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To: LindyBill who wrote (42179)	5/4/2004 6:38:31 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793761

Polipundit - The economic news just keeps getting worse and worse . . . . . . for Democrats, that is. As all of you know, the one weak spot in what otherwise has been a stellar economic recovery has been the manufacturing sector. Now that portion of our economy is surging as well. On the all-important employment question, keep in mind that, in any sector of the economy, the job market lags the overall macro-template by roughly six to nine months; both on the way up and on the way down. That is to say, the job market tends to rise for about six to nine months after an expansion has ended. Similarly, the job market tends to fall, or to remain stagnant, for about six to nine months after a segment of the economy begins to grow again, following a recession. The manufacturing sector began growing substantially about seven months ago. At this point, it is flying high, as the above-cited report indicates. The conclusion regarding industrial-sector jobs is unmistakable: we will add tens upon tens of thousands of new positions (if not hundreds of thousands!) over the Summer and into the Fall. Most of those jobs will be in key states, such as Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Michigan. Thank you, George Soros, for jump starting our manufacturing segment by short selling the dollar. You've now learned the first canon of the law of unintended consequences: for every action, there is a reaction; but not necessarily the reaction you expect. John Kerry, Democrats, young, angry liberals, and, most of all, the national partisan-liberal media, will learn that lesson -- the hard way -- this November. Peace, my friends (through victory).

To: LindyBill who wrote (42179)	5/4/2004 6:47:44 PM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793761

But they are consistent in the sense that when violence is done by superior force that hits civilian areas--falujah, palestine, sudan, kosovo etc. their bias is toward the guys who take the hit. Its more a pacifist bias than anti-US, israel, sudan or serb, i think. With all the bravado spoken here and elsewhere it still shakes me up to see the consequences of advanced weaponry. I try not to look so i can be stalwart in this war, but not looking is not the answer either. We have reached a certain level of civilized behavior and it impairs our abilities to fight evil folks. Thats why the professional army. But thats also why the BBC and all the pacifist do-gooder opposition. I have to rethink things in terms of this moral dilemna. Can europe or the US win or even survive if we dont use many aspects of our military power against these thugs. Is there an alternate way? Hell, i dont think so. MIke