In the event the link is bombed....here is the headline:

"[h=1]Venture funding heats up in 2Q, hitting $7 billion"[/h]
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"NEW YORK (AP) — Funding for startups fell 12 percent in the April-June period as venture capitalistspoured less money into fewer deals than a year earlier.A report due out Friday says startup investments slipped to $7 billion in the second quarter, down from $8 billion. The companies getting funded were mainly in the industrial, energy, technology and media sectors.
There were 898 deals completed during the quarter, down 15 percent from 1,057 a year earlier.
The MoneyTree study was conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association based on data from Thomson Reuters.
Compared with the first quarter, both the amount of VC money and the number of deals increased."

The inmates are running the asylum. What are the rest of us doing about it?

Gotta love media spin......

From Rasmussen:

Thursday, July 26, 2012
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows Mitt Romney attracting 48% of the vote, while President Obama earns support from 44%. Four percent (4%) prefer some other candidate, and five percent (5%) are undecided.
Today, consumer confidence has fallen to the lowest level of 2012. Most Americans believe both the economy and their own personal finances are getting worse.
Long-term optimism about the economy has fallen to the lowest level ever measured by Rasmussen Reports. Just 40% expect the economy to be stronger in five years. That’s down from 46% a year ago, 50% two years ago and 58% three years ago. Most believe the housing market will take more than three years to recover.

QuakerOats;1235233 wrote: Today, consumer confidence has fallen to the lowest level of 2012. Most Americans believe both the economy and their own personal finances are getting worse.
Long-term optimism about the economy has fallen to the lowest level ever measured by Rasmussen Reports. Just 40% expect the economy to be stronger in five years. That’s down from 46% a year ago, 50% two years ago and 58% three years ago. Most believe the housing market will take more than three years to recover.

And those facts right there explain weak demand for businesses. For those who keep saying you can't have a recovery without consumer spending, well take a look at those numbers. The consumer is being beaten down by the Obamaconomy overhang whether they know it or not - intuitively, they recognize the weakness of the Obamaconomy and are hunkering down just like businesses are.

Sorry....I just had to do it!

Obama has attended 195 fundraisers in 16.5 months. GWB in hi re-election bid did 86 over 14 months.

Astonishing. Obama has never stopped campaigning since being elected, really. That, and reading from a teleprompter, appears to be the only thing he is good at. How can anyone vote for this clown again?

gut;1238856 wrote:How can anyone vote for this clown again?

Ummmm....it takes one to know one???

Obama has attended 195 fundraisers in 16.5 months. GWB in hi re-election bid did 86 over 14 months.

This will be the new normal for any sitting president from here on out.

Had Bush been dealing with the landscape that Citizen's United provides as far as the money needed to run an effective campaign, he would have been fundraising around the clock as well.

Comparing running for president in 2012 to 2004 is about as helpful as comparing an Ipad to an Apple IIe. It's a totally different world.

The Citizens United decision has fundamentally changed the money it takes to run for president, and as such it will require all sitting Presidents from here on out to spend more time raising money and less time governing. It is just how the game is set up now.

IggyPride00;1238868 wrote:This will be the new normal for any sitting president from here on out.

Had Bush been dealing with the landscape that Citizen's United provides as far as the money needed to run an effective campaign, he would have been fundraising around the clock as well.

Comparing running for president in 2012 to 2004 is about as helpful as comparing an Ipad to an Apple IIe. It's a totally different world.

The Citizens United decision has fundamentally changed the money it takes to run for president, and as such it will require all sitting Presidents from here on out to spend more time raising money and less time governing. It is just how the game is set up now.

Why is pre-Citizens United considered the status quo, when McCain-Feingold wasn't enacted until 2002? And if associations of individuals belonging to unions can contribute, why can't associations of individuals belonging to corporations?

The only "landscape" that concerns Obama is his abysmal record as president and the failure of his policies, thus the need for him and his cronies to spin, pander, and rewrite history in the form of endless campaigning and fundraising.

jhay78;1239031 wrote:Why is pre-Citizens United considered the status quo, when McCain-Feingold wasn't enacted until 2002? And if associations of individuals belonging to unions can contribute, why can't associations of individuals belonging to corporations?

The only "landscape" that concerns Obama is his abysmal record as president and the failure of his policies, thus the need for him and his cronies to spin, pander, and rewrite history in the form of endless campaigning and fundraising.

