U.S. Woos Damascus by Easing Export Ban - WSJ.com

This is truly sick. Syria (designated a terrorist state by our own government) is the enemy of the U.S., but apparently they are not an enemy of our current President (Barack Nifong Fonda Hussein Obama). I missed the part in the story that states they've stopped supporting Hamas and Hezbollah to justify the lifting of these sanctions. U.S. Woos Damascus by Easing Export Ban - WSJ.com: "While significant, U.S. officials said Monday that Washington's move doesn't mark a formal lifting or easing of its sanctions on Damascus. President George W. Bush authorized the sanctions in 2004, under legislation known as the Syria Accountability Act, specifically because of Damascus's support for the militant groups Hezbollah and Hamas, which are fighting Israeli forces from Lebanon and the Palestinian territories."

GDP Data Likely to Herald an Upturn - WSJ.com

Again, "depression" is on their minds. We'll soon be hearing it come from Obama's people. GDP Data Likely to Herald an Upturn - WSJ.com: "The government will report on Friday how the U.S. economy performed in the second quarter, and economists expect it will say the economy contracted at about a 1.5% annual rate, marking the fourth consecutive decline. That typically would be seen as bad news -- but not after gross domestic product, the value of all goods and services produced by the economy, shrank by 6.3% in the fourth quarter and 5.5% in first, causing many economists to worry about the possibility of a depression."

Bernanke Feared a Second Great Depression - WSJ.com

There's that word again, depression. They seem supremely confident that we are in a recovery now, even though we still contracted 1.5% annually for the 2nd quarter. Um, we are only in the third quarter. I think we need at least one, maybe two quarters of stagnation before we can claim we've bottomed. Well, maybe they're right this time... Bernanke Feared a Second Great Depression - WSJ.com: "KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Sunday said he engineered the central bank's controversial actions over the past year because 'I was not going to be the Federal Reserve chairman who presided over the second Great Depression.'"

Rasmussen Reports™: The Most Comprehensive Public Opinion Data Anywhere

Rasmussen Reports™: The Most Comprehensive Public Opinion Data Anywhere:

Friday, July 24, 2009 Overall, 49% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President's performance. Today marks the first time his overall approval rating has ever fallen below 50% among Likely Voters nationwide. Fifty-one percent (51%) disapprove.

Data show housing market starting to recover - Yahoo! News

Data show housing market starting to recover - Yahoo! News And just like that, it's back to good times! Whew, what a difference 9 days make. Here's what the experts were saying back on July 14, 2009: Real Estate Experts Say Residential and Commercial Foreclosures Will Continue to Rise - Yahoo! Finance

Not quite so loved everywhere

This video is amazing to see. Our president may be loved in certain parts of the world, but he is definitely not in Russia. I have never seen our president snubbed by another state like this!

One big reason healthcare cost is out of control

Retail titan Wal-Mart launches 'sustainability index' - Yahoo! News

This will set up lawsuits against manufacturer's from local and state governments. You read it hear first. Wal-mart is unwittingly (I hope) providing the ammunition. Government will begin going through landfills and documenting waste and begin suing manufacturers to recoup their cost from cleanup and health issues caused from pollution. This is just like they did to tobacco companies. It's for the children! Retail titan Wal-Mart launches 'sustainability index' - Yahoo! News: "The database, dubbed the sustainability index, could put information about how environmentally-friendly suppliers, manufacturers and their products are, just a garment label or barcode-scan away for shoppers, according to Wal-Mart executives speaking at a webcast gathering of their suppliers."

Unemployment tops 10 percent in 15 states in June - Yahoo! News

Remember that the way they figure this changed in the 90's, making it actually lower than it would have been, so we really can't compare today's unemployment rate with what it was in the 80's or earlier. I'm saying it's even worse than they claim. Sometime this year, I'm predicting we will start hearing the word "depression" from the media and soon after from Obama's people. It's simply too late to turn this around now. Unemployment tops 10 percent in 15 states in June - Yahoo! News: "The Federal Reserve this week projected that the national unemployment rate, currently at a 26-year high of 9.5 percent, will pass 10 percent by the end of the year. Most Fed policymakers said it could take 'five or six years' for the economy and the labor market to get back on a path of long-term health. To get there, consumers must return to a regular spending groove and housing prices need to start rising again."

1934 Cartoon

This could have been today.

Obama's Popularity Plummets in Ohio as Residents Express Impatience - Political News - FOXNews.com

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/09/obamas-popularity-plummets-ohio-residents-express-impatience/?test=latestnews

"The president's approval ratings from Ohio voters dropped from 62 percent in May to 49 percent this month in a new Quinnipiac University poll,  making it the first state in which Obama's job approval has dipped below 50 percent."

Official Google Blog: Celebrating Gay Pride 2009

All around Google, we're proud of our work, our culture and, most importantly, our people. In the spirit of celebration, this spring and summer Googlers have participated in Pride celebrations in Tel Aviv, New York, Zürich, San Francisco and many other cities around the world. Pride is a time for the LGBT* community along with families, friends and supporters to stand up for equality, and to honor those who paved the way for us to express sexual orientation and gender identity openly. *LGBT stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgendered people and is also intended to include people who identify as queer, asexual or intersexed, amongst others.

The number of Christians is far greater than the number of LGBT people (that makes me chuckle whenever I see that now). Christians are truly being persecuted (that is murdered) around the world and especially in places like Africa. I wonder when Google will start marching for Christians? The truth is, I would be insulted if they took up a cause for Christians. Everyone knows it would be phony.