XPost: alt.gossip.celebrities, az.politics, az.general   
   XPost: alt.politics   
   From: not@zw.invalid   
      
   On 7/24/2011 1:15 PM, Algonquin J. Calhoon wrote:   
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   > After two years of Obama...Here's your change!   
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   > January 2009 NOW % chg. Source   
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   > Avg.. Retail price/gallon gas in U.S. $1.83 $3.104 69.6% 1   
   > Crude oil, European Brent (barrel) $43.48 $99.02 127.7% 2   
   > Crude oil, West TX Inter. (barrel) $38.74 $91.38 135.9% 2   
   > Gold: London (per troy oz.) $853.25 $1,369.50 60.5% 2   
   > Corn, No.2 yellow, Central IL $3.56 $6.33 78.1% 2   
   > Soybeans, No. 1 yellow, IL $9.66 $13.75 42.3% 2   
   > Sugar, cane, raw, world, lb. Fob $13.37 $35.39 164.7% 2   
   > Unemployment rate, non-farm, overall 7.6% 9.4% 23.7% 3   
   > Unemployment rate, blacks 12.6% 15.8% 25.4% 3   
   > Number of unemployed 11,616,000 14,485,000 24.7% 3   
   > Number of fed. Employees, ex. Military (cur = 12/10 prelim) 2,779,000   
   > 2,840,000 2..2% 3   
   > Real median household income (2008 v 2009) $50,112 $49,777 -0.7% 4   
   > Number of food stamp recipients (cur = 10/10) 31,983,716 43,200,878 35.1% 5   
   > Number of unemployment benefit recipients (cur = 12/10) 7,526,598   
   > 9,193,838 22.2% 6   
   > Number of long-term unemployed 2,600,000 6,400,000 146.2% 3   
   > Poverty rate, individuals (2008 v 2009) 13.2% 14.3% 8..3% 4   
   > People in poverty in U.S. (2008 v 2009) 39,800,000 43,600,000 9..5% 4   
   > U.S. . Rank in Economic Freedom World Rankings 5 9 n/a 10   
   > Present Situation Index (cur = 12/10) 29.9 23.5 -21.4% 11   
   > Failed banks (cur = 2010 + 2011 to date) 140 164 17.1% 12   
   > U.S. . Dollar versus Japanese yen exchange rate 89.76 82.03 -8.6% 2   
   > U.S. . Money supply, M1, in billions (cur = 12/10 prelim) 1,575.1   
   > 1,865.7 18.4% 13   
   > U.S. . Money supply, M2, in billions (cur = 12/10 prelim) 8,310.9   
   > 8,852.3 6..5% 13   
   > National debt, in trillions $10..627 $14..052 32.2% 14   
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   > Just take this last item: In the last two years we have accumulated   
   > national debt at a rate more than 27 times as fast as during the rest of   
   > our entire nation's history.. Over 27 times as fast. Metaphorically   
   > speaking, if you are driving in the right lane doing 65 MPH and a car   
   > rockets past you in the left lane. 27 times faster, it would be doing   
   > 7,555 MPH!   
   > Sources:   
   > (1) U..S. Energy Information Administration; (2) Wall Street Journal;   
   > (3) Bureau of Labor Statistics; (4) Census Bureau; (5) USDA; (6) U.S.   
   > Dept. Of Labor; (7) FHFA; (8) Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller; (9)   
   > RealtyTrac; (10) Heritage Foundation and WSJ; (11) The Conference Board;   
   > (12) FDIC; (13) Federal Reserve; (14) U.S. Treasury   
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   > Golly, how's that hopey changey thing workin' out for ya?   
      
   OMG!   
   IT'S AN OBAMANATION!!   
      
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