1 Another historic first for the D-bag-in-chief!

2

Oh, excellent.  Just great.

Obama is a searingly stupid stuttering clusterfuck of a MISERABLE FAILURE.

3 I call bullshit ... are the same statisticians that work for the global warmers working for the SCOAMF ?

4 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

Does this mean the Democrats will allow him to be impeached?  It's not like there isn't plenty of justification, and then their protestations of "We're not with him" might actually gain some traction in 2012.

5 Proud new Obama bumpesticker:


O JOBS LOST!

6 Cocksucker should resign.

7 Can we haz recession yet? Why yes we can.
 
I can hardly wait to hear what great plans the SCoaMF has in store for us.

8 AP's pre-runner was:

WASHINGTON (AP) — Businesses likely shrugged off recession fears and kept hiring in August, although not nearly enough to lower the unemployment rate.

Analysts forecast that the economy added 93,000 jobs last month, down from 117,000 in July. The unemployment rate is expected to stay at 9.1 percent, according to a survey by Factset.



Oopsi!

9 You know it's bad when the Flaming Left - the ones that hoisted "campaign finance reform" on us to begin with (Looking at YOU, Sen. McPain) - are now taking comfort in the fact Obama "raised over a $1 billion!" for his reelection bid.

Where are the Leftist DEMANDS Obama use only public funding??

10 This economic news is further proof of the president's steady hand in averting a deppression.

11 Okay, question: if there were 0 net new jobs, and we grow at something like 100,000 new people entering the workforce each month, how did the UE rate stay the same?  Are they monkeying with the numbers again?

12 The birth/ death added 87000 or the number would have been a big negative.

13

Good lord.  I really need a job.  I mean, I REALLY NEED A JOB.  My credit report looks like a Jackson Pollock painting at this point.  People out here are really panicking. 

I keep seeing all these stories in the banking press about hundreds of regulatory jobs being created, and that is what I do, but none of the banks I talk to are even hiring those people - they are instead spending millions in outside legal fees to protect themselves.  And even the law firms are scared to hire, they are just overworking the attorneys they have.  The Dodd-Frank bill has them all tied up in knots, not knowing which loans are legal, not knowing which regulator now has jurisdiction over what activities.  It's a total fucking mess. 

I can imagine every other industry has the same fears - why hire someone when you don't know how much their health care is going to cost, you don't know if your bank is going to pull your line of credit because some rookie bank examiner tells them it is too risky to loan you money, you don't know if your operation is going to be raided like Gibson Guitars on some whim of the Justice Department or the Fish and Wildlife Service, etc. 

Anyone who cannot see that our government has once again become the "invisible foot" that Reagan spoke of, is just willfully blind.

 

14 Well, as we know Reagan had laid the foundation for a roaring economic comeback.

Actually, by this point in 1983, the economy was already coming back.  The current economy is trying to find some place to hide before Obama comes back and kicks it some more.

15 This article in the WSJ is interesting.  It is written by a black professor.  I find it refreshing that so many intelligent blacks are coming out to expose Obama, as he is really (along with the CBC) doing a lot of damage to their brand.  The link is in my name, and goes to WSJ.

16

Right wing douchebags!

That wasn't a "0" (zero)! That was an "O" for Obama because he's THAT. FUCKIN'. AWESOME!

17 And there is no double dip because we never came out of the recession. Now we get to see what a depression looks like up close and personal.

18 You know what this economy needs? A speech. A speech about spending money on infrastructure and the "green economy" and maybe some class warfare rhetoric tossed in for good measure. That ought to fix things in no time

19 Posted by: rockmom at September 02, 2011 08:57 AM (lSyyU)

Have you looked at being an FDIC Auditor?  Then they might have a competent one.  The last time I know (for a fact) they had a competent auditor was 1982- because the competent one was my Dad, who was just about to make the jump to the private sector.

20 This is just the prelude to what's going to happen when the inJustice Department really gets ramped up on the Gibson Guitar Style Attacks on business.
Picking Winners and Losers. Like when they raped the auto dealerships that weren't sufficiently connected. And got totally away with it.

21 SPEECH! SPEECH!

22 Me and the president,  we're going steady.

23 Now we know why Chief Stumbling Clusterf*ck put on his theatrical production with Boner.....

"hope for change baby"

24 Not to worry, I just gave this terrific company in California $535 million in cash so they can hire a bunch of people.  Solyndra.  You folks will be hearin a lot about them, they are really growin.

25

Posted by: rockmom at September 02, 2011 08:57 AM (lSyyU)

Good luck, rockmom.  The jugeared SCOAMF in the Oval Office needs to get gone after next November so that good folks like you can actually get back to work!

26 Now we know what the O in Obama stands for.

27

Posted by: rockmom at September 02, 2011 08:57 AM (lSyyU)

 

You call it over-regulation and Obamacare; I call it sandbagging the President.

And it makes me soooooo mad! 

28 Wow.  That was unexpected.

29

King Barry XIV must really believe he is God, since he thinks he can simply speak jobs into existence. 

30 26 Now we know what the O in Obama stands for.

Posted by: Tsar Nicholas II at September 02, 2011 09:02 AM (iRlbA)

The "O" is for "O my God, we're boned!"

31 I thought it was for 'oful'  since the economy is oful good?

32 Quote from Mr. Museisluse on jobs report: "Well, at least it is better than a negative number". I love this guy- always something nice to say.

33 gold up by $50 today

34 gah.   even 17k is a rounding error in a workforce of 150 million

35 Mr. Blutarsky, 0.0

36 Nice work SCOAMF Doggie Dog

37 Hold on, I'm almost there!

38 Posted by: rockmom at September 02, 2011 08:57 AM (lSyyU)

Rockmom,


Check out USAJobs.gov

It lists every current job opening with the federal government out there, and you can specify type of job, locations, etc., or just go through the general listing.

39 Okay, I'm looking at the FoxBusiness site, and their futures number are negative for NASDAQ and S&P, but just say 'na' for the DOW.  Did DOW futures bite it so hard they stopped trading them?

40 In all seriousness, this guy is the worst president we've ever had. Just atrocious.

41

It's that damn Bush again!

42 * golf clap *

43 but just say 'na' for the DOW.

CNBC DOW futures show -160. It must be a fluke on the Fox site.

44

One of the ugly ironies - That union strike of 45,000 Verizon workers worked AGAINST the hiring number! So, whatever the number MIGHT have been was reduced by at least 45,000. Also, this from the AP:

"The weakness in employment was underscored by revisions to the jobs data for June and July. Collectively, those figures were lowered to show 57,000 fewer jobs added. The downward revisions were all in government jobs."

45 Of course, rockmom, if you DO get a fed job... we will then have to revile you as a leech on society.

46 I'm not a Bachmann fan, but isn't she the only one right now advocating eliminating entire departments (like the NLRB for example)?
 
I sure hope that this type of rhetoric heats up. Rockmom, sorry to hear of your troubles and I know that similar stuff is happening in my extended family. Until a great big pile of regulators and regulations meet the axe, there will be no recovery. Hell, even the WH is now forecasting no jobs recovery.

47 Liberals who claim Reagan was at the same place at the same time in his term are morons. But I repeat myself. This is like saying there is not much difference between an F-18 climbing through 10,000 ft on afterburner and Flight 93 passing through 10,000 ft on its way into the fields of PA. Hey, 10,000 ft is 10,000 ft, right? Wrong. It's the vector that's important. Really, the unemployment number isn't all that important relative to the speed and direction of the CHANGE in unemployment, I think.

48 That union strike of 45,000 Verizon workers

Speaking of union strikes, I heard a blurb (didn't get to wait around for the full story) about a possible UAW strike against Ford.  Anybody else hear about that?

49 Unemployment up, no jobs, and another foreign policy victory for obama on his watch, Turkey all but broke relations with Israel. i guess Turkey is no one bit worried about a reaction from the USA, Nato, or the West. LEADERSHIP!

50

Did Al Sharpton just get a job? Should it be +1 at least? Or does that not count because Cenk Ugyr was fired to make room for Big Al.

