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April 06, 2012

Are You Not Entertained?
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Posted by: Ace at 09:48 AM | Comments (122)
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1 Hide the decline 2 electric boogaloo.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at April 06, 2012 09:49 AM (tf9Ne)

2 The real unemployment rate is > 20%.

Posted by: Vic at April 06, 2012 09:50 AM (YdQQY)

3 The Republican-controlled Congress must be stopped!

Posted by: Barky O'Genius at April 06, 2012 09:50 AM (QKKT0)

4 Is this a trick question?

Posted by: Dr Spank at April 06, 2012 09:50 AM (Sh42X)

Even a Paramecium can learn. Sadly, to be a leftard, you must innoculate yourself against learning other than whatever indoctrination you can absorb while majoring in Community Organizing at Alinsky Tech.

Posted by: maddogg at April 06, 2012 09:51 AM (OlN4e)

6 Seriously, why aren't Republicans in the House investigating the Labor Dept and their unemployment rate shenanigans?

Posted by: Dr Spank at April 06, 2012 09:52 AM (Sh42X)

7 Less people working is practically the best way to stimulate the economy.

Posted by: Nanzi Pelosi at April 06, 2012 09:52 AM (4XWFI)

8 Devastating graph... but the left will just say "Bush's fault"

Posted by: you know... at April 06, 2012 09:52 AM (Iw5PD)

9 That's some cliff. My priest's barber's friend who had dated guys who went to west point said that those nasty military moms and chicks with big closets are just spreading the rumor of a cliff to make obama look bad or because they like ghey pron.

Posted by: dagny doesn't want to forget Andrew at April 06, 2012 09:53 AM (CMM9V)

10 Somehow this eludes the big brains @ the RNC.

Posted by: dick cheese at April 06, 2012 09:53 AM (GTbGH)

11 It was just dumb luck and networking that enabled me to find an ideal job with the JEF in office.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 06, 2012 09:54 AM (92cMn)

12 He isn't stupid, just intellectually incurious. He doesn't want to leave the warm cocoon of his ideology, since it would harm is precious little ego.

Fuck him.

Posted by: Alex at April 06, 2012 09:54 AM (tlK1P)

13 58.5 is the new 63.

Posted by: Kevin in ABQ at April 06, 2012 09:54 AM (BvTwT)

14 Less people working is practically the best way to stimulate the economy.>>

It is also very green since they use less energy.

Posted by: Big City Libtard at April 06, 2012 09:54 AM (tf9Ne)

15 Barry was born without a trace of feck. Sad really.

Posted by: dick cheese at April 06, 2012 09:55 AM (GTbGH)

16 11 That's some cliff. My priest's barber's friend who had dated guys who went to west point said that those nasty military moms and chicks with big closets are just spreading the rumor of a cliff to make obama look bad or because they like ghey pron.

Posted by: dagny doesn't want to forget Andrew at April 06, 2012 01:53 PM (CMM9V)

I saw it earlier this morning. Please tell me it's gone again.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 06, 2012 09:55 AM (UOM48)

17 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable tyrant.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 06, 2012 09:55 AM (8y9MW)

18 Prices going up especially fuel, unemployment stubbornly high, GDP growth at a crawl. It seems all so familiar somehow.

If there was only some sort of word to describe economic Stagnation combined with monetary inflation.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose now with dark clouds! at April 06, 2012 09:55 AM (0q2P7)

19 Alternate post title: Is Our President and Media Re-Educating The People? Because that's what is really happening.

Posted by: soothsayer at April 06, 2012 09:55 AM (jUytm)

20 It is also very green since they use less energy.

I'm pretty sure trashcan fires are not carbon neutral.

Posted by: Alex at April 06, 2012 09:56 AM (tlK1P)

21 But hey, let's all talk about contraception instead. Maybe that'll keep people from thinking about the fact that they can't feed their families. Sure, you can't pay your mortgage, but at least privileged girls attending Catholic law schools can get birth control for free, right? That's way more important.

Posted by: Caiwyn at April 06, 2012 09:56 AM (ttktr)

22 12 Somehow this eludes the big brains @ the RNC.

