My argument is against those people who have been saying that we've been in decline for the last 10 years. The facts don't bear that out.
Your interpretation of the facts doesn't bear it out, whereas everyone else's does. If GW was a democracy there would be no dispute, the decline would be established. However, it's a fascist dictatorship run by abusive tyrants. Therefore, the stagnation propaganda survives despite the evidence. Instead of this injustice being overturned and the truth unchained, we get Christmas smilies. How people can tolerate this is a complete mystery to me.