But just look at how different this Republican House is from the country they are supposed to represent. It’s almost like a parallel government, sitting in for some fantasy nation created in talk-radio land.

td11 wrote:unemployment @ 7.5%, last 2 months revised up to add a combined 114K more jobs. however 10 trillion people dropped out of the workforce and died so none of this matters

Houshphandzadeh wrote:thought this was pretty interesting via the Atlantic:

% of American adults who describe themselves as pro-life: 50
% of American adults who think second-trimester abortions should be illegal: 64
% of American women who abort after a prenatal Down-syndrome diagnosis (typically in the second trimester), according to a review of hospital-based studies: 85

Werthless wrote:

td11 wrote:unemployment @ 7.5%, last 2 months revised up to add a combined 114K more jobs. however 10 trillion people dropped out of the workforce and died so none of this matters

If they died, then that would be different.

http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS11300000

The labor force participation rate has degraded straight through since the recession a few years back. It's the lowest level since 1979 (tied with the last few months). TV, is it conservatives that like to distort and deny basic facts when they don't support their worldview? Personally, I don't think it's a conservative thing, but an indicator of a close-minded partisan from either side.

Houshphandzadeh wrote:I really can't at all, but I think the more troubling phenomenon here is that a lot of pro-life people are stridently so right up until they or their spouse get pregnant

Houshphandzadeh wrote:I really can't at all, but I think the more troubling phenomenon here is that a lot of pro-life people are stridently so right up until they or their spouse get pregnant

TenuredVulture wrote:

Houshphandzadeh wrote:I really can't at all, but I think the more troubling phenomenon here is that a lot of pro-life people are stridently so right up until they or their spouse get pregnant

No, it's when their 15 year old (who never learned about birth control because if you give a teen a condom the first thing they'll do is have sex(if only)) gets knocked up.

Barry Jive wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote:

Houshphandzadeh wrote:I really can't at all, but I think the more troubling phenomenon here is that a lot of pro-life people are stridently so right up until they or their spouse get pregnant

No, it's when their 15 year old (who never learned about birth control because if you give a teen a condom the first thing they'll do is have sex(if only)) gets knocked up.

relevant: man in the bar the other day said allowing 15-year-olds access to the morning after pill promotes unprotected sex

mozartpc27 wrote:

Houshphandzadeh wrote:I really can't at all, but I think the more troubling phenomenon here is that a lot of pro-life people are stridently so right up until they or their spouse get pregnant

Oh yeah, there's that old saying that "a liberal is someone who hasn't been mugged." Well, a pro-lifer is usually someone who hasn't had a "surprise" yet.

Barry Jive wrote:i was closing my tab across the bar with a cheshire cat smile on my face

Werthless wrote:

td11 wrote:unemployment @ 7.5%, last 2 months revised up to add a combined 114K more jobs. however 10 trillion people dropped out of the workforce and died so none of this matters

If they died, then that would be different.

http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS11300000

The labor force participation rate has degraded straight through since the recession a few years back. It's the lowest level since 1979 (tied with the last few months). TV, is it conservatives that like to distort and deny basic facts when they don't support their worldview? Personally, I don't think it's a conservative thing, but an indicator of a close-minded partisan from either side.

td11 wrote:also i thought my "10 trillion" would really give away the fact that i was being sarcastic and tacitly conceding that i understand it's still not a "great" jobs report

i will say that i appreciate conservatives harping on all the negatives of these monthly reports because it has forced me to read about the difference between the 10 trillion different unemployment rate calculations

TenuredVulture wrote:Headline: GOOD JOBS REPORT! BUT...
WORST JOB MARKET RECOVERY SINCE WWII

It's in pretty big letters, from the reactionary Huffington Post