Oh-oo-oh, you think you're special
Oh-oo-oh, you think you're something else
Okay, so you're Barack Obama
That don't impress me much
Whatever
That don't impress me
That Don't Impress Me Much
I've known a few guys who thought they were pretty smart
But you've got being right down to an art
You think you're a genius--you drive me up the wall
You're a regular original, a know-it-all
Oh-oo-oh, you think you're special
Oh-oo-oh, you think you're something else
Okay, so you're a rocket scientist
That don't impress me much
So you got the brain but have you got the touch
Now don't get me wrong, yeah I think you're alright
But that won't keep me warm in the middle of the night
That don't impress me much
I never knew a guy who carried a mirror in his pocket
And a comb up his sleeve--just in case
And all that extra hold gel in your hair oughtta lock it
'Cause Heaven forbid it should fall outta place
Oh-oo-oh, you think you're special
Oh-oo-oh, you think you're something else
Okay, so you're Brad Pitt
That don't impress me much
So you got the looks but have you got the touch
Now don't get me wrong, yeah I think you're alright
But that won't keep me warm in the middle of the night
That don't impress me much
You're one of those guys who likes to shine his machine
You make me take off my shoes before you let me get in
I can't believe you kiss your car good night
C'mon baby tell me--you must be jokin', right!
Oh-oo-oh, you think you're something special
Oh-oo-oh, you think you're something else
Okay, so you've got a car
That don't impress me much
So you got the moves but have you got the touch
Now don't get me wrong, yeah I think you're alright
But that won't keep me warm in the middle of the night
That don't impress me much
You think you're cool but have you got the touch
Now don't get me wrong, yeah I think you're alright
But that won't keep me warm on the long, cold, lonely night
That don't impress me much
Okay, so what do you think you're Elvis or something...
Whatever
That don't impress me
I'm starting with the man in the mirror
I'm asking him to change his ways
And no message could have been any clearer
If you want to make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself, and then make a change
I've been a victim of a selfish kind of love
It's time that I realize
That there are some with no home, not a nickel to loan
Could it be really me, pretending that they're not alone?
A willow deeply scarred, somebody's broken heart
And a washed-out dream
They follow the pattern of the wind ya' see
'Cause they got no place to be
That's why I'm starting with me
I'm starting with the man in the mirror
I'm asking him to change his ways
And no message could have been any clearer
If you want to make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself, and then make a change
By Tim Stanley
Until recently, Barack Obama’s re-election was regarded as inevitable –
in the same way that summer follows spring, or a monsoon follows a hosepipe
ban. The president’s poll lead over Mitt Romney was strong, while the
Republican’s character was assassinated by a primary fight that permanently
spoiled the reputation of his party. To court the GOP’s conservative base,
Romney was forced to adopt positions on abortion, contraception, health care
and welfare that are thought to be unpopular among moderate swing voters.
Obama, by contrast, is the man who killed bin Laden and toppled Gaddafi. A
choice between Obama the moderate statesman and Romney the craven
conservative is surely no contest at all.
But in the last two weeks, things have changed. Obama’s re-election is no
longer guaranteed; some pollsters think it is unlikely. Day by day, the odds
are improving that Mitt Romney will be the next President of the United
States.
What changed? For a start, voters are getting gloomier about the economy.
Joblessness remains high and debt is out of control. According to one poll
released this week, only 33 per cent of Americans expect the economy to
improve in the coming months and only 43 per cent approve of the way that
the president has handled it. Voters think Obama has made the debt situation
and health care worse. The man who conducted the poll – Democrat Peter Hart
– concluded that “Obama’s chances for re-election… are no better than 50-50.”
The president has tried to distract from America’s economic misery by playing
up the so-called culture war. Earlier in the year he decided that he would
force Catholic employers to provide contraception to their employees through
their insurance plans, and he followed that swipe at social traditionalism
by endorsing gay marriage.
This embrace of Sixties liberalism has backfired.
While contraception and gay marriage often receive popular support in
national polls, Americans are far more conservative in the voting booth.
