A just me moment..but do the financial talking heads seem disappointed

[Peacetrain]

that the Obama plan is working, and we may actually be turning around at a quicker pace than predicted?

They are almost morose in their assessments?



:shrug:

[Skinner]

1. I haven't been paying attention to them.

But I would not be particularly surprised if they were hoping for Obama to fail. They were part of the cabal that gave us this mess in the first place.

[Peacetrain]

2. I caught them yesterday evening after work..and again this AM

.. I always thought that they would be a little more happy maybe, since that is the way they make money?

[Jennicut]

5. They are disappointed that Obama is not a major failure

I watched CNBC last night at my parents house. They are die hard conservatives. Larry Kudlow was on and he was just ranting and raving about how how much government control is going to be in our lives now. Do they not realize that Bush and Cheney had so much control from spying on us 24/7? Beck is another loser. Totally crazy, documenting the other night from when we had no govt. until now...TOTAL DOMINATION!!! LOL. Complete idiot.

[Peacetrain]

7. Yep, that is so true.. Larry Kudlow, that was the guys name..

[Jennicut]

12. Kudlow has been a jerk for years.

I always hated the way he looked down on people who were not Wall St. insiders, the little people. He has always been a major tool.

[Peacetrain]

18. no kidding.. you just want to smack him on the back of the head.. aka Gibbs NCIS

[rox63]

3. Things seem to be picking up around here

Although I'm back in school full-time to change careers, I was able to land a pretty good temp job for the summer, after only a couple of interviews. That was a pleasant suprise. There's a new Target store being built a couple of miles from here.(construction jobs, followed by retail jobs), a local bank is building a new headquarters nearby (more construction jobs, followed by bank jobs), and they're tearing down a large, abandoned industrial building in town to build something new. (Not sure what yet, but that's more construction jobs)

[Peacetrain]

10. I am looking for a jump in green jobs for the hard economoy

and then the infrastructure jobs should be a good jump for a hard economy also..

[SemiCharmedQuark]

4. What channel are you watching?

[Peacetrain]

6. CNBC I think it was..

[earthside]

8. It is 'just you'

Obama won ... he's in.

Time to stop having a persecution complex.

Wall Street and Geithner (Obama) are on the same side now.

Their spin that there is "improvement" in the economy is a "faith-based" interpretation. Fact is that even the ADP employment survey shows nearly a half million lost their jobs last month.

And BofA and Citi are going to need billions and billions of more dollars?

And nearly a third of American homeowners are upside down on their mortgages?

These kinds of "improvements" are going to kill us and bury us twenty feet into the dirt.

[CoffeeCat]

9. We aren't turning around...

The economy is a toxic waste dump--and every once in a while, you can find a few green patches, but that
doesn't mean that we're not still standing in a dump.

My guess is that these talking heads understand very well--that they're spewing nonsense.

The "disappointment" you are sensing, is most likely just bad acting. They're supposed to tout
the notion that there's nothing but blue skies and rainbows ahead.

You'd be a little hesitant too, if it was your job to wrap a giant bow around a toxic waste dump.

[sampsonblk]

11. The Freepers are hilarious

This is all just a blip before we go off the Obama cliff, they say. LOL

[ClarkUSA]

13. Bernanke's suggestion that the recession might cease by year's end must've thrown them for a loop.

Their free market disaster is being corrected by a liberal "socialist". Gasp!

[avaistheone1]

14. Things are turning around? You must not be watching the news. The banks are asking for another

HUGE bailout. Bank of America alone wants another 31 BILLION DOLLARS!!!!!!!

I suppose if you believe that Obama's plan is one giant taxpayer bailout of Wall Street after another then his plan is working just dandy.

[quiller4]

17. No no no. BOA needs to raise that much probably from a stock offering

not asking for another bailout.

[avaistheone1]

19. Bank Of America Needs Billions More In Bailout, Paper Reports

Wednesday, May 6, 2009 @09:49am

In the wake of new federal "stress tests" results, Charlotte-based Bank of America reportedly needs a whopping 34-billion-dollar bailout to survive.

"The New York Times" cites a bank executive in its report of the ailing corporation, comparing an earlier bailout estimate of just ten-billion-dollars.

Tomorrow, the federal government is expected to release the results of bank stress tests, which were created to reveal which banks are strong enough to survive a possibly prolonged rescession.
Before the yearly shareholder's meeting, it was leaked that Bank of America received a low grade on the tests.

However, bank officials are denying the need for further federal funds and say first quarter earnings were remarkably high.

http://mystateline.com/content/fulltext/?cid=64821

[onenote]

15. I think it may be "just you"

For example, I haven't heard anyone complaining that unemployment was not as bad this month as expected or that the stock market rally is continuing into another week.

I also haven't heard anyone declaring that all is well and our economic problems are all solved. Which, of course, they aren't, as the President is among the first to state.

[Jakes Progress]

16. Just you.

The talking heads want to to think it it over. If they can get you back into the market, they can take what's left of your money.

The only ones seeing money are the wall streeters who have already learned thirty ways to cheat under the few new rules out there. They still argue for fewer rules and less regulation.

(In addition, several people have been helped by the portion of the plan that threw money at the states for construction and infrastructure. We could have helped more if we weren't busy making sure all the Goldman people and their friends were staying rich.

[Fire1]

20. Yes, it's you. I frankly don't see disappointment and I

certainly don't see improvement in the economy and I don't expect to see any turn around for a couple of years. Waaaaaay too many bills have yet to be passed, stimulus funds have yet to be allocated by Governors regarding education and infrastructure. This mess could not possibly be in recovery this soon.