Your government is shutting down its economic indicators website.

[Subdivisions]

http://economicindicators.gov/

Due to budgetary constraints, the Economic Indicators service (http://www.economicindicators.gov) will be discontinued effective March 1, 2008.

So, it's gotten so bad for our government financially that they have to shut down this one particular website? How muthafuckin' convenient!

Edited to add: From http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/13/economic-indicators/">ThinkProgress

From http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/14575.html">The Carpetbagger Report

From http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/2/13/21458/5221/870/455765">Daily Kos

[Kutjara]

1. It would be hilariously ironic...

...if it wasn't so sick. On the other hand, what better indicator of our economic situation is there than the Federal Government not having enough cash to pay the salaries of one editor and one web designer? Pathetic.

[Subdivisions]

2. I'm looking now for other imminent closures but have found

none as of yet.

They want me scared? Well, this scares me.

[ConsAreLiars]

9. It had nothing to do with money, of course.

But it was a pathetic action, because the only thing they can do is to lie, deny and censor. If they cared one whit about cutting costs there are a zillion things they could have done. Bring one soldier home a month early and the cut the combat pay bonus by that amount. It probably cost them more to erase that site than to keep it running.

(edit typo)

[TahitiNut]

3. Ignorance is Bliss --- and the Bushies love thems some bliss

:puke:

[opihimoimoi]

4. Its all part of the Grand design to keep us in the dark...which also means they be in the dark too

The Pub Philosophy of Ineptness is astounding...stunning in its IGNORANCE and lack of Solutions...

VOTE BLUE

[Mnemosyne]

5. Until it isn't. Bliss that is. n/t

[alittlelark]

6. I sent the link to hubby (Stanford MBA)

We're busy packing our kid for his Costa Rica field trip now, but he'll look at it later tonight or tomm. morning.

He asked me to send it to him (!). He is still somewhat of a 'true believer' but I have cut serious 'inroads to reality' and he is 'getting it' more day by day.

[Orwellian_Ghost]

7. Sick irony- Economic indicators are right before our eyes

[intheflow]

8. Yeah, really convenient.

One weeks's worth of Halliburtion payouts in Iraq and Afghanistan would probably pay for this department for a year.

Kicking so more folks can see this.

[AP]

10. That's probably the clearest economic indicator that site has ever issued.

[earth mom]

11. Hiding more evidence of * & Cos dastardly deeds in their pursuit to destroy the U.S.! NO doubt!

:grr: