Friday, December 11, 2009
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Monday, December 7, 2009
OKAY -- LET'S ADD ANOTHER UNEMPLOYMENT GRAPH
Same place, different graph. click here then set the starting date at 1980 I figure since the conservatives are reading something into the recent unemployment figures, maybe they can explain this. Do you see how unemployment skyrocketed during the Reagan years? Then came down again, but spiked again... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
here's the link to the web page with the graph
click here you can see unemployment rising early in 2008 and about 3/4 of the rise occurred during the time Bush was president. now i do have a question for our resident conservaties: what specific incident or program to you think cause the continued rising unemployment? about what did date did this... Sign in to see full entry.
here's the graph of unemployment over the past 10 years
You will notice the spike during the Bush years, especially 2008, and then the leveling off in the past several months. I think it is somewhat incriminating of the Bush presidency. Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, December 5, 2009
SPEAKING OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND WHO IS REALLY RESPONSIBLE
HERE'S A GRAPH FROM THE U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS: Series Id: LNS14000000 Seasonally Adjusted Series title: (Seas) Unemployment Rate Labor force status: Unemployment rate Type of data: Percent or rate Age: 16 years and over Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual 1999 4.3... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, November 7, 2009
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN HEALTH CARE BILL
from a DNC email: "The House Republicans just released their version of health reform. It's a disaster -- so outrageous that Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz has dubbed it the " Health Insurance Company Protection Act" -- but Republicans are arguing it's the key to real reform. So... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
SO YOU DON'T THINK WE NEED HEALTH CARE . . .
Check out this person's blogs -- maybe you'll change your mind -- but then maybe you won't. If you won't, maybe you're like the Rich Man in Jesus' parable of Lazarus & the Rich Man. mylifeofpain Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
IN THE MEANTIME, LET'S CHECK OUT THE FEDERAL BUDGET
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Friday, October 30, 2009
COMING -- INFORMATION SHOWING HOW CONSERVATIVISM KILLS US
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Friday, October 9, 2009
WASPS' DOOMSDAY PRONOUNCEMENTS FALL FLAT
New jobless claims fall to 521K, lowest since Jan. (AP) AP - The number of newly laid-off workers filing first-time claims for jobless benefits fell to the lowest level since early January, as layoffs ease a bit amid a fledgling... That's since the Bush Era, folks. Sign in to see full entry.