5 Days and Counting

Every day the poor old Rethuglicans are getting closer and closer to the reality they are forced to face. After several years of dominance over all 3 branches of government, after pissing away our Nation's blood and treasure on an unnecessary war, after leading around the ignorant unwashed masses using religion as a tool of division, after leaving thousands of Americans to needlessly suffer and die in New Orleans -- this how it ends. The Republican President George W. Bush is the most reviled president in modern times. History will not be kind to the Grand Old Purveyors of ignorance. The xenophobic, disingenuous party of hate will be relegated to the political wilderness for an entire generation, if not longer. Officially. Beginning in 5 days. God Bless America!!!!!!

13 Days and Counting

A quick and to-the-point set of figures (from NBC News) shows us just how far our great Nation has fallen after 8 years of Chimpy McCokeSpoon:

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
Then: 4.2% (Bureau of Labor Statistics, January 2001)
Now: 6.7% (Bureau of Labor Statistics, November 2008)

DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE
Then: 10,587 (close of Friday, Jan. 19, 2001)
Now: 9,015 (close of Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009)

BUSH FAVORABILITY RATING
Then: 50% (1/01 NBC/WSJ poll)
Now: 31% (12/08 NBC/WSJ poll)

SATISFIED WITH THE NATION'S DIRECTION
Then: 45% (1/01 NBC/WSJ poll)
Now: 26% (12/08 NBC/WSJ poll)

CONSUMER CONFIDENCE (1985=100)
Then: 115.7 (Conference Board, January 2001)
Now: 38.0, which is an all-time low (Conference Board, December 2008)

FAMILIES LIVING IN POVERTY
Then: 6.4 million (Census numbers for 2000)
Now: 7.6 million (Census numbers for 2007 -- most recent numbers available)

AMERICANS WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE
Then: 39.8 million (Census numbers for 2000)
Now: 45.7 million (Census numbers for 2007 -- most recent available)

U.S. BUDGET
Then: +236.2 billion (2000, Congressional Budget Office)
Now: -$1.2 trillion (projected figure for 2009, Congressional Budget Office)

Of course, the Rush Limbo's and Sean Hannity's of the world would say this is all the Media's fault. Or Clinton's fault. Or somebody other than the guy in charge*.....


* for 13 more days