Rachel Maddow comment

[Playinghardball]

[Paladin]

1. Well-Played, Rachel. As Usual. (nt)

[Cha]

2. Thank you, Rachel! And, whomever made her

quote into a graphic with her pic..much more Compelling!

Thanks Playinghardball!

[Wounded Bear]

3. She's such a treasure....nt

[porphyrian]

4. . n/t

[janx]

5. It cracks me up that she references World Nut Daily

and that she knows what that is.

[DhhD]

6. Thanks Rachel. You have taught me so much, you have made me think.

[SouthLouisianaWoman]

7. I love this woman.

I didn't take to her right away at MSNBC. At the time for me it was all about Keith O.

But at this point she is the only one I watch religiously.

Don't get me wrong. I love MSNBC's lineup(and Current's). And I'm glad they're there. But I have issues with all of them. Except Maddow. I may miss the others occassionally, but I never miss her if I can help it.

She's smart. She's fair. She's passionate. She's funny.

She just makes sense.

And she makes nerdy sexy.

[pangaia]

31. I don't find hew nerdy, just normal and sexy. :>)))

[PoliticAverse]

8. And eventually you'll have to deal with the real unemployment rate, not the 'official' one. n/t

[12AngryBorneoWildmen]

9. You're a lot of fun.

[Canuckistanian]

12. Hi, Jack Welch

Glad to have you aboard.

[upi402]

14. CAUSED BY REPUBLICANS! 5 Million jobs a year

lol

BushCo sunk us into the debt that Republicans try to blame on Obama.

Like drunken fratboys annoyed at the help cleaning the mansion the morning after, "Can you stop clanking the bottles -and turn off the damn vacuum!"


whaaaaa

[PAMod]

15. Heh, that is my new favorite analogy. Thank you.

I may have to borrow that...

And, of course, if they ever get back in the White House, just as sure as the sun rises in the east, we'll have to clean up after them again.

[Sugarcoated]

16. And they're working overtime to keep it bad

...or not working to pass bills to improve it.

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. Just because I have nothing to do

what is the real unemployment rate? And what are you basing this on? The OFFICIAL one is based on the U-3... if you are looking at the U-6, or what?

(I suspect all this is babble fish for this guy)

[PoliticAverse]

20. You think U3 more accurately represents the real unemployment than U4 ? n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

21. Well they have been using it for DECADES

But you already knew that.

[PoliticAverse]

22. And you didn't answer the question. Do you think U3 more acurately represents unemployment than U4 ?

Do you think people that have been so discouraged looking for a job that they've stopped accurately looking
for one (the people are added to U3 to produce U4) really don't count as unemployed ?

[progree]

24. In case anyone is wondering, in September, U3 = 7.8%, U4 = 8.3%

Last edited Sun Oct 21, 2012, 11:05 AM - Edit history (1)

Alternative measures of unemployment
http://bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t15.htm

On Edit 10/21/12 1104 AM ET:
* More discussion of the alternative measures of unemployment: http://www.bls.gov/lau/stalt.htm
* Older archived values of the alternative measures of unemployment: http://www.bls.gov/lau/stalt_archived.htm

[nadinbrzezinski]

28. Your argument is that this is not the measure of current unemployment?

Is that what you are telling me?

Because I know of zero well respected economist that will agree with you. Also other methods that the Feds use, these are STATISTICAL BY THE WAY also show a downward trend. So your argument is the Feds are lying.

[forestguy57]

26. Unemployment rates

The U-3 unemployment rate is limited. It only shows people who don't have jobs and have looked in the past 4 weeks.

U-4 adds people who have stopped looking for work because they’ve concluded none is available, plus the U-3 number.
U-5 adds people who would like to work but for whatever reason have not looked for work recently, plus the U-3 and U-4 number.
U-6 adds the underemployed, or part-time workers who want to be working full-time but cannot for whatever reason, plus the U-3, U-4, and U-5 number.

Latest U-6 stands at 14.7%. The U-6 rate is slowly ticking down.

[nadinbrzezinski]

29. That s why I asked

Even U-6 is going down.

And U-6 is the last to move.

[desertduck]

19. thank you for proving Rachel right. this is EXACTLY what she is talking about.

funny how the right embraces the unemployment #'s when it benefits them. but as soon as the numbers turn, they go on a witchhunt suddenly damning its credibility. Two words: ALTERNATIVE. UNIVERSE.

[heaven05]

10. sane

brings sanity to a world of MSM fantasy!

[Canuckistanian]

11. Those were the absolute best lines from the segment

And when the papers were thrown off the desk, you KNEW she was frustrated, exasperated and even (gasp) ANGRY at the sheer ABSURDITY of the sheer denials in the face of overwhelming FACTS.

[upi402]

13. Reality happens

Facts tend to be true.

And they really hate that.

[loudsue]

17. I so love that woman.

She's a bright spot in a currently dark medium.

[Iris]

23. Perfect!

[Pachamama]

25. Its a living quote - the several lines after the 1st sentence could be regularly updated (daily) and

...it would continue to be current & true....

Every friggin day, the conservative bullshit alternative reality machine spews and pukes out something new and the reality is that becomes their reality even if it far removed from reality.

[BarKim]

27. WELL DONE Rachel!!!!!

[rudycantfail]

30. Conservatives need to be called out

and mocked publicly for their stupidity and willful disconnect from reality. Maddow, Maher, Stewart, Colbert, Letterman...keep it up!

[hardtwobelieve]

32. Rachel is

probably the best person that we currently have delivering the message. Keith O was great too but got a little pompous. The constant war with O'Reilly was annoying.

I was on the 'phone recently when a "conservative" acquaintance brought up the fact that he hated Rachel.

She's a know-it-all he stated. All I could thing of saying was , "you know, on that we can agree"

[AlbertCat]

33. She's a know-it-all he stated.

So.... if you listened to her, you'd "know it all".

He wants his news and cometary from a "know - nothing"?


Conservatives are like brainwashed cultists. They believe things that are fantasies, and the more debunked their alternate reality, faith in that fantasy is considered strong, resolute, and worthy of praise.

Friggin' nuts.

[toby jo]

34. Rachel's my Molly Ivins - still miss her