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		<title>By: studying for tests</title>
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		<dc:creator>studying for tests</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 10:43:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: David Dzidzikashvili</title>
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		<dc:creator>David Dzidzikashvili</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 21:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Economic difficulties are very real, just look at the main economic factors. High unemployment with increased foreclosure rates, banks violating foreclosure laws, the middle-class is getting screwed every single day and it keeps shrinking. Middle class is the backbone of the American economy and the future of the United States. Nothing has been done, or to be more correct there are no real results that show us positive economic trends for the future… I don’t think it’s correct to try to estimate our economic well being with Dow Jones numbers, there are many more complex economic factors at play… What’s even worse is that the Fed has run out of tools to deal with the situation. 

The Republicans have captured majority in the House but that does not guarantee the GOP automatic win in 2012. If the GOP won’t be able to deliver what it has promised, they will be in the same situation as Democrats today...and time is working against both parties, much needs to be done very soon, unfortunately for some politicians they’d rather spend their time for political infighting and other obscure reasons, rather than try to decrease unemployment and create real solutions for our economic woes. 

Just look at these facts:

#1 Ten years ago, the United States was ranked number one in average wealth per adult. In 2010, the United States has fallen to seventh.

#2 The United States once had the highest proportion of young adults with post-secondary degrees in the world. Today, the U.S. has fallen to 12th. 

#3 In the 2009 &quot;prosperity index&quot; published by the Legatum Institute, the United States was ranked as just the ninth most prosperous country in the world. That was down five places from 2008.

#4 In 2001, the United States ranked fourth in the world in per capita broadband Internet use. Today it ranks 15th.

#5 The economy of India is projected to become larger than the U.S. economy by the year 2050.

#6 One prominent economist now says that the Chinese economy will be three times larger than the U.S. economy by the year 2040.

#7 According to a new study conducted by Thomson Reuters, China could become the global leader in patent filings by next year.

#8 The United States has lost approximately 42,400 factories since 2001. 

#9 The United States has lost a staggering 32 percent of its manufacturing jobs since the year 2000.

#10 Manufacturing employment in the U.S. computer industry is actually lower in 2010 than it was in 1975.

#11 In 1959, manufacturing represented 28 percent of all U.S. economic output. In 2008, it represented only 11.5 percent.

#12 The television manufacturing industry began in the United States. So how many televisions are manufactured in the United States today? According to Princeton University economist Alan S. Blinder, the grand total is zero.

#13 As of the end of 2009, less than 12 million Americans worked in manufacturing. The last time that less than 12 million Americans were employed in manufacturing was in 1941.

#14 Back in 1980, the United States imported approximately 37 percent of the oil that we use. Now we import nearly 60 percent of the oil that we use.

#15 The U.S. trade deficit is running about 40 or 50 billion dollars a month in 2010. That means that by the end of the year approximately half a trillion dollars (or more) will have left the United States for good.

#16 Between 2000 and 2009, America&#039;s trade deficit with China increased nearly 300 percent.

#17 Today, the United States spends approximately $3.90 on Chinese goods for every $1 that China spends on goods from the United States.

#18 According to a new study conducted by the Economic Policy Institute, if the U.S. trade deficit with China continues to increase at its current rate, the U.S. economy will lose over half a million jobs this year alone.

#19 American 15-year-olds do not even rank in the top half of all advanced nations when it comes to math or science literacy.

#20 Median household income in the U.S. declined from $51,726 in 2008 to $50,221 in 2009. That was the second yearly decline in a row.

#21 The United States has the third worst poverty rate among the advanced nations tracked by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

#22 Since the Federal Reserve was created in 1913, the U.S. dollar has lost over 95 percent of its purchasing power.

#23 U.S. government spending as a percentage of GDP is now up to approximately 36 percent.

