New jobless claims plummet, now below long-term average
According to the Labor Department, initial jobless claims fell to 339,000 last week, a decline of 30,000 from the previous week.
That’s notable for several reasons. First, it’s the lowest weekly total since February 2008. It’s also a 16.3 percent decrease in initial jobless claims from the same week a year ago, and perhaps most importantly, it is lower than the long-term average of 363,460 jobless claims filed per week.
There are reasons to be cautious. One-week fluctuations are not long-term trends, and economists would be more reassured if numbers in the next few weeks continued this trend. But as the chart below clearly indicates, jobless filings peaked in March 2009 — two to three weeks after passage of the stimulus bill — and have been steadily declining ever since.
UPDATE: From CNN, another reason for caution:
Much of the drop last week was caused by an anomaly, a Labor Department analyst told CNNMoney. One state posted a large decline in claims, which is not typical during the last week in September.
The drop probably occurred because that state didn’t fully process end-of-quarter claims, the Labor Department analyst said. If that’s the case, it’s possible initial claims could shoot back up next week, once those claims are processed.
US Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance data by YCharts
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getalife
October 11th, 2012
1:06 pm
“Quit — cold turkey — going to sites like drudgey and the stew.”
They would have to turn off hate radio cnn, fox news and all corporate media too.
Paul
October 11th, 2012
1:08 pm
Now Joseph’s house is the prime factor in the US housing market….
And my housing value is way, way, way up since then,
So there.
They BOTH suck
October 11th, 2012
1:09 pm
Joseph
Housing market started to show cracks in late 06 and continued to do decline……………
Common sense would say your house was worth less than it was appraised for before Obama ever took office.
But if it makes you feel good to blame Obama then rock on
F. Sinkwich
October 11th, 2012
1:10 pm
Hey Granny, if congress had passed that legislation three years ago instead of that wasteful Stimulas garbage and that job-killing POS Obamacare, the economy would be in much better shape now.
getalife
October 11th, 2012
1:10 pm
Bottom line, the economy is back with gop obstruction failed.
That is a huge accomplishment.
Joe Hussein Mama
October 11th, 2012
1:10 pm
Doom — “b-troll, Insipid? Very befitting.”
B-troll is B-fitting.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 11th, 2012
1:11 pm
Well Joseph, if we are going with personal residence appraisals as evidence of entire markets, my refinancing appraisal shows a significant increase since the last 2010 appraisal.
For your rebuttal, you can try starting with “Jane you ignorant…..”
Jay
October 11th, 2012
1:12 pm
Yes, Steve, I do. Thanks for bringing that up. It’ a great example of how to lie using statistics.
The vote being cited is for final passage of the compromise budget bill. A lot of House Republicans voted against that compromise because in their minds, the cuts not just to State Department security but across the board weren’t deep enough. They voted against it because they wanted much bigger cuts.
The initial House-passed version contained those much-deeper cuts, and it was passed almost exclusively with Republican votes and almost no Democratic support.
So again, thanks for the opportunity to demonstrate just how desperate and deceptive some people can be.
Joseph
October 11th, 2012
1:12 pm
Obama has been a glaring success at putting people on welfare and disability….
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/this-chart-illustrating-the-difference-between-job-growth-welfare-participation-over-the-last-four-years-is-terrible/
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
October 11th, 2012
1:12 pm
Can’t I get anyone to comment on the fact that DEMS outvoted GOP for cuts to embassy security?
Joe Hussein Mama
October 11th, 2012
1:13 pm
F. Sinkiewicz — “Hey Granny, if congress had passed that legislation three years ago instead of that wasteful Stimulas garbage and that job-killing POS Obamacare, the economy would be in much better shape now.”
Sounds like Fishy’s got a grudge. Wonder if he lost his job due to the ACA?
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
October 11th, 2012
1:13 pm
““Banks” “Federal government”
Picky, picky, picky.”
facts have a liberal bias … what can I say.
Thulsa Doom
October 11th, 2012
1:13 pm
“Huh? More reliable? Lets see, the August and July reports were revised upward by 50k from a similar number. So you think a 50% error is “reliable” ???”
