Thread: American Politics during the Obama Presidency
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09-16-15 14:31 #6477
Posts: 2556
Venues: 398Originally Posted by HotRod11 [View Original Post]
With all due respect, the American Politics thread is definitely NOT the place to go looking for friends.
I might suggest that you consider posting your announcement in the Travel Announcements / Who's in Town section of the forum.
Thanks,
Jax.
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09-16-15 12:31 #6476
Posts: 125Looking for friends
I am not sure this is the correct site to post this but here goes.
My first trip to BA was when the currency was 2.5 pesos to the dollar. This was an improvement from 1.1 to the dollar. I have now made maybe 15 trips to BA. I really like this city. I have health issues in my usa city but when this is resolved I will be back home in BA. I am retired and my intentions are to spend 8-9 months a year in BA. Please keep me posted on your party.. I would like to meet my fellow Xpats.
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09-13-15 11:47 #6475
Posts: 5Originally Posted by Dickhead [View Original Post]
Salameh and Nidal Ayyad are Palestinians. The other two convicted defendants are Ahmad Ajaj, 28, who is also Palestinian, and Mahmud Abouhalima, 34, who is an Egyptian-born German citizen. The prosecution charged that all four participated in the conspiracy because of anti-American beliefs.
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09-12-15 15:59 #6474
Posts: 3510Originally Posted by DallasNorte [View Original Post]
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09-12-15 11:53 #6473
Posts: 5Originally Posted by Dickhead [View Original Post]
1. The First WTC Attack Clinton had been in office just 38 days when terrorists bombed the World Trade Center, killing six people and injuring more than 1,000.
2. Khobar Towers barracks in Dhahran, Saudi killing 19 Americans.
3. 4. The Embassies on August 7, 1998, bombs exploded at U.S. Embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. More than 200 people were killed, including 12 Americans.
5. The USS Cole bombed in Aden, Yemen came on October 12, 2000 killing 17 Americans.
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09-10-15 17:13 #6472
Posts: 3510Perhaps the more important number of all
Times we were invaded under Clinton: None.
Effectiveness of response: None needed.
Times we were invaded under Bush the Second: One.
Effectiveness of response: Subjective; you be the judge!
Times we were in invaded under Obama: None so far ...
Plus:
Number of jurisdictions legalizing marijuana under any Republican president: None.
Number of jurisdictions legalizing marijuana under Obama: 5 and counting!
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09-10-15 17:11 #6471
Posts: 3510Unemployment
Under Clinton:
https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/UNRATE
Under the draft dodger with the DUI:
https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/UNRATE
Under the mulatto messiah:
https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/UNRATE
The picture seems pretty clear!
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09-10-15 17:01 #6470
Posts: 3510For those who do not invest in equities
GDP growth under Clinton: 3.56% (compounded annual average in each example).
GDP growth under the greatest military pilot of all time, Bush "2": 1.80%.
GDP growth under Obama (through last full reported quarter): 2.01%.
These figures are "real" (inflation-adjusted) and per capita.
https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/data/GDPC1.txt
Any questions?
Oh, and speaking of inflation, average inflation was less under the combination of Clinton and Obama than it was under Bush:
Clinton 2.60% per year, Right Handed Bush 2.37%, Obama 1.90%. I used the January figures in all three cases, as the base.
www.cpi.gov
If there are any other measures of economic health that we can compare across Republican and Democratic administrations, we can sure do that. Interest rates? Don't even go there!
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09-10-15 16:30 #6469
Posts: 3510Just a friendly reminder
S & P 500 total return Feb. 1, 1993 to Jan. 31, 2001 = Clinton = 15.001% annualized.
S & P 500 total return Feb. 1, 2001 to Jan. 31, 2009 = Bush Junior = -5.061% (the negative sign means if you had invested $1 under George Jr's watch you would have about 64 cents of it left by the end of his terms).
S & P 500 total return Feb. 1, 2009 to Aug. 31, 2105 = Obama = 14.764% annualized.
http://dqydj.net/sp-500-return-calculator/
Any questions?
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09-10-15 16:15 #6468
Posts: 3510Thirteen months from now, remember who said this:
“The Democrats have terribly screwed things up, and are basically giving us the next election … The Democrats have practically gift wrapped this election for us.”.
And then remember the context in which he said it. I'm just sayin'.
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09-10-15 15:01 #6467
Posts: 3510What I like about him is he is completely unelectable, yet will probably get nominated. Tough to win without the black or latino vote these days. There are only so many Cuban Americans to go around and they only affect the vote in one state. But since we know that the economy does worse under Republicans than under Democrats, and since Trump has already gone bankrupt fourteen times, he is even more well poised to be the nominee.
Donald Trump understands the secret to wealth creation: inherit it. And, he obviously understands how to destroy wealth, as long as it isn't your own wealth: bankruptcy protection!
I might even volunteer to work on his campaign. Probably be more fun than working on Hilary's. I pray for his continued good health.
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09-10-15 14:37 #6466
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Venues: 398Originally Posted by Dickhead [View Original Post]
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09-07-15 20:14 #6465
Posts: 3510I definitely support Donald Trump for the Republican nomination and sincerely hope he embraces Sarah Palin as part of his proposed cabinet. I would recommend he choose Rick Perry as his running mate.
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08-28-15 20:25 #6464
Posts: 2700Donald Trump
Hard to get a Pinata.
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/articl...de-6469625.php
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07-21-15 04:12 #6463
Posts: 1017Cuba
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/21/wo...relations.html
Can we give Obama 3 claps for his salsa moves?