Keep believing he will go down as the Best President Ever
I love people that think in the end 50, 75 or 100 years from now Bush will be seen as the best President Ever.
Total 2008 job loss: 2.6 million
Annual loss is biggest since the end of World War II. Payrolls shrink by 524,000 in December, and unemployment rate rises to 7.2%.
And don’t forget these Unemployment numbers are massaged too as I indicated before in a Harper’s article. So, most likely they are WAY worse than 1945 numbers, because the numbers weren’t calculated the way they are now. Our truer Unemployment number is closer to 11% right now.
Awesome!
This is the actual number for November.
The real unemployment rate buried in the Federal Government’s data tables, including discouraged workers and those who are considered marginally attached or working part-time because they cannot find full time work, is now 12.2%, the highest it has been in 15 years. This number is up 33% over the past 12 months.
In October 2008 the BLS stated that the U-3 unemployment rate was 6.5%, up from 6.1% in September. The unemployment rate which combines the regularly publicized rate with both those who are “marginally attached workers” and “employed part time for economic reasons” was 11.1% in October 2008, up from 7.9% in October 2007. This composite rate is coded as U-6 in the following hyperlinked BLS table.
The BLS table shows both “not seasonally adjusted” and “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rates. Basically, the seasonally adjusted number attempts to smooth out seasonal variations in unemployment throughout the year.
Deldems have a help wanted ad up on their website. They want a new Exec. Director, Technology Director and Communications Director. Resumes are due by January 30th. See http://www.deldems.org for details.
What a disaster. As far as W. I personally love the ‘no attacks inside the US since 11 Sept.’ argument. 1.) Who passes judgment based on things that haven’t happened? 2.) Didn’t we just trade that off for 4,000+ killed for invisible WMD in Iraq?
Like I said the other day, the apologists keep saying that history will judge the W. legacy better, but I don’t see how time heals some of these wounds. Time didn’t forgive Hoover. Time won’t improve Katrina’s delayed reaction.
DG:
3) Anthrax attack? What anthrax attack?
I’m with you DG. Bush won’t be forgiven for the disasters of invading Iraq, ignoring Katrina and orchestrating the economic crash. It doesn’t matter if Iraq is a democracy in 20 years.
Thanks Rebecca for posting about those job openings. I’ll bet you get a lot of applications!
Actually, when you count people who have been forced to work part time but want to work full time, the number jumps to about thirteen and a half percent unemployment.
Yeah, but the Cheney-Haliburton Blind Trust balance is KICKING ASS! And don’t think I won’t remember what the Bush family has done for me.
Yours Truly,
Dick
HA! Anthax… yeah, anonone… and the FBI is trying to sell us on this nutter scientist from MD as the culprit. How convenient that he offed himself… Did you happen to read the NYT expose last Sunday? Very enlightening.
I guess that doesn’t count as a terrorist attack. What a joke.
The evidence pointing to that scientist is not very strong. The FBI wasted a lot of time going after Hatfill.
dg,
I missed that article>….
can you dig it up and shoot it over to me
I’m not anon, but I found the article here.
I look forward to the comments when Pres Obama fails to do anything positive about these challenges.
What was he doing in the Senate during his short time there. Oh wait, he wasn’t there, he was running for President the minute he got there.
Your hatred for George Bush is not an answer for any problems and at some point ragging non stop gets old.
Let it go, guys. Let it go. Yes, he was awful. Yes, worst president ever. But it’s over now. He’s leaving. Take a breath and move on.
Why so bitter? It’s so unhealthy! Focus on the positive. Your candidate won. He’s going to make it all better. You’ll have free healthcare, tax cuts, tons of high-paying jobs, excellent schools, affordable college and world peace. It’ll be great!
“The only thing that’s really going to change is the name of the president.”
Duminique on the 2008 election
In Duminque’s world of hate (Obama is now “President Pepsi”), Bush and Obama are the same except for their names
Why should anybody listen to what you have to say about the President?
A1, my favorite Dom line was Why so bitter? She has enough bitter for everyone.
‘Why should anybody listen to what you have to say about the President?’
Indeed, anonass, yet you keep reading my posts. Hmmm…
So, so sad that the meaning of that comment has been explained to you over and over again, but you still don’t get it. Were you always learning disabled or did it just happen when you started voting?
Nemski, I thought you would be bright enough to pick up on the irony. Guess I gave you too much credit.
Piss off Dominique.