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This administration has one thing on their mind – their agenda. Which is to pass a government controlled healthcare package. Everything else is secondary or less.
The jobless is advertised as 10.2% but the reality is more like 22% and the fact that the job losses were less than predicted signals improvement is spin that is unbelievable.
The guy in Florida that went off today because he lost his job, and became one of those that will suffer, the banks,Wall Street, and all of those bailedout prosper,as Obama said while the economy recovers.He lost the hope that was promised by Obama if he became president.
It is time to get our priorities straight and quit worrying about agendas and start worrying about people.

Freeman and Marcia you guys are classic idiot! Did you go to collage! If you max your credit card out and now you owe MC $10K can you pay it off in 10 months?
See how simple that is.. wow stupid people!

Valwayne No he did not promise that, you got that from the Fox Entertainment network.

Look, we are all screwed! The economy is in it's infancy of tanking. Citi is going down and I imagine a host of other financial's as well. Did anyone really believe that the financials would be able to pay Obama Bucks when the economy was still uncertain and tanking?

The only thing Barack has done is devalue the dollar on the world stage and do the old management push back that got us all here to begin with.

Kick this fool to the curb with Pelosi, double the presidential salary and get Romney in!

I think Republicans have lost their minds- They want to assail Obama over jobs, but they don't want a stimulus bill for the Public sector. They don't want more bailouts. So, guys, where in the world are the jobs supposed to come from?

On top of that the Republicans want to forget their gross mis-mamangement of pretty much everything from the last 8 years. Either they think Obama can undo their damage overnight- are are mad he can't, or they don't see just how awful their tenure has been.

We are one year into this mess. 3 more years, and we can make Obama unemployed.

And as some people were quick to point out, the unemployment in 1983 averaged 9.6. Yes, Reagan was president. Yes, he did take over an even bigger mess from Carter. When Reagan left office it was 5.3.

January 2008 the rate was 4.9. It was 6.8 in November and 7.2 in December.

Obama promised, yes, he promised that the massive spending he did at the beginning of the year would keep it under 8%.

Hmmmm, this could come back to haunt him, the way "read my lips" came back to haunt Bush Sr.

Now, I know that Lacrosse Mom and her buddies will be crying, "It is not my handsome president's fault. He is wonderful, look at his family. Listen to him speak. Look at him bow to people who hate us. Look at him kiss Chavez's butt. How wonderful is he and we are unworthy to touch the hem of his robes."

Well, I have one word for you. Accountability. This is one is on Obama's plate. Sorry.

OK, Libutards....let's chant together "It's Bush's Fault! It's Bush's Fault! It's Bush's Fault". Feel better. Now go out and cash your gub'ment checks before the weekend kicks in.
One and Done for Stinkle Barry.

To Dave,

You are factually correct, the rate did climb to 10.2% at the end of Regans first year. The difference is that he didn't spend a trillion dollars to prevent it, Bozo did.

So how has the country done since Democrats took control of Congress in 2007, Anyone, Anyone, Liberals, Anyone. How many jobs lost since Obama came Washington and began voting with the majority Anyone Anyone, How did the government spending work in the Great Depression, Anyone, How did government spending work in Japans' lost decade, Anyone Real unemployment is 18% Everyone Everyone. $200 billion in spending negative 1.8 million jobs "Its spending, Thats the whole point" no Dumbo "It's not your money thats the whole point"

Lets see, W started with a 4% unemployment rate and left with a 7.2% unemployment rate and climbing. W started with a $400 billion budget surplus and left with a $1.2 trillion deficit. Yea, this must be President Obama's fault.

good thing that $1,000,000,000,000.00 (that's ONE TRILLION dollars for the monetarily challengened) Stimulus bill for this crisis was jammed, I mean 'passed', with such urgency, especially since it was absolutely necessary in order to keep unemployment from going over 8%.

how's that working for ya'll?

It's time to rid this country of the Loony Left

To Josephina Brown- You have extremely short memory- How about when Reagan came into power. Bozo Carter left this country in a real mess- Prime rate 18.5% , unemployment on the rise, and on defense only 2 or 3 operational squad for the Air Force.

