tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33297721.post1297408317498998912..comments2023-11-05T04:08:55.749-08:00Comments on Duck and Cover: That damned Straw ManUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33297721.post-3750908451391256082008-05-22T08:01:00.000-07:002008-05-22T08:01:00.000-07:00There is a double irony here.1. Reagan cut the une...There is a double irony here.<BR/><BR/>1. Reagan cut the unemployment <I>percentage</I> by counting federal troops in uniform as persons in the workforce. Formerly, they were not counted in workforce calculations; with one stroke of the pen, he increased the workforce by over a million and the employed workforce by the same number (since everyone in the military by definition has a job), and therefore the percentage of unemployed people went down (...although the number was unchanged...)<BR/><BR/>2. George W Bush's "51-months-of-employment-growth" includes several months of actual decline in private sector employment; only increases in government jobs resulted in job growth. (The growth didn't keep up with the population increase but that's another matter altogether.)<BR/><BR/>So today's cartoon is basically accusing Obama of acting like Reagan and Bush. I like the comparison with Reagan. That's, politically, to Obama's advantage.<BR/><BR/>Reagan. Obama.<BR/>Reagan. Obama.<BR/>Reagan. Obama.rewinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14008105385364113371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33297721.post-88468616540360049442008-05-22T05:29:00.000-07:002008-05-22T05:29:00.000-07:00I can hardly wait until President Obama issues me ...I can hardly wait until President Obama issues me my new job, and I can taste that sweet sweet government gravy. I've applied for a position in the Liberal Corps, rounding up gun owners and Christians who refuse to work for the government.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33297721.post-32266964868027697222008-05-21T21:40:00.000-07:002008-05-21T21:40:00.000-07:00It looks like Mallard could use some employment, s...It looks like Mallard could use some employment, since he's sitting at home with no pants on, watching a TV that he apparently stole from a motel. Maybe if he had a government job, he could afford a stand for it so it isn't pointed at his crotch.<BR/><BR/>Hey, where is billywitchdoctor?! Maybe he's taking it easy until the primaries are over. Spending some time on the beach. Can't say I blame him. But some day soon, the forces of good will once again be united to fight McCain!Michael Foleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18420222848094093512noreply@blogger.com