And you think a sample of 2 as in 2 months is reliable?
The 114,000 number could very well be revised upwards. That would not surprise me in the least. I was referring to the more volatile household report as being inaccurate which according to analysts is how the labor dept arrived at the dramatically lower 7.8% new unemployment number.
For the sake of argument though lets say the 114,000 is revised upward to say 144,000. That would not be enough to drop unemployment all the way from 8.1 to 7.8%. In fact it the 144,000 number as has been noted many times is below the 150k threshold that we need just to keep pace with new entrants into the workforce. So how would unemployment really drop that far with one upward revised job number of say 30,000 when in reality the revised number wouldn’t even be enough to keep treading water? The overall unemployment number would probably be adjusted back upwards as I stated.
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
October 11th, 2012
1:13 pm
JAY
Can you send me your source information?
Paul
October 11th, 2012
1:14 pm
Joseph
Allow me to recap:
Home values began their crash during the last administration.
They stabilized during this administration.
Foreclosure rates have stabilized overall, yet some areas are experiencing ongoing difficulties.
One person’s home value may be in an area of continued difficulty but may not be representative of the nation as a whole.
b-troll
October 11th, 2012
1:14 pm
fannie and freddie control the bulk of foreclosures and control when, how, and if they are taken to market or sold
They BOTH suck
October 11th, 2012
1:14 pm
Stevie @ 1:12
Appears Jay has more than answered your question.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
October 11th, 2012
1:14 pm
“Obama has been a glaring success at putting people on welfare and disability….”
PUTTING people on welfare??? did he FIRE them? not so much.
and disability – what has he been doing, knocking people down with his car???
Joe Hussein Mama
October 11th, 2012
1:15 pm
S. Ray — “Can’t I get anyone to comment on the fact that DEMS outvoted GOP for cuts to embassy security?”
Yes. You’re all excited over a two-vote difference in the House?
I’m more interested in Congressman Chaffetz voting for the cuts but still complaining that Obama didn’t increase security (despite less funding for it).
They BOTH suck
October 11th, 2012
1:15 pm
Jm
Thanks. And you have a link to show the actual data, right?
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 11th, 2012
1:16 pm
So again, thanks for the opportunity to demonstrate just how desperate and deceptive some people can be.
Wink, wink, nudge, nudge…. know what I mean?
Jay
October 11th, 2012
1:16 pm
Joseph, I went to the NPR link you posted, although I’m not sure why you think it supports your position. Among the headlines there were:
“Existing Home Sales And Housing Starts Both Rose In August”
and
“U.S. Homebuilders’ Confidence Highest In 6 Years”
and
“U.S. Foreclosures Drop Dramatically, But The Picture Remains Very Mixed”
Joe Hussein Mama
October 11th, 2012
1:16 pm
Paul — “One person’s home value may be in an area of continued difficulty but may not be representative of the nation as a whole.”
Kinda like global climate change.
Joseph
October 11th, 2012
1:17 pm
Don’t look at these article’s libs… just move along.. Your houses are still worth what they were you bought um… LOL…
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-home-prices-drop-6th-130235133.html
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-03/home-prices-seen-dropping-10-in-u-s-on-foreclosures-mortgages.html
Joe Hussein Mama
October 11th, 2012
1:18 pm
Jay — “I’m not sure why you think it supports your position.”
You have to understand, Jay, that Joseph is new to this whole “evidence” thing. We asked for a link, so he gave us one. Perhaps he wasn’t clear on the requirement that the link *also* be pertinent to and supportive of his argument.
Joseph
October 11th, 2012
1:19 pm
Jay:
Look at the new articles… Google is a wonderful tool. You can cherry pick what you want Jay. the simple fact is home values have plummeted under the Obama administration…
USMC
October 11th, 2012
1:19 pm
“Quit — cold turkey — going to sites like drudgey and the stew.”
It’s just too late baby, Oh it’s too late… but we really…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eq_IZZbf8Y
-”The Drudge Report has 14.4 MILLION US readers per MONTH — only slightly fewer readers than The New York Times (16.4 million), per Quantcast.
