Tuesday, November 29, 2016

False equivalency?

Let's be clear about one thing here folks.

Yes, the President elect is suggesting that illegal voting accounted for a completely irrelevant popular vote advantage for Clinton. The concept that there is illegal voting is an opinion shared by tens of millions of Americans, including many statisticians and election observers. This opinion will continue to be common place as long as liberals insist that we need to allow millions of illegals to stream into the country, while simultaneously running your election security on what amounts to an "honor system". 

The idea that "fact checkers" demand that these allegations are "false" is about as irrelevant as Clinton's popular vote advantage. Fact checkers (who happen to be media) now rank with carnival barkers and used car salesmen in terms of credibility. 

For the record, I do believe that there is much more illegal voting than many are willing to acknowledge. We saw many people in Minnesota who were actually charged back in 2008 for illegal voting. Almost everyone universally agreed that there was more than enough illegal voting in Minnesota that year to account for Al Franken's recount victory. All that being said, I don't believe that this number is in the millions or that it would account for the popular vote difference. But we did elect Donald "exaggeration" Trump as President. Might as well get used to some hyperbole. 




On the flip side, you have the election losers raising millions of dollars to fund recounts in three states lost by over 100,000 votes.  These recounts in at least one state requires an argument to be made in front of a judge that they believe the results are based on possible (Russian) hacking and other forms of electoral fraud. Unlike the evidence that exists regarding illegal voting...  there is no such evidence, statistical or otherwise, of any hacking or fraud. But this hasn't stopped them from the suggestion (or making a case in Court). 

Again, one is a tweet. The other involves a widespread collection of people willing to donate their time and money into an effort to prove that the Russians hacked the election, and that must be the reason why Hillary Clinton lost in the three states she needed to win. Interestingly, they don't seem to take into account that Trump also won Ohio by over eight points, won Iowa comfortably, and almost won Minnesota. If there truly was hacking involved in the upper mid-west and rust belt, it apparently took place in many other states as well. 

These people are loony tunes, folks. No other way to describe them. The hypocrisy of anyone who suggests that 1000's of machines (locked away in hundreds of different locations and not connected to anything electronically) were hacked by the Russians... and then feints outrage over Trump's tweet about illegal voting is clearly playing with a deck a few cards short of 52.  

63 comments:

Anonymous said...



instead of buying roger a tin foil hat for christmas you had better make it a tin foil straight jacket.

Honest, decent, truthful Rev. said...

If millions of illegals voted in the last election that should be something that can be proved. Or is Trump the one who's wearing the tin foil?

Loretta said...

"instead of buying roger a tin foil hat for christmas you had better make it a tin foil straight jacket."

He lost his damn mind over Facebook....

Anonymous said...



keep it up liberals. PLEASE.


"We should all want to know the final count of this election, which was closer than many people realize, and identify any voter suppression or irregularities that are subverting our democracy," Rodell Mollineau, a Democratic operative who previously advised Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, said Monday in an interview.

"However, by waiting two weeks, we have undermined our credibility with the public and will be seen as sore losers," Mollineau added. "And the last thing Democrats should be doing is giving the American people any reason to feel sympathy for Donald Trump."

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/dems-fear-recounts-help-trump-hurt-rebuilding-plans/article/2608348

wphamilton said...

Try to get access to personal identifying information from the California voter registrar's offices (each county) and then get back to us on that.

Honest, decent, truthful Rev. said...

GALLUP OBAMA JOB APPROVAL

57% job approval
vs.
39% disapproval

Geo. W. was at 28% approval now.

Anonymous said...


He lost his damn mind over Facebook....
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the occupy democrats facebook page looks like what happens when you merge a daycare center with an insane asylum.

Anonymous said...



who could have imagined that 0linsky gets more popular as he approaches the end of his presidency?

shit pastor pederast, skeets is going to become one of MY favorite people on 01/21/2017.

LOL

Honest, decent, truthful Rev. said...


Graham Says Trump Must Provide Proof of Voter Fraud

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) challenged Donald Trump to back up his unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud, Politico reports.

Said Graham: “If you really believe that millions of people voted illegally, you should have some proof. Because your voice is not just an ordinary voice.”
___________

Meanwhile, USA Today reports Newt Gingrich also said Trump made a mistake by making the allegation.

Honest, decent, truthful Rev. said...

Trump, horribly wounded:

"Et tu, Newtie?

C.H. Truth said...

