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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (87721)	7/17/2010 10:28:19 AM
From: Sedohr Nod	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224757

What a load.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (87721)	7/17/2010 10:59:18 AM
From: tonto	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224757

Obama is not a manager and has mad many poor decisions. I could care less about the wind, I care about his terrible decisions and excuses being made for him.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (87721)	7/17/2010 11:44:12 AM
From: MJ	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224757

Kenneth E. Phillips equal Charles Blow. Obama will not last to run another term------the Clintons will see to that-------Billy is under the desk in the Oval Office and Hillary is watching and waiting. There is no Republican or Independent who is going to buy your Charles Blow stuff-------or moderate to conservative Democrat. You and your party what's left of it are desperate. Sure Obama would like to have his name associated with Ronald Reagan, because Ronald Reagan was a SUCCESSFUL GOVERNOR OR CALIFORNIA--------the people that Ronald Reagan brought into be his Cabinet (not his communist czars) were talented, experienced and dedicated to putting America first. To associate Barrack Hussein Obama Barry Soetoro's name with President Ronald Reagan is despicable. As one of my Grandmothers aged she never stinted on words---if I were her I would say to you Kenneth----stuff it!! mj

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (87721)	7/17/2010 11:48:10 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224757

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 261.41 points, or 2.52 percent, to 10,097.90. The broader Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index slipped 31.60 points, or 2.88 percent, to 1,064.88. The Nasdaq dropped 70.03 points, or 3.11 percent, to 2,179.05. The idiot odumba has yet to jolt the economy into depression and takes more $$$$$ from BP. Idiot watermelon can fool idiot kennyparrot

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (87721)	7/17/2010 12:29:52 PM
From: FJB	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224757

The Troubled Recovery Thomas F. Cooley and Peter Rupert, 07.16.10, 06:00 AM EDT Still-high unemployment indicates the recession is hardly over. On several occasions in this column we have chronicled the path of the latest economic cycle--showing that the "Great Recession" was (or is?) certainly that. After several months of relative optimism about the economic recovery, popular sentiment has recently ebbed. There is very good reason for that. Figure 1 shows the path of the current employment-to-population ratio compared with the previous four recessions. The decline in this ratio has been much deeper than any recession in the past 40 years and still shows little signs of improvement. In fact, after increasing five months in a row, the employment-to-population ratio dipped again in May and June, indicating the labor market is still on shaky ground. Though some optimists, such as Robert Gordon and Mark Zandi have declared the recession over, it sure won't feel like it's over until more people are back at work. Our "official" business cycle dating committee, housed at the National Bureau of Economic Research and of which Robert Gordon is a member, will, at some point, back-date the end of the recession. However, the committee mentioned that the 1.2 million drop in payroll employment was the biggest factor in determining the start of the contraction. So one might conclude that they would also put some amount of weight on the employment numbers to determine when we have exited the recession. From the looks of the recent performance of the employment to population ratio, that won't be soon. In addition, the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, plotted in Figure 2, shows that there were small declines in the number of hires and job openings in May. Further, the Conference Board's Help Wanted OnLine release on June 30 showed that online advertised vacancies were little changed in June after declining slightly in May. The release shows that for the U.S. as a whole, there were 3.62 persons unemployed for each advertised vacancy (see Figure 3). "While all states have experienced some positive upturn in labor demand," the release says, "states that were heavily impacted by the housing market downturn, in general, are rebounding more slowly. Also, occupations that are most closely associated with real estate--construction, architecture and engineering, and legal--have been slower to advertise for additional workers while the labor demand in other occupations such as sales, entertainment, food preparation, and health care and personal care have already risen to pre-ecession levels." In other words, the report links the woes in the labor market to those in the housing market. If indeed there is any credence to this relationship, it does not bode well for the labor market recovering soon, especially for places like California that have about five unemployed individuals for each advertised vacancy... forbes.com