. Toadvine,

My comment has nothing to do with partisanship, simply a gut feeling.

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#36.3 - Tue Dec 2, 2008 10:41 AM EST

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muledeer

No recession in the Bush /Cheney housholds thou , they along with their buddies, are pocketing billions of dollars all the way from Blackwater , Kbr , Haliburton , etc, etc , ect....merry Christmas.

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#37 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:18 PM EST

{"commentId":4247130,"authorDomain":"jwksryder"}

joe-749219

Blame it on bush. Funny thing though the majority (Dem) who have sat in congress spending money freely are off scott free with no blame. amazing that it falls on one man instead of the many liberals who have had majority for years now. wake up people smell what the democrats are cooking its only going to get worse comrads

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#38 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:20 PM EST

{"commentId":4247143,"authorDomain":"m-faccone"}

Mark-297617

If Americans don't get their greedy little heads out of their asses... and stop rushing the doors at Walmart and stores that share their business practices (except walmart does do a little bit of charity work with the money that doesn't go to china) ... then we will be in something worse than even a depression here. Our economy is now spiraling downward. If it gets past the bottom, then we become a 3rd world nation.

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2 votes

#39 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:21 PM EST

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John in Moapa

Did they have the word "RECESSION" in 1929?

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1 vote

#40 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:24 PM EST

{"commentId":4247170,"authorDomain":"bob12345678"}

BOB-513265

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Contrary to popular opinion---there are those of us that have money and are spending it......all you sheep who believe everything the negroid tells you...better wake up and pray to god that he doesn't raise taxes. Us people with money are the ones keeping the economy going.........

Rich people who spend money are not the " evil ones" that the class warfare ne@@er woulld have you believe

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1 vote

#41 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:24 PM EST

{"commentId":4247190,"authorDomain":"francescatravis"}

fran-619721

Not neccesary Ahole!!!

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3 votes

#41.1 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:26 PM EST

{"commentId":4247246,"authorDomain":"jtruckley"}

jolt1972

Oh..never mind, Bob...you aren't even worth a reply. I'll just ignore you in hopes that you will GO AWAY.

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1 vote

#41.2 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:31 PM EST

{"commentId":4247482,"authorDomain":"martvol"}

martvol

At this point, Ignore is not enough. I ask for deletion and cancelling of his right to blog.

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8 votes

#41.3 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:48 PM EST

{"commentId":4247653,"authorDomain":"ras110"}

Rachel-375623

SERIOUSLY??? Dude. Wake up. It's 2008 and we don't use those words anymore. We grew up. Go back to 4th grade.

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#41.4 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 2:02 PM EST

{"commentId":4247729,"authorDomain":"kimdweller"}

kdw-gocal

Well Bob if you have so much money, go invest it in the stock market!! That would surely keep you busy!

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#41.5 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 2:07 PM EST

{"commentId":4247732,"authorDomain":"Samual"}

Samual

Bob, you are rude, crude and socialably unexceptable.

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1 vote

#41.6 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 2:07 PM EST

{"commentId":4247810,"authorDomain":"carianne"}

Carianne

I have reported Bob and e-mailed Mr. Tenny, who seeded this article, to request that he be removed permanently. I ask that everyone else do the same. Thanks.

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#41.7 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 2:14 PM EST

{"commentId":4248051,"authorDomain":"aldo555"}

John-568224

Oh Please.

If he's removed or deleted, he'll only be replaced by someone else who feels the same way. It may be 2009 in a few weeks, but you can't teach an old dog, new tricks.

You'll still have racism, and people who hate and will continue to blame Bush, as well as those who hate and will continue to blame Obama regardless of whether he turns things around or not.... and he hasn't even taken office yet.

While there are those who are excited about what's to come, there are those who will continue to fight change of any kind.

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#41.8 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 2:33 PM EST

{"commentId":4248075,"authorDomain":"chickwithagun69"}

Chick-379869

Contrary to popular opinion---there are those of us that have money and are spending it......all you sheep who believe everything the negroid tells you...better wake up and pray to god that he doesn't raise taxes.

It's the economists saying we are in a recession.

I'm glad you have lots of money and are keeping our economy afloat all by yourself. Hope you got alot of it. You're going to need it

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2 votes

#41.9 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 2:35 PM EST

{"commentId":4247182,"authorDomain":"marianita"}

Utah Soccer Mom

Well, duh!!! I think the majority of us had already figured out the economy was in trouble -- and most of us are not rocket scientists. It angers me that the Bush Administration has been asleep at the wheel then demanded that we hurry up and pass a bailout package for Wall Street. Bah, humbug! It's high time for us to invest, instead, in our infrastructure.

