Posts Tagged ‘unemployment’

Morning Joe is spinning the 9.9% unemployment as good news?

Posted: May 7, 2010 by datechguy in employment, media, opinion/news
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Just before the break Mika gave the number with all frowns. I think they didn’t expect this number. After the break the spin began.

For god sake guys this is going on even with a bunch of temp census jobs out there and they are all going nuts over it.

C’mon guys help me out here. Justify my faith in you. I know you are MSNBC but C’MON!

Update: The Captain is with them today but notes that as you sow politically so shall you reap:

On the decline, the Obama administration was able to claim lower numbers by using the unemployment rate and avoiding the issue of discouraged workers. They’ll pay for that on the incline as those workers start looking for jobs again. For the next several months, that unemployment rate may hide good news as it hid the bad news last year.

The difference, the media didn’t call the administration on playing with numbers when it favored them. They will certainly back them up now.

Well D-Day is still scheduled for D-Day…

Posted: May 3, 2010 by datechguy in personal
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…maybe even a little later but I’ve got to get myself organized in some more straightforward way if I’m going to avoid being in this mess again.

I’m thinking on it….

Is it time to panic? I’ll find out tomorrow

Posted: May 2, 2010 by datechguy in blogger for hire, employment, personal
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Just called in my unemployment and was informed I had no more weeks left. This seems to contradict what I was told back in January. Monday I will be running to the unemployment office to find out for sure. If this turns out to be correct then to say I’m in huge trouble is an understatement. I’ll cut what I can from the budget (there isn’t much left to cut) but from this point we start burning savings and selling off stuff.

The examiner gig so far has paid about $30 a week based on hits. That leaves $510 weekly to try to make up for Unemployment or $770 to make up from my old pay.

I’ll of course keep up my various plans that I’m trying to put into place but unless anyone is dying to hire a blogger/writer at once it’s pretty much going to be come hermit time or massive telethon time a-la Andrew Sullivan before he got his Atlantic gig. And of course anything I can grab I will but I don’t know how much George Bailey I have in me.

Examiner Article: It’s all about Respect 

Posted: April 22, 2010 by datechguy in blogger for hire, internet/free speech, tea parties
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As D-Day continues to close in and the job cupboard remains bare I continue to look for any way to augment my income before unemployment disappears.

In that vein I’ve written what is (at least for now) my first Examiner article on the subject of Boston area tea parties:

They didn’t look very dangerous to me.

On April 18th Bill Clinton suggested the tea parties “create a climate” that makes a Tim McVeigh more likely to act.

Yet four days earlier the atmosphere on the Boston Common was festive not angry. People had come from all over the state and beyond as they united in making their point about taxes, spending and government responsibility.

If you have the time an inclination I’d like to ask you to click on the article and read the whole thing. Every hit on that site helps, and of course if you click around a bit that certainly doesn’t hurt.

Next to the tip jar (or hiring me yourself) this is the easiest way you can help put a couple of dollars in the pocket.

After all it doesn’t look like this guy is going to:

…good sport though he is.

I know it’s a very bad video, should have interviewed him in the lighted tent.

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