Pinheads Resort to Bumping 3-year-old Threads!

Dixie said:
Faced with the embarrassment of the current administration's failure to turn the economy around, in spite of spending trillions of taxpayer dollars to do so, the liberal democrats here have decided to wage a personal vendetta against Dixie, and rehash 3-year-old arguments and posts of mine, because they don't want to face the music or have to admit they were wrong about Obama's broken promises of Hope and Change.

It is far more beneficial to their side, to meander through old threads and find things they can construe as 'contradictions' in my postings. This is designed to take the heat off their party for the dismal failures of the Obama administration, and avoid being accountable for electing the fraud as president. Unable to fly their typical excuses anymore, they must resort to some measure of distraction, so that people are consumed by something other than spiraling inflation, astronomical debt, and skyrocketing unemployment. It is far more important for them to focus on something they perceive me to be 'inconsistent' about, than to address the loss of over 2 million jobs since their president was elected on the promise he would bring jobs back. It is paramount that they focus their attention on my past postings, rather than the war in Iraq, which their president mislead the American people about, claiming he would end the war, but hasn't.

This is what the Democrat Party has become. A roving band of misfits who lack any moral clarity or ability to rationally discuss ANY issue. Choosing instead, to gleefully participate in character assassination and distortion on a grand scale. They have all become experts at lying and spin, they've practiced since the days of Clinton, and now they will implement their plan to destroy anyone who doesn't tow the party line, so you better all watch out.
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If you knew anything about economics, which it is patently obvious that you don't, then you would know that unemployment is a lagging indicator.
 
tom prendergast said:
If you knew anything about economics, which it is patently obvious that you don't, then you would know that unemployment is a lagging indicator.
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Dude, put down the crack pipe! We have lost 2 MILLION jobs since January! We continue to lose 400k per month! Job growth is NOT just "lagging", it is totally NON EXISTENT! Seems to me, I recall a certain presidential candidate promising to CREATE new jobs, not LOSE more! In fact, it was one of the big campaign issues... how all of Obama's plans were going to create all kinds of new jobs, but so far, not a single job has been created, and 2 million more have been lost.

The main reason we continue to hemorrhage jobs, is because the economy is still in the crapper. In spite of democrats spending our tax dollars faster than Paris Hilton in a little dog store, our economy isn't recovering, and it's not likely to in the near future. What you are trying to say is, that even AFTER the economy begins to recover, new jobs will lag behind the recovery... when and if it ever comes! That is really not very encouraging news, because at the rate we are losing jobs, no one will be employed, so how will the economy sustain recovery?

In short, you are presenting circular idiocy. We never have to worry about all these new jobs because the economy is never going to recover, so Obama is politically okay, since he certainly won't be held accountable for jobs he didn't create because the economy didn't recover! What a fucking nitwit!
 
USFREEDOM911 said:
You should be careful about how you play the race card; because it coiuld cause your posting ability to be looked at.
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Careful US... you do understand she is BLACK, and we all know that people who are BLACK are impervious to racism, there is something about having dark pigmentation which prevents them from having any sort of racist or prejudiced thoughts whatsoever! In fact, because she is BLACK, AND a democrat, it means she is not only immune to racist thoughts, she is a foremost expert on who is and isn't actually a racist. BLACK democrats can tell who is racist usually by just casual conversation about their political views, and us white conservatives aren't allowed to challenge them, because that would be "racist" for us to do that!

I am surprised some of her pinhead fan club hasn't already called you out for being a racist, just based on the fact that you used a harsh tone with her! You must obviously be a racist, that is the only way to explain why you would act that way!

//sarcasm
 
Dixie said:
Careful US... you do understand she is BLACK, and we all know that people who are BLACK are impervious to racism, there is something about having dark pigmentation which prevents them from having any sort of racist or prejudiced thoughts whatsoever! In fact, because she is BLACK, AND a democrat, it means she is not only immune to racist thoughts, she is a foremost expert on who is and isn't actually a racist. BLACK democrats can tell who is racist usually by just casual conversation about their political views, and us white conservatives aren't allowed to challenge them, because that would be "racist" for us to do that!

