R.I.P. Scout26
So basically, things got bad - and have continued to worsen - since right about the time Democrats took control of Congress?
So if I relocate to flyoverland west of the Mississippi, where there are no jobs to be had, I stand the best chance of not losing a job I could not get?Lies, damn lies, and statistics. Choose yer choice.stay safe.skidmark
Is it just me or does it look like the areas that are more heavily Democrat are the worst hit?
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Wow, that is pretty impressive.
impressive? i was thinking depressing.this has been foreseeable for some time. i can remember thinking in 03 or 04 that we were in trouble, as i saw bush lowering interest rates at a time of geared for war production. time to realize whether we are dems, reps, or otherwise, we are in for some bad juju. pointing fingers isn't gonna fix it.
Interesting you say pointing fingers isn't going to fix it. I disagree. Identifying what set of ideas is more harmful to the country and what set of values is more helpful is the first set. Liberalism and big government make things worse. Helping the nation see that fact, so we can move away from it to heal is key. Until people see that the politicians they put in office in 08 are the farthest thing from a solution we can have, there won't be any fixing of anything.
The decline, according to the map in the OP, begins months before January 2009.
Kinda sorta. Directly preportional to population density.
in other words, the crime rate will soar. and then the push for gun bans will start.
So, aside from this thread being a whole lot of obvious, I think that this conclusion is, while not at all implausible, an exemplary bit of tinfoilhattery.
What I said.