Americans Brimming With Optimism on the Economy

[GunsOfFrankEaton]

"A strong majority of Americans say the U.S. economy is running strong, and most believe the upward trend will continue under President Trump, according to a Harvard-Harris poll provided exclusively to The Hill."

Amazing the change in the country's attitude now that the dead wood statist is gone.

http://thehill.com/policy/finance/320284-americans-brimming-with-optimism-on-the-economy

 

[HighStickHarry]

I said during the obama McCain race that due to the business cycle the next president just had to sit back and watch the numbers go up like Reagan and Clinton did and they would be credited for the rebound. Somehow obama figured out a way to retard the business cycle for eight years and now trump just has to ride the wave of opitimism.

 

[JimmyBob]

a way to retard

Duh, he just looked in a mirror:

 

[Medic007]

Somehow obama figured out a way to retard the business cycle for eight years

Obama can retard almost anything if you give him a few minutes. Look what he's done to Democrats.

 

[anon_xl72qcu5isp39]

"A strong majority of Americans say the U.S. economy is running strong, and most believe the upward trend will continue under President Trump, according to a Harvard-Harris poll provided exclusively to The Hill."

Amazing the change in the country's attitude now that the dead wood statist is gone.

http://thehill.com/policy/finance/320284-americans-brimming-with-optimism-on-the-economy

New EPA head Scott Pruitt's emails reveal close ties with fossil fuel interests https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/feb/22/scott-pruitt-emails-oklahoma-fossil-fuels-koch-brothers?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard

I have to hand it to you-- the whole "drain the swamp" thing. They fell for it! You guys have the biggest lobbyist suckup, big oil suckup, just total, open door corporate whore! Not even an appearance of independence! And they thought Biff would drain the swamp!

 

[GunsOfFrankEaton]

New EPA head Scott Pruitt's emails reveal close ties with fossil fuel interests https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/feb/22/scott-pruitt-emails-oklahoma-fossil-fuels-koch-brothers?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard

I have to hand it to you-- the whole "drain the swamp" thing. They fell for it! You guys have the biggest lobbyist suckup, big oil suckup, just total, open door corporate whore! Not even an appearance of independence! And they thought Biff would drain the swamp!

Oh, he most definitely is draining the swamp -- draining it of inexperienced political hacks who hate the energy industry and hate America as founded, who have held back the economy and put the livelihoods of the American people on hold for their globalist schemes, who have kept us dependent on Middle Eastern oil and thereby constantly involved in Middle Eastern wars, the result of which is well-funded terrorists and many thousands of uniformed American men and women coming home in body bags.

 

[HighStickHarry]

New EPA head Scott Pruitt's emails reveal close ties with fossil fuel interests https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/feb/22/scott-pruitt-emails-oklahoma-fossil-fuels-koch-brothers?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard

I have to hand it to you-- the whole "drain the swamp" thing. They fell for it! You guys have the biggest lobbyist suckup, big oil suckup, just total, open door corporate whore! Not even an appearance of independence! And they thought Biff would drain the swamp!

3 years 11 months

 

[anon_xl72qcu5isp39]

Oh, he most definitely is draining the swamp -- draining it of inexperienced political hacks who hate the energy industry and hate America as founded, who have held back the economy and put the livelihoods of the American people on hold for their globalist schemes, who have kept us dependent on Middle Eastern oil and thereby constantly involved in Middle Eastern wars, the result of which is well-funded terrorists and many thousands of uniformed American men and women coming home in body bags.

Right? Up to his ass in lobbyists. The Kochs. Utilities. It's high time we had someone brave enough to stand up for utilities and the Koch brothers. I salute his courage. What integrity.letting them just write policy and his legal positions.

So drain the swamp meant put the biggest whore in the country in charge of our energy policy. I called this corruption.

 

[HighStickHarry]

I hate this game but here we go.