“It’s Time People Realized That The Drudge Report Is A Major Media Property Worth Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars”
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/drudge-report-is-worth-2012-10#ixzz290mqaYXX
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 11th, 2012
1:19 pm
Your houses are still worth what they were you bought um… LOL…
Making a lot of assumptions there, sport. LOL…
Joseph
October 11th, 2012
1:20 pm
Jay:
http://www.dsnews.com/articles/home-prices-make-small-monhtly-drop-in-august-zillow-2012-09-19
Thulsa Doom
October 11th, 2012
1:20 pm
“No goalposts are safe when you’re around.”- Paul
Well hell goalposts aint safe either when Saban’s army takes the field. One of them Crimson behemoths is liable to just run plum smack over that goalpost after running through some porous defense on the way to another TD.
They BOTH suck
October 11th, 2012
1:21 pm
Joseph
Don’t be a baby. Many folks bought homes right before the collapse.
You will be ok even if you blame everyone else besides Joseph for Joseph’s blight……..
Can we get a conservative to give the Joseph the “pull yourself up by the bootstrap” speech?
Thomas Heyward Jr
October 11th, 2012
1:22 pm
Actually, the value of your own IS probably worth what you bought it for.
It’s just that the dollar isn’t worth as much.
.
That’s what happens in a progressive planned economy.
What the powers don’t steal through taxes and financial repression, they steal through inflation.
.
Carry on.
They BOTH suck
October 11th, 2012
1:23 pm
Joseph
Everyone can see that your are desperate and struggling to prove your point, but posting articles from April are not helping your cause.
Just saying
DebbieDoRight - Prez. O = 2.5M Jobs; Repug Congress = 0. You do the Math
October 11th, 2012
1:23 pm
Quit — cold turkey — going to sites like drudgey and the stew.
Dangit! I was kinda hoping for some sort of Alien Anal Probe that I can ram up their azzes, really hard until the truth came tumbling out from their mouths.
Not everyone would’ve been cured the first go round. Some, could be cured, but would want to try it again and again for the experience.
Oh well, I guess we’ll just have to rely on the “cold turkey” approach.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 11th, 2012
1:23 pm
BOTH
Atlas Shrugged II being released this Fri.
Lot of “bootstrapping” gonna be going on in the theaters.
Joseph
October 11th, 2012
1:24 pm
Jay:
But don’t get me wrong Jay. For me I’m glad home prices are down so I can purchase cheap real estate. Its just your ignoring of facts that sometimes makes me laugh. Again if you would get out more you may know whats going on in the real world…
They BOTH suck
October 11th, 2012
1:24 pm
Thomas
Tell, Ron, Rand and Alex that I said hello.
How is that Ron Paul delegate count working for you?
Logical Dude
October 11th, 2012
1:24 pm
Joseph: the simple fact is home values have plummeted under the Obama administration…
so? Are you purposefully ignoring the fact that they were plummeting in the Bush administration as well?
You know, the Great Recession? in 2007?
Jay
October 11th, 2012
1:25 pm
Sure, Stevie. Here’s the link to the vote itself, documenting that it’s the final vote on the conference report with the Senate, the compromise:
http://www.opencongress.org/vote/2011/h/941
The rest is readily available from news accounts of the time period in question. It’s all a matter of public record.
The same is true in the Senate, by the way. Of the 32 votes against final passage, 31 were from Republicans who wanted even deeper cuts.
Steve-USA "None of the Above"
October 11th, 2012
1:25 pm
Paul- “And my housing value is way, way, way up since then, So there.”
Congratulations. I walk through about 20 houses a week and research around 100 so if your house is located in Georgia and the value is “way, way, way up” you are indeed a fortunate man.
They BOTH suck
October 11th, 2012
1:25 pm
Kam
They probably will not even allow you in the theater if you are not wearing boots.
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
October 11th, 2012
1:25 pm
Jay,
Also can you provide a link between these cuts and the denial and dismissing of requests to increase security per deceased ambassador? Did the state department, when they actually answered the phone, tell him they couldn’t help because the funds weren’t available?