Posted by: dick cheese at April 06, 2012 01:53 PM (GTbGH)

And all the 'writers' on the economics beat... and most of the government economists...

Because this ties DIRECTLY to who Pays Taxes.... ie we have 4 1/2% LESS TAXPAYERS since Obama came into Office.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 06, 2012 09:56 AM (lZBBB)

23 but the left will just say "Bush's fault"

They'd partly be right. But only inasmuch as Bush didn't resist the left enough.

Funny how that works out

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 06, 2012 09:56 AM (QTHTd)

24 The people are being re-trained on how to think, how to perceive things like unemployment, liberty, wages, and wealth.

Posted by: soothsayer at April 06, 2012 09:56 AM (jUytm)

25 >>>I saw it earlier this morning. Please tell me it's gone again.

If you say it's name three times it will reappear.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose now with dark clouds! at April 06, 2012 09:56 AM (0q2P7)

Yes!....Now, ^this^ is what I was talking about in the Doom thread. ....We need visual aids like this to illustrate how badly they are lying about the Unemployment numbers.

They are lying about Inflation numbers too.

Posted by: wheatie at April 06, 2012 09:56 AM (+5U+B)

27 That's... interesting.

So real unemployment- that is: "people not working who could be" is >40%?

Why isn't Obama getting hammered by this every day?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 06, 2012 09:57 AM (8y9MW)

28 I bought a leg of lamb for Easter dinner yesterday, and I swear the price was $10.00 higher than last year for the same weight.

Gas is creeping up here to over $3.90/gal.

I'm going to keep post-its in the car and stick them on the fuel pumps.

"Had enough Hope and Change?"

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 06, 2012 09:57 AM (UOM48)

29 Did the title just change?

<,< ... >,> ...

...no.

Posted by: Alex at April 06, 2012 09:57 AM (tlK1P)

30 The more people who are unemployed, the more who are dependent on the government. Normally this wouldn't be a good thing, but with the media covering for you and the unemployment rate mysteriously coming down, it might be a net plus for Obama.

Posted by: Dr Spank at April 06, 2012 09:58 AM (Sh42X)

31 Nice to know we have found the floor. Always the first step in recovery - find the floor.

Posted by: Jean at April 06, 2012 09:59 AM (WkuV6)

32 Kinda looks like the Titanic's path to the bottom... Sorry, I let the hype get to me

Posted by: Tightie Rightie at April 06, 2012 09:59 AM (OfDMM)

33 "Had enough Hope and Change?"

I'd go with "Hope you've got enough Change."

Posted by: Alex at April 06, 2012 09:59 AM (tlK1P)

34 Wasn't the "Recovery Summer" in 2009?.....Look at the steep decline in summer of 2009.

Posted by: wheatie at April 06, 2012 09:59 AM (+5U+B)

35 So real unemployment- that is: "people not working who could be" is >40%?

Why isn't Obama getting hammered by this every day?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 06, 2012 01:57 PM (8y9MW

Because SHUT UP, that's why. Plus, he's so dreeeeamy.

Posted by: MFM at April 06, 2012 09:59 AM (UOM48)

36 They'd partly be right. But only inasmuch as Bush didn't resist the left enough.Funny how that works outPosted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo

But, but think of all that goodwill was generated by No Child Left Behind, Medicare D, and TARP, and keeping interest rates low, and the 'hydrogen economy!'

...oh yeah.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at April 06, 2012 09:59 AM (JEpGb)

Now, Juxtapose this chart, with the "advertised" Government Unemployment rate...

With the Title... Lies, Dam Lies, and Statistics.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 06, 2012 10:00 AM (lZBBB)

38 And don't forget, the only reason why you're angry at the high gas prices is because the news media are saturating the news with stories about high gas prices.

Posted by: soothsayer at April 06, 2012 10:00 AM (jUytm)

39 But But But the major decline didn't occur until 2008. That's can't possibly be right, The democrats tell me this is all Bush's fault that Obama inherited!