 

51 If I were a republican in either of the houses of Congress, and if I chose to attend Obama's speech next Thursday (I know Joe Walsh has already said he won't), I would be waiting for the SCOAMF to say, "There are some here in Congress who are willing to put party ahead of country," or some variation thereof.  And as soon as he said it, I would stand up and walk out.  No theatrics, no overwrought antics - just calmly get up and leave.  And when questioned by reporters after the fact about why I left, and didn't I think it was an insult to the office of the President, I'd say, "Gathering the House and Senate in a joint forum to present a so-called "jobs" speech that is nothing more than a poorly veiled campaign speech of divisive rhetoric is an insult to Congress and to the American people."  And then I'd just walk away.

52 Steady as she goes - we will find Cap'n Sparky's white whale and slaughter it sooner or later. Think of the oil and meat we can redistribute.

53

ZERO jobs created?  You know what this means don't ya?

CONGA LINE on the South Lawn! 

Pres. Zero: "C'mon Hanks, even you white boys can dance this one!' Hey Jay Z, make sure your hands don't go below the hips of the First Lady!" 

 

 

54

AllenG

"The votes have been tallied from FordÂ’s Dearborn Truck Plant and Ohio Assembly Plant and, no surprisingly, both groups have voted heavily in favor of going on strike with the looming end of their current contract with Ford on September 14th." from some site called torquenews.

55 47

"Latest MSNBC meme: Everyone is to blame for the zero jobs added.  Uncertainty caused the zero jobs and the uncertainty was caused by the debt ceiling debate."

 Ahhh!!!

So if only we were CERTAIN we are headed to fiscal disaster, the economy would pick up, huh?

Interesting theory.

56 Did Al Sharpton just get a job? Should it be +1 at least? Or does that not count because Cenk Ugyr was fired to make room for Big Al. Posted by: Ben at September 02, 2011 09:13 AM (wuv1c) Ya really can't call a yoob at MSNBC a full time yoob with their viewership

57

AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) is tired beyond tired of the trolls at September 02, 2011 09:11 AM (8y9MW)

Yea, they are talking about it, I wish Ford would shut their operations down in Detroit and move to a friendly state.

58

Boeing tried that, VA

They got their ass sued.

59 Smartestest SCoaMF EVAH!

60

This economic news is further proof of the president's steady hand in averting a deppression.

Just wait until you experience nutrition depprivation after the coming food and gas shortages.

61

Translation: ItÂ’s the Republicans fault! Obama isnÂ’t to blame --- if we just listened to him we would all have our unicorns by now!

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at September 02, 2011 09:11 AM (OWjjx)

We're getting seminar callers on morning talk radio with the "It's the republicans fault." meme. Same stuff that was happening in 2008 before the election and during Obamacare legislation.

62 Ford should move production to a friendly country.

63 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

64 I'm not a Bachmann fan, but isn't she the only one right now advocating eliminating entire departments (like the NLRB for example)?

She probably is the only one- because it's a fantasy.  She'd need an act of Congress to do it, and even a "conservative" congress isn't going to do that.  Certainly not right away.

The fact is, whether we like it or not, we have to fight this incrementally (yes, I know, "we don't have time," I actually agree with you), because if we go too fast, the Republicans just get elected out of office in 2014, and we're back to square one. 

So, what most of the candidates are talking about is "reining in" the regulatory agencies and reducing their powers.  That's what we're going to have to settle for, at first.

65

Did Al Sharpton just get a job? Should it be +1 at least? Or does that not count because Cenk Ugyr was fired to make room for Big Al.

 

Posted by: Ben at September 02, 2011 09:13 AM (wuv1c)

Hah!  If his ratings stay as low as they've been, Sharpton won't have a job much longer.  Even MSNBC needs to pay the bills.

66 59 truman north,

of such things are secessions made....

not hoping just saying...

we are either a free market constitutionally restricted representative republic or we are not

67 Massachusetts and Rhode Island, despite being solidly liberal, have a great local talk radio scene.  We don't get a ton of seminar callers, either.  I suspect it's because there's no point in spending money to gild the lily in such a blue stronghold.

68 You know what will fix the economy? A trip to Bali. That ought to get things on the right track again.

69 The theory that Fiscal Stimulus can solve economic downturns can simply NEVER be dis proven.

No matter how often it fails, the Left will forever say, It wasn't BIG Enough!!!

70 60 Johnny Depp,

that'll be by the end of his term....

the donk are gambling that Americans will love the government cheese....

I am betting the people being told 'we will not let you tap our natural resources" will riot instead and teach the urban poor a thing or two about focused destruction

71 Apparently, Rick Santelli - the father of the Tea Party (CNBC) PREDICTED ZERO for this number! WTF!

72 The recovery doesn't begin until ObamaCare is ruled unconstitutional and Obama loses his job. 

73 Yea, they are talking about it, I wish Ford would shut their operations down in Detroit and move to a friendly state.

Assuming the NRLB would let them...

Actually, I don't think it'll ever happen.  The Ford Family has ties that are just too deep to Detroit.  I wish it weren't so, but they're staying right where they are, even if it means they go out of business because of it.

Which sucks, because I'm at least two years out from being able to afford my F-150.

74 I overslept my alarm this morning.  Anybody wanna hire me?

75 I know of at least one hooker that was hired last month.

76 HALLIBURTON!!!!11!

77 Is there any doubt that Obama has passed the competition in the race for worst president ever?What a useless SCoaMF.

78 Luckily, houses and dogs can't tell time.

79

per FBN infobabe: Avg workweek for August was 34.2 hours.

 

TAKE THAT, FRANCE!!!

80 "The downward revisions were all in government jobs." Posted by: JDW

So is that the shiny part of the turd?

81 Posted by: Truman North, TPT at September 02, 2011 09:20 AM (+gfwN)

What are you good at?

Besides Hobo-hunting and drinking, I mean.

82 the donk are gambling that Americans will love the government cheese....

I heard that cheese is pretty good actually. 

83

What I've been reading is: No one could fix ( I thought Barry had god-like powers) the mess that Bush made in only a couple of years and now the Tea Party is trying to destroy all of Barry's work to fix the economy.

84 Unprecedented stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure!!!!

85 “When I talk to Democrats outside and inside the White House, as I did today what I heard was a slightly different message,” Howard Fineman said on tonight’s “Hardball.” Fineman reveals that the Democratic strategy for the presidential and Congressional elections will be “down and dirty.” “It’s not going to be a ‘Morning in America’ campaign, it’s going to be a darkness at midnight campaign about the Republicans. It’s going to be about the fact that the Republicans in Congress pushed Paul Ryan’s bill Medicare, about how they pushed Cut, Cap and Balance. It’s about how Republicans wanted to dismantle Wall Street reform. It’s going to be about how the Republican presidential candidates have embraced the Tea Party.” “Those are going to be the two central messages of a campaign that’s mostly going to be about attack. I think this is — just like 2008 was in some respects an uplifting campaign, from both sides, this one is going to be down and dirty from the beginning from both sides.” Yeah great reporting. A real scoop. Like we didn’t already know that you jackass liberal.

86

I applied for a job with the Philly Fed last fall; after an excruciating four hours of interviews, I heard nothing for three months and then, after about 100 phone calls and emails, the affirmative-action bitch who was the HR person just airily said, "oh, I'm sorry, I was so busy, I could not get back to you, we hired someone else for that job weeks ago."  SO BUSY.  They had like five jobs open at the time.  This is what you get with government nowadays.  My husband applied for a job with the Justice Department in March, and he is still waiting for an interview. 

I'm convinced that people have died waiting for government jobs to come through.  It is a total mystery how people get hired.

 

87 BUUUSSSSHHHH!!!!11!!!1!!!

88 Just heard on the radio that princess barry invited 13 top NASCAR drivers to the WH and they all turned him down.

89 @86: I've had government cheese and government bologna working at a federal prison.

The taste was OK, if a bit fatty... but those were some of the funkiest iridescent shades of Tropical Pink, Blue, and Green I ever did see!

