Hey Cage! What up with you?

Tough times up ahead. The sh*t has hit the fan.

Dammit! Now I’m going to have to go back to my old job as Gary Colemans lotion pusher!

I second that thought.

That picture….

@ Braided: Chillin ma… How you?

He looks like he just stepped out of a fireplace

@Cage

Whats up brotha?

ive been in a recession since the week after Bush took office!

@ Lauren…

“Dammit! Now I’m going to have to go back to my old job as Gary Colemans lotion pusher!”

Well from that looks of ol’ boy’s pic you should be in bid’ness for quite a while…LMBAO!!

@Lauren

Dammit! Now I’m going to have to go back to my old job as Gary Colemans lotion pusher!

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I’m through with you LMAO

@ Brother M…

“He looks like he just stepped out of a fireplace”

You wrong for that one…*sniiicker* Yeah man, totally wrong!

Cage…. Im fine how you? I like that How you? I am just takin it slow and dealing with my slight hangover . Its hard to deal with it when you are not really a drinker. Just had some lemon and water and will see if that helps clean out the old system.

Cage… Just had my hair re-braided , maybe some of my braids are a little too tight,, just a thought!!

@Lauren

LMBAO! Your remark is funnier than homey’s picture. Great one!

It’s sad when people go broke after being blessed with so much money. he still bogus for being that ashy!!!

@NotoriousOne

Dude needs some serious vaseline or baby oil or Crisco, WD 40, Armor All. THE WORKS!!!!

Yeah, I need to buy a lip harness from the “Tall and Big Man Shop” to keep from laughing out loud!!!! You guys are too funny.

I ain’t worried. The checks never stop comin’ in for 6 Figgas. Money grows on trees for us young black entrepreneurs…

@ cola…

“It’s sad when people go broke after being blessed with so much money.”

In his defense, his parents did jack his bank considering he was so young when he made his money. He still is bogus for being out in public looking worse than Ashy Larry!

You know it’s a recession when you see white people waiting for the bus in an all black neighborhood at night!!

Well, what does recession really mean when all everything keeps going up??? Aren’t rent, food, and things of that nature are suppose to freeze in hiking prices. But, it seems like everything is continuing to go up…Everything, except the COST OF LIVING that is…

@ Brother M…

“Dude needs some serious vaseline or baby oil or Crisco, WD 40, Armor All. THE WORKS!!!!”

^^^^^^^CTFU^^^^^^^

The car wash around my spot has a special called THE WORKS…you know you had me thinking of poor ol’ Gary going thru the wash getting a vaseline wash, lotion rinse, baby oil lube, Crisco smuttering, WD 40 application, topped by an Armor All for that proper shine. LOL

Gary Coleman shill has that job punching bags of flour, so its all good

@NotoriousOne

Yeah his parents did straight D-BO his money from him

NotoriousOne

The car wash around my spot has a special called THE WORKS…you know you had me thinking of poor ol’ Gary going thru the wash getting a vaseline wash, lotion rinse, baby oil lube, Crisco smuttering, WD 40 application, topped by an Armor All for that proper shine. LOL

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LMAO For real

@ 6 Figgas…I know thats right boo! Get it!

PEEPEYE… that was funny about the whites waiting for a bus in the all black neighborhood… you know they like to jack all our good things like dance steps, slang, hairstyles, and the way we shake hands and all kinds of other things… it would be nice to see them jack all the bad stuff like poverty, unemployment, crime and all other so called shady things…. dont just jack the good stuff.. i mean im just saying…………..

@ M DADDY….

@NotoriousOne

Dude needs some serious vaseline or baby oil or Crisco, WD 40, Armor All. THE WORKS!!!!

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negative job growth today which has ended the recession debate

“We’re in one”.

DUHHHHHHHHHHH, shoulda known this was coming in 03

this needs somelotion asap

LOOKS LIKE MY MANS BEEN IN A FIGHT WITH A CHALK BOARD..

typo

QUOTE the late great RICK JAMES.. COCAINE IS A HELLUVA DRUG…

@ Lauren

Good lookin’ out ma. Bless.

