Jobless rate takes a big jump
 

hk wrote:
JimH wrote:
On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 12:06:02 -0700 (PDT), Carilyn
wrote:

On Sep 5, 11:57 am, wrote:
On Sep 5, 12:05 pm, wrote:





On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 07:09:26 -0700 (PDT), Carilyn
wrote:
On Sep 5, 9:04 am, wrote:
On Sep 5, 9:54 am, wrote:
On Sep 5, 8:51 am, hk wrote:
wrote:
On Sep 5, 8:43 am, hk wrote:
Jobless rate soars to 6.1%
Unemployment surges to 5-year high as employers cut workers
for eighth
straight month, bringing '08 job losses to 605,000.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The unemployment rate soared to a
nearly
five-year high in August, topping 6%, as employers trimmed
jobs for the
eighth straight month, according to the latest government
reading Friday
that came in weaker than forecasts.
The big surprise in the report was that the unemployment rate
rose to
6.1%, the highest level since September 2003. That's up from
the 5.7%
rate in July and 4.7% a year ago. Economists surveyed by
Briefing.com
had forecast the rate would remain unchanged from the July
reading.
There was a net loss of 84,000 jobs in August, according to
the Labor
Department, compared to a revised reading of a 60,000 job
loss in July.
Economists surveyed by Briefing.com had forecast a loss of
75,000 jobs.
With the August report, the U.S. economy has now lost 605,000
jobs so
far this year.
Manufacturing lost 61,000 jobs, while construction employment
fell by
8,000. But the job losses were widespread beyond those two
troubled sectors.
Retailers trimmed 20,000 jobs despite the back-to-school
shopping season
that is second only to the holiday period for many stores.
Business and
professional services, a broad category that includes
industries such as
accountants, consultants and legal services, lost 53,000
workers.
Leisure and hospitality cut 4,000 jobs.
The few sectors showing gains were government as well as
education and
health services, which gained 72,000 between them to temper
the losses
elsewhere.
But while economists generally study the payroll numbers most
closely in
this report, it's the unemployment rate that registers with most
Americans when they think about the labor market.
The jump is likely to be a new blow to consumer confidence,
which had
just started to show gains from earlier lows due to declining
gasoline
prices. And if consumer confidence starts to fall again, it
could put a
brake on spending which in turn would be a new drag on the
economy.
The unemployment rate doesn't even tell the whole picture
about how
difficult the job market has become. It only counts those who
looked for
work during the month, not unemployed people who want jobs
but who have
become discouraged from looking for work. And it also doesn't
count
those who want full-time jobs but can only find part-time
position.
The so-called underemployment rate, which includes those two
other
groups, rose to 10.7%, the highest reading since 1994.
Dah'ling, I've been monitoring this group for some time, as I
live on
a houseboat. I was wondering about you. All you ever seem to
do is
paste DNC articles and columns here, and insult other
posters. Do you
have an inferiority complex?
No, I don't live on an houseboat.- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
I read that sometimes an inferiority complex and the resultant
behavior is cause by a small weiner. Is this you secret
problem?- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
It can also be caused from traumatic child abuse, say, not enough
attention, or the wrong kind of attention from a close male family
member of friend.. If you look at the innuendo harry brings up
all the
time, he has some real sexual issues.. I have a feeling harry
suffered
some pretty serious abuse as a young boy...- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
And being a fat man with a small weiner doesn't bode well for him as
an adult.
You seem pretty obsessed with Harry's Weiner. Do you swallow?- Hide
quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
Oh, surely you can be more of a low life scum than that! Harry will
teach you.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -
If Harry was ever arrested for public exposure, I'll bet his best
defense would be de minimis non curat praetor. Do I need to
translate? I think not.


I am not defending Harry.......but you are obviously a sock puppet of
some member here.

Right Dah'ling? wink.wink


Reggie, Florida Jim, Loogy...have dozens of sock puppets.

Guess again, I have NEVER tried to fool anyone that I was anyone but me.

Now you on the other hand, really failed terrible at it. One would
think a computer expert such as yourself would understand that you IP
would give your sock puppet away.