90

My only marketable skill is providing world-class customer service either in person or overe the phone.

I's going to law school in the fall.  Since I have the option to not enter the workforce, I've chosen to exercise it.

91 Well, I don't know how Obama can be expected to create jobs when Congress hasn't passed the patent reform act.

And what about those trade deals he hasn't yet sent them?  They haven't passed those either.

So I blame the Tea Party because they want to hang blacks from trees.

92 No one could fix ( I thought Barry had god-like powers) the mess that Bush made in only a couple of years and now the Tea Party is trying to destroy all of Barry's work to fix the economy.

Of course that's their tactic- what else do they have left?  The problem for them is that the American People (historically, who knows about our current crop) have never accepted "no one could..."  The typical response has been, "So you're giving up then?  Fine, we'll find someone else to give it a shot."

93  Recovery II : SCoaMF's Boogaloo signs coming to a bridge and parking lot near you.

94 Dang @ 83 - yeah, that's kinda how I took it. I hate anyone losing a gig right now. But if they got to go, that's the place they need to go from.

95 SCOAMF of Doom!

96

Sort of OT.   I was just over at PJM (checking out Ed Driscoll's take on the Shelby Steele column Rush was talking about yesterday), and I saw this headline by in the Tatler sidebar and it gave me a giggle:

Is Bob Beckel Senile?

Roger L. Simon continues:

Or is he just living in the past? Thursday night on “The Five” he kept referring to Majority Leader Eric Cantor as “Mickey.” I assume he was thinking of Mickey Kantor, Clinton’s 1992 campaign chief. Of course, there’s the third possibility that Beckel thinks we’re all alike, but I won’t go there.

I think everyone can agree that Beckel is well past his sell-by date and should be put out to pasture without delay.

Seeing as the economic news is so depressing today, I thought y'all would appreciate the easy laugh.

97 Courtesy of JWF:

Obama's Accomishments. 

Appropriate symbol for this news, yes?

98 77 I overslept my alarm this morning.  Anybody wanna hire me?     Heh, I overslept too.    I was having a dream that I was President, and that first thing in the morning I was to receive the presidential daily briefing.    Soooo...........I figured I had until 10:00-10:30am to sleep in.

99  "CONGA LINE on the South Lawn!"

RACIST!
_{Wait,  don't they do that at Jimmy Buffett shows?}

Never mind.

100 wheeeeeeee

101 Just heard on the radio that princess barry invited 13 top NASCAR drivers to the WH and they all turned him down.

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at September 02, 2011 09:24 AM (y5oP7)

I Lol'd!

102 hahahah .. Just got me an "unexpectedly" omn the news roundup on the local staton. Hope my laughter didn't wake the neighbors.

103

#89. Posted by: nevergiveup at September 02, 2011 09:24 AM (i6RpT)

 

Wait that can't be right. the MFM tells us all the time that Republicans/conservative vote out of fear and hate and Democrats/liberals vote out of hope and love

104 88 Unprecedented stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure!!!!

Posted by: SCOAMF at September 02, 2011 09:23 AM (vYB+W)

How about: "UNEXPECTED stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure!" 

We should, after all, try to be inclusive of our liberal (*gag*) fellows (*vomit*) who are starting to realize their messiah isn't all he's cracked up to be.  Then you just have to wean them off of the "unexpected" part and bingo!

105

Rockmom, I have no idea how they hire. I had a friend apply for a government job, didn't hear anything for five months so, obviously, she figured she didn't get it. She was pissed they didn't have the courtesy to tell her no months ago. Suddenly, out of the blue, she gets a call saying she got the job. Five months later? After she started she asked if she was brought in because some other hire didn't work out. They told her no - that she was the only person they hired for the position. It's whacked!

 

106 Hey Drudge, that Ø needs to be bigger and RED. Funny how the UE stays 9.1 even though they removed 57,000 from Jun and July, and a big fat 0 for Aug. Nope, no number fudging going on. Nothing to see here.

107 I like Bob Beckel.  Everything he does is tongue-in-cheek.  He reminds me of Bobby "the brain" Heenan.

108 Stop referring to Reagan. THIS time it's not at all the same thing. This is NOT a 'recession' as we have grown up understanding them. This is a MASSIVE unwinding of a debt bubble and it is just beginning. Not just ending or anything good like that. That is what Monte keeps posting under his DOOM threads. Just BEGINNING. All that has happened in the last three years is deck chair re-arranging. Like the new configurations ? There is not one politician of ANY party who can prevent what will now happen. Not one. republicans promising 'solutions' are making a huge mistake, Huge.

109 92 Just heard on the radio that princess barry invited 13 top NASCAR drivers to the WH and they all turned him down.

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at September 02, 2011 09:24 AM (y5oP7)

I thought it was just five of them who turned him down?  Or has that changed?

110

Some personal perspective on this:

I am a programmer for a large bank with HQ in Europe. I am f'n miserable. From a working conditions perspective Milton in Office Space had a corner office compared to what I endure. And that's only about 30% of my dissatisfaction. 40% is my jerk of a team lead and the other 30 is management's overall dismissive attitude of employee concerns about anything.

Have been looking hard since July. Have had several interviews yet no offers. Trying to leap to anything non-banking.

I think many hesitate to offer because they know where I am with salary now. I'll admit I'm a bit inflated because they convinced me to come back in 2007 after downsizing me in 2006. They made it worth my while. Every place I've talked to is probably going to involve a 10-15K annual pay cut if I get an offer. And I'm so miserable I'm willing to do it (hard to not let that attitude come out in interviews). My wife who is a stay at home mom has even said she'll take a part time job if necessary to absorb the hit. She said the misery is really starting to wear on me.

Another trend seems to be a perference for contractors. I prefer to be FTE but I bet as a 6 month contractor I could have something right away.

111 Posted by: Tami at September 02, 2011 09:26 AM (X6akg)

That is fantastic.

First off, because he's too dumb to realize that, right in the middle of their season, they're a little busy to take the kind of time it take to see the President, even by invitation (yes, they work long days every day, too), and second, because he didn't realize that, in all likelihood, they'd be much more comfortable here at the HQ than hob-nobbing with the NRO crowd, for instance.

112 Unpresidented!

What exactly will the un-president speak about next week?  Football?

113 Enough of the hysteria. Overall, the U.S. economy broke even, adding/losing zero jobs in August, but as has been the case for a long while, the most noticeable gap is between the public and private sectors. Businesses added 17,000 jobs in August, while 17,000 jobs were lost in the public sector at the same time, thanks to budget cuts at the state and local level. Those are, by the way, budget cuts Republicans are desperate to bring to the federal level. So let's get real here. This isn't about Obama, it's about GOP economic sabotage. And keep in mind, the results are skewed a bit by the Verizon strike, which has since been resolved. When thatÂ’s taken into consideration, the private sector actually added 45,000 jobs in August. And only because Wisconsin-style union-busting tactics were rejected.

114 Massachusetts and Rhode Island, despite being solidly liberal, have a great local talk radio scene. We don't get a ton of seminar callers, either. I suspect it's because there's no point in spending money to gild the lily in such a blue stronghold.

Posted by: Truman North, TPT at September 02, 2011 09:17 AM (+gfwN)

I was in Boston last week and things seemed to be humming.  Doesn't look like a recession there.  Fenway Park is still packed at $90 a ticket, Prudential Center shops and restaurants were full of people.  And every fall they get 50,000 rich college students moving in and spending and renting all their apartments. My brother-in-law is a Web consultant and he says he has more work than he can handle right now, and is making a buttload of money. 

115 114,

The guy said 13 but if it was just 1 I'm down with it.

116 103  "CONGA LINE on the South Lawn!"


That's NOT a Conga Line.  It's just Moochelle's Caboose.

117 Posted by: Scott J at September 02, 2011 09:29 AM (/bVuS)

Where are you located?

118
BTW - to put that first zero net jobs since February 1945 in perspective, February 1945 was during WWII and at that point everyone who could work was working or in khaki.

Back then they ran out of workers, where as this time around we've run out of work.

