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http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2009/01/09/…

Given the source, I hope you won't question that the data is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

Now, sort the column headed "Jobs created per year in office" until the arrow points up (click on that header once or twice), meaning the president whose administration created the most jobs per year is at the top and the president whose administration created the least jobs per year is at the bottom. Oh, dear! That can't be right, because the top 3 are all members of the same major political party. Okay, let's look at the worst performers. Oh no, that's even worse since the 4 worst job creating presidents are all members of the other major political party. Never mind, let's just make up our own "Koch Facts" so we don't upset folks.
Posted by Sound Policy]]> Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:08:20 -0600 Arkansas Times
I thank the Arkansas Republicans for being polite enough to clap in the appropriate places in Beebe's speech. It helps me forget for a moment that some of them are batshit crazy. I hope all Arkansas state legislators will keep an eye on Congress who art in DC so they might learn how not to act. Our state is too small to survive bad governing. All through this Great Recession Arkansas has done well mostly thanks to our ancient 1866 state constitution that doesn't allow us to spend more than we take in. May it forever stay in place to protect us from both political parties.

I want equal rights, good jobs, a clean and safe environment, good affordable health care, greater opportunities for our children to get a college education, more honest government, safer streets and plenty of food for not only my family but for Saline's family, even for Steven E...for everyone I don't know or care about and those not born yet. I don't know a single person I hope will suffer. I dislike no one enough to wish them to be 2nd class citizens.

If there was a pill to remove greed, racism, bigotry, misogyny, partisan political agendas, gun nuttery and religious zealotry from our governing bodies we wouldn't have to die to get to heaven, we'd be living it here and now. Of course that's a fantasy, but we should all make it our goal in life.
Posted by DeathbyInches]]> Tue, 15 Jan 2013 11:35:31 -0600 Arkansas Times
The difference is that now you have the hindsight of results.

Might it be possible that 15 years hence that you might alter your view of Obama after the fact?

Everbody now thinks that Harry Truman was one of our better presidents--at least in the top 5-- yet, at the time he left office, he had the lowest public opinion rating in history, a low which has lasted up 'til this day. Maybe, we all could take a lesson from that.
Posted by Olphart]]> Tue, 15 Jan 2013 09:50:57 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by couldn't be better]]> Tue, 15 Jan 2013 07:50:58 -0600 Arkansas Times
Dan Mitchell of the Cato Institute has rightly noted, "...the economy enjoyed big employment increases during the Reagan and Clinton years, but it also revealed anemic data for the Obama years.

That’s not a surprise since Reagan was the most pro-freedom President since World War II and Clinton almost surely comes in second place.

Yes, Clinton did raise tax rates in his first year, but he put together a very strong record in subsequent years. He was particularly good about restraining the burden of government spending and overall economic freedom expanded during his reign.

He was no Reagan, to be sure, and the anti-government Congress that took power after the 1994 elections may deserve much of the credit for the good news during the Clinton years. Regardless, we had good economic performance during that period – unlike what we’ve seen during the Obama years."
http://thedailyhatch.org/2013/01/15/reagan…
Posted by SalineRepublican]]> Tue, 15 Jan 2013 07:18:51 -0600 Arkansas Times