On Wed, 2 Sep 2009 16:50:36 -0700 (PDT), wf3h
wrote:


Like I told Eisboch, when I lost my job because of the bad economy
during The Great Reagan Depression in 1982 - much worse than now BTW -

i was there too. that one was child's play compared to bush's fiasco

Depends. You know they say a recession is when a neighbor loses his
job and a depression is when you lose yours. I lost mine then.
I'm doing much, much better now than I was then.
There are many ways to look at it, some being how accurately the
unemployment stats reflect reality, how much unemployment comp is
available, etc, etc.
But going by unemployment stats alone,
http://www.davemanuel.com/historical...ted-states.php
"The highest rate for a single month is shared by November and
December of 1982 with an unemployment rate of 10.8%
The year with the highest average unemployment rate was 1982 with an
average unemployment rate of 9.71%"

I didn't blame Jimmy Carter for that depression. Â*He was gone.
Eisboch wanted to blame Carter , because he was a sap for Ronnie
Raygun.
So to make that work, he had to defend Obama with Bush's sins.
I don't play that game. Â*There's only one decider at a time.
If things continue to get worse and you lose your job, good luck
blaming GWB. Â*He won't make your car payments, and you'll be looking
for Obama to get you back on your feet.

uh...no. what looking at history does is, hopefully, prevent you from
making the same mistake twice...like voting for a right wing president
who says 'trust the free market'.

Uh, no what? Are you saying that GWB is going to keep Loogy
working and making car payments? You're a bit behind times.
A right wing Prez wasn't elected. Obama was elected, so that history
you speak of already worked. Now there's a new history being made.
You forgot already?
It's a new game.
Obama's got the ball. You going to blame or credit everything he does
to GWB? Or maybe just blame GWB and credit Obama.
I had no use for GWB, but I'll use my same criteria to judge Obama.

--Vic