119 Funny how the UE stays 9.1 even

We have top people working on the jobs numbers problem. Which is to say people complaining about the jobs numbers is a problem for us.

120 See? We're keeping our heads above water.

121 WHERE ARE THE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION????/??

122 If the Federal Government is our "Family" now, would that make princess barry the black sheep of our 'Family"?

123

Thanks for the Democratic response, JWC Harris.

btw, how did you get your job with the administration?  Are they still hiring?

124 Wow.  That was unexpected.

Posted by: Charlie Gibson

 

Not really, no.

125 When thatÂ’s taken into consideration, the private sector actually added 45,000 jobs in August. And only because Wisconsin-style union-busting tactics were rejected.

Oh please, please, tell your boss that he ought to run on his economic record. America needs the comic relief.

126 WHERE ARE THE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION????/?? Posted by: The cool kids from KOS

Sitting behind the Resolute desk in the White House.

127 4 minutes in, DJIA is down 200

128 If the Federal Government is our "Family" now, would that make princess barry the black sheep of our 'Family"?

I want a divorce

129 I need to ask a stupid question here (but after all I am a Moron so I repeat myself)

If June and July were revised downward, how the fuck can The Stuttering Cluster Fuck of a Miserable Failure claim that unemployment is "steady" at 9.1%?

Wouldn't any downward revision also revise the unemployment number upward?

After all there has been a continuous trend of unexpected and unprecedented downward revisions.

 

130 I am ready to start emancipation proceedings from my "federal family" pleez

131 94- good luck, the legal job markey is abysmal

132

Scott J,

Yeah, man, if you can get out, do it. I'd never advise anyone leave a job right now. But a bad gig that makes you miserable can so easily f*ck up everything else. But, then, so can a pay cut if you take a different job. Tough call, mate.

133 Whoa. DJIA down 200 right out of the gate.

134 Posted by: JMC Harris at September 02, 2011 09:30 AM (I6X8F)

"Republican economic sabotage"?  You fucking idiot.   Try oppressive pro-labor policies, an overly burdensome and expensive regulatory scheme, high corporate taxation, and uncertainty surrounding the implementation of Obamacare.  There's your lost jobs.

135

#117. Posted by: JMC Harris at September 02, 2011 09:30 AM (I6X8F)

 

Those are very nice talking points you copied and pasted, nit wit. Now go back in your cage

136 You know, it didn't have to be this way. If Racist Boehner had just let the President talk on the 7th like he wanted....

137 133. - Oh, see, you must have missed The Rapture that happened in there. hundreds of thousands of good liberals went up to Secular Enlightenment-Land

138

This is just...

 

Deppspicable!

139 132 If the Federal Government is our "Family" now, would that make princess barry the black sheep of our 'Family"?

I want a divorce

Posted by: Methos at September 02, 2011 09:35 AM (sOXQX)

Methos show me on this doll where Uncle Sam touched you?

140
Those are, by the way, budget cuts Republicans are desperate to bring to the federal level. So let's get real here. This isn't about Obama, it's about GOP economic sabotage.

And keep in mind, the results are skewed a bit by the Verizon strike, which has since been resolved. When thatÂ’s taken into consideration, the private sector actually added 45,000 jobs in August. And only because Wisconsin-style union-busting tactics were rejected.

Posted by: JMC Harris

Heh. Daring to challenge the worker rolls of bankrupt states is 'economic sabotage'. Questioning the spending of money that we don't have, and haven't had, is 'sabotage'? In that world, I asuppose that $200,000 a year lifeguards are proof that things are going swimmingly?

141 Stop referring to Reagan. THIS time it's not at all the same thing. This is NOT a 'recession' as we have grown up understanding them.
This is a MASSIVE unwinding of a debt bubble and it is just beginning. Not just ending or anything good like that. That is what Monte keeps posting under his DOOM threads.
Just BEGINNING. All that has happened in the last three years is deck chair re-arranging. Like the new configurations ? There is not one politician of ANY party who can prevent what will now happen. Not one. republicans promising 'solutions' are making a huge mistake, Huge.

Posted by: Dougf at September 02, 2011 09:29 AM (Q+6Y9)

That is certainly part of it, but halfway-intelligent government policy could have helped smooth the effects of the unwinding and had us well on the road to a real recovery now.  Instead, Obama just had to punish the banks with Dodd-Frank and ram Obamacare through just to say he did, he just had to take over GM and Chrysler to save the UAW's ass, he just had to let Nancy Pelosi write a ridiculous and useless $800 billion stimulus bill that sent all that money down a proverbial rathole.  So now the government is out of money for any actual stimulus that might work, investors are terrified, and employers are not hiring because they would basically be idiots to hire in this environment.

Milton Friedman was right -- recessions are part of a normal buciness cycle.  Depressions are always caused by government policy.

142 When thatÂ’s taken into consideration, the private sector actually added 45,000 jobs in August. And only because Wisconsin-style union-busting tactics were rejected.

Lol.  What color is the sky in your world?  You know that the verizon workers went back to work with no contract right.  That's pretty much "breaking the union".

143 Overall, the U.S. economy broke even, adding/losing zero jobs in August

"Breaking even" is losing ground, since more people enter the workforce each year. Even the historically-tiny additions you trumpet as Giant Obamanomics Success Stories, just mean losing ground at little less quickly.

144 Oh haha, I don't want to be a litigator.  I want to use the law degree to get in the door at a think tank or policy research group or some shit.

145 126 If the Federal Government is our "Family" now, would that make princess barry the black sheep of our 'Family"?

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at September 02, 2011 09:32 AM (y5oP7)

I'll just say it:

RAAAAAAAAAAAACISSSSSSSSSST!

Okay, carry on. 

146

I gotta say, that Harris guy has better-written talking points than most people in the media or on the Interhole.

DJIA down 230 or 2%

147 Unexpectedly,  a unicorn did not bring me my slippers this morning.

148 Overall, the U.S. economy broke even, adding/losing zero jobs in August,

Are you really that stupid, or do you just pretend to be so you can troll here?  The United States adds somewhere between (last I checked) 80,000 & 100,000 new workers to its workforce every month.  Which means the rather anemic "growth" we've had in the last several months has actually been losing ground anyway.  By adding 0 net new jobs, we have, functionally, lost between 80,000 and 100,000.  Even if we factored out those government job losses (btw: those aren't in states that are taking control of their budgets, I'll point out.  Wisconsin, after Scott Walker's "Union Busting Tactics" was able to save tens of thousands of teachers' jobs that would otherwise have had to be cut) and let you claim the 17K jobs in the private sector, that is (minimum) 53,000 fewer jobs than we need just to break even.

Now, as for Republicans cutting budgets, etc.: You bet they are.  Government spending does not add one cent to the economy.  It -always and only- removes wealth.  If you'd get your head out of your messiah's rear long enough to look at the real world, you'd realize that every recovery after a recession has come about because of stability (that is: not adding several thousand new regulations like Mr. SCOAMF has done) and government finally ceasing to do anything to the economy.

Whenever intervention has been tried, it has -always and only- made the economy worse.

It's Friday, and I've had a week full of trolls already, so this is as nice as you're getting.

149 There is not one politician of ANY party who can prevent what will now happen. Not one. republicans promising 'solutions' are making a huge mistake, Huge.

Posted by: Dougf at September 02, 2011 09:29 AM (Q+6Y9)

 

Bullshit.   The Dems are the kiss of death for real jobs creation.   Whenever they manage to wrestle the mantle of power from responsible people, things go to shit.

As soon as it is obvious to all that they are going to get the boot, real investment and job creation will begin anew.

The problem is policy.  You can't grow a country by stealing wealth from the creators and giving it to the shitless layabouts that comprise the Democrat base. 

You can only spur growth by removing the obstacles that have been placed in the way by the Dem. Political Class.

150 [Making them work for their paycheck] = [union busting] to these parasites.

