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fava
August 8th, 2009, 4:58 pm
The NY Times, blowing the horn for Obamaeconomics, found great relief in a .1 drop in unemployment figures this week.
Unfortunately, the same drop during the Bush Administration was not met with the same optimism.

"Jobless Rate Dips a Notch to 7.7% in Mixed Showing. The nation's jobless rate improved marginally last month, edging down to 7.7 percent from 7.8 percent,"But the improvement was not enough to signal a stronger economic recovery or to help President Bush as he heads into the Republican National Convention."
August 8, 1992 NY Times.

Job Losses Slow, Signaling Momentum for a Recovery
The most heartening employment report since last summer suggested on Friday that a recovery was under way -- and perhaps gathering steam
Employers are no longer in a panic," one expert tells the Times. Obama administration officials "credited the stimulus package" for the improvement, and "some said" job losses would be far worse had the $787 billion stimulus not been passed.
August 8,2998 NY Times

spinach
August 8th, 2009, 5:01 pm
the NY times makes a good parrot cage liner.
one paper lasts a long time.

also, you can wad up a few pages, and light them on fire, and cook burgers over it.

PredFan
August 8th, 2009, 5:02 pm
The NY Times, blowing the horn for Obamaeconomics, found great relief in a .1 drop in unemployment figures this week.
Unfortunately, the same drop during the Bush Administration was not met with the same optimism.

"Jobless Rate Dips a Notch to 7.7% in Mixed Showing. The nation's jobless rate improved marginally last month, edging down to 7.7 percent from 7.8 percent,"But the improvement was not enough to signal a stronger economic recovery or to help President Bush as he heads into the Republican National Convention."
August 8, 1992 NY Times.

Job Losses Slow, Signaling Momentum for a Recovery
The most heartening employment report since last summer suggested on Friday that a recovery was under way -- and perhaps gathering steam
Employers are no longer in a panic," one expert tells the Times. Obama administration officials "credited the stimulus package" for the improvement, and "some said" job losses would be far worse had the $787 billion stimulus not been passed.
August 8,2998 NY Times


And they were reaching to get that 0.1 percent too.

upsetmom
August 8th, 2009, 5:07 pm
the NY times makes a good parrot cage liner.
one paper lasts a long time.

also, you can wad up a few pages, and light them on fire, and cook burgers over it.
I find that it's so full of crap it makes the burgers taste funny....and the parrot keeps losing his feathers.