Me too! That's a sure way they will lose!
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Me too! That's a sure way they will lose!
moreluck
golden ticket member
Food for thought:
Questions:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2...icans...and-four-answers-for-undecided-voters
Questions:
- What was the average monthly private sector job growth in 2008, the final year of the Bush presidency, and what has it been so far in 2010?
- What was the Federal deficit for the last fiscal year of the Bush presidency, and what was it for the first full fiscal year of the Obama presidency?
- What was the stock market at on the last day of the Bush presidency? What is it at today?
- Which party's candidate for speaker will campaign this weekend with a Nazi reenactor who dressed up in a SS uniform?
- In 2008, we lost an average of 317,250 private sector jobs per month. In 2010, we have gained an average of 95,888 private sector jobs per month. (Source) That's a difference of nearly five million jobs between Bush's last year in office and President Obama's second year.
- In FY2009, which began on September 1, 2008 and represents the Bush Administration's final budget, the budget deficit was $1.416 trillion. In FY2010, the first budget of the Obama Administration, the budget deficit was $1.291 trillion, a decline of $125 billion. (Source) Yes, that means President Obama has cut the deficit -- there's a long way to go, but we're in better shape now than we were under Bush and the GOP.
- On Bush's final day in office, the Dow, NASDAQ, and S&P 500 closed at 7,949, 1,440, and 805, respectively. Today, as of 10:15AM Pacific, they are at 11,108, 2,512, and 1,183. That means since President Obama took office, the Dow, NASDAQ, and S&P 500 have increased 40%, 74%, and 47%, respectively.
- The Republican Party, whose candidate for speaker, John Boehner, will campaign with Nazi re-enactor Rich Iott this weekend. If you need an explanation why this is offensive, you are a lost cause.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2...icans...and-four-answers-for-undecided-voters
moreluck
golden ticket member
You can find numbers to support any side...
http://blog.heritage.org/2009/03/24/bush-deficit-vs-obama-deficit-in-pictures/
http://blog.heritage.org/2009/03/24/bush-deficit-vs-obama-deficit-in-pictures/
wkmac
Well-Known Member
Catatonic
Nine Lives
An excellent example of lying with numbers but these are so obvious, I'm thinking the author was being tongue-in-cheek.
1989
Well-Known Member
On Bush's final day in office, the Dow, NASDAQ, and S&P 500 closed at 7,949, 1,440, and 805, respectively. Today, as of 10:15AM Pacific, they are at 11,108, 2,512, and 1,183. That means since President Obama took office, the Dow, NASDAQ, and S&P 500 have increased 40%, 74%, and 47%, respectively.
Markets had priced in Obama taking office months before inauguration (Bush's last day in office) How much of the the gains can really be attributed to Obama? For example the last 15% or so has come from the Fed. How much of the previous gains were because of the Fed? (or because of QE1) In 2008 we had markets with much less manipulation than we do today. The poor and middle class are about to get squeezed yet again.
Markets had priced in Obama taking office months before inauguration (Bush's last day in office) How much of the the gains can really be attributed to Obama? For example the last 15% or so has come from the Fed. How much of the previous gains were because of the Fed? (or because of QE1) In 2008 we had markets with much less manipulation than we do today. The poor and middle class are about to get squeezed yet again.
Catatonic
Nine Lives
Or ... how much difference does it make who the president is?
Markets are cyclical and will go through ups and downs no matter who is in office.
Babagounj
Strength through joy
(CNN) – Vice President Biden equated Republicans taking over Congress in the upcoming elections with opium gang feuds at an event Friday, and he didn’t stop there.
Biden warned the crowd at an Iowa rally of a pending Republican takeover.
“If these guys take over the House and the Senate this next time out… it will be a Tong War for the next two years,” Biden said.
The Tong Wars were feuds among rival Asian gangs in U.S. cities over the opium trade in the mid-1800s and early 1900s.
Biden warned the crowd at an Iowa rally of a pending Republican takeover.
“If these guys take over the House and the Senate this next time out… it will be a Tong War for the next two years,” Biden said.
