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To: LindyBill who wrote (308789)	6/6/2009 1:53:41 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793958

I saw this recent headline blaring, "Surge in Labor Force Shows U.S. Workers Gaining Confidence" and was uplifted — until way down into the article this little bit was unfortunately left in by some un-podded censor, "The gain in the labor force in part helps explain why the jobless rate jumped to 9.4 percent in May, the highest since 1983." Where did that icky guy come from? How many times under Bush did we see some version of, "true, the economy grew by 4% in the most recent quarter and unemployment remains at 5%, but economists expect a downturn soon."? Now they dare to report 9.4% unemployment as good news?!

To: LindyBill who wrote (308789)	6/7/2009 12:46:59 AM
From: KLP	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793958

Victor Davis Hanson just HAD to have had a great time writing that piece....I could hear him chortling happily when he said: " Where did that icky guy come from?" He makes the reader laugh at himself, when he reads this: "we are happier waking up as alien duplicates", and then mentions about 10-15 MAJOR problems that can be visualized as a huge target, with an arrow in the middle of those yellow centers.... Thanks, Mr. VDH, you've made us laugh on an otherwise, dismal day filled with those rainclouds. Where's the rainbow?