posted on July 21, 2004 01:58:06 PM new
1. Bill Clinton
2. Lyndon B. Johnson
3. John F. Kennedy
4. Ronald Reagan
5. Gerald R. Ford
6. Jimmy Carter
7. Harry S. Truman
8. Richard M. Nixon
9. Dwight D. Eisenhower
10. George H. W. Bush
Let's have a BBQ, Texas style, ROAST BUSH
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All Things Just Keep Getting Better
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We the people, in order to form a more perfect Union....
.....one Nation indivisible, With Liberty and Justice for ALL.
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"One thing is for sure: the extremists have faith in our weakness. And the weaker we are, the more they will come after us." --Tony Blair
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"The War on Terror will not be won until America is united. And as long as Democrats target the Bush administration -- not the terrorists -- as the enemy, we are in trouble." --Oliver North
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posted on July 22, 2004 02:05:28 AM newEconomy did best when Clinton was in office
Clinton's economy was a bubble. It wasn't real. The books were cooked. Worthless dotcoms turned into billion dollar companies and then later went bankrupt. CEO's (like Clinton) were lying their asses off. Regarding Clinton's lying and scandals, you democrats would say, "Character doesn't matter" but I kinda think it does.
posted on July 22, 2004 07:00:16 AM new
EAG you hit the nail on the head... as ENRON and MCI are proof, it was a false prosperity and now President Bush is trying to straighten out that mess...
The downward trend started during the last administration but for some reason people refuse to see that.
posted on July 22, 2004 10:58:27 AM new
Crowfarm made a very good point. All this Ivory Tower talk is fine, but, all things considered, I'll take a bubble economy and a job.
posted on July 22, 2004 10:59:28 AM new
Crowfarm made a very good point. All this Ivory Tower talk is fine, but, all things considered, I'll take a bubble economy and a job.
posted on July 22, 2004 02:33:43 PM new
U.S. economy prediction:
Best growth in 2 decades
Last time nation in such good shape was when Reagan in White House
Despite pain at the gasoline pump and a recent hike in interest rates, the U.S. economy is roaring forward, with analysts predicting the fastest growth of the gross domestic product in two decades – not seen since Ronald Reagan was president.
According to the Associated Press, many experts are projecting an expansion rate of at least 4.6 percent, the best since the 7.2 rate in 1984 when Reagan was seeking his second term.
"We are moving into a sweet spot for the economy with interest rates not too high, jobs coming back and business investment providing strength," Diane Swonk, chief economist at Bank One in Chicago, told AP. Swonk is predicting GDP growth of 4.8 per cent this year.
Her sentiments were echoed by David Wyss, chief economist at Standard & Poor's in New York, who told the wire service, "We are looking for a darn good year despite the fact that we had a big jump in oil prices and interest rates are going up faster than people thought would occur."
The economy also saw strong growth periods in 1997 and 1999, when Bill Clinton was in the White House.
It's not just the GDP showing positive signs.
The London Times reports that Wall Street analysts forecast American blue-chip companies will collect a "fourth successive quarter of bumper profits growth of 20 percent or more, a feat not matched since the third quarter of 1995."
David Rosenberg, chief economist at Merrill Lynch, believes the top companies could possibly outdo previous bullish predictions.
"If history is any guide, we may well see (year-on-year) earnings growth come in north of 25 percent," Rosenberg told the Times. "Earnings have surpassed expectations by more than 5 percent in each of the last five quarters."
He is cautious, though, about corporate earnings running out of steam in the remainder of the year.
"If companies continue to have difficulty passing on higher costs, we would expect the profit outlook to unravel faster than is currently expected," he told the London paper. "Looking forward, one thing seems clear – earnings growth is set to decelerate."
The U.S. job outlook is also on the upswing, with the economy creating 1.5 million new positions since August. That good news comes on the heels of 2.7 million jobs lost in the previous 29 months, prompted by a recession and the terrorist attacks of 2001.
President Bush still faces a 1.2 million jobs deficit since taking office. But according to AP, "Many analysts anticipate the economy will generate around 200,000 jobs per month over the next six months, a pace that would be enough to erase Bush's deficit figure by the end of the year."
"The natural family is a man and woman bound in a lifelong covenant of marriage for the purposes of:
*the continuation of the human species,
*the rearing of children,
*the regulation of sexuality,
*the provision of mutual support and protection,
*the creation of an altruistic domestic economy, and
*the maintenance of bonds between the generations."
