Neighbors Celebrating Free Speech and Intellectual Diversity While Speaking Over The Digital Fence
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Tim Liston wrote: As for me, I don't care if about a President that can handle a 3 AM call on the hotline. I want one that will get on the TV at 8 PM, stop lying to us, and tell us what we really need to hear.
and they have done it that way for years..And the unemployment statistics. You know, that only about 5% or so of us are unemployed. That's comical too. If you have simply given up looking for work, and are living off relatives or Uncle Sam, you are not considered to be unemployed.
[sarcasm]Pollyanna creep" in many ways is not unlike the advent of "earnings before one-time items" reporting in the private-sector world - an accounting practice that was virtually unheard-of 20 years ago, but which is now commonplace. The resulting rosier view comes to be accepted because it suits the purposes of all involved - and those who highlight the bright side were no doubt rewarded.
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