151 Paging Monty....

152 117 Enough of the hysteria. Overall, the U.S. economy broke even, adding/losing zero jobs in August, but as has been the case for a long while, the most noticeable gap is between the public and private sectors. Businesses added 17,000 jobs in August, while 17,000 jobs were lost in the public sector at the same time, thanks to budget cuts at the state and local level.

Linky? 

Those are, by the way, budget cuts Republicans are desperate to bring to the federal level. So let's get real here. This isn't about Obama, it's about GOP economic sabotage.

Thanks for the DNC talking points of the day. 

And keep in mind, the results are skewed a bit by the Verizon strike, which has since been resolved. When thatÂ’s taken into consideration, the private sector actually added 45,000 jobs in August. And only because Wisconsin-style union-busting tactics were rejected.

45,000 < 70,000, at least if you stick by the "old" math.  Which is still much less than needed to provide employment to not only those who have lost their jobs but to also keep pace with population growth. 

153 garrett, my only quibble with your excellent post is the word "shitless" - rather, they are quite full of all manner of shit! I think you meant "shiftless"

154 Ford used to build trucks in the Norfolk, Va area, but IIRC, they closed that down to consolidate-presumably in Michigan.

155 >Posted by: JMC Harris Sounds like something an Average Joe would say.

156

I'm glad the Ivy League Experts are in charge.

157 137 Whoa. DJIA down 200 right out of the gate. Posted by: joncelli at September 02, 2011 09:36 AM (RD7QR) That's because the Republicans forced Obama to give his speech on Thursday instead of Wednesday!

158 When thatÂ’s taken into consideration, the private sector actually added 45,000 jobs in August. And only because Wisconsin-style union-busting tactics were rejected.

Lol.  What color is the sky in your world?  You know that the verizon workers went back to work with no contract right.  That's pretty much "breaking the union".

Posted by: GMan

 

He didn't get the call. Something about an unresolved line issue I think......

159 Again from the radio, on page 13 hidden in the NYT this morning 1,000,000 new applications for food stamps in the past month!

160 This jobs number is a huge disappointment It's a shame that Big Business keeps letting this president down after all the hard work he's done trying to get America back to work. Why are all these rich bosses so stubbornly refusing to hire? Why is it only THIS president who gets stuck with such a long recession? I suspect much of it has to do with him being black.

161 I like that Stuart Varney

162

I think you meant "shiftless"

 

Would that I read what I post, I would have caught that.

163 D-R-I-N-K-Y-O-U-R-O-V-A-L-T-I-N-E

164 Methos show me on this doll where Uncle Sam touched you?

*sticks yard stick into backside of doll, swings between adjacent walls until there are holes in both*

Like that, your honor

165 ..and maybe a few more Earthquakes and Hurricanes would help stimulate the economy, with all those reconstruction jobs! Oh, WAIT... the Earthquake actually hurt the economy according to Liberals, didn't it? It's SO hard to keep these things straight...

166 When they come for your guns make them work for them!

167 New Jersey has lost something like 10,000 employees since Chris Christie signed the pension reform bill earlier this year.  Nobody noticed.  Most of them took early retirement with fat pensions, so you can't really call them unemployed. 

168 And keep in mind, the results are skewed a bit by the Verizon strike, which has since been resolved. When thatÂ’s taken into consideration, the private sector actually added 45,000 jobs in August.


So I take three apples from the basket,  and then put the three apples back in the basket.  I now have three more apples?

Incredible!  Someone get me a basket of apples!  I'm in business!

169

And only because Wisconsin-style union-busting tactics were rejected.

Nice try.  Seriously, if this is what you guys are going to run on for the next fourteen months you might as well pack and get the hell out now.

The only people to lose their jobs in Wisconsin were employees....of the union.  Not.  One.  Teacher.

Amazing how people don't want to pay union extortion when they have a choice, huh sparky?

170 and over at Huffpo:


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because it's the legislativ­e Branch that drafts legislatio­n, not the Executive, your little Gopers and teapers are responsibl­e for this.. they have done nothing but sit on their hands and suck up lobbyists money....  get a clue.



So, apparently it's all our fault.

171 Obama is the anti-Reagan in every conceivable degree.  The idea that Obama could "pull a Reagan" here is laughable.

You want to know why Obama proposes things like the stimulus?  Because he has NO IDEA how to fix the problem and he just hopes that by throwing money at it it will magically improve.

Keynesian Economics - NEVER WORKED no matter how many times it is tried - yet the left believes in it.

Supply-side Economics - HAS WORKED every time it has been tried yet the left claims it doesn't work.

Seriously.

172
Since it's not a negative number I'll give myself a strong B+ and another round of golf.

173

121 Posted by: Scott J at September 02, 2011 09:29 AM (/bVuS)

Where are you located?

I'm in Central Alabama (just outside Birmingham and work in town). I could commute anywhere in the area though.

I really prefer not to relocate but might consider it for the right position in the right place.

Have had a phone interview with a place in my wife's hometown of Charleston, SC. But the recruiter has gone on vacation and won't be back until next week.

174 I suspect much of it has to do with him being black.

Posted by: Warden at September 02, 2011 09:42 AM (KulgD)

*sad shake of the head*  Yes, I suspect you're right.  It's a pity really.  I guess there'll just always be racists around, getting in the way of genuine progress because of their bigoted, bitter clinger mentalities.   I think Obama needs to take off the kid gloves and get tough!  Time to start raiding the big companies to find all the money their greedy CEOs are stuffing in their mattresses instead of hiring people! 

Obama's our only hope.

*single tear down cheek*

175 You know if he'd just make the Unicorn start shitting Skittles, that at least be one new job.

176

105 Just heard on the radio that princess barry invited 13 top NASCAR drivers to the WH and they all turned him down.
------------------------------------------------------------------

Pres.Zero:  "Screw the jobs report!  Hey Reggie! Who we got coming in today?"

Reggie Love: "Well, you've seen just about everyone, sir.  NBA, NFL, WNBA, NHL, MLB, PGA, MLS, MIL, FIFA, hell ain't nobody left!"

Jarrett: (whispering) "NASCAR."

Pres.Zero:  "Madagascar?!  Hey that reminds me, get Holder on the phone. If a guy names Zafy Magsasay isn't cranking out Gibson Les Paul's at his work station in Antananarivo by 12 noon tomorrow there is going to be hell to pay!"  

Jarrett: (looking whistfully at Zero):  "Smart power, sir.  Smart. Power."   

177 Hilda solis was just on CNBC.  The interview is worth watching if the administration allows it to be put up.  she basically blamed the republicans for all of the administrations problems with the economy.  When they couldn't take the same answer over and over in differnt ways anymore they finally called her on it.

178 "I just saw a guy on CNBC say the ZERO (ZERO!) net job creation is the first time since 1945 that the government has reported no jobs created in a month. Unprecedented!"

This sentence is misleading.  Zero is just a number.  Obviously, we have had net negative job creation in the past.  It just so happens that the last time new jobs equaled lost jobs were equal was 1945.  Don't overplay this part of it

179

I talked with a client yesterday who runs investments for a private investor (read: really rich guy) and he said that they are "hunkering down" until after 2012.   Funny that:  I've heard the phrase "hunkering down" a lot lately, usually from businessmen-types or investors who have skin in the game.

Forget about polls and projections and all the political consultant mumbo jumbo.   The people who make the American economy work are already voting, and they have come to the conclusion that Obama has been a disaster for business, and will continue to be a disaster for business until we get rid of him in 2012.   The last thing on earth they want to hear is another "soaring" speech from President Just Words.   The next political speech they'll tune in for is the Inaugural Address of somebody else, anybody else.

180 With Obama's mouth he is saying, "Fire Prevention!" but in his hands he is holding a gas can and a lit match.

Worst President EVER.

181

Not sure if anyone has said it yet.

 

0.0 Mr. Blutarski

182 Obama broke the cycle.

Previous to his unprecedented administration, the rule of thumb for non-union labor measured Republican administration low taxes but high unemployment (yes, resulting from previous Democrat Spending/Mandate administrations) against contrasting Democrat administrations with jobs (resulting from previous Republican policy) but such high taxes as to deplete remaining wage earner income to poverty level w/o benefits (those reserved for the unemployed).