Joseph
October 11th, 2012
1:26 pm
They BOTH suck:
Check out the one’s from September. A blog that Jay posted is certainly not relevant…
They BOTH suck
October 11th, 2012
1:26 pm
Joseph
Meant to say plight, but like your Cox career where you were shown the door it could also be a “blight”
getalife
October 11th, 2012
1:28 pm
Face it cons, your obstruction failed.
Imagine what our economy would be without gop obstruction.
Shame on you cons.
Ken
October 11th, 2012
1:28 pm
Pure disgusting lies coming out of Washington. Especially the lies about lybia. Can’t wait till Nov. 7 and see the trail of dust headed towards Chicago.
Jay
October 11th, 2012
1:28 pm
Joseph, you challenged people to show that home values are currently rising. Such evidence has been produced. Even the website that you yourself cited demonstrates conclusively that the housing market has turned. You are fooling nobody but yourself with this act that you’re peddling.
In your effort to avoid looking foolish, you are compounding your problem. You know that classic dream of showing up somewhere only to discover that you’re not wearing any pants? Well, don’t look down, but ….
They BOTH suck
October 11th, 2012
1:29 pm
Joseph
You stated it, you prove it. I’m not going to do homework for some fired Cox employee
“Pull yourself up by your bootstraps”, son. Stop blaming Obama for your inability to get things moving in your life.
You make yourself look worse by the day.
Steve-USA "None of the Above"
October 11th, 2012
1:29 pm
Logical Dude. “so? Are you purposefully ignoring the fact that they were plummeting in the Bush administration as well?”
Correct. The “peak” was in the 4th quarter of 2006 and then it started it’s downfall in December of 2006.
Tom(Independent Viet Vet-USAF)
October 11th, 2012
1:31 pm
Where is Princess Nancy Pelosi these days? Is she still on vacation? I miss her comments and rants. Has she distanced herself from Pres Obama. That would be a good thing for the President. I do not hold Obama personally responsible for the deaths of the 4 Americans but he sure can put some serious knuckleheads in positions of power?
Jay
October 11th, 2012
1:31 pm
“Also can you provide a link between these cuts and the denial and dismissing of requests to increase security per deceased ambassador? Did the state department, when they actually answered the phone, tell him they couldn’t help because the funds weren’t available?”
No, I can’t. But that’s a pretty transparent effort to shift the discussion, now isn’t it. You wanted an explanation, you got an explanation and now you want everyone to forget you asked in the first place.
Rightwing Troll
October 11th, 2012
1:32 pm
” (I didn’t realize the inventory of current jobs was so high in terms of full time, non-seasonal jobs)…”
Ask anybody in programming or development how the job market is for them…. It’s going nuts… I get calls everyday from recruiters.
getalife
October 11th, 2012
1:32 pm
joey got owned.
It was Joe Biden that said rudy was a noun, verb and 9/11.
I bet he got something good for us tonight too.
Rightwing Troll
October 11th, 2012
1:34 pm
” I do not hold Obama personally responsible for the deaths of the 4 Americans but he sure can put some serious knuckleheads in positions of power?”
Agreed, on all accounts.
Thulsa Doom
October 11th, 2012
1:34 pm
“You know that classic dream of showing up somewhere only to discover that you’re not wearing any pants? Well, don’t look down, but”
Well now I suspect for some people that dream would be a mighty proud moment, for some it would be a little embarrassing, and for some it would be quite “be-little-ing”.
Joe Hussein Mama
October 11th, 2012
1:35 pm
Tom — “Where is Princess Nancy Pelosi these days? Is she still on vacation? I miss her comments and rants. Has she distanced herself from Pres Obama. That would be a good thing for the President. I do not hold Obama personally responsible for the deaths of the 4 Americans but he sure can put some serious knuckleheads in positions of power?”
LOLWUT
getalife
October 11th, 2012
1:35 pm
Tom,
Did you know your party outed a CIA facility in their hearing?
Did you know your party cut funding to protect the embassies over 300 million.
Do you know anything Tom?
