March 09, 2012
— DrewM It's only "good" if you don't expect much. Welcome to the new normal.
The nation’s unemployment rate remained unchanged at 8.3 percent in February despite better-than-expected job growth, according to government data released Friday.The Labor Department said that the economy added 227,000 jobs last month. The gain was led by jobs in the professional and business services sector — many of them temporary positions — and the health care industry. Government employment held steady in February after shedding an average of 22,000 jobs per month last year. The number of jobs added in January was also revised upward to 284,000.
Just for fun, compare this "Happy Days are Here Again" coverage to how some in the media covered 4.7% unemployment under Bush.
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Posted by: Mrs Compton at March 09, 2012 06:27 AM (Why44)
Posted by: @ParisParamus at March 09, 2012 06:29 AM (DqYH/)
Posted by: JohnTant at March 09, 2012 06:31 AM (tVWQB)
Posted by: Y-not at March 09, 2012 06:32 AM (5H6zj)
I told you yesterday that there would be a gazillion new jobs and unemployment would go down to -2%.
And I was right!!!! You wingnuts are gonna looooooooose!!!!
Posted by: Greg the poll-polisher at March 09, 2012 06:32 AM (ggRof)
Posted by: Chris at March 09, 2012 06:32 AM (XGZYX)
Posted by: Palerider at March 09, 2012 06:32 AM (ql12X)
Well, you'll never in a million years guess who is handling her PR
It's literally the firm of former White House communications director Anita Dunn.
Posted by: willow at March 09, 2012 06:32 AM (TomZ9)
Posted by: Mr Pink at March 09, 2012 06:33 AM (qqBX2)
And Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure.
Posted by: Cato at March 09, 2012 06:33 AM (Gk+Km)
quote:
U.S. payrolls posted a net gain of 110,000 workers in September, the Labor Department said. That's roughly in line with the forecast of a 100,000 gain by economists surveyed by Briefing.com.
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Posted by: Vic at March 09, 2012 06:34 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Vic at March 09, 2012 06:35 AM (YdQQY)
America loves recession, wars, and tyranny. Bet on it. Romney could not win running as dogcatcher in my district. What about yours?
Posted by: I am the walrus, goo goo ga joo at March 09, 2012 06:35 AM (PH+2B)
Posted by: MJ at March 09, 2012 06:35 AM (/x4oj)
As usual, the less impressive "corrections" to this number will be released next month at 0400 on a Sunday morning while the MSM is sleeping it off / figuring out STD incubation periods.
Posted by: Jaws at March 09, 2012 06:36 AM (4I3Uo)
Posted by: Lurking moron at March 09, 2012 06:36 AM (sJKFk)
Posted by: eman at March 09, 2012 06:37 AM (qOpnH)
Posted by: Mr Pink at March 09, 2012 06:37 AM (qqBX2)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 09, 2012 06:37 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 09, 2012 06:38 AM (V0/E/)
Anyone know how many long-term unemployed fell off the rolls and magically ended up on SSDI this month?
Posted by: Jaws at March 09, 2012 06:39 AM (4I3Uo)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 09, 2012 06:39 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Chris at March 09, 2012 06:39 AM (XGZYX)
Posted by: Kaitian at March 09, 2012 06:40 AM (et2m1)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 09, 2012 06:41 AM (052zE)
Posted by: Cato at March 09, 2012 06:42 AM (Gk+Km)
Posted by: Chris at March 09, 2012 10:39 AM (XGZYX)
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Yeah because letting the dem/media batter us about stealing ladyparts is such an effective strategy.
Posted by: real joe at March 09, 2012 06:42 AM (R1J04)
Romney's only response on things like that should be "Where are the Half-Million?"
Posted by: nickless at March 09, 2012 06:42 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: eman at March 09, 2012 06:42 AM (qOpnH)
Posted by: President Chet Roosevelt at March 09, 2012 06:42 AM (We6r3)
From this I expect that today will be a combo day, where Obama takes credit and assigns blame. This appears to be the only multi-tasking he's capable of doing without totally making a fool of himself. If it were as complicated as say, operating an umbrella, his brain would melt.
Posted by: HusseinthePlumb at March 09, 2012 06:42 AM (jx2j9)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 09, 2012 06:43 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: Bat Chain Puller at March 09, 2012 06:43 AM (SCcgT)
Posted by: Kaitian at March 09, 2012 06:44 AM (et2m1)
Posted by: Kaitian at March 09, 2012 06:44 AM (et2m1)
Posted by: Fucking Outraged - at March 09, 2012 06:45 AM (sJKFk)
Romney's only response on things like that should be "Where are the Half-Million?"
Posted by: nickless at March 09, 2012 10:42 AM (MMC8r)
That was me; From the DOL site:
The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during
the week ending February 25, was 3,416,000, an increase of 10,000 from the preceding week's revised level of 3,406,000.
The advance unadjusted number for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 3,979,563, an increase of 97,038 from the preceding week.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 09, 2012 06:45 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: Mr Pink at March 09, 2012 10:37 AM (qqBX2)
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Can't find that number. Only see that they do not use the term "net" in the gains.
Posted by: Vic at March 09, 2012 06:45 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Bat Chain Puller at March 09, 2012 06:45 AM (SCcgT)
Posted by: eman at March 09, 2012 06:46 AM (qOpnH)
Posted by: Y-not at March 09, 2012 06:46 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at March 09, 2012 06:46 AM (tf9Ne)
Posted by: Cato at March 09, 2012 06:47 AM (Gk+Km)
Okay, this should be fun. I posted this at the end of the previous thread but it's more apropos here.
So, should we set up a betting pool for the time that Che get's canned today? Don't know what time his shift is, but I'd say five minutes after he clocks in. And, he'll get fired for the petition thingy (creating a disruptive and hostile environment). Of course, during the "interview" he'll be asked if he knows anything about the vandalism. And it will be made clear that the police are now involved. They won't accuse him or anything, they'll just pass that information along to him. But he will be fired today, oh yes he will.
Posted by: JoAnne at March 09, 2012 06:47 AM (8DdAv)
Posted by: Jaws at March 09, 2012 06:47 AM (4I3Uo)
Posted by: Greg at March 09, 2012 06:48 AM (J3Ovp)
Posted by: Y-not at March 09, 2012 06:48 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 09, 2012 06:48 AM (DlaLh)
Posted by: Cato at March 09, 2012 06:50 AM (Gk+Km)
I'm hoping for honest accounting and honest reporting.
I also want a pony and a diamond tiara.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 09, 2012 06:50 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: rockhead at March 09, 2012 06:50 AM (ZMHGo)
Posted by: President Chet Roosevelt at March 09, 2012 06:50 AM (We6r3)
Posted by: Soledad O'Brien at March 09, 2012 06:51 AM (A2+pr)
Posted by: Y-not at March 09, 2012 06:51 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: nevergiveup at March 09, 2012 06:51 AM (i6RpT)
I also want bantam-weight bodyguard to get a raise, or a bonus, or a hot girlfriend.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 09, 2012 06:52 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Avi at March 09, 2012 06:52 AM (Gx3Fe)
Posted by: Cato at March 09, 2012 06:52 AM (Gk+Km)
Posted by: eman at March 09, 2012 06:53 AM (qOpnH)
Posted by: Heralder at March 09, 2012 06:53 AM (/Mxso)
Numbers are 'seasonaly adjusted'.... Gallup who does the same type of survey, says unemployments is at 9.1% and rising....
How can you trust 'adjusted' numbers.... when its in the interest of the 'adjuster' to have numbers a certain way?
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 09, 2012 06:54 AM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Y-not at March 09, 2012 06:54 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 09, 2012 06:55 AM (Y4TdB)
Posted by: Y-not at March 09, 2012 06:56 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at March 09, 2012 06:56 AM (tKFT6)
Posted by: eman at March 09, 2012 06:56 AM (qOpnH)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 09, 2012 06:57 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: JoAnne at March 09, 2012 10:47 AM (8DdAv)
I think you're right but what I want to know is.....Che's supervisor was one of the first casualties. I assume they assigned his people to a new supervisor. Did no one tell Che and his ettes to stay away from SOS? They're just letting him harass SOS any old time he wants to?