You all are hilarious?!?! Poor lil ashy Gary…maybe he has ezcema .

On another note, yeah, I’m sure things are about to get tight for a whole lotta folks…

BTW, hey M-Daddy, Lauren, Notorious and all y’all…:-)

@ Just Sit…..HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!

Oh Heather shut up…where’s your boy RP now? No one really takes kooks seriously…

@Lauren, LOL, I just realized I never shout out folks so thought I’d start…:-)

Okay, I’ve gotta go check out some other forums. Big Jim has been impostering me and I have to see if he’s been up to his antics while I was gone.

@braided beauty,

I think during this recession, everyone will be coming on strong with their own economic woes.

It’s amazing, now you see White and Hispanics working at Popeye’s Chicken, Wing World, McDonalds, the ghetto grocery all in all-black neighborhoods. Even at night!!!

The only white people we normally see are owners and the lost!!!

I got my pantry filled with dried beans, cornmeal, some flour and some Jack Daniel. I’m going to try to get ready.

If you have only $10.00 a week to eat with, what do you eat besided those ramen noodles?

Wassup with Ashy Larry!!!

The economy is some ish!! I’m glad that I am an educator. There will always be positions in our field In addition, the more education you have, the more money you make. To those who are feeling the effects of the spiraling economy, keep your heads up!!!

If you have only $10.00 a week to eat with, what do you eat besided those ramen noodles?

You buy as much Gold as you can now. That is the best thing to hedge inflation and keeps responsible spending in line with costs and responsiblities.

PEEPEYE… I dunno what we will eat, but i know i love me some ramen noodles! Hey i have a picture but no camera, how do i get the picture on a gravatar after i go to gravatar. com. can someone please help me with this???????

@ Brother M…

“his parents did straight D-BO his money from him”

And its sad that these companies are STILL running his shows and won’t front him a lil’ dough from syndication.

@ Lauren…

“Dude needs some serious vaseline or baby oil or Crisco, WD 40, Armor All”

So yeah you gonna hafta expand your lotion supply to include all the other options. LOL

@ virgo911…

“the more education you have, the more money you make.”

That’s the truth right there. College degree is like a high school diploma. Folks, get that MBA, JD…whatever, just get that higher education. And get involved w/ politics!

Aiight, that’s my public service announcement for the day.

Gold is a $1,000 per ounce and I can afford perhaps, maybe look at it!! That’s it……..just look!!

@braided beauty

after you put the pic up when you come back here use the same email address that you used for the pic and voila…

“I ain’t worried. The checks never stop comin’ in for 6 Figgas. Money grows on trees for us young black entrepreneurs…”

6 figgaz- what kinda field are you in?

*if you dont mind me asking..

@ Notorious One….U so crazy! lol!

But yeah I wanted to know if you caught Obama in Delaware about 6 weeks ago??

noosy….ahem…..

virgo911, you got that right. My sis is a teacher in Yonkers and is getting pizzzaid!! My industry suffers in a recession because I have been at my firm when folks got laid off after 9-11. However, the secret is to have enough top-billing accounts to work on and your spot tends to be relatively secure. Whew *wiping brow*, I’m glad I was a part of the team that won that big account last Fri. I’ll be fine for at least another year…

Gold is a $1,000 per ounce and I can afford perhaps, maybe look at it!! That’s it……..just look!!

Sorry….I forgot to also mention silver. Silver is trading at about $25. Again, I have not looked to day.

love this of Gary coleman. looks like hes been playing in a sandbox

Employers Slash the Most Jobs in 5 Years

Friday March 7, 2:20 pm ET

By Jeannine Aversa, AP Economics Writer

Employers Slash 63,000 Jobs in February, Most in 5 Years, Feeding Recession Fears

WASHINGTON (AP) — Employers slashed 63,000 jobs in February, the most in five years and the starkest sign yet that the country is heading dangerously toward recession or is in one already.