Jobless rate takes a big jump
 

hk wrote:
Carilyn wrote:
On Sep 5, 2:27 pm, JimH wrote:
On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 12:06:02 -0700 (PDT), Carilyn





wrote:
On Sep 5, 11:57 am, wrote:
On Sep 5, 12:05 pm, wrote:
On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 07:09:26 -0700 (PDT), Carilyn
wrote:
On Sep 5, 9:04 am, wrote:
On Sep 5, 9:54 am, wrote:
On Sep 5, 8:51 am, hk wrote:
wrote:
On Sep 5, 8:43 am, hk wrote:
Jobless rate soars to 6.1%
Unemployment surges to 5-year high as employers cut workers
for eighth
straight month, bringing '08 job losses to 605,000.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The unemployment rate soared to a
nearly
five-year high in August, topping 6%, as employers trimmed
jobs for the
eighth straight month, according to the latest government
reading Friday
that came in weaker than forecasts.
The big surprise in the report was that the unemployment
rate rose to
6.1%, the highest level since September 2003. That's up from
the 5.7%
rate in July and 4.7% a year ago. Economists surveyed by
Briefing.com
had forecast the rate would remain unchanged from the July
reading.
There was a net loss of 84,000 jobs in August, according to
the Labor
Department, compared to a revised reading of a 60,000 job
loss in July.
Economists surveyed by Briefing.com had forecast a loss of
75,000 jobs.
With the August report, the U.S. economy has now lost
605,000 jobs so
far this year.
Manufacturing lost 61,000 jobs, while construction
employment fell by
8,000. But the job losses were widespread beyond those two
troubled sectors.
Retailers trimmed 20,000 jobs despite the back-to-school
shopping season
that is second only to the holiday period for many stores.
Business and
professional services, a broad category that includes
industries such as
accountants, consultants and legal services, lost 53,000
workers.
Leisure and hospitality cut 4,000 jobs.
The few sectors showing gains were government as well as
education and
health services, which gained 72,000 between them to temper
the losses
elsewhere.
But while economists generally study the payroll numbers
most closely in
this report, it's the unemployment rate that registers with
most
Americans when they think about the labor market.
The jump is likely to be a new blow to consumer confidence,
which had
just started to show gains from earlier lows due to
declining gasoline
prices. And if consumer confidence starts to fall again, it
could put a
brake on spending which in turn would be a new drag on the
economy.
The unemployment rate doesn't even tell the whole picture
about how
difficult the job market has become. It only counts those
who looked for
work during the month, not unemployed people who want jobs
but who have
become discouraged from looking for work. And it also
doesn't count
those who want full-time jobs but can only find part-time
position.
The so-called underemployment rate, which includes those two
other
groups, rose to 10.7%, the highest reading since 1994.
Dah'ling, I've been monitoring this group for some time, as I
live on
a houseboat. I was wondering about you. All you ever seem
to do is
paste DNC articles and columns here, and insult other
posters. Do you
have an inferiority complex?
No, I don't live on an houseboat.- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
I read that sometimes an inferiority complex and the resultant
behavior is cause by a small weiner. Is this you secret
problem?- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
It can also be caused from traumatic child abuse, say, not enough
attention, or the wrong kind of attention from a close male family
member of friend.. If you look at the innuendo harry brings up
all the
time, he has some real sexual issues.. I have a feeling harry
suffered
some pretty serious abuse as a young boy...- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
And being a fat man with a small weiner doesn't bode well for him as
an adult.
You seem pretty obsessed with Harry's Weiner. Do you swallow?-
Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
Oh, surely you can be more of a low life scum than that! Harry will
teach you.- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
If Harry was ever arrested for public exposure, I'll bet his best
defense would be de minimis non curat praetor. Do I need to
translate? I think not.
I am not defending Harry.......but you are obviously a sock puppet of
some member here.

Right Dah'ling? wink.wink- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -


Wrong Honey, I love on a houseboat in Chattanoga and have been
monitoring this group for a while.


Bull****, bull****, and more bull****.

Here ISP is Harbor Communications. Do you know anyone else who uses
Harbor Communications?

