MOre thant the Obama Boom, really. Look at some of the following statistics, and see how far America has fallen since the Democrats took over only four years ago:
#1 In November 2006, the “official” U.S. unemployment rate was 4.5 percent. Today, the “official” U.S. unemployment rate has been at 9.5 percent or greater for more than a year.
#2 At Thanksgiving back in 2006, 26 million Americans were on food stamps. Today, there are over 42 million Americans on food stamps and that number is climbing rapidly.
#3 According to the U.S. Census Bureau, median household income in the United States fell from $51,726 in 2008 to $50,221 in 2009. Median household income declined the year before that too. Meanwhile, prices have continued to rise throughout that period.
#4 At the end of the third quarter in 2006, 47 banks were on the FDIC “problem list”. At the end of the third quarter in 2010, 860 banks were on the FDIC “problem list”.
#5 California home builders began construction on 1,811 homes during the month of August, which was down 77% from August 2006.
#6 In 2006, new home sales in the United States were near record highs. In 2010, new home sales in the United States are at record lows as the following graph from Calculated Risk demonstrates….
Read the whole thing. There are 11 statistical points in the piece, complete with links to sources. It is a sad comentary on what happens to the United States under Democrat rule. America simply is not rich enough, nor will we ever be rich enough, to afford Democrats to rule over us. I sincerely hope that the Electorate has learned this lesson, but I am afraid we haven’t. We are still almost a fifty-fifty nation, with any given election falling on the whim of who shows up to vote and the Margin of Fraud that the Democrats are able to field.
Tags: Economy, Obama Boom, Unemployment
Well, #s 5 and 6 in that list were bubble bullshit, and a very large part of what got us to where we are today.
I was supposed to build my new house this year but the “Oil Moratorium” shut me down. There are a lot of people idle in the oil patch because no new drilling permits have been issued for offshore.
slip slidin’ away. The American way of life.
and this fucker is greasing the skids
sorry to ot but, (yeah,Dems suck,no new news there)
in other new not news
Palestinians Claim Western Wall Is Islamic Property & Integral Part of Al-Aqsa Mosque
Palestinian officials have condemned the decision by the Israeli government to renovate the Western Wall plaza.
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said that the Wall is part of occupied eastern Jerusalem and that its historic, cultural, and religious characteristics must not be changed.
PA Deputy Information Minister Al-Mutawakkil Taha stated in a study he published that the Wall is Islamic Waqf and an integral part of Al-Aqsa mosque, that the Jews have no historical religious ties to it, and that not a single stone or grain of soil from it or from the other holy sites can be relinquished.
Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine Sheikh Muhammad Hussein said that Al-Aqsa mosque belongs to the Muslims alone and that the occupation will not manage to plunder the Arab and Islamic identity of Jerusalem.
why the fuck does this shit always pop up at Christmas?
rain of lead wrote:
What makes you think the Palis give 2 shits about X-mas?
Good morning. As all good Democrats know, things would be so much
worse without the benevolent intervention of our selfless president.
He inherited this mess & now the Black man is cleaning up after
the White man.
Any criticism is raaaaaacist?///////
@ Mike C.:
The upside was, the downside isn’t. California is actually losing population for the first time in decades.
Two suicide bombers wearing police uniforms blew themselves up at an Afghan police headquarters Saturday, killing at least 12 officers in a deadly border region that has long been a refuge for Islamist extremists from around the world.
In a statement e-mailed to the media, the Taliban claimed responsibility for the attacks in the eastern Paktika province.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/11/27/nato-afghan-forces-say-killed-insurgents/#ixzz16V7BnlzW
Yeah negotiating with animals like this always makes good sense??????
See Islam has nothing to do with terrorism.
This guy lives in Corvalis & attends Oregon State. Hmmmm, who
do you think covers his tuition?
He will be unavailable to attend the Oregon/Oregon St. game next
week.
Peter wrote:
Van Jones has a green job for you, dude. It’s mean and green, and will pay a lot more than Big Oil ever paid. Chuck even said so.
RIX wrote:
Maybe, but wait till the ACLU gets him a lawyer?
The only problem with point #1 is that it gives a ~9.5% unemployment rate. That’s only people who are still on the doles, not underemployed, or have given up looking for work. You add in just the ‘given up’ and you jump to nearly 17%. 18.5% if you add in underemployed.
@ RIX:
They didn’t mention that he was a Somali “refugee”.
snork wrote:
I’d like to know who authorized his presence here in this country
Yeah & a swat team of CAIR lawyers.
See ,if security would have groped Grandmas & chidren at this
Christams Tree lighting, this oppresed Muslim would not have
been forced to try to blow everybody the ef up.
snork wrote:
They did mention that he is a Somali “born teenager” which surprises me.
But the name, “Mohamd Osman Mohamud” sounds suspiciously like
a Lutheran.
RIX wrote:
Well why would they mention that? That would mean that they’d be profiling him! And well, we can’t have that when Buddhists, and Jews are running around and trying to blow up things…er wait.
