Democracy for Vancouver

Georgie’s radio address on Saturday (I can’t listen to the moron without getting nauseous, but I do read the transcripts):

…Last week, we learned that September was America’s 49th consecutive month of job creation — the longest uninterrupted period of job growth on record.

As usual, Chimpy is full of shit. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics (the latest numbers available are for August):

Nonfarm payroll employment was essentially unchanged (-4,000) in August…

And this is what the job growth statistics look like over BushCo’s two terms, so far (150,000 jobs a month need to be added just to keep pace with demand):

And on Thursday, we learned that the American economy set a new record for exports in a single month. Millions of American jobs depend on exports. More exports support better and higher-paying jobs — and to keep our economy expanding, we need to keep expanding trade.

Exports rise when the dollar is in the toilet, and the dollar is in the toilet because our national debt currently stands at something over $9 trillion dollars, and our bond holders can’t think of a rational way that this debt can be paid off. But…

This week, I traveled to Miami to discuss the importance of trade and to call on Congress to pass new free trade agreements… [W]e have agreements in force with 14 countries, including seven in Latin America. And Congress now has an opportunity to increase America’s access to markets in our hemisphere by passing three more free trade agreements in Latin America with Peru, Colombia, and Panama.

And how have those trade agreements worked to improve our balance of trade thusfar?

So jobs are down, the dollar’s in the crapper and we still can’t manage to export more than we import. It’s mourning in America.