Welcome to Obamaville

[guido911]

Successful Depends moment obtained.

[guido911]

Horray statistics!http://www.quinnipiac.edu/images/polling/us/us07022014_demos_U73jabn.pdf

180,345,625 registered voters nationwide (From http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/oct/15/voter-registrations-us-election, since census.gov is having issues), and they questioned just under 1500?

'K

Just remember I am no fan of polls. But there are many in here that treat them as Gospel, especially those polls that rip on Oklahoma.

[Townsend]

Just remember I am no fan of polls. But there are many in here that treat them as Gospel, especially those polls that rip on Oklahoma.

Unless, of course, you agree with the poll.  Then you jump on it like a $1 a lap dance stripper. 

[Conan71]

Unless, of course, you agree with the poll.  Then you jump on it like a $1 a lap dance stripper. 

Now that's a graphic visual.

[dbacksfan 2.0]

OWWW! MY EYES! GET ME A SLURPEE SPOON STRAW SO THAT I CAN GOUGE THEM OUT!   

[Townsend]

Guido got his eyes did.

[Townsend]

Hey!  Look at what Obama did for us.

Report Shows 288,000 New Jobs In June

http://publicradiotulsa.org/post/report-shows-288000-new-jobs-june

June was a good month for job creation, according to the new Labor Department report. Employers added 288,000 positions to payrolls and the unemployment rate fell to 6.1 percent.

Dow Jones Industrial Average hits 17,000 for first time

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-28134342

The Dow Jones Industrial Average - a US stock index made up of some of the biggest global firms - has hit 17,000 for the first time.

On Thursday, investors pushed shares higher after a better-than-expected jobs report showed the US economy added 288,000 jobs in June.

Overall, low interest rates have led investors to pour money into stocks in an effort to make a profit.

That has pushed US indexes - including the S&P 500 - to new highs in 2014.

On Wednesday, the Dow closed at its 13th record high for the year, and the S&P 500 hit its 24th closing high for 2014.

Slow but steady

A string of positive economic news combined with increasing merger and acquisition activity has buoyed investor confidence on Wall Street.

Thursday's positive jobs figure capped a week of good reports globally, including news that China's manufacturing activity hit a six-month high in June.

"The economic data we continue to get is not exceptional but it is still positive," Benedict Willis of Princeton Securities told the BBC from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

Investors had been worried that rising stock prices could not be supported by actual underlying economic growth, but Mr Willis said that as long as the data remained upbeat, that should be enough to allay concerns.

He added he expected markets would continue to rise.

"Yesterday's highs are tomorrow's lows - I think the market will continue on its upside move," he said.

Low rates

Overall, investors have been pouring money into stocks over the past year and a half, partially as a result of the policies of the Federal Reserve.

The US central bank has taken extraordinary measures to keep interest rates low in an effort to encourage banks to lend and thus stimulate economic growth.

Low interest rates, however, have also meant that firms are less inclined to keep extra cash on hand where it is not earning money.

That has spurred increased merger and acquisition activity, with firms in the pharmaceutical, food processing, and technology industries all announcing strings of acquisitions in recent weeks.

Some have worried that in keeping rates so low, the Federal Reserve is encouraging a bubble in the stock market.

However on Wednesday, Fed chair Janet Yellen said in a speech in front of the International Monetary Fund that the central bank would not raise rates in an effort to deter financial excesses.

"Efforts to promote financial stability through adjustments in interest rates would increase the volatility of inflation and employment," she said.

[Conan71]

More like, "Look what happened in spite of Obama!" 

[Townsend]

More like, "Look what happened in spite of Obama!" 

No no no...Yay Obama!!!

He's saving us all in the great state of Obamaville.

He's finally overcoming all those unpatriotic despicable nincompoops in Congress and the red states.

FINALLY

[Gaspar]

More like, "Look what happened in spite of Obama!" 

Strange how when we finally refuse to extend unemployment benefits in December (even though Obama and his minions said it would spell economic apocalypse), all of a sudden people start going out and getting jobs?

Of course this too we can screw up if we try hard enough.  Under pressure from the administration Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Dean Heller (R-NV) have proposed the "Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014, also know as the "Hang Out on The Sofa Act" that would bring back the good times of 2009-2013.  It's a bi-partisan effort!

[Townsend]

all of a sudden people start going out and getting jobs

See?  Even Gaspar sees it!

Go Obama!!!

[Gaspar]

See?  Even Gaspar sees it!

Go Obama!!!

Go where?  He's got two more years (that's nearly 147 more rounds of golf).

[Townsend]

Go where?  He's got two more years (that's nearly 147 more rounds of golf).

Staying in shape and working out all the nation's troubles to make us more successful!!!

Go Obama

Yay Obamaville

[Gaspar]

Staying in shape and working out all the nation's troubles to make us more successful!!!

Go Obama

Yay Obamaville

Celebrate, don't faint.

[Townsend]

Celebrate, don't faint.

Yeah!  Give it to 'em, Miggs!

Obamaville!!!