The Labor Department’s report, released Friday, also indicated that the nation’s unemployment rate dipped from 4.9 percent in January to 4.8 percent last month as hundreds of thousands of people — perhaps discouraged by their prospects — left the civilian labor force.

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Job losses were widespread, with hefty cuts coming from construction, manufacturing, retailing, financial services and a variety of professional and business services. Those losses swamped gains elsewhere, including education and health care, leisure and hospitality and the government.

The latest snapshot of the nation’s employment climate underscored the heavy toll of the housing and credit crises on companies, jobseekers and the overall economy.

“It’s clear our economy has slowed,” President Bush said.

To provide relief to persistent credit problems, the Federal Reserve announced Friday that it will increase the amount of loans it plans to make available to banks this month to $100 billion.

It has already provided a total of $160 billion in short-term loans to cash-strapped banks since the auctions began in December. Another Fed step will involve making $100 billion available to a broad range of financial players through a series of separate transactions.

On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrials were down by nearly 180 points in early afternoon trading as the Fed’s actions helped to blunt worry about the eroding jobs situation.

The Labor report also showed that January’s job losses were worse than the government first reported. Employers cut 22,000 jobs, versus 17,000.

It was the first monthly back-to-back job loss since May and June 2003, when the job market was still struggling to recover from the blows of the 2001 recession.

The health of the nation’s job market is critical in shaping how the overall economy fares. If companies continue to reduce hiring, that will spell more trouble.

“It certainly solidifies the notion that the economy has fallen into a recession,” said Ken Mayland, economist at ClearView Economics.

Friday’s report was much weaker than economists were expecting. They had been predicting that employers would boost payrolls by around 25,000. However, they were also expecting the jobless rate to edge up to 5 percent. The reason why the jobless rate went down, rather than up, is because so many people stopped looking for work and left the labor force.

President Bush’s top economic adviser, Edward Lazear, acknowledged Friday that it’s possible the economy shrank in the current January-to-March quarter. A growing number of economists think that will be the case, but Lazear’s comment was the most pessimistic assessment heard out of the White House. He would not discuss whether the White House is predicting the economy will actually fall into a recession. Some economists think it already has.

“We are disappointed any time you see a number showing lost jobs,” Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez told The Associated Press. “This is consistent with a slowdown,” he said. Still, he was hopeful that the recently enacted economic stimulus package forged by the White House and Congress will help bolster the economy in the second half of this year. Bush urged people to spend their rebates to help the economy grow.

Workers with jobs, however, saw modest wage gains.

Average hourly earnings for jobholders rose to $17.80 in February, a 0.3 percent increase from the previous month. That was on target with economists’ forecasts. Over the last 12 months, wages were up 3.7 percent. With high energy and food prices, though, workers may feel squeezed and feel like their paychecks aren’t stretching that far.

With the economy losing momentum, fears have grown that the country in on the brink of its first recession since 2001.

Economic growth slowed to a near standstill of just a 0.6 percent pace in the final quarter of last year. Many economists predict growth in the January-to-March quarter will be worse — around a 0.4 percent pace. Some believe the economy is shrinking now.

Spreading fallout from the housing and credit debacles are the main factors behind the economic slowdown. People and businesses alike are feeling the strains and have turned cautious. Adding to the stresses on pocketbooks, budgets and the economy: skyrocketing energy prices. Oil prices have set a string of record highs in recent days. Gasoline prices have marched higher, too.

To help shore up the economy, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke signaled last week that the central bank is prepared to lower interest rates again. Economists predict another cut on March 18, the Fed’s next meeting. The Fed, which has been slicing the rate since September, recently turned more forceful. It slashed the rate by 1.25 percentage points in the course of just eight days in January — the biggest one-month reduction in a quarter century.