#24 The Congressional Budget Office is projecting that U.S. government public debt will hit 716 percent of GDP by the year 2080.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Economic difficulties are very real, just look at the main economic factors. High unemployment with increased foreclosure rates, banks violating foreclosure laws, the middle-class is getting screwed every single day and it keeps shrinking. Middle class is the backbone of the American economy and the future of the United States. Nothing has been done, or to be more correct there are no real results that show us positive economic trends for the future… I don’t think it’s correct to try to estimate our economic well being with Dow Jones numbers, there are many more complex economic factors at play… What’s even worse is that the Fed has run out of tools to deal with the situation. </p>
<p>The Republicans have captured majority in the House but that does not guarantee the GOP automatic win in 2012. If the GOP won’t be able to deliver what it has promised, they will be in the same situation as Democrats today&#8230;and time is working against both parties, much needs to be done very soon, unfortunately for some politicians they’d rather spend their time for political infighting and other obscure reasons, rather than try to decrease unemployment and create real solutions for our economic woes. </p>
<p>Just look at these facts:</p>
<p>#1 Ten years ago, the United States was ranked number one in average wealth per adult. In 2010, the United States has fallen to seventh.</p>
<p>#2 The United States once had the highest proportion of young adults with post-secondary degrees in the world. Today, the U.S. has fallen to 12th. </p>
<p>#3 In the 2009 &#8220;prosperity index&#8221; published by the Legatum Institute, the United States was ranked as just the ninth most prosperous country in the world. That was down five places from 2008.</p>
<p>#4 In 2001, the United States ranked fourth in the world in per capita broadband Internet use. Today it ranks 15th.</p>
<p>#5 The economy of India is projected to become larger than the U.S. economy by the year 2050.</p>
<p>#6 One prominent economist now says that the Chinese economy will be three times larger than the U.S. economy by the year 2040.</p>
<p>#7 According to a new study conducted by Thomson Reuters, China could become the global leader in patent filings by next year.</p>
<p>#8 The United States has lost approximately 42,400 factories since 2001. </p>
<p>#9 The United States has lost a staggering 32 percent of its manufacturing jobs since the year 2000.</p>
<p>#10 Manufacturing employment in the U.S. computer industry is actually lower in 2010 than it was in 1975.</p>
<p>#11 In 1959, manufacturing represented 28 percent of all U.S. economic output. In 2008, it represented only 11.5 percent.</p>
<p>#12 The television manufacturing industry began in the United States. So how many televisions are manufactured in the United States today? According to Princeton University economist Alan S. Blinder, the grand total is zero.</p>
<p>#13 As of the end of 2009, less than 12 million Americans worked in manufacturing. The last time that less than 12 million Americans were employed in manufacturing was in 1941.</p>
<p>#14 Back in 1980, the United States imported approximately 37 percent of the oil that we use. Now we import nearly 60 percent of the oil that we use.</p>
<p>#15 The U.S. trade deficit is running about 40 or 50 billion dollars a month in 2010. That means that by the end of the year approximately half a trillion dollars (or more) will have left the United States for good.</p>
<p>#16 Between 2000 and 2009, America&#8217;s trade deficit with China increased nearly 300 percent.</p>
<p>#17 Today, the United States spends approximately $3.90 on Chinese goods for every $1 that China spends on goods from the United States.</p>
<p>#18 According to a new study conducted by the Economic Policy Institute, if the U.S. trade deficit with China continues to increase at its current rate, the U.S. economy will lose over half a million jobs this year alone.</p>
<p>#19 American 15-year-olds do not even rank in the top half of all advanced nations when it comes to math or science literacy.</p>
<p>#20 Median household income in the U.S. declined from $51,726 in 2008 to $50,221 in 2009. That was the second yearly decline in a row.</p>
<p>#21 The United States has the third worst poverty rate among the advanced nations tracked by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.</p>
<p>#22 Since the Federal Reserve was created in 1913, the U.S. dollar has lost over 95 percent of its purchasing power.</p>
<p>#23 U.S. government spending as a percentage of GDP is now up to approximately 36 percent.</p>
<p>#24 The Congressional Budget Office is projecting that U.S. government public debt will hit 716 percent of GDP by the year 2080.</p>
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		<title>By: SFC MAC</title>
		<link>http://pjmedia.com/blog/im-maureen-dowd-and-ive-been-had/#comment-593472</link>
		<dc:creator>SFC MAC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Gee, with all this buyer’s remorse you have to wonder how they could have missed his avowed intentions throughout the campaign.  His philosophy,  friends, mentors and associates, were all leftist radicals with an Anti-Democracy chip on their shoulders.

