Who's Been President Since '08?

[NYcarbineer]

Am I still free to take something from the nuts at the Cato Institute with a grain of salt?

When Leftists cannot dispute the truth of any proposition, no matter how well documented, the lest intelligent will attempt to disqualify the well-respected entity providing same.

That's funny given that I proved you wrong on every count in your other thread and sent you fleeing.

And once again we see the kite that thought it ruled the wind.

Hey, her response was rapid and vapid.

 

[NYcarbineer]

So according to that ranking,

European socialism easily whips U.S. whatever-ism.

Yeah, some of us have suggested that many times.

 

[PoliticalChic]

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The Center for Global Development's index of think tank performance in the United States ranked the Cato Institute at the very top on a per-dollar comparison with 17 other think tanks (many of them far larger). Rankings were determined by dividing performance indicators — media mentions, scholarly citations, web use, and more — by annual spending."

So Cato is prestigious based on 'media mentions'?

lol, so you start this thread and Cato's performance rating improves?

uh, no, I don't think that's a sane way to judge performance.

"According to the 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report (Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program, University of Pennsylvania), Cato is number 16 in the "Top Think Tanks Worldwide" and number 8 in the "Top Think Tanks in the United States".[9] Cato also topped the 2014 list of the budget-adjusted ranking of international development think tanks. [10]"
Cato Institute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


In short, we both know that your aim is to hide your embarrassment at voting for and supporting the abject failure, Barack Obama.

That's the truth, isn't it.

 

[B. Kidd]

There is no question President Obama will be ranked high in the pantheon of American presidents. He reminds me of President Eisenhower although the ACA is something even Ike couldn't accomplish even though he tried. While I pick on conservatives often there is one conservative site worth your time.

The American Conservative

But I must have fun too. PC is so off the wall she fits lots of the quotes. LOL

"The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them." Mark Twain's Notebook

"Conservatives are more religious than liberals--although there is no evidence that they're nicer people because of it." Andy Rooney, Common Nonsense

"The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture, because it seeks to turn other ideas -- uncertainty, progress, change -- into crimes." Salman Rushdie, Speech, Feb. 6, 1990

"All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature, born halt and blind, through luxury of their parents, and can only, like invalids, act on the defensive." Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Conduct of Life

"To be conservative requires no brains whatsoever. Cabbages, cows and conifers are conservatives, and are so stupid they don’t even know it. All that is basically required is acceptance of what exists." Colin Welch, London Spectator, Jul. 21, 1967

"Somehow liberals have been unable to acquire from life what conservatives seem to be endowed with at birth: namely, a healthy skepticism of the powers of government agencies to do good." Daniel P. Moynihan, New York Post, May 14, 1969

"To a right-winger, unions are awful. Why do right-wingers hate unions? Because collective bargaining is the power that a worker has against the corporation. Right-wingers hate that." Janeane Garofalo, Majority Report, Jun. 3, 2005

"There is no question President Obama will be ranked high in the pantheon of American presidents."

Please be certain to use that line wherever you go.

Then, you will have fulfilled the old vaudeville axiom, "Always leave 'em laughin'!"

Now that Carter gave a 'presser' on his brain melonoma this morning, the libtard media is already deifying him! When Obie goes, he will truly reach messiah status...........

 

[NYcarbineer]

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The Center for Global Development's index of think tank performance in the United States ranked the Cato Institute at the very top on a per-dollar comparison with 17 other think tanks (many of them far larger). Rankings were determined by dividing performance indicators — media mentions, scholarly citations, web use, and more — by annual spending."

So Cato is prestigious based on 'media mentions'?

lol, so you start this thread and Cato's performance rating improves?

uh, no, I don't think that's a sane way to judge performance.

"According to the 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report (Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program, University of Pennsylvania), Cato is number 16 in the "Top Think Tanks Worldwide" and number 8 in the "Top Think Tanks in the United States".[9] Cato also topped the 2014 list of the budget-adjusted ranking of international development think tanks. [10]"
Cato Institute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


In short, we both know that your aim is to hide your embarrassment at voting for and supporting the abject failure, Barack Obama.

