Here are some facts. Let's see how the right wingers spin these!!!


-- When Bush took office on Jan. 20, 2001, the Dow Jones industrial
average was at 10,587.59. It closed Tuesday at 9,944.67.

-- When Bush took office, the unemployment rate was 4.2 percent. It's
now 5.5 percent, according to the Labor Department.

-- When Bush took office, U.S. consumer debt totaled almost $1.7
trillion. It's now $2.038 trillion, according to the Federal Reserve.

-- When Bush took office, bankruptcy filings during the previous year
totaled almost 1.3 million, down 5 percent from a year before. By Dec.
31, 2003, bankruptcies had hit a record of nearly 1.7 million, up 5.2
percent from 2002, according to the American Bankruptcy Institute.

-- When Bush took office, the federal budget had been balanced for
three straight years and was, in the 2000 fiscal year, running a
surplus of $236 billion -- the largest in U.S. history. The White
House is projecting a record budget deficit this year of $445 billion.

"basskisser" wrote in message .

Here are some facts. Let's see how the right wingers spin these!!!



God, bass, you're so easy. You find these factoids someplace else, and post
them here as if everyone's supposed to be awed by your perspicacity.

Fact is that statistical snapshots are meaningless without ancillary data
relating to trends and outside mitigating factors.

Example: 2 to 4 times in the past 24 hours you've held your own organ in
your hand. Does this fact by itself have any meaning, positive or negative?
No. Ancillary data is required to ascertain exactly what was going on. :-)