Thirty-two states have voted on gay marriage and all 32 have voted to outlaw
it – even liberal California. Nor has the culture war rallied his party’s
base. In presidential primaries held on Tuesday, 39 per cent of Arkansas
Democrats and 42 per cent of Kentuckian Democrats rejected Obama’s
re-nomination. In West Virginia, 41 per cent of the state’s Democrats voted
for an imprisoned criminal rather than the president.
The result is that pollsters find Obama and Romney edging towards one another.
Rasmussen puts Obama only one point ahead; Gallup calls it a tie. With
Romney doing better than the president in key swing states North Carolina
and Florida, Gallup has publicly stated that Obama now has a higher chance
of losing rather than winning.
But it isn’t just Obama’s flaws that are making this race interesting. Mitt
Romney might not be the most charismatic candidate, but that’s a hidden
strength in an election that’s all about competence and getting back to the
basics of what once made America work so well.
This week, the pro-Obama
journalist Andrew Sullivan wrote that with his wealth, good looks and
apple-pie conservatism, Romney is like “a focus-group tested model president
from 1965”. Sullivan obviously doesn’t realise how popular the TV show Mad
Men is. Who wouldn’t warm to a candidate that represents an age marked by
low unemployment, stable families and a laissez-faire attitude towards
drinking at work?
In fact, the grey Mr Romney is repeating the same formula that won him the
governorship of Massachusetts, an ordinarily Democrat state, in 2002. He
pulled that off by motivating large numbers of Republicans to vote for him,
breaking into the working-class vote and keeping turnout among Democrats
fairly low. The unique genius of Romney was his ability to say very
conservative things but in a manner that convinced many centrists that he
didn’t really mean them. That’s happening again in 2012, as polls indicate
that far more Americans think Obama is too Left-wing than believe Romney is
too Right-wing.
Of course, Romney has his weaknesses. But they are fewer than Obama’s, whose
charisma disguises a multitude of problems so great that it’s hard to
imagine him overcoming them. Gallup makes the following observation:
“Comparing today’s economic and political ratings with those from previous
years when presidents sought re-election reveals that today’s climate is
more similar to years when incumbents lost than when they won.” I would go
one step further: Obama’s situation is actually worse than that of some of
the incumbents who have lost in the past.
In 1980, Democratic president Jimmy Carter faced an uphill struggle for
re-election. Yet, despite an index of inflation and unemployment far higher
than Obama’s, he was actually doing slightly better in the polls. In March
of that year, Carter led his Republican opponent, Ronald Reagan, by around
25 per cent. By May, Gallup gave him a lead of 49 to 41 per cent – higher
than Obama’s today. Carter’s advantage evaporated in the months that
followed, but he regained ground in October and by the last week he was
running even.
None the less, Carter eventually suffered a landslide defeat. The scale of his
humiliation was hidden by the fact that people were unwilling to commit
themselves to the conservative Ronald Reagan until the very last minute. It
was only when they went into the polling booth and weighed up all the hurt
and humiliation of the past four years that they cast their vote against the
president.
It looks like Barack Obama will be the Jimmy Carter of 2012.
I'm gonna make a change
For once in my life
It's gonna feel real good
Gonna make a difference
Gonna make it right
As I, turn up the collar on
My favorite winter coat
This wind is blowing my mind
I see the kids in the streets
With not enough to eat
Who am I to be blind?
Pretending not to see their needs
A summer disregard, a broken bottle top
And a one man soul
They follow each other on the wind ya' know
'Cause they got nowhere to go
That's why I want you to know
I'm starting with the man in the mirror
I'm asking him to change his ways
And no message could have been any clearer
If you want to make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself, and then make a change
I've been a victim of a selfish kind of love
It's time that I realize
That there are some with no home, not a nickel to loan
Could it be really me, pretending that they're not alone?
A willow deeply scarred, somebody's broken heart
And a washed-out dream
They follow the pattern of the wind ya' see
'Cause they got no place to be
That's why I'm starting with me
I'm starting with the man in the mirror
I'm asking him to change his ways
And no message could have been any clearer
If you want to make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself, and then make a change
I'm starting with the man in the mirror
I'm asking him to change his ways
And no message could have been any clearer
If you want to make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself and then make that
Change!