Isn't that the difference?

Trump makes a statement about fraud, and other conservatives and Republicans question him. Conservatives have an independent thought process.

Stein demand recounts alleging fraud, Clinton jumps in, and millions of dollars fly in from gullible Democrats ready to jump on board with the claim. Liberals (like Roger and Opie) just listen to what they are told.

(James is probably waiting for B/T to jump in with their opinions before he declares his).



Commonsense said...

Stein demand recounts alleging fraud, Clinton jumps in, and millions of dollars fly in from gullible Democrats ready to jump on board with the claim. Liberals (like Roger and Opie) just listen to what they are told.

And they think Conservatives are the stupid ones.

Loretta said...

"shit pastor pederast, skeets is going to become one of MY favorite people on 01/21/2017."

He's too stupid to understand what you're saying....

wphamilton said...

gullible Democrats ready to jump on board with the claim. Liberals (like Roger and Opie) just listen to what they are told.

As an unrepentant Liberal I object to the generalization, because I for one haven't just followed along with this silly recount fiasco. You can't keep qualifying with "(like so and so)". You need another pejorative.

wphamilton said...

How does it help us James, even if Obama had 90% approval? He's done, and the Democrats are in shambles.

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

You are the one who needs an aluminum foil hat.

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

Good news
Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will visit Indiana on Thursday to announce a deal with United Technologies Corp (UTX.N) on keeping close to 1,000 factory jobs in its Carrier plant, CNBC reported, citing sources.

The deal, which includes new inducements from the state, will be spearheaded by former Indiana Governor Mike Pence, the vice president-elect, CNBC posted on its Twitter handle. (bit.ly/2gH6PmG)

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders turned up the pressure on Trump, on Saturday, about his pledge to try to stop an Indiana air conditioner manufacturer from moving 1,400 jobs to Mexico.

Both Sanders, who challenged Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination, and Trump seized on an announcement earlier this year by United Technologies's Carrier division that it would shift production to Mexico as an example of how trade deals hurt U.S. workers.

KD said...

Ford Motor Company and Now Carrier, ah yes, the Trump Effect continues.

KD , Trump Effect said...

Sanders did nothing to keep those jobs in the USA
Hillary did nothing to keep those jobs in the USA

Only Trump did something and kept them jobs in the USA.


I know that liberals love symbolism, but Americans love a check from work.

Oh HB, you ran off, did you see Hillary failed attempt in 2005 to pass an actual flag law?
"The Tampa Bay Times, meanwhile, called Clinton's move a “pathetic ploy” and “political pandering of the worst kind.”

Making her the winner of Bigger asshole nutz.

caliphate4vr said...

As an unrepentant Liberal

WP you strike me as more a 'classic liberal', as I am, than the current incarnation of liberal.

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

Retweeted Tina Issa 🇺🇸 (@tinaissa):

Obama stopped a 800K job loss per month,has had economy of 73 straight months of job creation, 15M jobs created, Trump says he saved 1,000 jobs.

caliphate4vr said...

Rog, you were a shitty winner. You danced around here for weeks claiming those who didn't support Bumble as losers


You're an even shittier loser, which I think tells more about who you are

Commonsense said...

Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will visit Indiana on Thursday to announce a deal with United Technologies Corp (UTX.N) on keeping close to 1,000 factory jobs in its Carrier plant, CNBC reported, citing sources.

Trump has done more to keep jobs on the US as the president-elect then Obama has done in eight years as president.

Anonymous said...


The unemployment rate declined from 7.6 percent in January 2009 to 4.9 percent in October 2016.

While the number of employed increased by 9.8 million and the number of unemployed decreased by 3.8 million, the number of Americans not in the labor force increased by 13.5 million while the civilian non-institutional population increased by 19.8 million.


to see the rest of 0linsky's breathtaking economic accomplishments go here -

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/11/29/americas-economy-before-obama-versus-after-obama/


and yes rog, it's breitbart. the guy who got trump elected and 'refudiated' (wink) your dear leader from the grave.

cali's right, you're a shitty loser, as are most liberals.

when 0linsky won twice, after each defeat our side got up the next day and went to work. no protests, no riots, no burning, no looting, no nothing. we didn't cry, we didn't whine, we didn't need to rush to a therapist, we didn't threaten to leave the country. as a good friend said the other day, we just 'suffered in silence' knowing the guy was an asshole whose marxist economic policies, feckless foreign policies, and preening narcissism would result in nothing good for america as a whole.

as nancy would say, 'embrace the suck' rog. your dear leader gave us trump. i'm just hoping we can regain a fraction of what we've lost after 8 long years of forced errors and intentionally missed opportunities.