Posted by: Tami at March 09, 2012 06:57 AM (X6akg)
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at March 09, 2012 06:57 AM (Qxdfp)
Posted by: nevergiveup at March 09, 2012 06:57 AM (i6RpT)
Posted by: Y-not at March 09, 2012 06:57 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 09, 2012 06:59 AM (GcwH1)
Posted by: Jaws at March 09, 2012 07:00 AM (4I3Uo)
Posted by: President Chet Roosevelt at March 09, 2012 07:00 AM (We6r3)
Posted by: Y-not at March 09, 2012 07:01 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: BurtTC at March 09, 2012 07:02 AM (TOk1P)
Now, we could believe the liars in DC and say that every fed dollar spent generates 3 or 4 dollars in economic activity, or we could be total pessimists and believe the Austrian school econs that say the multiplier is more like 0.3 (I'm in the pessimist crowd).
But for the sake of the pretty simple math I am about to horrify you all with, I'll use a straight 1:1 multiplier. One dollar in deficit spending equals one dollar in per capita earned income.
Now, the average per capita earnings was as high as $53k a few years ago, but has now declined to around $48k. Eh, what's a 10% decrease in average earnings anyhow. But for more simplification I'll just use $50k as the average.
So, $1 trillion / $50k = 20 million. That is 20 million jobs being supported by borrowing from our children and grandchildren. It's also 20 million out of a total of 145 million jobs currently occupied in the US. Why, that's over 13%! Thirteen percent of the current jobs are supported by deficit spending. Meanwhile savers lose money on interest, per capita income continues to fall, inflation chews up more and more of what's left, and fees and taxes continue their inexorable rise.
Yep, it's all sunshine and unicorns under the OFuckWad's administration.
Keep sucking that Marxist dick Greg.
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 09, 2012 07:03 AM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 09, 2012 07:03 AM (jucos)
Posted by: Soap MacTavish at March 09, 2012 10:40 AM (vbh31)
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Yeah...erg.
Posted by: dananjcon at March 09, 2012 07:04 AM (8ieXv)
Posted by: the hobbit fomerly known as Donna at March 09, 2012 07:04 AM (lyHhk)
227,00 new jobs last month? Really & I cant find any I'm qualified for!?!?!?! This is super for my self esteem.
:/
Why dont they post a listing of all these jobs so we the lowly rabble can look for work. (other than fast food openings).
Posted by: Say What? at March 09, 2012 07:04 AM (b7L99)
Posted by: Y-not at March 09, 2012 11:01 AM (5H6zj)
I wouldn't call this good economic news, maybe for a liberal president. 8.3% unemployment is wonderful under this kind of economic policy.
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at March 09, 2012 07:05 AM (tKFT6)
For instance, 324,333 was the monthly average for 1994.
Posted by: President Chet Roosevelt at March 09, 2012 11:00 AM (We6r3)
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300K is the number economists are giving when no breakdown is given between government and civilian jobs. If they specify civilian only jobs then they give 250K.
Posted by: Vic at March 09, 2012 07:05 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: the hobbit fomerly known as Donna at March 09, 2012 07:05 AM (lyHhk)
This is how an incumbent president gets re-elected. Well that, plus a poor field of potential challengers which are in the process of destroying each other and burning through their campaign funds.
Four.more.years. It's a reality. Recognize.
Posted by: Ranginess at March 09, 2012 07:06 AM (GL1SF)
Birth/Death model - assumptions of new business startups and shutdowns not yet recorded
Seasonal adjustments - that's the biggest scam, how a 2.7 million job LOSS turned into a 200K gain
Posted by: kbdabear at March 09, 2012 07:06 AM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 09, 2012 07:06 AM (yqRWu)
This economy has gotten so bad in Florida. I'm upside down, underwater and approaching foreclosure in my dream home. Development and construction is at an all time low and I've had to look out of state for work in my field. I'm too proud to walk away from this place like some of my friends have suggested.
I finally got a phone interview. In Washington State. If I'm offered the job I'll accept it and try to manage splitting up my family into 2 seperate domiciles. It will be tough and we are not looking forward to it. Maybe I can hold on long enough in WA and hope things rebound in Florida.
Posted by: Gunnar S. Thompson at March 09, 2012 07:07 AM (ybA9f)
Posted by: Kensington at March 09, 2012 07:07 AM (uaEZS)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 09, 2012 07:08 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 09, 2012 07:09 AM (yqRWu)
Is he going to a fundraiser tonight?
Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 09, 2012 07:09 AM (ZKzrr)
He had NO CLUE what I was joking about.
Also try asking about Orwell or The Frankfurt School and you will get similar blank stares.
These people voted in '08 and this is what we're up against.
The MFM is the mortal enemy of our individual rights and freedoms and until they are completely outed as such nothing will change.
Posted by: ontherocks at March 09, 2012 07:09 AM (ZJCDy)
Judging from Bat Chain Puller's post (#46), it looks like when Pixy disabled most HTML he also killed the feature that rejects long strings of unbroken text.
So Tinyurl isn't necessary anymore.
But extremely long URLs will do the same thing as post #46, causing a scroll bar to appear at the bottom of the page. So think about that when posting entire URLs.
Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at March 09, 2012 07:09 AM (7+pP9)
Posted by: the hobbit fomerly known as Donna at March 09, 2012 07:09 AM (lyHhk)
Well, I'm here to tell you, some time in the next couple of months, we're going to be creating between 250,000 jobs a month and 500,000 jobs a month.
Joe Biden - April 2010
Posted by: toby928© at March 09, 2012 07:09 AM (GTbGH)
Posted by: Y-not at March 09, 2012 07:10 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Dax at March 09, 2012 11:03 AM (FYaj9)
Really long story.
Someone needs to compile this story for those that missed it.
Posted by: Tami at March 09, 2012 07:10 AM (X6akg)
My brothers came up for a visit several months ago. We went through the local pawn shops. The shelves were full of high end DeWalt saws, drills, and power tools. IOW, construction was flat as hell. The parking at the stores and malls was virtually empty.
Posted by: Vic at March 09, 2012 07:11 AM (YdQQY)
Hope is not a strategy. Black despair, now that's a strategy.
Posted by: pep at March 09, 2012 07:12 AM (YXmuI)
Posted by: pep at March 09, 2012 11:12 AM (YXmuI)
Racist!!!
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 09, 2012 07:13 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: the hobbit fomerly known as Donna at March 09, 2012 07:13 AM (lyHhk)
Posted by: nickless at March 09, 2012 07:13 AM (Y/TXB)
A buddy of mine applied at a local nursery that only required knowledge of sun v shade plants.
The ad was less than a week old and 400 people had already applied.
Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at March 09, 2012 07:13 AM (7+pP9)
108,
Thanks Guy, I'll go back and search.
119,
The malls in Plano TX are ghost towns. I'm surprised Collin Creek is still open.
Posted by: Dax at March 09, 2012 07:14 AM (FYaj9)
That'll keep us warm at night when we can't afford to purchase energy...
I'm off for a Big Buford, while it's still legal to sell me one without asking for ID and checking against the quota I've purchased in the last 8 days (and they're still under $20).
Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 09, 2012 07:14 AM (ZKzrr)
Take a look at how many cars are parked on residential streets on a workday.
Posted by: Gerry at March 09, 2012 07:14 AM (d0Smi)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 09, 2012 07:15 AM (jucos)
Posted by: Bat Chain Puller at March 09, 2012 10:43 AM (SCcgT)
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Nope, I wish we were gaining employment to at least make up for the new people entering the workforce. We gain 3 Million workers per year. At this rate we will come up 500,000 jobs short of breaking even. If you can beleive this report.
Gallup has been mirroring the BLS numbers until this month and they are wildly different this month.
Even according to BLS private sector employment was down over 40,000 from last month. What worries me is that the same thing that happened in 2010 (recovery summer) will happen. We had 3 good months and then the bottom fell out again.