Jobless rate takes a big jump
 

"hk" wrote in message
. ..


Bull****, bull****, and more bull****.


The folder name of most of Harry's archived posts.

Eisboch

Jobless rate takes a big jump
 

On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 16:22:03 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"hk" wrote in message
...


Bull****, bull****, and more bull****.


The folder name of most of Harry's archived posts.

Eisboch


LOL!

Jobless rate takes a big jump
 

Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
. ..

Bull****, bull****, and more bull****.


The folder name of most of Harry's archived posts.

Eisboch





Awwww...how sweet!

Jobless rate takes a big jump
 

"Eisboch" wrote in message
...

"hk" wrote in message
. ..


Bull****, bull****, and more bull****.


The folder name of most of Harry's archived posts.

Eisboch

No that would be the politically correct:

Bullschitt, Bullschitt and more Bullschitt,

Jobless rate takes a big jump
 

D.Duck wrote:
"Eisboch" wrote in message
...
"hk" wrote in message
. ..

Bull****, bull****, and more bull****.

The folder name of most of Harry's archived posts.

Eisboch

No that would be the politically correct:

Bullschitt, Bullschitt and more Bullschitt,




This is a great newsgroup. Unemployment is the highest it has been in
years, foreclosures are settings records, gas prices are still three
times what they were when Bush presumed office, nearly 50 million
Americans are without health care insurance, but what the hell...

And please don't tell me such discussions are off topic. This entire
newsgroup is off topic.

Jobless rate takes a big jump
 

On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 12:06:02 -0700 (PDT), Carilyn
wrote:

If Harry was ever arrested for public exposure

Do you think that's a possibility ?

Jobless rate takes a big jump
 

On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 12:06:02 -0700 (PDT), Carilyn
wrote:

If Harry was ever arrested for public exposure, I'll bet his best
defense would be de minimis non curat praetor. Do I need to
translate? I think not.

There was a weenie wagger who got caught and convicted every time.
Seems he had a four inch penis. Only an inch long. They called him
"Tuna Can". The cops always knew who to arrest. At least he showed the
ladies something new.

Casady

Jobless rate takes a big jump
 

"hk" wrote in message
...


This is a great newsgroup. Unemployment is the highest it has been in
years, foreclosures are settings records, gas prices are still three times
what they were when Bush presumed office, nearly 50 million Americans are
without health care insurance, but what the hell...

And please don't tell me such discussions are off topic. This entire
newsgroup is off topic.


Calm down. It is, after all, only a newsgroup.

Now, it seems to me that every social and economic problem you mentioned
(above) can be blamed on a number of factors, including the decline of old
fashioned, traditional values in our culture. Things have become too easy
and instant. The concepts of commitment and honor are outdated. Tired of
your wife? Divorce her and get a new one. Don't like your job? Quit and
collect unemployment until a new one comes along. Want a big new house?
Sign on the dotted line. Don't worry about how you will pay for it. You
can always walk away from it. Want to curb teenage pregnancies? Have
schools hand out condoms and birth control pills. Now *that* certainly
builds character, self-discipline and responsibility, huh? Too easy.

It amazes me that, with all the talk of running out of oil for so many
years, the auto manufacturers still built gas guzzlers.
Why? Because *that's* what sold! It's what people wanted. Now that gas
is 4 bucks a gallon everybody blames Bush and the automotive industry for
being economically and environmentally irresponsible by not forcing Toyotas
and similar on us for the past 10 years. Cracks me up.

Oh, well. We will survive, despite your gloom and doom.

Eisboch

Jobless rate takes a big jump
 

Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
...

This is a great newsgroup. Unemployment is the highest it has been in
years, foreclosures are settings records, gas prices are still three times
what they were when Bush presumed office, nearly 50 million Americans are
without health care insurance, but what the hell...

And please don't tell me such discussions are off topic. This entire
newsgroup is off topic.


Calm down. It is, after all, only a newsgroup.

