Mister Misery Index

The Misery Index was coined to describe economic dislocation by way of inflation and unemployment in the 1970s and used by and about Jimmy Carter as the nation neared collapse, sagging under the weight of the peanut farmer's many mistakes and the crushing interest rates of Paul Volcker (who incidentally serves our current misruler). But media was different in the days of Carter and did not attempt to spin every negative fact to the Democrat's favor. Today, misery may be stalking the land, but to hear the old-line media tell it, with Obama holding us up (a deliberate double entendre), we are in great hands. So what if nine to fifteen percent of the American labor force can not find work, Barack Hussein Obama is given credit for creating or saving a couple of hundred million jobs. A business in operation since 1800 lays off a third of its workers, but one thousand jobs remain. Obama has just "saved" a thousand jobs-he will gladly take credit for this grand accomplishment and the media and his worshippers will cheer his brilliance. If you were not made redundant this week, praise Obama. You were not retained because of your value to your employer, your intellect, your industry, economic necessity (your boss actually needs you to stay in business). You still collect a paycheck thanks to Papa BO-(my new take on Papa Joe, as our leader is eerily resembling Stalin more each day, deploying union thugs to squelch opposition). The dinosaur media arm of the Democrat party has learned to repackage a lousy product and is pitching the hell out of it (the Presidency of the neo-Marxist). Peon-don't you have the good sense to be grateful?