Obama killed the goose that laid golden eggs, now extinct, and is too incompetent to consider at least cloning it.

183 Posted by: Scott J at September 02, 2011 09:46 AM (/bVuS)

Look for a group called Sogeti USA (they're my employer- we do consulting work).  I don't know if there is one near you, though.

184

Much of my discontent starts and ends with one word: Accenture.

They make fed.gov look competent.

185 You know what will fix this economy? High speed rail! Green jobs! Infrastructure spending! More unionization! And by fix I mean like you "fix" a dog

186 their little house of smoke and mirrors is imploding.

something about opening fire in glass houses...

187 183 Hilda solis was just on CNBC.  The interview is worth watching if the administration allows it to be put up.  she basically blamed the republicans for all of the administrations problems with the economy.  When they couldn't take the same answer over and over in differnt ways anymore they finally called her on it.
I saw that, and kept saying, "Oh, wow." She just kept repeating about how she needed "cooperation from Congress", and from "across the aisle". Something about extending unemployment, because people "need it" (classic marxist thinking). As if that really means squat.

188 I did it!  Absolutely nothing!

189

185

 

These are my clientele and they have been sitting it out since mid-late 07. 

As soon as it was apparent that a Dem Congress would (most likely) be working with a Dem President, they pulled the plug. 

Risk aversion is never a bad plan when the Donks are in charge.

190 Now there can be now no doubt that the "O" in Obama is acutally stands for "Zero". This loser is setting records for incompetance that would make Jimmy Cater blush.

191

Hey Drudge, that Ø needs to be bigger and RED. Funny how the UE stays 9.1 even though they removed 57,000 from Jun and July, and a big fat 0 for Aug. Nope, no number fudging going on. Nothing to see here.

 

I love the headline. I'm not so sure Drudge meant it to read as I read it. but I don't care. However, as you said, it should be big and red.

192

1) I hate Access 2007.  Apropos of nothing, but I just had to get that off my chest.

2) Since I feel this will be useful information in the near future, which role do you think I should shoot for in the inevitable postapocalyptic world of assless leather pants and mohawk haircuts:  Master-Blaster, or Auntie Entity?  Biologically I'm more suited to the latter, but Master-Blaster had the power because he/they knew shit (literally).

193 The thing that scares me(it scares us all,I'm sure),is the sizeable chunk of the electorate that is too stupid(brainwashed?)to see what a SCoaMF we have in the WH.The percentage will probably go up,considering the education system and who runs it.Scary.

194 And by fix I mean like you "fix" a dog

like Bluffy. Ain't no friend of mine.

195 Posted by: maverick muse at September 02, 2011 09:50 AM (lpWVn)

This is largely true.  As has been pointed out, nothing that either Hoover (who actually started the programs that would become "The New Deal") or Roosevelt did helped the American economy.  Even WWII did not directly fix the economy.  What finally fixed the American economy in the wake of WWII was innovation being unleashed by the Government getting out of the way (some, at least).

Reagan didn't improve the economy by anything he did, but rather by what he forbade the Government from doing.

We even have a good example in one Presidency: in the .com meltdown of 2000/2001, Bush cut taxes and got out of the way, and we came roaring back pretty quickly.  In the meltdown of 2008, he went all-in on "stimulus" and look at where that's gotten us.

What Obama lacks that Roosevelt didn't was a War (note the big W) to distract us from how miserable we are.  Also a true monopoly on media and communication.

He's done.  He may not realize it, yet, but the Congressional Democrats should.

196 Wisconsin-style union-busting tactics

I love it when you lefties moan that kind of dirty talk while my cock is in your mouth.

197 Hmmm, I wonder when they revise this month's numbers next month which way it will go?

198 Posted by: steevy at September 02, 2011 09:56 AM (1Nzoh

I think you're wrong.  Look at his approval numbers- people are buying it less and less.  People know that it's been bad before, and turned around.  So saying that "we couldn't because of those wascawy wepubwicans" isn't going to work anymore.

199

Fat, drunk and stupid might not be a way to go through life, but in the ObamiNation, out of work, drunk and stupid is the only way to go.

(Bonus points to the first Moron who figures out the reference)

200

What Obama lacks that Roosevelt didn't was a War (note the big W) to distract us from how miserable we are.

But but but... I killed Bin Laden!

201 And just like that, the Stuttering Clusterfuck of a Miserable Failure is off to CAMP DAVID for the weekend!!! Have a good trip Barky!

202

I was reading about a fund that basically keeps money in cash when congress is in session, and invests in the S&P 500 when they are out.

Over 46 years, that strategy shows the S&P provides a 0.9% return when congress is in session, and over 16% when they are out.

203

"we couldn't because of those wascawy wepubwicans"

Barney Frank?  That you?

204 The thing that scares me(it scares us all,I'm sure),is the sizeable chunk of the electorate that is too stupid(brainwashed?)to see what a SCoaMF we have in the WH.The percentage will probably go up,considering the education system and who runs it.Scary.

Posted by: steevy at September 02, 2011 09:56 AM (1Nzoh)

That is very scary. There is nothing but indoctrination going on in most schools. and anyone who buys into it ends up being too blind to see what's in front of his face. The teacher's union wants to churn out class after class of good little drones. They can't count, read or write but they are completely politically indoctrinated

205 205 I hope you are right,I really do.

206 I saw that, and kept saying, "Oh, wow." She just kept repeating about how she needed "cooperation from Congress", and from "across the aisle".

"We know what to do."

"Then why haven't you done it?"

"We know what to do."

"We know what to do."

Heh.

207 208 And just like that, the Stuttering Clusterfuck of a Miserable Failure is off to CAMP DAVID for the weekend!!! Have a good trip Barky!

Posted by: Highsmith at September 02, 2011 10:00 AM (bZelx)

Well it's Labor Day Weekend.  You can't expect him to work. 

The next time Jay Carney snipes at the White House press corps that, "Being President is a hard job.  The American people surely wouldn't begrudge him a vacation," I want someone to shout from the back of the room, "I begrudge it, you Rachel Maddow-impersonating assface!"

208 Dear God, please have the Democrats figure out some reason that Obama has to resign. Even if Biden is a complete incompetent for the next 17 months, he won't be trying to destroy our country and we'll at least have something to laugh at. Amen.

209 I'm just glad that Buffett gets his 6% dividend in Bank of America and billopons in options because he kissed Obama's ass and attacked the evil Tea Party.

210 I can't beleieve 10 million republicans went sooo far that they quit their job and stayed unemployed for 2 years to just to make Obama look bad because he's black.

211 Racists.

212 There is a silver lining.  Private sector employment grew a little bit, but it was offset by government jobs lost.  Those are 2 good things.  Not great, but it's something.

213 90

I applied for a job with the Philly Fed last fall; after an excruciating four hours of interviews, I heard nothing for three months and then, after about 100 phone calls and emails, the affirmative-action bitch who was the HR person just airily said, "oh, I'm sorry, I was so busy, I could not get back to you, we hired someone else for that job weeks ago."  SO BUSY.  They had like five jobs open at the time.  This is what you get with government nowadays.  My husband applied for a job with the Justice Department in March, and he is still waiting for an interview. 

I'm convinced that people have died waiting for government jobs to come through.  It is a total mystery how people get hired.

 Rockmom - to secure a Federal position is a career in itself. First, you have to know someone in the office you wish to apply to and know that they want you. Second, you must matriculate through the Federal hiring system. Third, the agency has to be allowed to hire new people (on-off). Generally the easiest way in is as support contractor. After a year or two supporting an agency function you know them (since you do their work) and they know you (feel comfortable with your personality) and finally you are tipped to an opening coming up and pre-prepare for the hiring process. Even with this foreknowledge, Government agencies must give first current Govies first dibs on the position before hiring new.

Bottom line - securing a Govie position is a long and tortuous process. Once in place, you can pretty much take your pack off because firing a govie is twice as hard as hiring one. Quick answer, interview with the agencies support contractors. They can hire you in a day if they like what they see.

