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NEWS FROM THE POOP DECK:

July 11,1969. Tomorrow marks the fortieth anniversary of man’s first footsteps on the moon, and NASA may be a bit closer to answering the question; “If you complain in space, can anybody  hear you?”

Space Station Astronaut surveys surroundings for alternate docking facilities.

Today’s news from NASA is that the main toilet on the International Space Station is out of order. Presently, the station is home to a record 13 inhabitants, looking for…answers. Hindsight (pardon the pun) has it, that this problem would have been solved had only John McCain been elected President. Yep. Joe, “The Plummer” would have been appointed NASA Chairman, and, well, you figure it out.

Flammable gasses should not be taken lightly. Erich Spehl surveys New Jersey aloft on the Hindenburg, 1937.

ECONOMIC TIME LINE:

1985 – Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, asks, “Who’s zoomin’ who, take another look, tell me baby, the fish jumped off the hook boy, who’s zoomin’ who?’

1991 – James Carville, Democrat campaign stratigist to Bill Clinton focuses on upseating then President George H.W. Bush, admonishing, “It’s the economy, stupid.”

2001 – Two weeks following the September 11 attacks terrorist’s attacks, President George W. Bush advised, “People …should go about their daily lives, to work, to live, to travel and to shop.”

2003 – Start of US-Iraq invasion/war/conflict “thing.”

2007 – With the recession looming, President George W. Bush laments, “This work begins with keeping our economy growing. And I encourage you all to go shopping more.”

2008 – Recession starts “officially” somewhere around January.

2008 – September: Republican Senator John McCain whilst campaigning for President, asserts his view, “I think, still, the fundamentals of our economy are strong.”

2008 – September: Democrat Senator and McCain challenger Barack Obama, disagrees with McCain on the economy, saying, “You don’t have to agree with me, you just need to vote.”

2009 – February 20, stocks slide to Depression era levels with the Standard & Poors 500 having lost 50% of their value in less than ten years, and the Dow slipping to an eleven year low of 7,302.

2009 – On March 4, President Barack Obama encourages buying stocks in saying, “What you’ve got now, is profit and earnings ratios are starting to get to the point where buying stocks is a potentially good deal.”

2009 – On March 8, Peter Orszag, the Obama Administration’s Director for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), asserts, “Fundamentally, the economy is weak.”

2009 – On March 9, President Obama assures, “If we are keeping focused on all the fundamentally sound aspects of our economy…then we are going to get through this.”

2009 – On March 15, Christina Romer, Chief Economist for the Obama Administration, urges Americans to spend and – “Go out and buy that car.”

Who’s Zoomin’ Who?