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A Very Revealing Chart
The red bars are the accelerating rate of job loss during President Bush's last year in office; the blue bars are the decelerating rate of job loss during President Obama's first year of office.
The chart was put together by the House Democratic leadership. Click the graph to see the full image.
--Josh Marshall
A Very Revealing Chart | Talking Points Memo
Messed up how the unemployment rate goes down even though the jobless keep growing.
and this wasn't even put out by the rnc:
The United States Unemployment Rate
2008-01 4.90 Bush, G.W.
2008-02 4.80
2008-03 5.10
2008-04 5.00
2008-05 5.50
2008-06 5.50
2008-07 5.70
2008-08 6.10
2008-09 6.10
2008-10 6.50
2008-11 6.70
2008-12 7.20
2009-01 7.60 Obama
2009-02 8.10
2009-03 8.50
2009-04 8.90
2009-05 9.40
2009-06 9.50
2009-07 9.40
2009-08 9.70
2009-09 9.80
2009-10 10.20
2009-11 10.00
2009-12 10.00
2010-01 9.70
when the number of americans working decreases simultaneous with a .3% decline in the unemployment rate, it only means one thing---SIX POINT THREE MILLION AMERICANS OUT OF WORK MORE THAN SIX MONTHS
a horrendous all time hi
and, yes, absolutely, THAT's the way msnbc, fox and pbs are covering this story
does body language at the white house appear happy to you?
over their 9.7? last week's 5.7?
if not, why not?
Nobody with half a brain is going to pay attention.
and this wasn't even put out by the rnc:
The United States Unemployment Rate
2008-01 4.90 Bush, G.W.
2008-02 4.80
2008-03 5.10
2008-04 5.00
2008-05 5.50
2008-06 5.50
2008-07 5.70
2008-08 6.10
2008-09 6.10
2008-10 6.50
2008-11 6.70
2008-12 7.20
2009-01 7.60 Obama
2009-02 8.10
2009-03 8.50
2009-04 8.90
2009-05 9.40
2009-06 9.50
2009-07 9.40
2009-08 9.70
2009-09 9.80
2009-10 10.20
2009-11 10.00
2009-12 10.00
2010-01 9.70
when the number of americans working decreases simultaneous with a .3% decline in the unemployment rate, it only means one thing---SIX POINT THREE MILLION AMERICANS OUT OF WORK MORE THAN SIX MONTHS
a horrendous all time hi
and, yes, absolutely, THAT's the way msnbc, fox and pbs are covering this story
does body language at the white house appear happy to you?
over their 9.7? last week's 5.7?
if not, why not?
Robert Frost said:The farmhouse lingers, though averse to square
With the new city street it has to wear
A number in. But what about the brook
That held the house as in an elbow-crook?
I ask as one who knew the brook, its strength
And impulse, having dipped a finger length
And made it leap my knuckle, having tossed
A flower to try its currents where they crossed.
The meadow grass could be cemented down
From growing under pavements of a town;
The apple trees be sent to hearth-stone flame.
Is water wood to serve a brook the same?
How else dispose of an immortal force
No longer needed? Staunch it at its source
With cinder loads dumped down? The brook was thrown
Deep in a sewer dungeon under stone
In fetid darkness still to live and run --
And all for nothing it had ever done
Except forget to go in fear perhaps.
No one would know except for ancient maps
That such a brook ran water. But I wonder
If from its being kept forever under,
The thoughts may not have risen that so keep
This new-built city from both work and sleep.
you're welcome, thank you
obama's killing the democratic party
see massachusetts, virginia and new jersey
25 to 30 point swings
and them's the REAL polls, the ones that count
see the status of the sitting senators
see the comprehensively out-of-reach agenda: the civilianizing of the terrorists, the closing of gitmo, the cap and trade, the international climate accords, the wall street reg reform, the reach out to china and russia, the personal diplomacy with iran, the health ca...
all now empty dreams
see the pivots and improvisations, the impromptu policies pushed then pulled back
see the calls for shake up---rahm, holder, geithner, gibbs, not long for this world
see the diminished presidency, shrinking by its own doing, it's dictates and mandates, its secrets and bribes, its attacks and paybacks, its arrogant inability to hear
have a nice weekend
i love frost, america's laureate
thanks
but obama's destruction of the democrat party is not poetry
did you hear thursday that dead dodd had to declare his deliberations on financial reform at an IMPASSE?
Financial reform talks halted - Victoria McGrane - POLITICO.com
obama's #2 domestic item, reg reform supplanted cap and trade, which is kaput, on sept 1, if i remember correctly
the evening axelrod announced the white house's "new" direction
yes, the white house in sept moved reg reform up and cap and trade down, everything naturally taking backseat to health ca...
dead dodd's banking committee, we learn this week, is experiencing the very bellyaches that so bothered baucus' finance cmte on health ca...
it's too late to comeback
any change obama tries to affect now is seen as phony
he's been too extreme
he's incompetent, to boot
sorry
do you do eliot?
prufrock?
do prufrock, friend
shall i part my hair behind, do i dare to eat a peach...
like i said, you're good
Employment is a lagging factor, that trends behind the GDP by many months, sometimes, up to a couple of years. The leading indicator, consumer purchases, began under Bush, and what we are seeing is the fallout from that.
Now, I have a huge case against Obama, who I believe is running our economy into a ditch. Yes, we are going to see some short-term improvement under Obama, but at what cost? It is that cost that is going to cause this attempt at a recovery to be short-lived.
However, having said that, I'll be damned if I am going to be enough of a douchebag to lie, and in the process, give a free pass to the one who was in office when this all began. Screw the political bullcrap. I love my country too damn much to get caught up in that, so I will just tell it like it is. The recession began under Republican leadership. Democratic leadership is exacerbating the problem. And the foundation on which the Great Recession was built was provided amply by both parties. So spin away to your heart's content. Nobody with more than half a brain is going to pay attention.
Touche'And that pile of **** in the White House isn't even buying us dinner first. :roll:
I prefer "the Professor"TS Eliot is great, but my favorite is Dylan Thomas.
Between The Wheels lyrics
To live between a rock and a hard place
In between time
Cruising in prime time
Soaking up the cathode rays
To live between the wars in our time
Living in real time
Holding the good time
Holding on to yesterdays
[Chorus]You know how that rabbit feels
Going under your speeding wheels
Bright images flashing by
Like windshields towards a fly
Frozen in the fatal climb
But the wheels of time
Just pass you by
Wheels can take you around
Wheels can cut you down
We can go from boom to bust
From dreams to a bowl of dust
We can fall from rockets' red glare
Down to "Brother can you spare..."
Another war
Another wasteland
And another lost generation
It slips between your hands like water
This living in real time
A dizzying lifetime
Reeling by on celluloid
Struck between the eyes
By the big-time world
Walking uneasy streets
Hiding beneath the sheets
Got to try and fill the void
[Chorus]
How about the Dow close to falling below 10,000. Is that also a lagging factor?
Well, do you like the prospects of a strong dollar or not:lol:
That will not happen with Obama putting us deeper in debt. No comment on the dow losing again
Quit complaining and sell short, or invest in bonds, or invest in currency.
U.S. payrolls unexpectedly fell in January, but the unemployment rate surprisingly dropped to a five-month low
That will not happen with Obama putting us deeper in debt. No comment on the dow losing again
No I have a money market and thats it. When the capitalist of this country bring back the economy I will see what I want to do. Right now the market and money is not dependable with Obama doing nothing.
No comment on the rise of the dollar? :2wave: You are going to have to put up a little more effort or think with objectivity. Otherwise you will only come up short.