[Note: This post from Karl Denninger at The Market Ticker so completely captured my state of mind that I felt compelled to re- post it here in its entirety.  I also encourage you to visit his blog for consistently high quality economic analysis and insight.  We do need to jerk these politicians' chains and either [...]

Thanks to the Ticker Guy – Karl Denninger @ The Market Ticker – for the chart, the data for which comes directly from the US Dept of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis. Not a lot to cheer about in those numbers, and, the deeper you look in them, the worse the findings.