28 October 2012 - Granite Grok

October 28, 2012

Data Point – Rasmussen

  Every day, Rasmussen has been polling likely voters (not just adults, not just registered, but LIKELY voters) as to their picks for Prez.  Now, like the stock market, today’s result is cannot be held to be tomorrow’s result.  However, when you start piling up all the other polls (but throwing those out that are …

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Data Point – Free Trade effect on Economy, Hunger, Environment

“Contrary to the claims that “unfair” foreign competition hurts the jobs at home, the unemployment rate actually fares better in times of higher trade deficits. Bryan Riley and former Ambassador Terry Miller provide further clarification:  When the trade deficit increases, the unemployment rate decreases, and vice versa. For example, in 2009, the U.S. trade deficit …

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The “Let me be clear” President is Anything But

Let me be clear. The nation’s understanding of Benghazi-gate remains fuzzy at best.  We’re still experiencing this administration’s version of Chinese water torture as it slowly drips out information, one contradictory drop at at time.  We’re more than six weeks on, and all we have are more questions. For a president who constantly says, “Let …

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I want to know…

….if you can look at THIS SET OF PICTURES on the Internet, and not laugh out loud. That’s right. I said “out loud.” Go on. Look at ’em. Then tell me. Here’s an example: