[pieceofthepuzzle]

Didn't see this posted. Essentially says what we've all been thinking.

[Cowboy Bob]

Who did Mort vote for in 2008?

[CommieCutter]

What we’ve all been thinking and what we all KNEW would happen.

But I don’t think any of us knew we’d get two terms of it.

The one that still baffles me to this day is the lack of outrage about high gas prices. Grand illusion or not, that is one thing they can’t hide and yet here we are.

[Sir Napsalot]

>>> a Canadian-born American real estate tycoon and media proprietor (from Wiki)

A man (who ‘wrote an Obama’s campaign speech’) likes to pretend independent and left-leaning.

He must feel himself pretty secure, immuned from Obama’s 1% rhetorics, and now trying to paper over his thin behind over the little people.

I spit in his face.

[raybbr]

Styx The Grand Illusion Lyrics

Songwriters: DE YOUNG, DENNIS

Written by Dennis DeYoung
Lead Vocals by Dennis DeYoung

Welcome to the Grand illusion
Come on in and see what's happening
Pay the price, get your tickets for the show
The stage is set, the band starts playing
Suddenly your heart is pounding
Wishing secretly you were a star.

But don't be fooled by the radio
The TV or the magazines
They show you photographs of how your life should be
But they're just someone else's fantasy
So if you think your life is complete confusion
Because you never win the game
Just remember that it's a Grand illusion
And deep inside we're all the same.
We're all the same...

So if you think your life is complete confusion
Because your neighbors got it made
Just remember that it's a Grand illusion
And deep inside we're all the same.
We're all the same...

America spells competition, join us in our blind ambition
Get yourself a brand new motor car
Someday soon we'll stop to ponder what on Earth's this spell we're under
We made the grade and still we wonder who the hell we are

[wesagain]

Shocking info...America is in “failure” mode. Thanks Obummer.

[Venturer]

The country isn’t really advancing. By comparison with earlier recessions, it is going backward. Despite the most stimulative fiscal policy in American history and a trillion-dollar expansion to the money supply, the economy over the last three years has been declining.
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No sh*t Sherlock.

[9YearLurker]

And Mort’s 14-15% true unemployment rate doesn’t count the millions who had climbed onto disability to escape this and previous labor markets.

[cuban leaf]

...but the present phase might also be called the Grand Illusion...

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I think a better title may be “Grand Delusion”. Everyone wants to believe the figures because the real picture is too scary to contemplate.

[txrefugee]

One of the worst Pollyannas talking up unicorns and rainbows is CNBC”s chronic ObamaBot, Steve Leisman. One has to wonder if even he can believe the joy juice he doles out on Squawk Box every morning.