Interesting stats....

[Barbella]

North Dakota led the nation in job creation in 2012, according to worker self-reports of hiring activity at their places of employment. Five more states in the Midwest -- South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, and Indiana -- rank among the top states. Maine had the lowest job creation score, along with Connecticut, Idaho, and New Jersey.


http://www.gallup.com/poll/160325/north-dakota-midwestern-states-lead-hiring.aspx

 

[GordonGecko]

Maine had the lowest job creation score, along with Connecticut, Idaho, and New Jersey.


http://www.gallup.com/poll/160325/north-dakota-midwestern-states-lead-hiring.aspx

That IS interesting....what's the name of that guy who's ruining New Jersey?

 

[RickWA]

Hey - ND is largely SCANDINAVIAN in heritage.

 

[Barbella]

Well, that explains THAT....

 

[Barbella]

Democratic legislature. Enough said.

 

[Bo-4]

The Dakotas = oil.

 

[GordonGecko]

Democratic legislature. Enough said.

Reagan had a Democratic legislature....and he succeeded.

What's Kristie-Kreme's excuse?

 

[GordonGecko]

The Dakotas = oil.

Here's where they tell us "If we would only start drilling off every beach, on every public land, Yosemite and Yellowstone, and oil derricks on the Mall in D.C.....America would be fabulously rich!"

 

[Bo-4]

Here's where they tell us "If we would only start drilling off every beach, on every public land, Yosemite and Yellowstone, and oil derricks on the Mall in D.C.....America would be fabulously rich!"

I've got mineral rights in New Mexico leased and they hit last August. It's going nuts there as well.

These companies (even the big ones) are barely staying on top of current activity and their attorneys can't even keep up with division orders and such with the amount of activity we have now.

Thinkin' we can leave Old Faithful and Half Dome alone for the time being. ;-)

$50 a barrel within two years? http://money.cnn.com/2012/12/11/news/economy/oil-prices/index.html

 

[bdtex]

and natural gas

 

[GordonGecko]

I've got mineral rights in New Mexico leased and they hit last August. It's going nuts there as well.

These companies (even the big ones) are barely staying on top of current activity and their attorneys can't even keep up with division orders and such with the amount of activity we have now.

Thinkin' we can leave Old Faithful and Half Dome alone for the time being. ;-)

$50 a barrel within two years? http://money.cnn.com/2012/12/11/news/economy/oil-prices/index.html

It's something that Karl Rove (I thnkk) DESPERATELY worried about.....oil and (as bdtex noted) natural gas production are going up (despite claims to the contrary against the President by the ditto-heads).

Which means energy prices can fall and with it unemployment.....all WITHOUT touching ANWR or making our beachs eyesores.

And worse for the Right? It means the likelihood of a good economy in the President's 2nd term and 2016 looking VERY dubious for them.

 

[LeRoy_Was_Here]

It's something that Karl Rove (I thnkk) DESPERATELY worried about.....oil and (as bdtex noted) natural gas production are going up (despite claims to the contrary against the President by the ditto-heads).

Which means energy prices can fall and with it unemployment.....all WITHOUT touching ANWR or making our beachs eyesores.

And worse for the Right? It means the likelihood of a good economy in the President's 2nd term and 2016 looking VERY dubious for them.

By the time 2016 rolls around, the American economy could well be BOOMING, not only because of falling energy prices, but because we could be at the beginning of the next technological revolution by then, based on the GRIN technologies [GRIN = Genomics, Robotics, Information Tech, and Nanotechnology], as well as on things like 3-D printers.....

 

[GordonGecko]

By the time 2016 rolls around, the American economy could well be BOOMING, not only because of falling energy prices, but because we could be at the beginning of the next technological revolution by then, based on the GRIN technologies [GRIN = Genomics, Robotics, Information Tech, and Nanotechnology], as well as on things like 3-D printers.....

The HISTORIC (I mean that term literally) implications for the GOP are not good. For 24 years, the pattern of history will be set-

1. 1992-2000 Democratic President takes Oval Office, economy booms, peace and prosperity.

2. 2000-2008- Republican President takes Oval Office, economy lags, ends term with recession, two major wars going on.

3. 2008-2016- Democratic president takes office, economy slowly recovers, ends term with good or better economy, wars finished.

You'll have a solid GENERATION of voters coming along in the late 2010s, 2020s.... who won't remember Bush-41, or especially Reagan.....their image of a "good America" will be under the leadership of DEMOCRATIC Presidents. And a generation of ideologues on the Right who WON'T be able to point to any "successes" for their ideology except in "ancient history" dating back to the 1980s.

 

[Bo-4]

It's something that Karl Rove (I thnkk) DESPERATELY worried about.....oil and (as bdtex noted) natural gas production are going up (despite claims to the contrary against the President by the ditto-heads).

Which means energy prices can fall and with it unemployment.....all WITHOUT touching ANWR or making our beachs eyesores.

And worse for the Right? It means the likelihood of a good economy in the President's 2nd term and 2016 looking VERY dubious for them.

No doubt, only the Gloomiest of the Gloomy economists aren't predicting gangbusters in next few years.

Of course the Puggery, hostage taking and self imposed crises will continue one after the next in hopes of a national derailment.

They know their only hope in '16 is for an economic apocalypse.

 

[GordonGecko]

They know their only hope in '16 is for an economic apocalypse.

S'why they'll all start sounding like worldlyB....unless they re-take the Senate in '14.

To keep their ideology alive and true?....their only option will be to claim America is going to die. A successful America with no "conservatism" CANNOT be true in their world-view.

 

[LeRoy_Was_Here]

The HISTORIC (I mean that term literally) implications for the GOP are not good. For 24 years, the pattern of history will be set-

1. 1992-2000 Democratic President takes Oval Office, economy booms, peace and prosperity.

2. 2000-2008- Republican President takes Oval Office, economy lags, ends term with recession, two major wars going on.

3. 2008-2016- Democratic president takes office, economy slowly recovers, ends term with good or better economy, wars finished.

You'll have a solid GENERATION of voters coming along in the late 2010s, 2020s.... who won't remember Bush-41, or especially Reagan.....their image of a "good America" will be under the leadership of DEMOCRATIC Presidents. And a generation of ideologues on the Right who WON'T be able to point to any "successes" for their ideology except in "ancient history" dating back to the 1980s.

Or REALLY ancient history dating back to the 1950s! [I would dispute that Ronnie RayGun was all that wildly 'successful'.]

 

[GordonGecko]

Or REALLY ancient history dating back to the 1950s! [I would dispute that Ronnie RayGun was all that wildly 'successful'.]

Well, there's the MYTH of Reagan that the RW ideologues believe is true ("Reagan cut spending, Reagan got tough on Iran and the Rooskies, Reagan appointed pro-life Justices, Reagan never raised taxes.")