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#42 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:25 PM EST

{"commentId":4247314,"authorDomain":"ctmcmanus"}

Mac-329110

While Bush called for the bailout you can blame the Democrats for it. They controlled both houses of congress and didn't have the guts to stand up and say no. All they were interested in was getting re-elected so they could raise taxes and make people more dependent on government handouts.

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1 vote

#42.1 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:36 PM EST

{"commentId":4247195,"authorDomain":"hd65"}

Puck2u

DUH!!!!!

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1 vote

#43 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:26 PM EST

{"commentId":4247530,"authorDomain":"bertart"}

poppinmary

Recession, yeah duh!

Double DUH!

We've been in a recession for more than 8 months. What took Congress so long to figure that one out?

In that case Triple DUH!

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#43.1 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:52 PM EST

{"commentId":4248603,"authorDomain":"mikeanddonna57"}

Donna-367223

The same Congress that did not have a clue with the housing market and wall street and the financial institutions throwing away millions and the CEO's taking millions.

USELESS Congress and oh where has Barney Frank been all this time??????

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#43.2 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 3:20 PM EST

{"commentId":4247214,"authorDomain":"ynotmike"}

ynotmike

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure this one out, my wallet told me.

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#44 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:28 PM EST

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4everamerica

Where have these "so, called"experts been all this time? This country has been in a recession for quite sometime and it's not going to get any better. We are in a recession because of greedy Americans who ONLY care about themselves and no one else. Americans are probably the greediest people on earth. They aren't only greedy, they are lazy and disrespectful also. This country is going to hell, and nobody knows what to do. Barack Obama is going to have his hands full when he takes office. First he has to fix all of George Bush's mistakes. Bush really screwed up this country with all his lies. I don't understand, why this country let him get away with it. And look at where we are today, going right down the toilet. And look at who Bush pardoned before he leaves his office, cocaine dealers. What about the border patrol guys who were doing their job, and then put in prison> What a bunch of crap this country is full of. It makes me sick to see this great nation going down the toilet, because no one seems to care what other people do. Our government needs to be over-hauled and get rid of some of them. There is too much corruption in this country. Senators taking so called gifts from oil companies and then staying in office. Something needs to be done soon or we can all kiss our asses good-bye.

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#45 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:31 PM EST

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Grenze1

It took them a year to figure that out? LOL And these guys get paid how much to do this?

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#46 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:32 PM EST

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4everamerica

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1 vote

#47 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:33 PM EST

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kdw-gocal

4everamerica: Yes and it is up to us to make those changes. We have to speak out to our Congress and State Reps, etc. If we would make our issues known, our government is "for the people" and must listen and act on our requests. We have to stop being lazy (me included) and take the time to write letters, make phone calls, to our state reps, federal reps, and they will act.

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#47.1 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 2:12 PM EST

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mesimpson

I wonder what they will be admitting to a year from now about where we are now?

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3 votes

#48 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:33 PM EST

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Mike G.-270496

This article was probably outsourced to someone in India. Better get used to it.

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#49 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:36 PM EST

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Nance-469439

Just read about the outsourcing of newspaper articles to be written in India bypeople who haven't a clue about America. Ok maybe a clue but no real knowledge of the country and or what they are writing about.

Outsourcing at it's finest. God forbid we have a free press in America any longer.

We must be fed only rosy pictures which will make it all better. We can all stick our heads in the sand and know that it is all "in our attitudes".

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#49.1 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 3:08 PM EST

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EWS100%

I decided to change my party status last week. My town allows one to first, officially cancel one's membership in that party. Second, you declare your new preference and sign their paperwork. Well, for a few moments between cancellation and joining a new party one is in limbo and without any party declaration.

I took advantage of that moment by walking out (officially, of course) without my new and written declaration. The clerks were dumbfounded, but could do nothing. I wished them a good day. I am now officially a "listener and watcher", by my own design. Their loophole was as big as a tunnel and I got a boot out of taking full advantage.

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#50 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:37 PM EST

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Samual

Party status? Where on earth do you live? In my neighborhood we vote in the primary that we choose at the time we vote. If we want to change 'parties' we simply changke lines. In the general elections it doesn't matter which party you think you belong to. There is only one line. You must live on Mars or maybe Russia or Cuba?

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1 vote

#50.1 - Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:44 PM EST

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