To all of those who are screaming about the promise that unemployment wouldn't rise above 8 (+/-)%, how all this stimulus spending is the real problem, and how President Obama has lied to the public, may i remind you:

• The president before him came into office with a surplus and the prospect of budget surpluses for years to come, and he spent us into record deficits.
• The president before him told us that the Iraq war would cost no more than $20 billion and last no longer than a year at the most.
• The president before him was busy cutting brush at his ranch as the banking system collapsed.
• The president before him strutted onto an aircraft carrier in a flight suit and spewed lies under a banner saying "mission accomplished."
• The president before him spent more money than all others before him combined.

So if you want to wag fingers of blame, please do so. Just make sure they're pointed in the right direction. 8 years of mismanagement are not fixed in 10 months or even 4 years.

The only thing I see as unpatriotic in all of this is not getting on board and supporting a president who is trying his best to undo 8 years of mismanagement and sloppy bookkeeping.

As a conservative I'm not going to tell the democrats that "we told you so". That Obama is just a know-nothing, do-nothing, never- accomplished-a-thing-in-his-life community organizer and these are the predictable results when you elect an unqualified amateur into office. I'm not going to say that to you democrats because that would just be rubbing your nose in all the failures piling up, so I won't say it.

Looks like alot of people here finally fell off the Obama bus. Reality is setting in and now they know they supported the wrong person for Prez. This is one of the few posts I have reviewed were the majority or people are bashing Obama rather than defending him like that have been for so long. Impeach Obama!!! While I'm typing, Gibbs is an even bigger idiot!!!

Can just one person tell me how paying unemployment will help create jobs? Just wondering because it was stated by oBLAHma.

I continue to be amazed by the number of people who seem to hold President Obama personally responsible for the state of the economy. What world are you living in ... do you not "get" that much of this financial chaos was inherited from his predecessor?? Not to mention that countries around the world are experiencing similar downturns in the economy. Perhaps these people need to educate themselves a bit more on an issue before they comment publicly!

What do you mean sobering OBAMA> What do you care all your people are well fed by the government.

True Fact:

Ronald Reagan became president in 1981 after Jimmy Carter left him with a very bad economy. One year later, 1982 for those republicans, the unemployment rate was 10.2.

I know how much you guys love Ronald Reagan, so if his greatness was so good and you like to follow his model of recovery then Obama is right on schedule; and it's not even a year into his recover.

GREAT JOB MR. PRESIDENT!!!!

I think people have too much expectations on one guy to clean up this mess over night when he was given decades of irresponsibility due to bad decisions on both wall street and main street. I support Obama but I don't support the way this country is treating the hard working citizens. All of this bickering and partison division is not helping people who work pay check to pay check.I feel if the tax payer bails out these major companies, the best they can do to pay back that money is by offering jobs. There are a lot of angry people out here and with all this violence and crimes on the rise, I'm afraid the unemployed will take that anger out on their former employers because it appears their voices are not being heard on capital hill,

I also recall some conservatives saying the stimulus was social spending. The guy has done everything to keep his promises, why don't you point the finger where it belongs, to greedy execs that won't sacrifice a 0 to keep people employed. It doesn't matter what the Pres. does, you won't like him regardless. I'm so disappointed with not the Pres., but with the American majority that places everything on the Pres. as though we have no responsibility in the scheme of things.

I am 1 American who welcomes the Unemployment Extention. It is food or mortgage here but anything helps. I have not time to judge President Obama because I am hungry, in debt and no funds to look for a job except on this borrowed computer. I dont play politics when I am hungry! Give the Prez a break!

yea, that stimulus must be a delayed release, because im having a hard time seeing how its not a waste of money!

Put Romney in. He has both leadership experience and real world business success.

Besides a lier, he is a "joke." Remember how many people said he was going to fix it, he was the savior, and here we are with unemployment growing everyday. When these "O" lovers are going to wake up and smell the mess he is making.

I am very concerned about our country, our way of life and Barack Obama's lack of experience during this devastating time in our Nation's history. And Congress - with Nancy Pelosi at the helm is indeed a joke. We need seasoned leaders that understand what is going on around them. Barack Obama's social conduct reflects poor judgement - he does not impress me as a hard working president.

