It’s Just a Flesh Wound

The problem is consistent with most polling: interpretation of a binary answer vs. for a complex question. Polls try to explain results by interpreting what ends up being useless information.

In my case, my personal situation is fine. I live within my means, have a fixed rate mortgage, gas prices have dropped, and the low stock market means I get more bang from my monthly 401k contribution than before. If I could ignore the hype from the media, I would probably be 'satisfied'.

However, the situation is more complex than that. When asked if the country is moving in the right direction, I would have to consider what I think of the actions government is taking. I am not happy with the inability of congress to solve anything properly, and I am apparently not alone, given the current congressional approval rating. I am also continually dissappointed by the electorate who votes the same politicians who fail to get the job done year after year. (This applies to both sides of the aisle.)

My major dissatification in this country lies with the media who creates this hysteria and provides the flawed interpretations of this useless data as fact. Freedom of the Press is an important cornerstone of our liberty, but unfortunately, responsibility, ethics, and common sense appear to have evaporated from the equation.

Soap box aside, I like the way the article finished. There is a contingent among us who believe this country will prevail through the major bumps in the road, and with that, satisfaction can be found.

To Mitchmom -- Am I satistifed with my life? You bet. Happily married, living below our means for 20 years, good health, not having to worry about being able to afford dinner. We live in an average house, drive old cars, and work hard. Am I satisfied with the way our government leaders have handled things? Absolutely not. An $10+ Trillion dollar debt (so far) that our kids and grandkids will have to pay for? Trillions more to bail out greedy companies? Borrowing hundreds of billions more from foreign governments every year so our country can continue to live beyond our means? No, I'm not satisfied at all with that. I'm extraordinarily frustrated with that, actually.
So, on a personal level I'm quite satisfied with my life -- but on a broader level, I'm deeply concerned about the future for our country.

Get a life.
Or better yet...
Wake up.

Oh, and that 'God' you were incessantly referencing , is in YOUR head.

I AM one of the 10%. I am a stay- at -home mother of 4 who has been married to the same wonderful man for 17 years. We both grew up in Blue Collar families and both of our parents are still living and still married to the same spouse they married some 45+ years ago. My husband's parents are strong democrats....my parents are strong republicans. BOTH households taught us the importance of hard work and earning respect, the diligence of "living within your means", the compassion to always look for ways to help our neighbors, and the privilege we have to freely thank our LORD for another day of life and the many blessings we are given.

Has every day been easy? Heck NO! Have we had struggles? You betcha! Would quitting, at times, have been the easy road out? Absolutely.

WAKE UP AMERICA. We are blessed beyond belief! The only thing that needs to change in our Nation is it's ATTITUDE! Families need to once again COMMIT to staying together and working as a team...God needs to be first in our lives and in our hearts...and we all need to quit whining, live within our means, and accept responsibility for our own actions and behaviors!

2008 is only the begining of the "Prophecy of Doom". Nostradamus (1503-1566) was an French apothecary who was 96% accurate in his ability to fore see and predict the future. In his last quatrain he predicted that between 2008-2012 would be the start of the end of civilization. He fore seen the down fall of Western countries through various events leading up to World War lll (A Nuclear War) by 2012, which will start in the
Middle East. With the problems we are having in the current economic mess, this could be the first sign.

ear cani77 . . . this is no depression. If you think this is hard times--let me see your house or apartment, your internet service, all your furnishings, your grocery receipts, the restaurants you visit, the car you drive, the comforts that even now you can afford . . . show me last weeks pay-stub and the trip your planning next summer . . . and where did you stand in a soup line with all your neighbors??? THERE IS NO DEPRESSION PEOPLE . . . lift up your eyes people--in fact, if you could see you would be BUYING stocks right now. There is a sale on!! You have no clue how good the U.S. economy is nor do you even know what a depression is. "It's Bush's fault" is all you can say?? Do some critical thinking and examine both party's and their overall policies and economic philosophy--then you will see where the majority of slippage into socialism is.

Typical liberalism - -all is "mauvais" and you need government to bail you out!! Even in the midst of this temporary bump -- a bump I might add created by the socialist policies of the a liberal congress under Clinton, not Bush. You shared a lot gibberish writing that looks as if it is from the pages of Newsweek and I bet you watch too much TV news .. . " oh!! all is fire and brimstone . . .save us Obama!!! cause you make my leg tingle ...." Go do some research on Fanny and Fred yourself -- see when they were initiated/implemented and WHO was behind them. Then see who defended them in 2003 when McCain and other more conservative leaders tried to warn us that what JUST HAPPENED was going to happen. ALL you all do is carry the party line. Yea, Bush has made mistakes, but . . . There is much to be grateful for--an incredible list. Oh, and, to understand Economics read Thomas Sowell's "Basic Economics" . . . . it will revolutionize your ability to see through the haze that is the rising socialism within our own nation . . . and as a result the vapor that is Obama will smell very rank come Nov 4.

