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07/01/2003 Archived Entry: "It's all a matter of perspective, I guess."
It's all a matter of perspective, I guess.
CNN's Rhonda Schaffler just came on and boldly proclaimed 'The employment new is getting better!' What's the proof of this?
Corporate layoffs were down by 13% last month.
Let's pick at this bit of newsroom chirpiness, shall we?
What Rhonda is saying is that 87% percent of the number of corporate layoffs that took place two months ago also took place last month. This fails to take into consideration the 2 million jobs that have disappeared since the Thug Cabal took office.
But because only 87% of the number of people laid off 2 months ago were laid off last month, the conclusion is that the employment situation in this country is getting better.
The question begs to be asked - what do the gabbing heads on CNN know? They've all still got their jobs. And yesterday, they were highlighting a professional wrestler who went to Japan and became a millionaire with the intro, 'Lose your job? Why don't you do what this guy did?'
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Since I've been knocking myself out for the past 18 months looking for full-time employment, you can imagine how infuriated I get when I hear of "news" reports like this.
I guess what she meant to say is that the RATE of job loss is decreasing. Now on my planet, good employment news would go something like: "The employment news is getting better! The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the unemployment rate is decreasing dramatically because people who were once out of work found employment in their respective fields at compensation levels at or near what they were making at their previous places of employment."
Call me silly, but that's what I would call good news. I have a dream, call it a fantasy if you will. I imagine all those vacuous, bright-eyed, well-scrubbed, shit-eating-grinned mediawhores lined up in a single file. I would walk up and down that line carrying an iron pipe. Helpless, those mediawhores would eye me nervously. Then, at random, I would whack one of them in the kneecap with that iron pipe. Okay, you're right, I'd still be unemployed. But I'd feel a hell of a lot better.
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 07/01/2003 03:56 PM NY
metro - I gotta say it again, bud. You should start a blog.
Posted by editor @ 07/01/2003 04:45 PM NY
I was thinking of naming my blog "Blah4."
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 07/01/2003 10:49 PM NY