KD said...

Cali is Right, HB is just a total shitty person.

We know the Economy currently sucks, how do we know, the American People just spoke and voted for no more Obamanomics.

HB and Jane his ugly sister told us how great it would be to have a third term, Hillary had it all they told us, repeatedly.

Yet , in the end the American workers gave O'Hillary the middle finger.

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

Almost everyone universally agreed that there was more than enough illegal voting in Minnesota that year to account for Al Franken's recount victory.

We went through this. "Most" is a lie. I provided multiple sources that debunked you claim

The timing of the Wiki Leak stories were timed exactly to damage the Clinton campaign when she was firming up her lead. The Washington Post reported on the most important under reported story of the campaign. The timing was designed by the Russian government and was very effective.

The Trump claims that "millions" of illegals voted. Outside of Infowars. No one other than you and Matt Drudge believe it is credible.

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

http://www.startribune.com/voter-fraud-stuffing-ballot-boxes-or-the-stuff-of-myth/176195981/

billboard along a busy interstate proclaimed the state "#1 in voter fraud." A sitting governor fingered felons for tilting an election. A national pundit blamed fraudulent votes for the passage of national health-care reform.

Could this be Minnesota we're talking about?

Once praised as the gold standard for ethics in government and election administration, Minnesota's voting system is under fire from those who say the state's election integrity is at stake.

"Our purpose is to pierce the myth that there is no voter fraud in Minnesota," said Dan McGrath, executive director of Minnesota Majority and the pro-photo-ID affiliate ProtectMyVote.com. "It's simply not true. ... We've been turning a blind eye to fraud in Minnesota for so long it astonishes me." The solution, he said, is the constitutional amendment that would require voters to present government-issued photo identification before voting.

The state's election officials defend Minnesota's reputation for ethics and fairness, while acknowledging human error and what they contend are extremely rare instances of fraudulent voting. McGrath's opponents accuse him of blowing up minor bureaucratic snafus into phony scandals, of conducting shoddy research that sends prosecutors on wild-goose chases and of undermining confidence in the system to pursue a partisan agenda. McGrath, critics say, is part of a national movement that they have dubbed the "fraudulent fraud squad."

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

Ineligible felons

The billboard, which stood until recently along Interstate 94 near Albertville, aimed a yellow we're-Number-One finger directly at the state's good-government heritage. It was based on McGrath's project to identify felons who had voted in 2008 even though they had not completed all the terms of their sentences.

Felons in Minnesota lose the right to vote upon conviction, but regain it once they complete their sentences, including parole and probation. Some wind up voting before they are legally eligible. In a 2011 report, McGrath counted 113 such convictions for illegal felon voting during the 2008 election. The amount may seem inconsequential, but that year's U.S. Senate race was decided by 312 votes.


McGrath said many more felons -- 1,099 -- voted while still ineligible in 2008, but were not charged because the law says the act must be intentional.

His research went viral in July 2010, when then-Gov. Tim Pawlenty told Fox News that McGrath's group had "credible evidence" that voting by ineligible felons might have "tipped" the 2008 U.S. Senate election to Democrat Al Franken, whose vote was critical in passing the Democratic agenda in a closely divided Senate. The argument was picked up in the book "Who's Counting" by national fraud activist John Fund, who asks: "Would Obamacare have passed without voter fraud?"

But Freeman said that once his office started investigating, they found many names submitted by McGrath from the 2008 election to be incorrect. Ultimately, the county charged 38 felons who voted before their rights were restored -- less than 1/100th of 1 percent of the roughly 665,000 votes cast.

Freeman said he believes most of those convictions were the result of mistakes, not attempts to influence the election.

Beth Fraser, director of governmental affairs for the Secretary of State's office, noted that in 2009 the Legislature passed a bipartisan bill that might have had a greater effect on voting by felons -- a bill that would have required the state to notify felons of the status of their voting rights. Such a bill could have made it easier to prove intent, resulting in more convictions, but Pawlenty vetoed it.

KD said...

HB, the debate was settled on election day, your girl was not believed.

You are pitiful.

Like Hillary, unwilling to admit defeat, still struggling against the People.

