How any one could say the recession is over is more than just a little dubious. Here in Wyoming my line of construction is 40 % of what it has been. The stimulus money is graveling forest roads but local contractors never even heard about it until the trucks were going by, thanks Bo. The oil fields are doing very little in a time of impending energy crisis, thanks Bo. At least I picked a good time to completely retire but still can't regain what we lost in the retirement funds, thanks Bo. Recession over? Bulls**t.