Joseph
October 11th, 2012
1:35 pm
Here’s a graph so maybe you libs could understand…. Home prices did rise fell in all areas but the Western US compared with the month before. The sad thing is home prices have hit rock bottom. There’s really no where else but up… But unfortunately they will never be worth what they once were under the current administration….
http://www.realestateabc.com/outlook/overall.htm
Joe Hussein Mama
October 11th, 2012
1:35 pm
Doom — “Well now I suspect for some people that dream would be a mighty proud moment, for some it would be a little embarrassing, and for some it would be quite “be-little-ing”.
Doom may not have pants, but he’s always got Speedos.
DebbieDoRight - Prez. O = 2.5M Jobs; Repug Congress = 0. You do the Math
October 11th, 2012
1:36 pm
UCMJ: ”The Drudge Report has 14.4 MILLION US readers per MONTH
Good lord! I hope these people don’t breed! Or worse VOTE!
ITS ALL BUSHS FAULT
October 11th, 2012
1:37 pm
CONS GETTING CONNED BY A SERIAL CON…AWESOME…
gm
October 11th, 2012
1:37 pm
Oh my God, I am a right winger who hates my President I dont want good news, I want more people out of work, I want the market and everything to crash because I hate this President.
How dare this President help other Americans in Oh, Mich, shame on him, but I am a pride American, go figure
Thomas Heyward Jr
October 11th, 2012
1:37 pm
They BOTH suck
October 11th, 2012
1:24 pm
Thomas
Tell, Ron, Rand and Alex that I said hello.
————————————————————————-
.
no.
.
The above named gentlemen would not be interested in exchanging pleasentries with a prog.
Joseph
October 11th, 2012
1:39 pm
Jay:
You sir are not fooling anyone into believing the tripe you are trying to push. We can agree home prices fluctuate but no one in their right mind would say their home is worth anywhere close to what it was 5-8 years ago. That’s a fact Jay. You can spew and buck all you want but you know its true….
getalife
October 11th, 2012
1:39 pm
“Or worse VOTE!”
They are the partisans mitt said would vote for him no matter what he says so he tossed the cons in the trash and moved left.
They BOTH suck
October 11th, 2012
1:39 pm
Thomas
How is that count going?
Tom(Independent Viet Vet-USAF)
October 11th, 2012
1:39 pm
Heard something that I thought was very humerous. Was watching Bill Maher(HBO) last nite(have no idea why),Dr. Frank Luntz was a guest.Dr. Luntz is the pollster you see in group settings on Fox. Luntz wa speaking to Maher about the polling when he said ” on one side you have the Democrats and on the other you have Americans”. The audience and Maher laughed but later I thought, how true!
Thulsa Doom
October 11th, 2012
1:39 pm
Joe Mama,
You’re not giving me my proper respects. I gots my “hot, tight speedos”. 2 other folks on here got em too. Only difference is their’s are rainbow colored.
USMC
October 11th, 2012
1:40 pm
“You’re WAY too busy LICKING Wall Street ARSES for such sentimentality…”–Jamvet
“Dangit! I was kinda hoping for some sort of Alien ANAL PROBE that I can ram up their AZZES, really hard until the truth came tumbling out from their mouths.”–Debbie
I am seeing a pattern here. I think Debbie and Jamvet make a great couple…
They both have a lot of Anus on the brain!
independent thinker
October 11th, 2012
1:41 pm
Its the anticipation of those Romney tax cuts trickling down to the peons who are the 47% and habitual lazy moochers knowing they are going to have to get out of bed and find a job like the 53% once Romney is in office. .Once the 1% stop spending money on Romney advertising and get him elected, we all know they are going to open the floodgates of job creation with 12 million jobs the day after he is elected. Right?
Joseph
October 11th, 2012
1:41 pm
Jay:
This article is from March. Just a few months ago. They have no where to go but up after Obama has forced them to hit rock bottom… LOL…
http://money.cnn.com/2012/03/27/real_estate/home-prices/index.htm
Joseph
October 11th, 2012
1:42 pm
Jay:
I think maybe your getting gas prices mixed up with home prices. Now I will agree Obama has been the greatest gas price President in history…..
Joe Hussein Mama
October 11th, 2012
1:42 pm
Doom — “You’re not giving me my proper respects. I gots my “hot, tight speedos”.