Keep going it is as entertaining as your fantasy income and financial statement you posted that is pure bull shit.

How is it you say you have $500,000 in cash/bonds/stocks, but yet in the same breath you told us $162,000 would bankrupt your entire family.

Idiot , you should learn to shut up.

Brad Kamanski said...

Obama has a 57% approval rating? They must have polled only Black people who got the FREE phones!

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

A rare smart move.

Trump Says He's Leaving Business Amid Criticism Over Ties
Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016 | Updated 4:39 AM PST
Photo Credit: Getty Images
Donald Trump said Wednesday he's leaving his "great business" to his children so he can focus on being the nation's 45th president.
Trump tweeted early Wednesday that legal documents are being crafted to "take me completely out of business operations," adding, "the presidency is a far more important task!"
Missing Mom Was Covered in Bruises, Hair Chopped: Husband
Trump had been under criticism for exposing himself to potential conflicts if he kept a role in his global business while being president.
He says he'll hold a news conference with his children on the subject on Dec. 15. It's been 126 days since his last formal news conference.

wphamilton said...

Brad, I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not. I hope that is sarcasm.

Every elected President's approval rating drops in last segment of his final term, and Obama is no exception. All of them except Reagan and now Obama continued to fall until the end of their terms.

Obama has had a slight up-tick at the end. If you're really interested in why, the improvement appears to be about the same for both moderate Democrats and Conservatives, with larger increases for conservative Democrats, pure Independents and Liberal Republicans.

Obama's approval has DROPPED among Black and nonwhite in general, while among White he has improved 5% since October. Geographically it's almost all from the Midwest.

So on the off-chance that you are NOT being sarcastic, you're simply mistaken.

Gallup job approval

KD, $162,000 bankruptcy said...

OMG, stupid HB, you really want so badly for Hillary to win her recount that you now resort to "126 days" nonsense.

When will you learn, WE the People WON, Hillary lost and will lose her recount giving Team Trump a 2nd Victory.


Obama comes into office and has a strong economy with a working , work force of men and woman, the participation rate was at a strong 65.8..... today it has cost millions of American their jobs and stands at a historic low of 62.8.

So for Trump to win on this issue all he has to do is stop the bleeding of jobs from the USA, keep more here and get the Participation rate to 63.0 % by the end of his first term.

Obimbo is handing off the weakest recovery in history. That was the number one issue of this Election, that alone is why Hillary lost, she had only the zero Plan.

KD, Work is now back in Fashion said...

LOL @HB, Hillary will hold her first woman parts press conference on what date?

What is she going to do with all those curtains she bought for the White House, note, never ever spike the ball on the 5 yard line, the other team will make History by returning it in your end zone .

Lost dreams of US Blacks.

Less blacks opened small business under Obama then any White President.

Less blacks own their own homes under Obama.

Generational wealth is going to be made and kept under Trump as he educates those on the bottom that their is always room for all legal workers up the ladder, all you have to do is learn the skills of sound money management.

Want to be a millionaire, save $2,000 dollars from age 18 to 35, then let it ride in a good growth stock mutual fund, by age 65 you will have well north of $1.2 million dollars. Easy stuff really.

Learn to live now like no one else so later you can LIVE LIKE NO ONE ELSE

opie said...

inton. The concept that there is illegal voting is an opinion shared by tens of millions of Americans,

Does an opinion mean it is fact and therefore true???? Same thing with GW......It's a hoax since millions say so. Oh well. Continue on CH.

opie said...


Obama comes into office and has a strong economy with a working

Gee, another ignoring the Busch economy hemorrhaging jobs in the first 5 months of 2008. I guess facts are irrelevant to people like you.

opie said...

Every elected President's approval rating drops in last segment of his final term,

I guess that could be true even for Busch.....who couldn't drop much lower than it was. LOL

KD, 21 Trillion Thanks Obimbo said...

liberal black broadcaster Tavis Smiley has criticized Obama for this. As Smiley told HuffPost Live’s Alyona Minkovski, “Sadly — and it pains me to say this — over the last decade, black folk, in the era of Obama, have lost ground in every major economic category.”

What is the Black Liberal Travis Smiley talking about and why does his view smack down HB's.


the seasonally adjusted labor-force-participation rate for black Americans across the board has slipped from 63.2 percent to 61.7 percent — down 2.4 percent.

Real median income among black households , according to the Census Bureau, sank from $35,954 to $35,398 — down 1.5 percent.