I am not speaking for the unemployed, I am disable myself, but employment or unemployment has nothing to do with the economy, and if it does has something to do with the economy, jobs are there if someone wants a "dirty job". Work through a labor pool years ago, if I don't want the job ticket I have dozens of mexicans willing to work. People get out of college and want to land a managerial position, instead to aim lower to get themselves a head start. Out of the 10.2 percent, I wont doubt that at least 8.0 percent were looking for a high paid position. If President Obama pledges to" not rest until all Americans who wants work can find work". He has lots of restless days ahead on him, because most Americans want to work, but want also more money. Instead to increase the unemployment benefits, or extend their benefits, they need to decrease their benefits, or just stop it, and you will see how quick they will find employment.

Why is it every time this man speaks all I hear is BLAH BLAH BLAH? Why did it become sobering this morning? 16,000,000 are out of work now but the numbers have been raising all year. Tell you what Obama, put me to work or sell my shares of AGI, all banks you helped, GM, Amtrak and all the others you have HELPED so I can pay my bills and feed my family.

Calls it sobering, hey when you get done with all the parties and flying / jet setting around the country on the tax payers money could you maybe sit down and listen to the news, I think who ever briefs you is sugar coating it. Probably would have helped if you had military experience but than again Bush didn't and look what he did for the country.

YOU knew the past administration through this country in to a world of dog do , and your apologizing and saying America was wrong. You knew all this before elections and now you run around saying but the Bush's did this and that. Thats like kids saying he did this and she said that. Trust me the hole WORLD knows what Bush did.

How about you follow through with all your campaign promise's or were they lies that others told you to say so that you could get the votes and than once in office, you decided or your entourage decided that hey we're here, never mind what was said on the campaign trail. We'll get around to it sooner or later.

Unbelievable, next year republicans are going to take over, its going to happen

"I just signed into law a bill that will help grow our economy, save and create new jobs and provide relief to struggling families and businesses," Obama states. Holy s#%!, this man is so naive and ignorant of the real essentials to job growth– capital expansion and discretionary spending by consumers. How do those 2 essentials happen, Your Eminency Mr. Obama? They happen with tax cuts. All the false spending on "stimulus" could have been used to back tax cuts and the US would be climbing back to full employment. As it is, we'll be lucky to make it in time for His Excellency's re-election campaign. Expect real economic growth in 2012, however, but in the meantime, pick up your food stamps and don't cut places in the unemployment line.

Please President Obama, some of us need the money from your unemployment extention now! I need it now! When can we expect the funds to go be accredited? I ran out of benefits in October and I am not in good financial shape however, I am so pleased that I may recieve funds for a short time longer. Thank you!
PS, I NEED A JOB, ANYONE!
Michael in Massachusetts

This guy is a complete idiot. He wouldn't know the truth if it hit him in the face.

Yes Joe M,,,

I am ALL but waiting for 2012 – Vote for Sarah Palin

Sobering? What's sobering is all of the Obama supporters who are now painfully sobering off of the kool aid!

America

Look at what the MSM sold you!

How do extending unemployment benefits and cash gift to first time home buyers "save and create new jobs"?

Yeah – its a real mess that was left for him to clean up. Funny how its worked the last few times. A Bush leaves during an economic downturn, a Democrat comes in and has to clean up the mess. This one is a bit bigger than that in the early 90's and the jobless rate proves it. I hope it turns around sooner than later.

Why not throw a couple of trillion more borrowed dollars at it? Make unemployment benefits permanent, so no one will need to look for a job. For those who want to work for fun, raise the minimum wage to $30 per hour. That way we'll all be better off. Is this an accurate summation of the Democratic economic playbook?

Sobering? Sobering? What happened to all that stimulus money? What happened to "employment will not rise above 8%." Liberals lie, liberals lied about the stimulus progam. Obama lies. Obama lied about the stimulus program. They are lying about Obamacare. Obama, one and done.

Okay I am so sick and tired of people MIS-quoting the POTUS. Get it right or don't flipplin comment on CNN articles anymore.
The president said back August, that although the stimulus would help save and create jobs that unemployment would still RISE!!!. Things are going to get worse before they get better! He even suggested that unemployment would reach 10%. Seriously you REPUGS will stop at nothing. For people who are all about Country first, you have no respect for the man elected to run the Country.
And one last thing 89.8% of Americans are working and 600,000 jobs were created with the Stimulus. If we didn't have idiot conservative governors refusing to use the money in their state we wouldn't be looking at 10% unemployment. Think before you speak!