Posted by: tsrblke at April 06, 2012 10:00 AM (SYrwI)

40 Is Our President Learning?

He already learned everything from his radical professors back in the 80's while Reagan was fuckin' everything up.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at April 06, 2012 10:01 AM (61yvg)

41 That's a bath-tub that even makes ME nervous.

Posted by: Keefus Olbermann I at April 06, 2012 10:01 AM (q/kmn)

42 I'd go with "Hope you've got enough Change."

I like the more sarcastic, "Thanks Obama!"

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 06, 2012 10:02 AM (8y9MW)

43 MFM: It's all Bush's fault!!! Oh wait that's Barry's line

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 06, 2012 10:02 AM (1Jaio)

44 OK the REAL Baseball season starts today in Tampa Bay. If I am nothing else, thru good and bad, I am a Patriot and a Yankee Fan. Hey what can I say. I am loyal.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2012 10:03 AM (eCnLg)

45 >>>Nice to know we have found the floor. Always the first step in recovery - find the floor.

Heh, Double Dipping isn't just for ice cream cones.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose now with dark clouds! at April 06, 2012 10:03 AM (0q2P7)

46 FA-18 Hornet crashes in Va beach. They think pilots ejected

Posted by: dagny doesn't want to forget Andrew at April 06, 2012 10:04 AM (CMM9V)

Look at the highpoint at 01/07. .....Isn't that when the Dems took over Congress?

It was all downhill....after Reid and Pelosi took over.

Posted by: wheatie at April 06, 2012 10:04 AM (+5U+B)

48 Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 06, 2012 01:57 PM (UOM4

------------------------

I made a deviled ham sandwich for lunch today. Same tin of underwood deviled ham Ihave been getting all my life. When I opened it it has a skim of water across the top.

They are putting so much water in it now it is separating from the meat while on the shelf. This is after jacking the price up.

Posted by: Vic at April 06, 2012 10:05 AM (YdQQY)

Considering that I see lots of help wanted signs around here, it's got to be super bad some places to even out.

Posted by: Mama AJ at April 06, 2012 10:06 AM (XdlcF)

50 It was all downhill....after Reid and Pelosi took over.

See??? Bushes fault!!!

Really, even if we showed this chart to enough people, I'm sure that's what they'd say. See, if it weren't for that Eeeeevil George Bush opposing them at every turn, everything would have gotten better when Reid and Pelosi took over.

Instead, President Obama "inherited" the "worst economy since the Great Depression."

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 06, 2012 10:06 AM (8y9MW)

51 OMG. I haven't had deviled ham since the 70s. But thanks for bringing it up. I think I'll go get some today. Let's see if I can freak out the kids.

Posted by: dagny doesn't want to forget Andrew at April 06, 2012 10:07 AM (CMM9V)

52 Considering that I see lots of help wanted signs around here, it's got to be super bad some places to even out.

"Were is, 'Detroit,' Alex?"

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 06, 2012 10:07 AM (8y9MW)

53 I am a Patriot and a ~~Yankee~~ Fan. Hey what can I say. I am loyal.

So how well do you think the Broncos are going to do this year?

Posted by: David Brooks Pants Creases at April 06, 2012 10:08 AM (Qxe/p)

54 Fewer people working means the rich have to pay more.

Posted by: torabora at April 06, 2012 10:08 AM (qbyMD)

According to the BLS... we were at 9.9% unemployment inOct 2009

Now we are at 8.2% unemployment...

How can you suddenly gain 1.7% Unemplyment, when by this chart, Employed numbers have not risen?

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 06, 2012 10:09 AM (lZBBB)

56 Off ... OFF starched sock!

Posted by: jwb7605 at April 06, 2012 10:09 AM (Qxe/p)

57 OK the REAL Baseball season starts today in Tampa Bay. If I am nothing else, thru good and bad, I am a Patriot and a Yankee Fan. Hey what can I say. I ~~am loyal~~ worship de Debil.

FIFY

Posted by: Hollowpoint at April 06, 2012 10:09 AM (SY2Kh)

""Had enough Hope and Change?"

I'd go with "Hope you've got enough Change.""