214 And just like that, the Stuttering Clusterfuck of a Miserable Failure is off to CAMP DAVID for the weekend!!!

Great.  He's shown he can't even learn something just for test on the following Friday.  Ten days (sorry, nine days) in Martha's Vineyard (for which he took untold amounts of crap) to come back for a week, and then off to Camp David.  Great Optics, champ.

Look, I know that Camp David is, more-or-less, an Oval Office away from the Oval Office, but it's still another "vacation."

Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

215

of course that is just a rounded zero. The actual estimte could well have been negative anywhere (-500 to +500).

 

0Bama 

the 0ne Zero

216

You know what will fix this economy?

I have a plan!

High speed rail!

I'm with you on that. See, there are people who get money from the government. It's called 'welfare'. So we change the rules, and call it 'workfare'. and they get to build the rail.

Green jobs!

Well, they will certainly get free Solar Heating...

Infrastructure spending!

Got that covered.

More unionization!

Well, I'm sure that they will all be of the same opinion about the job!

And hell, I did this without a teleprompter.

217

Posted by: Sub-Tard at September 02, 2011 10:09 AM (0M3AQ)

 

Another tip.  Get an entry level job you're way over-qualified for in the gov.  Admin assistant or something.  Once you're in, it will be easier to move up to a job you're qualified for, since you can still use whatever private sector experience you have, but you'll also get the "current fed" status.

218 The biggest difference between the Reagan years and the Obama years is that in 1980 the rate of inflation was 13.5%. The recession was caused by the Fed in its attempts to get inflation under control, and though that recession caused very high unemployment rates, it did get inflation under control. In 1983, Reagan's third year in office, the rate of inflation had declined to 3.5%. People were willing to forgive the high unemployment rate because it had accomplished something--the reduction in inflation. Also, unemployment dropped from 9.4% in July of 1983 to 7.6% in September of 1984 with the very high GDP growth. What will the high unemployment rates of the Obama years (since he took office, we have had more months with unemployment above 9% than all other administrations since Truman combined) accomplish?

The Obama partisans who are trying to find solace in the Reagan story are only looking at a tiny bit of the picture. The whole comparison should be very discouraging for them.

219 Now that I read that the "zero" was a result of cutting government jobs, I don't feel quite as gloomy.

I'd prefer to see 2 private sector jobs added per public sector cut, but cutting some government is at least a step in the right direction.

I do note that most of that comes from the "small government" side of things (city/county/state).  We need to whack DC government jobs.

220 AllenG

What finally fixed the American economy in the wake of WWII was innovation being unleashed by the Government getting out of the way (some, at least)...What Obama lacks that Roosevelt didn't was a War (note the big W) to distract us from how miserable we are.  Also a true monopoly on media and communication.

Who's still ignoring the fact that Americans (and Europeans) were ALL on rations during WWII? Sure, women got jobs men were shipped off leaving behind.

But for everyone working together FOR A SHORT "DURATION" TERM of only four years I'd argue that was easier for everyone than our current circumstances being bankrupt, not merely in Depression, AND being thrown by our potus/NATO/UN directive (ignoring the US Constitution and roles/limits of US government branches, not to mention US sovereignty) into never-ending ever-escalating perpetually re-deployed Military Personnel AND National Guard wars permeating the globe.

Imo, Obama has been and IS using his wars to distract us from how miserable we are -- but he's such a clusterfuck-of-a-failure he mismanaged that -- as if most Americans today are as "trusting" of official messaging as in the first half of the 20th Century. Disillusionment has a way of changing perception-- having eaten the fruit from the tree of knowledge. Matters whether good or evil feed the propaganda machine. That people see through the Oz curtains now does not mean that Obama hasn't still as true a monopoly on the MFM and Federal CyberSecurity internet surveillance, propaganda and interruptions as FDR, Stalin or Hitler could only dream of abusing.

221 The comments at Yahoo are brutal against Obungler. The occasional defending post is down-dinged into hidden status.

222 Hey, guess how the Whitehouse is spinning that whole net zero jobs thing:

The White House Blog
The Employment Situation in August
Posted by Katharine Abraham on September 02, 2011 at 09:39 AM EDT

TodayÂ’s employment report shows that private sector payrolls increased by 17,000 and overall payroll employment was flat in August. The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 9.1 percent, a level that remains unacceptably high. Despite a slowdown in economic growth from substantial headwinds experienced throughout the year, the economy has added private sector jobs for 18 straight months, for a total of 2.4 million jobs over that period.



Yep. just flat out don't mention it.  Not even bothering to lie anymore.

223 What Obama lacks that Roosevelt didn't was a War (note the big W) to distract us from how miserable we are.

Since his base is a bunch of professional welfare collectors, shakedown artists, highly lazy unproductive union workers, outright commies in academia, and would be draft dodging college students looking for booze, a high, or quick lay, somehow I doubt starting a big war with a W is going to help King Putt. If anything it would galvanize his base against him for making that segment of the population have to do stuff besides collecting other people's money in one form or another.

224 63 Ford should move production to a friendly country.   I hear the DOJ is recommending Madagascar.

225 What finally fixed the American economy in the wake of WWII was innovation being unleashed by the Government getting out of the way (some, at least)

Rather, Federal Contracts and Congressional Mandates streamlined all efforts towards winning a global front war based from two continents across the major oceans from America. _{(--morons need not assume incorrectly that given Japan/Germany declaring war on America, we should have stayed neutral--no one declared war on Switzerland.)}

You're arguing that those were "getting out of the way of business"?

Tell that to the American manufacturing industries and machine shops fabricating domestic consumer items /vacuum cleaners, toasters.

That Americans united under attack was by choice.

226 Oh, I forgot to add the special bonus for the railworkers. Michelle gets to plan their meals...

227 Its third and 29 for the economy, Quarter Back Barry is pointing at the defense and complaining its all their fault. He has just called an audible to a 'spike the ball play' to stop the clock and intends to do a sack dance in celebration. He thinks the 'Boos' from the crowd are 'Ooohs' as in Oooohbama. The bagel on the scoreboard records the jobs created figure. The 14 Trillion on the other scoreboard is - well guess what that is.

That is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure in terms sports fans can understand.

228 219 There is a silver lining.  Private sector employment grew a little bit, but it was offset by government jobs lost.  Those are 2 good things.  Not great, but it's something.

Posted by: yinzer at September 02, 2011 10:08 AM (/Mla1)

It's nothing,,believe me.

Besides, look who's doing the counting. Believe me, they tried to find jobs to hand to Obama.

229 President EPIC FAIL

230 If anything it would galvanize his base against him for making that segment of the population have to do stuff besides collecting other people's money in one form or another.

Blue Falcon,

I can't see America embracing the Draft to fight all of Obama's wars.

I also don't see the humanity of perpetually redeploying our troops, particularly to fight UN/NATO/Obama destabilizing wars enabling the abusive powers of global authoritarianism.

231 Heh, Let's see if the MSM mentions this before the GRAND FUBAR's "jobs" speech.... The only job Obama is interested in saving - is his own. I mean, with a wife like Michelle - Obama will be broke within 6 months of leaving office.

232 I am still proud of President Obama....so proud even though I have no income and my house is under water. The storm was due to Bush's policies creating accelerated global climate change and my income is lost because of Bush's horrible economic policies. But, I will survive to help president Obama get a second and third term. We must have faith in President Obama and hope his plans work soon. the sooner we arrest Bush the sooner we heel as a nation people. Let's get with it !!!!!

233

For those 'rons & 'ettes saying that the unemployment rate should have gone up, it actually did.  The U-6 went from a seasonally adjusted 16.1% last month to 16.2%. I haven't wasted my time looking at the U-3 category for over a year.

234 Geez, even the expectations are suffering - look down - 75,000 somehow shrank to 70,000.

235 You see Barry the Republicans are called the opposition party because it is their job to oppose what you are trying to do - not to cooperate with you. If their job was to go along with you they would be called the co-operative party not the opposition party.

Explaining how things work to the SCOAMF in chief.