The Tong Wars were feuds among rival Asian gangs in U.S. cities over the opium trade in the mid-1800s and early 1900s.
Babagounj
Strength through joy
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/29372
Obama Justice Dept. Denies Military Vote, Blames GOP
By Warner Todd Huston Sunday, October 31, 2010 The head of the Obama Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, Tom Perez, admitted this week that he has no real intention of trying to assure that members of our military are afforded their right to vote, and will not attempt in a timely fashion to enforce the MOVE Act (Military and Overseas Voter Empower Act) intended to make sure that our soldiers get their ballots with time enough to return them so that they can be counted on election day.
Perez made a very weak pledge that the Dept. of Justice would, “continue to vigilantly enforce [the] law” to make sure the military votes are counted, but he made it clear that all he is prepared to do is sue states long after the November 2 elections are over. In other words, Perez is saying that the DOJ will sue states after the election, long after the votes go uncounted and our soldier’s votes are essentially taken away from them.
It is a typical Democrat bait-and-switch operation. Perez is putting on airs, acting as if he’s is seriously trying to enforce the law, but his actions will come too late, hitting after that “enforcement” will do any good at all.
Then Perez outrageously tried to blame the Illinois GOP for being the ones acting in bad faith.
Obama Justice Dept. Denies Military Vote, Blames GOP
By Warner Todd Huston Sunday, October 31, 2010 The head of the Obama Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, Tom Perez, admitted this week that he has no real intention of trying to assure that members of our military are afforded their right to vote, and will not attempt in a timely fashion to enforce the MOVE Act (Military and Overseas Voter Empower Act) intended to make sure that our soldiers get their ballots with time enough to return them so that they can be counted on election day.
Perez made a very weak pledge that the Dept. of Justice would, “continue to vigilantly enforce [the] law” to make sure the military votes are counted, but he made it clear that all he is prepared to do is sue states long after the November 2 elections are over. In other words, Perez is saying that the DOJ will sue states after the election, long after the votes go uncounted and our soldier’s votes are essentially taken away from them.
It is a typical Democrat bait-and-switch operation. Perez is putting on airs, acting as if he’s is seriously trying to enforce the law, but his actions will come too late, hitting after that “enforcement” will do any good at all.
Then Perez outrageously tried to blame the Illinois GOP for being the ones acting in bad faith.
wkmac
Well-Known Member
That was good!
Catatonic
Nine Lives
Agreed. That's almost as bad as "We'll be greeted as liberators."
Now that's funny, I don't care who you are!
moreluck
golden ticket member
Just one more day and then an end to supper time phone calls, excess flyers in the mail, those ugly signs on the side of the road and mean political ads on TV. !!
I got so sick of the coverage yesterday, I turned the channel and watched "Tootsie"....forgot how funny that movie is.
I got so sick of the coverage yesterday, I turned the channel and watched "Tootsie"....forgot how funny that movie is.
wkmac
Well-Known Member
With now less than 24 hours before many Americans go and cast their support in a system that controls a monopoly on violence and the purpose is to see which group gets to weld that violence for the next term, you might dare consider Butler Shaffer's point in asking, "Can Liberty Be Advanced Through Violence?"
Babagounj
Strength through joy
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/cal...ge-reelection-of-dead-long-beach-senator.html
state Sen. Jenny Oropeza (D) died after a long illness Oct. 20, which was past the deadline to replace her on the ballot for the 28th Senate District. The predominantly Democratic district includes parts of Los Angeles, Long Beach and the South Bay.
Republican candidate John S. Stammreich said Friday that he understands why Democrats are asking for people to vote for Oropeza, even though "it’s kind of creepy voting for someone who is dead."
state Sen. Jenny Oropeza (D) died after a long illness Oct. 20, which was past the deadline to replace her on the ballot for the 28th Senate District. The predominantly Democratic district includes parts of Los Angeles, Long Beach and the South Bay.
Republican candidate John S. Stammreich said Friday that he understands why Democrats are asking for people to vote for Oropeza, even though "it’s kind of creepy voting for someone who is dead."
rod
Retired 22 years
That sounds like Chicago politics-----only in reverse. In Chicago the dead do the voting.
