September 4, 2014

i FOUND THIS MOST INTERESTING -YOU WOULD THINK -A REGISTERED DEMOCRAT COULD USE IT

We’ll start with the standard definition of a Red state.

At PolitiFact Rhode Island, we recognize that whether a state is Red or Blue can be a matter for debate. Our state is considered to be among the bluest of the Blue, yet it has had Democratic governors in only 20 of the last 50 years. Nonetheless, the color is typically defined by how a state votes in the presidential elections, so we're going to classify states by how they voted in the 2012 Obama-Romney race.

It should be noted that there are different ways to measure poverty. Occupy Democrats says its claim is based on per-person income. We looked at that, along with median household income and median family income.

By all three measures, 9 out of the 10 poorest states voted Republican in the last presidential election. (In fact, they voted Red in the last four elections.)

According to the latest Census data, 9 of the 10 states with the lowest per-person income levels were Red: Mississippi, Arkansas, Idaho, West Virginia, Kentucky, Utah, Alabama, South Carolina and Oklahoma.

The Census data also show that 9 of the 10 states with the lowest median household income were Red: Mississippi, Arkansas, West Virginia, Kentucky, Alabama, Tennessee, Louisiana, South Carolina and Oklahoma.

And 9 of the 10 states with the lowest median family income were Red: Mississippi, Arkansas, West Virginia, Kentucky, Alabama, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Louisiana and South Carolina.

The only Blue state on each list: New Mexico.

By the way, 9 of the 10 states with the highest per-person income voted Blue in the 2012 presidential race: Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Virginia and Washington. The only Red state on the list: Alaska.

I WOULD THINK THIS WOULD BODE WELL IN ANY DEBATE!

September 2, 2014

so much for right wing political ads

WHEN YOU SEE THAT GREAT ADD OF BULL CHIT ABOUT HOW GOOD MAINE IS DOING PUT OUT BY THE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP " TOUTING OUR GOVERNOR TAKE IT FROM WHERE IT COME!
READ THIS FOR THE TRUTH:
HARTFORD--Economic growth in New England has been slowest in Connecticut and Maine since the end of the recession in 2009, according to new federal statistics released Wednesday.
Quarterly gross domestic product - the value of all goods and services - from 2005 to 2013 was released by the U.S. Commerce Department, which said the statistics will provide a "more complete picture of economic growth" in each state.
From the second quarter of 2009 until the end of 2013, the economies of Connecticut, the region's second largest, and Maine grew by 3 percent.
In contrast, Massachusetts' economy, the largest in New England, expanded by 11 percent, to $424.4 billion from mid-2009 to 2013.
YOU SEE THE RIGHT MIXES SOUR GRAPES AND DESPAIR AND THEIR BULLCHIT COMES OUT ROSY!
hot air and despair is all the right has in its pocket!