Hey, life goes on. I'm looking forward to seeing Bush (and hopefully the Republican party) self destruct over the next four years. I feel very bad for our people over in Iraq, and hope we don't get nuked, and am a bit worried about my kid's future with this idiot spending and polluting, but we'll survive. Most of us anyway. This is nothing compared to what my grandparents went through in WWII.

Regarding all the complaints about the level of "discourse" on this particular forum, a note to all the whiners and crybabies: love it or leave it.

Hey, life goes on. I'm looking forward to seeing Bush (and hopefully the Republican party) self destruct over the next four years. I feel very bad for our people over in Iraq, and hope we don't get nuked, and am a bit worried about my kid's future with this idiot spending and polluting, but we'll survive. Most of us anyway. This is nothing compared to what my grandparents went through in WWII.

Regarding all the complaints about the level of "discourse" on this particular forum, a note to all the whiners and crybabies: love it or leave it.
I'm surprised that Steam or Money hasn't posted something about the "record new jobs" report that was in the news today. I haven't seen that in my town, but how can you argue with statistics? ;)

I'm surprised that Steam or Money hasn't posted something about the "record new jobs" report that was in the news today. I haven't seen that in my town, but how can you argue with statistics? ;)

Is Taco Bell hiring again or something?

Is Taco Bell hiring again or something?
That or the DOD...I didn't really read it too closely. I think the main impact was the bouceback from the hurricanes so don't expect it to keep growing--despite what Bush will likely say.

http://money.cnn.com/2004/11/05/news/economy/jobless_october/index.htm?cnn=yes

Among the sectors showing strong growth was construction hiring, which gained 71,000 jobs, boosted by cleanup and reconstruction efforts in hurricane-affected areas of the Southeast.


Professional and business services also added 97,000 jobs, while retailers added a seasonally adjusted 21,000 ahead of the holiday shopping season.

Among the sectors losing ground, manufacturing employment saw a net decrease of 5,000 jobs.

The job loss in manufacturing is troubling and could accelerate if the dollar starts to regain some of the strength it lost during the last four years, said Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research.

He also expressed doubt that construction employment can stay strong in the face of rising interest rates. So he also sees a strong chance of a return to weak labor reports relatively soon.