I am surprised some of her pinhead fan club hasn't already called you out for being a racist, just based on the fact that you used a harsh tone with her! You must obviously be a racist, that is the only way to explain why you would act that way!

//sarcasm
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So; you;re saying she is BLACK?? :eek:
 
USFREEDOM911 said:
So; you;re saying she is BLACK?? :eek:
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Well I probably shouldn't say she is black, because it is undoubtedly going to be perceived as racist for me to even use that word to describe her, but I figure I have already been branded so what the hell! But I caution you, as a fellow conservative, don't go around repeating what I've told you here.
 
Dixie said:
Dude, put down the crack pipe! We have lost 2 MILLION jobs since January! We continue to lose 400k per month! Job growth is NOT just "lagging", it is totally NON EXISTENT! Seems to me, I recall a certain presidential candidate promising to CREATE new jobs, not LOSE more! In fact, it was one of the big campaign issues... how all of Obama's plans were going to create all kinds of new jobs, but so far, not a single job has been created, and 2 million more have been lost.

The main reason we continue to hemorrhage jobs, is because the economy is still in the crapper. In spite of democrats spending our tax dollars faster than Paris Hilton in a little dog store, our economy isn't recovering, and it's not likely to in the near future. What you are trying to say is, that even AFTER the economy begins to recover, new jobs will lag behind the recovery... when and if it ever comes! That is really not very encouraging news, because at the rate we are losing jobs, no one will be employed, so how will the economy sustain recovery?

In short, you are presenting circular idiocy. We never have to worry about all these new jobs because the economy is never going to recover, so Obama is politically okay, since he certainly won't be held accountable for jobs he didn't create because the economy didn't recover! What a fucking nitwit!
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It is basic economic theory, here is a primer to help you.

BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS:
Assorted economic statistics that provide valuable information about the expansions and contractions of business cycles. These statistics are grouped into three sets--lagging, coincident, and leading. Leading economic indicators tend to move up or down a few months BEFORE business-cycle expansions and contractions. Coincident economic indicators tend to reach their peaks and troughs AT THE SAME TIME as business cycles. Lagging economic indicators tend to rise or fall a few months AFTER business-cycle expansions and contractions.​
Business cycle indicators are a series of economic measures compiled from a variety of sources by The Conference Board that track monthly business cycle activity. They provide consumers, business leaders, and policy makers with a bit of insight into the current state of the economy and glimpse into where the economy might be headed.The actual measures used as business cycle indicators are collected by several different government agencies and private organizations, including the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Federal Reserve System, and the Dow Jones Company. These measures are then compiled by economists and number crunchers at the Conference Board into leading, coincident, and lagging indicators used to analyze business-cycle instability.
The Big Three

The business cycle indicators compiled by the Conference Board are grouped into one of three categories--leading, coincident, and lagging.

  • [*]Leading Economic Indicators: This group includes ten measures that generally indicate business cycle peaks and troughs three to twelve months before they actually occur. The ten leading indicators are: (1) manufacturers' new orders for consumer goods and materials, (2) an index of vendor performance, (3) manufacturers' new orders for nondefense capital goods, (4) the Standard & Poor's 500 index of stock prices, (5) new building permits for private housing, (6) the interest rate spread between U.S. Treasury bonds and Federal Funds, (7) the M2 real money supply, (8) average workweek in manufacturing, (9) an index of consumer expectations, and (10) average weekly initial claims for unemployment insurance.
    [*]Coincident Economic Indicators: This category contains four measures that indicate the actual incidence of business cycle peaks and troughs at the time they actually occur. In fact, coincident economic indicators are a primary source of information used to document the "official" business cycle turning points. The coincident indicators are: (1) the number of employees on nonagricultural payrolls, (2) industrial production, (3) real personal income (after subtracting transfer payments), and (4) real manufacturing and trade sales.
    [*]Lagging Economic Indicators: This is a group of seven measures that generally indicate business cycle peaks and troughs three to twelve months after they actually occur. The lagging indicators are: (1) labor cost per unit of output in manufacturing, (2) the average prime interest rate, (3) the amount of outstanding commercial and industrial debt, (4) the Consumer Price Index for services, (5) consumer credit as a fraction of personal income, (6) the average duration of unemployment, and (7) the ratio of inventories to sales for manufacturing and trade.
Handy Composites

The individual indicators are useful in their own right, but when combined as composite measures, they provide even greater insight into the business cycle activity. The ten separate leading economic indicators are combined into a handy composite index of leading economic indicators. So too are the four coincident and seven lagging indicators combined into handy composite indicators.How They Track

The exhibit to the right can be used to illustrate each of the three sets of business cycle indicators individually and how they relate to the official tracking of business cycle peaks and troughs.First, take note of the somewhat jagged red line displayed in the exhibit. It provides a hypothetical tracking of real gross domestic product over several months. Two peaks are evident, labeled with P. One trough is displayed as well, marked by T.
[FONT=verdana,geneva,arial,sans-serif]Business Cycle Indicators[/FONT]
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A composite for any of the three groups of indicators can be displayed by clicking the corresponding [Leading], [Coincident], and [Lagging] buttons. Or to display all three simultaneously, click the [All] button.


  • [*]Leading: A click of the [Leading] button reveals a thin blue line that rises and falls a few months before real GDP rises and falls, thus anticipating the peaks and troughs of the business cycle. In effect, this blue leading indicator line parallels movements of the red real GDP line, but it does so earlier.
    [*]Coincident: A click of the [Coincident] button reveals a thin green line that rises and falls together with the rise and fall of real GDP, tracking along with the peaks and troughs of the business cycle. This green coincident indicator line lies virtually on top of the red real GDP line.
    [*]Lagging: A click of the [Lagging] button reveals a thin purple line that rises and falls a few months after real GDP rises and falls. In this case, the purple lagging indicator line also parallels movements of the red real GDP line, but it does so after the fact.
A click of the [All] button displays all three business cycle indicators along with the red line that displays real GDP. When combined all three indicators reveal a particular pattern. The leading indicators rise and fall before the business cycle. The coincident indicators rise and fall with the business cycle. And the lagging indicators rise and fall after the business cycle.
Valuable Information

Tracking business cycle activity, especially peak and trough turning points, can be quite useful. At the very least, this information can help anticipate and possibly avoid the problems of unemployment and inflation that tend to arise during specific business cycle phases.

  • [*]If, for example, Dan Dreiling works in an industry that tends to suffer high rates of unemployment during contractions, then identifying business cycle peaks that mark the onset of contractions can help him prepare for an upcoming layoff. He might want to postpone expenditures, add a little extra into his savings account, or even search for other employment.
    [*]Alternatively, if Winston Smythe Kennsington III has a great deal of financial wealth that could be reduced by inflation, then identifying business cycle troughs that mark the onset of expansions can also provide valuable information. Knowing that an expansion is about to begin, he might want to rearrange his investment portfolio, transferring his financial wealth between stocks, bonds, and assorted bank accounts.
While individuals can personally benefit from business cycle indicators, this information is perhaps even more useful to government policy makers (especially the President, Congress, and Chairman of the Federal Reserve System). Because the public has entrusted these folks with the responsibility of solving economic problems and guiding the country to prosperity, they MUST stay informed about business cycle activity. NOT staying informed is just the sort of thing that can transform a President into an EX-President or an elected politician into a lobbyist.
Working Together

Of the three sets of indicators, leading indicators tend to get the most notoriety. The reason is probably obvious--by virtue of forecasting coming events. All three, however, have important roles to play in tracking business cycles.

