Posts Made By: Darian Rachal

Dave Snope said:

While people are caught up celebrating today's BLS report that the official unemployment rate went down from 8.5% to 8.3%, (including our own Rod Kaufman, who says Anybody in their right mind can see it's improving , I do feel bad about spoiling the fun.

I'll try to make this as simple as possible with step by step instructions because I have read in these threads that some of our members (like Richard Davis ) are quite slow on the uptake.

Please refer to the latest BLS report here:
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf

Please open the report to Table B-1 (ctrl-f, type "Table B-1" in the search field, hit Enter key)

Refer to the top row of the chart, which is the total non-farm employment summary data.

See the Nov. 2011 total employment number. 133.172 million
See the Jan. 2012 total employment number. 130.263 million

Subtract January from November and get -2.908 million jobs. That's 2.9 million more people who have lost jobs since November.

Now look at the far right column. Your dear leaders at the BLS have adjusted that to a net increase of 243,000 jobs.

Like magic, the unemployment rate has gone down to 8.3%.

Call that good news if you want. It's your mind and your choice.

Well, it's good news if you are a federal employee because their employment is up slightly, so all is good in Washington. Which is funny, because they report on the news that they have shed jobs, but the table shows that they have increased federal jobs. It's an alternate reality, I guess.

Of course, this 8.3% doesn't include the 5 million or so additional people that have dropped out of the job market, meaning there are 159 million in the labor force, not 154 million that the BLS is using. So the real unemployment in January rose from 11.2% to 11.5%.

Rob Wiederrich said:

These people are so pathetic. Picture is not photoshoped. Obama's flag pin is correctly located on his left lapel.....Michelle's hair is parted on the normal side...and both are wearing wedding rings on their right hands..the ones over their livers. Smugs are extra.

Lee Spain said:

What do you guys think of the Santorum Sweep?

Phillip Houston said:

Hello bird fans,

Today’s Image of the Day is very cool. I liked it so much that I tried to post a comment. No can do. Apparently being a member, and occasional supporter of Astromart is not good enough. Membership here seems not connected to ATWB, so no comments allowed. Guess I haven’t bought from them recently enough. Too much security??

In case anyone is interested, my eagle comment:

Looks like this duck is tangled in fish line. That's bad for ducks, and possibly Eagles.

Perhaps this is redundant. I can’t see any other comments. If not, you are free to post this.

Regards,
Phillip

Lee Spain said:

...next week I have to vote for one of the Republican candidates!

- Newt
- Mitt
- Paul
- Santorum

Rob Wiederrich said:

If I hear one more time that Obama simply *Inherited* this mess..I'll scream. Obama didn't "inherit" the economy. He asked for the thing, campaigned for it, spent millions of dollars to acquire it, pleaded and begged for it, and promised to change it. Now he OWNS it.

He's a dope.

Rod Kaufman said:

Removing the nastiness and cleansing the airways...
http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/10/opinion/fonda-morgan-steinem-limbaugh/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Lee Spain said:

Will it hurt anything to have different brands of tires on the car? I got a flat on the way home from work today and now I've got a get a new tire for our Camry. The car has three Michelin tires that show very little wear. However, I suspect that those fairly normal looking Michelin tires are quite expensive (about $35 to $40 more than some of the other brands).