The reason the unemployment rate is so high is because the Anti-Obama people of America would rather stay home and get a cheque from the same Government they hate so much. It's all a plot. These people don't want to work. All they care about is bringing Obama down by any means neccessary.

To those of you who will say it's President Obama's fault that they are unemployed and the deficit has increased, I ask two questions:

1. Did you lose your job prior to this year? If so don't blame the guy who's held the position for 10 months but look a little further back to place blame.

2. Which president started his administration with a balanced budget and projected surplusses for years only to leave office with a multi billion dollar deficit, 2 unpopular wars, an economy in a deep recession, and a financial sector on the verge of collapse?

Nuff said!

I recall him saying in January...Unemployment will NOT hit 8% as long as he is president...I guess another lie...It is 10.2 % today and will be 11 % by Christmas. 2012 can not get here soon enough..

Time to impeach nobama.

This guy is a joke.
The stimulus plan did nothing
and know he looks like a
real moron. He said last
month's job report
was "sobering". DO SOMETHING LOGICAL INSTEAD OF FLAPPING YOUR MOUTH!

But yet he still is in the tax and spend mode just like a true liberal democrat.

What happen to all those checks for the middle class Obama? I am sure they can use the helping hand right now.

there check will be more job, if you don't make state of fl. give the stimulus check to the people they took it from. they took the stimulu check for child suppost 23years or more for back payment. money they could have getten years ago. Don't take my word, check it out.how many more states are doing it also.

The Obama stimulus bill was supposed to make sure unemployment didn't hit eight percent. Right on the mark, he was-unemployment isn't eight percent.

Banks are being told to lend by Congress, and not to lend by their regulators, so they don't lend. Businesses are petrified about what is coming out of Washington that will drive up labor costs, so they don't hire. Consumers are losing jobs and hearing about things that will drive up taxes and consumer costs, so they don't spend.

So, how's that hope thing working out for you?

Sobering – is the all he has to say about the mess he has created? This country cannot take another 3 years of Jimmy Carter #2. 2012 cannot come soon enough. Obama has never worked a real job a day in his life, how could he possibly understand the needs of small businesses? He doesn't plain and simple. Unions and community organizing are all this junior senator can relate to. Next time people need to cast their ballot on substance, not a great teleprompter speaker, who is nothing more than an empty suit.

The economy is a concern! And the President is concerned too! He will stay that way until every one that can work has work! Contrary to what all the GOP “experts” are sounding off about, the Bush administration showed that they have no idea about the economy except for pushing it to the brink and filling their pockets. They also do not know anything about “fiscal restrained”. The just hid the gigantic sums they spend, not even putting them into the budget. If that is not lying! Now they are screaming about the future of kids…. I do not even want to imagine what the economy would look like had McCain made it into the White House! NO jobs, NO healthcare bill, No new Afghanistan concept…NO, NO, NO…

"I just signed into law a bill that will help grow our economy, save and create new jobs and provide relief to struggling families and businesses," Obama said in the White House Rose Garden."

Gee Mr President, did you reduce the corporate taxes so the corporations don't move overseas in droves or are you using make believe money again.

Sobering? Well we can fix that with another beer summit.

Yes it clearly is sobering Mr President. Go have another Photo-Op while real americans continue to suffer. What was it you said when you rammed the stimulus thru. "Unemployment will stay at 8%" ( AND YOU WANT ANOTHER STIMULUS PACKAGE). May be you can get your staff to pay all the taxes they owe to help the economy. Clearly you have no clue nor does your entire staff of socialist cronies. But hey, you're the President and we all should just blindly follow without asking questions. Kind of reminds me of the Pied Piper story. To that I say, HELL NO YOU GOTTA GO!

With unemployment spiking at 10.2%, they should FIRST be concerned about creating jobs, not sticking us with ill-conceived health care "reform" that ends up costing working folks hundreds of dollars a year.

Once the economy is back on track, THEN pass health care reform which starts with tort reform!

Do you guys proof read anything? It's JOBS, not JOB'S. Steve Job's report is not what Obama called "sobering."

Thank you, Sir, for your hard work and inspiring leadership in the face of such daunting problems and counterproductive opposition. I wish I could say I'm suprised by those who expect that anyone can rectify 8 years of mismangement in a mere 9 months. Keep up the great work.