That's the truth, isn't it.

lol, the Cato Institute ranked number sixteen. The number one think tank on that list?

The Brookings Institute. Liberal. Eh?

 

[NYcarbineer]

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The Center for Global Development's index of think tank performance in the United States ranked the Cato Institute at the very top on a per-dollar comparison with 17 other think tanks (many of them far larger). Rankings were determined by dividing performance indicators — media mentions, scholarly citations, web use, and more — by annual spending."

So Cato is prestigious based on 'media mentions'?

lol, so you start this thread and Cato's performance rating improves?

uh, no, I don't think that's a sane way to judge performance.

"According to the 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report (Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program, University of Pennsylvania), Cato is number 16 in the "Top Think Tanks Worldwide" and number 8 in the "Top Think Tanks in the United States".[9] Cato also topped the 2014 list of the budget-adjusted ranking of international development think tanks. [10]"
Cato Institute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


In short, we both know that your aim is to hide your embarrassment at voting for and supporting the abject failure, Barack Obama.

That's the truth, isn't it.

So even the Cato Institute sees European socialism as superior to the US.

 

[PoliticalChic]

There is no question President Obama will be ranked high in the pantheon of American presidents. He reminds me of President Eisenhower although the ACA is something even Ike couldn't accomplish even though he tried. While I pick on conservatives often there is one conservative site worth your time.

The American Conservative

But I must have fun too. PC is so off the wall she fits lots of the quotes. LOL

"The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them." Mark Twain's Notebook

"Conservatives are more religious than liberals--although there is no evidence that they're nicer people because of it." Andy Rooney, Common Nonsense

"The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture, because it seeks to turn other ideas -- uncertainty, progress, change -- into crimes." Salman Rushdie, Speech, Feb. 6, 1990

"All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature, born halt and blind, through luxury of their parents, and can only, like invalids, act on the defensive." Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Conduct of Life

"To be conservative requires no brains whatsoever. Cabbages, cows and conifers are conservatives, and are so stupid they don’t even know it. All that is basically required is acceptance of what exists." Colin Welch, London Spectator, Jul. 21, 1967

"Somehow liberals have been unable to acquire from life what conservatives seem to be endowed with at birth: namely, a healthy skepticism of the powers of government agencies to do good." Daniel P. Moynihan, New York Post, May 14, 1969

"To a right-winger, unions are awful. Why do right-wingers hate unions? Because collective bargaining is the power that a worker has against the corporation. Right-wingers hate that." Janeane Garofalo, Majority Report, Jun. 3, 2005

"There is no question President Obama will be ranked high in the pantheon of American presidents."

Please be certain to use that line wherever you go.

Then, you will have fulfilled the old vaudeville axiom, "Always leave 'em laughin'!"

Now that Carter gave a 'presser' on his brain melonoma this morning, the libtard media is already deifying him! When Obie goes, he will truly reach messiah status...........

Best of luck to Carter.

Obama... they made him the messiah in '08....now they're running from it and denying that they ever did.

 

[Claudette]

No...not a trick question.
It's designed to spotlight the relationship between the presidency and this, the loss of freedom and liberty in the nation that I love.




1. "...look at 76 indicators in 152 countries to capture the degree to which people are free to engage in voluntary exchange and enjoy major liberties such as freedom of speech, religion, and association. We also include measures on freedom of movement, women’s freedoms, safety and security, and rule of law. We use data from 2008 to 2012, the most recent year for which sufficient data is available.

2.The United States fell from 17th place in 2008 to 20th place ...

3. ... drop in every category of economic freedom and in its rule of law indicators. ....can no longer claim to be the leading bastion of liberty in the world.

4. In addition to the expansion of the regulatory state and drop in economic freedom, the war on terror, the war on drugs, and the erosion of property rights ....





5. Other criteria used in the rankings:

The index published here presents a broad measure of human freedom, understood as the absence of coercive constraint. It uses 76 distinct indicators of personal and economic freedom in the following areas:

Rule of Law
Security and Safety
Movement
Religion
Association, Assembly, and Civil Society
Expression
Relationships
Size of Government
Legal System and Property Rights
Access to Sound Money
Freedom to Trade Internationally
Regulation of Credit, Labor, and Business"
US falls again in CATO Human Freedom Rankings



Rest in Peace, Founders.

