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Obama says economy can take hit and keep going
Yahoo News ^ | 6 May 2011 | JIM KUHNHENN

Posted on 05/06/2011 11:18:34 AM PDT by mandaladon

INDIANAPOLIS – Refocusing on the nation's economic struggles, President Barack Obama welcomed news Friday that the economy unexpectedly added more than 200,000 jobs last month. "We are regaining our footing," he said.

The president spoke during a visit to a transmission plant in Indianapolis, even as the killing of Osama bin Laden continued to dominate headlines and much of the president's time.

From Indianapolis he was to travel to Fort Campbell, Ky., to thank the Navy SEALs who stormed bin Laden's compound in Pakistan and shot him dead, and the helicopter operators who got them there.

But first, at Allison Transmission in Indianapolis, the president promoted his clean energy agenda while offering an optimistic assessment of the economy's growth. April's labor market report marked the third straight month in which more than 200,000 jobs were created, the best three-month hiring spree in five years and a sign of increasing confidence in the private sector.

"We've made this progress at a time when our economy's been facing some serious headwinds," the president told workers, citing high gas prices and the earthquake in Japan. "There will undoubtedly be some more challenges ahead, but the fact is that we are still making progress," he said. "And that proves how resilient the American economy is, and how resilient the American worker is, and that we can take a hit and we can keep on going forward."

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To: Smokin' Joe

falt=flat....sheesh!


41 posted on 05/06/2011 11:59:39 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: oilwatcher

The EPA is a paramilitary enforcement group running amuck throuhgout the free enterprise system. Like the KGB was in Russia.

We are headed for an economic disaster of unparalled magnitude, and it is difficult to see anything that can be done now to avert this.


42 posted on 05/06/2011 12:00:32 PM PDT by caww
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To: Deo volente
Over a million people applied for those 62,000 McDonald’s jobs.

I wonder why nobody’s talking about the 938,000 who didn’t get hired.


Or the additional 232,000 who were added to the 'Not in Civilian Labor Force, But Want a Job Now' numbers?


43 posted on 05/06/2011 12:01:29 PM PDT by algernonpj (He who pays the piper . . .)
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To: mandaladon
“We've made this progress at a time when our economy's been facing some serious headwinds,”

This statement reminds me of a story a family friend once told us. I don't know if is true or not (but, I always thought it was).

There was a flight of Air Force personnel on a mission. The Pilot looked back at the navigator and asked, “How are we doing?” The navigator responded, “We are absolutely lost. We are making great time but we are totally lost.”

Of course he was only joking but in Obama’s case, I don't think he is. He is totally lost but we are supposed to believe we are making great progress.

44 posted on 05/06/2011 12:01:29 PM PDT by Know et al
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To: SWAMPSNIPER
Obama isn’t worried about having to sleep under a bridge, but for millions of now unemployed Americans it’s a distinct possibility.

Train them to inspect bridges, and hire them! Better yet, put some to work building them. Fund it by shutting down the EPA...

45 posted on 05/06/2011 12:01:55 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: TribalPrincess2U
If we get a republican in, then add a few more, then a few more, over time we will take back our country.

With the element of "time" I doubt we have that before this country falls. What we will have is a mess to clean up after the fact...which will take years to turn around.

46 posted on 05/06/2011 12:05:22 PM PDT by caww
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

I was in Nashville last week. There were homeless sleeping under bridges etc, all over the place in prominent places smack dab in downtown. I don’t know if they were bums, but they didn’t look like the kind that enjoy that lifestyle.

We ate at Joe’s Crab shack for the first time! What a blast that was. We spent $160, including the tip. It was pure indulgence, which we can’t afford but every couple years. We tucked a $20 in one sleeping homeless guy. It’s something I wouldn’t normally do, but this guy looked ‘normal’, a casualty of Barrak Hussien Osama’s policies.


47 posted on 05/06/2011 12:05:24 PM PDT by Indy Pendance
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To: mandaladon

Barack Obama’s entire presidency has been one massive hit on the American economy.

Here he’s admiring how resilient it’s been to all the deliberate damage he’s personally done to it. I bet he wished he could say “Damn, it’s harder to tank you people than I ever thought it would be, you bitter clingers are clinging on much harder than I thought you would!”

We just have to get though the end of your first an only presidency, then we’ll be able to recover quite nicely.

The whole world knows right now America is run by a clown.


48 posted on 05/06/2011 12:07:25 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: lucky american

This is McDonald’s payback to Obama for their exemption from Barrycare.


49 posted on 05/06/2011 12:08:35 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: Indy Pendance
Problem is, Obummer’s bombing run is still on course with no one returning fire and by the time your in the sleeping bag who will be left to slip you a twenty?
50 posted on 05/06/2011 12:09:50 PM PDT by de.rm ('Most people never believe anything you tell them unless it isn't true."-Groucho Marx)
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To: algernonpj; Lando Lincoln

That’s excellent!


51 posted on 05/06/2011 12:12:56 PM PDT by glock rocks (Wait, what?)
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To: mandaladon

The Socialist Utopia is almost fully engaged...gas prices need to almost double in price and then there will be no turning back.


52 posted on 05/06/2011 12:13:17 PM PDT by Leep
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To: algernonpj

This graph reminds me of that old “Price is Right” game.

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53 posted on 05/06/2011 12:14:32 PM PDT by wilco200 (11/4/08 - The Day America Jumped the Shark)
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To: mandaladon

He is a complete idiot.


54 posted on 05/06/2011 12:16:20 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Leep
We've collectively (no pun intended) reduced our gas consumption so much in the last 4 months it's backing up in the system like a bad taco, they can't raise the price anymore & may have to retreat, good work gang, keep up the fight!
55 posted on 05/06/2011 12:16:34 PM PDT by de.rm ('Most people never believe anything you tell them unless it isn't true."-Groucho Marx)
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To: mandaladon

Yeah, much like an airplane. It can take a hit and keep on going ...down.


56 posted on 05/06/2011 12:16:54 PM PDT by yup2394871293
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To: algernonpj

62,000 McDonald Jobs and Birth/Death Adjustment +175,000 which means the real number of hires was not 244,000 in April but 7,000 real Obama jobs because burgar flippers don’t count.


57 posted on 05/06/2011 12:17:16 PM PDT by hflynn
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To: mandaladon

Chile’s GDP is growing at 17% per YEAR! We are barely growing at 1.7% per year. I wonder what might cause the difference?


58 posted on 05/06/2011 12:20:42 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Deo volente

I heard a rumor they were raising the ration to 23 grams per week! Whoopee!


59 posted on 05/06/2011 12:22:06 PM PDT by griswold3 (Character is destiny)
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To: mandaladon
Only one word can describe this man:

CLUELESS

Another word as well:

NEFARIOUS

60 posted on 05/06/2011 12:30:45 PM PDT by Jmouse007 (Lord deliver us from evil and from those perpetuating it, in Jesus name, amen.)
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