Limits on independent expenditures were in place way before McCain-Feingold. There's been a ban on "independent" spending by Unions and Corporations since the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947. Remember, the Taft-Hartley act was in principle an anti-union bill and since unions were powerful back then, independent expenditures by unions would have been a threat so a deal that led to no independent spending by corporate treasuries or union treasuries was put in place. Never before in the information age has their been this kind of "independent" spending on campaigns.

The sad thing is that these TV ads actually influence people on who to vote for.

IggyPride00;1238868 wrote:This will be the new normal for any sitting president from here on out.

Had Bush been dealing with the landscape that Citizen's United provides as far as the money needed to run an effective campaign, he would have been fundraising around the clock as well.

Wouldn't Citizen's United make it easier to raise money, implying even less events needed? That's quite the spin there. What is clear is Obama will devote 100% of his time - more, if necessary - to winning re-election. The hasn't really EVER done the job, hasn't ever really stopped campaigning. Ignoring the job probably has more than a little to do with the complete failure of a result.

Here you go peeps....where your Obama Porkulus money is going: http://www.recovery.gov/Transparency/RecipientReportedData/Pages/RecipientReportedDataMap.aspx

Dig deep and enjoy! :thumbup:

Let's see....GM owes taxpayers over $27 billion BUT they have $559 million just laying around to give to a fuggin soccer team - http://espn.go.com/sports/soccer/story/_/id/8232321/manchester-united-receive-559-million-chevrolet-shirt-sponsorship

AND they get to fund their own village!! - http://nlpc.org/stories/2012/07/26/more-taxpayer-dollars-spent-create-chevy-volt-village

I wonder how Ford, Toyota, Honda, Hyundai, etc. feel about the United States government competing against them?

I'll never buy a GM made product the rest of my life. They've built largely CRAP machines since the late 70's anyway. No wonder the taxpayer had to bail out the incompetent boobs managing the business and also prop-up the "too big to fail UAW" thugs.

QuakerOats;1235233 wrote:From Rasmussen:

Thursday, July 26, 2012
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows Mitt Romney attracting 48% of the vote, while President Obama earns support from 44%. Four percent (4%) prefer some other candidate, and five percent (5%) are undecided.
Today, consumer confidence has fallen to the lowest level of 2012. Most Americans believe both the economy and their own personal finances are getting worse.
Long-term optimism about the economy has fallen to the lowest level ever measured by Rasmussen Reports. Just 40% expect the economy to be stronger in five years. That’s down from 46% a year ago, 50% two years ago and 58% three years ago. Most believe the housing market will take more than three years to recover.

That settles it. I'm voting for Mitt and therefor my confidence will soar. Don't ask me why it will soar though.

believer;1240087 wrote:I'll never buy a GM made product the rest of my life. They've built largely CRAP machines since the late 70's anyway. No wonder the taxpayer had to bail out the incompetent boobs managing the business and also prop-up the "too big to fail UAW" thugs.

yes I miss the shrewdsters with all that business acumen that used to run GM.

The Blamer-in-Chief doing what he does best.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/obama-blames-state-and-local-governments-congress-141-percent-black-unemployment_649505.html


God I can't wait until January when we have a real leader in the WH.

I'm LMAO at CNN right now....Papa John's today said Obamakare would cost them 11-14 cents/per pizza. CNN then has an "analyst" (read: not really an analyst) proceed to dissect this number. Mind you, he admits to not knowing how they calculated their number, or even key variables such as how many part-time employees, etc. This does not prevent him from going on to conclude that "the claim is false".

This is the kind of garbage people rail on Fox for all the time. But, to be honest, Fox is bad but it's better than CNN and MSNBC.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/15/us-usa-campaign-binladen-ad-idUSBRE87E01F20120815


Special ops group tired of obama bragging about bin Laden mission

QuakerOats;1247441 wrote:http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/15/us-usa-campaign-binladen-ad-idUSBRE87E01F20120815


Special ops group tired of obama bragging about bin Laden mission

Eh, of course BHO will attempt to cash-in on that. He won't get much mileage out of it.

http://dailycaller.com/2012/08/19/book-obamacare-law-designed-to-unionize-21-million-health-care-workers/

QuakerOats;1250842 wrote:http://dailycaller.com/2012/08/19/book-obamacare-law-designed-to-unionize-21-million-health-care-workers/

Why would Obama secretly team with the union to rob taxpayers and legit claims? They did that blatantly and openly when they screwed investors in the GM deal.

^^^without a doubt

Obama on his bully pulpit saying "the Romney campaign is going to raise more money and spend more money than we've ever seen". Ummm, who has the current record? Since he can't outspend this opponent he's now going to villify "buying" elections? He's such a fraud.