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Originally Posted by Guest

I was interested.
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 242,000 in February, and the
unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.9 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics reported today. Employment gains occurred in health care and social
assistance, retail trade, food services and drinking places, and private
educational services.
Among the marginally attached, there were 599,000 discouraged workers in
February, down by 133,000 from a year earlier. (The data are not seasonally
adjusted.) Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work
because they believe no jobs are available for them. The remaining 1.2 million
persons marginally attached to the labor force in February had not searched
for work for reasons such as school attendance or family responsibilities.
(See table A-16.)

Job losses continued in mining.

Originally Posted by Guest

He is openly, stupidly, self serving critical of the USA at every chance he gets.

In his ignorance he thinks he is increasing the value of his personal stock by criticizing and appologizing for America's actions.

On this one what gives him the right to judge what was done or not done by America's leaders back then.

Does the PREACHER think he is so empowered to judge the past.

He exemplifies and confirms why he does nothing but talk. Leaves him room for deniability and the possibility of making an error.

In his last days he is making a bigger fool of himself everytime he opens his mouth.

What we know for sure? America will be much better of without him and his mouth in office.

Obama: US slow to speak out for human rights in Argentina - US News

No, my Tea Bag friend, it is YOU that CONTINUES to make a fool of yourself every time you post.

What are you going to do WHEN Hillary wins in November? Canada does not want Cruz or you!

Originally Posted by Guest

Half the work force has stopped looking for work. The total work force is 156 million. The total US population is 323 million. 156 x 2 = 312 million.
So, children of school age and under, and retired people in the US makes up the difference 11 million. Don't you think that half is just a little high?

45 million people on food stamps maybe the result of the minimum wage being too low. With many production jobs leaving the US, we are a service country. Many of the service jobs pay next to nothing. Wal-Mart was receiving billions of dollars from the US by underpaying their employees. Their employees received the money from the government. However, if Wal-Mart had paid them a living wage, they wouldn't need food stamps. Wal-Mart said that they will be paying their employees more, because light was shed on them, and they don't want their customers going elsewhere.

Why do you think that they called the Great Recession? No other president had to deal with a recession like the one he was handed. To make matters worse, the Republican obstructed everything Obama wanted to do from day one of his presidency. To place all the blame on Obama is a typical right wing attempt to change history. It just won't fly.

According to statista.com, In Feb 2016 there were only 121.76 million full-time workers in the U.S. I stand corrected, the employed adults equal about 62% of the total. That means that about 48% of eligible adults are not working. I believe that sometime between last year at this time and now, our labor force has been at a 38 year low. Since statistics are sketchy this year so far, I am not sure if we still fit the historical 38 year low.

As for your statement that no other president has had to deal with a recession like this one he was handed, I believe you will find that there have been plenty of recessions that other presidents have had to endure. And remember, Obama was the one that knew what he was asking for when he ran, and Obama is the one that assured everyone that he knew what he was doing. But, he wouldn't listen to his economic advisors, even firing them. NO, he has been responsible for the longest recession OR Depression recovery in history. Blaming Republicans for obstruction is just immature. You know as well as I do that there was NOTHING they could do in the first two years to hinder ANYTHING he wished to do. His own party may have gotten in his way, but not the Republicans. Nope, instead they insisted on forcing Obamacare through, after everyone warned them and the voters did not want it. Proof was the resulting historical congressional massacre on election day.

I believe that the point was the high rate of those that are not in the work force in comparison with employed. Please don't be insulting by suggesting that if minimum wages were higher that would change anything. Min wages are for school kids, retirees and those working a second part-time job. Min wages were never meant for full-time employment.

Originally Posted by Guest

No, my Tea Bag friend, it is YOU that CONTINUES to make a fool of yourself every time you post.

What are you going to do WHEN Hillary wins in November? Canada does not want Cruz or you!

Hillary will look pretty funny serving behind bars. Then again, she will save travel expenses.

Originally Posted by Guest

equal about 62% of the total. That means that about 48% of eligible adults are not working.

I didn't get very far in your post before I was confused.
62% plus 48% = 110%?

Originally Posted by Guest

No, my Tea Bag friend, it is YOU that CONTINUES to make a fool of yourself every time you post.