I'm starting with the man in the mirror
(Oh yeah!)
I'm asking him to change his ways
(Better change!)
No message could have been any clearer
If you want to make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself and then make the change)
You gotta get it right, while you got the time
You can't close your, your mind!
(Then you close your, mind!)
That man, that man, that man, that man
With the man in the mirror
(Man in the mirror, oh yeah!)
That man, that man, that man
I'm asking him to change his ways
(Better change!)
No message could have been any clearer
If you want to make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself and then make the change
Oh no, no no
I'm gonna make a change
It's gonna feel real good!
Chime on!
(Change)
Just lift yourself
You know
You've got to stop it
Yourself!
(Yeah! Make that change!)
I've got to make that change, today!
Hoo!
(Man in the mirror)
You got to
You got to not let yourself
Brother
Hoo!
(Yeah! Make that change!)
You know, I've got to get
That man, that man
(Man in the mirror)
You've got to move! Chime on!
Chime on!
You got to
Stand up! Stand up! Stand up!
(Yeah! Make that change)
Stand up and lift yourself, now!
(Man in the mirror)
You know it!
You know it!
You know it!
You know it
(Change)
Make that change
Remember when Democrats were screaming about how Bush was keeping the war costs off-budget? It was a treasonable offence!
Who
would have thought that it would be a Democrat, Barack Obama, who would
have the two largest off-budget expense amounts in the history of the
country?
Hey
Hey
Hey
Hey
I know a girl who's tough but sweet
she's so fine she can't be beat
she's got everything that I desire
she sets the summer sun on fire
(chorus)
I want candy!
I want candy!
I want candy!
I want candy!
Go to see her when the sun goes down
there ain't no finer girl in town
you're my girl you're what the Dr ordered
candy so sweet to make my mouth water
waset???
i want candy
i want candy
i want candy
i want candy
hey
hey
hey
i want candy
i want candy
candy on the beach there's nothin better
but i like candy when it's wrapped in leather
someday soon i'll make her mine
and then i'll have candy all the time
say
i say
i want candy
i want candy
i want candy
i want candy
hey
hey
hey
hey
hey
Oh but ain't that America for you and me.
Ain't that America something to see baby
Ain't that America home of the free
Little pinks houses for you and me.
By Jon Cohen and Karen Tumulty
In an election year in which the economy ranks as Americans’ top
concern, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney holds
significant advantages over President Obama among white voters who are
struggling financially and buffeted by job loss, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Asked which candidate would do more to advance their families’ economic interests,
middle-class white voters who say they are struggling to maintain their
financial positions chose Romney over Obama by a large margin —
58 percent to 32 percent.
The former Massachusetts governor has a
similar advantage on this question among white voters who have lost a
job in recent years, or who have seen a family member or close friend
face unemployment.
Nonwhite voters, struggling or not, give Obama
huge leads over Romney when it comes to looking after their families’
financial interests.
The results underscore a continuing challenge
for Obama and the Democratic Party with white voters, and particularly
those without college degrees — who, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, are significantly more likely to be unemployed than those with higher education.
Indeed,
among whites who described themselves as struggling to maintain their
economic footing — regardless of their current class — nearly seven in
10 lacked a college diploma. And although they lean more Republican than
the population in general, it is a group that neither party can ignore.
In the new poll, 31 percent of these voters described themselves as
Republicans, 27 percent as Democrats.
In 2008, Obama lost whites
without college degrees by a big margin, 58 percent to 40 percent,
according to the national exit poll. That performance among such voters
was similar to John F. Kerry’s in 2004 and Al Gore’s in 2000.
“Democrats
are very likely to lose those voters” again this year, said Mark
Mellman, a Democratic pollster. “The question is by how much.”
One
factor that may help the president is that, in the 14 or fewer swing
states likely to determine the outcome of the election, unemployment
rates have dropped more sharply than they have for the nation as a whole.
But
the extended economic hardship many Americans are facing — across
racial and partisan lines — makes those who are vulnerable a
particularly important target group for both campaigns.
The
president’s reelection team is attempting to portray Romney as out of
touch with and unsympathetic to the anxieties of middle-class Americans.
