Posted on 06/02/2007 11:58:50 AM PDT by streetpreacher
Are you aware of the Household Survey which a number of experts believe is a better predictor of the up rate? It always predicts a lower number than the Payroll survey. I would say that the current number errs on the up side. I’ve seen too many businesses advertising for workers in the last five years to believe that things are bad. Obviously some areas will be better than others. But people living in areas waiting for jobs to come to their area better be prepared to move to where the jobs are.
IMO:
The American people are united in a desire for civil war.
Once again the Feds stand in the way of progress.
Some news agencies do this sort of thing well, while others (roll eyes) do not...
One billion face flooding.
Three billion face water shortages.
Someone must be hording a lot of water.
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Praise GOD that...
President BUSH has promised...
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Freedom’s return to:
Communist Vietnam
Communist North Vietnam
Communist Cuba
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..as well as..
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Freedom’s arrival to:
All the countries of the Middle East
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...as America’s own best self-protecton against future terrorist attacks here at home.
MEL’s -PASSION- sparked by -WE WERE SOLDIERS-
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It is the title... the quotes were added to emphasize that. What’s your point?
Hmmm... sorry ‘bout that. I went back and looked and saw that they have changed the title. How convenient...
Brian Ross, the same objective newsman who sat on his Mark Foley exclusive for nearly one year until it had the greatest electorial impact on the GOP? The same Ross who—after much fanfare in gaining access to the ‘D.C. Madam’s’ black book—then kept the contents quiet? (presumably because there were too many Democrats on the list?). Yeah, sure, America can trust Brian Ross.
your right on with that one, yesterday I ran into a leftist lesbo half in the bag, She claimed this was a set up to keep the people who voted for Bush happy, there was no threat.
Do not get hung up on the number itself. The trend is the thing. Any model is based on conventions which might be arranged differently. The important thing is that the methodology be consistent over time -- and that occasional changes/updates be transparent -- so that trends can be observed.
People moving in or out of the labor force gets tricky. The issue arises frequently, for example, in trying to standardize international employment statistics. The assertion is commonly made (I'll leave it to those better versed in this area to give details) that the europeans park a lot of people in "training programs" that are really nothing more than disguised unemployment. Then there are the celebrated armies of 40 year old German "graduate students." Of course, the same might be said of a lot of the students marking time in college in the U.S. The OECD numbers are supposed to correct for differences in national statistical systems but I don't know how well they actually do so.
Discouraged workers who have left the workforce and are no longer counted as unemployed are certainly an issue. Those people, however, are still eating. They've found a way to put food on the table. A lot of "unemployment" is fairly discretionary: e.g., teenagers; spouses of an employed person who may or may not be interested in a supplemental income depending on their attitude this week; and semi-retired or retired people who may be thinking about returning to work. Then there's the underground economy, which is probably at least 10% of U.S. GDP (and higher in most of Europe because of the tax wedge).
No one model perfectly captures the complexities. The trend is the thing.
Political Correctness has run amuck at JFK for years. This is a two year old report.
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JFK Screeners Find Bomb Residue, Let Man Go - Man Released After Positive Explosives Test At JFK
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Posted on 12/08/2005 7:31:19 AM PST by Sub-Driver
JFK Screeners Find Bomb Residue, Let Man Go Man Released After Positive Explosives Test At JFK Image
Scott Weinberger Reporting
(CBS) QUEENS A man’s sneakers tested positive for explosives at JFK airport. The sneakers were confiscated, but the man walked free. However, federal screeners didn’t tell any member of law enforcement what happened for days.
The man used the name Gamal Badawi with U.S. immigration officials last Friday at JFK airport. At the time, authorities were unable to use the computerized system that takes a visitor’s fingerprints and checks it against various databases, including the terror watch list. As a result, Badawi’s documents checked out against the information locally available at JFK.
Federal sources told CBS 2 that Badawi passed through U.S. Customs and went into the airport to connect to a Delta flight to Iowa via Chicago. As he went through security, a Transportation Security Administration screener pulled Badawi out of the line.
Suspicious Sneakers
Badawi was wearing high-top sneakers that, CBS 2 was told, had tape around them and rubber-bands sticking out of them. The screener told Badawi to take off his sneakers. They were then checked for explosives, and airport sources told us that the reading for explosives was off the charts. “The highest ever,” one federal source explained.
And the Texas Rangers “CLAIM” to be a baseball team.
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