@ RIX:
Not only does he attend Oregon State, but he’s a Hare Krishna.
Nevergiveup wrote:
I’m sure he came as a little kid. There are tens of thousands of these “refugees” in what amounts to settlement camps all over the country. Here’s a site that tracks the whole sordid mess.
this is a story that put a smile on my face
Mystery Surrounds Cyber Missile That Crippled Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Ambitions
In the 20th century, this would have been a job for James Bond.
The mission: Infiltrate the highly advanced, securely guarded enemy headquarters where scientists in the clutches of an evil master are secretly building a weapon that can destroy the world. Then render that weapon harmless and escape undetected.
But in the 21st century, Bond doesn’t get the call. Instead, the job is handled by a suave and very sophisticated secret computer worm, a jumble of code called Stuxnet, which in the last year has not only crippled Iran’s nuclear program but has caused a major rethinking of computer security around the globe.
The construction of the worm was so advanced, it was “like the arrival of an F-35 into a World War I battlefield,” says Ralph Langner, the computer expert who was the first to sound the alarm about Stuxnet. Others have called it the first “weaponized” computer virus.
Simply put, Stuxnet is an incredibly advanced, undetectable computer worm that took years to construct and was designed to jump from computer to computer until it found the specific, protected control system that it aimed to destroy: Iran’s nuclear enrichment program.
heh
the last lines of this story are so AWESOME
There is one clue that was left in the code that may tell us all we need to know.
Embedded in different section of the code is another common computer language reference, but this one is misspelled. Instead of saying “DEADFOOT,” a term stolen from pilots meaning a failed engine, this one reads “DEADFOO7.”
Yes, OO7 has returned — as a computer worm.
Stuxnet. Shaken, not stirred.
this really needs to be read all the way through
OK just out of curiosity I called up ZALES. They are running this add on TV about a Soldier buying his wife a ring or something from overseas. So I called them to ask them if the offer a Military Discount, because if they didn’t I figured that would suck. But hey they do 10%. OK good for them.
It’s the Amish! They cause all of the trouble. If we just deport them back to Amishstan or wherever they came from, we could all live in peace & harmony with our Muslim brothers, sisters & goats.
IPCC Expert admits UN goal is Wealth Redistribution.
I clicked on 2 pages of this headline and not one lamestream media outlet is carrying it. Shocka
.In other shocking news, Willie Nelson charged with pot possession in Texas. Who’d a thunk it.
Figures, we all know how thet are.
This Somali kid is named Mohamad, yelled Allah Akbar & wanted to blow up lots of Americans up for Christmas.
A news guy on FNC just said “His motive is unclear”
He said it with a straight face.
RIX wrote:
yeah and a few bozos on 9/11 weren’t sure it was terrorism either
@ Nevergiveup:
Some of the comments on the OregonLive version of the article are facepalm worthy liberal tripe.
All this PC is going to get people killed.
Gotta run an errand. See ya later.
I woke up to snow this morning. Just wanted to toss that out here.
AUGUSTA, Ga. — A U.S. Marine reservist collecting toys for children was stabbed when he helped stop a suspected shoplifter in eastern Georgia.
Best Buy sales manager Orvin Smith told The Augusta Chronicle that man was seen on surveillance cameras Friday putting a laptop under his jacket at the Augusta store.
When confronted, the man became irate, knocked down an employee, pulled a knife and ran toward the door. Outside were four Marines collecting toys for the service branch’s “Toys For Tots” program.
Smith said the Marines stopped the man, but he stabbed one of them in the back. The cut did not appear to be severe.
The suspect, whose name was not released, was held until police arrived. The Richmond County Sheriff’s office said it’s investigating the case.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/11/26/marine-stabbed-collecting-toys-suspected-shoplifter-georgia/#ixzz16VK4ZtZZ
@ RIX:
Just another disgruntled youth taking a stand against social injusticies.
You know that. And the media will figure it out eventually.
@ Nevergiveup:
I hope the other Marines smacked him around a bit before the cops got there.
NoThreat2U wrote:
They should have given each of the Marines their own laptop as a reward
NoThreat2U wrote:
Sure hope not. That would just create more jihadees. Give him a five star suite with a prayer rug and a koran untouched by infidel hands, I say.
@ Nevergiveup:
Heh. Yeah, good idea. lol
@ Beeduwine:
Yeah I keep forgetting it is our fault jihadis exist./
snork wrote:
Oh, don’t worry – there’s lots more people in Mexico.
@ Mike C.:
*chuckle*
Mike C. wrote:
That’s not going to help the real estate market.
snork wrote:
Sure it will. People will be able to buy 1.5mil properties for pennies on the dollar. Uh wait!
@ NoThreat2U:
By the way you’re off the hook. The media has now identified the
individual that elbowed Obama.
@ RIX:
I tried to tell you! lol
Whew! That’s a relief
@ NoThreat2U:
…although I wouldn’t mind belting him a good one.
Yeah, I should have believed you, but I had this nagging doubt.
@ RIX:
Because of the kittehs huh?
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