The original statement was Clinton wrecked the economy. Jer is stating Clintons accomplishments and you are answering questions with more questions. I will take the bait though. The Dems had control of congress before 94. The Repubicans took the house and senate afterwards. Clinton did something Bush has not done since November. Compromise and work together with Congress whether it be Democrat or Republican.

DontFeed...

How much had the value of your 401(k) appreciated during the 90's before taking the hit in 2000?

By the way, speaking of 2000, exhibiting my superb instinct for timing, I finally decided to jump aboard the tech stock bandwagon and invested at the absolute peak of the run-up.  Neelless to say, it was an uncomfortable ride to the bottom.

I didn't blame Clinton or Bush.

But that's just me.

Jer

mattm...you're right...I've bought the lies, drank the Kool-Aid, and hate facts.  I guess that's why I have stated in previous posts that I consider Reagan the best President in my lifetime [going back to Truman], expressed my admiration for Bush, have been critical of Bill Clinton, and indicated the liklihood of my voting Republican if Hillary is the nominee.  Yep, I've really bought into the lies.

And yet your ideological bias is so fossilized you are incapable of conceding what professional economists across the political spectrum uniformly recognize--that the Clinton administration deserves high marks for its handling of the U.S. economy during his two terms in office. 

Jer

Thanks. Hey, besides those 2 are there any other UK Presidential-gambling websites I should be checking?? I think Fred's numbers may, like some others, be artificially-low in the polls. Again, good luck!
JMR

Rally online with fans of Dr. Ron Paul. (All purpose anti-slander-link, sadly-needed these days...)

Because I doubt the driver was driving along thinking "wow... I should smash into this traffic slow down up here." How many times have you been moving along at highway speed, everything's going great, then some pinhead you never get to see slows down for some reason and causes all the traffic behind them to start to accordian as drivers try to avoid slamming into one another. One moment all is well, and the next moment you're shooting through the grass to keep from hitting the guy in front of you? Or how about you're driving along, come around a bend, and wham - traffic is just stopped. You get no warning of this, and it's not like you've known for miles that traffic wasn't moving, it's just in one place traffic is going 65 and in another it's going zero. Now, what happens when you approach this situation? How many people do you see quickly changing lanes to try to get into a better spot at the last second? Now imagine you're in a heavy truck, that needs plenty of room to stop, and you've got these pinheads zipping around in front of you. Not an easy situation to deal with.

Ive been driving since 1976, and I've seen far more situations of this than I could ever count, as have most drivers. It royally sucks when it happens, and sucks worse when you can't stop in time and an accident occurs, but it's an accident, not someone trying to intentionally inflict pain and suffering on someone. I learned to drive when an accident was just an accident, and not an opportunity to line a personal injury lawyer's pockets.

Some decry N.J. death penalty abolition

By TOM HESTER Jr., Associated Press Writer 28 minutes ago

TRENTON, N.J. - The New Jersey Public Defender's Office said Tuesday it won't challenge Gov. Jon S. Corzine's decision to commute the death sentences of eight men now that the state's death penalty has been abolished.

The office had questioned whether Corzine had authority to do that because the penalty of life imprisonment without chance of parole didn't exist when the men committed their crimes. But spokesman Tom Rosenthal said legal research has shown that the governor does have the authority.

Corzine commuted the sentences Monday as he signed a law making New Jersey the first to abolish the death penalty in more than 40 years. Relatives of those killed by the eight had worried that if the commutations were overturned, it could open the door to at least some eventually getting released on parole.

Rosenthal said federal case law related to the 2003 decision by then-Illinois Gov. George Ryan to commute death sentences of all 167 inmates on that state's death row to life in prison indicated governors have authority to do so and Corzine's move would be upheld.

"We wouldn't prevail, so we won't be pursuing that," said Rosenthal, whose office represents the eight men. He said that means the men who sat on death row will spend the rest of their lives in prison.

Even without a court challenge, the action could still have political effects.

Marilyn Flax, whose husband was abducted and murdered in 1989, vowed to work against Corzine and the lawmakers who voted last week to abolish the death penalty.

"I will make sure my voice is used and they are not re-elected," she said.

John Martini Sr., the man who killed Flax's husband, is among the eight men whose sentences were commuted.

Another of the eight is Jesse Timmendequas, the sex offender who murdered 7-year-old Megan Kanka in 1994. The case inspired Megan's Law, which requires law enforcement agencies to notify the public about convicted sex offenders living in their communities.

Megan's father, Richard Kanka, is still hopeful the men won't see old age. "The only thing we can really hope for is somebody in jail will knock off these guys," he said.

The New Jersey Constitution gives the governor authority to "grant pardons and reprieves in all cases other than impeachment and treason."

New Jersey reinstated the death penalty in 1982 — six years after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed states to resume executions — but hasn't executed anyone since 1963.

Corzine said he was moved by passionate views on both sides, but believes eliminating capital punishment "best captures our state's highest values and reflects our best efforts to search for true justice."

A recent Quinnipiac University poll showed New Jersey voters supported keeping the death penalty by 53 percent to 39 percent. The telephone poll of 1,085 voters was conducted from Dec. 5-9 and had a sampling error margin of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

The bill passed the legislature largely along party lines, with controlling Democrats supporting the abolition and Republicans opposed. Republicans unsuccessfully sought to retain the death penalty for those who murder law enforcement officials, terrorists and those who rape and murder children.

The nation's last execution was Sept. 25 in Texas. Since then, executions have been delayed pending a U.S. Supreme Court decision on whether execution by lethal injection violates the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment.

Killing them with kindness isn't working.  Time to get scrappy with the Donkeys.

I don't remember the Cars but around '79 was my country years. I didn't listen to anything but country. I am 56. Did they do "Drive" or was that Alan Jackson? After Creedance broke up rock music pretty much died as far as I was concerned.

The DOOK game should be about over with when the Steelers start. It starts at 7.

"May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't.” General George S. Patton.