He said he was going to “fundamentally change” America, and that’s exactly what he’s doing.  That “change” involves socialist doctrine and lots of spending for the cause. He’s vacillated on Iraq and Afghanistan, but not enough for the defeatists.   His leftwing supporters have discovered what we’ve always known; he’s a Marxist Chicago thug seizing power and control.

When it comes to crisis, the suave, smooth-talking bullshitter can’t think or decide his way out of a wet paper sack.

Welcome to the post-euphoric ObamaNation.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gee, with all this buyer’s remorse you have to wonder how they could have missed his avowed intentions throughout the campaign.  His philosophy,  friends, mentors and associates, were all leftist radicals with an Anti-Democracy chip on their shoulders.</p>
<p>He said he was going to “fundamentally change” America, and that’s exactly what he’s doing.  That “change” involves socialist doctrine and lots of spending for the cause. He’s vacillated on Iraq and Afghanistan, but not enough for the defeatists.   His leftwing supporters have discovered what we’ve always known; he’s a Marxist Chicago thug seizing power and control.</p>
<p>When it comes to crisis, the suave, smooth-talking bullshitter can’t think or decide his way out of a wet paper sack.</p>
<p>Welcome to the post-euphoric ObamaNation.</p>
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		<title>By: reConUSMC</title>
		<link>http://pjmedia.com/blog/im-maureen-dowd-and-ive-been-had/#comment-440861</link>
		<dc:creator>reConUSMC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>206. Pat:
In all fairness to Obama, God himself could not have fixed what was wrong with the Bush Presidency that so distorted the Constitutional objectives. That said, Obama has a choice at some point in how he leads, will lead, or has led Americans toward a departure from the Bush camp and its self serving prerogatives.
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I guess yo were asleep last Oct  when Jobs were at 6 %  with 512 GDP (PAT ) .......... Now 12.2 Trillion later under Obama they are 10.2 % Jobless really 17.5 % includes not  looking or part time .... 1 are now  6 without Jobs dating back 26 years to your over hero Carter  .
I also guess you forgot Clinton established Freddy and Fanny( FRAUD AND SCAM ) putting this nation 21 Trillion in debt while the left this past summer still backed(FRANKS, WATERS  AND DODD ) and Your Boy has put 16 Billion in the last 3 Months in  Both and Fanny is 5.1 Billion in debt last month alone ...... goofy one !
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Continuing to pander to Bush policies cannot aid Obama in how history will be written by him, and acquiescence is no friend of progressives who seek to identify themselves.
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Obama is staying with the wars is doing what he must do since the world is at war bigger than his and your  radical Marxist agenda ! LEAVING GITTO IS HARDER THAN HIS DUMB ASS THOUGHT!
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BUSH LOWERED TAXES AS THE GRP WAS 506 billion not like now 12 months later at 12.2 Trillion  by 2020 
21 Trillion dollars ....... that is far higher than the world debt and ad 40 % to boot !
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Taking on the world is not a job for amateurs usually; whether Obama can break that mold is debatable.
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Your hero admits he has never had a course in Economics , Lead anything but ACORN , run a Co , made a payroll or had a Capitalist damn Job . 
Whether or not can brake the mold is debatable......... ? B/S  That is insane .. look at the countless lies and moronic things he has done just in 10 months ...... You don&#039;t raise taxes in  bad economies times   .....you drill for oil in bad  economic times ,,,,,, you don&#039;t raise health care prices in bad economies ......... you don&#039;t bring in a  huge Carbon credit Tax in bad economics or the death tax .........You don&#039;t raise taxes on Business&#039;s during bad times  for starters  !