I've been using "Just a reminder: January 2009, this said $1.80" and an arrow that points to the Regular Unleaded per/gallon window.

Under that, "HOPE + CHANGE!"

Posted by: reason at April 06, 2012 10:09 AM (q/kmn)

You know looking at that, we're a lot worse off than I originally though. At first I had thought that we went from a "sickly" during the end of W's term to a "holy shit we're in the crapper" now.

But based on that chart alone, it looks like we went from "could be better, but still not awful." to "Holy shit we're in the crapper." Or basically a bigger fall than I had thought.

Part of that is probably related to the rhetoric used to sell TARP, which seems to have implied things were far worse than the rality of it (relatively speaking.)

Posted by: tsrblke at April 06, 2012 10:09 AM (SYrwI)

60 52 FA-18 Hornet crashes in Va beach. They think pilots ejected

Crashed into an apartment building.

Posted by: MFM at April 06, 2012 10:10 AM (UOM48)

61 Also keep in mind that when you combine the "stimulus" bill and the Fed's QE 1 and QE 2 programs the Obama admin. has thrown upwards of 3 trillion dollars (that's trillion with a "t") at the economy since 2009, yet the broadest measures of the job market really haven't done anything other than circle the drain. Liberals have force fields surrounding them preventing reality from entering, however, so the foregoing will be explained away either as Bush's fault, or the GOP's fault, or that they didn't spend enough public dollars.

Posted by: Tsar Nicholas II at April 06, 2012 10:10 AM (f8XyF)

62 Off, Obama-loving, lying sock.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 06, 2012 10:10 AM (UOM48)

63 Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 06, 2012 01:55 PM (UOM4

We New Yorkers are so much more in tune with what the country really wants. Most of my friends are waiting for a better candidate who can address the issues that are important to us. This link is great! http:/www.gheypron.com

You are just jealous because you are fat and don't live in New York. I hate you. And stop being so passive-aggressive!

Posted by: Curiously dense at April 06, 2012 10:10 AM (nEUpB)

64 Last night was burger night on the ONT, earlier we had salmon, now deviled ham. Keep this up and FLOTUS will require nutritional labels on the blog.

Posted by: Retread at April 06, 2012 10:11 AM (joSBv)

65 I thought the graph was charting David Brook's IQ over time. It went from 63 to 58 over the last 4 years.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 06, 2012 10:11 AM (ccXZP)

66 Posted by: Curiously dense at April 06, 2012 02:10 PM (nEUpB)

lol!

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 06, 2012 10:11 AM (UOM48)

Posted by: tsrblke at April 06, 2012 02:09 PM (SYrwI)

TARP was all about the 5 biggest banks, getting bigger. It had NOTHING to do with saving the 'economy'.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 06, 2012 10:12 AM (lZBBB)

68 Posted by: Hollowpoint at April 06, 2012 02:09 PM (SY2Kh)

Jealousy is an ugly thing in a baseball fan.

Just relax and enjoy baseball the way it was meant to be played: at Yankee Stadium.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at April 06, 2012 10:12 AM (nEUpB)

A new one from dumb ass:

http://scoamf.us/sE

"Hundreds of national parks will close"... (There are only 58 national parks)

Posted by: Jimmah at April 06, 2012 10:12 AM (UpwlP)

70 Ah the coming black market, it's not just for cocaine anymore.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at April 06, 2012 10:12 AM (tKFT6)

71 Will someone please come and finish vacuuming my house?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 06, 2012 10:13 AM (UOM48)

72 According to the BLS... we were at9.9% unemployment inOct 2009

Now we are at 8.2% unemployment...

How can you suddenly gain 1.7% Unemplyment, when by this chart, Employed numbers have not risen?

The way the feds measure unemployment has been screwed up for a long time. Once someone's unemployment benefits run out, they're not counted among the unemployed but having dropped out of the labor force.