236 What I recognize is the necessity to defend America's borders, protect our interior and our national sovereignty -- to maintain US Constitutional Governance.

The business of fighting an ever growing number of wars in Islam, now aimed to ally the empowerment of Muslim Theocracy, is insane.

If that's as good as Obama's propaganda can mount after Bush's compassionate PC warfare failure to "win the hearts and minds of our enemies", then two words:

Impeach Obama.

Spend our tax funds rebuilding America's manufacturing industry, at the heart of national sovereignty and economic security, rather than directing the rest of the world's improvements.

MBA corporate raiders don't produce goods or "good jobs". Investments in frauds (Federal Reserve) don't produce a nation's wealth.

/on that note, who else saw the ironic headline: Freddy/Fanny M&M are suing Bank of America, JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs for financing fraud at taxpayer expense. Talk about pot/kettle distracting finger pointing that won't produce anything but more wasted tax dollars.

237 If you know someone long term unemployed, convince them to look for work and be counted in the unemployment rolls again.  They have been thrown on the pile like an old tin can and forgotten.  If every one started looking for work again, then the UE number would rocket to 20%. 

238 Oink you for asking, Mr. President.  The capital strike will end when the capitalist pigs choose to end it.  You may now return to "changing the rules of power relationships," or whatever you call it this week.

239

Much of my discontent starts and ends with one word: Accenture.

They make fed.gov look competent.

Posted by: Scott J at September 02, 2011 09:51 AM (/bVuS)

I just had a very promising phone interview yesterday with a smaller consulting firm that works with most of the big and medium-sized lenders doing process improvements and the like.  They are getting a ton of business because the big firms like Accenture keep selling the banks with high-quality talent and then once they get the contract they assign a bunch of dumb recent college graduates to the project and they produce nothing useful.  This firm also has a good track record of getting its consultants placed in key jobs within the banks.  I am really hoping this one works out. 

I am also waiting to hear on another good job with a bank that is based in Canada.  All the U.S. banks are screwed, there are going to be mass layoffs this fall at all of them.

240 U-3 remained flat at 9.1%.

U-6 bumped up from 16.1% to 16.2%.

Good times?  Not for 16.2%.

241 If you know someone long term unemployed, convince them to look for work and be counted in the unemployment rolls again. They have been thrown on the pile like an old tin can and forgotten. If every one started looking for work again, then the UE number would rocket to 20%.

Posted by: mark at September 02, 2011 10:41 AM (5FxDt)

I don't know if I am counted or not.  I have been looking for work for over a year since my last consulting gig was canceled, but my unemployment benefits ran out in 2009. 

In my upscale neighborhood of 22 homes, there are five of us who are long-term unemployed.  That's a bit more than 20%, and I think this is fairly typical.  And this doesn't count the teens in these households who want to work but can't find a part-time job.

242 Two points, one relevant, one not.

1. Can we finally call this the Obama Depression?

2. I'm in the Detroit area, and the media is a-twitter with talk of an upcoming UAW strike against Ford- in fact, the UAW admits to targeting Ford. As all good morons know, Ford is the only one who did not take the bailout, and therefore, is not owned indirectly by the UAW. This feels really illegal to me. Just saying.

243 To quote Sheila Jackson Lee (I think), "what is it about THIS president?"

244 You see Barry the Republicans are called the opposition party because it is their job to oppose what you are trying to do - not to cooperate with you. If their job was to go along with you they would be called the co-operative party not the opposition party.

Explaining how things work to the SCOAMF in chief.

Posted by: An Observation at September 02, 2011 10:35 AM (ylhEn)

That would be true if the GOP were an actual opposition party.  However, they're the junior half of the Bipartisan Party-In-Government, which, whenever they somehow find themselves accidentally in power, strives to return to the minority.

245 Fucking fat, drunk and stupid sockpuppets; they keep on stealing my identity :-)

246 The only people to lose their jobs in Wisconsin were employees....of the union.  Not.  One.  Teacher.

Not 100% true... Jobs were lost for some teachers in Wisconsin, but ONLY in areas such as Milwaukee which signed new union contracts before Walker's law took effect.

OTOH, areas which were given the freedom to negotiate on things like the health care provider for teachers cut overhead by so much that they were able to hire new teachers.

247 2. I'm in the Detroit area, and the media is a-twitter with talk of an upcoming UAW strike against Ford- in fact, the UAW admits to targeting Ford. As all good morons know, Ford is the only one who did not take the bailout, and therefore, is not owned indirectly by the UAW. This feels really illegal to me. Just saying.

Unfortunately, what can Ford do about it?  Complain to the NLRB?

Personally, I'd love it if they shut down their striking plants and opened up new ones in right-to-work states.

248 But, but he said he was going to give a speech!

I see what you did there... making the articles look like comments so Breitbart will read a little higher hrmmmm?

249 I'm in the Detroit area, and the media is a-twitter with talk of an upcoming UAW strike against Ford- in fact, the UAW admits to targeting Ford. As all good morons know, Ford is the only one who did not take the bailout, and therefore, is not owned indirectly by the UAW. This feels really illegal to me. Just saying.

If it weren't for the almost certainty of the NLRB interfering on the UAW's behalf I'd said now is the time for Ford to relocate all its domestic manufacturing to Right to Work states.

250 _{^{"Birth Death Adds 87K To Today's NFP Miss, 491K Jobs In Past Year Due To "Statistics"'}}

251 Ford, come on down!

252 That would be true if the GOP were an actual opposition party.  However, they're the junior half of the Bipartisan Party-In-Government, which, whenever they somehow find themselves accidentally in power, strives to return to the minority.


I said that was their job - that is what they are supposed to do - I didn't say anything about how good a job they were doing.

That is just like it is the job of the media to impartially report both sides of a political fight - they too are doing a miserable job.

253 Forget 70 vs 75 - in the newspaper this morning, an article stated that 93,000 jobs would have been added!

254 Strike at Ford plants. I've got a great election strategy for Future President Perry. Hold a joint telecom with Barry and ford Executives. Declare that EPA and the CAFE standards dictated by the Federal Government are beyond the scope of limited government declared in the Constitution. Declare that those standards are not enforceable in Texas, and invite Ford to relocate whatever manufacturing they want to Texas. Guarantee that they can make cars with whatever bumpers they want. With or without airbags. Getting whatever gas mileage they want. OSHA regulations out the window also. This will immediately give Ford about a 5K per vehicle advantage over every other pickup truck in the world. Tell the Federal government that they might as well dismantle the regulating organizations unless that organization was authorized under the Constitution or it's many amendments. Now, you might have to declare that these vehicles will not be sold outside of Texas to avoid the inevitable 14th amendment argument, but that's do-able also. Then let every other state follow suit, and we might get back a semblance of limited government and strong state governments. And as long as I'm dreaming, lets have Texas refuse every dollar of federal money, and by the way REJECT every federal mandate ever issued related to that money until there is a full State sponsored determination of whether that mandate was in excess of the limitations put on the federal government by the constitution.

255

Didn't read the posts... but...

They say there were Zero jobs created last month, but that is AFTER they lower the baseline, by saying less jobs were created the months prior.

So, based on the numbers from before the 'adjustment' there would have been JOBS DESTROYED...

So... how do you ensure that headline does not run? You 'renorm' the data...

East Anglia Mathmaticians would be proud.

256 Unemployment is at about 16%, worse all those new college graduates are without jobs, but they're not considered unemployed.  But what is the GOP doing at local and federal level to reign in the tree huggers and socialists?

257

BEEEEEEEEEEP.

Call it. . . .

BEEEEEEEE . . .

Time of death of US economy, Sept. 2, 2011.

Bag and tag.

258 0 jobs, eh? Shouldn't we just start callijn Obama "Zed"?

259 "265 0 jobs, eh? Shouldn't we just start callijn Obama "Zed"?" Obama prefers "Zod". As in "kneel before".

260 Anybody know about the list of the best states to live, regarding taxes and freedom, etc.?  I'm retiring soon and want to leave CA and be close by in commuting distance by air. Utah maybe.

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