Now, it seems to me that every social and economic problem you mentioned
(above) can be blamed on a number of factors, including the decline of old
fashioned, traditional values in our culture. Things have become too easy
and instant. The concepts of commitment and honor are outdated. Tired of
your wife? Divorce her and get a new one. Don't like your job? Quit and
collect unemployment until a new one comes along. Want a big new house?
Sign on the dotted line. Don't worry about how you will pay for it. You
can always walk away from it. Want to curb teenage pregnancies? Have
schools hand out condoms and birth control pills. Now *that* certainly
builds character, self-discipline and responsibility, huh? Too easy.

It amazes me that, with all the talk of running out of oil for so many
years, the auto manufacturers still built gas guzzlers.
Why? Because *that's* what sold! It's what people wanted. Now that gas
is 4 bucks a gallon everybody blames Bush and the automotive industry for
being economically and environmentally irresponsible by not forcing Toyotas
and similar on us for the past 10 years. Cracks me up.

Oh, well. We will survive, despite your gloom and doom.

Eisboch




I think survival of the middle class is debatable. If the middle class
keeps falling, the growing numbers of "have-nots" rightfully will revolt
against the rich. When that happens, I hope it is bloody. We are getting
to the point where we need a new social order with a little equity in
it. I don't know what that order should be, I have some thoughts, but
what we have now is not working for more and more Americans.

Jobless rate takes a big jump
 

On Sep 5, 5:19*pm, hk wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
...

This is a great newsgroup. Unemployment is the highest it has been in
years, foreclosures are settings records, gas prices are still three times
what they were when Bush presumed office, nearly 50 million Americans are
without health care insurance, but what the hell...

And please don't tell me such discussions are off topic. This entire
newsgroup is off topic.

Calm down. *It is, after all, only a newsgroup.

Now, it seems to me that every social and economic problem you mentioned
(above) can be *blamed on a number of factors, including the decline of old
fashioned, traditional values in our culture. * Things have become too easy
and instant. *The concepts of commitment and honor are outdated. * Tired of
your wife? * Divorce her and get a new one. *Don't like your job? *Quit and
collect unemployment until a new one comes along. * Want a big new house?
Sign on the dotted line. *Don't worry about how you will pay for it. *You
can always walk away from it. * *Want to curb teenage pregnancies? *Have
schools hand out condoms and birth control pills. * Now *that* certainly
builds character, self-discipline and responsibility, huh? * Too easy..

It amazes me that, with all the talk of running out of oil for so many
years, the auto manufacturers still built gas guzzlers.
Why? *Because *that's* what sold! *It's what people wanted. * Now that gas
is 4 bucks a gallon everybody blames Bush and the automotive industry for
being economically and environmentally irresponsible by not forcing Toyotas
and similar on us for the past 10 years. * *Cracks me up.

Oh, well. * We will survive, despite your gloom and doom.

Eisboch

I think survival of the middle class is debatable. If the middle class
keeps falling, the growing numbers of "have-nots" rightfully will revolt
against the rich. When that happens, I hope it is bloody.

WAFA.. you would be killed first...

We are getting
to the point where we need a new social order with a little equity in
it. I don't know what that order should be, I have some thoughts, but
what we have now is not working for more and more Americans.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Jobless rate takes a big jump
 

"hk" wrote in message
. ..
Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
...

This is a great newsgroup. Unemployment is the highest it has been in
years, foreclosures are settings records, gas prices are still three
times what they were when Bush presumed office, nearly 50 million
Americans are without health care insurance, but what the hell...

And please don't tell me such discussions are off topic. This entire
newsgroup is off topic.


Calm down. It is, after all, only a newsgroup.

Now, it seems to me that every social and economic problem you mentioned
(above) can be blamed on a number of factors, including the decline of
old fashioned, traditional values in our culture. Things have become
too easy and instant. The concepts of commitment and honor are outdated.
Tired of your wife? Divorce her and get a new one. Don't like your
job? Quit and collect unemployment until a new one comes along. Want a
big new house? Sign on the dotted line. Don't worry about how you will
pay for it. You can always walk away from it. Want to curb teenage
pregnancies? Have schools hand out condoms and birth control pills.
Now *that* certainly builds character, self-discipline and
responsibility, huh? Too easy.

