Larry Summers cites Google search as progress [On the economy]

Politico.com ^ | 7/17/2009 | Eamon Javers

[Lmo56]

Of all the statistics pouring into the White House every day, top economic adviser Larry Summers highlighted one Friday to make his case that the economic free-fall has ended.

The number of people searching for the term “economic depression” on Google is down to normal levels, Summers said.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25083.html#ixzz0LdMgsqTz

[Lmo56]

I guess by Summers reasoning since searches for "Brittany Spears" are down 90% - Brit ain't a skank no mo' !!!

[Mygirlsmom]

I imagine the searches for MJ will drop off as well, but he will still be dead.

[FlingWingFlyer]

This is absurd. I can’t believe that the idiot actually said this. Or maybe I can. This administration is braindead.

[SteamShovel]

people searching for the term “economic depression” on Google is down to normal levels

Once everyone has searched for it and knows the definition.....

.....there isn't a reason to keep searching.

This means nothing.

[americanophile]

...I wonder what the searches for “Obama sucks” have risen to?

[taxtruth]

Ya can’t make this stuff up.

[pepsionice]

And this guy is a trusted adviser?

If I were a CEO and this was the response he gave me...I’d fire the guy and have him escorted out of the building within an hour.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Of course the searches dropped off. Everybody is broke and cancelled their internet service. Duh.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Good point. I’ll bet they’ve gone throught he roof.

[JohnEBoy]

Well, the bad news for him is ... from now on, if you enter “total-moron economist” into Google, Larry Summers’ name will pop up everytime.

[RegulatorCountry]

...I wonder what the searches for “Obama sucks” have risen to?

I've gone to Google Trends and run just about every derogatory set of terms for Obama that I can imagine, and they all come back "no data avaialble."

Sense another "trend" here?

[norraad]

Summers=out of touch uberselfstuffed posterboy for same.

I know what I'm talking about, I have them in my family, like George Canstandya' , I know to do the opposite of whatever they advise.

[abishai]

“larry summers eats kittens” 35000 hits

“larry summers gay porn” 54000 hits

“larry summers is stupid” 103000 hits

“larry summers financial genius” 7900 hits

[RegulatorCountry]

Well, wait a minute ... “Obama Sucks” appears to have snuck through the “no data available” embargo, lol:

http://www.google.com/trends?q=obama+sucks&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0

There’s a distinct southern bias to the origin of these searches, too.

[Signalman]

...I wonder what the searches for “Obama sucks” have risen to?

Just tried it. "Obama Sucks": 5,910,000 hits.

[Orange1998]

In college what grade (A,B,C,D,F)would a Professor give him if he stated this on his thesis.

[SteamShovel]

“total-moron economist” = Larry Summers

Hah!

I just gave him another hit for the search!

[Enough is ENOUGH]

Hey Larry, try searching for this bumper sticker, “the genius of spending us into bankruptcy”.

http://www.zazzle.com/the_genius_of_spending_us_into_bankruptcy_bumper_sticker-128375837259459671

With geniuses like you for economic adviser, who needs Biden to stump for you!

[bigbob]

Searches for “Larry Sinclair” or “birth certificate” should go up!

[arichtaxpayer]

I just searched economic depression 10 times. So there.