There's also the question of how many Baby Boomers are retiring vs how many young people are entering the labor pool.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at April 06, 2012 10:13 AM (SY2Kh)

73 Will someone please come and finish vacuuming my house?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 06, 2012 10:14 AM (8y9MW)

74 "Hundreds of national parks will close"... (There are only 58 national parks)

Posted by: Jimmah at April 06, 2012 02:12 PM (UpwlP)

What, you haven't seen the latest Executive order? The one that makes ALL Federal Land in the West a National Park? So those evil Oil Companies can't drill on it?

Posted by: EPA at April 06, 2012 10:14 AM (lZBBB)

75 And if I'm not mistaken, the hundreds of parks WON'T close if the feds cut off funding. They'll just be turned back over to the state due to breach of contract.

Posted by: Jimmah at April 06, 2012 10:14 AM (UpwlP)

76 let's try that again...

Will someone please come and finish vacuuming my house?

How much are you paying?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 06, 2012 10:14 AM (8y9MW)

77 How can you suddenly gain 1.7% Unemployment, when by this chart, Employed numbers have not risen? It's very simple. Three words: First. Black. Democrat. President.

Posted by: MBM at April 06, 2012 10:14 AM (jUytm)

78 Will someone please come and finish vacuuming my house?

How much are you paying?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 06, 2012 02:14 PM (8y9MW)

I'll make you a sammich.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 06, 2012 10:15 AM (UOM48)

79 "58 Considering that I see lots of help wanted signs around here, it's got to be super bad some places to even out."

My company has been hiring on and off for the last 2 years. I really thought with being in a recession, we could find some really good employees. After seeing some of these new guys starting fights, fucking up product and equipment, showing up drunk, showing up hours late and sleeping on the job, I have concluded that those people that really want to work must already be working somewhere else.

In Oregon, we don't have an unemployment rate, we have an unemployable rate.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at April 06, 2012 10:15 AM (61yvg)

80 Will someone please come and finish vacuuming my house?

I'm afraid you'd have to exchange one form of suction for another

Posted by: Hollowpoint at April 06, 2012 10:15 AM (SY2Kh)

""Hundreds of national parks will close"... (There are only 58 national parks)"

See? *sob* We're already too late!

Posted by: The Emoter in Chief at April 06, 2012 10:16 AM (q/kmn)

82 AP must not have received their latest 'stimulus' check on time, as it appears they aren't toting the JEF's water so well today:

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. job market slowed in March as companies hit the brakes on hiring amid uncertainty about the economy's growth prospects. The unemployment rate dipped, but mostly because more Americans stopped looking for work.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 06, 2012 10:17 AM (ccXZP)

83 It's always darkest right before it goes totally black. (denunciation)

Next step: avoid drowning in someone else' vomit as you're lying face down on the floor.

Oh, a social drinker then.

Posted by: DaveA at April 06, 2012 10:17 AM (onSRg)

84 87 ""Hundreds of national parks will close"... (There are only 58 national parks)"

See? *sob* We're already too late!

Posted by: The Emoter in Chief at April 06, 2012 02:16 PM (q/kmn)

Yes! Its Bush's fault we don't have Hundreds of National Parks!

Posted by: Ken SaladCzar at April 06, 2012 10:17 AM (lZBBB)

85 Will someone please come and finish vacuuming my house?

If someone's already been there I'm not gonna come just to finish the job!

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at April 06, 2012 10:18 AM (tKFT6)

86 43 But But But the major decline didn't occur until 2008. That's can't possibly be right, The democrats tell me this is all Bush's fault that Obama inherited! ------ Obama didn't take office until January of 2009.

Posted by: Anachronda at April 06, 2012 10:18 AM (xGZ+b)

87 I'll make you a sammich.

What kind of sammich? Is it worth air-fare?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 06, 2012 10:19 AM (8y9MW)

88 87 ""Hundreds of national parks will close"... (There are only 58 national parks)"

It has gotten so bad, they have to close them twice.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at April 06, 2012 10:20 AM (61yvg)

89 Democratic control of Congress took less than two years to destroy the economy.

Ponder this on tree of woe.

Posted by: dick cheese at April 06, 2012 10:21 AM (GTbGH)

90 How come some people here have the power of italics and I don't?

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at April 06, 2012 10:21 AM (61yvg)

Yes! Its Bush's fault we don't have Hundreds of National Parks!

