tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17910744.post8996948544507742210..comments2023-10-02T04:35:37.981-04:00Comments on Stars Over Washington: Scott Simon encapsulates Labor Day 2010Jude Cowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01016032974667786252noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17910744.post-77907410881094991292010-09-06T14:42:23.071-04:002010-09-06T14:42:23.071-04:00Great points, Randy, thanks a bunch for weighing i...Great points, Randy, thanks a bunch for weighing in. And i think Jon Stewart is most often right - the presidential baton passed at each Jan 20 inauguration also passes on a continued agenda w/ the tiresome 'R v D' illusion spun to keep we the people divided and ineffectual! <br /><br />Oh when will we ever learn? JudeJude Cowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01016032974667786252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17910744.post-19657748346649617412010-09-06T10:20:43.267-04:002010-09-06T10:20:43.267-04:00I find it interesting to look back at how the unem...I find it interesting to look back at how the unemployment rate has changed over the past nearly 20years and overlay the administrations during those years. What did they inherit, what did they pass on to the next administration, who got the acclaim, who got the blame, etc.<br /> When Clinton first took office the economy was growing. The unemployment rate had peaked in June of the previous Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17910744.post-63875942655204727472010-09-05T17:23:12.744-04:002010-09-05T17:23:12.744-04:00Yes, i have wondered the same about the R Party...Yes, i have wondered the same about the R Party's 'birthday' and haughty attitude - seems to me you are correct! JudeJude Cowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01016032974667786252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17910744.post-27905268915620402652010-09-04T21:03:19.003-04:002010-09-04T21:03:19.003-04:00I've often wondered why the Repubs have so con...I've often wondered why the Repubs have so consistently harbored the most repugnant elements in the body politic, at least since WW2. Could it be related to its chosen birthday of July 6 (also GWB's)? It seems to have a collective attitude of entitlement to rule, that it IS the nation, and anyone not Repug lacks legitimacy. Never was it more baldly expressed than during the illegitimate Astroplethoramamanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04797062314251379702noreply@blogger.com