A much-talked-about Obama campaign advertisement
airing in Ohio depicts Bain Capital, a private-equity firm that Romney
founded, as a “vampire” that sucked the last financial lifeblood of
failing companies at the expense of their workers.
All of the people featured in the ad criticizing Bain appear to be white.
The
spot, however, has brought criticism from within the president’s party,
including from Edward G. Rendell, a former Pennsylvania governor and
Democratic Party chairman. They have expressed concern that the tone of
the attack will make the party appear to be opposed to the
private-equity industry, which is an important player in the national
economy and a major source of campaign contributions.
Romney,
meanwhile, portrays the president as out of his depth on economic
issues. And in the Republican’s current advertising campaign, he
highlights steps he would take as president to roll back policies that
the Obama administration has put into place.
In the poll, Americans overall reported widespread economic pain, with more than seven in 10
saying they have been affected directly or indirectly by unemployment
in the past few years. Four in 10 report struggling to maintain their
socioeconomic status, with about one in five saying they are in the
middle class and straining to stay there.
Fifty percent of all voters say Obama would do more to advance the interests of the middle class more generally, and 44 percent say so of Romney.
On
that question, Obama has an advantage of 53 percent to 41 percent among
those who think their foothold in the middle class is relatively
secure, while the two candidates divide about equally among those
struggling to stay there.
That overall parity, as has been the case in the past, disguises a vast racial divide.
Among
white voters trying to stay in the middle class, Romney is considered
the better candidate for that group by a 20-point margin; Obama is
preferred by better than 3 to 1 among middle-class nonwhite voters,
regardless of their sense of security.
Whites and nonwhites — as well as voters across party lines — agree that Romney would do more than Obama to advocate for the economic interests of wealthy Americans.
As
for the new federal regulations for banks and other financial
institutions put in place during the current administration, few voters —
about one in four — say they have struck the right balance.
About 25 percent of all voters say the regulations “go too far,” while
39 percent say “not far enough.” Most Democrats say the new rules are
not sufficiently tough; among Republicans, twice as many say they are
unnecessarily restrictive compared with those saying they are too
lenient. Independents tilt in the “not far enough” direction.
The
telephone poll was conducted May 17 to 20 among a random national sample
of 1,004 adults. The margin of sampling error for the full poll is plus
or minus 3.5 percentage points. The margin is four points for the
sample of 874 registered voters.
Polling analyst Scott Clement and polling manager Peyton M. Craighill contributed to this report.
There's a black man, with a black cat
Living in a black neighbourhood.
He's got an interstate running through his front yard
Ya know he thinks, he's got it so good.
And there's a women, in the kitchen
Cleaning up the evenin' slop.
And he looks at her and says
'Hey darlin' I remember when you could stop a clock.'
CHORUS
Oh but ain't that America for you and me.
Ain't that America something to see baby
Ain't that America home of the free
Little pinks houses for you and me.
There's a young man, in a t-shirt
Listenin' to a rock n roll station.
He's got greasy hair, greasy smile
He says, "Lord this must be my destination."
'Cause they told me when I was younger
"Boy you're gonna be president."
But just like everything else those old crazy dreams
Just kinda came and went.
REPEAT CHORUS
Well there's people and more people
What do they know know know
Go to work in some high rise
And vacation down at the Gulf of Mexico
Ooh yeah
And ther's winners and there's losers
But they ain't no big deal
'Cause the simple man baby pays for the thrills, the bills,
the pills that kill
I tried so hard
And got so far
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
I had to fall
To lose it all
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
For those that think Romney's 22% failure rate at Bain is scandalous, we've decided to give you Epic Fail as only The Smartest Man in the World can deliver it.
By Marc A. ThiessenDespite a growing backlash
from his fellow Democrats, President Obama has doubled down on his
attacks on Mitt Romney’s tenure at Bain Capital. But the strategy could
backfire in ways Obama did not anticipate. After all, if Romney’s record
in private equity is fair game, then so is Obama’s record in public equity — and that record is not pretty.
