Tag Archives: President Obama

Bush vs. Obama: Unemployment (June 2012 Jobs Data)

Posted on Friday, July 6, 2012 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Update: Click here for the most recent jobs statistics. On the first Friday of every month, I update the unemployment numbers so that I can compare the unemployment rate under President George W. Bush with the unemployment rate under President Obama at that … Continue reading →

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Bush vs. Obama: Unemployment (May 2012 Jobs Data)

Posted on Friday, June 1, 2012 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Update: Click here for the most recent jobs statistics. On the first Friday of every month, I update the unemployment numbers so that I can compare the unemployment rate under President George W. Bush with the unemployment rate under President Obama at that … Continue reading →

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Romney Visits Solyndra

Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2012 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

What’s worse, a private equity firm that invests millions of dollars for sophisticated private investors in a company that ultimately fails, or a government program that allocates tax payer dollars along with investors who are also major campaign donors to … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Julias

Posted on Monday, May 7, 2012 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

As Democrats continue to push their hyperbolic “War on Women,” something actually useful has resulted from the exchange between Republicans and Democrats. I would like to thank both the World in Motion and Doubleplusgood Infotainment blogs for making me aware … Continue reading →

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Bush vs. Obama: Unemployment (April 2012 Jobs Data)

Posted on Friday, May 4, 2012 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Update: Click here for the most recent jobs statistics. On the first Friday of every month, I update the unemployment numbers so that I can compare the unemployment rate under President George W. Bush with the unemployment rate under President Obama at that … Continue reading →

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War Over Women Reaches Hyperbolic Fever Pitch

Posted on Thursday, April 12, 2012 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

When Republicans raised legitimate First Amendment concerns about the government’s requirement that religiously-affiliated employers provide free contraceptives to employees, the left spun the issue into the hyperbolic “war on women.” To be sure, Republicans like Rush Limbaugh did not help … Continue reading →

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Enough with the Scapegoating

Posted on Tuesday, April 10, 2012 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

“What drags our entire economy down is when the benefits of economic growth and productivity go only to the few … and the gap between those at the very, very top and everybody else keeps growing wider and wider.” — … Continue reading →

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It’s the Economy, Stupid: Unsolicited Campaign Advice for Mitt Romney

Posted on Friday, April 6, 2012 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

In 1992, President Clinton defeated incumbent President George Bush, Sr. using a campaign slogan cleverly devised by his campaign strategist, James Carville. At a time when the president had decisive foreign policy victories ranging from the end of the Cold … Continue reading →

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Bush vs. Obama: Unemployment (March 2012 Jobs Data)

Posted on Friday, April 6, 2012 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Update: Click here for the most recent jobs statistics. On the first Friday of every month, I update the unemployment numbers so that I can compare the unemployment rate under President George W. Bush with the unemployment rate under President Obama at that … Continue reading →

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Is President Obama Responsible for High Gas Prices?

Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Today, a conservative advocacy group launched the previous ad to coincide with President Obama’s two-day tour promoting his energy policy. The ad contains a number of data points that lend credence to the right’s view that President Obama’s energy policy … Continue reading →

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Posted in Clean Energy, Clean Tech, Energy Security, Finance and Economics, Investing, Media, Peak Oil, Policy, Politics | Tagged , , , | 35 Comments