  • [*]On the Horizon: Leading indicators "predict" what the economy will be doing a few months down the road. In contrast, coincident indicators document what the economy is currently doing and lagging indicators reinforce what happened to the economy a few months back. Knowing what WILL happen is almost always more important that knowing what IS happening or what DID happen already.However, while leading indicators TEND to predict business cycles, they are not always correct. In fact, leading indicators have actually predicted "12 of the last 9 contractions." In other words, they predicted 3 contractions that never happened.

    [*]The Here and Now: While leading indicators might predict business cycles, it is nice to document the actual event, which is the role of coincident indicators. Having accurate information about CURRENT economic conditions is not as easy as it might seem. Collecting, processing, and analyzing data takes time. While financial data (stock market prices, interest rates, etc.) are available almost instantaneously, most information about the economy is available only weeks, if not months, after the fact. Coincident indicators are some of the most timely economic measures available.
    [*]Over and Done: At this point there might be some question about the usefulness of lagging indicators. Of what good is knowing the state of the economy several months AFTER the fact? In the wacky world of economic number crunching, lagging indicators actually have a useful role. In particular, lagging indicators are needed to "finalize" the most recent contraction. Lagging indicators must mark the trough of the previous contraction before leading indicators can signal the peak of the current expansion and the beginning of the next contraction. In other words, the next recession cannot start until the lagging indicators indicate that the last one is over.
 
uscitizen said:
Man that post sucks on a black background.
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It's okay, it actually sucks on ANY background.

It's a page of absolute bullshit designed to explain why The Obama hasn't succeeded in creating one single job, and how we shouldn't expect him to. It's a liberal pinhead dissertation on why this administration is completely excused from any responsibility in fulfilling campaign promises of new jobs.

IF the current administration had indicated it planned to cut taxes or offer incentives to corporate America and small businesses, perhaps that would have sparked optimism in the market, and we would have seen some jobs creation, Instead, they did just the opposite, they promised to further burden small business (those who make over $200k) and raise taxes. They have also advocated increasing the national debt by an astronomical amount, which is guaranteed to weaken the dollar. This sent investors running for cover, and the markets have been in utter free fall. Because of the influx of billions in taxpayer dollars, the markets have experienced a slight rebound, but this is temporary, and will not generate any new jobs.

Your hot air is also temporary. By this time next year, people will be laughing you out of the room to even dare mention "lagging indicators" or excuses for why we continue to lose a half million jobs a month. At this point in time, the only fools stupid enough to buy your rhetoric and excuses, are nitwit pinhead liberals who voted for Obama and are still enchanted. Go preach this bullshit to them!
 
Dixie said:
Careful US... you do understand she is BLACK, and we all know that people who are BLACK are impervious to racism, there is something about having dark pigmentation which prevents them from having any sort of racist or prejudiced thoughts whatsoever! In fact, because she is BLACK, AND a democrat, it means she is not only immune to racist thoughts, she is a foremost expert on who is and isn't actually a racist. BLACK democrats can tell who is racist usually by just casual conversation about their political views, and us white conservatives aren't allowed to challenge them, because that would be "racist" for us to do that!

I am surprised some of her pinhead fan club hasn't already called you out for being a racist, just based on the fact that you used a harsh tone with her! You must obviously be a racist, that is the only way to explain why you would act that way!

//sarcasm
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No one has ever said minorities can't have biased and prejudiced views. and I'm 100% certain LadyT never has.

Another case where you're just making shit up?

Minorities have actual real life experience with widespread and institutionaled racism and discrimination. That's why their views, their life experience has far more credbility than the pontifications of white dudes like you or me.

dixie, however much you and your rightwing bretheren whine, white men are priviliged. There's never been ANY situation in my, or your, entire life where our skin color was a handicap, or caused us any inconvenience in the least little bit.

White american dudes are the luckiest and most privileged class of people in the entire history of the planet.


Why white rightwing men whine about reverse racism, and how blacks get a "pass" in laughable.
 
