1) Consumer confidence stood at a 2 1/2 year high
2) Regular gasoline sold for $2.19 a gallon
3) The unemployment rate was 4.5%

Since voting in a Democratic Congress in 2006 we have seen:

1) Consumer confidence plummeted
2) The cost of regular gasoline soared to over $3.50 a gallon
3) Unemployment is up to 5% (a 10% increase)
4) American households have seen $2.3 trillion in equity value evaporate (stock and mutual fund losses)
5) Americans have seen their home equity drop by $1.2 trillion dollars
6) 1% of American homes are in foreclosure
America voted for change in 2006, and we got it!

Remember it's Congress that makes law not the President. He has to work with what's handed to him.

	XP	Vista	XP + Vista	Mac OS X
Total extremely critical	3	1	4	0
Total highly critical	19	12	23	234
Total moderately critical	2	1	3	2
Total less critical	3	1	4	7
Total flaws	34	20	44	243
Average flaws per month	2.83	1.67	3.67	20.25

In case you’re wondering how 19 plus 12 could equal 23 (XP + Vista / Total highly critical), this is because there are many overlapping flaws that are shared between XP and Vista so those don’t get counted twice, just as those that affect both Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5 don't get counted twice.

In a nutshell, the faster you get up to speed the better your gas mileage.

So for those of you who think you are saving gas/money by accelerating extremely slow, think again!