Obama says he has just signed a bill that creates jobs and grow our economy. What is this super bill and why hasn't it been signed before
Has the media heard of this billl, and I have not seen anything about it on the internet.????. Is it false properganda???? Where is the transparency and he has promised that any bill he signs wpuld be on the internet for america to see. Where is Joe Wilson???

"I will not rest. But I WILL play golf, fund raise and vacation until every american looking for work, finds work". Give me a break bum. You have never been happier. The best day of your life will be when all private jobs are gone and the american people are dependant on your socialist agenda.

I'm ok with him resting, but I would settle for him not golfing any more (he's already played as many rounds in his first nine months in office as Bush did in eight years) until he figures out how this economy thing works.

The sobering thing is that we Americans don't seem to realize that saving all our personal money is not what is going to help this country get back on its feet. It is necessary for those who can, to spend money so that there is an increase for supplies. Also, we should be buying American as muich as possible. This will help us all.

DUH!! what the hell you expect when you all allowed(dems and reps alike) all those jobs to go overseas thinking that we would be able to be a service economey.BITE ME!! i liked my job.you no brainers in DC don't have a clue and only serve special interest and big bussness now days.Now it's time for a change in both parties and would rather see a new party thats for american people and workers and not this free trade BS we;'ve been sold for the last 20 years.

What is funny to me is how people are blaming President Obama for the continued job loss, I now understand that there are a lot of uneducated, stupid people in the US with such short term memory, what is wrong with you people, it took us 7 years to dig this hole 1 yr to fall in, why in the heck do you think it can be fixed in 10 months! I am shocked to the simple lack of understanding here. No wonder other countries talk about us. Now it the time to talk personal responsibility as Americans get behind our President and make the change, even if you did not vote for him, this is your country to. Get off your sorry butts and stop complaining about all the things he is doing wrong. Stop be lead by the internal backstabbers of Our President. And for some of you, “GET OVER IT” he is black and there is nothing you can do about it. Trust me what goes around comes around, the hole you dig President Obama will be the very hole you fall in. Remember God does not like ugly and he is not that crazy about pretty!

I feel so stimulated.... how bout you?

"I just signed into law a bill that will help grow our economy, save and create new jobs and provide relief to struggling families and businesses,"

Uh...wasn't that what the (failed) stimulus package was all about?

How many times are we going to put this same band-aid over the amputation?

Give this president a chance, he is trying to get America back on track. If after four years, things aren't better, you can vote someone else in but let him do his job until then without complaining about everything he does.

Yeah right Mr.President! You have been in office 9 months. Unemployment is not yet in the single digits, all the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan have not been brought home, the economy has not recovered 100%, we don't have world peace and to top it off you have not cured H1N1. And we all thought you were SUPERMAN!

Gee Mr President.
What did you think would happen?
All these bills you have been signing
seem to have little if any effect!
I'm so so glad you are so so sober over this!!

"Job's"?? No one is a greater exponent than I of the proposition that CNN remains qualitatively different from other cable news networks, embracing professionalism and old-school precision and seriousness, but I've to say that the double use of the greengrocers' apostrophe is worrisome.

10.2% UNEMPLOYMENT! Didn't Obama promise us that if we passed the near trillion dollar corrupt stimulous bill that UNEMPLOYMENT would stay below 8%? Democrats have controlled Congress for 3 years, and Obama the White House for 10 months and we have 10.2% UNEMPLOYMENT? And what are they doing about it? NOTHING!!!! They are too busy trying to pass another massive, corrupt, Government takeover of healthcare that will cost trillions and trillions and be paid for with borrowed money, on the backs of the elderly with Medicare cuts, printed money, and massive massive taxes. If they pass this it will hit the economy like a million tons of bricks and UNEMPLOYMENT will be headed to 20%. Please stop while their is 1 bitter, gun toting, bible thumping, bigotted, working American left working in the country! Please STOP!!!!

Its about time Obama sobered up from his year long progressively drunken spending sprees..

But, but he PROMISED if we only passed his phony "stimulus" bill last spring the unemployment rate would not go over 8.4%!

People had better wake up quick to the fact that Obama says only what is best for Obama and his image depending on who he is speaking to at the time. Nothing is sacred, no-one is above being thrown under the Obama bus. He is a con-artist. And you all were conned, Chicago-style!

'sobering' really??

I really don't blame Obama for his failed, poorly executed, wasteful, joke of a stimulus efforts- which have probably made our economy worse.