Hell if I know and I'm sure those occupying the White House don't know either.

 

[PoliticalChic]

so this was in the report summary:

...the war on terror, the war on drugs, and the erosion of property rights due to greater use of eminent domain all likely have contributed to the U.S. decline.

And funny that most if not ALL the countries ahead of us have the so called 'socialist' universal health care? Guess that gives MORE Freedom to citizens than we thought?

But you're not denying that premise...that the Obama presidency has left Americans less free.

Great.

 

[PoliticalChic]

[





The Center for Global Development's index of think tank performance in the United States ranked the Cato Institute at the very top on a per-dollar comparison with 17 other think tanks (many of them far larger). Rankings were determined by dividing performance indicators — media mentions, scholarly citations, web use, and more — by annual spending."

So Cato is prestigious based on 'media mentions'?

lol, so you start this thread and Cato's performance rating improves?

uh, no, I don't think that's a sane way to judge performance.

"According to the 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report (Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program, University of Pennsylvania), Cato is number 16 in the "Top Think Tanks Worldwide" and number 8 in the "Top Think Tanks in the United States".[9] Cato also topped the 2014 list of the budget-adjusted ranking of international development think tanks. [10]"
Cato Institute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


In short, we both know that your aim is to hide your embarrassment at voting for and supporting the abject failure, Barack Obama.

That's the truth, isn't it.

lol, the Cato Institute ranked number sixteen. The number one think tank on that list?

The Brookings Institute. Liberal. Eh?

No fear....you're still ranked #1 liar.

 

[NYcarbineer]

[





The Center for Global Development's index of think tank performance in the United States ranked the Cato Institute at the very top on a per-dollar comparison with 17 other think tanks (many of them far larger). Rankings were determined by dividing performance indicators — media mentions, scholarly citations, web use, and more — by annual spending."

So Cato is prestigious based on 'media mentions'?

lol, so you start this thread and Cato's performance rating improves?

uh, no, I don't think that's a sane way to judge performance.

"According to the 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report (Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program, University of Pennsylvania), Cato is number 16 in the "Top Think Tanks Worldwide" and number 8 in the "Top Think Tanks in the United States".[9] Cato also topped the 2014 list of the budget-adjusted ranking of international development think tanks. [10]"
Cato Institute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


In short, we both know that your aim is to hide your embarrassment at voting for and supporting the abject failure, Barack Obama.

That's the truth, isn't it.

lol, the Cato Institute ranked number sixteen. The number one think tank on that list?

The Brookings Institute. Liberal. Eh?

No fear....you're still ranked #1 liar.

Wait a minute. You're the one claiming the ranking of think tanks means something.

Shouldn't you be thus using the Brookings Institute as your number one go-to?

 

[NYcarbineer]

so this was in the report summary:

...the war on terror, the war on drugs, and the erosion of property rights due to greater use of eminent domain all likely have contributed to the U.S. decline.

And funny that most if not ALL the countries ahead of us have the so called 'socialist' universal health care? Guess that gives MORE Freedom to citizens than we thought?

But you're not denying that premise...that the Obama presidency has left Americans less free.

Great.

Where did the US rank in 2000?

Oh gee, from the Cato Institute - Economic Freedom:

The United States, once considered a bastion of economic freedom, now ranks 12th in the world, tied with the United Kingdom at 7.81. Due to a weakening rule of law, increasing regulation, and the ramifications of wars on terrorism and drugs, the United States has seen its economic freedom score plummet in recent years, compared to 2000 when it ranked second globally.

Looks like this decline spans the Bush presidency as well.

uh oh.

Economic Freedom of the World

 

[Care4all]

so this was in the report summary:

...the war on terror, the war on drugs, and the erosion of property rights due to greater use of eminent domain all likely have contributed to the U.S. decline.

And funny that most if not ALL the countries ahead of us have the so called 'socialist' universal health care? Guess that gives MORE Freedom to citizens than we thought?