Posted by: robtr at March 09, 2012 07:15 AM (MtwBb)
Posted by: Y-not at March 09, 2012 07:15 AM (5H6zj)
I will argue that the Media has always been biased. It is only now, with the Internets, that the scales have fallen from our eyes.
Posted by: Jimbo at March 09, 2012 07:15 AM (O3R/2)
Carter was thought to be a shoo-in due to the power of the incumbency. He was ahead of Reagan in the polls until the middle of October.
And then, WHAM! People apparently decided that Reagan, dim-bulb Hollywood right-winger, wasn't as dangerous as President Peanut and at least would be a pleasant change. (This is exactly how I made MY decision to vote for Reagan, being a democrat at the time.)
Reagan won in a landslide.
Posted by: Miss Marple at March 09, 2012 07:15 AM (GoIUi)
lots and lots of empty commercial properties that once were thriving businesses. There's an industrial park near me that's a ghost town. I see office buildings with empty parking lots. About a mile from my house, a 7-11 went out of business. How in the world does a 7-11 in a residential neighborhood go out of business?
Here are 3 businesses that are thriving: 2nd hand thrift shops, payday loan establishments, and pawnbrokers.
And you'd think that $1,000,000,000,000 in stimulus money might trickle down far enough to buy this county some new pavement on our streets, but no.
Full speed ahead on light rail, though!
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 09, 2012 07:15 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Tami at March 09, 2012 10:57 AM (X6akg)
I'm positive everyone involved has been talked to and advised to keep the waters calm. That is what is so bizarre about the lunch confrontation with the petition (seriously, a petition to get him fired? Who are these people?). Evidently, these people are thinking their shit doesn't stink and have probably been emboldened to act stupidly for a very long time. Sounds like a chronic behavioral problem that's been allowed to fester.
Posted by: JoAnne Hearts Newt Panda at March 09, 2012 07:16 AM (8DdAv)
Posted by: nickless at March 09, 2012 07:17 AM (Y/TXB)
Every time these numbers come out, it bears repeating that the civilian non-institutional population grows by roughly 210,000 people every month. At a labor force participation rate of roughly 63%, you need something around 125,000 jobs just to break even. So the real "jobs created" number is something like 100,000 in February. Anemic.
But the real problem is that the economy is still down something on the order of 5% in terms of the employment/population ratio since the peak of the Bush II bubble in December 2006. Based on a non-institutional population of roughly 240 million, that's 12 million jobs we're down. To get back to that level of employment by November 2012, and to keep up with population growth, we'd have to add something like 1.3 million jobs a month.
In other words... unicorns!
Posted by: The Regular Guy at March 09, 2012 07:18 AM (qHCyt)
Posted by: Palerider at March 09, 2012 07:18 AM (ql12X)
Posted by: A Mindful Webworker at March 09, 2012 07:18 AM (AWkD6)
Posted by: Anita The Tongue at March 09, 2012 07:18 AM (YRzzY)
Posted by: Harry BelFontAy at March 09, 2012 07:18 AM (U4ceb)
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I hope the cops can get a print off that blade and either match it up or bring in Che and his butt boys for investigation, see if they can take prints from them. Cops would actually have to be interested in the case and do some work, however. They might if the company pushes them.
Posted by: real joe at March 09, 2012 07:19 AM (R1J04)
I nominate for Threadwinner
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 09, 2012 07:19 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Y-not at March 09, 2012 07:21 AM (5H6zj)
I'm working so far out of my field, I can't even see the town anymore. Four years ago I was a machine shop foreman making around $40k. Not great money, but the cost of living wasn't that high down here either.
Now I'm a part-time telemarketer in a dead-end job with no bennies and no future making about $9k a year, just enough to keep the wolf away from the door and keep me in Guinness and gas, nothing more. I won't relate all the things B'Gal and I have had to do to downsize during that time.
I have plenty of friends who've had to do likewise. The SCOAMF can massage these numbers all day long, but they can't change the truth that their policies haven't pulled us up out of anything, and are in fact directly responsible for the huge waste of human capital that we're experiencing today.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at March 09, 2012 07:22 AM (d0Tfm)
If the media didn't support the Dems , they'd collapse and the other problems could be addressed.
No comprendo. The media and Dems are one and the same. Inseparable.
Posted by: real joe at March 09, 2012 07:22 AM (R1J04)
Posted by: Y-not at March 09, 2012 07:23 AM (5H6zj)
The economy is hopping along just fine in Manhattan and DC. That's all the MFM ever see and ever really care about. So sure, shout All Is Well from the rooftops.
Meanwhile in suburban ATL, you can't swing a dead cat over your head without hitting an abandoned strip mall, aborted residential development, or foreclosed house.
Property crime is headed through the roof though, so we have that going for us.
Posted by: Jaws at March 09, 2012 07:24 AM (4I3Uo)
Posted by: USA at March 09, 2012 07:24 AM (6Cjut)
Posted by: Y-not at March 09, 2012 07:25 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: H.L. Mencken's Ghost at March 09, 2012 07:25 AM (s50ac)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose finally remembers why he's here at March 09, 2012 07:25 AM (0q2P7)
They think they can vote SOS off the island. Che Boy and pals are mistaking reality TV for real life.
Posted by: Retread at March 09, 2012 07:26 AM (joSBv)
Posted by: Planck Constant at March 09, 2012 11:23 AM (phlKA)
Victory gin and juice!
Posted by: Insomniac at March 09, 2012 07:26 AM (DrWcr)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 09, 2012 11:15 AM (8sCoq)
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There seems to be a split economy in Denver. I've sold almost a million on residential real estate in the last 3 months, and I'm mostly retired and live 90 miles up in the mountains now. You are right about the commercial market, lots of vacancies. Residential rental market is doing well though. I get conflicting reports on hiring....
Posted by: Meremortal at March 09, 2012 07:26 AM (i8alU)
Think high gas prices and unemployment have got people down? Maybe you just need a vacation. The beaches of Florida and California have never been more crowded, and as the weather gets warmer they will surely draw even more people. It's a new trend called "Beach Camping", and it's taking both coasts by storm. Just a glance up and down any given beach will tell you all you need to know. People are cutting back on their spending...but not cutting back on their fun. Children can be seen playing in the water and throwing balls back and forth in the sand, and families are cooking on portable grills. Many of these people are taking advantage of the current economy by spending months at a time camping on the beach. We caught up to one self-proclaimed "beach bum" who was simply thrilled with her current living situation. Her name is Mary Cloggenstein. She lost her job as a telemarketer for non-profits in Brattleboro VT, and she's now here in Florida. Mary, tell us about an average day for you.
"Oh, it's wonderful. I came here by myself, but now I have a whole new family and I love my little tent neighborhood. My tent blew away in the last storm, but now I just sleep on the sand, and I feel even closer to nature! Everyone here is happy that our President Obama gives us enough money to live on, while not seperating us from our families. Families are spending more time together now! We all love you President Obama!!"
Haha, thank you Mary. As you can see, the beach is running out of room. You'd better get here fast! With KLIB nightly news, I'm Rebecca Watkins-Goldberg. Back to you Tom.
Posted by: MSM at March 09, 2012 07:28 AM (/Mla1)
Posted by: A Mindful Webworker at March 09, 2012 07:29 AM (AWkD6)
Posted by: Meremortal at March 09, 2012 11:26 AM
Residential rentals are doing really well because the people who no longer own their homes have to live somewhere
Posted by: kbdabear at March 09, 2012 07:29 AM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: nickless at March 09, 2012 07:30 AM (Y/TXB)
Posted by: polynikes - Texan for Romney at March 09, 2012 07:31 AM (jTVGC)
When they see the plan to infiltrate academia and the media they will be appropriately chilled, and they won't have to listen to your (my) own voice droning on about the mess that we're in. Then they will see the nexus of Columbia U./Frankfurt School/"Journalism", and also a certain Precedent.
We have met the enemy and it ain't us, but they ARE pretending to be.
The old line, elitist MFM must be crushed.
