The Wise Man on the Right, and the Foolish Man on the Left

If a wise man contends with a foolish man,
Whether the fool rages or laughs, there is no peace.

Proverbs 29:9
New King James Version (NKJV)

Behold the wise man on the right and the foolish man on the left:

Democrats Have More Than **Quadrupled** Annual Increases to the National Debt!

FACT:
When compared to the Republican majorities of the prior 12 Fiscal Years (FY 1996-2007), Democrat Majorities in the last 5 Fiscal Years (FY 2008-2012) have More than QUADRUPLED annual increases to the Total National Debt!

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Arabic Message… to Obama?

اين انتم؟ يا مسلمون ممن آساء لنبي

Where are you? O Muslims who offended the Prophet
Translation powered by Bing Translator

From a HotAir commenter:

The black banner with the Obama symbol reads: اين انتم؟ يا مسلمون ممن آساء لنبي which translates into English as “(Obama symbol) Where are you? Muslims who offended the Prophet.” Since the message begins with the “O” from President Obama’s name, it seems clear that the protesting Muslims see him as a Muslim who has done the unthinkable, namely turned against the Prophet. Obviously, the strategy of apologizing often and profusely is NOT working. (Oh, and by the way, I do not believe the president is a Muslim, I am just stating what the protesters appear to believe.)

StubbleSpark on September 11, 2012 at 11:20 PM

So, on the 11th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, Muslim Jihadists invade two U.S. Embassies (sovereign U.S. soil), kill the U.S. Ambassador to Libya and three other people, tear down and destroy U.S. flags that were being flown at half mast in honor of those killed on 9/11/2001, and put up the flag of Al Qaeda:

@DLoesch FYI, Obama recited the Shahada in Arabic: wp.me/pBLPe-19E In the eyes of the Muslim world, that makes him a Muslim.—
I Took The Red Pill (@ITTRP) September 12, 2012

In Memory of My Friend & All of the Victims, Both Seen & Unseen

Tuesday morning, September 11th…

It’s been 11 years since my friend, and thousands of other innocent people, were murdered on Tuesday morning, September 11th…

It’s been four years since I wrote this post, and my feelings haven’t changed.

I post this today in memory of my friend and all of the victims of 9/11/2001, both those seen and unseen.

Unemployment and Employment under Clinton, Bush, and Obama

A HUGE thanks and Hat Tip to Chrissy the Hyphenated! Her post is here.

People hear the unemployment rate in the news, but:

1) They aren’t usually given the longer-term perspective, and that the WORST month under Bush was better than the BEST month under Obama!

2) They usually think that Obama “inherited” a bad economy on January 20, 2009, when the truth is that the Democratic majority in Washington, D.C. (which included then-Senators Obama, Biden, and Clinton) inherited a GOOD economy on January 3, 2007.

But even these reported “unemployment” numbers are deceptive, because while the population age 16 and over has grown every month, the reported percentage of the population that is considered “in the workforce” has been steadily declining ever since Obama became pResident:

Series Id: LNS11300000
Seasonally Adjusted
Series title: (Seas) Labor Force Participation Rate
Labor force status: Civilian labor force participation rate
Type of data: Percent or rate
Age: 16 years and over
http://data.bls.gov/generated_files/graphics/latest_numbers_LNS11300000_2003_2012_all_period_M07_data.gif

That makes the unemployment number appear to be improving:

http://data.bls.gov/generated_files/graphics/latest_numbers_LNS14000000_2003_2012_all_period_M07_data.gif

When the reality is that employment, relative to population, has been essentially flatline for the last three years:

Series Id: LNS12300000
Seasonally Adjusted
Series title: (Seas) Employment-Population Ratio
Labor force status: Employment-population ratio
Type of data: Percent or rate
Age: 16 years and over
http://data.bls.gov/generated_files/graphics/latest_numbers_LNS12300000_2003_2012_all_period_M07_data.gif

The Employment-population ratio does not allow the “fudge factor” of who is, and is not, considered to be “in the workforce”… it’s just a simple ratio of total employed divided by total civilian noninstitutional population (and is, in my opinion, a more honest and straightforward metric).

And here is that metric over the terms of Clinton, Bush, and Obama:

http://data.bls.gov/generated_files/graphics/latest_numbers_LNS12300000_1993_2012_all_period_M07_data.gif

For perspective, allow me to repeat Chrissy’s graphic from above, and then show the Employment-population ratio at the same scale:

         

Democrats inherited a GOOD economy on January 3, 2007.
Democrats drove the economy into the ditch.
Employent, as a percentage of the civilian noninstitutional population age 16 and above, has been essentially flatline for the last three years. There has been NO recovery at all in the Employment-population ratio. In fact, in July, it got worse.

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UPDATE: And remember, in order to win control of both Houses of Congress in the November 2006 elections…

Democrats promised “fiscal discipline”.

Democrats promised “’Pay As You Go’ budget discipline”.

Democrats promised “no more deficit spending”.

Democrats LIED.

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UPDATE: And January 2013 was another below-average month, at 58.6%:

Q: What Happens When the USA is Divided by (pResident) Zero?

Answer:

#DIV/!

And what do you do about that?

Correct a #DIV/0! error

Make sure that the divisor in the function or formula is not zero (0)…

I.E., use legal means to remove from office.

“You LIE!”

Democrats promised “fiscal discipline”.

Democrats promised “’Pay As You Go’ budget discipline”.

Democrats promised “no more deficit spending”.

Democrats LIED.