Have you heard of Raytheon mr war hawk? Google who hired their lobbyist and you will also find the name of the president that dropped bombs in more countries than George w bush. I wonder where in obamas new house he keeps his novel peace prize? Probably next to khadaffi's bronzed o ring and a couple notches representing American citizens he droaned. He didn't drip water on their faces thank god just annihilated them from the air. Judge jury executioner.

 

[anon_xl72qcu5isp39]

I hate this game but here we go.

Have you heard of Raytheon mr war hawk? Google who hired their lobbyist and you will also find the name of the president that dropped bombs in more countries than George w bush. I wonder where in obamas new house he keeps his novel peace prize? Probably next to khadaffi's bronzed o ring and a couple notches representing American citizens he droaned. He didn't drip water on their faces thank god just annihilated them from the air. Judge jury executioner.

Nice change of topic. You shifted from appointing a lobbyist-loving whore to Sec. of Energy to Obama dropping bombs on ISIS. Is he too hard or too soft on ISIS?

It's rinse and repeat and it's very disappointing. Frank, your boy Spreakin' Scott is a prostitute and you defending it is exactly what happens every time a conservative gets in office -- they're supposedly for plain honesty and integrity and then sell out and totally sell out to their own preferred special interests. You defending it is a perfect example. You're all for corruption apparently, so long as it furthers your own agenda. Drain the swamp, my butt. Now "Drain the swamp" means put the biggest lobbyist-loving, Koch-fetching politician in the country in a powerful position. Unbelievable.

 

[GunsOfFrankEaton]

Oh, those evil energy companies that fuel our vehicles and help heat our homes in the winter. Despicable bastards! Maybe, as part of the left's attempts to turn the U.S. into a third world hellhole, we can put these companies out of business and return to riding horseback to work and keeping loads of firewood ready to hand like good villagers.

 

[HighStickHarry]

Nice change of topic. You shifted from appointing a lobbyist-loving whore to Sec. of Energy to Obama dropping bombs on ISIS. Is he too hard or too soft on ISIS?

It's rinse and repeat and it's very disappointing. Frank, your boy Spreakin' Scott is a prostitute and you defending it is exactly what happens every time a conservative gets in office -- they're supposedly for plain honesty and integrity and then sell out and totally sell out to their own preferred special interests. You defending it is a perfect example. You're all for corruption apparently, so long as it furthers your own agenda. Drain the swamp, my butt. Now "Drain the swamp" means put the biggest lobbyist-loving, Koch-fetching politician in the country in a powerful position. Unbelievable.

What I was referring to was the messiah hiring a lobbyist from the most crooked sector we have and then dropping his products all over the Middle East after his fake dove stance during his campaign.

The point of this excercise is to show outrage for one and not the other.

What's really cool is donald trump made it illegal for Pruitt to seek a lobbying job after his government tenure.

We can discuss the emails but it would be nice to get you on record having equal meltdowns. I feel the same way about both. That's the beauty of hsh. Do you?

 

[anon_xl72qcu5isp39]

Oh, those evil energy companies that fuel our vehicles and help heat our homes in the winter. Despicable bastards! Maybe, as part of the left's attempts to turn the U.S. into a third world hellhole, we can put these companies out of business and return to riding horseback to work and keeping loads of firewood ready to hand like good villagers.

And that's how you defend corrupt government - by proposing a false choice. Either put the oil and gas industry out of business and ride horseback, or just throw government open to their lobbyists. Rinse and repeat.

 

[anon_xl72qcu5isp39]

What I was referring to was the messiah hiring a lobbyist from the most crooked sector we have and then dropping his products all over the Middle East after his fake dove stance during his campaign.

The point of this excercise is to show outrage for one and not the other.

What's really cool is donald trump made it illegal for Pruitt to seek a lobbying job after his government tenure.

We can discuss the emails but it would be nice to get you on record having equal meltdowns. I feel the same way about both. That's the beauty of hsh. Do you?

I know -- whatever Obama did will be wrong. He's either a cowardly dove or a brutal killer for his ISIS policy depending on the wingnut that's talking. No -- I'm not really gonna second guess a decision to bomb ISIS without getting americans killed, if that's what you're talking about. They are awful and potentially a significant destabilizing force in the mideast. I don't have a real issue with Obama bombing ISIS and Al Qaeda. I just don't know anything about a raytheon lobbyist, if Raytheon was drafting government policy and anyone is as big a whore as Pruitt has been, obviously it's bad.