Posted by: ontherocks at March 09, 2012 07:31 AM (ZJCDy)
Posted by: KRSOC at March 09, 2012 07:33 AM (sJKFk)
http://tinyurl.com/7e4zq85
Posted by: kbdabear at March 09, 2012 07:33 AM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: kbdabear at March 09, 2012 11:29 AM (Y+DPZ)
Yes, that's right. Arizona has almost no rental vacancies. Creative destruction!
Posted by: Meremortal at March 09, 2012 07:33 AM (i8alU)
He called the police who took the
tire (with blade still inserted) with them.
I never understood why anyone would do this when a Valve-Core tool is only like a dollar...also, if you get caught, there's no financial damage done.
"What am I doing? Why, just removing a little air from a dangerously over-inflated tire, officer. Someone could have got hurt!"
Posted by: garrett at March 09, 2012 07:34 AM (N7GzM)
Posted by: Say What? at March 09, 2012 07:34 AM (b7L99)
Posted by: Kaitian at March 09, 2012 07:35 AM (et2m1)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at March 09, 2012 07:37 AM (Why44)
If I were SoS (not knowing anything specific about his job situation but taking a guess on his rank and job field), I would be a good guy for a few months, but eventually I would claim "hostile work environment" and take a big fat settlement from the company. Eventually he is going to want to have a normal life again and it really sounds like he's being ostracized now.
I am assuming SoS is in a technical field, which is one in which he has a more concrete record of his job skills than he would if he were in a "soft field" that relies more on personal recommendations.
Posted by: Y-not at March 09, 2012 11:21 AM (5H6zj)
I think if the company does everything it can - and this is just the beginning; believe me, they probably started rewriting the employee manual days ago and there will be many training sessions at every level to address conflict in the work place, etc. - it will be hard to justify a lawsuit. If the company fires all the trouble makers and fuck ups, which it seems willing to do, he's going to have a hard time with a lawsuit going forward. Now, he could personally sue that HR nitwit since she was an agent of the company, but I highly doubt he'll want to do that. Plus, I think people will return to normal after all the turds are flushed. People will thank him I bet.
Posted by: JoAnne at March 09, 2012 07:37 AM (8DdAv)
Posted by: Libertyship46 at March 09, 2012 07:37 AM (Wynqt)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at March 09, 2012 11:37 AM (Why44)
Thanks for buying a Volt! Your country appreciates your choice.
Posted by: Barack Obama at March 09, 2012 07:38 AM (N7GzM)
Posted by: disgusted at March 09, 2012 07:39 AM (oZfic)
Posted by: Kaitian at March 09, 2012 07:40 AM (et2m1)
The stop in the decline in the official satistics means the rate is going to start inching up again.
Durable order sales are down, inventories are up. Europe will be in a full blown recession shortly. Even China's "official" stats are slowing which means in reality, they are probably having a recession too.
Let them spin now. No one will buy it 8 months from now.
Posted by: Bob from Ohio at March 09, 2012 07:40 AM (ROFkf)
Posted by: Jimmah at March 09, 2012 07:40 AM (sv7B2)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at March 09, 2012 07:41 AM (Why44)
Posted by: Fritz at March 09, 2012 07:41 AM (/ZZCn)
"Thanks for buying a Volt! Your country appreciates your choice."
And also know your free, government-subsidized asbestos garage liner has been shipped.
Posted by: Lord and King Barrance of the SCOAMF, Slayer of Freedoms at March 09, 2012 07:42 AM (d0Tfm)
Not in these numbers are the droves forty and fifty year old veterans trying to re-enlist because there's no work to be had.
Not in these numbers are the people who bought cheaply a disused and broken-down piece of machinery, such as a pressure washer or a floor waxer and call themselves a business despite net profits less than minimum wage.
Not in these numbers are the former salesmen, once well to do on commissions, manning cash registers or stocking shelves in grocery stores.
Not in these numbers are the scrappers who ride around looking for appliances on the roadside, or dig through garbage cans at the local gas station for aluminum to sell. Or their less scrupulous cousins, the metal thieves who will take any salable metal that isn't bolted down, even if it's a sewer cover or railroad tie.
Also not to be found these numbers is a certain exhausted, exasperated swamp philosopher, an ex-retail manager whose job was downsized, lives with his mother, and can only find part-time work while working on a bachelor's degree.
This is the new America. Living on its' parents couches while the world falls down around it. Clinging to the tattered shreds of dreams that refuse to die. Where if you're not receiving the government cheese, you're paying for it.
Remember who we are and what we are fighting for. A blind, three-legged dog would be a better President than Obama.
Sincerely,
Liberius Cato
p.s.
Marxism delenda est
Posted by: Cato at March 09, 2012 07:42 AM (Gk+Km)
"Better than expected" is when something good for Obama happens. Like "Oh wow, even we didn't expect him to pull off that amazing feat! See how wonderful he is?"
Unexpected is when something bad for Obama happens. Because that's unimaginable.
There's no such thing as just "expected".
Posted by: yinzer at March 09, 2012 07:43 AM (/Mla1)
The only job number I care about right now is specific to the number of on-air CNN "personalities."
This number needs to decrement by one by the end of today.
Posted by: reason at March 09, 2012 07:44 AM (1R6cr)
I bought a German car, built in England.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at March 09, 2012 07:45 AM (Why44)
Posted by: eureka! at March 09, 2012 07:45 AM (LQIyD)
Unexpected is when something bad for Obama happens. Because that's unimaginable.
There's no such thing as just "expected".
Posted by: yinzer at March 09, 2012 11:43 AM (/Mla1)
In other words, MFM Newspeak.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 09, 2012 07:46 AM (1Jaio)
Sorry, what's the deal with SoS? Link?
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at March 09, 2012 07:46 AM (Ec6wH)
I bought a German car, built in England.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at March 09, 2012 11:45 AM (Why44)
Haha, that's cute, but maybe you didn't hear me. I said THANK YOU FOR BUYING A VOLT. I replaced your order with a brand new shit brown Chevy Volt. You're getting a Volt, son.
Posted by: King Barack at March 09, 2012 07:47 AM (/Mla1)
They can kiss my ass while eating asphalt on The Dragon *grin*
Posted by: Dave in Fla at March 09, 2012 07:48 AM (Why44)
Posted by: ontherocks at March 09, 2012 07:48 AM (ZJCDy)
Great news: Le Bailoutte de Peugeot avec Le US Taxpayer Francs
http://tinyurl.com/7cf6vvc
That’s right. In a move little noticed outside of the business pages, General Motors last week bought more than $400 million in shares of PSA Peugeot Citroen – a 7 percent stake in the company. …
Peugeot can undoubtedly use the cash. Last year, PeugeotÂ’s auto
making division lost $123 million. And on March 1 – just a day after
the deal with GM was announced – Moody’s downgraded Peugeot’s credit
rating to junk status with a negative outlook, citing “severe
deterioration” of its finances.
Posted by: kbdabear at March 09, 2012 07:48 AM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: willow at March 09, 2012 07:48 AM (TomZ9)
Posted by: Vic at March 09, 2012 07:48 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: willow at March 09, 2012 07:50 AM (TomZ9)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at March 09, 2012 11:48 AM (Why44)
I would have opted for the model in the Abarth commercial.
Posted by: garrett at March 09, 2012 07:50 AM (N7GzM)
Posted by: USA at March 09, 2012 07:50 AM (6Cjut)
Is there more SOS story, or are we just talking about the update from the ONT last night?
Posted by: Dave in Fla at March 09, 2012 11:41 AM (Why44)
Wednesday and Thursday. Somebody should put together all the info and post in the sidebar. Then add updates as they come.
Posted by: JoAnne Hearts Newt Panda at March 09, 2012 07:50 AM (8DdAv)
There will be a bunch of Bentleys parked next to my car when I get it this afternoon.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at March 09, 2012 07:53 AM (Why44)
Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at March 09, 2012 07:53 AM (n2zDc)
Part Time Workers Celebrate The Recovery With Soaring Gun Purchases
http://tinyurl.com/7x6urxc
Posted by: kbdabear at March 09, 2012 07:53 AM (Y+DPZ)
I hate VW bugs and Fiat 500s, but I like the Coopers.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at March 09, 2012 07:56 AM (Why44)
Posted by: Anachronda at March 09, 2012 07:57 AM (FzhYM)
Posted by: Your Tax Dollars at Work at March 09, 2012 07:58 AM (BHdBv)
The economy is hopping along just fine inManhattan and DC. That's all the MFM ever see and ever really care about. So sure, shout All Is Well from the rooftops.
