tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4302795000497411021.post6368253898803331002..comments2023-03-30T03:50:08.703-07:00Comments on Fredd: Liberals to Americans: 'Only 8.5% unemployment. Let there be dancing in the streets!'Freddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10778430453468720627noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4302795000497411021.post-64392398952607295222012-01-09T20:45:51.172-08:002012-01-09T20:45:51.172-08:00Kid:
Yes, the current DNA of a run of the mill re...Kid:<br /><br />Yes, the current DNA of a run of the mill republican is not good. Examples include Olympia Snow, Arlen Specter, Lincoln Chafee, and Willard Romney. But many of these have been put out to pasture, and the remainder can be pressured to not be so evil. <br /><br />But the Tea Party is starting a natural selection process, just wait and see before tossing in the towel.Freddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10778430453468720627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4302795000497411021.post-71764773504050608742012-01-09T17:43:31.986-08:002012-01-09T17:43:31.986-08:00Million seconds = 12 Days
Billion seconds = 32 Ye...Million seconds = 12 Days<br /><br />Billion seconds = 32 Years<br /><br />Trillion seconds = 31,687 YEARS !<br /><br />Democrat politicians are Evil, repubs are Useless. God help us.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05287399775879832602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4302795000497411021.post-16233672944454426702012-01-09T11:38:40.024-08:002012-01-09T11:38:40.024-08:00Joe:
They indeed do think that we are dumber than...Joe:<br /><br />They indeed do think that we are dumber than dirt, Joe.<br /><br />They are always telling us that up is down, black is white, and that 8.5 is better than 6.5. Just ask Debbie Wasserman Schultz. She said that very thing just a week or two ago.Freddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10778430453468720627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4302795000497411021.post-39651444502918099732012-01-09T07:50:06.003-08:002012-01-09T07:50:06.003-08:00Notice to liberals: We conservatives are dumb, and...Notice to liberals: We conservatives are dumb, and we can't see that 8.5% is higher than Bush's final figures, so just tell us we're better off and we'll believe it, 'cause liberals are so honest and dependable.<br /><br />Not.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09693381971064363612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4302795000497411021.post-73005154416744409722012-01-08T20:13:44.227-08:002012-01-08T20:13:44.227-08:00Z:
No doubt, the left is busy, as we speak, spinn...Z:<br /><br />No doubt, the left is busy, as we speak, spinning the bad news as much as they are able.<br /><br />And that is 'much.'Freddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10778430453468720627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4302795000497411021.post-26828890052539301902012-01-08T15:58:39.489-08:002012-01-08T15:58:39.489-08:00"But don't count them in the denominator ..."But don't count them in the denominator of the BLS figures, since it's expedient to the current administration to shrink the country's employed bodies to make the numerator look good."<br /><br />Wait for this to happen all over the place this year; COOKING THE BOOKS IN OBAMA'S FAVOR: they'll have Obama looking good on every miserable situation he's created.<br />What happened to SOlyndra? Fast and Furious? Where's the media on all of that? (ya, I know)<br /><br />I remember when he went into office and I heard he'd hired five or six ex producers from CNN, etc...all experts in PR and how to play the media (and probably send the leftwing media information on how and what to cover)....they don't get mentioned anymore; I've heard nothing about them since that first mention. They're very busy at work, no denying it.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4302795000497411021.post-70490827675976538662012-01-08T13:16:39.626-08:002012-01-08T13:16:39.626-08:00Silver:
Of course you (and I) are right on this o...Silver:<br /><br />Of course you (and I) are right on this one, despite liberals such as Malcolm's keen observation that the BLS numbers were such and such.<br /><br />Fudging the numbers now simply does not compare apples to oranges, but when millions of people stop looking for work, suddenly the Obama statisticians jump on this fact to suggest falsely that the labor situation is improving, when it is clearly not. Just look out your front door, turn your head left and right and tell me how many of your former neighbor's houses are for sale. You know, because they lost their jobs and can't afford to live next to you anymore.<br /><br />But don't count them in the denominator of the BLS figures, since it's expedient to the current administration to shrink the country's employed bodies to make the numerator look good.<br /><br />Bunk. It's all bunk.Freddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10778430453468720627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4302795000497411021.post-84116038118147706392012-01-08T13:06:31.925-08:002012-01-08T13:06:31.925-08:00Malcolm:
OK, you are correct, the 5.7% is low, I ...Malcolm:<br /><br />OK, you are correct, the 5.7% is low, I used my fading memory for the figure, as it was betwen 4 and 5 point something for nealy all of Dubya's tenure, except the last few months when the Dodd/Frank housing bubble burst, and things went to hell, despite Dubya's efforts earlier to do something about it. <br /><br />I have changed that figure to what it was a few days after Obama was inaugurated: 6.5%. Let's stick with BLS numbers (http://www.epi.org/publication/webfeatures_econindicators_jobspict_20081107/) for the link.<br /><br />Read the post again, Malcolm, and see if my adjusted figures make any difference in the jist of my point whatsoever. 6.5%, 5.7%, Po-TAY-to, po-TAH-to. <br /><br />Liberals are not dancing in the streets per se, their leaders are telling the rest of us (voters) that WE should be dancing in the streets...and subsequently re-electing their guy.<br /><br />At least I appreciate your civil correction, Malcolm. I usually don't get treated to this kind of courtesy, since according to most liberals, I'm pretty darn evil, you see.Freddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10778430453468720627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4302795000497411021.post-60819859951703635402012-01-08T10:29:31.839-08:002012-01-08T10:29:31.839-08:00A couple of times in this post, you mentioned that...A couple of times in this post, you mentioned that when Barack Obama took office, the unemployment rate was around 5.7%. Actually, the unemployment rate was in the mid-to-high 7 percent range when Obama took office in January 2009. The link below puts the rate at 7.6%, while other reports had it as high as 7.8%. <br /><br />http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2009/feb/wk2/art02.htm<br /><br />As for liberals dancing in the streets because the unemployment rate is down to 8.5%, I'm not one of them. If there are liberals dancing, they are dancing fools. Sure, it's good news that the rate is dropping. However, we still have a long way to go.Malcolmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065814455731328574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4302795000497411021.post-53154947268854256032012-01-08T10:20:04.749-08:002012-01-08T10:20:04.749-08:00And its even worse when you realize what the real ...And its even worse when you realize what the real unemployment rate is.<br /><br />They've decreased the overall size of the group of employables. Were we using the Bush era baseline, unemployment would be well into double digits.Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.com