What's the catch?

Posted by: bored kids in the backseat of the station wagon at April 06, 2012 10:21 AM (q/kmn)

92 I thought the graph was charting David Brook's IQ over time. It went from 63 to 58 over the last 4 years.

THAT graph found its new-normal in late 2008.

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 06, 2012 10:21 AM (QTHTd)

If Truman North were still here, he'd know what to do.

Posted by: TexasJew at April 06, 2012 10:22 AM (Bughn)

How come some people here have the power of italics and I don't?

The buttons only work with a paid subscription.

Posted by: reason at April 06, 2012 10:22 AM (q/kmn)

95 100 How come some people here have the power of italics and I don't?

The buttons only work with a paid subscription.

Posted by: reason at April 06, 2012 02:22 PM (q/kmn)

I mailed my check to Endore a long time ago.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at April 06, 2012 10:23 AM (61yvg)

96 I'll make you a sammich.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 06, 2012 02:15 PM (UOM4

Dang! A threesome?

Posted by: maddogg at April 06, 2012 10:24 AM (OlN4e)

97 Are You Not Entertained?

"I gotta tell you this, everybody says I shouldnÂ’t say it, but I gotta tell you the way it is. This president is a real slow learner."

-- Oscar Goodman, Mayor of Las Vegas, Feb 2010

Posted by: ThepRimordialOrderedPair at April 06, 2012 10:24 AM (X3lox)

98 How come some people here have the power of italics and I don't?

We lean forward. Boldy.
Ampersands require paid subscription, though.

Posted by: jwb7605 at April 06, 2012 10:24 AM (Qxe/p)

"Seriously, why aren't Republicans in the House investigating the Labor Dept and their unemployment rate shenanigans?"

Leaving aside the Stupid Party's glaring lack of balls in holding SCFOAMF's feet to the fire on anything, here's a question:

Is monkeying with the numbers for unemployment, GDP, inflation, etc. actually ILLEGAL? If it's not, why would Democrats ever think twice about cooking those books. Hell, they'd do it even if it was a felony.

They have a plan. Sorta like the Cylons.

Posted by: Jaws at April 06, 2012 10:25 AM (4I3Uo)

100 Something happened in January 2007...what was it now...I forget...

Posted by: AmishDude at April 06, 2012 10:26 AM (T0NGe)

101 All I see is a headless Sandra Fluke laying on her back.

Posted by: The Poster Formerly Known as Mr. Barky at April 06, 2012 10:26 AM (qwK3S)

102 Most of those 120,000 new jobs were just to clean the birdshit off of Obama's statues to himself.

Posted by: TexasJew at April 06, 2012 10:27 AM (Bughn)

103

We lean forward. Boldy.

Who you callin' boldy, buddy?

Posted by: reason at April 06, 2012 10:27 AM (q/kmn)

104 How come some people here have the power of italics and I don't?

AoSElite

Posted by: dick cheese at April 06, 2012 10:27 AM (GTbGH)

105

@73,

Right I get that. Notice I said the "rhetoric" used to sell TARP. Keeping mind that was 4 years or more ago now, I just remember being worse off than the graph shows. (Not worse off than now, just worse off than the graph shows, because that graph shows a little dip below average.) The rhetoric clouds my memory. (I remember something about liquidity problems stalling investiment.)

Posted by: tsrblke at April 06, 2012 10:28 AM (SYrwI)

106 WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. job market slowed in March as companies hit the brakes on hiring amid uncertainty about the economy's growth prospects. The unemployment rate dipped, but mostly because more Americans stopped looking for work.

Translation: They've been unemployed for over 99 weeks so their unemployment benefits ran out.

And again:

italics: [ i ] [ /i ]
bold: [ b ] [ /b ]
(remove spaces)

Posted by: Hollowpoint at April 06, 2012 10:28 AM (SY2Kh)

107 ~~(remove spaces)~~

Shh. The first rule of html club ...