Meanwhile in suburban ATL, you can't swing a dead cat over your head without hitting an abandoned strip mall,aborted residential development, or foreclosed house.
Property crime is headed through the roof though, so we have that going for us. Posted by: Jaws
====================================================
It's like that on the coast, too. I drove down a street I haven't in a while- last time the pawn shops were going out of business- now it's the liquor stores. Razor wire is sprouting on fences and a number of businesses and a few houses, burned.
If Mom weren't dead & the house gone I'd be moving in with her to save money.
Posted by: backhoe, Hobbit tea-roar-ist of Doom at March 09, 2012 07:59 AM (QROim)
Posted by: kbdabear at March 09, 2012 11:48 AM (Y+DPZ)
*
Great, a bankrupt American car company investing tax payer dollars in a historically shitty-bankrupt Europran car company. What could go wrong?
Posted by: dananjcon at March 09, 2012 07:59 AM (8ieXv)
You are so right on describing it as a "waste", and all we ever see on TV is stories about how "lucky" and "happy" people are to have so much time to sit around and watch TV and play video games. Wasted, wasted years.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 09, 2012 08:02 AM (ZKzrr)
There isn't a reasonable claim that one could be mistaken for the other. So a lawsuit would fall flat.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose finally remembers why he's here at March 09, 2012 08:02 AM (0q2P7)
Posted by: blaster at March 09, 2012 08:02 AM (7vSU0)
ObamaÂ’s Re-Election Case Bolstered by February Jobs Report
http://tinyurl.com/7fywusy
Posted by: slatz at March 09, 2012 08:02 AM (YuQT8)
I think this is a message that needs to be kept simple. Keep hitting on the fact, every time new job numbers come out, make it as clear as possible that the numbers are lies. Do not let up between now and November. In spite of the media spin, it is possible to get this message out there.
What's our buttercup of a likely nominee have to say about these numbers that just came out today? Anything?
Posted by: BurtTC at March 09, 2012 08:04 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: blaster at March 09, 2012 08:04 AM (7vSU0)
Posted by: Jimmah at March 09, 2012 08:05 AM (sv7B2)
article at http://pjmedia.com/blog/burning-defaced-korans-islam-approved/
Posted by: Jimbo at March 09, 2012 08:06 AM (O3R/2)
Posted by: cherry at March 09, 2012 08:06 AM (OhYCU)
Multiple Jobs holders: up 286,000
Posted by: f2000 at March 09, 2012 12:01 PM (c7Pp2)
Sounds like more people are working at part time jobs, lower paying job or 286,000 more illegal aliens have entered the country.
Posted by: YIKES! at March 09, 2012 08:06 AM (2TRSa)
This is the guy who does this: http://tinyurl.com/64t3j
Guess he and breitbart agree about the media.
Posted by: disgusted at March 09, 2012 08:06 AM (oZfic)
The guy with the tiny little extinguisher thought he was actually helping? LOL
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at March 09, 2012 08:06 AM (I8Xca)
Posted by: BurtTC at March 09, 2012 08:08 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: KRSOC at March 09, 2012 08:08 AM (sJKFk)
You can't bring data into this! The science is settled!
Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 09, 2012 08:11 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at March 09, 2012 08:12 AM (JxMoP)
My brothers came up for a visit several months ago. We went through the local pawn shops. The shelves were full of high end DeWalt saws, drills, and power tools. IOW, construction was flat as hell. The parking at the stores and malls was virtually empty.
Posted by: Vic at March 09, 2012 11:11 AM (YdQQY)
Well the 2 things I'm neck deep in is guitar and harley stuff, and they are just giving the shit away. You can score a really nice late model harley right now for 7K in the used market.
Posted by: Berserker at March 09, 2012 08:12 AM (FMbng)
@189 "CNBC has learned that the Department of Labor has asked Sandia National Laboratories — the organization that ensures the safety of the nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile — to scrutinize the security procedures
surrounding the release of monthly jobs report data."
One more piece of evidence that the happenings on Wall Street have zero to do with the reality of the economy in general. Needing extra security so traders don't get a headstart on a bullshit, cooked-data, wishcasting jobs report goes right next to the brokerage houses moving their servers to the other side of the river to get the benefit of a nanosecond on high frequency computerized trading.
Posted by: Jaws at March 09, 2012 08:14 AM (4I3Uo)
Gloria Allred writes West Palm Beach FL Prosecutor to have him prosecuted under the law which reads:
"whoever speaks of and concerning any woman, married or unmarried, falsely and maliciously imputing to her a want of chastity, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree."
Wasn't Fluke up there to say she need contraceptives? Doesn't that suggest that she is unchaste? Are we at the point or wanting to prosecute political enemies under any law, even when the law directly contradicts the evidence? WTF? Does she even understand what she says anymore?
Posted by: Jay Bee at March 09, 2012 08:14 AM (Xwgt3)
Posted by: taylork at March 09, 2012 08:15 AM (5wsU9)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 09, 2012 08:17 AM (jUytm)
Posted by: disgusted at March 09, 2012 08:17 AM (oZfic)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 09, 2012 08:18 AM (jUytm)
'When I use a word,' Gloria Allred said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less.'
Posted by: Buzzsaw at March 09, 2012 08:18 AM (tf9Ne)
other restaurants ( Ruby Tuesday, Applebees ) have closed --so even with less competition, local restaurants are hurting
Chik-fil-A and MickyD's are doing well, tho.......
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, lighting his hair on FIRE at March 09, 2012 08:19 AM (UqKQV)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 09, 2012 08:19 AM (jUytm)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose finally remembers why he's here at March 09, 2012 08:20 AM (0q2P7)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 09, 2012 08:20 AM (jUytm)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 09, 2012 12:17 PM (jUytm)
--------------------------------------------------------
No it hasn't, if you look at the internals of the polls that number relies on the only thing that has made a 15% swing (actually 23%) is the number of Obama voters polled over the number of McCain voters in the 2008 election. That number goes up to 26% considering that only 80% of those polled even voted.
Posted by: robtr at March 09, 2012 08:21 AM (MtwBb)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 09, 2012 08:22 AM (tqwMN)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at March 09, 2012 08:22 AM (Ec6wH)
I am unconcerned. It's not possible for the socialists to build a growing economy.
Posted by: toby928© at March 09, 2012 08:22 AM (GTbGH)
Posted by: cherry at March 09, 2012 08:22 AM (OhYCU)
Posted by: Berserker at March 09, 2012 12:12 PM (FMbng)
Now is NOT the time to be selling guitars.
Posted by: garrett at March 09, 2012 08:24 AM (N7GzM)
Stand fast, The SCFOAMF is going to lose in November. They want you to believe that he is a lock. They can game it all they want and the trolls and mody's can spout BS numbers till hell freezes over. America knows it made a mistake in 08 and they are going to correct that error.
Posted by: Sgt. Fury at March 09, 2012 08:24 AM (GMcwY)
You know, I've never thought to go to pawn shops for power-tools. I've just assumed that they're going to be junk.
Guess I need to re-think that. Not that I've got much disposable income right now for the tools I need, but that's sorta the point, too.
Posted by: reason at March 09, 2012 08:24 AM (V40IZ)
But, just like Nazi Germany, the people are now more concerned with their utopia and their pet causes.
Posted by: cherry at March 09, 2012 08:25 AM (OhYCU)
"black unemployment rose to 14.1% (up 0.5). Hispanic at 10.7% (up 0.2)"
Wha....was that the bombshell? Where's the bombshell? Because I must have missed it....
Posted by: Soledad O'Brian, fidgeting nervously at March 09, 2012 08:25 AM (V40IZ)
( Honest Abe )
new MFM meme --- f*ck it; just lie to everyone, every day.
