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To: Nikole Wollerstein who wrote (90153)	9/23/2007 5:10:37 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 306849

hows it going Nokole nutcase? Guys like you, who keep forcing the republicans into the fringes on issues that the other 99.9% of the country are really p!ssed about- are leading us to a Hillary victory in 08. I guess I should say THANKS! I never liked Hillary btw. But I am impressed with her healthcare plan and I think we can use Bill to get us out of the diplomatic mess Bush has created. As far as no attacks on US soil since 911.... man thats a straw man if I ever heard one.

To: Nikole Wollerstein who wrote (90153)	9/23/2007 5:45:25 PM
From: lifeisgood	Respond to of 306849

To: John Vosilla who wrote (90140) 9/23/2007 3:46:08 PM From: Nikole Wollerstein 2 Recommendations of 90159 "But can anybody be worse than Bush?" Unemployment 4%, Record Stock market prices , Declining Federal deficit, Taliban gone Sadam gone No terrorist act on USA soil since 9/11 I am wondering can anybody do worse? Any dambas who ask this question will have answer in 5 years. This is your brain on drugs... best... LIG

To: Nikole Wollerstein who wrote (90153)	9/23/2007 8:16:18 PM
From: Think4Yourself	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 306849

I am honestly and truly amazed that 6 people on this particular thread would recommend that post. What's a dambas, and just how do you figure the Taliban is gone? Don't you follow the news? The fighting in Afghanistan is intense. As for the Federal Deficit, 1998 to 2001 were surplus years and where are we now? I will give you that the Bush administration pissed away less of everyone's money this year than last but they are still brain dead on spending. Why are we running a deficit when everything is supposed to be going so great? Ah, 9/11. The vicious terrorist attack on US soil. How many terrorist attacks have there been in the US now...one? Whose watch was did it happen on? Here's a little factoid for all the Bush lovers. The Canadian Dollar is actually trading at about par with the US dollar right now. If anyone had predicted this 8 years ago they would have been considered an incompetent buffoon. The idea that the USD could sink that low was laughable when Bush took office, but his administration found a way to do it.

To: Nikole Wollerstein who wrote (90153)	9/24/2007 1:10:27 AM
From: RJA_	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

>>Unemployment 4% See shadowstats.com nunbers slightly massaged. Ever hear of the birth death model? See here, Chart 6: financialsense.com While on the subject of employment indicators, we would like to discuss one that seems unreliable to us – nonfarm payrolls. The principal reason we find it unreliable is the so-called birth/death adjustment the bean counters at the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) make each month. The birth/death adjustment is an attempt to account for the net new jobs created by businesses not yet reporting to the BLS. As Chart 5 shows, in the 12 months ended August 2007, there had been a net increase in nonfarm payrolls, including the birth/death adjustment, of 1.521 million. But when the birth/death adjustment was excluded, the net increase in nonfarm payrolls was only 407,000. Another way to look at this is to calculate the birth/death adjustment’s percentage contribution to the 12-month change in total nonfarm payrolls. Chart 6 shows that in the 12 months ended August 2007 the birth/death adjustment represent 73% of the increase in nonfarm payrolls compared to only 31% in March 2006. Enquiring minds want to know why the birth/death adjustment’s contribution has more than doubled since March 2006. With small businesses expressing reservations about expanding their operations (see Chart 7), is it reasonable to expect that there has been a sharp increase in business start-ups whose hiring is not being captured in the BLS’s sample of establishments? Ever check stock market prices against, say Gold? Hows your increase then? IE -- Stocks have increased, against fiat money... the supply of which has been increasing 14 - 15% per annum lately (M3). Inflation, I suppose you believe its 2%. Bought food or gas lately? Remember "deficits don't matter". Just the kind of folks I like running my currency...

To: Nikole Wollerstein who wrote (90153)	9/24/2007 4:06:48 AM
From: kikogrey	Respond to of 306849

Barbara Bush is posting on SI again! But mama, you forget that jr is the only president that lost an entire US city under his watch! We didn't even need a terrorist act on USA soil to accomplish that! "But can anybody be worse than Bush?" Unemployment 4%, Record Stock market prices , Declining Federal deficit, Taliban gone Sadam gone No terrorist act on USA soil since 9/11 I am wondering can anybody do worse? Any dambas who ask this question will have answer in 5 years.