But you're not denying that premise...that the Obama presidency has left Americans less free.

Great.

Where did the US rank in 2000?

Oh gee, from the Cato Institute - Economic Freedom:

The United States, once considered a bastion of economic freedom, now ranks 12th in the world, tied with the United Kingdom at 7.81. Due to a weakening rule of law, increasing regulation, and the ramifications of wars on terrorism and drugs, the United States has seen its economic freedom score plummet in recent years, compared to 2000 when it ranked second globally.

Looks like this decline spans the Bush presidency as well.

uh oh.

Economic Freedom of the World

so this was in the report summary:

...the war on terror, the war on drugs, and the erosion of property rights due to greater use of eminent domain all likely have contributed to the U.S. decline.

And funny that most if not ALL the countries ahead of us have the so called 'socialist' universal health care? Guess that gives MORE Freedom to citizens than we thought?

But you're not denying that premise...that the Obama presidency has left Americans less free.

Great.

Where did the US rank in 2000?

Oh gee, from the Cato Institute - Economic Freedom:

The United States, once considered a bastion of economic freedom, now ranks 12th in the world, tied with the United Kingdom at 7.81. Due to a weakening rule of law, increasing regulation, and the ramifications of wars on terrorism and drugs, the United States has seen its economic freedom score plummet in recent years, compared to 2000 when it ranked second globally.

Looks like this decline spans the Bush presidency as well.

uh oh.

Economic Freedom of the World

oopsy....

Well done NYC, thanks for the info that gives insight.

 

[bedowin62]

so this was in the report summary:

...the war on terror, the war on drugs, and the erosion of property rights due to greater use of eminent domain all likely have contributed to the U.S. decline.

And funny that most if not ALL the countries ahead of us have the so called 'socialist' universal health care? Guess that gives MORE Freedom to citizens than we thought?

But you're not denying that premise...that the Obama presidency has left Americans less free.

Great.

Where did the US rank in 2000?

Oh gee, from the Cato Institute - Economic Freedom:

The United States, once considered a bastion of economic freedom, now ranks 12th in the world, tied with the United Kingdom at 7.81. Due to a weakening rule of law, increasing regulation, and the ramifications of wars on terrorism and drugs, the United States has seen its economic freedom score plummet in recent years, compared to 2000 when it ranked second globally.

Looks like this decline spans the Bush presidency as well.

uh oh.

Economic Freedom of the World

WTF?????

I LOVE IT WHEN THE "CHANGE" CROWD USES THE "WELL IT GOT BAD UNDER BUSH TOO!!" THINGY!!


lol libs are losers who lie to themselves

 

[bedowin62]

so this was in the report summary:

...the war on terror, the war on drugs, and the erosion of property rights due to greater use of eminent domain all likely have contributed to the U.S. decline.

And funny that most if not ALL the countries ahead of us have the so called 'socialist' universal health care? Guess that gives MORE Freedom to citizens than we thought?

But you're not denying that premise...that the Obama presidency has left Americans less free.

Great.

Where did the US rank in 2000?

Oh gee, from the Cato Institute - Economic Freedom:

The United States, once considered a bastion of economic freedom, now ranks 12th in the world, tied with the United Kingdom at 7.81. Due to a weakening rule of law, increasing regulation, and the ramifications of wars on terrorism and drugs, the United States has seen its economic freedom score plummet in recent years, compared to 2000 when it ranked second globally.

Looks like this decline spans the Bush presidency as well.

uh oh.

Economic Freedom of the World

so this was in the report summary:

...the war on terror, the war on drugs, and the erosion of property rights due to greater use of eminent domain all likely have contributed to the U.S. decline.

And funny that most if not ALL the countries ahead of us have the so called 'socialist' universal health care? Guess that gives MORE Freedom to citizens than we thought?

But you're not denying that premise...that the Obama presidency has left Americans less free.

Great.

Where did the US rank in 2000?