Obama in comparison is a reminder like to all Marines ..... Just because Boot Marines have had 50 hours of self defense training  does not mean they want get their ass whipped by a ReCon like me with 22 years in Judo , quick kill  MMA . 
OBAMA&#039;S  GOLF IS NOT 100000 millionth TIGERS GAME ..... AS IS Obama&#039;s Economic KNOWLEDGE EQUAL TO THOMAS SOWELL A MASTER DR OF ECONOMICS ......... And a REAL 100 % BLACK MAN THAT IS A DEBOUT CONSERVATIVE MEANING A REAL WINNER .</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>206. Pat:<br />
In all fairness to Obama, God himself could not have fixed what was wrong with the Bush Presidency that so distorted the Constitutional objectives. That said, Obama has a choice at some point in how he leads, will lead, or has led Americans toward a departure from the Bush camp and its self serving prerogatives.<br />
******************************************<br />
I guess yo were asleep last Oct  when Jobs were at 6 %  with 512 GDP (PAT ) &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. Now 12.2 Trillion later under Obama they are 10.2 % Jobless really 17.5 % includes not  looking or part time &#8230;. 1 are now  6 without Jobs dating back 26 years to your over hero Carter  .<br />
I also guess you forgot Clinton established Freddy and Fanny( FRAUD AND SCAM ) putting this nation 21 Trillion in debt while the left this past summer still backed(FRANKS, WATERS  AND DODD ) and Your Boy has put 16 Billion in the last 3 Months in  Both and Fanny is 5.1 Billion in debt last month alone &#8230;&#8230; goofy one !<br />
*****************************************</p>
<p>Continuing to pander to Bush policies cannot aid Obama in how history will be written by him, and acquiescence is no friend of progressives who seek to identify themselves.<br />
*************************************<br />
Obama is staying with the wars is doing what he must do since the world is at war bigger than his and your  radical Marxist agenda ! LEAVING GITTO IS HARDER THAN HIS DUMB ASS THOUGHT!<br />
**************************<br />
BUSH LOWERED TAXES AS THE GRP WAS 506 billion not like now 12 months later at 12.2 Trillion  by 2020<br />
21 Trillion dollars &#8230;&#8230;. that is far higher than the world debt and ad 40 % to boot !<br />
*******************************************************************************.</p>
<p>Taking on the world is not a job for amateurs usually; whether Obama can break that mold is debatable.<br />
*****************************<br />
Your hero admits he has never had a course in Economics , Lead anything but ACORN , run a Co , made a payroll or had a Capitalist damn Job .<br />
Whether or not can brake the mold is debatable&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; ? B/S  That is insane .. look at the countless lies and moronic things he has done just in 10 months &#8230;&#8230; You don&#8217;t raise taxes in  bad economies times   &#8230;..you drill for oil in bad  economic times ,,,,,, you don&#8217;t raise health care prices in bad economies &#8230;&#8230;&#8230; you don&#8217;t bring in a  huge Carbon credit Tax in bad economics or the death tax &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;You don&#8217;t raise taxes on Business&#8217;s during bad times  for starters  !<br />
Obama in comparison is a reminder like to all Marines &#8230;.. Just because Boot Marines have had 50 hours of self defense training  does not mean they want get their ass whipped by a ReCon like me with 22 years in Judo , quick kill  MMA .<br />
OBAMA&#8217;S  GOLF IS NOT 100000 millionth TIGERS GAME &#8230;.. AS IS Obama&#8217;s Economic KNOWLEDGE EQUAL TO THOMAS SOWELL A MASTER DR OF ECONOMICS &#8230;&#8230;&#8230; And a REAL 100 % BLACK MAN THAT IS A DEBOUT CONSERVATIVE MEANING A REAL WINNER .</p>
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		<title>By: Pat</title>
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		<dc:creator>Pat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In all fairness to Obama, God himself could not have fixed what was wrong with the Bush Presidency that so distorted the Constitutional objectives. That said, Obama has a choice at some point in how he leads, will lead, or has led Americans toward a departure from the Bush camp and its self serving prerogatives.

