Why didn't we hear about the deficit during the Bush administration?

[elvis]

that seems to be a common theory. I wonder if Muhammad Ali was self-hating.

Of what exactly?

that arrogance is masking insecurity, etc.

 

[Article 15]

The thing I remember the most about Katrina was gas prices SOARING over $3.00 overnight because of it and then they never really came back down.

Weird, huh?

Weird indeed. And I hear Exxon posted some more record profits in 2008 and close to it in 2009.

Purely coincidental, I'm sure.

 

[Modbert]

that arrogance is masking insecurity, etc.

Nah. Ali is one of those few people you'll ever see. He knew he was the greatest and not only did he walk the walk but he talked the talk.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxczlps5_bg]YouTube - Great speeches - Muhammad ali - I am the Greatest[/ame]

If there was a boxer today with even half the personality of Ali, Boxing would be a lot more popular.

 

[Article 15]

that seems to be a common theory. I wonder if Muhammad Ali was self-hating.

Of what exactly?

that arrogance is masking insecurity, etc.

Ali was confidence personified.

 

[Queen]

I think your leather thong is about 5 sizes too small and it's cutting off the circulation to your brain.

All Obamalamadingdong has done is spend like a madman.

He makes Bush look like Goldwater.

Hell, Obama makes Clintoon look like Goldwater.

Not easy to find something to comment on in your post filled with nonsense, but there's one part that stands out.

Clinton left us with a budget surplus.

and what is Obama going to leave us with?

Some CD's?

A growing economy.

It's already growing in the last 3 quarters after falling for like 6 quarters previous.

 

[Ragnar]

The thing I remember the most about Katrina was gas prices SOARING over $3.00 overnight because of it and then they never really came back down.

Weird, huh?

Weird indeed. And I hear Exxon posted some more record profits in 2008 and close to it in 2009.

Purely coincidental, I'm sure.

Gas price info...
Gas Price Historical Price Charts - GasBuddy.com

 

[Modbert]

Purely coincidental, I'm sure.

Of course.

Exxon Mobil posts record $45.2 billion profit in 2008 — Autoblog Green

Chevron, which is the second largest oil company behind Exxon, managed to earn about $43 billion for the year. Other, smaller oil companies are struggling a bit more than their larger competitors, with even Royal Dutch Shell recording its first quarterly loss in a decade. 2009 is shaping up to continue the trend of lowered profits.

Poor Chevron.

 

[elvis]

Of what exactly?

that arrogance is masking insecurity, etc.

Ali was confidence personified.

well that's what I think, but it seems anytime someone is cocky, you hear that "He really is masking his poor self image" thing.

 

[elvis]

Purely coincidental, I'm sure.

Of course.

Exxon Mobil posts record $45.2 billion profit in 2008 — Autoblog Green

Chevron, which is the second largest oil company behind Exxon, managed to earn about $43 billion for the year. Other, smaller oil companies are struggling a bit more than their larger competitors, with even Royal Dutch Shell recording its first quarterly loss in a decade. 2009 is shaping up to continue the trend of lowered profits.

Poor Chevron.

good time to buy chevron.

 

[Oddball]

The thing I remember the most about Katrina was gas prices SOARING over $3.00 overnight because of it and then they never really came back down.

Weird, huh?

You didn't see nuthin'....I was in Atlanta at the time.

 

[Modbert]

well that's what I think, but it seems anytime someone is cocky, you hear that "He really is masking his poor self image" thing.

That's sometimes the case. But Ali has and always will be confident in his own abilities. Let's face it, many people thought he would of died two or three years ago. But he's still fighting Parkinson's.

He truly did deserve Sportsman of the Century.

 

[Chris]

Tomorrow is the State of the Union and Obama will be talking about the huge deficit we have. Why didn't we ever hear about it during the Bush admin when during his admin the national debt was more than doubled? The deficits were huge!

But Bush hid them. He didn't put the two wars in the budget like Obama is doing. Remember all those emergency supplementals that congress voted on every few months? 250 billion here, 500 billion there, to fund the wars. We don't have those anymore, because the wars are funded, out in the open, by the budget.

But now, we see the deficit spending that these wars are causing, and suddenly everyone's all outraged.

This money has been draining our treasury for 8 years already.

