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phleshdef

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36. Wow, a whole field of strawmen there.

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Fri Mar 8, 2013, 05:18 PM

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February payroll employment rises (+236,000); unemployment rate edges down (7.7%) [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2013 OP

Encouraging numbers alcibiades_mystery Mar 2013 #1

Who cares? The election is over. Dawgs Mar 2013 #2

Must be why Fox and CNN didn't report this at the top of the hour this morning Life Long Dem Mar 2013 #23

Be skeptical of these numbers... Proletariatprincess Mar 2013 #3

At least read the links - the BLS numbers aren't cooked bhikkhu Mar 2013 #13

If GW Bush was still in office you wouldn't be so critical of my comment. Proletariatprincess Mar 2013 #38

What a freepy statement. nt Comrade_McKenzie Mar 2013 #25

your comment makes no sense at all... Proletariatprincess Mar 2013 #39

Is that you, Alex? Tarheel_Dem Mar 2013 #28

But what about ADPs report. Norbert Mar 2013 #37

Why would ADP have more credibility? Proletariatprincess Mar 2013 #40

Strong jobs report expected to fuel stocks OKNancy Mar 2013 #4

Obama is a communist, a muslin and an atheist Kingofalldems Mar 2013 #5

but I thought "muslin" is a type of cloth n/t James48 Mar 2013 #8

Not in the RW Faux Snooze world. BumRushDaShow Mar 2013 #19

They were pre-reporting 7.8 yesterday. So that's pretty good. nt onehandle Mar 2013 #6

Debby Downer Disapproves. jpak Mar 2013 #7

DailyJobCuts.com OverDone Mar 2013 #9

I had never seen that site. Beacool Mar 2013 #11

More aware OverDone Mar 2013 #14

I know, I didn't mean that it was your fault. Beacool Mar 2013 #20

That's called turn-over bhikkhu Mar 2013 #16

Totally Agree OverDone Mar 2013 #17

No that's half the numbers - you need to look at hiring too. dmallind Mar 2013 #18

Already Agreed with that OverDone Mar 2013 #22

We're never going to have an economy where people aren't laid off... Drunken Irishman Mar 2013 #33

If it wasn't for Austerity at the fed and state/local government level, we would be in the 6's n2doc Mar 2013 #10

If only the public sector was also adding jobs instead of shedding them. Imagine. nt BootinUp Mar 2013 #12

This is good news!!! Beacool Mar 2013 #15

just imagine if they started rehiring gov workers.. iamthebandfanman Mar 2013 #21

The Repukes can't be too happy about this. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2013 #24

Real jobs or McJobs? brentspeak Mar 2013 #26

"Employment increased in professional and business services, construction, and health care" Tarheel_Dem Mar 2013 #29

Wages Johnny2X2X Mar 2013 #30

Oh... well then why do we need to increase the minimum wage? davidn3600 Mar 2013 #32

Wow, a whole field of strawmen there. phleshdef Mar 2013 #36

That's for existing jobs brentspeak Mar 2013 #35

You understand that this must mean the new jobs averaged higher than existing jobs, right? nt stevenleser Mar 2013 #41

It's meaningless if most of these new jobs are at or near minimum wage davidn3600 Mar 2013 #27

You sound like a low information Republican voter dude. Johnny2X2X Mar 2013 #31

It's the typical DU downers... Drunken Irishman Mar 2013 #34