The number of black food-stamp participants exploded across that time frame from 7,393,000 to 11,699,000, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reports — up 58.2 percent.

Also, from Obama’s oath of office through the fourth quarter of 2015, the percentage of black Americans who own homes foundered from 46.1 percent to 41.9 percent, according to the Census — down 9.1 percent."

KD, "W" rocked over Obama said...

I guess facts are irrelevant to people like you. " Odopium

Nope, I stated the facts, you have to have a brain to use the facts and understand them.

I left out so many other economic facts, here are but two more, work to enjoy them and work to understand.


Obama enters office National Debt a mere $10 Trillion ,,,, Obama Leaves Office National Debt stands at $21 Trillion, ouch.


For all the yelling about a working wage, what did Obama do to move the needle.

Nada
The minimum wage went to the current 7.25 on his watch, but that was only because it was already set in the Law .

What did "W" do about the minimum wage, move it up by a lot.

From 5.15 when he entered the WH to 7.25 when he left .

Why was it that Obama did not get the same rise in the minimum wage that "W" was able to do?

KD, Opuim do you know what you just stated said...

hemorrhaging jobs in the first 5 months of 2008" Odope

Nope, wrong on the facts again.

2008
5.0 4.9 5.1 5.0 5.4 5.6

First 6 months, of 2008, according to BLS.

wphamilton said...

What?? Oh, he said "2008". Yeah, it wasn't so bad until the economic meltdown in the last half of 2008.

That was still Bush's term. The economy hemorrhaged jobs before Obama took office in 2009 and continued to do so until the recovery began.

opie said...

Anonymous wphamilton said...
What?? Oh, he said "2008".

I know you are not that stupid. But I know you enjoy flaming so have at it at. You know damn well that it was the first months of 2009. Too bad I made the the typo of 2008. Thanx for pointing it out, like the Post was the source of millions of illegal voters which you believe. But, I'll let that pass now. Again, you sure are right on top of things. And i really appreciate how thorough you are piling on. LOLOL

wphamilton said...

That's what I said Opie. I defended you.

Get another cup of coffee and wake up, and then post.

Anonymous said...

It's been 126 days since his last formal news conference.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

huh.

well i think he's got at least 150 days to catch granny the lying LOSER.

i don't remember you getting the vapors over her silence.

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

Mr Trump: Meet The Constitution. New York Times
When Donald Trump, hand on the Bible on Jan. 20, swears to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, we the people will have good reason to doubt he knows what he’s talking about. Consider what he tweeted out on Tuesday:

“Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag - if they do, there must be consequences - perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail!”


Here’s where we explain what shouldn’t need explaining. Flag-burning is constitutionally protected speech. The Supreme Court has made this clear, in a ruling joined by Mr. Trump’s favorite justice, Antonin Scalia. It’s popular to want to punish flag-burners — pandering politicians, including Hillary Clinton, have tried. But the First Amendment exists to protect unpopular, even repulsive forms of expression. As the Supreme Court said in a 1990 decision finding a federal law against flag-burning unconstitutional, “Punishing desecration of the flag dilutes the very freedom that makes this emblem so revered, and worth revering.”

It’s interesting that so many of the people, like Mr. Trump, who are eager to punish flag-burners are at the same time so untroubled by speech that offends minorities, women and other Americans. They rail against any concern about that kind of speech as “political correctness.” But in this country, flag-burning is about as politically incorrect as anything you can do. Where is their courageous defense of speech now? Isn’t Mr. Trump the man who stood up for the freedom to say brutally unpleasant things? Who said, at the Republican convention: “I will present the facts plainly and honestly. We cannot afford to be so politically correct anymore.”

Commonsense said...

Somebody should tell Hillary to.

BTW the country is far closer today to pass a constitutional amendment banning flag burning.

Closer than passing an amendment ending the electoral college.

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

Summary

Since President Barack Obama first took office:
The economy has added more than 10 million jobs, and job openings are at a 15-year high.
The unemployment rate has dropped well below the historical norm, but long-term unemployment remains higher than at the start of the Great Recession.
The buying power of the average worker’s weekly paycheck is up 4.4 percent.
Corporate profits are running 152 percent higher, and stock prices have soared.
The number of immigrants caught trying to enter the U.S. illegally has dropped 53 percent.
Federal debt has more than doubled, and annual deficits, after shrinking, are again on the rise.
The home ownership rate has dropped by 4 percentage points.
The number of Americans on food stamps is up 36 percent.
Oil imports are down 53 percent, and wind and solar power have quadrupled.
The number of people lacking health insurance has gone down by 15.2 million.
Those are just some of the findings in our latest installment of Obama’s Numbers.