09/30/2009 11,909,829,003,511.75
09/30/2008 10,024,724,896,912.49
09/30/2007 9,007,653,372,262.48
09/30/2006 8,506,973,899,215.23
09/30/2005 7,932,709,661,723.50
09/30/2004 7,379,052,696,330.32
09/30/2003 6,783,231,062,743.62
09/30/2002 6,228,235,965,597.16
09/30/2001 5,807,463,412,200.06
09/30/2000 5,674,178,209,886.86

Government - Historical Debt Outstanding - Annual 2000 - 2009

The 2009 debt number is from the Bush administration's fiscal year. When they post the 2010 numbers, that will be Obama's.

So I was just wondering why the media is so stupid? They keep talking about the huge deficit in the Obama admin. But they never mentioned the doubling of the national debt under the Bush admin. Are they really so stupid that they didn't realize all those war supplementals weren't in the budget and therefore hidden away each year?

You are right. The media is stupid.

Reagan and the two Bushes created 92% of the National Debt by lowering taxes on the rich and increasing wasteful military spending.

 

[elvis]

Tomorrow is the State of the Union and Obama will be talking about the huge deficit we have. Why didn't we ever hear about it during the Bush admin when during his admin the national debt was more than doubled? The deficits were huge!

But Bush hid them. He didn't put the two wars in the budget like Obama is doing. Remember all those emergency supplementals that congress voted on every few months? 250 billion here, 500 billion there, to fund the wars. We don't have those anymore, because the wars are funded, out in the open, by the budget.

But now, we see the deficit spending that these wars are causing, and suddenly everyone's all outraged.

This money has been draining our treasury for 8 years already.

09/30/2009 11,909,829,003,511.75
09/30/2008 10,024,724,896,912.49
09/30/2007 9,007,653,372,262.48
09/30/2006 8,506,973,899,215.23
09/30/2005 7,932,709,661,723.50
09/30/2004 7,379,052,696,330.32
09/30/2003 6,783,231,062,743.62
09/30/2002 6,228,235,965,597.16
09/30/2001 5,807,463,412,200.06
09/30/2000 5,674,178,209,886.86

Government - Historical Debt Outstanding - Annual 2000 - 2009

The 2009 debt number is from the Bush administration's fiscal year. When they post the 2010 numbers, that will be Obama's.

So I was just wondering why the media is so stupid? They keep talking about the huge deficit in the Obama admin. But they never mentioned the doubling of the national debt under the Bush admin. Are they really so stupid that they didn't realize all those war supplementals weren't in the budget and therefore hidden away each year?

You are right. The media is stupid.

Reagan and the two Bushes created 92% of the National Debt by lowering taxes on the rich and increasing wasteful military spending.

has old rocks worn you out yet?

 

[Modbert]

has old rocks worn you out yet?

 

[Article 15]

Weird indeed. And I hear Exxon posted some more record profits in 2008 and close to it in 2009.

Purely coincidental, I'm sure.

Gas price info...
Gas Price Historical Price Charts - GasBuddy.com

Yup ... they spiked after Katrina ... then we had the bubble ... it popped ... and gas has pretty much settled where it was shortly after Katrina.

 

[elvis]

has old rocks worn you out yet?

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maybe chris' head has hit Rocks' wooden headboard a few too many times and that's why he repeats the same four posts over and over again.

 

[Article 15]

The thing I remember the most about Katrina was gas prices SOARING over $3.00 overnight because of it and then they never really came back down.

Weird, huh?

You didn't see nuthin'....I was in Atlanta at the time.

That might have been a good time to take a vacation outta there for a while.

 

[Modbert]

maybe chris' head has hit Rocks' wooden headboard a few too many times and that's why he repeats the same four posts over and over again.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eplbDbp6XJQ]YouTube - Anchorman-Afternoon Delight[/ame]

 

[Chris]

Purely coincidental, I'm sure.

Gas price info...
Gas Price Historical Price Charts - GasBuddy.com

Yup ... they spiked after Katrina ... then we had the bubble ... it popped ... and gas has pretty much settled where it was shortly after Katrina.

I read recently that the two bubbles which will pop next are oil and gold.

All those people that bought gold from Glenn Beck's sponsors are going to be pissed.

 

[Article 15]

Gas price info...
Gas Price Historical Price Charts - GasBuddy.com

Yup ... they spiked after Katrina ... then we had the bubble ... it popped ... and gas has pretty much settled where it was shortly after Katrina.

I read recently that the two bubbles which will pop next are oil and gold.

All those people that bought gold from Glenn Beck's sponsors are going to be pissed.

I made a few bucks in gold last year. I'm out now. I'd love to see oil prices plummet.