Since taking office, Obama has invested billions of taxpayer
dollars in private businesses, including as part of his stimulus
spending bill. Many of those investments have turned out to be
unmitigated disasters — leaving in their wake bankruptcies, layoffs,
criminal investigations and taxpayers on the hook for billions. Consider
just a few examples of Obama’s public equity failures:● Raser Technologies. In 2010, the Obama administration gave
Raser a $33 million taxpayer-funded grant to build a power plant in
Beaver Creek, Utah. According to the Wall Street Journal,
after burning through our tax dollars, the company filed for bankruptcy
protection in 2012. The plant now has fewer than 10 employees, and
Raser owes $1.5 million in back taxes.
● ECOtality. The Obama
administration gave ECOtality $126.2 million in taxpayer money in 2009
for, among other things, the installation of 14,000 electric car
chargers in five states. Obama even hosted the company’s president, Don
Karner, in the first lady’s box during the 2010 State of the Union address as an example of a stimulus success story. According to ECOtality’s own SEC filings,
the company has since incurred more than $45 million in losses and has
told the federal government, “We may not achieve or sustain
profitability on a quarterly or annual basis in the future.”
Worse, according to CBS News the company is “under investigation for insider trading,”
and Karner has been subpoenaed “for any and all documentation
surrounding the public announcement of the first Department of Energy
grant to the company.”
● Nevada Geothermal Power (NGP). The Obama administration gave NGP a $98.5 million taxpayer loan guarantee in 2010. The New York Times reported
last October that the company is in “financial turmoil” and that
“[a]fter a series of technical missteps that are draining Nevada
Geothermal’s cash reserves, its own auditor concluded in a filing
released last week that there was ‘significant doubt about the company’s
ability to continue as a going concern.’ ”
● First Solar. The Obama administration provided First Solar with more than $3 billion in loan guarantees for power plants in Arizona and California. According to a Bloomberg Businessweek reportlast week, the company “fell to a record low in Nasdaq Stock Market
trading May 4 after reporting $401 million in restructuring costs tied
to firing 30 percent of its workforce.”
● Beacon Power. The Obama administration gave Beacon — a green-energy storage company — a $43 million loan guarantee. According to CBS News,
at the time of the loan, “Standard and Poor’s had confidentially given
the project a dismal outlook of ‘CCC-plus.’ ” In the fall of 2011,
Beacon received a delisting notice from Nasdaq and filed for bankruptcy.
This is just the tip of the iceberg. A company called SunPower got a $1.2 billion loan guarantee from the Obama administration, and as of January, the company owed more than it was worth. Brightsource got a $1.6 billion loan guarantee
and posted a string of net losses totaling $177 million. And, of
course, let’s not forget Solyndra — the solar panel manufacturer that
received $535 million in taxpayer-funded loan guarantees and went
bankrupt, leaving taxpayers on the hook.
Amazingly, Obama has declared that all the projects received funding “based solely on their merits.” But as Hoover Institution scholar Peter Schweizer reported in his book, “Throw Them All Out,”
fully 71 percent of the Obama Energy Department’s grants and loans went
to “individuals who were bundlers, members of Obama’s National Finance
Committee, or large donors to the Democratic Party.” Collectively, these
Obama cronies raised $457,834 for his campaign, and they were in turn
approved for grants or loans of nearly $11.35 billion. Obama said this
week it’s not the president’s job “to make a lot of money for
investors.” Well, he sure seems to have made a lot of (taxpayer) money
for investors in his political machine.
All that cronyism and corruption is catching up with the administration. According to Politico,
“The Energy Department’s inspector general has launched more than 100
criminal investigations” related to the department’s green-energy
programs.
Now the man who made Solyndra a household name says
Mitt Romney’s record at Bain Capital “is what this campaign is going to
be about.” Good luck with that, Mr. President. If Obama wants to attack
Romney’s alleged private equity failures as chief executive of Bain,
he’d better be ready to defend his own massive public equity failures as
chief executive of the United States.
