On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 11:34:32 -0400, "P.Fritz"
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"ulysses" wrote in message
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On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 14:57:26 GMT, "Jeffrey McCann"
wrote:


"ulysses" wrote in message
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On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 14:43:14 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

ulysses wrote:


The one on the top of your head, on which the sheet fits so nicely?

Yes, folks, this is why I FINALLY gave up on liberalism.
Sanctimonious, semi-educated, twits.

ulysses


You're just a typical uselessnet rightie, hiding behind a handle and a
munged email address...

Hiding from what?

poorly educated, barely literate, and spoonfed
mountains of political garbage every day.

Typical leftist. Too machine-headed to come up with original retorts.

So, what, specifically, was the original poster (Jonathan) so "stupid"
about
that caused you to reply "Talk about stupid. History, I take it, was
never
one of your strong suits." Please be specific.

Thank you.

Jeff

Okay .. Jeff .. ery .. I .. will .. try ...

cut/paste

His Bush's economic policy (which has put the majority of
US citzens in the tightest financial bind since the great depression)

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My .. point .. : Anybody .. who knows .. History .. knows .. .. that
any .. "dire" .. economic .. conditions .. that we are having .. today
.. are as nothing .. NOTHING .. compared to what .. our forebears ..
endured .. back .. in .. the .. 1930s.

Just .. as one .. example .. .. , .. during the 1930s .. we did not ..
have .. annual GDP growth rates .. of .. PLUS .. two .. or three .. or
.. four .. percent. .. Indeed .. , .. GDP growth rates .. were .. in
.. SEVERE .. and .. frighteningly steady .. DECLINE .. back then .. --
Hence .. , .. the term .. De .. pression.

The historical unemployment rates
1964 5.2
1965 4.5
1966 3.8
1967 3.8
1968 3.6
1969 3.5
1970 4.9
1971 5.9
1972 5.6
1973 4.9
1974 5.6
1975 8.5

Ouch! Thanks a lot, Jimmy.

1976 7.7
1977 7.1
1978 6.1
1979 5.8
1980 7.1
1981 7.6
1982 9.7
1983 9.6
1984 7.5
1985 7.2
1986 7.0
1987 6.2
1988 5.5
1989 5.3
1990 5.5
1991 6.8
1992 7.4

Ouch! Way to go, Willie.

1993 6.8

OUCH! Somebody find the man a hooker! -- please!

1994 6.1
1995 5.6
1996 5.4
1997 5.0
1998 4.5
1999 4.2
2000 4.0
2001 4.8
2002 5.8
2003 6.0

Today: ~5.3% & trending downwards

In other words.....things were worse during the Carter years and first term
Clinton then they are now.

Just more liebral distortions.

Damn straight. And unemployment was a tad higher that 5.3% during the
Great Depression!

ulysses