HOPE AND CHANGE, BS

THIS INFORMATION IS FROM AN E-MAIL WHICH MY WIFE FORWARDED TO ME. IT APPEARS TO HAVE COME TO HER FROM ROGER BUTTON BY WAY OF RUSS WILDER AND MAY HAVE ORIGINATED WITH SOMEONE NAMED TIM O'ROURKE.
I CHECKED OUT SEVERAL OF THE ITEMS AND THEY SEEMED PRETTY MUCH IN TUNE WITH THE INFORMATION GIVEN SO PERHAPS ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ARE ACCURATE.
ESSENTIALLY MY CONCLUSION FROM THIS IS THAT, "AMERICA, WE ARE REALLY MESSED UP, AND ARE IN DEEP YOGURT."
THE CHANGE WE HAVE RECIEVED SINCE JANUARY 2009 TO JULY 2011:
ITEM JAN. 2009 JULY 2011 %CHANGE SOURCE
GALLON OF GASOLINE $1.83 $3.44 UP 84% 1
CRUDE OIL (European
Brent) (barrel) $43.48 $99.02 UP 127.7% 2
CRUDE OIL (West Txs)
(barrel) $38.74 $91.38 UP 135.9% 2
GOLD:LONDON (Troy
oz.) $853.25 -$1,369.50 UP 60.5%
CORN No 2 YELLOW-$3.56-$7.33 UP 78.1%
SOYBEANS $9.66-$13.75 UP 42.3%
SUGAR, CANE RAW $13.37-$35.39 UP 164.7%
NUMBER LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED 2,600,000-6,400,000 UP 146.2%
NUMBER OF FOOD STAMP RECEPIENTS 31,98,716-43,200,878 UP 35.1%
                                                                                                                            





















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