Posted by: dick cheese at April 06, 2012 10:30 AM (GTbGH)

108 112: Wait...the AP said that? Yikes.

Posted by: AmishDude at April 06, 2012 10:30 AM (T0NGe)

109

"AoSElite"

I'm a 1337 |V|0R0|\|, w00t!

Posted by: reason at April 06, 2012 10:31 AM (q/kmn)

110 because more Americans stopped looking for work.

"They're practicing a buddhist job search technique. Don't be so xenophobic, you bitter, clingerer raaaaacists. Didn't you ever read 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance'? Of course you didn't, troglodytes. I don't know why we even bother acknowledging your presence." -- White House Press Corpse

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 06, 2012 10:32 AM (X3lox)

111

"Obama didn't take office until January of 2009. "

Democrats took control of both houses of Congress in January 2007. Look at that point on the chart.

Posted by: Dick Nixon at April 06, 2012 10:33 AM (kaOJx)

112 Americans stoppd looking for work because they were too busy fainting at Obama rallies.

Posted by: TexasJew at April 06, 2012 10:33 AM (Bughn)

113

Recovery: Stocks Post Biggest Weekly Decline in 2012

(CNBC: http://goo.gl/mhFyK)

Because you know, unemployment's down and if the Market were open today I'd imagine it'd reflect that, right? We'll we'll see on Monday, but if history is any guide:

"Historically, U.S. stocks tend to trade down on the Monday following a Good Friday, with the NASDAQ Composite having the biggest decline." (article)

Posted by: tsrblke at April 06, 2012 10:34 AM (SYrwI)

114 Jobs, schmobs. I think the majority of the nation is caught up in the important things.......like where the candidates stand on the issue of Augusta admitting women members. Glad to see we have our priorities in order.

Posted by: landofskybluewater at April 06, 2012 10:37 AM (JoIcn)

115 106 Something happened in January 2007...what was it now...I forget...

Posted by: AmishDude at April 06, 2012 02:26 PM (T0NGe)

Lindsay Lohan entered her first drug rehab program?

Posted by: TexasJew at April 06, 2012 10:38 AM (Bughn)

116 California's solution to all this is to 1. Provide illegals with work permits and 2. Make it illegal to deport illegals. No, REALLY.

Posted by: DAve at April 06, 2012 10:54 AM (BV23D)

117 So if Barry were to be re-elected (perish the thought)would he say he inherited the high unemployment from himself? Actually, I know he would not. He would be so busy destroying the rest of America that he would not care. Pray. Pray. Pray.

Posted by: Chilling the most at April 06, 2012 11:03 AM (6IV8T)

118 I never get the claims that are made about George Bushes employment record being so lack luster. The .dotcom boom lead to about 23 million jobs being created on Bill Clinton's watch. George took over and the .dotcom collapse happened not long after. He was very well poised to lose millions of jobs as the tech job markets collapsed. The fact that he ended his term only down a couple hundred thousand from the start is a good thing when you consider what could have been. Yes, millions of people were losing their jobs but the turn around between finding a new one was averaging about 6 weeks. Under Obama we've got people looking for jobs at well over 6 months on average. That's the difference when you have a President that keeps uncertainty at a minimum within the business sectors versus one that wants to "fundamentally transform the United States of America".

Posted by: Heftyjo at April 06, 2012 11:26 AM (ZY2ax)

119 why work when the Department of Agriculture advertises on the radio to encourage parasites to go on food stamps, I mean EBC's.

Posted by: Avi at April 06, 2012 11:30 AM (J3gb4)

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

Posted by: steevy at April 06, 2012 01:01 PM (7W3wI)

121 my gas pump post-it notes read: "...energy prices will necessarily skyrocket..." Hussien OBAMA Thanks a lot ASSHOLE

Posted by: yakima canutt at April 06, 2012 01:58 PM (YfDll)

122 If that doesn't entertain you bitter biters, I'll give you your choice of pickaxe at the re-education camp. I'll ask you not to use them on each other. Much.

Posted by: #OccupyResoluteDesk at April 06, 2012 03:03 PM (+nCNS)

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