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, lighting his hair on FIRE at March 09, 2012 08:26 AM (UqKQV)
Right Track/Wrong Track is moving in the right direction and Obama's poll numbers are moving along with it.
====================
Care to cite these polls you're alluding to?
Posted by: Jay at March 09, 2012 08:26 AM (3LaGb)
Then when it finally comes crashing down, we can watch as europe drags us into yet another world war.
Are you ready?
Posted by: Lord Monochromicorn at March 09, 2012 08:26 AM (MzyoH)
ObamaÂ’s Re-Election Case Bolstered by February Jobs Report
http://tinyurl.com/7fywusy
Posted by: slatz at March 09, 2012 12:02 PM (YuQT
Once again, Barry doesn't need a re-election campaign the MFM will do for him for free
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 09, 2012 08:27 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 09, 2012 08:27 AM (jUytm)
10.8%
- Pethokukous
Posted by: cherry at March 09, 2012 08:27 AM (OhYCU)
Posted by: Peregrine Took, Hobbit S.O.B. at March 09, 2012 08:27 AM (64S5N)
Posted by: disgusted at March 09, 2012 08:28 AM (oZfic)
Posted by: dananjcon at March 09, 2012 11:03 AM (8ieXv)
We have that now in the form of food stamps etc. It is just hidden from sight. 46 million people would make scary lines for soup kitchens.
Posted by: Hydrocarbon Liberation Front at March 09, 2012 08:28 AM (NVu2l)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 09, 2012 08:29 AM (tqwMN)
@268...French ticklers...oh, man, I haven't heard that since I saw The Meaning of Live.
The Meaning of Life Part IX--SCOAMF
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at March 09, 2012 08:29 AM (Ec6wH)
Once the tattoo shops and paycheck loan companies go out, we are done.
Posted by: blaster
Funny you should mention that- a new tattoo shop on US17 just closed and a few months ago the city's largest credit company ( The guys who hound you when you fall behind payments? ) went dark- all its buildings are for sale. Just sitting there. The houses that have been for sale since it was obvious the fix was in for Zer0's coronation? Still for sale.
Posted by: backhoe, Hobbit tea-roar-ist of Doom at March 09, 2012 08:29 AM (QROim)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 09, 2012 08:29 AM (jUytm)
Ace,
Can we promote this video?
It highlights Obama's hypocrisy re: accepting Maher's money while decrying misogyny.
http://tinyurl.com/7amqk7m
It's a must-see.
Posted by: WT at March 09, 2012 08:29 AM (ubduJ)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 09, 2012 08:32 AM (tqwMN)
pigfuckers
Posted by: librul troll at March 09, 2012 08:32 AM (9vRt8)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 09, 2012 08:32 AM (jUytm)
@264 "Are you ready?"
After 4 year of this shit, some good old-fashioned wholesale killin' may just hit the spot. The human race seems to be predisposed to periodic bloodlettings like that.
Posted by: Jaws at March 09, 2012 08:33 AM (4I3Uo)
we're all Pawn Stars now........
I spent three years watching East German Television ( 1984-87 ). Lots of long boring movies about social injustice, and endless 'news' reports full of Total Bullsh^t.
MFM today makes DDR fernsehen und rundfunk look and sound like Fox News
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, lighting his hair on FIRE at March 09, 2012 08:33 AM (UqKQV)
Yeah they found out he was a thruther, which got him fired; when being an avowed communist would not. Strange times we live in.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose finally remembers why he's here at March 09, 2012 08:33 AM (0q2P7)
Posted by: Hydrocarbon Liberation Front
When the DOOM strikes the US those EBT cards will be cut off without warning; like a credit card over the limit. Then the real fun begins.
Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at March 09, 2012 08:34 AM (6BgmB)
Posted by: Jumbo Jogging Shrimp at March 09, 2012 08:36 AM (DGIjM)
Oh NO! It's the RAPTURE!!! It's here...it's here!
Oh wait....I'm still here...that can't be good...crap.
Posted by: Paladin at March 09, 2012 08:37 AM (LTquJ)
Posted by: Sgt. Fury at March 09, 2012 08:37 AM (GMcwY)
Posted by: don at March 09, 2012 12:36 PM (uKcA6)
He does a great blowjob.
Posted by: Reggie Love at March 09, 2012 08:38 AM (N7GzM)
The MBM was trumpeting a huge Christmas 2010 season (didn't happen) and a tremendous 1Q (which GDP growth came close to zero)
Unusually warm weather has pulled the usual Spring purchases forward, and there will be head scratching when 2Q consumer spending is flat
There isn't a ton of consumer spending as it is other than increased spending attributed to food and fuel costs.
Posted by: kbdabear at March 09, 2012 08:39 AM (Y+DPZ)
Obama is double counting. Having to work 2 or 3 jobs is a good thing in the Obama economy!!!!!
Posted by: cherry at March 09, 2012 08:39 AM (OhYCU)
@279, you know, the N on Nebraska's football helmet stands for Nowledge.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at March 09, 2012 08:41 AM (Ec6wH)
Posted by: Sgt. Fury at March 09, 2012 12:37 PM
A wise Moron posted a week or so ago;
2008: We need another Carter to get us another Reagan
2012: Oh shit, we forgot to get us another Reagan
Posted by: kbdabear at March 09, 2012 08:41 AM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: disgusted at March 09, 2012 08:44 AM (oZfic)
Posted by: Sgt. Fury at March 09, 2012 08:44 AM (GMcwY)
Posted by: GW McLintock at March 09, 2012 08:47 AM (qwUGR)
Posted by: Vercingetorix at March 09, 2012 08:48 AM (pOUA4)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 09, 2012 08:49 AM (SB0V2)
Posted by: Sandra Slut at March 09, 2012 08:49 AM (VE1KN)
Posted by: dagny at March 09, 2012 08:49 AM (u50z0)
Posted by: dagny at March 09, 2012 12:49 PM (u50z0)
I have noticed they always have enough cash for beer and smokes...and they have nicer cell phones than I do.
Posted by: garrett at March 09, 2012 08:53 AM (N7GzM)
Posted by: Sgt. Fury at March 09, 2012 08:56 AM (GMcwY)
Posted by: rplat at March 09, 2012 08:56 AM (+VI9a)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 09, 2012 08:59 AM (SB0V2)
Don't worry. Even if cons throw a tantrum -- like me -- they/we will bow to the "think of the judges" blackmail, as we always do. Have to show up to vote all the down ticket races anyway.
Posted by: Hydrocarbon Liberation Front at March 09, 2012 09:00 AM (NVu2l)
Posted by: toby928© at March 09, 2012 09:00 AM (GTbGH)
Subhead in the Bush-era story says "Unemployment Claims Soar". Then absolutely nothing about unemployment claims in the following paragraphs.
Good times, good times, eh moonbats?
Posted by: sherlock at March 09, 2012 09:01 AM (Dxb1S)
Posted by: KayInMaine at March 09, 2012 09:01 AM (/Aauo)
The Right/Wrong Track went from 19.5% Right Track to 34.2%. That's a 14.7% jump.
===============
Hysterical.
Thanks for the Friday Funny.
Posted by: Jay at March 09, 2012 09:01 AM (3LaGb)
It's not possible for the socialists to build a growing economy.
They don't want to build it. They want everyone equally destitute. "Income equality," comrades!
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 09, 2012 09:01 AM (Br+m8)
"Anyone who tells you they would rather stay home or even vote for The SCFOAMF because that will lead to a Conservative Revival has the same mentality as Westboro assholes"
It's pretty odd that so many Luap Nor, capital L Libertarian types who nominally HATE the Westboro pukes more than I do are talking the same way about the election. Strange bedfellows indeed.
Posted by: Jaws at March 09, 2012 09:02 AM (4I3Uo)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 09, 2012 12:59 PM (SB0V2)
It's almost as if giving them free money makes them less responsible.
How can that be?
