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bluestate10

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91. You point out a rational path. I find it interesting that NO ONE replied to you before me.

Thu Jan 2, 2014, 10:06 AM

Jan 2014

Many here, on the far Left, think that crippling Democrats during the 2014 election is the way forward. I can't imagine why someone would be that fucking foolish, but many here persist in pipe dream that have no chance of coming true during these time. I am not saying those dreams aren't good, because they are - but the reality is that an apples is never eaten in one bite. The path to a brighter future happens in steps, the first of those steps is taking firm control of the US Congress and taking control of most state legislatures and Governor's chairs.

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Five years of Obama and what do we get? [View all] Scuba Jan 2014 OP

Unfortunately edhopper Jan 2014 #1

Let's turn Congress Blue BlueToTheBone Jan 2014 #3

You point out a rational path. I find it interesting that NO ONE replied to you before me. bluestate10 Jan 2014 #91

I am never surprised when no responds to this message BlueToTheBone Jan 2014 #95

Yes, it's terrible news that unemployment has gone down. tabasco Jan 2014 #4

You really think edhopper Jan 2014 #5

I do believe it was repukes that killed PBO's jobs bill. BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2014 #10

True edhopper Jan 2014 #12

the REPUKELICAN sequester and REPUKELICAN budget cuts. BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2014 #17

Agree with your last line edhopper Jan 2014 #20

omg I don't even want to picture what things would be like now BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2014 #23

The sequester has very little to do with the deficit reduction. The overwhelming majority of it came okaawhatever Jan 2014 #64

I can tell you that things like my retirement plans SheilaT Jan 2014 #77

IIRC, they did what no other Congress has done; shut down all government spending stimulus, even to freshwest Jan 2014 #84

In reality those numbers also UNDERSTATE the decrease karynnj Jan 2014 #34

I seem to remember 2010... freebrew Jan 2014 #47

Unemployment peaked at 10.2% in Nov 2009. DCBob Jan 2014 #63

It took FDR over 8 years to bring employment back to pre-Depression levels mikekohr Jan 2014 #68

But FDR gave us more government jobs not wage freezes fasttense Jan 2014 #90

Brutal, your right Grumpy McCain or Money Bags Romney in hindsight was the clear choice mikekohr Jan 2014 #97

It's not knee jerk criticism fasttense Jan 2014 #110

Say hello to Repuke congress. maced666 Jan 2014 #71

... 840high Jan 2014 #78

Really. 7% is not accurate. lonestarnot Jan 2014 #6

Unemployment is down because people have given up Demeter Jan 2014 #8

Absolutely correct! Shemp Howard Jan 2014 #21

Some more info from wiki on the Long term unemployed bobduca Jan 2014 #26

Tangentially related to this is the acronym NEET... Locut0s Jan 2014 #73

It is if your new job pays half of what the old one did. progressoid Jan 2014 #42

He has a point. Eddie Haskell Jan 2014 #76

Those unemployment numbers and median income numbers are also AMAZING, considering that TrollBuster9090 Jan 2014 #75

And the re-inflation of a bubble in the stock market is nothing to celebrate. Also those aren't pam4water Jan 2014 #83

thanks!!!! spanone Jan 2014 #2

Wrong things being measured seabeckind Jan 2014 #7

Very well said. truebluegreen Jan 2014 #11

Now you are messing with their figuring. zeemike Jan 2014 #35

Thank you. The 99 percent are being destroyed by corporate policy. woo me with science Jan 2014 #57

Wooed me for sure... intersectionality Jan 2014 #87

Nailed it. ctsnowman Jan 2014 #88

Good post. 840high Jan 2014 #79

80% of the items on the list have a DIRECT bearing on the economy and working people. bluestate10 Jan 2014 #93

YAY! wall street! FatBuddy Jan 2014 #9

If anything, this can be used as positive proof once and for all . . . HughBeaumont Jan 2014 #13

Nice. nt redqueen Jan 2014 #14

very good one. BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2014 #22

Perfect! L0oniX Jan 2014 #37

Unfortunately, it doesn't work... Wounded Bear Jan 2014 #56

That would make a wonderful commercial to put on Fox News classykaren Jan 2014 #94

The answer my friends oldandhappy Jan 2014 #15

thank you. exactly! BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2014 #24

