in a soft patch. in all likelihood, we will recover out of that. but what i find bothersome is that profit margins are now beginning to tilt downward. and unless we get the momentum that occurs when cash flows are rising and stock prices and equity values are moving on the economy as a whole, we re going to have some tough problems ahead. what about the role of the fed? do you worry about inflation? there s a lot of criticism the fed is doing too much to prop up the economy, too much money floating around the system. inflation, higher interest rates. what do you see? i think they are fully aware of the fact that they are going to have to withdraw almost all of that excess liquidity to get a stable system going. at the moment, i don t think it s had very much of an effect on the economy. i think it s bloated the balance sheet at the federal reserve and bloated the balance sheets of commercial banks who hold deposits at the federal reserve, but there is no real evidence yet that thos
and slowing it down, and we are in a soft patch. in all likelihood, we will recover out of that. but what i find bothersome is that profit margins are now beginning to tilt downward. and unless we get the momentum that occurs when cash flows are rising and stock prices and equity values are moving on the economy as a whole, we re going to have some tough problems ahead. what about the role of the fed? do you worry about inflation? there s a lot of criticism the fed is doing too much to prop up the economy, too much money floating around the system. inflation, higher interest rates. what do you see? i think they are fully aware of the fact that they are going to have to withdraw almost all of that excess liquidity to get a stable system going. at the moment, i don t think it s had very much of an effect on the economy. i think it s bloated the balance sheet at the federal reserve and bloated the balance sheets of commercial banks who hold deposits at the federal reserve, but there i
to have to withdraw almost all of that excess liquidity to get a stable system going. at the moment, i don t think it s had very much of an effect on the economy. i think it s bloated the balance sheet at the federal reserve and bloated the balance sheets of commercial banks who hold deposits at the federal reserve, but there is no real evidence yet that those monies are going out and circulating in the economy and being a driving force here. jon meacham, let me talk politics now. i want to show the poll on the republican side among primary voters. look who s atop there, donald trump, hike huckabee, who might not even get in, sarah palin, 12%. and then you look at romney who a lot of people think is a front-runner, is down at 11%. donald trump is capturing a lot of headlines, whether he s serious or not. he was in palm beach for his first real political rally, it seemed, a tea party group. he had some choice things to say about the president. whether you like him or not, george bus
shoot it up like body builders and didn t do it all the time. but said players used steroids to get ahead. the explosive testimony was graphic. bell said bonds lost his hair, developed acne, became bloated, couldn t perform sexually, and that his male anatomy became, quote, smaller, and in an unusual shape. kind of out of a hollywood script, you had a pretty starlet looking type woman who was the mistress of mr. bonds for a number of years, there was a bitter break-up after that. she sought publicity from the break-up. reporter: bell turned emotional on the stand, describing what she claims was bonds sometimes volatile temper after his alleged steroid admission. he was increasingly aggressive, irritable, agitated, very impatient, almost violent. she said he threatened he would cut off my head and leave me in a ditch, adding also he would cut off her breast implants
but i just never really understood what the big deal about missing a day of practice. because i know i do 177 shows. not to promote being on autopilot. but you know, some of us are just better equipped to work in that head space, you know? but yeah, they started they said i got too thin. and said i was too thin. the year before they said i was a little bloated. so, i was bloated and tanned but thin and white. so, i thought if i could mix maybe thin with tan that bloated and white would go away. so, sort of a color wheel. a perfect hybrid. too bloated and too white. skinny and tanning. mental tanning. but anyway, so, they all started putting me in a fishbowl. every friday night i turned to the big executive kind of in the