• May 26, 2012

Meanwhile, An Update From The Whatsitcalled… Economies!

by Jim Newell  

Do not trust this manBarack Obama ate a hamburger… Sarah Palin got a gun… torture, they’re still going on about that… Sean Hannity is insane… what else today? Oh right, the thing, the thing where goods and services are bought and sold and jobs and money and stuff! Ben Bernanke said optimistic things about it today, albeit with a tragically ambiguous, stinging back: “Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said today that the nation’s rate of economic contraction may be slowing and that he expects growth to resume later this year, but he also suggested that the economy could perform well below its potential for years to come.” What is this nonsense about the American economy having “potential”? Like building GREEN CARS and shit? [Washington Post]

{ 23 comments }

TGY May 5, 2009 at 4:24 pm

Green cars, red cars, white cars: they’re all the same – foreign.

Johnny Zhivago May 5, 2009 at 4:25 pm

Who the hell wants a GREEN CAR anyway? Almost everyone you see on the road is silver or black. What the fuck are these guys thinking about here?

charlesdegoal May 5, 2009 at 4:28 pm

The economy can produce baseball hits, runs, errors. Maybe cards. Balls are made in Haiti or somewhere, I believe.

smartypants May 5, 2009 at 4:31 pm

I’m STILL hungry. Fuck cars.

liquiddaddy May 5, 2009 at 4:32 pm

I replaced “economy” with “penis” because I’m bored at work and running the clock out. To wit:

“Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said today that the nation’s rate of (penis) contraction may be slowing and that he expects growth to resume later this year, but he also suggested that the (penis) could perform well below its potential for years to come.”

…that’s what she said.

Hedley Lamar May 5, 2009 at 4:33 pm

I have a green car. The pollen doesn’t show.

V572625694 May 5, 2009 at 4:34 pm

The velocity of our decline into total insolvency is slowing slightly. Hooray!

Fox n Fiends May 5, 2009 at 4:37 pm

Ben sure puts the stag in stagnation

Bearbloke May 5, 2009 at 4:38 pm

[re=308896]Hedley Lamar[/re]: I have a green car – it’s a total pussy-magnet….

Hedley Lamar May 5, 2009 at 4:44 pm

[re=308908]Bearbloke[/re]: Wow. Trade ya.

V572625694 May 5, 2009 at 4:44 pm

[re=308893]liquiddaddy[/re]: This has limitless possiblities:

Four score and seven years ago, our forefathers brought forth on this continent a new penis….

smartypants May 5, 2009 at 4:45 pm

I’m leaving now in my NOT green car to go and drink quatro de cinco Mojitos.

Hasta, beetches!

bitchincamaro May 5, 2009 at 4:46 pm

This dude can’t predict yesterday’s weather. Why is he still here?

SayItWithWookies May 5, 2009 at 4:53 pm

So we’re arrogant, rich (compared to the rest of the world, whom we’ve impoverished), mean and not living up to our potential. America is back!

Come here a minute May 5, 2009 at 4:53 pm

Meanwhile, the Nationals and the Astros are tied at 10 in the eleventh inning, and in a rain delay. What, this isn’t a baseball thread? Oh yeah, the munnies. Is this Bernanke at today’s day game?

stew May 5, 2009 at 4:54 pm

Nah, the big news today is Miss “opposite marriage makes Baby Jesus cry” California’s T&A shots.

Bearbloke May 5, 2009 at 5:07 pm

[re=308913]Hedley Lamar[/re]: Ok, maybe I’ll trade ya – here’s mine, whaddya you got?

SayItWithWookies May 5, 2009 at 5:14 pm

[re=308943]Bearbloke[/re]: That is a beary green car.

Hedley Lamar May 5, 2009 at 5:31 pm

[re=308943]Bearbloke[/re]: Never mind…. I got my own pussy magnet. http://www.myspace.com/lucky_labes

Johnny Zhivago May 5, 2009 at 5:39 pm

[re=308935]stew[/re]: Comeuppence is a bitch.

Johnny Zhivago May 5, 2009 at 5:41 pm

[re=308896]Hedley Lamar[/re]: My 1978 Vega was Soylent Green.

Bruno May 5, 2009 at 6:45 pm

Back when I had a car, it was green. But it was had a massive engine for its size and I drove the hell out of it. Man, those were good days. But that was 2 years out of the last 12 years. So I figure if I get a Hummer for about a month, I can survive without a car for a year right? (or are Hummers now illegally out of business?)

DNotApply May 6, 2009 at 12:07 pm

That photo is actually Mark Levin at a Phillies game.

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