The White House and Congress, meanwhile, speedily enacted an economic relief package, including tax rebates for people and tax breaks for businesses. That — along with the Fed’s rate cuts — should help give a lift to the economy in the second half of this year, says Bernanke.

Still, unemployment is expected to move higher this year. The Federal Reserve predict the jobless rate will rise to as high as 5.3 percent in 2008. Last year, the unemployment rate averaged 4.6 percent.

All the economy’s troubles are putting people in a gloomy mood.

According to the RBC Cash Index, confidence sank to a mark of 33.1 in early March, the worst reading since the index began in 2002.

WTF was all that?? lol

WTF was all that?? lol

Try….I dont know…READING????

“All the economy’s troubles are putting people in a gloomy mood.”

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Hmm, wonder what’s going to happen to crime statistics? Ya know, I just might invest in that Taser after all…LOL, it’s legal where I live.

Heyyyyyy Southern, how are ya?

ewwwwwwwwww

his black ass needs some lotion

Again I resort to my fav quote regarding keeping your job….

F&*k up today, you’ll be frying fish tomorrow…

R.I.P Ike Turner

LOL – YOU AINT NEVA LIED ABOUT THAT (GETTING SLICK TO KEEP YOUR JOB CUZ THEIR LOOKING TO LET PPL GO) – FOLKS MIGHT WANNA THINK TWICE ABOUT PUTTING THEIR REAL PICS UP WITH THE BLOG POSTING THE “ACTUAL” TIME – LOL (YO ARSE IS SUPPOSE TO BE WORKING)

During a recession, if you have a good job, whitey wants it!!

tried to put up a picture .. it wont work .. maybe its me but something wont let it go thru… oh well i have a good picture of myself but it wont go thru.

@just sit..doing fine. Just scored stage side Hannah Montana tickets for my little girl!

@ braidedbeauty….it might take a second….like at least 10 min

@Southern, awww, I’m sure she’ll be ecstatic!! Kids love them some Hannah Montana!!

@ Lauren…

“I wanted to know if you caught Obama in Delaware about 6 weeks ago??”

Nah I didn’t catch him in Delaware. I was tryna stoke the fires here in the NYC & Jersey. Was sooo disappointed that he didn’t take either state. Are you gonna try to catch him when he’s in PA? I think I might look to make the trip down for that…it’s gonna be electric down there!

@ Just Sit and Be Pretty…what’s good on this dreary day?

@ Notorious One….

OMG I can’t wait if he comes here I’ll be the first in line campin out like American Idol…lol….

Heyyyy Notorious. Tell me about it, it’s pouring here in DC. Anyhoo, I’m sitting here in my office watching Obama on CNN speaking in Wyoming and there is not a single person of color behind him…just a bunch of dowdy looking white folks.

God, I hope he wins tomorrow!!

@ thanks lauren…. i am still trying… by the way your picture is nice and i aint no homo just givin a sista credit from another lovely sista. Everytime i give my self a little credit Jenna the homo gets upset… she should not waste her time hating me b/c i love me… like some one said u do u and i do me….!!!!!!!

There is a pronounced tendency for more men to be killed-mostly by stabbings- when times are tough and recession becomes more and more of a reality.

Women are the more frequent targets of killings-mostly shootings- during the prosperous boom years.

Wonder why?

@Just Sit and Be Pretty

Hey miss lady

Why is gary the “art” for this story?

@ Just Sit and Be…

“God, I hope he wins tomorrow!!”

Obama is actually projected to win Wyoming on Sat. and Mississippi on Tues. The big one is really gonna be Philly so he needs to get on the grind w/ his campaigning there.

Why is Gary so ASHY? Yall remember when you were little and you noticed you were ashy, you would just lick the ashy spots and look moist for 45 seconds until the HAWK (wind) cut your skin to shreds so you were ASHY and BLOODY?

Well, Gary looks like that is happening to him in the pic. He probably just finished licking his arms and someone pulled out a camera 45 seconds too late.