And by the way, truth is not smear. McCain is simply telling the truth about Obama --if you do not like the facts about your canidate -- gee, you don't have to vote for him! His voting records, his meager experience, his history, his fringe friends, his racist pastor for 20 years, his out right lies and flip-flops multiplied when challenged on issues like the war and off shore drilling--these all reflect on WHO Obama is just as your friends tell others WHAT you are like. Such is a common denominator of life--certainly you understand this at your age? If you & Obama want to call it smear then he should have been a different kind of leader these past few months and years.

From France where the ills of socialism prevail--and I voted against Neville the appeaser here. jb

Why don't you print the truth and say that 86% of the 500 or so people polled are dissatisfied with the direction of the country? Personally, I was never asked, so how can you include me in any figures? Print some truth for a change.

The poll asked 1,212 adults this question. So how in the hell does Steve Tuttle think that the response of 121 people means that this is how 22 million people in the country think ? All it means is that's how those 121 felt. I just don't get the logic used to come to this conclusion. Same goes for any of the polls. Useless. The only poll that counts is on 4 NOV. Then we really get to see what EVERYONE thinks.

Who is the 10 percent who think everything is A-OK? It must be from among the twenty odd percent of cave dwelling, God trusting, gun-toting, book burning, witch hunting, anti-intellectual fanatics who are still satisfied with Dubya's performance.

THE GREAT BUSH DEPRESSION
I follow an economist named Bob Proctor. He has called the top and bottom of every market crash since the 70s correctly.
He perfectly predicted the current meltdown and the picture he paints about what will happen next
is terrifying.He thinks it will be worse then the great depression.
The banks in the U.S. are going under one after the other. Countrywide ,Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch , Fanny and Freddy Mae ,AIG
The government took them over because they are bankrupt. Even with the goverment nationalizing hundreds of billions of dollars in debt the stock market is crashing
the credit markets are frozen and all of us may suffer beyond anything seen in generations
McCain just like Bush " doesn't understand the economy".
That not just my opinion its his own words. Not only does he not understand how to fix it but he does not understand how its been broken.
It is no surprise that he doesn't. The people that make up these securities use quantum mathematical models very few people understand.
Bush and McCain both can take the credit for this mess since they helped deregulate the laws that were protecting us.
Bush's economic advisor Phil Graham wrote the deregulation bill that allowed banks to take huge risks with all of our future.
Now, Phil Graham is the head of McCain's economic policy.He is also McCain's choice for the next secretary of the treasury.
No one in this country can afford for that to happen. The last time Bush met with his economic advisors was in March. He was the last to know somthing was wrong. Phil Graham had the guts to say that we are in a mental recession after he helped create the worst economy meltdown in our lifetime. Check out this link to the truth http://my.barackobama.com/keatingvideo
It will take the best and brightest minds in the world to get us out of this nightmare. As bad as Bush has done, McCain would be
even more destructive because things are in much worse shape. The next president will not inherit a budget surplus like Bush did but a crashing economy and a 11,600,000,000,000 (trillion) dollars deficit. Most of it Bush created and it will take decades to pay it back.
If you do what you have always done then you will get what you have always got.
When it comes to policy Bush and McCain are the same 90 percent of the time.
So why are the polls even close then ?
Mccains team just said they no longer want to talk about the economy.Instead they would like to spend time talking about obama
which means running the biggest smear campaign in history.
They think they can just tell you lies and you wont be smart enough to see through it
Let's teach him we are smarter than that
Stand up and hold them accountable
Bush isn't on the ballot this year but his policies are
Elect Obama Biden 2008






Check out this video of sarah palins interview and ask your self if she understands what she is talking about.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r36Xc0GG4iQ