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

Jobs & Unemployment

Number of Jobs — The economy has added another 401,000 jobs since we published our last report in April. As of June, total nonfarm employment stood 10,122,000 higher than when Obama first took office.
That 10 million gain is less than half the nearly 23 million jobs gained during the booming years of Bill Clinton’s presidency, but far greater than the 1.3 million added during President George W. Bush’s eight years, which were plagued by two recessions.
Unemployment Rate — Meanwhile the unemployment rate has ticked down since our last report to 4.9 percent in June. It had dropped even lower — to 4.7 percent — in May.
It’s now 2.9 percentage points lower than it was in January 2009, when the president first took office in the midst of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. The economic crisis drove the unemployment rate to 10 percent within months of Obama’s first entering office.
The jobless rate is now significantly lower than the historical norm. In all the months between 1948 and the time Obama took office, the median jobless rate was 5.5 percent.
Job Openings — The number of job openings has more than doubled under Obama to the highest number in the more than 15 years the Bureau of Labor Statistics has been tracking it.
In April, the most recent month on record, the number of job openings reached 5,788,000, equaling a record first set in July 2015. That’s 109 percent more than in January 2009. The number of job openings now has exceeded 5 million for 15 consecutive months.
Labor Participation Rate —Despite the plentiful availability of jobs, the labor force participation rate declined in June to 62.7 percent.
That rate, which is the portion of the entire civilian population age 16 and older that is either employed or currently looking for work, is now 3 percentage points lower than when Obama took office. That decline is due mostly to the post-World War II baby boomers reaching retirement age, and other demographic factors.
Long-term Unemployment — One lingering effect of the 2007-2009 recession is the number of long-term unemployed — those who have been looking for work for 27 weeks or longer.
There were still nearly 2 million long-term jobless in June. That’s 720,000 fewer than when the president first took office, but still 655,000 higher than in December 2007, at the start of the Great Recession.
The average length of unemployment also remains far above pre-recession levels.
On average, those who were unemployed in June had been without work for 27.7 weeks. That’s 11.1 weeks longer than at the start of the recession, and 7.9 weeks longer than the month Obama first took office.

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

Energy

U.S. Crude Oil Production – Obama has presided over a remarkable boom in U.S. crude oil production, which nearly doubled during his tenure.
In the first quarter of 2016, the U.S. produced 83.7 percent more crude oil than it did in the three months before Obama began his presidency.
To be sure, the boom peaked in April 2015, and production has declined since then. That’s because the price of crude oil plunged from more than $100 a barrel in 2014 to below $30 early this year. That led to a huge drop in drilling. There were only 320 crude oil rigs in operation in May, down from an average of 1,527 during all of 2014, a decline of 79 percent.
And even though the price of crude oil has recovered more recently to around $50, the Energy Information Administration predicted in its June Short-Term Energy Outlook that oil production will continue declining until 2017 before beginning to rise again, assuming that oil prices increase as expected, and that the industry implements productivity improvements.
Oil Imports & Dependency — Under Obama, U.S. reliance on imported oil has been cut by more than half. As of the first quarter of 2016, net imports were down 55 percent.
In 2015, the U.S. imported only 24 percent of the petroleum and refined products that it consumed, which was the lowest annual level of dependency on imports since 1970.
However, with recent declines in U.S. production, dependency on imports has begun creeping upward once again. For the first five months of 2016, imports have accounted for an average of 27 percent of consumption.
The U.S. oil boom is due mainly to advances in drilling technology rather than to any change in government policy. The decline in dependency on imports actually began in 2006, after peaking at 60.3 percent the year before.
Wind & Solar – Wind and solar power has more than quadrupled under Obama. Electricity generated by large-scale wind and solar power in the most recent 12 months on record (ending in April) was 322 percent higher than the total for 2008.
The increase in solar power in particular has been spectacular. The U.S. generated 33 times more electricity from solar power in the most recent 12 months than it did in the year before Obama took office. However, wind and solar still accounted for only 5.9 percent of total large-scale generation in the most recent 12 months (ending in April), up from 1.4 percent in 2008.
These figures are for “utility scale” electricity generation. In 2014, EIA also began tracking small-scale (under 1 megawatt) “distributed” solar voltaic generation, such as the power produced by rooftop systems installed by homeowners. In the most recent 12 months, wind and solar accounted for 6.1 percent of the combined total of utility-scale power and “distributed” solar power.
Car Mileage — The fuel efficiency of new vehicles has not improved since our last report.
The average EPA city/highway sticker mileage of light duty vehicles sold in June was 25.3 miles per gallon, according to the Transportation Research Institute of the University of Michigan. That’s exactly the same as the March figure we cited in our previous update.
These figures leave the president far short of his goal. He boasted in 2013 that “we have doubled the distance our cars will go on a gallon of gas.” What he meant was that the administration was putting in place government requirements that cars and light trucks average 54.5 mpg by model year 2025.
But new-car mileage is now 20 percent higher than when Obama took office, far short of the 100 percent increase he promises.
One reason: Low gasoline prices have prompted consumers to buy more pickup trucks and big sport-utility vehicles, and not so many smaller, thrifty cars. So new-vehicle mileage has actually declined 1.9 percent since peaking in August 2014.

