The answer? $26.1 billion in new “stimulus” spending, naturally. Well, that — and the continued threat of social democrats in their legislative death throes taking over industry or bureaucratizing / taxing it into paralysis.
Oh. And just so’s it gets mentioned somewhere: the unemployment rate among 16-19-year olds now stands at 26.1% — an increase of nearly 4.5%. Which, hey: at least we’ve found the raw material for that Obama civilian security force we keep hearing hinted about…
The Republican candidate for governor in Oklahoma argued that she has extensive business experience … because over her 25 years in government, she has regulated all kinds of industries. Energy, financial services, agriculture.
She’s a business dynamo, that Mary Fallin.
Even mildly successful parasites know enough not to kill their hosts. Or piss it off enough to get a asscheek full of penicillin.
There is but one antidote: A new article touting the virtues of !!!!fUNemPlOYmenT!!!!!
http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jun/04/local/me-funemployment4
“…parasites know…”
No, they don’t.
*sigh*
Fine.
“…parasites function in a manner that in no way implies intelligence or other mental capacity that causes them not to do…”
Lots of fun news today:
So the White House is starting to panic.
Michelle “Marie Anntoinette” Obama is not helping. Maybe Mrs. Biden is right to dis you!
And oh by the way, we racist knuckeldragging mouth breathers read the backers of the Cordoba House pretty well.
The ones whose genetically programed behavior kills the hosts become extinct. Let us hope that is not the only way to end this type.
How long with repaving roads that really don’t need repaving save the American economy?
When the exclusivist Labor Unions refuse to work on the Cordoba House, we should go to bat for the labor rights of the strike breaking muslim construction workers who will no doubt volunteer their services in the name of Islam to build the mosque in the Labor Union’s stead.
Then we can shout the two-fer: “Yay Muslim scabs! You get ’em boys!”
I have a couple of excellent anecdotes from my vacation on exactly this subject. Shit that would blow your mind.
Unfortunately, I have no time to relate them because I just got re-orged while out on vacation. With the exception of the fact that I may be in Denver more often to buy you many beers, I (and by extension, Mrs Cookies) am looking down the barrel of one seriously shitty travel schedule just in time for the first week of school. Anyone in downtown Chicago this week?
I spreading the good news to all my blog friends. Just got news our health insurance is going from $750 to $1300 a month.
THANKS OBAMA.
We’re going to have to fire someone to make that up.
(joking – sorta)
Barone focuses on a point discussed around here from time to time.
Yeah, but then they’ll have free health care, right?
That is true, Pablo. I’m glad you’ve found the positive spin here.
Rove, you magnificent bastard! You read their book!
These jackwagons are on heroin. No, really.
Because, you know, that’s what Feds do, “shoring up” failed fiat economies with fiat money. Being the most advanced nation on earth — and you know how all truly advanced societies cultivate these kinds of top-down success stories all the time, Homer, starting with their unanimous success in nationalizing healthcare — we’re a hundred trillion in the red so more of what killed us, please. Makes perfect sense.
Pick out a nice fat vein and ahhh…
Hell, just print a fresh hundred trillion and have Ben motor over and drop the sucker.
Could someone please explain COGENTLY to me why the unemployment rate isn’t found by subtracting the total unemployed from the total work force available, then doing the appropriate math?
Is there some problem doing that I’m unaware of?
Irongrampa, check out this Arnold Kling article.
Is there some problem doing that I’m unaware of?
The size of the number.
that is an increase of over 73%
in other news did you know the total billable hours or whatever on a preemie can be a half mil easy?
Carin, by that do you mean “Holy shit, don’t let them know THAT?”
– It’s even better than that irongrampa.
– Its “….Now that torpedo did not detonate, and I was never here…..”
Some dimwit submitted an anonymous comment to my local paper that began, “Who expects tax cuts with two wars going on…?”
The question should have been, “Who expects tax cuts when Democrats are in charge?”
Also, “Who expects a healthy economy when Democrats are in charge?”
Not to mention, “Who expects to be able to find a job when Democrats are in charge?”
Sadly, the anonymous-comment feature at my local paper has a maximum word limit. I could have written a book.
Carin, by that do you mean “Holy shit, don’t let them know THAT?”
Pretty much.
Did anybody hear Rove filling in for Limbaugh today? Jesus, I almost felt sorry for Christine Romer.
Almost.
you have my sympathies.
Also, loved Juan Williams trying to be all pollyanna about the economy. “Are you actually saying that we aren’t better off than we were a year ago?” “um, yeah the unemployment rate’s about the same…”
“Unemployment is the same, and we’re $800 billion more in debt, so yeah, we aren’t better off.”
It was words to that effect, anyway.