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Okay, we've all heard the news reports by now: More jobs were created last month than expected. A LOT more. About 2x the norm. And naturally, Doofius Cheezer Abruptus (aka "President Bush") tries to take credit for it and claim that he's doing wonders for the economy.
Of course, this is all to try and make us forget the fact that since he took office America's *lost* almost 80x that number of jobs. He's acting like a man who goes a thousand dollars in debt and is overjoyed to find a $20 bill. It's also an attempt to mask the fact that despite the number of jobs created, the unemployment rate for March actually went *up*. How that works is simple: It went up because more people were actually out LOOKING for jobs, and were failing because those jobs weren't there anymore...they were in places like India and Iraq.
This is the thing that disgusts me about Bush more than anything...the main impression I've gotten from him is that he's more interested in what's going on in other parts of the world than he is about what's going on in America.
"Why do you see the speck in your neighbor's eye, but do not notice the log in your own eye? Or how can you say to your neighbor, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' while the log is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your neighbor's eye." -Matthew 7:3-5
Of course, this is all to try and make us forget the fact that since he took office America's *lost* almost 80x that number of jobs. He's acting like a man who goes a thousand dollars in debt and is overjoyed to find a $20 bill. It's also an attempt to mask the fact that despite the number of jobs created, the unemployment rate for March actually went *up*. How that works is simple: It went up because more people were actually out LOOKING for jobs, and were failing because those jobs weren't there anymore...they were in places like India and Iraq.
This is the thing that disgusts me about Bush more than anything...the main impression I've gotten from him is that he's more interested in what's going on in other parts of the world than he is about what's going on in America.
"Why do you see the speck in your neighbor's eye, but do not notice the log in your own eye? Or how can you say to your neighbor, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' while the log is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your neighbor's eye." -Matthew 7:3-5
