And no firemen or policemen on the job either. On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 4:19 PM, Zebnick <[email protected]> wrote:
> > The woes brought upon us in the aftermath of Katrina were the fault of > a complacent DEMOCRAT Governor and a totally incompetant DEMOCRAT > mayor of New Orleans. Had these two clowns been running NYC on 9/11 > there would still be a giant pile of burning rubble in lower Manhattan > today. > > On Jan 16, 4:51 pm, studio <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jan 16, 3:48 pm, frankg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > NBRE > > > said it was March of 2001 because that was when we hit six continuous > > > months of meeting the criteria of a recession, but that means the > > > first four months of this occurred during the Clinton administration. > > > > The NBER's Business Cycle Dating Committee has determined that a peak > > in business activity occurred in the U.S. economy in March 2001. > > A peak marks the end of an expansion and the beginning of a > > recession. > > The determination of a peak date in March is thus a determination that > > the > > expansion that began in March 1991 ended in March 2001 and a > > recession > > began. > > The expansion lasted exactly 10 years, the longest in the NBER's > > chronology. > > > > Controversy over the precise dates of the recession led to the > > characterization > > of the recession as the "Clinton Recession" by Republicans, if it > > could be > > traced to the final term of President Bill Clinton. > > A move in the recession date in a 2004 report by the Council of > > Economic > > Advisors to several months before the one given by the NBER was seen > > as > > politically motivated. > > > > 2004! > > Revisionist history anyone? > > > > > The terrorist attacks of 9/11 had a major impact on the economy. His > > > administration had eight months to detect and stop the attack but > > > clearly the planning was going on long before he took office. The mess > > > mostly landed in his lap – he did not create it. > > > > No, he ignored it and hoped for the best. > > Even as just a mere citizen, I could never understand why security > > was > > so lax under Clinton or the "new sheriff in town" Bush Jr. > > > > > Enron, WorldCom and others were all products of the Internet paper > > > economy, and their collapse clearly had a major impact on the economy. > > > That mess landed in Bush's lap - he did not create it. > > > > I still don't understand why "the Enron loophole" that made all this > > possible > > hasn't been filled in after almost 8 years. > > > > > Katrina had a major impact on the economy. Regardless of how poorly it > > > may have been handled, you can not disregard its effect on us. This > > > too landed in Bush's lap - he did not create it. > > > > No he ignored that also. > > I've said time and again that it wasn't Sec. Browns fault for the slow > > response, > > but rather the newly formed Homeland Security Sec. Michael Chertoff's > > blocking Browns requests for assistance. > > > > No, none of this was Bush Jr.'s fault directly...he was too busy > > singing songs > > with country music stars, then flying overhead laughing at the people > > on the > > ground. > > > > No none of this is Bush's fault directly, he's only the one overseeing > > it all. > > The most innocent guy in the world. > > Why shucks, this job practically runs itself. > > > > Which leads to another thing I forgot to post... > > Bush Jr. promised he wouldn't increase the size of government. > > He did. > > > > > None of this is an excuse, it's just the facts. It's intended to show > > > that the simpleton view of Clinton was great, Bush was bad ignores the > > > facts, yet this is exactly what you are doing. > > > > If you conveniently ignore the numbers, you're right. > > But I'm not ignoring the numbers, because I am one. > > > > > Notice, btw, that I am not debating you on the current recession. I'm > > > in full agreement that as a 'fiscal conservative', Bush was a > > > nightmare. But lets not pretend Bush was handed a perfect economy, or > > > that some unparalleled economic disasters, not of his making, didn't > > > occurred during his presidency. > > > > He simply made most everything he touched worse through incompetency. > > > -- *~@):~{> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