What are you going to do WHEN Hillary wins in November? Canada does not want Cruz or you!

What will you do my Tea BAGEE friend, WHEN she looses?

Originally Posted by Guest;120***5

What will you do my Tea BAGEE friend, WHEN she looses?

Are there 3 people thinking the other 2 are foolish in this dispute?
Hillary supporter
Hillary hater
Tea ****** friend that neither one likes

Originally Posted by Guest;120***1

I didn't get very far in your post before I was confused.
62% plus 48% = 110%?

Probably a type-o. Bet it was supposed to be 38%.

Percentage of Employed Americans. Lowest since the '70s

That graph was from Politifact.com on Jan 2016. Forgot to add that info.

Originally Posted by Guest

Probably a type-o. Bet it was supposed to be 38%.

I don't think it was.

Originally Posted by Guest

Yes, he did. If you were interested enough in current events, you would know how many times he has apologized to other countries, INCLUDING Muslim countries. Remember, Google is your friend.

More or less he said we made mistakes along with many others. He never apologized. Ask your friend and post an apology.

Originally Posted by Guest

Percentage of Employed Americans. Lowest since the '70s

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-me...e-americans-w/

For the entire story.

Originally Posted by Guest

More or less he said we made mistakes along with many others. He never apologized. Ask your friend and post an apology.

I didn't get my accusation from a friend. That's not an apology? Admitting that you are wrong?

Speech by President Obama, Rhenus Sports Arena, Strasbourg, France, April 3, 2009.[1]

So we must be honest with ourselves. In recent years we've allowed our Alliance to drift. I know that there have been honest disagreements over policy, but we also know that there's something more that has crept into our relationship. In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world. Instead of celebrating your dynamic union and seeking to partner with you to meet common challenges, there have been times where America has shown arrogance and been dismissive, even derisive.
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President Obama, interview with Al Arabiya, January 27, 2009.[2]

My job to the Muslim world is to communicate that the Americans are not your enemy. We sometimes make mistakes. We have not been perfect. But if you look at the track record, as you say, America was not born as a colonial power, and that the same respect and partnership that America had with the Muslim world as recently as 20 or 30 years ago, there's no reason why we can't restore that.
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resident Obama, address to the Summit of the Americas opening ceremony, Hyatt Regency, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, April 17, 2009.[3]

All of us must now renew the common stake that we have in one another. I know that promises of partnership have gone unfulfilled in the past, and that trust has to be earned over time. While the United States has done much to promote peace and prosperity in the hemisphere, we have at times been disengaged, and at times we sought to dictate our terms. But I pledge to you that we seek an equal partnership. There is no senior partner and junior partner in our relations; there is simply engagement based on mutual respect and common interests and shared values. So I'm here to launch a new chapter of engagement that will be sustained throughout my administration.

The United States will be willing to acknowledge past errors where those errors have been made.
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President Obama, speech at the National Archives, Washington, D.C., May 21, 2009.[5]

Unfortunately, faced with an uncertain threat, our government made a series of hasty decisions. I believe that many of these decisions were motivated by a sincere desire to protect the American people. But I also believe that all too often our government made decisions based on fear rather than foresight; that all too often our government trimmed facts and evidence to fit ideological predispositions. Instead of strategically applying our power and our principles, too often we set those principles aside as luxuries that we could no longer afford. And during this season of fear, too many of us--Democrats and Republicans, politicians, journalists, and citizens--fell silent.

In other words, we went off course. And this is not my assessment alone. It was an assessment that was shared by the American people who nominated candidates for President from both major parties who, despite our many differences, called for a new approach--one that rejected torture and one that recognized the imperative of closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay.
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Speech by President Obama to the Turkish Parliament, Ankara, Turkey, April 6, 2009.[7]

Every challenge that we face is more easily met if we tend to our own democratic foundation. This work is never over. That's why, in the United States, we recently ordered the prison at Guantanamo Bay closed. That's why we prohibited--without exception or equivocation--the use of torture. All of us have to change. And sometimes change is hard.

Another issue that confronts all democracies as they move to the future is how we deal with the past. The United States is still working through some of our own darker periods in our history. Facing the Washington Monument that I spoke of is a memorial of Abraham Lincoln, the man who freed those who were enslaved even after Washington led our Revolution. Our country still struggles with the legacies of slavery and segregation, the past treatment of Native Americans.