In The End - Linkin Park
It starts with one thing
I don't know why
It doesn't even matter how hard you try
Keep that in mind
I designed this rhyme
To explain in due time
All I know
Time is a valuable thing
Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings
Watch it count down to the end of the day
The clock ticks life away
It's so unreal
Didn't look out below
Watch the time go right out the window
Trying to hold on, but you didn't even know
Wasted it all just to watch you go
I kept everything inside
And even though I tried, it all fell apart
What it meant to me
Will eventually be a memory of a time when
I tried so hard
And got so far
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
I had to fall
To lose it all
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
One thing, I don't know why
It doesn't even matter how hard you try,
Keep that in mind
I designed this rhyme,
To remind myself of a time when
I tried so hard
In spite of the way you were mocking me
Acting like I was part of your property
Remembering all the times you fought with me
I'm surprised it got so
Things aren't the way they were before
You wouldn't even recognize me anymore
Not that you knew me back then
But it all comes back to me in the end
You kept everything inside
And even though I tried, it all fell apart
What it meant to me will eventually be a memory of a time when
I tried so hard
And got so far
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
I had to fall
To lose it all
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
I've put my trust in you
Pushed as far as I can go
For all this
There's only one thing you should know
I've put my trust in you
Pushed as far as I can go
For all this
There's only one thing you should know
I tried so hard
And got so far
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
I had to fall
To lose it all
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
TOTAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES BY MAJOR CATEGORY OF EXPENDITURE:
1948–2011
(in
billions of dollars)
Fiscal Year
Total Government
Defense and International
Net Interest
Federal Payments For Individuals
Other Federal
State and Local From Own Sources (Except Net
Interest)
Social Security and Medicare
Other
1948
44.0
13.7
4.5
0.5
8.5
2.7
14.0
1949
55.5
19.2
4.7
0.6
9.5
5.0
16.5
1950
62.0
18.4
5.0
0.7
12.9
5.7
19.2
1951
66.4
27.2
4.9
1.5
8.8
3.4
20.7
1952
90.1
48.8
5.0
2.0
8.9
3.4
22.2
1953
99.7
54.9
5.5
2.6
8.3
5.1
23.3
1954
96.7
50.9
5.2
3.3
9.3
2.6
25.5
1955
97.6
45.0
5.3
4.3
10.0
4.3
28.7
1956
102.2
44.9
5.6
5.4
9.8
5.4
31.1
1957
111.4
48.6
6.0
6.5
10.5
5.6
34.2
1958
120.8
50.2
6.3
8.0
12.9
5.7
37.7
1959
134.0
52.2
6.6
9.5
13.2
11.4
41.0
1960
135.8
51.1
7.9
11.4
12.8
10.0
42.6
1961
145.1
52.8
7.7
12.2
15.3
10.7
46.4
1962
157.9
58.0
8.2
14.0
14.9
13.0
49.8
1963
165.7
58.7
9.1
15.5
15.5
13.9
53.1
1964
177.7
59.7
9.7
16.2
16.0
18.4
57.7
1965
181.9
55.9
10.0
17.1
16.0
20.6
62.3
1966
204.2
63.7
10.8
20.3
16.8
24.4
68.3
1967
234.2
77.0
11.5
24.5
18.7
27.0
75.5
1968
263.5
87.2
12.5
28.4
21.4
30.0
83.9
1969
279.7
87.1
13.8
33.0
24.2
26.6
94.9
1970
298.3
86.0
15.2
36.4
28.4
30.4
101.9
1971
325.4
83.0
16.3
42.6
38.0
31.7
113.8
1972
354.1
84.0
17.8
47.7
45.3
38.2
121.0
1973
376.2
80.8
19.7
57.2
47.5
42.8
128.2
1974
416.5
85.1
22.6
65.7
54.7
42.4
146.0
1975
499.8
93.6
23.9
77.7
76.2
61.6
166.8
1976
556.8
96.1
29.1
89.6
91.0
68.4
182.6
TQ
146.2