Shut the fuck up K'putz.com

Loretta said...

Spam.

Commonsense said...

So Obama is taking credit for an Oil boom he was against from the start.

Right.

Hypocrisy Bedrock Liberalism

Myballs said...

Imagine the oil and natural gas boom we would have if Obama hadn't slow walked permits and blocked the pipeline, offshore drilling and shale drilling.

opie said...

Commonsense said...
So Obama is taking credit for an Oil boom he was against from the start.

LOL at you. Since the boom did occur under his watch, I'd say he can take some credit for it. IMHO...market forces drove the boom with high price oil making many types of recovery possible. Oh well, sour grapes.

opie said...

Anonymous wphamilton said...
That's what I said Opie. I defended you.

And i saw flame over a typo, fat fingers, Small keyboard. ......Oh well, thanx anyway. LOL

Anonymous said...



LOL, c'mon rog. factcheck.org? a project of the asshat public policy center?

wphamilton said...

Don't you owe me an apology Opie?

opie said...


Don't you owe me an apology Opie?

I did say thanx or is that not enough? Maybe a grovel. Okay WP I grovel in your saving me from my own inept typing. LOL

wphamilton said...

No, for the impugning of intellect and character bit. Never mind - I didn't expect one but I was curious.

KD, LOL @ HB every day in every way said...


Shut the fuck up K'putz.com
November 30, 2016 at 10:42 AM "

HB, you lose.

What a dumb ass.

opie said...

Anonymous wphamilton said...
No, for the impugning of intellect and character bit. Never mind - I didn't expect one but I was curious

Like impugning your belief in millions of illegal votes or your recount tenet? That intellect?

If you didn't expect one, why ask? To flame or make a point. LOL

wphamilton said...

If you didn't expect one, why ask?

Curiosity about your perspective, whether you believe that insulting someone based on your own misreading, when he was supporting you, is worth an apology. Your response clearly expresses that you do not believe so, so thank you for that.

It's an indicator of integrity I think, if someone is able and willing to admit to an error and apologize after he begins to insult someone. Such evaluations, fair or not, govern future interactions, if any.

wphamilton said...

By the way, political analysts and even leading politicians of both parties are now making the same points that I've written here.

It must be awkward for you to be mocking these recount observations because I wrote them, and now have your own party leaders making the same points.

wphamilton said...

It is gratifying to see that Trump's objection in the Michigan recount cites the two issues I had anticipated: Stein cannot show standing as an injured party, and Stein failed to meet all of the technical requirements. In this case she neglected to sign an affidavit.

The wrangling in Michigan is with the Election Commission, not a court of law so they have a little more discretion. They could just ignore Trump's challenge, or they might agree that the recount is frivolous and stop it on the technicality. Either way it's delayed and that's one of Trump's aims.

In Pennsylvania she does have a court case demanding a state-wide recount, but objectively it's going nowhere. I'm sure that it suffers the same defects and wouldn't be surprised to see a summary dismissal especially given that 75 precincts are already being recounted.

The irony of all this is that I really would like to see the election audited, from registration and voter rolls all the way to the final tallies. But this targeted set of recounts is basically a fraud which by no stretch of the imagination will either validate nor find issues with the vote. The ONLY purpose is sow enough chaos to give the Clinton's a sliver of opportunity to make mischief.