Best Santelli Rant in a while..

Discussion in 'Politics' started by Tsing Tao, Sep 21, 2012.

  1. pspr

    pspr

    Maybe after a few years but I wouldn't say that is the case with people who have been in an industry basically doing the same thing for 20 years. I've known plenty of people who were successful at their business or profession who made a change after a long while to do something they would enjoy better or to make their lives easier or any number of other reasons. As an example, I don't think Eric Bolling was a failed trader yet he moved on to Fox News.

    So, I don't think it is wise to just make blanket statements like that about soneone with out a single shred of evidence.
     
    #21     Sep 21, 2012
  2. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    I figured the Fed apologist would show up to thrash the messenger.
     
    #22     Sep 21, 2012
  3. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    I went and listened to the clip, but before I did, I had that usual feeling I get when I read your posts when you take shit out of context. Shockingly, you did so again here.

    No where in the video did Santelli say a million people dropped out of the labor force. He talked about the labor participation rate being at 30 year lows on a non-adjusted basis (which was, and is, correct). Then he said 1.2 MM people are no longer considered unemployed as of the yearly adjustment because they don't qualify for being counted as such in the U3.

    So you and the Fed apologist can go back to attacking the man because you don't like the message, but until you come up with provable facts, you need to wander off and go peddle your wares elsewhere.
     
    #23     Sep 21, 2012
  4. 377OHMS

    377OHMS

    No personal offense intended, just a composite of my observations of public servants.
     
    #24     Sep 21, 2012
  5. Maverick74

    Maverick74

    Hey Martin, Ricky worked his way up from floor clerk to Vice President of interest rate futures and options at Drexel Burnam and Lambert. What do you do again? :)
     
    #25     Sep 21, 2012
  6. Lucrum

    Lucrum

    Ooh that's gonna leave a mark. :)
     
    #26     Sep 21, 2012
  7. martin is a Russian who trades arms for the Rusky mafia in London, don't mess around with him, you know how Russian hitmen are.:D
     
    #27     Sep 21, 2012
  8. Well let's put it this way I"m an expert at recognizing dickheads(like yourself) from afar and euro-weenies (in general)rub me the wrong way.


    Get over it.
     
    #28     Sep 21, 2012
  9. You mean incoherent snot slinging alkie's?
     
    #29     Sep 21, 2012
  10. Big blog souce:Record 1.2 Million People Fall Out Of Labor Force In One Month, Labor Force Participation Rate Tumbles To Fresh 30 Year Low

    Notice he cites the "big blog" of ZH. The 1.2 million is not a yearly adjustment, its a once every 10 years adjustment based on those who had left the labor force in the previous decade - 2000-2010. Think of these people as retired. Yes, people still retire despite the myth of poor seniors.

    Now to calculate the ridiculous labor force participation rate, its the labor force (unemployed and employed) / (total adult population).

    If a country has a large (baby boom) generation of people retiring, and thus are not going to be considered employed or unemployed, they're removed from the numerator but not from the denominator. This in effect is going to skew the result which makes it such a meaningless statistic to compare across different time periods.

    The 1.2 million should have just been a minor footnote without a mention but to the right wingers, Right-Wing Media Rely On Discredited Evidence To Dismiss Positive Jobs Report.
     
    #30     Sep 21, 2012