I'm amazed that Frank is so supportive of government for sale. Notice his false choice to justify the corruption? It all depends on what helps the conservatives' bottom line - that's the analysis, period. It's always about acquiring power so they can take over government with a puppet like Pruitt. The trial lawyer in me has to salute their ability to sell the "Drain the swamp" ethos and then do the exact opposite more brazenly than ever. Just goes to show, the bigger the lie.... kudos, I guess.

 

[GunsOfFrankEaton]

I know -- whatever Obama did will be wrong. He's either a cowardly dove or a brutal killer for his ISIS policy depending on the wingnut that's talking. No -- I'm not really gonna second guess a decision to bomb ISIS without getting americans killed, if that's what you're talking about. They are awful and potentially a significant destabilizing force in the mideast. I don't have a real issue with Obama bombing ISIS and Al Qaeda. I just don't know anything about a raytheon lobbyist, if Raytheon was drafting government policy and anyone is as big a whore as Pruitt has been, obviously it's bad.

I'm amazed that Frank is so supportive of government for sale. Notice his false choice to justify the corruption? It all depends on what helps the conservatives' bottom line - that's the analysis, period. It's always about acquiring power so they can take over government with a puppet like Pruitt. The trial lawyer in me has to salute their ability to sell the "Drain the swamp" ethos and then do the exact opposite more brazenly than ever. Just goes to show, the bigger the lie.... kudos, I guess.

This, coming from one who supported a candidate who was the most bought and paid for candidate of Big Corp in the history of the world. No candidate for president in American history was more in the bag for multi-national corporations than the one you just supported last November.

Hell, no candidate in the history of the universe was more in the bag for big corporations than that crook.

 

[Medic007]

They are awful and potentially a significant destabilizing force in the mideast. I don't have a real issue with Obama bombing ISIS and Al Qaeda.

@syskatine, which one of those groups did he bomb in Libya?

Anyone with a functioning brain cell knows the US is the biggest destabilizing force in the ME. It's weird that the smartest man on the planet repeated the mistakes of the dumbest president ever known in GWB.

 

[anon_xl72qcu5isp39]

This, coming from one who supported a candidate who was the most bought and paid for candidate of Big Corp in the history of the world. No candidate for president in American history was more in the bag for multi-national corporations than the one you just supported last November.

Hell, no candidate in the history of the universe was more in the bag for big corporations than that crook.

Please find where I have defended Hillary - you're parroting one of my top three criticisms of her. I have never given her a dime and didn't vote for her until faced with Biff as the alternative.

And Biff was supposed to end all that? How can you attack anyone for being "in the bag of multi-national corporations" when Biff just appointed the XOM CEO as secretary of state?

 

[GunsOfFrankEaton]

Please find where I have defended Hillary - you're parroting one of my top three criticisms of her. I have never given her a dime and didn't vote for her until faced with Biff as the alternative.

And Biff was supposed to end all that? How can you attack anyone for being "in the bag of multi-national corporations" when Biff just appointed the XOM CEO as secretary of state?

Under Clinton, a certain billionaire Hungarian would have been the Secretary of State for all practical purposes.

Get back with me when Tillerson sells American uranium to Russia or when he sets the terrorist state of a Iran on a pathway to owning and using nuclear weapons.

 

[anon_xl72qcu5isp39]

Under Clinton, a certain billionaire Hungarian would have been the Secretary of State for all practical purposes.

Get back with me when Tillerson sells American uranium to Russia or when he sets the terrorist state of a Iran on a pathway to owning and using nuclear weapons.

You can defensively switch the topic and throw a handful of shit into a fan faster than Superman can clean it up.

 

[Medic007]

You can defensively switch the topic and throw a handful of shit into a fan faster than Superman can clean it up.

He's got a point whether you like it or not.