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Fri Oct 5, 2012, 09:15 PM

Star Member kpete (39,116 posts)

Steep drop in unemployment rate spawns conspiracy

Source: Associated Press

Steep drop in unemployment rate spawns conspiracy

CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER and SCOTT MAYEROWITZ
Published: 24 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AP) - Sasquatch might as well have traipsed across the White House lawn Friday with a lost Warren Commission file on his way to the studio where NASA staged the moon landing.

Conspiracy theorists came out in force after the government reported a sudden drop in the U.S. unemployment rate one month before Election Day. Their message: The Obama administration would do anything to ensure a November victory, including manipulating unemployment data.

The conspiracy was widely rejected. Officials at the Labor Department said the jobs figures are calculated by highly trained government employees without any political interference. Democrats and even some Republicans said they also found the charges implausible.

Yet that didn't stop the chatter. The allegations were a measure of how politicized the monthly unemployment report has become near the end of a campaign that has focused on the economy and jobs.

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Reply Steep drop in unemployment rate spawns conspiracy (Original post)
 kpete Oct 2012 OP
LineReply we will do anything to win!
 otherone Oct 2012 #1
LineLineReply And that makes us different from them how?
 Jack Rabbit Oct 2012 #3
LineLineNew Reply Are you being sarcastic?
 Chemisse Oct 2012 #20
LineReply I hope this keeps the little bastids busy right up to election day!
 Cirque du So-What Oct 2012 #2
LineLineReply You mean to go with the one about Obama being a MarxistNazi?
 Jack Rabbit Oct 2012 #4
LineLineLineReply LOL......n/t
 Grassy Knoll Oct 2012 #7
LineLineLineNew Reply I like Obama is a Muslim. Who has a Crazy Christian Pastor.
 emulatorloo Oct 2012 #22
LineReply it`s an individual`s perception of what is happening where they live.
 madrchsod Oct 2012 #5
LineReply Steep drop? 0.3% is steep now? It was due to adjusted summer numbers upward and Sept. #'s.
 RBInMaine Oct 2012 #6
LineLineReply Other than wingnuts and the tea idiots, everyone will ignore the conspiracy theories, but it is
 FSogol Oct 2012 #11
LineLineLineNew Reply It is a drop, and a drop is good, but nothing MASSIVE and SUSPICIOUS. These people are just NUTS.
 RBInMaine Oct 2012 #17
LineLineLineLineNew Reply Agreed. n/t
 FSogol Oct 2012 #19
LineReply All I did was post a picture of muppets and I got pounced.
 Hugin Oct 2012 #8
LineReply I think why they are all so pissy is.....
 Grassy Knoll Oct 2012 #9
LineLineNew Reply Of course, "coarse" is not the proper spelling.
 juajen Oct 2012 #16
LineReply Wolf crying.
 old guy Oct 2012 #10
LineReply Link? ;) eom
 Purveyor Oct 2012 #12
LineLineReply LINK: businessweek ... I just googled the title.
 Festivito Oct 2012 #13
LineNew Reply I was at a mini market tonight (okay, liquor store)...
 lexw Oct 2012 #14
LineNew Reply Down in all alternative measurements as well. U-1 to U-6.
 Festivito Oct 2012 #15
LineNew Reply The allegations measure how NUTS the right wingers are. A bunch of SCUM who want America to fail.
 RBInMaine Oct 2012 #18
LineNew Reply NPR Planet Money did a story last aug on how the BLS keeps the secret
 Paulie Oct 2012 #21
LineNew Reply When you have to stoop to
 defacto7 Oct 2012 #23

Response to kpete (Original post)

Fri Oct 5, 2012, 09:18 PM

otherone (375 posts)

1. we will do anything to win!

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Fri Oct 5, 2012, 09:25 PM

Star Member Jack Rabbit (40,752 posts)

3. And that makes us different from them how?

BTW, how's that action to shut down polling places the The Hamptons progressing? Does anybody know?

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Sat Oct 6, 2012, 07:38 AM

Star Member Chemisse (18,431 posts)

20. Are you being sarcastic?

Because we WON'T do anything to win - unlike the Republicans.

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Fri Oct 5, 2012, 09:21 PM

Cirque du So-What (9,155 posts)

2. I hope this keeps the little bastids busy right up to election day!

Fapping furiously over a specious theory will ensure that there's no time left for more potentially damaging mischief.

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Fri Oct 5, 2012, 09:27 PM

Star Member Jack Rabbit (40,752 posts)

4. You mean to go with the one about Obama being a MarxistNazi?

Or the one about all Afro-American men being born in Kenya?