Posted by: Ace's Ficus at March 09, 2012 09:02 AM (N7GzM)
316 SO NOTHING AT ALL ABOUT ALL THE BROWN PEOPLE BEING KILLED EH FACISTS?
Posted by: KayInMaine at March 09, 2012 01:01 PM (/Aauo)
Leave Fast and Furious out of this.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 09, 2012 09:03 AM (Br+m8)
There's a lot to be said for earning cash off the books. I should take up drug dealing.
I could afford beer if I didn't have to buy my own groceries or pay market rate for rent.
I could have an awesome tricked-out F-350 if I didn't have to pay payroll taxes/Social Security/etc.
(Annual bonuses roll out next week. Federal government takes 40% off the top. Why bother?)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 09, 2012 09:03 AM (ZKzrr)
Data in able hands is like clay. Manipulated into whatever you want.
Mark Twain said there are 3 kinds of lies:
Lies
Damned Lies
and Statistics
The people that are unemployed are very aware of it.
Posted by: The Jackhole at March 09, 2012 09:06 AM (nTgAI)
Posted by: don at March 09, 2012 12:36 PM (uKcA6)
He does a great blowjob.
Posted by: Reggie Love at March 09, 2012 12:38 PM (N7GzM)
Get ready for Recovery Hummer.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 09, 2012 09:07 AM (Br+m8)
Posted by: KayInMaine at March 09, 2012 01:01 PM (/Aauo)
Leave Fast and Furious out of this.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 09, 2012 01:03 PM (Br+m
Don't forget about all the Libyans killed in the "NATO" air campaign Kay you whackjob.
Posted by: Hedgehog at March 09, 2012 09:07 AM (3jGS1)
Posted by: KayInMaine at March 09, 2012 01:01 PM (/Aauo)
true, true, The our Mexican neighbors aren't considered real people right Kaye?
Posted by: willow at March 09, 2012 09:08 AM (TomZ9)
Posted by: MJ at March 09, 2012 09:08 AM (/x4oj)
Even funnier when you realize that's a Chinese marque now...
Did anyone watch today's "jobs speech"?
Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 09, 2012 09:08 AM (ZKzrr)
(MSNBC) The election of President Barack Obama in 2008 triggered an explosion in the number of militias and so-called patriot groups in the United States, the Southern Poverty Law Center reported in its annual tally of such anti-government organizations.
There were 149 militias and patriot groups when Obama took office, compared to more than 1,200 today — an increase of 755 percent, the nonprofit civil rights organization reported.
"The increase has just been astounding," said Mark Potok, editor-in-chief of the SPLC report. "The reality is that many of these groups are becoming more and more fearful that Barack Obama will win the re-election. You can see the anger rising along with that fear."
Once again, Barry doesn't need a re-election campaign. The MFM is taking care of it for him
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 09, 2012 09:09 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: willow at March 09, 2012 09:09 AM (TomZ9)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at March 09, 2012 09:10 AM (kFnmp)
Posted by: cherry at March 09, 2012 09:10 AM (OhYCU)
Posted by: willow at March 09, 2012 09:10 AM (TomZ9)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 09, 2012 01:07 PM (Br+m
Well played, sir.
Posted by: Reggie Love at March 09, 2012 09:10 AM (N7GzM)
My God, woman....you really need to head to your local community college and enroll in Remedial Spelling.
Posted by: Lady in Black.....{sigh} at March 09, 2012 09:10 AM (F+Xfj)
These job numbers are just more horse shit propaganda from the JEF administration. ....But that's like saying 'water is wet'.
What gives me hope.....is that historically, the general public tends to tune out the government propaganda when it doesn't match what they're seeing in every day life. .....And as many have commented about....the clues are everywhere out there, as to how bad it really is.
What worries me.....is that Romney doesn't seem to want to beat the SCoaMF as much as we do.
Posted by: wheatie at March 09, 2012 09:14 AM (dauG/)
Posted by: MJ at March 09, 2012 09:16 AM (/x4oj)
Posted by: MBM at March 09, 2012 09:16 AM (XknXv)
Posted by: Barry O at March 09, 2012 09:17 AM (kFnmp)
Posted by: Jumbo Jogging Shrimp at March 09, 2012 09:19 AM (DGIjM)
(MSNBC) The election of President Barack Obama in 2008 triggered an explosion in the number of militias and so-called patriot groups in the United States, the Southern Poverty Law Center a Communist Party front organization reported in its annual tally of such anti-government organizations.
FIFY.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 09, 2012 09:20 AM (Br+m8)
Posted by: KayInMaine at March 09, 2012 09:20 AM (/Aauo)
I've long been a facist. Little known cousin to racist, that just hates people for their 'look'.
I thought a "facist" was someone who used Facebook.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 09, 2012 09:21 AM (Br+m8)
Posted by: fluffy at March 09, 2012 09:21 AM (vRSeu)
Posted by: DC In Towson at March 09, 2012 09:23 AM (LA8IC)
Posted by: CNN, Yer Biggest Name in News at March 09, 2012 09:23 AM (4Bh6U)
Posted by: Sgt. Fury at March 09, 2012 09:24 AM (GMcwY)
Tis a worry for me, as well. Romney doesn't want to light his hair on fire, meaning, he appears to want to handle Obama's radicalism with kid gloves. We saw how well that worked out for McLame. I'm hedging my bets on the fact that he really, truly wants to be president -- has put so many years into it and so much money that when push comes to shove, he'll maybe eek out a jab in the ribs once or twice.
Posted by: Lady in Black.....{sigh} at March 09, 2012 09:24 AM (F+Xfj)
I thought it was someone who doesn't like faces. Kay thinks Republicans don't like faces of others whose face doesn't match their face...or something.
Posted by: Lady in Black.....{sigh} at March 09, 2012 09:25 AM (F+Xfj)
343....Have you watched his speeches lately? All he talks about is Obama is a failure.
Yeah, I know, Jumbo. .....But he needs to take a crash course in 'fiery rhetoric' or something. ....He just puts people to sleep. .....I know that he was probably brought up to be reserved, composed and respectful. But that puts him at a disadvantage in today's politics.
Posted by: wheatie at March 09, 2012 09:26 AM (dauG/)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at March 09, 2012 09:27 AM (4df7R)
http://www.thebigquestions.com/2012/03/09/letter-to-a-reporter/
Posted by: keith olbermann at March 09, 2012 09:27 AM (X69df)
Seriously, Romney would have to be soft in the head to really want the job at this juncture. There's no way anyone can possibly unfuck the Obama disaster in 4 or even 8 years -- even if they made every move optimal and executed with 100% efficiency.
Ergo, if Romney wins he is guaranteed to be blamed for the continued depression no matter what he does.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at March 09, 2012 09:29 AM (U69d3)
"The increase has just been astounding," said Mark Potok, editor-in-chief of the SPLC report.
High up on the list of numbers I trust less than the BLS unemployment stats would be anything from the SPLC.
That there would be any increase at all in "militias" has more to do with the real and broadening belief in an upcoming SHTF more than an OMFG! A black President phenomenon. But this really is all about casting whitey as a big fat hick racist, isn't it? Hell, it won't be long until buying an MRE gets you onto a watchlist. Oh wait, that's happening.
Posted by: Jaws at March 09, 2012 09:29 AM (4I3Uo)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 09, 2012 09:29 AM (SB0V2)
Posted by: tasker at March 09, 2012 09:30 AM (XsnBd)
Posted by: tasker at March 09, 2012 09:32 AM (XsnBd)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at March 09, 2012 09:32 AM (U69d3)
@355, Lady in Black...
Yeah....a jab in the ribs, kick in the shins....something dammit. ....Show us some fighting spirit! Some fire in the belly.....some anger about what is being done to us. .....That is what it's going to take to get people fired up and go vote.
Otherwise....it's going to be a general feeling of "Meh, more of the same....I'm staying home".
Posted by: wheatie at March 09, 2012 09:34 AM (dauG/)
Doesn't that make the SPLC racists? In the "said something bad about a black guy who isn't a conservative or a Republican" sense of the word, not in the actual meaning of the word.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 09, 2012 09:35 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: tasker at March 09, 2012 09:35 AM (XsnBd)
Posted by: the hobbit fomerly known as Donna at March 09, 2012 09:38 AM (lyHhk)
My guess is 80% or greater and if that happens look out below.......