THE GREAT BUSH DEPRESSION
I follow an economist named Bob Proctor. He has called the top and bottom of every market crash since the 70s correctly.
He perfectly predicted the current meltdown and the picture he paints about what will happen next
is terrifying.He thinks it will be worse then the great depression.
The banks in the U.S. are going under one after the other. Countrywide ,Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch , Fanny and Freddy Mae ,AIG
The government took them over because they are bankrupt. Even with the goverment nationalizing hundreds of billions of dollars in debt the stock market is crashing
the credit markets are frozen and all of us may suffer beyond anything seen in generations
McCain just like Bush " doesn't understand the economy".
That not just my opinion its his own words. Not only does he not understand how to fix it but he does not understand how its been broken.
It is no surprise that he doesn't. The people that make up these securities use quantum mathematical models very few people understand.
Bush and McCain both can take the credit for this mess since they helped deregulate the laws that were protecting us.
Bush's economic advisor Phil Graham wrote the deregulation bill that allowed banks to take huge risks with all of our future.
Now, Phil Graham is the head of McCain's economic policy.He is also McCain's choice for the next secretary of the treasury.
No one in this country can afford for that to happen. The last time Bush met with his economic advisors was in March. He was the last to know somthing was wrong. Phil Graham had the guts to say that we are in a mental recession after he helped create the worst economy meltdown in our lifetime. Check out this link to the truth http://my.barackobama.com/keatingvideo
It will take the best and brightest minds in the world to get us out of this nightmare. As bad as Bush has done, McCain would be
even more destructive because things are in much worse shape. The next president will not inherit a budget surplus like Bush did but a crashing economy and a 11,600,000,000,000 (trillion) dollars deficit. Most of it Bush created and it will take decades to pay it back.
If you do what you have always done then you will get what you have always got.
When it comes to policy Bush and McCain are the same 90 percent of the time.
So why are the polls even close then ?
Mccains team just said they no longer want to talk about the economy.Instead they would like to spend time talking about obama
which means running the biggest smear campaign in history.
They think they can just tell you lies and you wont be smart enough to see through it
Let's teach him we are smarter than that
Stand up and hold them accountable
Bush isn't on the ballot this year but his policies are
Elect Obama Biden 2008






Check out this video of sarah palins interview and ask your self if she understands what she is talking about.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r36Xc0GG4iQ

THE GREAT BUSH DEPRESSION
I follow an economist named Bob Proctor. He has called the top and bottom of every market crash since the 70s correctly.
He perfectly predicted the current meltdown and the picture he paints about what will happen next
is terrifying.He thinks it will be worse then the great depression.
The banks in the U.S. are going under one after the other. Countrywide ,Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch , Fanny and Freddy Mae ,AIG
The government took them over because they are bankrupt. Even with the goverment nationalizing hundreds of billions of dollars in debt the stock market is crashing
the credit markets are frozen and all of us may suffer beyond anything seen in generations
McCain just like Bush " doesn't understand the economy".
That not just my opinion its his own words. Not only does he not understand how to fix it but he does not understand how its been broken.
It is no surprise that he doesn't. The people that make up these securities use quantum mathematical models very few people understand.
Bush and McCain both can take the credit for this mess since they helped deregulate the laws that were protecting us.
Bush's economic advisor Phil Graham wrote the deregulation bill that allowed banks to take huge risks with all of our future.
Now, Phil Graham is the head of McCain's economic policy.He is also McCain's choice for the next secretary of the treasury.
No one in this country can afford for that to happen. The last time Bush met with his economic advisors was in March. He was the last to know somthing was wrong. Phil Graham had the guts to say that we are in a mental recession after he helped create the worst economy meltdown in our lifetime. Check out this link to the truth http://my.barackobama.com/keatingvideo
It will take the best and brightest minds in the world to get us out of this nightmare. As bad as Bush has done, McCain would be
even more destructive because things are in much worse shape. The next president will not inherit a budget surplus like Bush did but a crashing economy and a 11,600,000,000,000 (trillion) dollars deficit. Most of it Bush created and it will take decades to pay it back.
If you do what you have always done then you will get what you have always got.
When it comes to policy Bush and McCain are the same 90 percent of the time.
So why are the polls even close then ?
Mccains team just said they no longer want to talk about the economy.Instead they would like to spend time talking about obama
which means running the biggest smear campaign in history.
They think they can just tell you lies and you wont be smart enough to see through it
Let's teach him we are smarter than that
Stand up and hold them accountable
Bush isn't on the ballot this year but his policies are
Elect Obama Biden 2008






Check out this video of sarah palins interview and ask your self if she understands what she is talking about.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r36Xc0GG4iQ