24.7
7.9
24.0
21.5
18.8
49.3
1977
607.5
103.6
33.4
104.5
92.5
78.7
194.7
1978
670.6
112.0
37.6
116.7
95.0
99.5
209.7
1979
738.4
123.8
42.4
130.8
103.1
103.8
234.6
1980
853.5
146.7
49.5
151.0
127.5
113.2
265.6
1981
963.8
170.6
63.5
179.1
146.1
113.6
290.9
1982
1,058.0
197.6
78.9
203.1
155.3
104.8
318.4
1983
1,145.9
221.8
84.9
224.0
172.9
99.9
342.4
1984
1,215.5
243.3
106.0
237.0
164.8
95.6
368.8
1985
1,347.4
268.9
120.8
256.1
171.9
120.0
409.7
1986
1,429.3
287.5
122.4
270.7
181.2
114.9
452.5
1987
1,486.6
293.6
129.9
285.0
186.9
99.8
491.3
1988
1,582.2
300.8
145.7
302.5
199.0
110.3
523.9
1989
1,699.3
313.1
160.5
324.4
212.8
124.4
564.1
1990
1,862.2
313.1
176.5
353.8
231.8
170.0
617.1
1991
1,983.9
289.1
190.8
380.7
271.2
188.7
663.3
1992
2,082.8
314.4
200.1
414.3
315.3
138.1
700.5
1993
2,137.1
308.3
201.7
444.8
340.0
117.6
724.7
1994
2,220.5
298.7
206.5
476.2
348.4
135.5
755.2
1995
2,317.9
288.5
233.3
510.1
367.1
117.9
801.0
1996
2,390.8
279.2
241.0
538.1
374.5
127.7
830.3
1997
2,475.3
285.7
243.1
569.4
384.2
117.8
875.1
1998
2,558.0
281.2
238.9
586.2
395.3
148.7
907.8
1999
2,671.4
290.0
226.7
595.2
406.2
180.7
972.6
2000
2,830.5
311.6
215.1
621.0
433.2
200.2
1,049.4
2001
2,982.8
321.2
204.2
666.1
462.0
207.4
1,121.9
2002
3,208.4
370.8
180.2
704.6
536.7
227.9
1,188.2
2003
3,432.6
425.9
172.1
743.3
588.2
249.4
1,253.6
2004
3,610.1
482.7
180.5
787.2
609.9
252.8
1,297.0
2005
3,860.0
529.9
197.1
851.9
637.8
268.3
1,374.9
2006
4,118.5
551.3
231.1
924.5
667.1
285.6
1,458.9
2007
4,289.5
579.8
236.4
1,015.8
673.1
222.9
1,561.6
2008
4,671.8
644.9
264.1
1,066.1
758.1
260.7
1,677.8
2009
5,169.9
698.6
212.9
1,174.6
917.9
539.7
1,626.3
2010
5,077.7
738.8
229.3
1,219.3
1,065.7
236.3
1,588.4
2011
5,294.3
751.3
271.7
1,282.5
1,061.2
278.1
1,649.5
Give Me Your Money Please By B.T.O
I was walking on down the alley When a face I've never seen Came so from deep in the darkness And his mouth came on real mean And I saw that he'd been liquored And he staggered up to, you know, he staggered up to his feet
And he said, "Boy, you'd better move real slow And gimme your money please"
He said, "Gimme your money please" Wasn't that strange Wasn't that strange indeedWasn't that strange Wasn't that strange indeed He said, "Gimme your money please"
He said, "Gimme your money please" Being born and raised in New York There ain't nothing you won't see 'Cause the streets are filled with bad goings-on And you know that's no place to be But my car broke down in the evening You know it just stopped stone cold Stopped stone cold in the street And a dirty mean man with a shot glass eye He said, "Gimme your money please"
He said, "Gimme your money please" Wasn't that strange Wasn't that strange indeedWasn't that strange Wasn't that strange indeed He said, "Gimme your money please"
He said, "Gimme your money please" Being born and raised in New York There ain't nothing you won't see'Cause the streets are filled with bad goings-on And you know that's no place to be But my car broke down in the evening You know it just stopped stone cold Stopped stone cold in the street
And a dirty mean man with a shotgun in his hand He said, "Gimme your money please"
He said, "Gimme your money please" Wasn't that strange Wasn't that strange indeed Wasn't that strange Wasn't that strange indeed He said, "Gimme your money please"
He said, "Gimme your money please" He said, "Gimme your money please"
