propublica.org - 12/9/2008
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The final report card for George W. Bush won’t be in the mail for another few years. (Nixon’s is still being revised -- and, for that matter, Lincoln’s .) But with just a few weeks to go before the 43rd president moves back to Texas, it’s not too early to measure the impact of his policies ...
blog.washingtonpost.com - 12/15/2008
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blog.washingtonpost.com —
Q. The big three automakers in the U.S.
have asked for up to $34 billion in loans
from the government. Some people say it's a bailout those companies don't deserve, and that they'd be better off reorganizing under bankruptcy laws. Other people say ...
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Behind the Numbers
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 12/10/2008
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andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com —
Less than expected: About 130 million Americans voted,
up from 122 million four years ago. Still, turnout
fell short of the 140 million voters many experts had forecast. With a little more than 61 percent of eligible voters casting ballots, the 2008 ...
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Final Turnout Numbers
corner.nationalreview.com - 12/5/2008
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corner.nationalreview.com —
From a reader: I don't know if you're
interested in this, but I feel like I'm actually
ahead of the game here, so I have to share. November unemployment numbers were terrible... the steepest in almost 35 years. Of course they were! The Obama tax ...
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A Theory on the Unemployment Numbers
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Harper's Index Bait
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
By Patrick Appel Bush by the numbers.
ProPublica: Bush's Presidency, Harper's Index-style
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo —
From ProPublica:
Number of Illegal immigrants deported in 2001: 110,000. In 2008: 350,000.
Number of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests in 2000: 2.2 million. In 2007: 21.8 million
Number of personnel who process FOIA requests in 2000: 5,378. In 2007: 5,367
It's pretty grim reading. But it confirms that we were right to throw that particular bum out.
[Also, speaking of ProPublica, check out their nifty 'Degrees of Hank Paulson' interactive game while you're there.]
Good Riddance
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines —
... each have summarized his legacy well. Then there are the number charts, this one by ProPublica, for instance. Very disturbing stuff there. When all is said and done, the most comprehensive indictment of the Bush administration is probably ...
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