Weekly conservative stat dump: July 12

Here's a week's worth of facts and figures to mull over as you start your week anew...

• GWPF: Global carbon emissions steady for first time since 1992
• CNBC: Dow Repeats Great Depression Pattern: Charts
• Rasmussen: 29% Say Stimulus Plan Helped the Economy, 43% Say It Hurt
• Rasmussen: 60% Still Support Offshore Drilling
• Real Clear Politics: Obama's average approval rating at +0
• Gallup: Underemployment at 18.3% in June, a 2010 Low
• Gallup: 68% say it's extremely or very important for the government to take steps this year to control U.S. borders to halt the flow of illegal immigrants
• Pew: Voting Intentions Even, Turnout Indicators Favor GOP
• Pew: 29% say Obama's economic policies have made conditions worse, and 38% say they have had no effect
• CNS News: June Was Deadliest Month for U.S. Troops in Nine-Year-Long War in Afghanistan
• CNS News: Federal Debt Could Reach 100% of America’s GDP by 2025, Says Congressional Budget Office
• Heritage: Obama’s 2011 budget request would increase total welfare spending to $953 billion, a 42% increase over welfare spending in 08
• Rasmussen: 60% of voters nationwide favor repeal of the recently passed health care law, including 49% who Strongly Favor repeal
• Rasmussen: Just 33% Believe U.S. Combat Role In Iraq Likely To End Next Month
• Gallup: 84% of Americans rank federal debt as "extremely serious" or "very serious" threat to the future well being of the United States, 64% say the same of illegal immigration
• Quinnipiac: New York City voters oppose 52 - 31 percent a proposal by a Muslim group to build a mosque and cultural center two blocks from Ground Zero
• Gallup: From the week of July 13–19 to the week July 20–26, Obama suffered a 7-point drop in support among Hispanics
• Zogby: Obama Approval Rating Steady at 46%, 60% of Voters Say Nation Headed in Wrong Direction
• e21: Social Security’s actuarial deficit is now projected to be 2.1% of covered workers’ taxable wages over the next 75 years, with program insolvency reached in 2037
• Science News: Stem cells from blood a 'huge' milestone: Advance may prove easier, cheaper and faster than other harvesting methods
• Economist: Obama at a 42% approval rating among all adults, with 49% disapproving
• Gallup: Obama Job Approval Rating Down to 38% Among Independents
• FAIR: Analysis of the latest Census data indicates that Arizona’s illegal immigrant population is costing the state’s taxpayers about $1.3 billion per year for education, medical care and incarceration
• CNS News: ICE Releases Memo Showing Agency Has Resources to Remove Only 4% of Illegal Aliens A Year
• USA News: 62% of San Diego residents oppose Obama lawsuit against AZ
• USA Today: 130 U.S. minors were caught attempting to bring drugs through entry ports from Sonora into Arizona during fiscal 2009, an 83% increase from last year
• FOX News: Every legal household in US pays $1,117 for Illegals a year
• Rasmussen: 55% believe the Iraqi people are better off today because Hussein was removed from power
• USA Today: National debt soars to highest level since WWII
• Gallup: Republicans' midterm voting enthusiasm highest ever
• USA Today: Federal employees earn higher average salaries than private-sector workers in more than eight out of 10 occupations
• Heritage: Salaries and benefits — for identical jobs — are 30 to 40 percent higher in the federal government than in the private sector
• Gallup: Republicans lead Democrats in the generic congressional ballot, 46-44%
• Rasmussen: 56% Oppose Justice Department Challenge of Arizona Law; 61% Favor Similar Law In Their State
• Rasmussen: 75% Blame Budget Problems on Politicians’ Unwillingness to Cut Spending
• GAO: The Department of the Treasury has paid out just $132.5 billion of the approved $787 billion in Recovery Act funds for use in states and localities
• Reuters: 30-yr mortgage rate drops to record low
• Washington Times: USA marks 3rd-largest, single-day debt increase - $166 billion jump
• Global Post: Female genital mutilation rates are as high as 73 percent among Kurdish women aged 14 and over
• Popular Mechanics: #1 energy myth: Nuclear energy isn't safe (During the first six decades of the nuclear age, fewer than 100 people have died as a result of nuclear power plant accidents)
• ABC: Labor Dept. Estimates $7.1 Billion in Overpayments to Unemployed
• NRO: 55% of likely voters think Obama is a socialist, 56% say he's too liberal
• The Weekly Standard: Obamacare forces 16 million into Medicaid – a program that denies care, has higher rates of infant mortality, and yields poorer health outcomes for patients
• UCLA (2004): FDR's policies prolonged Depression by 7 years, UCLA economists calculate
• Americans Oppose Federal Suit Against Ariz. Immigration Law, by a 50% to 33% margin
• Federal Reserve: Consumer credit decreased at an annual rate of 4.5% in May 2010, revolving credit decreased at an annual rate of 10.5%, and nonrevolving credit decreased at an annual rate of 1.5%
• Chosun: 80% of Koreans Think Favorably of America
• WSJ: U.S. lags far behind other major economies in restoring jobs lost in the recession
• Reuters: Darfur violence kills 221 in June
• Gallup: Economic Confidence Index falls to -34, the lowest weekly average since last July
• Earth and Industry: Telecommuting Employees Save Companies $10K per Year... Each
• Bureau of Labor Statistics: The average unemployed worker has been out of work for 35.2 weeks
• Economic Policy Institute: There are five unemployed workers for every job opening
• Heritage: The previous extension of Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits from 26 to 46 weeks increased the unemployment rate by 0.22 percentage points.
• Heritage: Roughly one-third of workers receiving UI benefits find work immediately once their benefits expire
• Heritage: Each 13 week extension of UI benefits increases the average length of time workers receiving benefits stay unemployed by approximately two weeks