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Fri Oct 5, 2012, 10:19 PM

Grassy Knoll (4,357 posts)

7. LOL......n/t

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Sat Oct 6, 2012, 12:34 PM

emulatorloo (24,435 posts)

22. I like Obama is a Muslim. Who has a Crazy Christian Pastor.

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Fri Oct 5, 2012, 09:38 PM

Star Member madrchsod (55,893 posts)

5. it`s an individual`s perception of what is happening where they live.

where i live jobs are slowly improving for the last year or so. one industry is moving into a closed factory. they will be bringing their many of their employees and are hiring 50 more locally. there has been a fairly steady demand for technical maintenance and front office tech personal. 26 miles down the road there`s been several industries hiring and several new factories.

it`s a hell of a lot better than it was under bush

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Fri Oct 5, 2012, 09:52 PM

RBInMaine (9,475 posts)

6. Steep drop? 0.3% is steep now? It was due to adjusted summer numbers upward and Sept. #'s.

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Fri Oct 5, 2012, 11:24 PM

Star Member FSogol (16,272 posts)

11. Other than wingnuts and the tea idiots, everyone will ignore the conspiracy theories, but it is

hilarious that 0.3% has turned into a steep drop!

A steep drop in unemployment is what everyone will remember.

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Sat Oct 6, 2012, 05:08 AM

RBInMaine (9,475 posts)

17. It is a drop, and a drop is good, but nothing MASSIVE and SUSPICIOUS. These people are just NUTS.

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Sat Oct 6, 2012, 07:28 AM

Star Member FSogol (16,272 posts)

19. Agreed. n/t

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Fri Oct 5, 2012, 10:23 PM

Star Member Hugin (20,612 posts)

8. All I did was post a picture of muppets and I got pounced.

The Right Wing nutters are out in force today... The jobs report may throw them over the top.

Really, if their hopes are that fragile... It's time for them to concede.

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Fri Oct 5, 2012, 10:28 PM

Grassy Knoll (4,357 posts)

9. I think why they are all so pissy is.....

Cons wanted to take the white house, get these reports on jobs numbers
after they won, and raise the chalice and say we did what Obama Couldn't.
Pay back for Bin laden. IMHO, of coarse.

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Sat Oct 6, 2012, 04:49 AM

Star Member juajen (7,909 posts)

16. Of course, "coarse" is not the proper spelling.

You have been bitten by the not-so-active-anymore DU Spelling Police. Hope it didn't hurt.

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Fri Oct 5, 2012, 10:59 PM

old guy (1,140 posts)

10. Wolf crying.

Birther, Muslim, Communist, Fast and Furious, poll numbers, you name it they have played it. This will fade away quickly because too many conspiracy theories taxes the patience of most people IMO.

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Fri Oct 5, 2012, 11:37 PM

Star Member Purveyor (13,450 posts)

12. Link? ;) eom

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Sat Oct 6, 2012, 02:31 AM

lexw (804 posts)

14. I was at a mini market tonight (okay, liquor store)...

...there was a guy in front of me who purchased a liter of soda and asked for $60 back by using his debit card.

There was a tv playing over the cashier's head; As the customer was punching in his PIN, the news began highlighting the drop in unemployment; the newscaster asked the question "would it turn the tables back in Obama's favor." (which is kinda ridiculous anyway).

The guy buying soda got noticeably frazzled hearing as the news went on, as he waiting for the debit to be approved. After the cashier handed him his receipt the guy grabbed his soda and stormed out the door—the cashier had to yell at him that he forgot his $60.

It's still so nice to be on the winning side, after those horrendous 8 years of Bush.

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Sat Oct 6, 2012, 02:53 AM

Festivito (12,301 posts)

15. Down in all alternative measurements as well. U-1 to U-6.

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t15.htm

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Sat Oct 6, 2012, 05:21 AM

RBInMaine (9,475 posts)

18. The allegations measure how NUTS the right wingers are. A bunch of SCUM who want America to fail.

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Sat Oct 6, 2012, 07:45 AM

Star Member Paulie (5,956 posts)

21. NPR Planet Money did a story last aug on how the BLS keeps the secret



http://m.npr.org/story/157859194?url=/blogs/money/2012/08/03/157859194/keeping-the-biggest-secret-in-the-u-s-economy

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Sat Oct 6, 2012, 01:25 PM

Star Member defacto7 (3,616 posts)

23. When you have to stoop to

conspiracy, you know your desperate.

Is that all they've got? Conspiracies?

Guess so.

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