Here Is Your Change

Here is your CHANGE:                                                         Jan '09 Today % Chg Source Avg. Retail price/gallon gas in U.S. $1.83 $3.85 84% 1       Crude oil, European Brent (barrel) $43.48 $99.02 127.7% 2       Crude oil, West TX Inter. (barrel) $38.74 $91.38 135.9% 2                       Corn, No.2 yellow, Central IL $3.56 $6.33 78.1% 2       Soybeans, No. 1 yellow, IL $9.66 $13..75 42.3% 2       Sugar, cane, raw, world, lb. Fob $13.37 $35.39 164.7% 2       Unemployment rate, non-farm, overall 7.6% 9.4% 23.7% 3       Unemployment rate, blacks 12.6% 15.8% 25.4% 3       Number of unemployed 11,616,000 14,485,000 24.7% 3       Number of fed. Employees 2,779,000 2,840,000 2.2% 3       Real median household income $50,112 $49,777 -0.7% 4       Number of food stamp recipients 31,983,716 43,200,878 35.1% 5       Number of unemployment benefit recipients 7,526,598 9,193,838 22.2% 6       Number of long-term unemployed 2,600,000 6,400,000 146.2% 3       Poverty rate, individuals 13.2% 14.3% 8.3% 4       People in poverty in U.S. 39,800,000 43,600,000 9.5% 4       U.S. Rank in Economic Freedom World Rankings 5 9 n/a 10       Present Situation Index 29.9 23.5 -21.4% 11       Failed banks 140 164 17.1% 12       U.S. Dollar versus Japanese yen exchange rate 89.76 82.03 -8.6% 2       U.S. Money supply, M1, in billions 1,575.1 1,865.7 18.4% 13       U.S. Money supply, M2, in billions 8,310.9 8,852.3 6.5% 13       National debt, in trillions $10.627 $16.052 32.2% 14                         Just take this last item:  In the last two years we have accumulated a national debt at a ratemore than 27 times as fast as during the rest of our entire nation's history. "That is 27 times as fast ! ! !" Metaphorically speaking, if you are driving in the right lane doing 65 MPH and a car rockets past you in the left lane at "27 times faster", it would be doing 7,555 MPH!   Sources: (1) U.S. Energy Information Administration; (2) Wall Street Journal; (3) Bureau of Labor Statistics; (4) Census Bureau; (5) USDA;  (6) U.S. Dept. Of Labor; (7) FHFA; (8) Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller; (9) RealtyTrac; (10) Heritage Foundation and WSJ; (11) The Conference Board; (12) FDIC; (13) Federal Reserve; (14) U.S. Treasury.   So, tell me again, what is it about Obama that makes him so brilliant and impressive?   And, name something that Obama has done, in the last 40 months that you would want another 4 years of ? ? ?     He's done all this in just 40 months --