09-04-2009, 05:10 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-04-2009, 05:11 AM by Swiss Mercenary.)
Quote:The point I was making is that President Obama gets a level of press pampering that GWII never received. And... It's been 200 days and we are still in Iraq, escalating the war in Afghanistan, and contemplating bombing camps in Iran.
An Iraq withdrawal plan, put off till 2011 by the big stick of reality is a bit different from the Hundred Years War. I don't recall too much anti-war wailing and gnashing of teeth during the invasion of Afghanistan (Which, ironically enough, is the hot topic in Canadian politics - brought up by the parties that all voted for it), but I could be wrong. I've apparently been ignorant on the subject of Iran.
As for unemployment, the TED spread's back to normal, and unemployment tends to lag behind it. I don't know enough about how much the rest of the stimulus spending did, but the financial markets seem to be getting back in shape.