Politics Viewed from Space

About a year ago the scientists in our secret basement laboratory sent up a research satellite to orbit the planet. (Our neighbors think that it's just a regular chimney running up through our house.) Aboard was a specially built telescope able to make assessments beyond just taking purdy pictures. One special function is to be able to summarize political and economic effects of a political regime.

Here is the telescope's depiction of the effects of the Obama Administration over the past 22 months: