Couldn’t Help But Notice (061107)
With gas prices where they are, this was, as noted 10 days ago (fourth item at link), bound to happen:
Consumer confidence tumbled to a 10-month low as gyrating gasoline prices and persisting problems in the housing market gnawed at people’s sense of economic well-being.
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Quiet riot? How about quiet genocide? From Life News, in an article about Dr. Alveda King, Martin Luther King’s prolife niece, and her objections to the aggressively proabortion position of BHOO (Barack Hussein Obambi Obama):
About 37 percent of abortions are performed on African-American women, though they make up only 12 percent of the population.
The abortion rate of black women is three times higher than that of white women and 60% of African-American women who become pregnant will have an abortion. More than 14 million abortions have been done on black women and abortion businesses are frequently located in minority communities.
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Aussie Austerity? No way — try “Aussie Prosperity” (HT NixGuy):
Jobless rate is the lowest since November 1974
People in work or looking is at a historial high
Employment growth has exceeded forecastsTHE unemployment (rate) dropped to a fresh three-decade low in May of 4.2 per cent, increasing the possibility of higher interest rates later this year, possibly before any federal election.
The jobless rate is the lowest since November 1974, and fell from 4.4 per cent in April, figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed today.
Yesterday’s unexpectedly strong March quarter gross domestic product reading, which saw economic growth at its fastest pace in over three years, sparked speculation of a possible interest rate rise this year, possibly before any federal election.
The tendency of business reporters towards “yeah, buts” appears to be an international phenomenon, as the article in question frets about interest rate hikes.
In the real world, as pointed out before, Howard has cut income taxes several times, and government revenues have continued to increase. In the US, especially as the budget may be only a year away from nominal balance, we should be talking about another tax cut, not massive tax increases.
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William Jefferson, Democrat-Louisiana, and recent recipient of an “F” grade from the NRA, had to give up his guns (HT NewsBusters and American Thinker). No one in Old Media appears to have noted the irony.
