Look at the photo accompanying a "Consumer Confidence" story

[Cocoa]

this photo also appeared on the Google news page.

http://www.axcessnews.com/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=7358

[neuvocat]

1. I know. They have to sell their children.

Two perfectly good white kids for sale too. What a shame.

[DoYouEverWonder]

6. I hear the Robert's family

might be shopping for another pair.

[ixion]

2. awww...happy consuming breeders all ready to buy, buy, buy and luv...

the chimpenator, cause he keeps'em safe, don cha know.

:evilgrin:

[Rex]

3. I believe that is the nuclear family of the 1950s

WASP. Middle class stock.

[hlthe2b]

4. ok....

stereotypical "Murican" famiy--photogenic per Madison Avenue Standards...

So, what am I missing?

[Cocoa]

7. it just seemed odd/funny to me

made me wonder, who are they? how do they illustrate consumer confidence?

[WI_DEM]

5. I wonder if confidence was down if they would have a picture of

a black or latino family?

[johnaries]

8. Wow! 103.6! By comparison, in Dec 97 it was 136.2, Dec 98 it was

126.7, in Dec 99 it was 141.7, and in Dec 2000 it was 128.6.

Then, of course Bushit took office;
Dec 01 - 94.6, Dec 02 - 80.7, Dec 03 - 94.8, Dec 04 - 102.7.

http://www.pollingreport.com/consumer.htm (scroll down to Conference Board CONSUMER CONFIDENCE INDEX conducted by NFO Research )

Yep, says a lot!

[Cocoa]

9. embarassing comparisons to Clinton are easily dealt with

"everything changed after 9/11"

[Straight Shooter]

10. They have an ambiguous way of distorting the facts.

"Consumer confidence continues to bounce back and is now at its highest level since Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast," says Lynn Franco, Director of The Conference Board Consumer Research Center.

All that tells me is that it's returned to pre-Katrina levels.

[TahitiNut]

11. Each one of those kids' share of the national debt is $27,197.43

Pay up, kids!! You too, mom and pop!

[Vickers]

12. Their credit card debt alone is $16,000!

:patriot:

Gawd Bless Murka!