I blame all of the morons who have voted for him!!!!!!!!!!

Hope that everyone who has voted for him and has lost his/her job since then never gets one back until they become adults and can vote based on more substance than a fancy infomercial featuring a cool, good looking, charming, in love with the camera...guy. (sounds like a Hollywood actor to me not a president material)

Also, to Republicans: does anyone in your party have a brain??? McCain for the president??? Really??? Anyone, anyone left with some common sense out there??

Duh pendejo! You think? Common sense tells you and the stupid Democrats to stop spending!

"Sobering" doesn't begin to describe the situation. Why isn't the press holding Obama responsible for this disaster?

Why the answer is obvious; the government needs to spend even MORE money that it doesn't have. Cash for Clunkers for All!

"Sobering" is a good description given the drunken binge the Administration and Congress have been on spending our money, our kid's money and their kid's money on a stimulus bill full of pork and giveaways rather than job creation.

You have to give Obama credit, he is trying to be more like Europe in every way. He's got the unemployment thing locked down.

By the time Obama, Reid, and Pelosi get done with our economy, the unemployment will be 20%!!!! Great job!!!!! Lets raise more taxes to cover abortion and illegal immigrants!!!!! Great plan!!!!! Soon everyone will qualify for thier free health care. Of course, there will be nobody left to pay for it!!!!

Will someone in the mainstream press, other than Fox news, please call out this absurd "save or create" bs. It's really quite insulting.

industrial sector need to come back...and call centers need to come back..if you notice a call coming from India, phillipenes, etc, cancel immidetely this visa card, or sprint, or any thing...god bless...

Keep it up Mr. President! Those of us with a brain know that you inherited a total mess, and that you're doing everything you can to put the ship back on course.

So then go smoke another bong.

I thought the porkulus bill was to stop this climb in unemployment .
Oh-Well i guess it was just a pay back to certain group's on the tax payer's back . Bush was pathetic but this BOZO is clueless.
How sad.

Why not trust the American people and divide the remaining stimulus money among the taxpayers? We could pay off our mortgages (helping out the banks) and buy cars (helping the car companies).

Health Care is one of the largest job providers in the country. Won't passing the bill lessen the unemployment rate?

Yea, it's sobering , but we must keep campaigning.

Bush dug us a huge hole and it will take time to recover. Great job Mr. President for keeping us out of a total collapse. YES WE CAN!!!

He promised nothing higher than 8.9% if he released the stimulus funds.

Now all we have is a TON more debt and a lier lier lier...

"Save or create"... only a politician could come up with such a lame phrase like that.

Guess it's time for Obama to go ask the Chinese if he can borrow more money to throw at more useless and poorly planned government programs.

The man has no clue. You can't blindly spend your way out of a recession.

I suppose that means no more photo ops or basket ball games? What a pity.

And just how does this idiot think signing an extension of unemployment benefis will help grow the ecenomy and create jobs? I support extending these benefits, but spare us the lies about how it will stimulate economic growth!

Again with the "save and create" new jobs.....10.2% unemployment.

Obama isn't saving or creating anything.

Oh, but GOOD news! He extended you're unemployment benefits for 20 weeks, just in case he hasn't "created or saved" any more jobs by then.

He calls everything sobering

Spin it any way you want Mr. President but you have failed! Since you have been in office unemployment has increased significantly and you don't have Bush to blame now. Maybe if you had of concentrated on jobs first!!!
3 more years to go!!

Well, at least this might stop to flow of illegal aliens into the US. With all the jobs that went to Mexico, I think soon there will be a day when Mexico starts to deport illegal Americans crossing their boarder, looking for work.

Come on CNN...get it right! Its a JOBS report not a JOB'S report. An apostrophe is used in the English language to indicate possession, not the plural. Need a copy editor?

"I could stand up here and say, 'Let's just get everybody together, let's get unified, the sky will open, the light will come down, celestial choirs will be singing, and everyone will know we should do the right thing and the world will be perfect. Maybe I've just lived a little long, but I have no illusions about how hard this is going to be,You are not going to wave a magic wand and have the special interests disappear. -Hillary Clinton on Obama ... thats all I have to say

What would the report look like if the Republican lead had been followed and no intervention had taken place? I believe it would be much worse.