Oh gee, from the Cato Institute - Economic Freedom:

The United States, once considered a bastion of economic freedom, now ranks 12th in the world, tied with the United Kingdom at 7.81. Due to a weakening rule of law, increasing regulation, and the ramifications of wars on terrorism and drugs, the United States has seen its economic freedom score plummet in recent years, compared to 2000 when it ranked second globally.

Looks like this decline spans the Bush presidency as well.

uh oh.

Economic Freedom of the World

oopsy....

Well done NYC, thanks for the info that gives insight.

let's all make a deal, since it's only right to be informed and stuff. i'll admit things were getting worse under bush; you admit things kept getting worse under obama and not just in his first two years but CONTINUED to get worse under obama and in many ways ARE STILL WORSE IN OBAMA'S SEVENTH YEAR, despite the talking points of the Left how things are so much better now?

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

Bill Ayers?

 

[bedowin62]

George Soros?

 

[PoliticalChic]

so this was in the report summary:

...the war on terror, the war on drugs, and the erosion of property rights due to greater use of eminent domain all likely have contributed to the U.S. decline.

And funny that most if not ALL the countries ahead of us have the so called 'socialist' universal health care? Guess that gives MORE Freedom to citizens than we thought?

But you're not denying that premise...that the Obama presidency has left Americans less free.

Great.

Where did the US rank in 2000?

Oh gee, from the Cato Institute - Economic Freedom:

The United States, once considered a bastion of economic freedom, now ranks 12th in the world, tied with the United Kingdom at 7.81. Due to a weakening rule of law, increasing regulation, and the ramifications of wars on terrorism and drugs, the United States has seen its economic freedom score plummet in recent years, compared to 2000 when it ranked second globally.

Looks like this decline spans the Bush presidency as well.

uh oh.

Economic Freedom of the World

so this was in the report summary:

...the war on terror, the war on drugs, and the erosion of property rights due to greater use of eminent domain all likely have contributed to the U.S. decline.

And funny that most if not ALL the countries ahead of us have the so called 'socialist' universal health care? Guess that gives MORE Freedom to citizens than we thought?

But you're not denying that premise...that the Obama presidency has left Americans less free.

Great.

Where did the US rank in 2000?

Oh gee, from the Cato Institute - Economic Freedom:

The United States, once considered a bastion of economic freedom, now ranks 12th in the world, tied with the United Kingdom at 7.81. Due to a weakening rule of law, increasing regulation, and the ramifications of wars on terrorism and drugs, the United States has seen its economic freedom score plummet in recent years, compared to 2000 when it ranked second globally.

Looks like this decline spans the Bush presidency as well.

uh oh.

Economic Freedom of the World

oopsy....

Well done NYC, thanks for the info that gives insight.

So....we all agree that you're vote for "Hope and Change" has left you with egg on your face?

Great.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

No...not a trick question.
It's designed to spotlight the relationship between the presidency and this, the loss of freedom and liberty in the nation that I love.




1. "...look at 76 indicators in 152 countries to capture the degree to which people are free to engage in voluntary exchange and enjoy major liberties such as freedom of speech, religion, and association. We also include measures on freedom of movement, women’s freedoms, safety and security, and rule of law. We use data from 2008 to 2012, the most recent year for which sufficient data is available.

2.The United States fell from 17th place in 2008 to 20th place ...

3. ... drop in every category of economic freedom and in its rule of law indicators. ....can no longer claim to be the leading bastion of liberty in the world.

4. In addition to the expansion of the regulatory state and drop in economic freedom, the war on terror, the war on drugs, and the erosion of property rights ....





5. Other criteria used in the rankings:

The index published here presents a broad measure of human freedom, understood as the absence of coercive constraint. It uses 76 distinct indicators of personal and economic freedom in the following areas:

Rule of Law
Security and Safety
Movement
Religion
Association, Assembly, and Civil Society
Expression
Relationships
Size of Government
Legal System and Property Rights
Access to Sound Money
Freedom to Trade Internationally
Regulation of Credit, Labor, and Business"
US falls again in CATO Human Freedom Rankings



Rest in Peace, Founders.

Booosh?

 

[JakeStarkey]

Cato = #16.

"We are #16"

"We are #16"

But she can blame Obadmarket today on Obama.