Driving to and from work everyday I enjoy listening to talk radio as it is my time to unwind or get geared up for the work day ahead of, or behind, me.
Listening on a regular basis I have heard many acclaims by the media and I opened
this mornings’ ‘USA Today’ paper and noticed contradictions in what I am hearing and what is being printed throughout the Liberal Media outlets via the Internet and newsprints.
Reading articles from the ‘USA Today’, and browsing through CNN.com and NYTimes.com a reader would form the opinion of the following:
- The Economy is tanking with each and every passing day while under the Bush Administration
- Unemployment is on the rise as the decrease in Economy slows industries and businesses down to a staggering halt
- Gas prices are dropping as a result of the Bush Administration and the GOP
- Home sales are on the decline because we, the participants in the Economy, are disgusted at the Economic failures of President George W. Bush and his policies
Let’s take a look at what is actually happening around us in the U.S. and let’s try to digest this information together. First on my list is the fact that the Economy is not actually tanking but is thriving as is evidence with the Dow Jones settling in at record highs that have not been this close since January of 2000. I am not exactly sure where the media gets off on this blatantly false tangent that the Economy is slumping, of course though President Bush is mentioned so let’s chalk this one up to a Liberal writer wanting to smear the Bush Administration and the Republican Party.
Next on my list of debunking this crap is the talk about unemployment increasing and the effects this has on the seemingly ‘slumping’ Economy. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics website, the unemployment rate is at 4.7% which is down from August (having a percentage of 4.8). Now folks do the math, these are not the staggering high numbers the media would want you to believe and in fact, the media never discloses the unemployment number they are speaking of. With that said, let’s chalk this one up to a Liberal writer wanting to, again, smear the Bush Administration and the Republican Party.
Are you beginning to see a pattern with where I am going? Pressing forward to the Gas prices, ‘USA Today’ conducted a gallup poll of 1000 participants and 42% of those polled see a direct correlation between the decrease in Gas and the Republican Party wanting to gain more votes this November. Well that blows my freshmen level ‘Economics 101’ class legitimacy out and maybe it is time for me to ask for an Educational refund from the University of Alabama. Here I thought the price of items was a direct influence of the supply and demand of the particular good(s). Just think that I proudly voted for George W. Bush, not once but twice, what was I thinking? I know he must have a ‘hotline’ where he picks up the phone and tells the person answering what the price of gas will be for that day. Hmmm, lucky 8 ball says $1.89. I hope you, the reader, can sense my sarcasm in this and maybe you too can realize that we need to chalk this one up to a Liberal writer wanting to smear the Bush Administration and the Republican Party.
The last topic that I noticed quick fallacies in was that home sales are dropping off and the market has become ‘cold’. That was one article and then the next article I clicked on had a completely different story all together. Let me debunk this for you- ‘New’ home sales are decreasing even though the mortgage rates have dropped tremendously lately but home sales have not dropped but have indeed picked up again. This completely contradicts the article which was written with an intent to sway public opinion that the Economy is shutting down and it is all Bush’s fault. This is not true though and I spoke with a member of the Home Builder’s Association and found out that expectant decreases in ‘New’ home sales occur every year about this time.
The big times to move are during the summer months when kids are out of school, that and no one wants to worry about buying a brand ‘New’ home just before the holiday season. It’s not because they are strapped on cash but because of inclement weather conditions which can possibly delay a house being built by adding up to four months past the original completion date. Again, let’s chalk this up to a Liberal writer wanting to smear the Bush Administration and the Republican Party.
Conservative-Majority readers- do not buy into this ploy of the Liberal Media whose obvious intent focuses primarily on destroying the public opinion of the Republican Party just five short weeks from the November 7th Elections. Oh yeah, don’t forget about President Bush as well. The closer we get to election time the more outrageous the stories will become. This is not the mastermind of a conspiracy in work, but the mastermind of an Administration which is finally reaping what they sowed, beginning back in 2001.
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