I have no direct knowledge of how your Speedos fit and I hope to never have any direct knowledge of it.
Don't Forget
October 11th, 2012
1:42 pm
TD – That would not be enough to drop unemployment all the way from 8.1 to 7.8%.
Thulsa, you’re trying to connect the two numbers and that simply doesn’t work in the short term. The uproar is mainly based on the fact that the rate is below 8. This destroys a republican talking point, which is ironic since the 8% estimate by Obama was also based on very flawed data and the rate was at 8.3% one month after passage of the stimulus.
Thulsa Doom
October 11th, 2012
1:43 pm
Independent thinker,
You really ought to just change your handle to liberal thinker. I’ve never seen an “independent thinking” post from you. Only liberal posts. Just sayin…
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
October 11th, 2012
1:44 pm
JAY,
Let me clarify what you are saying. The cited vote was for the appropriations of funds to support the House Bill that cut embassy spending for security. The original House version of the bill was passed with little to no DEM support…if I understand this, what is the house bill number as now I’m curious….what role if any, the DEMs play in the protection of embassy security spend and could it be said that the DEMS could have prevented this but didn’t?
getalife
October 11th, 2012
1:44 pm
“you have Americans”
Americans united to show patriotism and resolve after the attack in Libya.
You cons called our President a “terrorist sympathizer” and attacked our President.
You cheered for dictators in the Arab Spring.
You are not Americans because you don’t stand for freedom.
Thomas Heyward Jr
October 11th, 2012
1:44 pm
The actual amount of people that are un-employed is not important. Its the people who count the unemployed that count.
Stalin
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 11th, 2012
1:45 pm
Only difference is their’s are rainbow colored.
Rainbow colored. Nudge, nudge, wink, wink, know what I mean?
But they dont have the matching wife beater. And the overhanging roof
USMC
October 11th, 2012
1:45 pm
Pres. Obama’s Comrades not paying their fare share…
IRS says ‘tax avoidance’ at heart of Solyndra bankruptcy plan
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/oct/10/irs-says-tax-avoidance-heart-solyndra-bankruptcy-p/
Rightwing Troll
October 11th, 2012
1:46 pm
“We can agree home prices fluctuate but no one in their right mind would say their home is worth anywhere close to what it was 5-8 years ago. That’s a fact Jay. You can spew and buck all you want but you know its true….”
Yes it is a fact that the housing marketed tanked 5-6 years ago during the Bush economy.
Yes, none of my houses are worth what they once were… but they don’t cost me any more than they did back then, and the people renting these days are much more solid and dependable than they were 5-6 years ago… I’m in it for the long haul… I guess I should thank W for tanking the economy in some weird perverted way, it’s made it easier for me to keep my houses rented with more dependable people in them… So in this way I’m a wingnut, I cheer for W tanking the economy… whereas wingnuts today cheer for continued bad economic news…
Joe Hussein Mama
October 11th, 2012
1:47 pm
Joseph — “They have no where to go but up after Obama has forced them to hit rock bottom… :”
If an asset’s price isn’t zero, then it hasn’t hit rock bottom.
If you trade (equities, commodities, bonds or fixed assets), trying to call the bottom is as ill-advised as trying to call the top is.
getalife
October 11th, 2012
1:47 pm
Stevie,
The gop have the majority in the house and you know that is a losing argument.
Pitiful steve. You can do better deflection of blame that that.
DebbieDoRight - Prez. O = 2.5M Jobs; Repug Congress = 0. You do the Math
October 11th, 2012
1:47 pm
UCMJ – I was hoping I could try that little surgery (Alien Anal Probe), on you. I figured you ‘d like it………………..
USMC
October 11th, 2012
1:47 pm
“I meant FAIR not FARE”–Kamspam
Joseph
October 11th, 2012
1:48 pm
I gotta go loons… Real estate to buy cheap!!! Put on your diaper’s and get ready for debate whoopin #2 tonight… I hope you have a chat going Jaybird….
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
October 11th, 2012
1:48 pm
JAY
I’m not shifting yet…my original question a few pages ago was a request to provide causal link between cost reductions and this event of which I’ve heard none. Guess you missed that one..
