Dow
10,587.60 10,125.40

NASDAQ
2,770.38 1948.52

Euro
$.94 $1.23

Oil
$25.70 $52.67

Unemployment
3.8% 5.4%

Surplus Deficit
+$119b -$422b

Trade deficit, per month
$33.5b $50.1b

Consumer Debt Outstanding
$1561.7b $2027.1b

Bankruptcy Filings, Quarter Ending...
Dec. 31, 2000 Jun. 30, 2004
310,000 421,110

Business Fixed Investment
Q1-2001 Q2-2004
$1,234.4b $1,207.9b

Goods Exports
Q1-2001 Q2-2004
$787.8b $778.4b

#10 Bad news for America is good news for the left



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Rules to be a Lefty

#1 Lying is OK
#2 Never admit you lie
#3 Other peoples money is rightfully yours
#4 The environment is as fragile as tulip
#5 Never miss a chance to hate
#6 Diversity is only skin deep
#7 Use personal insults or name-call people who question you
#8 Killing a baby is OK, killing a murderer is wrong
#9 World peace can be achieved through appeasement
#10 Bad news for America is good news for the left
#11 Good news for America is bad news for the left
#12 When in doubt, always, ALWAYS, refer to rule #1

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Rules for the Elite Lefty

A. Its OK to impersonate others to further the political agenda of
the left B. Feel free to take others creativity and change it and
claim it for your own
C. Use forged documents when necessary*
D. It is ok to use normally protected racial or sexual slurs to smear
opponents
E. Give your underlings catchy phrases like "alternative media" and
"neo-con" to use in ad-hominem attacks, it makes attacking fun and
easy. F. Nothing is sacred when it comes to getting our guy elected.
Nothing.

*This rule is under review and may be revised.

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Reasons leftys will use when they lose in November

1. Ralph Nader
2. Rigged voting machines
3. Tony Blair
4. Insufficient campaign dollars
5. Slanted press
6. Short primary season
7. Unfair debate rules
8. Bad economy
9. U.S. Voters incapable of nuance
10. Republican dirty tricks
11. Dan Rather
12. Bad weather on election day
13. Good weather on election day
14. Kerry's cold in September
15. Swift boat veterans
16. Sumner Redstone
17. Janet and/or Michael Jackson
18. Hurricanes
19. Bill Burkett
20. Low voter turnout
21. Rush Limbaugh
22. The phases of the moon
23. Shuttle Columbia crash
24. Balloon release trouble at Dem convention
25. Bloggers exposed CBS story after Dems already jumped on it
26. Deaniacs didn't come on board until too late
27. Mary Beth Cahill screwed up Kerry's campaign
28. TV networks didn't televise enough of the Dem National Convention
29. Kerry peaked too quickly
30. Edwards makes Kerry look dull by comparison
31. 9-11 Commission blamed Clinton and Bush equally
32. The Internet
33. Failer to "Get out their message"
34. Sabotage by Billery
35. Fox News
36. The economic recovery
37. Kerry was too far to the right
38. Kerry was too far to the left
39. Kerry was too centrist