Dixie said:
Dude, put down the crack pipe! We have lost 2 MILLION jobs since January! We continue to lose 400k per month! Job growth is NOT just "lagging", it is totally NON EXISTENT! Seems to me, I recall a certain presidential candidate promising to CREATE new jobs, not LOSE more! In fact, it was one of the big campaign issues... how all of Obama's plans were going to create all kinds of new jobs, but so far, not a single job has been created, and 2 million more have been lost.

The main reason we continue to hemorrhage jobs, is because the economy is still in the crapper. In spite of democrats spending our tax dollars faster than Paris Hilton in a little dog store, our economy isn't recovering, and it's not likely to in the near future. What you are trying to say is, that even AFTER the economy begins to recover, new jobs will lag behind the recovery... when and if it ever comes! That is really not very encouraging news, because at the rate we are losing jobs, no one will be employed, so how will the economy sustain recovery?

In short, you are presenting circular idiocy. We never have to worry about all these new jobs because the economy is never going to recover, so Obama is politically okay, since he certainly won't be held accountable for jobs he didn't create because the economy didn't recover! What a fucking nitwit!
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The market had a pretty nice rally today.

NEW YORK — Wall Street shares surged to their highest levels of 2009 Thursday as investors cheered upbeat housing data and a strong day for corporate earnings as signs that the economic slide may be ending.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average vaulted above 9,000 for the first time since early January, gaining 188.03 points (2.12 percent) to close at 9,069.29, the best close for blue chips since November 5.

The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite extended its winning streak to a 12th session, rallying 47.22 points (2.45 percent) to 1,973.60, its highest since finish October 2.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gr7W0C9K8Y5ttVkNG9NjIeJoOYZA
 
Cypress said:
No one has ever said minorities can't have biased and prejudiced views. and I'm 100% certain LadyT never has.

Another case where you're just making shit up?

Minorities have actual real life experience with widespread and institutionaled racism and discrimination. That's why their views, their life experience has far more credbility than the pontifications of white dudes like you or me.

dixie, however much you and your rightwing bretheren whine, white men are priviliged. There's never been ANY situation in my, or your, entire life where our skin color was a handicap, or caused us any inconvenience in the least little bit.

White american dudes are the luckiest and most privileged class of people in the entire history of the planet.


Why white rightwing men whine about reverse racism, and how blacks get a "pass" in laughable.
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You're more full of shit than a Christmas turkey! Lady T is one of the biggest bigots and most prejudiced people on this board. Nearly everything she posts is some judgmental opinion she has formed based on her stereotypes and prejudices, and usually revolves around color of skin.

And my skin color is a fucking handicap every day! In fact, white males are about the only class of people in America who can't ever play the "victim" card! I'm routinely discriminated against in real life, because I am white and not some minority! I am routinely discriminated against here for the same reason, as well as for being from the South! None of you know me, or know the first thing about my personal life, yet you are constantly berating me as a racist, kkk member, whatever!

Yeah, blacks often DO get a pass! Do you think the Cambridge police officer would be in ANY kind of trouble right now, if he had been black? Do you think the media would have reported the story so fervently had the Professor been white and the officer black? No, if a white man had claimed a black police officer "profiled" him, you would call HIM a racist! That is the state of racial relations in America these days! White people can't even fucking use the word "BLACK" without some idiot lefty claiming they are "being racist" because they inferred something negative by saying "BLACK" instead of African-American!
 
Dixie said:
Well I probably shouldn't say she is black, because it is undoubtedly going to be perceived as racist for me to even use that word to describe her, but I figure I have already been branded so what the hell! But I caution you, as a fellow conservative, don't go around repeating what I've told you here.
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Well I probably shouldn't say she is black, because it is undoubtedly going to be perceived as racist for me to even use that word to describe her, but I figure I have already been branded so what the hell! But I caution you, as a fellow conservative, don't go around repeating what I've told you here.
 
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