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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 08:40 AM Original message |
Breaking - unemployment is now below 10% - 9.7% |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
1. not in michigannnn |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 08:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. nor in Florida |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
2. Heard a talking head on ABC this AM say that is was going to stay at 10% or higher |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 08:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. You should only be worried when a talking head |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
3. Did you hear erin burnett hang the negative spin on this? |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 08:48 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. No but I'm hardly surprised |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 08:49 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Fascism can be beautiful too! |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 08:57 AM Response to Reply #3 |
14. She's cute but evil.. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
4. not in Oregon :( |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 08:52 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Lots of people getting jobs working the french fry lines |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
5. The failmonger GOPers will say it should be below 6%. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 08:51 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. CSpan discussing this now n/t |
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Kingofalldems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
11. Traitorous freepers will not like this one |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 08:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. It's propaganda none the less |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 09:10 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. I thought you had a big long ass thread where you said you were leaving here for a while? |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 09:16 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I've been gone for almost 2 months |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 10:00 AM Response to Reply #20 |
41. Huh?? Reflex??? After all this time?? Would you suggest really slow reflexes?? |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
13. They played with the numbers |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 09:08 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Yep I just discovered that too. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
16. Funny how that number works, 9.7 unemployed, |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 09:10 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Ding Ding Ding |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 09:18 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Hey there, good to see you back again. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 09:20 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I won't be around for long |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 09:21 AM Response to Reply #16 |
25. Yea, President Obama put a bunch of Muslin terra-ists in charge of the Bureau Of Labor Statistics |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 09:22 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. They played with the numbers |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 09:28 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Have they not always played with the numbers? Didn't Bush play with the numbers? |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 09:33 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Democracy only works |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 09:50 AM Response to Reply #27 |
37. No the amount of the fudge is greater than the progress. |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 10:00 AM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Thanks, Statistical. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 10:16 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Generally I defend U3 numbers but this one is brazen. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 01:35 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Besides the died, retired, went to prison, a lot of people are working under the table too |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 09:29 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Funny, you know you were one of the ones who were, rightfully, claiming cooked books under Bush |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 09:53 AM Response to Reply #28 |
39. That was before TahtiNut enlightened me how the system worked |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 10:02 AM Response to Reply #16 |
43. To be fair, that is a Bush-Republicon strategery |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 10:18 AM Response to Reply #43 |
47. Actually doctoring the unemployment figures started under Reagan |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 09:02 AM Original message |
My son has had 3 different interviews this past week after months of nothing. One even said |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
38. Best of luck to your son! nt |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
17. bullshit! |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
18. but chuck chode says there's still bad news..... |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
29. That just means fewer people are eligible for unemployment. |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 01:48 PM Response to Reply #29 |
49. No--that isn't what the numbers mean. That isn't how the stats are computed |
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deacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
30. Or 30% under GOP leadership. Democrats always have to clean up their disasters. |
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galileoreloaded (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
32. No, no it's not. Actually, there was an almost 1% increase in NSA U-3 from Dec. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
33. So $20K more jobs loss yet UE falls 0.3% = 450K people. BS |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 09:45 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. The chocolate ration increased from 20 grams to 15 grams this month. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
34. Wait a month for the adjustment. n/t |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
35. a few people were hired around here but.... |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
40. "Figures don't lie, but liars can figure" |
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CBR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
44. I am sure this is awful news somehow. Everything is. nt |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
46. and you can believe them this time! |
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