Where is the US economy headed?

Pelosi’s comments came just minutes before Obama began a major speech laying out the need for the stimulus plan, which he admitted yesterday could approach $1 trillion and will add substantially to an already record deficit.

I can't disagree! When the Democrats won in 2006, I thought, finally we'll get somewhere, but the Dems are no paragon of virtue either, by judging what has happened in the last 2 days. Feinstein vocally told Obama where he can stick his CIA director and the negativity that was exposed by the Burris Senate snub, because THEY didn't hand-pick him to replace Obama. Just shooting themselves in the foot all around! Everybody is watching these prima donnas and it will backfire, trust me!

Okie,
In a perfect world, the last 8 years should have taught all moderates, Dems and Repugs, something, but I see the Democrats for who they are too! They're as bad with their ego-tripping as the Republicans were, when they were the majority. Why is it, that the Democrats are as wishy-washy?

I really am naive enough to think that there are some decent politicians, but no! The Clintons were the REAL shocker when Hillary was running and Obama was leading over her! Now, being the politician he is, let's face it, he (Obama), buckled to something more powerful than his self! Funny, we have the gall to call a segment of society the Mafia! All ethnics have had their "secret" socities, so what is happening in Washington? Anyone?

One thing I have noticed in my lifetime, religious faith has dropped considerably, moral standards have slipped mightily, scams and scam artists proliferate now, and this world is nothing like it was in my youth, in the 50's.

The Kefauver Committee and Organized Crime

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Crime Buster from Tennessee.
The Kefauver committee, which has been called "probably the most important probe of organized crime" in U.S. history, revealed to Americans the activities of criminal operations earning millions of dollars yearly and of the corrupt public officials who allowed such operations to flourish. It was formed as the Senate Special Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce, but it came to be called the Kefauver committee after Sen. Estes Kefauver. The energetic Tennessee Democrat, looking to make a name for himself in his first term in the Senate, sponsored the resolution which created the committee and was its chairman. In order for the resolution to pass, Kefauver had to overcome stiff opposition from elder senators who distrusted their junior colleague's ambitions.

Teen Birth Rate Lowest in Almost 60 Years

CDC pleased with efforts to reduce teen pregnancies

Dateline: Nov. 18, 2004
The U.S. birth rate among young adolescents aged 10-14 has fallen to the lowest level since 1946 according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

“We are encouraged by our continued progress in reducing births to teens of all ages, but we’re particularly pleased to make this kind of progress in such a young and vulnerable group,” said CDC Director Dr. Julie Gerberding.

Washington has become unhinged, teeny. One must remember though that who America sends to Washington is roughly a reflection of itself. One thing I have noticed in my lifetime, religious faith has dropped considerably, moral standards have slipped mightily, scams and scam artists proliferate now, and this world is nothing like it was in my youth, in the 50's. So scammers and scam artists are also populating a significant percentage of Washington now, and that starts at the top in my opinion. You may trust Mr. Obama, I don't.