America asked for change in 2006...Hmmmm

Tim Hancock · 03-04-2008, 06:05 AM

A friend forwarded me this....interesting

A little over one year ago:
1) Consumer confidence stood at a 2 1/2 yr high
2) Regular gasoline sold for $2.19 a gallon
3) The unemployment rate was 4.5%

Since voting in a Democratic Congress in 2006 we have seen:
1) Consumer confidence plummet
2) The cost of regular gasoline soar to over $3 a gallon
3) Unemployment is up to 5%
4) American households have seen $2.3 trillion in equity value evaporate
(stock and mutual fund losses)
5)Americans have seen thei home equity drop by $1.2 trillion dollars
6) 1% of American homes are in foreclosure.

America voted for change in 2006 and we got it!

widebody911 · widebody911's Garage

Nice, but the Democratic 'majority' is so thin you can shave with it.

Porsche-O-Phile · Porsche-O-Phile's Garage

I'm no fan of the current bunch of do-nothing bureaucrats in Congress, but if one wants to get into partisan bickering, a very interesting comparison could be made between the end of Bill Clinton's administration in 2000 and where we are today at the end of GWB's administration in 2008.

Live by the sword, die by the sword.

Joeaksa · 03-04-2008, 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by widebody911

Nice, but the Democratic 'majority' is so thin you can shave with it.

Excuse me? The Dems were jumping up and down saying "give us control and we will change the country" and now a year later look where it is! So thin? They have had the majority control of the legislator for a year and where are we now?

Sorry but this happens everytime the Dems pull the wool over everyone's eyes and get voted in the majority. Then after a few years enough people realize that they have just been screwed again and vote the Repubs back into office to clean things up.

cgarr · cgarr's Garage

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Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile

I'm no fan of the current bunch of do-nothing bureaucrats in Congress,

Thats what I want "do-nothing congress" stay out of the way...

Jeff Higgins · 03-04-2008, 06:29 AM

And we're still in Iraq, too, last I heard...

legion · 03-04-2008, 06:30 AM

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Originally Posted by cgarr

Thats what I want "do-nothing congress" stay out of the way...

Yep.

I think Congress has done too much already.

I still think that they should be required to begin every year of legislation by reading all of the laws already on the books.

stevepaa · 03-04-2008, 06:31 AM

Yeah, like the housing bubble was a dem effect. Pull your head out form where it's at.

lendaddy · 03-04-2008, 06:36 AM

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Originally Posted by stevepaa

Yeah, like the housing bubble was a dem effect. Pull your head out form where it's at.

Clinton gets credit for the tech boom....

Porsche-O-Phile · Porsche-O-Phile's Garage

Agree with the do-nothing part. That's actually not a bad thing. The less government does, the better off the rest of us are - as an almost universal truth.

However by saying "do nothing" in my earlier post I was more alluding to the fact that they've "done none of the things they said they'd do". In other words, "more lies from politicians". What a surprise.

the · 03-04-2008, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by widebody911

Nice, but the Democratic 'majority' is so thin you can shave with it.

Thick or thin, they still control all the powerful committees, etc. - they ARE in charge.

Although the results, and the excuses, were inevitable and totally predictable. The Democratic leadership in Congress (Reid, Pelosi, etc.) are a very sorry bunch, just about the worst ever, for either party.

stevepaa · 03-04-2008, 07:55 AM

Oh BS. Oil prices up, housing market in complete bust. This you can all lay with the present admin policies.

man up and admit it.

the · 08:21 AM

No doubt, Bush is one of the worst presidents ever. That's what gave the Dems control of the Congress in 2006.

But the Dems made a lot of great promises in the 2006 election. What are the accomplishments of the Dem controlled Congress since 2006? What have they done to make things better?

Tim Hancock · 03-04-2008, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by stevepaa

Oh BS. Oil prices up, housing market in complete bust. This you can all lay with the present admin policies.

man up and admit it.

Obama will fix all that ails us Steve because we all know that the POTUS directly controls oil prices and the housing market.

onewhippedpuppy · 03-04-2008, 08:48 AM

Tim, you seem to have forgotten one thing. GW and the Republicans are to blame for all bad things. So obviously, the Dems failure to deliver on any of their promises in 2006 is the fault of the Republicans. It's ok to lie when you can pass off the blame later.

stevepaa · 03-04-2008, 08:55 AM

Matt, your post is for another thread titled "lack of accomplishment of recently elected dems"

it has no relevance to the opening post.

stevepaa · 03-04-2008, 08:55 AM

not what I said Tim, but nice try at obfuscation.

there is increasing world demand for oil, and we have not weaned ourselves off oil,

the value of the dollar has plummented as we have spent trillions on the Bush war,

regulation of any industry is anathema to Republicans, but the economic consequences of this hands off approach to the mortgage industry has been disastrous,

NEW YORK, March 3 (Reuters) - Oil and gold charged to new highs on Monday, fueled by a crumbling dollar, as more weak U.S. economic data and inflation worries kept money flowing into commodities and out of equities.

Shares in Europe and the United States fell as investor confidence was undermined again by a continuing toll of credit losses at banks and financial institutions.

Crude oil prices set new records in New York and London, and gold edged closer to $1,000 an ounce, setting a record high for the fourth straight day.

Treasury bond prices eased and the dollar pared losses against the euro and the yen after a slightly firmer-than-expected U.S. manufacturing report.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson urged financial institutions to raise fresh capital if they need it and he warned that although markets are adjusting to the housing and credit crisis, the healing process might be prolonged.

With uncertainty lingering in financial markets, commodities have remained attractive. Investors "are buying commodities to hedge against inflation because hanging on to the dollar means they lose value," said Phil Flynn of Alaron Trading in Chicago.

Crude oil speculators on the New York Mercantile Exchange have increased their net long positions to the highest in seven weeks, according to data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission released last week, showing continued betting that oil prices will go up.

HardDrive · 03-04-2008, 09:17 AM

This is, without question, one of the dumbest posts I have ever seen on the OT boards.

Take a bow.

wrecktech · 03-04-2008, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by stevepaa

the value of the dollar has plummented as we have spent trillions on the Bush war,

Please cite a link or account for this claim of "trillions"

Joeaksa · 03-04-2008, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by stevepaa

Oh BS. Oil prices up, housing market in complete bust. This you can all lay with the present admin policies.

man up and admit it.

We will, just as soon as you "man up" yourself and admit that about 99% of what the Dems promised in the last election were lies and that they are no better than those they replaced.

Take off the rose colored glasses sometime! Both parties are crap!