@ Lauren…

“I can’t wait if he comes here I’ll be the first in line campin out like American Idol”

Save me a spot. I definitely wanna try to link up w/ one of the Obama support groups down there to see if I can zip down there a weekend before the primary.

I am still trying with the picture and it wont go… I guess i have to get someone on my end to help my crazy butt get this picture on here…. oh well, i tried and as soon as someone on my end helps it will go up! oh yeah, i apologize to anyone who i used curse words to, everyone except Jenna b/c she/he/he she deserved it!!!!!

Like people really need to hear it on the “news” to know that we’re in a recession… duh!!!!

@ ImKeepingItReal4DaHooks…

“He probably just finished licking his arms”

He would have had to slobber himself down something serious to get rid of all that ashy mess. Maaaan, I can’t help but feel bad for this cat.

THIS PIC IS HILARIOUS!!

Hey MDaddy, you’ve been catching quite a bit of heat lately…what’s up with that?

Notorious, that’s good news. Yeah, PA is going to be tough, he’s probably going to do well in the major cities but those towns on the outskirts and rural areas…well, it might be tougher.

@ Just Sit and Be Pretty…

“PA is going to be tough”

Yeah it is gonna be ruff but he just has to stay on his game plan. Some of his aides have been fugg’n up his program by saying ish derogatory against Hillary. That is NOT his style and he should not try to resort to that just cause he lost TX & OH. And these are high level advisers that are putting their foot in their mouth. The lastest was a Pulitzer Prize winner who served as an unpaid adviser. Keep his grind and he’s good!

OBAMA ’08 & ’12

YES WE CAN!! &

YES WE WILL!!

@ Notorious One….I will def do that…we must exchange e-mails some how….so we can celebrate when President Obama (((i like how that sounds))) gets in that BLACK HOUSE….JUST KIDDING!

@NotoriousOne

“College degree is like a high school diploma. Folks, get that MBA, JD…whatever, just get that higher education.”

This is so true! I’m a recent college grad and these entry level salaries in the human service/criminal justice field are crazy…less than $30K. How am I suppose to pay off student loan debt when my debt is more than my annual salary! I can barely afford rent and utilities and I can only dream of getting a new car because its just not gonna happen. I still have to rely on my parents to help ends meet eventhough I have a full-time and part-time job! Grad school here I come! I guess that means more debt…oh well.

Oh yeah…OBAMA 08!

@ BraidedBeauty….Thank gurl! no homo taken….But IDK what is going on with your gravie…it took me a while too but keep trying….

Greetings from the Sip! (Mississippi) For all those who don’t know, Obama is going to be in my states capital on Monday, I can’t wait to see him. I am so glad that it has finally time to vote in the primaries here. I’m so curious of how he is going to come out here, because the neighboring state of Louisiana he won, and in response to this post, I’m glad I have a Masters Degree in Education and I work in post-secondary Education.

@Just Sit and Be Pretty

Hey MDaddy, you’ve been catching quite a bit of heat lately…what’s up with that?

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Yeah well you cant please everyone

Look out Mr. Brown…Gary Coleman is gaining on you. Mr. Brown checks his mirror and cuts Gary off. Gary’s closing in. Mr. Brown shouts, “Arnold, you tryna manipudip me (What’s Done In The Dark). I can’t be manipudipded.” Gary swerves beside Mr. Brown. Their running neck and neck. And the winner is…….

Speaking of the election…Wonder why Hillary is suppose to show her face in Birmingham this month to the reinactment of crossing the bridge tribute?

WWJD

LOTION * LOTION * LOTION * LOTION * LOTION!!

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LOTION * LOTION * LOTION * LOTION * LOTION!!

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why does it look like he was punchin bags of flour?

@ Lauren You do have a point. I am blessed to work in a public school system with adequate resources. It’s the most affluent predominately African American county in the country. So there are many benefits and incentives for new teachers and successful teachers when it comes to student achievement. There are some issues, don’t get me wrong. I majored in Sociology, so I am well aware of the deficits when it comes to school systems with dire financial and economic situations.