Human endeavor is by its nature imperfect. History is often tragic, but unresolved, it can be a heavy weight. Each country must work through its past. And reckoning with the past can help us seize a better future.
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Opinion editorial by President Obama: "Choosing a Better Future in the Americas," April 16, 2009.[8]

Too often, the United States has not pursued and sustained engagement with our neighbors. We have been too easily distracted by other priorities, and have failed to see that our own progress is tied directly to progress throughout the Americas. My Administration is committed to the promise of a new day. We will renew and sustain a broader partnership between the United States and the hemisphere on behalf of our common prosperity and our common security.
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Remarks by the President to CIA employees, CIA Headquarters, Langley, Virginia, April 20, 2009.[9] The remarks followed the controversial decision to release Office of Legal Counsel memoranda detailing CIA enhanced interrogation techniques used against terrorist suspects.

So don't be discouraged by what's happened in the last few weeks. Don't be discouraged that we have to acknowledge potentially we've made some mistakes. That's how we learn. But the fact that we are willing to acknowledge them and then move forward, that is precisely why I am proud to be President of the United States, and that's why you should be proud to be members of the CIA.
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President Obama, speech at the National Archives, Washington, D.C., May 21, 2009.[10]

There is also no question that Guantanamo set back the moral authority that is America's strongest currency in the world. Instead of building a durable framework for the struggle against al Qaeda that drew upon our deeply held values and traditions, our government was defending positions that undermined the rule of law. In fact, part of the rationale for establishing Guantanamo in the first place was the misplaced notion that a prison there would be beyond the law--a proposition that the Supreme Court soundly rejected. Meanwhile, instead of serving as a tool to counter terrorism, Guantanamo became a symbol that helped al Qaeda recruit terrorists to its cause. Indeed, the existence of Guantanamo likely created more terrorists around the world than it ever detained.

So the record is clear: Rather than keeping us safer, the prison at Guantanamo has weakened American national security. It is a rallying cry for our enemies.

- October 2010. Gibbs apologizes for American experiments on Guatemalans in the 1940s. "This is — it’s tragic, and the United States, by all means, apologizes to all those that were impacted by this," Gibbs said at a news conference. "The president is slated to call the leader of Guatemala later today and personally express that apology."

- February 2012. In a letter to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Obama apologizes for the burning of Korans by U.S. troops.

- May 2013. Obama apologizes and says Americans have a right to be angry after revelations that the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative nonprofits several years previously.

- October 2013. Obama is forced to apologize to German Chancellor Angela Merkel after it is revealed that the NSA was tapping her cellphone.

- November 2013. Obama apologizes to people who had their health insurance canceled. "I am sorry that they are finding themselves in this situation based on assurances they got from me," he said.

- November 2013. The president apologizes to Democrats who have come under fire for supporting Obamacare. "I feel deeply responsible," he said, "for making it harder for them rather than easier for them to continue to promote the core values that I think led them to support this thing in the first place, which is, in this country, as wealthy as we are, everybody should be able to have the security of affordable health care."

- December 2013. Obama apologizes for the Obamacare rollout in broad strokes. "I have acknowledged more than once that we didn’t roll out parts of this law as well as we should have," he said.

The president has also apologized to a number of individuals.

- He apologized for the firing of one-time USDA employee Shirley Sherrod early in his first term.

- In April 2013, Obama apologized to California Attorney General Kamala Harris after commenting on her appearance.

- Last February, he apologized to an art historian after casually insulting art history degrees.

- A few weeks ago, he apologized to an engaged couple for displacing their wedding so he could play golf.

Nor is it only the president who's had to say he's sorry.

- Earnest notes that Vice President Biden called to apologize to the leaders of Turkey and the United Arab Emirates for criticizing their relationship with Syria. Biden, Earnest said, "wishes that he had said it a little bit differently."

- White House adviser Dan Pfeiffer apologized to conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer in July 2012 for misrepresenting the status of a bust of Winston Churchill.

- Last fall, the first lady apologized for mispronouncing the name of Iowa Senate candidate Bruce "Bailey" Braley.