My turn...

Joe, you really need to quit it. What is it with you and your obsession with grammar? I also can't help but notice you only do this to people whose viewpoints you disagree with.

Riley, I've heard this viewpoint myself from a radio talkshow host. I'm inclined to agree with it. It wouldn't be the first time that a study like this came out with a few "inconvenient little facts" left out.

Take for example, gun death statistics, especially the ones that came out after the ruling on the 2nd Ammendment. One example is a statement from the New York Times, citing that "Thirty-thousand Americans are killed by guns every year".

Sounds terrible, doesn't it? What they don't mention is that almost half of these deaths are suicides, and that they don't take into account how many of those deaths were the result of a criminal being shot to death by a victim in self defense (statement taken from an email I received from the office of Douglas C. Mills. I took part in an online petition).

You can never take statistics (or polls, for that matter) at their word. Always look into it yourself.

You do have a point it is a “trend” but it is not “news” in a non election year...and it is also not news in a year whit a Democrat looking for reelection ! But that does not mean that it did not happen that year as well...
JD is right about Joe only using his powers of “grammar” against any post he disagrees with , it can be determined that he has no ability to make any real argument against most postings so is willing to promote BAD ideas with good grammar!

tell me this Blue Boy why is a 2% increase in the GDP in 1998 “The Greatest economic expansion in history” but in 2007 it is a “recession” LOL@liberal idiocy !

OK now I understand IF something does not support a liberal idea/agenda we MUST take 4 years of collage to be able to support it but IF it antagonizes Bush/Republicans/Conservatives or promotes Liberals/Democrats etc. it must be accepted at face value as presented including whatever “conclusion” is attached to it by the media.

O I see NON of those other factors you listed existed EVER before now right ? ...dude I think you can ask for your money back on the school thing because you got shafted!

I think over all this is a reflection of the economy as a whole. Job's are being cut at an alarming rate but that will most definitely continue until consumer confidence increases. No one buying anything means that job cuts are inevitable.

I don't think overall that it has anything to do with an increase in college or high school students because the only record increases in that area, I've heard about, is that more women are graduating college than men.

As for Sensible Joe, a lot of intelligent people have no sense of grammar because essentially it has nothing to do with IQ. As for grammar's importance, one of my professors told me, "If you can understand what's being said you've made your point and thats enough to be said."

He said it out loud after I raped some students paper for grammar. Other than the grammatical errors the paper was great. I thought she deserved a "B" he gave her an "A" because he felt content was more important than punctuation.

Riley,
Clearly the higher unemployment rates are a sign of the economy, not due to grads. May '08 to June'08 remained the same, so I assume you are talking about the increase since April '08

www.bls.gov has a table of monthly unemployment going back to 1948. The table shows:
April to June changes 1948 to 2008
Increased = 25 times
Decreased = 28 times
Same = 8 times

June was the years' highest unemployment rate month only 2 times since 1948, & was tied for the highest monthly number only 2 other times. So June was not the highest (tied or alone) in 56 of the prior 60 years.

The jump this year was 0.5% from April to June. Only 2 years since 1948 had bigger increases from April to June, 1949 & 1980.

Abunai - unlike RNC08, you seem to be able to back up claims that you make.
Could you please supply a link to this change in unemployment comp.

The statistics I supplied were in direct response to the questions Riley asked, which had nothing to do with any law changes. So I didn't neglect the add in you are bringing into this thread, it isn't material to the questions he asked regarding "this time of the year".

As far as who is included - that would only make a difference if illegals were not included in previous percentages.

And regarding your entertainment events & stores- the same thing can be said about the Carter years, so if that's your criteria to measure the economy, then the economy those years must have not been so bad either.