Man.. thank god I live in Canada!

but fareeal

what do you have to do to get your hands lookng like that

We are in a recession, because the U.S. is so stupid giving away hard earning tax payer dollars to Israel, while our people are losing jobs, homes, health care. We give Israel like 54 billion a month, yet we have homeless people and Americans go without. Pay Taxes, and it goes to someone else a world away. That ain’t right. We give billions of dollars to other countries to keep them afloat, but what about us? If you ask me, we Americans should stand up, and sue the gov’t for mismanaging our money.

But if anyone discuss cutting off Israel until we get our house in order, people will say, it’s anti-Semitic. Forget about hard working Americans suffering.

Man.. thank god I live in Canada!

The ignorance with the economy is astounding. Who do you think it is going to hit almost as much as the US, eh? Welcome to the down-turn Canada!

We have the money, the only thing is Americans need to stop fighting each other, and demand that the government stop sending our money to foreign contries and strengthen or economy. I believe we should hold these politicians responsible for these crimes, taking the average poor-middle class Americans hard earned money to help a foreign country, where most Americans have no ties to begin with.

But really why are his arms that ashy? It looks like that much ash would actually take some effort to achieve. Help me understand it. Please.

did you see how ashey his arms were

It had to be for publicity. It get’s his face on a picture,even if it is making fun of him. He just wants some attention

That’s what I’m saying.We are so concerned about Hollywood and their drama. HOLLYWOOD IS NOT REAL.People are more concerned about famous people and their publicity-driven drama, than worrying about the recession. People are worried about idiotic things, when they should be concerned with the reality of homelessness going up , while Mortgage companies make billions of dollars, their CEOs living like royality on our dime, and not being prosecuted.

See people who are against Obama need to realize that when he’s saying that lobbyist and Special Interest need to get out of Washington, and his plan is to ban them from Washington, that is a great thing, because these people influence Washington and pay these politicans to ignore the people and vote in their favor. But people won’t pay attention too concerned with celebrities and sound bites.

get that man some kind of moisturizer, even a splash of water will do – ANYTHING!

Sit tight folks, it’s going to be a bumpy ride for the next bit. We’ve been in recession for some time, despite evasive commentary from the “President”.

I may even move back to Canada – they’re creating jobs while this economy is shedding them like dog fur.

kevin you are such a loser ass sucker!

Youngsters, make sure that you save some money. If your boss fires you, you should be just a LITTLE hurt, but NEVER HOMELESS OR HUNGRY!!!

I call my savings my “pimp fee”. Everyday I send myself out to “prostitute” for the “MAN”, I make sure that I get my 30%, sometimes 40% off the top..just as all good pimps do. Save some money, even if it’s only $5.00 or $10.00 a week. Save some money even if it hurts. Over the long run, it adds up.

When the checks stop rolling in, you can keep on rolling………..

Stepping down off my grandmother’s foot box and taking off her flowered hat, now. Listen well, it’s gonna get tough out there!!!!

Back to your regularly scheduled laughter……..

i didnt get it..but yeah..ok…anyway, im not even gonna say anything about his ash…nope……still not gonna…

JUST Checked out him at “WealthyRomance.com” and found he has a crush on wealthy women.

get this man some lotin

maybe u can go head down to macys wif ll cool j to go get some lotion

@MS.NYTX shorty right there is a teeeeeeeeeeeeeeen, oh yeah

Ugly face !But i just want to add one question here..is it wrong for a man to have a sugar baby?? it’s an absolutely extramarital relationship, but more and more services come out on Internet focusing on this kind of relationship, such as sugarcupid.com. how do you think of such a thing?

Man – Coleman looks bitter even when just casually signing something…his arms look pretty ashy too lol

it looks like he just swam in quick sand

DAMN!! WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE BACK OF HIM..LOOKS LIKE HE LIVING IN SOMEONE BASEMENT! * INHALING ALL THE MILDEW*