Continuing to pander to Bush policies cannot aid Obama in how history will be written by him, and acquiescence is no friend of progressives who seek to identify themselves.

Taking on the world is not a job for amateurs usually; whether Obama can break that mold is debatable.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In all fairness to Obama, God himself could not have fixed what was wrong with the Bush Presidency that so distorted the Constitutional objectives. That said, Obama has a choice at some point in how he leads, will lead, or has led Americans toward a departure from the Bush camp and its self serving prerogatives.</p>
<p>Continuing to pander to Bush policies cannot aid Obama in how history will be written by him, and acquiescence is no friend of progressives who seek to identify themselves.</p>
<p>Taking on the world is not a job for amateurs usually; whether Obama can break that mold is debatable.</p>
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		<title>By: deguello</title>
		<link>http://pjmedia.com/blog/im-maureen-dowd-and-ive-been-had/#comment-220262</link>
		<dc:creator>deguello</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m Maureen Dowd,and I&#039;m a pompous,vastly overreted,overpaid nincompoop!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m Maureen Dowd,and I&#8217;m a pompous,vastly overreted,overpaid nincompoop!</p>
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		<title>By: deguello</title>
		<link>http://pjmedia.com/blog/im-maureen-dowd-and-ive-been-had/#comment-220071</link>
		<dc:creator>deguello</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A crowd of&quot;educated&#039; elitist  stupid dupes, who lack the excuses of drug abuse, welfare dependence, tertiary syphillis,and stalinist sympathies,that motivated the average O&#039;hole voter.These clowns prove that the USA has become a third-rate,third-world nation.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A crowd of&#8221;educated&#8217; elitist  stupid dupes, who lack the excuses of drug abuse, welfare dependence, tertiary syphillis,and stalinist sympathies,that motivated the average O&#8217;hole voter.These clowns prove that the USA has become a third-rate,third-world nation.</p>
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		<title>By: MCostello</title>
		<link>http://pjmedia.com/blog/im-maureen-dowd-and-ive-been-had/#comment-217937</link>
		<dc:creator>MCostello</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In the last, swap precious for previous.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the last, swap precious for previous.</p>
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		<title>By: MCostello</title>
		<link>http://pjmedia.com/blog/im-maureen-dowd-and-ive-been-had/#comment-217932</link>
		<dc:creator>MCostello</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:39:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The most silly part of this entire article is the delusion that McCain/Palin would have done anything different, considering the tendency of Republicans to back the precious Spend/Bailout/Spend administration.

Q: For what reason did McCain heartily shout out an intended suspension of his campaign?
A: To nationalize some banks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The most silly part of this entire article is the delusion that McCain/Palin would have done anything different, considering the tendency of Republicans to back the precious Spend/Bailout/Spend administration.</p>
<p>Q: For what reason did McCain heartily shout out an intended suspension of his campaign?<br />
A: To nationalize some banks.</p>
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		<title>By: LBPruitt</title>
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		<dc:creator>LBPruitt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:50:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>geoffgo I agree.  Anyone who realizes the dark plans of this administration is a patriot in my book.  Left or right it does not matter.  We need all the voices we can muster.  

Attend your closest Tea Party on April 15th!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>geoffgo I agree.  Anyone who realizes the dark plans of this administration is a patriot in my book.  Left or right it does not matter.  We need all the voices we can muster.  </p>
<p>Attend your closest Tea Party on April 15th!</p>
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