He could have said sorry about stealing our tax money to benefit the unions, ACORN and all of the other left wing constituency. He could have said he was sorry for lying to us. Just "sobering" is like when that CNN commentator said "my bad" after giving out all of the false quotes and attributing them to Rush Limbaugh.

And he keeps pushing a health care bill that will cost employers more money and make them less likely to hire new employees. But that doesn't matter, he can just keep extending jobless benefits. Pretty soon the people who work and have their taxes pay for all his failures are going to lose their jobs too. Who will pay for his big plans then?

Odumbo is failing and we all know it but him. Spend more money you dork and get us into even more trouble. IM thinking I just might move out of harms way and watch from a far as Odumbo and all of you that voted him in keep sinking in quick sand. Because if this was the change you wanted I dont want anything to do with you Odumbo clones. All of you need to move to an island and tell your selfs on a hourly basis how wonderfull you all are. Wake up!

One other thing...

This is to address those who point out that the last time unemployment reached 10% was under Reagan.

You are correct!

But PLEASE – don't omit the fact that at that time, it IMPROVED to 10% from the doldrums of the 13% unemployment of the Carter years.

Under Reagan, it was going in the right direction. Under Obama, it's going down the toilet.

Johnson & Johnson to cut up to 8,000 jobs. I would like to comment on some of the comments from William Weldon, J&J's chairman and chief executive regarding these layoffs....

Weldon's comment – "We think the timing is such that we have this wealth of opportunities in front of us and we need the infrastructure to take advantage of them," Weldon told analysts in a conference call. "Health care is a great place to be," he said. "We feel very excited about the future."

My comment – I imagine there are 8000 people who aren't very excited about the future of health care after being cut from J&J for this reason.

Then it says - "However, he acknowledged that the economic outlook remains cloudy, adding that a recovery will not take hold until the job market improves and consumers become more willing to spend. "The economic headwinds are still ahead of everyone," he said. "Until we see easing in unemployment, people are going to be cautious in their spending."

My comment – This is the mentality of US corporations these days. They perform mass layoffs, then complain that people aren't spending because of the unemployment. I hope J&J fails and I will do my best to boycott their products because this just shows that at least this company could care less about people- only their profits. It's the new American way. Get used to it.

Some companies are just greedy. My husband's company made a profit the second and third quarter. Yet they continue to eliminate jobs.
They have people doing 3 or 4 jobs because they have reduced the workforce by half. My husband took a 5% pay cut and 1 week off without pay. They have eliminated benefits. Some of the jobs will not be back. Why should a company hire more people when they can make a profit by reducing the workforce and assigning 1 person 3 or 4 jobs to do. I know some of you will say it is better than no job. My husband has to keep this job so we can have health insurance. When you are between the age of 50-64 no company will insure you if you lose your health insurance. And Cobra is so expensive, my brother and his wife paid $800.00 a month for Cobra.

Thank You Mr. President. I appreciate all you do every day.

It amazes me how many dumb people comment on this blog! It is obvious that a very small portion of bloggers has ever owned a middle market company. Those that attack Obama on the job losses are clearly idiots!

He is naive. He just started.So, for 10 month Usa did not have President. Obama is joke.

This confirms our reports . . . the President and his Administration has been DRUNK WITH POWER since taking office.

Time for them to go enter a 12-Step Program. and go on the wagon for spending.

JOBS Mr. President . . . JOBS . . . JOBS . . . JOBS . . . that's what it's all about.

Oh, SHOTS! Another "sobering" report. Obama, is sober a new thing for you? You sure say it all the time.

I guess this must be "weighing" on you, huh? rofl Another gem of a word.

Reccomendation Barry. Stop just adding and piling on to your plate so it "weighs" so much. As this overload you have may be "sobering" for not accomplishing anythig, for Americans, you're presidency is becoming too "heavy" a burden for us to be dealing with.

We long for a "smart" leader and are thankful you gave up that word when you realized you were doing nothing "smartly".

What's that? The unemployment rate hit double digits for the first time in 26 years?

Quick! Run a Sarah Palin story! Something! Anything!

Run a story about how a biased CNN poll shows Americans hate republicans and how Americans believe Republicans are the devil incarnate!

Anything! Just get Obama's failures out of the headlines!

"Now if you'll pardon me, I have to go outside for a smoke".

Sobering news about his worthless 800 billion dollar stimulus package.

