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To: mishedlo who wrote (8614)7/2/2004 9:26:09 AM
From: Knighty Tin  Read Replies (6) | Respond to of 116555
 
Mish, it isn't that cut and dried. The 112,000 is seasonally adjusted and the b/d 182,000 is not. So, the b/d gets dumped into the total then the entire number is seasonally adjusted to boil down to 112,000. They made this simple so they couldn't trick the public. <VBG>



To: mishedlo who wrote (8614)7/2/2004 9:28:38 AM
From: yard_man  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 116555
 
interesting ...

news.yahoo.com

unfortunately, the illiterate part doesn't just apply to poor blacks. TV has filled this nation with folks who can't think critically or string together sentences into a whole.

This morning I was listening to NPR. They read the declaration of independence. Jefferson's writing clearly shows the deep reflection that the man had and how he was able to bring these ideas together in a logical fashion to make his case.

Couldn't help thinking about when it might be time again. How far do the abuses of government have to go before folks are willing to step up and say enough is enough. If I had to guess, I'd say in couple more generations we'll either have some kind of a revolution or some sort of feudal system here, below the vestiges of what's left of the republic.



To: mishedlo who wrote (8614)7/2/2004 12:54:54 PM
From: benwood  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 116555
 
When, if ever, does the birth/death model get replaced with actual figures, such as in a revision a month or six months later? After a year, we'd be talking like 3 million jobs, enough to show up in the margins in an obvious manner. Or maybe the only place the birth/death model statistics show up is in the monthly jobs-gained figure, and it's never actually factored in anywhere else. Pro forma jobs report...