It amazes me that, with all the talk of running out of oil for so many
years, the auto manufacturers still built gas guzzlers.
Why? Because *that's* what sold! It's what people wanted. Now that
gas is 4 bucks a gallon everybody blames Bush and the automotive industry
for being economically and environmentally irresponsible by not forcing
Toyotas and similar on us for the past 10 years. Cracks me up.

Oh, well. We will survive, despite your gloom and doom.

Eisboch


I think survival of the middle class is debatable. If the middle class
keeps falling, the growing numbers of "have-nots" rightfully will revolt
against the rich. When that happens, I hope it is bloody. We are getting
to the point where we need a new social order with a little equity in it.
I don't know what that order should be, I have some thoughts, but what we
have now is not working for more and more Americans.


Oh, the middle class will survive just fine. We will experience good
economic times and challenging economic times, as we always have, but the
power and inertia of the country resides in the middle class. That's what
makes our system so unique. Watch and listen to both McCain and Obama. Who
are they talking to in order to garner votes?

Please note the "we". For the bulk of my lifetime, my family and I would
have been in the "lower middle to middle class" category.
At our stage of life right now, we'd be most likely categorized as "upper
middle class" from a economic point of view.

So .... When it's all said and done, we will have averaged out somewhere
between lower middle and middle class, right where the bulk of America is.

Eisboch

Jobless rate takes a big jump
 

On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 17:11:43 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"hk" wrote in message
...


This is a great newsgroup. Unemployment is the highest it has been in
years, foreclosures are settings records, gas prices are still three times
what they were when Bush presumed office, nearly 50 million Americans are
without health care insurance, but what the hell...

And please don't tell me such discussions are off topic. This entire
newsgroup is off topic.


Calm down. It is, after all, only a newsgroup.

Now, it seems to me that every social and economic problem you mentioned
(above) can be blamed on a number of factors, including the decline of old
fashioned, traditional values in our culture. Things have become too easy
and instant. The concepts of commitment and honor are outdated. Tired of
your wife? Divorce her and get a new one. Don't like your job? Quit and
collect unemployment until a new one comes along. Want a big new house?
Sign on the dotted line. Don't worry about how you will pay for it. You
can always walk away from it. Want to curb teenage pregnancies? Have
schools hand out condoms and birth control pills. Now *that* certainly
builds character, self-discipline and responsibility, huh? Too easy.

It amazes me that, with all the talk of running out of oil for so many
years, the auto manufacturers still built gas guzzlers.
Why? Because *that's* what sold! It's what people wanted. Now that gas
is 4 bucks a gallon everybody blames Bush and the automotive industry for
being economically and environmentally irresponsible by not forcing Toyotas
and similar on us for the past 10 years. Cracks me up.

Oh, well. We will survive, despite your gloom and doom.

Eisboch


Hard to quit, isn't it?

Jobless rate takes a big jump
 

"John H" wrote in message
...

Hard to quit, isn't it?


Gets under my skin. I hate gloom and doom. Gloom and doom fails
everytime.
The only way one is defeated is when one gives up.

Eisboch

Jobless rate takes a big jump
 

On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 17:44:55 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"John H" wrote in message
.. .

Hard to quit, isn't it?


Gets under my skin. I hate gloom and doom. Gloom and doom fails
everytime.
The only way one is defeated is when one gives up.

Eisboch


Any discussion you have with Harry will be 50% doom and gloom. Unless you
change his attitude (hee, hee) you'll simply give him another forum to
spout his crap.

Maybe giving up cigarettes is easier. You did last a whole day or two.

Jobless rate takes a big jump
 

John H wrote:
On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 17:44:55 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

"John H" wrote in message
...
Hard to quit, isn't it?

Gets under my skin. I hate gloom and doom. Gloom and doom fails
everytime.
The only way one is defeated is when one gives up.

Eisboch


Any discussion you have with Harry will be 50% doom and gloom. Unless you
change his attitude (hee, hee) you'll simply give him another forum to
spout his crap.

Maybe giving up cigarettes is easier. You did last a whole day or two.



Awwwwwww.