Turn the House blue AND Creideiki Jan 2014 #45

You are on to something. oldandhappy Jan 2014 #80

I'm reminded of the old song. Fuddnik Jan 2014 #16

Saint Peter don't you call me. UncleYoder Jan 2014 #19

Five years older and deeper in debt. sulphurdunn Jan 2014 #18

Channeling Tennessee Ernie Ford? Eleanors38 Jan 2014 #89

Yep. sulphurdunn Jan 2014 #96

Great, tough, cutting-edge song, banned in a few places. Eleanors38 Jan 2014 #98

And I was going to say lobodons Jan 2014 #25

Getting out of Iraq and Afghanistan hollowdweller Jan 2014 #27

Legal Marijuana in 2 states hollowdweller Jan 2014 #28

Expansion of protection for gay people hollowdweller Jan 2014 #29

So Obama passed pot legalization in WA? seabeckind Jan 2014 #50

Thretened, but didnt acttualy act on it. darkangel218 Jan 2014 #61

Last I looked seabeckind Jan 2014 #51

Are you also flummoxed by her (Sotomayor) blocking the ACA birth control . . . brush Jan 2014 #33

I agree lobodons Jan 2014 #40

This may not be the worst time for the Supreme Court to consider this issue. JDPriestly Jan 2014 #49

Sotomayer's stay had nothing to do with Hobby Lobby. last1standing Jan 2014 #55

How does that case apply to the issue of whether a religious organization has to pay for JDPriestly Jan 2014 #99

I think in the terms you're looking for Amos is the better case to study. last1standing Jan 2014 #100

In the Amos case, again, the issue was whether Section 702 of the civil rights law JDPriestly Jan 2014 #101

Yes, and I believe a majority will look to expand Amos here based on accomodation. last1standing Jan 2014 #102

But, as Scalia pointed out in Smith, people who object to war based on religious beliefs must still JDPriestly Jan 2014 #103

As I said, I find Scalia's opinion in Smith to be hypocritical at the least. last1standing Jan 2014 #104

The outcomes in the EEOC and other employment discriminations cases are JDPriestly Jan 2014 #105

Sorry, I didn't mean to suggest that EEOC was directly implicated in this case. last1standing Jan 2014 #106

They can always find an excuse to interpret a law as they wish. JDPriestly Jan 2014 #108

Which is exactly what they did in Smith. last1standing Jan 2014 #109

Yep, the numbers NEVER LIE! democratisphere Jan 2014 #30

Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2014 #31

Compared to Bush? ...that won't be hard. L0oniX Jan 2014 #38

So as I understand it Proud Public Servant Jan 2014 #32

More Drone Strikes Ezlivin Jan 2014 #36

+ 100% Dow; -0.8% unemployment rug Jan 2014 #39

I do believe the term used in 2007-2008 was FREEFALL ffr Jan 2014 #41

Proof that trickle down economics doesn't work Bradical79 Jan 2014 #43

The Dow at 16000 is not completely meaningless DFW Jan 2014 #44

And those brokers and traders seabeckind Jan 2014 #54

Yeah, try again. I live in Europe. I get all that stuff tossed at me X 10 DFW Jan 2014 #62

My 401K has grown by over 527% during 5 Years of President Obama's Leadership mikekohr Jan 2014 #70

The average 401 is around $85,000 seabeckind Jan 2014 #72

I did not buy into anything mikekohr Jan 2014 #82

Would've been better if the House wasn't standing firmly in the way at all times. [nt] Jester Messiah Jan 2014 #46

But...but...but... Mr.Bill Jan 2014 #48

Nothing in that list shows that the last five years have been any better for the 99%. last1standing Jan 2014 #52

As pointed out above seabeckind Jan 2014 #58

RW Asshole volume.... Wounded Bear Jan 2014 #53

plus1000 Liberal_in_LA Jan 2014 #59

After 5 years? PeggyKR Jan 2014 #60

lets not forget ThomThom Jan 2014 #65

oh I forgot free trade ThomThom Jan 2014 #67

Something missing on this list. mwooldri Jan 2014 #66

actually the Dow closed even higher than that B Calm Jan 2014 #69

Why the nerve of that guy... MADem Jan 2014 #74

Another day older and deeper in debt :P pam4water Jan 2014 #81

Impeach! zappaman Jan 2014 #85

5 years MarcPierre Jan 2014 #86

Is that chart supposed to impress? Looks like the banksters got theirs, and nobody else... Romulox Jan 2014 #92

"The most transparent administration ever." oneshooter Jan 2014 #107