THE GREAT BUSH DEPRESSION
I follow an economist named Bob Proctor. He has called the top and bottom of every market crash since the 70s correctly.
He perfectly predicted the current meltdown and the picture he paints about what will happen next
is terrifying.He thinks it will be worse then the great depression.
The banks in the U.S. are going under one after the other. Countrywide ,Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch , Fanny and Freddy Mae ,AIG
The government took them over because they are bankrupt. Even with the goverment nationalizing hundreds of billions of dollars in debt the stock market is crashing
the credit markets are frozen and all of us may suffer beyond anything seen in generations
McCain just like Bush " doesn't understand the economy".
That not just my opinion its his own words. Not only does he not understand how to fix it but he does not understand how its been broken.
It is no surprise that he doesn't. The people that make up these securities use quantum mathematical models very few people understand.
Bush and McCain both can take the credit for this mess since they helped deregulate the laws that were protecting us.
Bush's economic advisor Phil Graham wrote the deregulation bill that allowed banks to take huge risks with all of our future.
Now, Phil Graham is the head of McCain's economic policy.He is also McCain's choice for the next secretary of the treasury.
No one in this country can afford for that to happen. The last time Bush met with his economic advisors was in March. He was the last to know somthing was wrong. Phil Graham had the guts to say that we are in a mental recession after he helped create the worst economy meltdown in our lifetime. Check out this link to the truth http://my.barackobama.com/keatingvideo
It will take the best and brightest minds in the world to get us out of this nightmare. As bad as Bush has done, McCain would be
even more destructive because things are in much worse shape. The next president will not inherit a budget surplus like Bush did but a crashing economy and a 11,600,000,000,000 (trillion) dollars deficit. Most of it Bush created and it will take decades to pay it back.
If you do what you have always done then you will get what you have always got.
When it comes to policy Bush and McCain are the same 90 percent of the time.
So why are the polls even close then ?
Mccains team just said they no longer want to talk about the economy.Instead they would like to spend time talking about obama
which means running the biggest smear campaign in history.
They think they can just tell you lies and you wont be smart enough to see through it
Let's teach him we are smarter than that
Stand up and hold them accountable
Bush isn't on the ballot this year but his policies are
Elect Obama Biden 2008






Check out this video of sarah palins interview and ask your self if she understands what she is talking about.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r36Xc0GG4iQ

THE GREAT BUSH DEPRESSION
I follow an economist named Bob Proctor. He has called the top and bottom of every market crash since the 70s correctly.
He perfectly predicted the current meltdown and the picture he paints about what will happen next
is terrifying.He thinks it will be worse then the great depression.
The banks in the U.S. are going under one after the other. Countrywide ,Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch , Fanny and Freddy Mae ,AIG
The government took them over because they are bankrupt. Even with the goverment nationalizing hundreds of billions of dollars in debt the stock market is crashing
the credit markets are frozen and all of us may suffer beyond anything seen in generations
McCain just like Bush " doesn't understand the economy".
That not just my opinion its his own words. Not only does he not understand how to fix it but he does not understand how its been broken.
It is no surprise that he doesn't. The people that make up these securities use quantum mathematical models very few people understand.
Bush and McCain both can take the credit for this mess since they helped deregulate the laws that were protecting us.
Bush's economic advisor Phil Graham wrote the deregulation bill that allowed banks to take huge risks with all of our future.
Now, Phil Graham is the head of McCain's economic policy.He is also McCain's choice for the next secretary of the treasury.
No one in this country can afford for that to happen. The last time Bush met with his economic advisors was in March. He was the last to know somthing was wrong. Phil Graham had the guts to say that we are in a mental recession after he helped create the worst economy meltdown in our lifetime. Check out this link to the truth http://my.barackobama.com/keatingvideo
It will take the best and brightest minds in the world to get us out of this nightmare. As bad as Bush has done, McCain would be
even more destructive because things are in much worse shape. The next president will not inherit a budget surplus like Bush did but a crashing economy and a 11,600,000,000,000 (trillion) dollars deficit. Most of it Bush created and it will take decades to pay it back.
If you do what you have always done then you will get what you have always got.
When it comes to policy Bush and McCain are the same 90 percent of the time.
So why are the polls even close then ?
Mccains team just said they no longer want to talk about the economy.Instead they would like to spend time talking about obama
which means running the biggest smear campaign in history.
They think they can just tell you lies and you wont be smart enough to see through it
Let's teach him we are smarter than that
Stand up and hold them accountable
Bush isn't on the ballot this year but his policies are
Elect Obama Biden 2008






Check out this video of sarah palins interview and ask your self if she understands what she is talking about.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r36Xc0GG4iQ

I think that the people who elected George Bush for a second term made the biggest mistake for our country. Could they not see he did an inadequate job the first time? Do you really have to do something wrong twice to see if it gets better? Our economy is so terrible and our country is going up in smoke and it is pretty much his fault. Was that speech on how our economy is bad really make a difference? Did he just figure that out or was he adressing to the oblivious minded Americans that our economy is awful.