Posted by: MarkC at March 09, 2012 09:38 AM (Kf68R)
Posted by: wheatie at March 09, 2012 01:14 PM (dauG/)
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Yeah I said that a when Gengrich was going OWS on Romney a couple of months ago. Why would anyone with a fortune in the bank want to put up with the crap he gets from members of his own party much less Obama/Media.
I am sure there are days when he wakes up and says jeebus let them have Gengrich or Santorum. Hard to figure why he keeps doing it really.
Posted by: robtr at March 09, 2012 09:39 AM (MtwBb)
Posted by: tasker at March 09, 2012 09:40 AM (XsnBd)
361.....Seriously, Romney would have to be soft in the head to really want the job at this juncture....
I know what you mean there, PurpleAvenger. ....And some folks have theorized that the R-party elites don't even really want to win this year, so that Jeb Bush can run in 2016. ......Which I don't even want to think about.
You know what gives me some hope on that? ....As far as Romney really really wanting to win? ......His Mormonism.
The Mormon religion is a made-in-the-USA religion. ....It's based here. It's roots are here. ....So, it really ought to be pretty damn important to him to save the country from this madness.
Posted by: wheatie at March 09, 2012 09:41 AM (dauG/)
They are considered technically right wing in the eyes of academics. I remember studying new religious movements, they talked a lot about Nation of Islam. It was considered a conservative black movement. Anything that advocates separation from the general population is considered "conservative" its dumb as shit but that's academics for you. The best term would probably be left wing fascism .
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at March 09, 2012 09:42 AM (tKFT6)
Posted by: tasker at March 09, 2012 09:44 AM (XsnBd)
Posted by: Kay's Lover Sandra Fluke at March 09, 2012 09:45 AM (LQIyD)
Posted by: DC In Towson at March 09, 2012 09:45 AM (LA8IC)
Posted by: tasker at March 09, 2012 09:45 AM (XsnBd)
367.....The guy wants it. I'm pretty sure of that.
I truly hope you're right about that, tasker. .....Somebody needs to slap him upside the head and say "Stow the milquetoast routine for now. Unleash the beast!" .....We need to see some fighting spirit.
Posted by: wheatie at March 09, 2012 09:45 AM (dauG/)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose finally remembers why he's here at March 09, 2012 09:47 AM (0q2P7)
Ergo, if Romney wins he is guaranteed to be blamed for the continued depression no matter what he does.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at March 09, 2012 01:29 PM (U69d3)
+1000
The cruel demon known as math makes any kind of politically acceptable solution impossible.
Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at March 09, 2012 09:47 AM (6BgmB)
"They are considered technically right wing in the eyes of academics"
You mean those same academics who have so masterfully recast the Nazis and fascism in general as a right wing movement? Yeah, they're pretty good at their jobs.
Posted by: Jaws at March 09, 2012 09:47 AM (4I3Uo)
Haha...spent some time at the Yahoo story citing these numbers. Easily a 3:1 righty/lefty margin so thats heartening. I think they deleted my Yahoo/Pravda screed though. I know...shocking!
Posted by: dananjcon at March 09, 2012 09:47 AM (8ieXv)
Posted by: tasker at March 09, 2012 09:48 AM (XsnBd)
1st read that as perfectly circular, was going to I'd like to unsee what you did there.
Posted by: DaveA at March 09, 2012 09:48 AM (L8HIJ)
Posted by: nickless at March 09, 2012 09:49 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: tasker at March 09, 2012 09:50 AM (XsnBd)
378.....Why would anyone with a fortune in the bank want to put up with the crap he gets from members of his own party much less Obama/Media.
Yep. He definitely doesn't have to do it for personal gain. .....But like I said in #381, his Mormonism kinda makes sense as to 'why' he would take on the grief. .....And that is something that is obviously important to him.
Posted by: wheatie at March 09, 2012 09:52 AM (dauG/)
REJOICE!!
The Employment Contraception Rate has progressed to 8.3% !!!
We're going to change the world !!!!
Oooorah for Our Glorious Leader, Baraka Obama !!!!!
Posted by: ObamaSpeak Commisar For The Masses at March 09, 2012 09:57 AM (HjPtV)
Posted by: Sgt. Fury at March 09, 2012 09:58 AM (GMcwY)
Posted by: Rich K at March 09, 2012 10:03 AM (X4l3T)
JDP -
Go give Jonah Goldberg's "Liberal Fascism" a spin and get back to me.
In a nutshell, Hitler and his boys were card-carrying socialists that weren't happy that the globalist aspects of the movement weren't getting them anywhere in Germany politically. They had the bright idea to mix in a heaping helping of ultranationalism, tried-and-true Euro antisemitism, and some really boss uniforms and Voila! - National Socialist Workers Party. Right there in the name, dude.
Posted by: Jaws at March 09, 2012 10:04 AM (4I3Uo)
THE ECONOMY IS IMPROVING BECAUSE NOW I CAN AFFORD NAME-BRAND PEANUT BUTTER INSTEAD OF THE STORE-BRAND STUFF.
TOBY REALLY WASN'T INTO THE STORE BRAND STUFF. I USUALLY HAD TO ENTICE HIM WITH PEANUT BUTTER AND A BEGGIN' STRIP TO GET HIM TO PERFORM ADEQUATELY.
Posted by: KayInMaine at March 09, 2012 10:09 AM (1R6cr)
Posted by: nickless at March 09, 2012 01:49 PM (MMC8r)
Open your hearts and minds to him comrades.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 09, 2012 10:11 AM (1Jaio)
The gubmint sure does seem to pack a lot of fudge into its seasonal adjustment gimmickry, doesn't it?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at March 09, 2012 10:12 AM (0AClR)
Wait...I thought the stoeies yesterday said that there were 350,000 + new unemployment filings. Add that to today's bullshit, that's a net loss of at least 130,000 jobs. Isn't it?
Posted by: Greg the Soothsayer at March 09, 2012 10:14 AM (YmPwQ)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at March 09, 2012 02:12 PM (0AClR)
You wrang?
Posted by: Bwanny Fwank at March 09, 2012 10:41 AM (61BD9)
"that cannot be described as liberalism. And the fact that they were called National Socialists tells us about as much about their views as "people's republics" tell us about Communists'."
You're using the "classical" definition of liberal to make that point. The fact that the word was stolen and repurposed about 100 years ago to give the political left better PR confuses the matter. Related: All of the Peoples' Democratic Republics of Wherever did essentially the same thing on a larger scale. The Left just loves to torture the language to benefit its own ends. We know this.
The fact remains, Hitler and Moussolini were socialists before they were fascists chronologically. That the path to power for them came in the form of adding "traditional" uglies to the platform does not change that the basis of their economies revolved around State control of the means of production - that be socialist, yo.
Posted by: Jaws at March 09, 2012 10:54 AM (4I3Uo)
And the fact that they were called National Socialists tells us about as much about their views as "people's republics" tell us about Communists'.
National Socialists really were socialists, railing against international capital and financial markets (one of the drivers of their anti-Semitism). Their platform called for nationalization of industries, land reform, social entitlements ("social justice") in the form of the government providing jobs, education, and healthcare.
The Night of the Long Knives, when Hitler wiped out the leadership of the SA, turned the National Socialist Party away from advocating that sort of platform and toward a leadership cult, but the underpinnings of the party remained basically socialist.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 09, 2012 11:31 AM (Br+m8)
Posted by: steevy at March 09, 2012 12:00 PM (7W3wI)
I don't think it discredits the Right at all to acknowledge this, other than in the eyes of lazy Godwin's Law liberals. It's the same as the old Southern Democrats, a lot of them started voting for the GOP in presidential elections post-1964, that does not discredit the policies Republicans got right in that era.
Posted by: JDP at March 09, 2012 01:55 PM (60GaT)
They were not. They were socialists, left wing.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 09, 2012 02:12 PM (z1N6a)
This fits neither Nazis, or free marketers.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 09, 2012 02:14 PM (z1N6a)
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