Feb 28 2010

Graph of the day Redux

This is a re-post of what was put up back on October 23, 09. It just seems like a good time to revisit the point. Democtatic-controlled senates are bad for employment. The reposting here was inspired by a comment made today on the original post
As the old saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand [...]

Feb 12 2010

Worth a Thousand Words

The President’s Economic Report, authored by the Council of Economic Advisers but with political objectives in view, was issued a few days ago. I haven’t tried to read it all; it made headlines mostly for its prediction of high unemployment for several years to come. The report included several charts that struck me [...]

Feb 8 2010

Where We Are and Where We Were

Along with a massive snowstorm, Friday brought a blizzard of new info on the job market.   From the perspective of our work at the White House, two points stand out, one about where we are and the other about where we’ve been.
First, while there are encouraging signs regarding jobs, they are early signs and must [...]

Oct 23 2009

Graph of the day

As the old saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words.
Via Randall Hoven at American Thinker:
“By any measure, my administration has inherited a fiscal disaster” - President Barack Obama.

Source: Bureau of Labor and Statistics. U.S. Senate.
More details here.
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Oct 3 2009

NY Post: Count on more ‘bad climate news’ (for the climate alarmists)

As George Will aptly notes, frame it however they want, the climate is not cooperating with the global warming alarmists:
“Plateau in Temperatures Adds Difficulty
To Task Of Reaching a Solution”
– The New York Times, Sept. 23
IN this headline on a Times story about difficulties confronting people alarmed about global warming, note the word “plateau.” It dismisses [...]

Jun 6 2009

The Stats on Obama’s ‘Big Arab Love Speech’ are Telling

Check out Debbie Schlussel’s graph on word frequency analysis of Obama’s speech.
Before even seeing the graph its easy to accurately guess which words were the most and least used.
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