Midknight Review -- new and revised: Is the Bureau of Labor playing with the numbers to make Obama look good. We have the answer, here.

The U6 unemployment rate counts not only people without work seeking full-time employment (the more familiar U-3 rate), but also counts "marginally attached workers and those working part-time for economic reasons." Note that some of these part-time workers counted as employed by U-3 could be working as little as an hour a week. And the "marginally attached workers" include those who have gotten discouraged and stopped looking, but still want to work. The age considered for this calculation is 16 years and over. The U6 unemployment rate dropped 3 tenths of a point in August, but remained the same for the same for September (http://portalseven.com/employment/unemployment_rate_u6.jsp) while the U3 number has dropped - mysteriously - 5 tenths of a point in that same period of time (http://portalseven.com/employment/unemployment_rate.jsp).

Since “U6” includes “U3” numbers, one cannot be amended without amending the other. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why no one who can read and think at the same time, believes the unemployment numbers are improving. The fact of the matter is this: the Bureau of Labor is playing with the numbers to make Obama look good. The conclusion is irresistible, if one cares about facts and confluence.

The Stated Nonsense from the Left now includes these Progressive goals:

July 2, 2008, Obama had this to say: "We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."

MICHELLE OBAMA: "Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we're going to have to change our traditions, our history; we're going to have to move into a different place as a nation."

“ . . . . . . they have become a generation of activists possessed with that most American of ideas – that people who love their country can change it.” -- Obama the Radical

On September 30, Van Jones told MSNBC "I think everybody should hold onto your seats. October is going to be the turning point when it comes to the progressive fight back."

Midknight Review -- new and revised

Is the Bureau of Labor playing with the numbers to make Obama look good. We have the answer, here.

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