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Old 01-28-2017, 12:11 PM
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Like nobody really knows what is meant when someone says "The N word".

What other word would possibly pop into someones mind?

Out loud, on paper, on screen, in your mind, it's all the same.

I think the choice to use that particular word is quite revealing of the makeup or its user. So I suppose the better question for 68custom to have asked was whether it was necessary to express racism in that particular way.
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Old 01-28-2017, 12:24 PM
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I figured that one would bring the PC police out.
I am honored to be a member of the PC police with only 700+ comments, its like I just became a teenager!
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Old 01-28-2017, 12:54 PM
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Despite Whell's misleading statement, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.7% under President Obama.
No misleading at all, Bob. Unemployment is expressed as a percentage, which is also a fraction. You can lower the percentage by lowering the numerator or increasing the denominator.

While the number folks accepting employment increased, the number of folks dropping out of the labor force also decreased. Some dropped out because they retired. (Some folks who retired also returned to the workforce as well, working to supplement retirement income.) Some dropped out because they stopped or gave up looking for work.
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Old 01-28-2017, 01:00 PM
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No misleading at all, Bob. Unemployment is expressed as a percentage, which is also a fraction. You can lower the percentage by lowering the numerator or increasing the denominator.

While the number folks accepting employment increased, the number of folks dropping out of the labor force also decreased. Some dropped out because they retired. (Some folks who retired also returned to the workforce as well, working to supplement retirement income.) Some dropped out because they stopped or gave up looking for work.
Bullshit, Mike. The BoL figure is 4.7% and it's the same standard that's been used by Republicans and Democrats for decades. More dishonest obfuscation from this poster.
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Old 01-28-2017, 09:07 PM
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Bullshit, Mike. The BoL figure is 4.7% and it's the same standard that's been used by Republicans and Democrats for decades. More dishonest obfuscation from this poster.
Bullshit yourself. The BLS publishes both the U3 and ghe U6 unemployment numbers.

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t15.htm
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Old 01-28-2017, 09:16 PM
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Bullshit yourself. The BLS publishes both the U3 and ghe U6 unemployment numbers.

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t15.htm
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Bullshit yourself. The BLS publishes both the U3 and ghe U6 unemployment numbers.

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t15.htm
The link above describes U3 as the "official unemployment rate." So much for your silly obfuscational argument (as usual).
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The link above describes U3 as the "official unemployment rate." So much for your silly obfuscational argument (as usual).
Careful Finn, he'll whip out his "Yorkie" and start yapping at you again.
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Old 01-30-2017, 07:31 AM
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Take a Dramamine and get back to me, Sparky.
Yet another insightful post.
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Old 01-30-2017, 07:37 AM
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Careful Finn, he'll whip out his "Yorkie" and start yapping at you again.
A yapping Yorkie would make more sense than Whell has been making lately. I guess he has learned the art of fact-free debate from his Trumpenfuhrer.
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