"I just signed into law a bill that will help grow our economy"......yeah, right

"I just signed into law a bill that will help grow our economy, save and create new jobs and provide relief to struggling families and businesses," Obama said in the White House Rose Garden

Can someone please explain how extending jobless benefits helps to grow the economy, saves or creates jobs?
As the country continues to shed jobs, unemployment reaches the highest level in 25+ years, all I keep hearing is this "saved or created" crapola! Instead of focusing on everything but jobs, this administration had better start to realize pretty quickly, that there is no recovery without jobs.

News Flash......"The Bush administration did all this," Obummie said today. "I have created or saved millions of jobs. Give me a few more months and 500 million Americans will have jobs"

Well it's about time he sobered up.

President Obama, you said if we do not pass your stimulus plan, unemployment will rise about 8 percent. It soared to 9.5, then 9.7, and now suddenly jumped to 10.2 percent.

Perhaps health care is not the most important right now, Mr. President, perhaps it is solely jobs? Please focus on JOBS, but if you insist on working on health care, perhaps you should simply get along with Republicans and pass a good bipartisan bill that helps all Americans, instead of one authored only by extreme liberal democrats.

Nothing this man is doing will help the small businesses...........he only knows how to bail out Unions. You don't hear him spouting off too much about his failed stimulus bill that had to be passed immediately to keep unemployment below 8%..........now all he says is it will get worse before it gets better.............yeah, that's cause he doesn't have a clue. Spending us into oblivion and adding yet more debt and entitlement programs is NOT going to recover the economy.............stupid. He needs policies that are business friendly, not businesses killers and the ones that can move over seas will. We will NOT be doing any hiring any time soon, and are struggling to keep the employees we have left working, and the Democrats want to force more burden upon us. Guess who pays for all the unemployment.................employers, which means we cannot afford to hire/pay more per employee. Keep it Obama, we can only hope the next 3 years go quickly or America wakes up and votes out ALL Democrats in 2010.

Maybe .... Maybe...... Mr. NoObama, you should take a cue from GOP on how to create jobs!! Talk to them – they have plenty of ideas... some I know are these Organizations:::

1) Tea Party Express
2) Freedom Rarely works
3) Sammy Sandwiches

These are "decent" paying jobs and I get a big list of unemployed people everyday who just care about the money they get from participation – the issue being debated is "rightfully" left to us – they don't care and they shouldn't either!!

Vote For Romney

What is sobering is that this guy is President for the next 3 years!!! On the job training is what you wanted that's what we got!!! Now that's change worth voting for!!!

At the moment, there are 6 unemployed people for every job opening. Also, most of the jobs are not in areas that are hardest hit by unemployment. And, the salary offered by many of those jobs would not pay the rent and utilities on a small apartment.

What would President McCain be doing about unemployment right now if he had been elected and Republicans were in charge? Would he be saying that we should let the "free market" solve the problem (even though the "free market" CAUSED the problem in the first place)? Would he be increasing government expenditures and tossing no-bid contracts to his corporate supporters while lowering taxes on the rich like G. W. Bush did? Even McCain has not revealed to us what HE would be doing, and I wonder why not.

The reason is that Conservatism has NO answers to 21st century problems. If you disagree, then tell me what they are. Americans would love to know.

I glad he has sobered up. He has been running this country's finances like a drunken sailor.

What do the Republicans want to do about un-employment?.. Another stimulus? More money ? Maybe repeal all the government run health insurance programs like Veterans Health Insurance or socialist Medicare as the republicans like to call it... So Republicans what you gonna do about it since you oppose government action of any sort like you did back in the Great Depression?

Keep your head up Mr. President. We know you are doing the best job you can possibly do; considering the cards you were dealth.

We are with you all the way!

Just do what you think is best for our country; with the help of your assistants, advisors and more importantly God, you will make the right decisions.

We love you!

What happened to 8.0% unemployment capped by the spendulus Obama, you lie!

Obama believes that extending unemployment is the answer to our economy. Good job America, elect a President that has never managed a business, never dealt with economic forces and has NO CLUE how to create jobs. But heck, maybe he'll just keep "saving" jobs...only an idiot would still believe this guys charm.

"job's"? Really? As in "belonging to Job"? Did someone named Job write the report?

I hate to nitpick, but that kind of rookie mistake is beneath you, CNN. You don't have to post this, just fix it.