[SmithL]

After years of arguing that greener energy policies don't hurt the economy, but instead create jobs, Democrats and talking heads should be cooing about the new economic horizons unfolding.

I notice that Nancy Pelosi is no longer promising to lower gas prices, either.

[Puppage]

A Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll conducted last month found that 78 percent of Americans think that the country is heading in the wrong direction.

Yeah, from a great source......

These very same 78% couldn't name The Speaker of The House, but I am sure could tell you who got kicked off the Survivor Island last week.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

Fed is in front of capitol hill right now on CNBC. That idiot Barney Franks is up their grandstanding for his housing gambler and bank bailout bill.
CNBC mercifully went to commercial in the middle of Barneys “Look everyone, I’m on tv!” moment.

[Positive]

"Health care costs have soared - and that has made it more expensive for businesses to operate and governments to provide services."

I came of "business" age when a health insurance benefit was a regular benefit offered by businesses to help recruit a quality workforce.

It took some intellectual discipline for me to realize that it was indeed a perk.

Employer provided health insurance or at least low cost employer provided health insurance causes health care costs to rise.

Almost any fool knows that if one can get medical care for little or no cost one will seek a lot of it. Imagine if your employer said that part of your pay is all the steak your family can eat. Would your family eat more steak?

[BradtotheBone]

If you are in touch, you are supposed to ignore the 0.6-percent GDP growth in the fourth-quarter of 2007 and 1 percent growth in the first-quarter of 2008, because that belies the belief that the U.S. economy is in recession.

I thought a recession is defined by two or more consecutive quarters of Negaitve growth???

[Inwoodian]

I’ve always thought the “ country going the wrong way “ figures were near meaningless. They are used to flog the incumbent executive ( if Republican ) not the legislature. More important, however, is that half or more of the dissatisfied electorate feel the country is getting too liberal, not too conservative.

[quant5]

Interesting. I am seeing a lot more liberal papers talking about no more socialism. Too bad they supported the socialists for all those years and help them get elected with ‘Bush lied’. They might have thought about balanced news coverage. Now they are covering something alright. There own asses.