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1 posted on 08/09/2010 7:16:59 AM PDT by blam
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the asian sweatshops dumping last years unsold product isnt indicitive of a glorious holiday season.


2 posted on 08/09/2010 7:18:36 AM PDT by Casaubon (Internet Research Ninja Masta)
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BS.


3 posted on 08/09/2010 7:18:51 AM PDT by Frantzie (Television controls the American people/sheep)
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You’re going to see agricultural products that really start to move in greater quantities, in larger numbers, and that really benefits those consumers, and it really improves the balance of trade,” Steinke said in relation to Asian exports starting to catch up with imports. “The higher value exports are now moving to those nations

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And who exactly does it help when commodity prices rise drastically? (including grain and oil)
No more money for shopping, if you want to eat!


4 posted on 08/09/2010 7:20:08 AM PDT by griswold3 ('Regulation and law without enforcement is no law at all)
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I’ve never seen a blog as schizophrenic as the doubleclickpopupinsider. One day it’s doomsday, and the next is properity-just-around-the-corner.


5 posted on 08/09/2010 7:20:17 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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Hmmmm...I’m looking at my budget, and I’m spending about the same this year as I did last...about 25 cards, envelopes, and stamps. No tree. Wreath on the door. That’s it.


6 posted on 08/09/2010 7:20:33 AM PDT by OCCASparky (Obama--Playing a West Wing fantasy in a '24' world.)
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Went to the mall yesterday and had to park across the street, again. Second weekend in a row.

Crappy economy? High unemployment? Hell, traffic at rush hour seems about the same. Only difference I can detect is watching more and more people do some really dangerous crap.


8 posted on 08/09/2010 7:34:25 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
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We won’t be contributing too much to the economy... saving and hoping is the rule of the day in this disaster of an economy.


19 posted on 08/09/2010 8:01:51 AM PDT by paulycy (Demand Constitutionality: Marxism is Evil.)
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This is the second story in a row I've read that made me LOL!

As things continue to worsen under Obama, the MSM spin machine is in high gear with November just around the corner.

23 posted on 08/09/2010 9:27:51 AM PDT by Rational Thought
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And this is just from what Michelle Obama is planning on buying this year! She has at least 40 close friends to shop for, you know.


24 posted on 08/09/2010 9:35:30 AM PDT by Pining_4_TX
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I think we will have an awesome Christmas inventory.
25 posted on 08/09/2010 10:06:29 AM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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No thanks, I’m making mine. Quilts for the kids and grand kids. 2 more to go and I’m done.


32 posted on 08/09/2010 3:07:07 PM PDT by GailA (obamacare paid for by cuts & taxes on most vulnerable Veterans, retired Military, disabled & Seniors)
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FWIW...

Baltic index rises, capesize market rallies

Christmas could go well. I'm worried about everything going pear-shaped after New Year's.

33 posted on 08/09/2010 3:13:54 PM PDT by mewzilla (Still voteless in NY-29. Over 400 roll call votes missed and counting...)
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