So if I get you correct, the DEMS in house or senate had no power to negotiate this cut or otherwise maintain historic levels of security?
scott
October 11th, 2012
1:48 pm
You libs are suckers. You eat up every little bit of BS this administration feeds you. Yes…..master obama…………..whatever you say…..master…….
Joe Hussein Mama
October 11th, 2012
1:48 pm
USMC — “IRS says ‘tax avoidance’ at heart of Solyndra bankruptcy plan”
As we have been reminded repeatedly in recent months, tax avoidance is legal.
Tax *evasion* is not.
getalife
October 11th, 2012
1:49 pm
scott,
You swallow every gop lie.
Thulsa Doom
October 11th, 2012
1:49 pm
“The uproar is mainly based on the fact that the rate is below 8.”
Don’t Forget,
No. That’s not at all what the uproar is about. The uproar is that it dropped that precipitously in one month and that this one month just happens to be 5 weeks before the election. I heard in the news that the last time unemployment dropped that much in one month was in 1983 when Reagan’s boom was underway and the economy was steamrolling along at something like a 7% growth rate. And as you well know the economy is growing at more like a 1 or 2% growth rate. This is why such a significant drop given the terrible economic climate is simply not realistic. The numbers don’t make any sense when looking at it in relation to economic history.
Steve-USA "None of the Above"
October 11th, 2012
1:49 pm
If anyone wants to check their home value and see the rise/fall just go to Zillow.com, you will get a graph of your home, your zip code and your cities average value. Is it 100% correct? No, but it is pretty darn close most of the time.
southpaw
October 11th, 2012
1:50 pm
Disabled is the new unemployed. After 99 weeks of unemployment ran out for people who couldn’t find a job, disability was the only thing left to try. Also, score one (irony alert) for encouraging employers to hire 2 20-hour workers instead of 1 40-hour worker. That way more people are off the official unemployment rolls. I had always considered the U-3 unemployment rate as the most reliable. Now I wonder if U-5 or U-6 is more indicative of the true rate.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 11th, 2012
1:50 pm
You eat up every little bit of BS this administration feeds you.
The smoking gun is the mushroom cloud.
getalife
October 11th, 2012
1:50 pm
Americans cheer on this good news and want more of this good news for our country.
What are you cons doing?
USMC
October 11th, 2012
1:51 pm
“UCMJ – I was hoping I could try that little surgery (Alien Anal Probe), on you. I figured you ‘d like it………………..”–Debbie
TMI, Honey, You’ll have to get your JOLLIES off with someone else.
Jay
October 11th, 2012
1:52 pm
“So if I get you correct, the DEMS in house or senate had no power to negotiate this cut or otherwise maintain historic levels of security?
The Dems in the House did not have that power. The Dems in the Senate did, and they used that leverage to force House Republicans to accept smaller cuts than they wanted.
A lot of House Republicans didn’t like that compromise, and voted against it as a protest. To now cite that protest vote in favor of deeper cuts in this fashion is truly shameless.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 11th, 2012
1:53 pm
Heard these today:
1) “The Secret Service spends a lot of time and effort ensuring that our currency is genuine and not counterfeit. Otherwise, public confidence in our currency would deteriorate. The ‘currency of the honest vote’ is just as important to our democracy.”
2) “Early voting is not good for the country. It would be similar to having a jury trial where half-way through a couple of jurors stood up and said, ‘We’ve heard enough. Let’s vote!’.
Voting day should be VOTING DAY!”
Thulsa Doom
October 11th, 2012
1:54 pm
USMC,
Kamspam violation! The fine for that is $5000 and you are now ordered to pay restitution to the blog community of 6,000 posts of meaningless drivel such as fake Thomas Jefferson quotes or “the smoking gun in the mushroom cloud” gobbledeegook. Gonna be a long day and you may need a new keyboard. Get to work.
Mick
October 11th, 2012
1:55 pm
steve
Yes, zillow is pretty good – and depressing in my case….however, a little patience and I do believe this real estate fiasco will shake out in another two to three years. I can wait, not going anywhere. (god willing)…