tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555123713188257297.post3466035779741207866..comments2023-12-14T21:55:11.213-05:00Comments on Mitchell Langbert's Blog: Has the Obama Administration Turned Government Statistics into Soviet-Style Propaganda?Mitchell Langberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00722335216553899790noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555123713188257297.post-2423430799144812092010-10-20T11:33:54.988-04:002010-10-20T11:33:54.988-04:00Those who belong to the standard faiths claim that...Those who belong to the standard faiths claim that the say-so of their faith rests on revelation, and that publication is acknowledged in the pages of books and accounts of miracles and wonders whose nature is supernatural. But those of us who force great discarded the credence in the miraculous still are in the self-possession of revelations which are the base of faith. We too have our revealed religion. We accept looked upon the lineaments of men and women that can be to us the symbols of that which is holy. We have heard words of divine understanding and reality vocal in the gentle voice. In of the domain there have hit to us these experience which, when accepted, despair to us revelations, not of supernatural belief, but of a natural and sure credence in the holy powers that animate and live in the center of [a yourselves's] being.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555123713188257297.post-72798667743343638522010-05-28T12:53:14.878-04:002010-05-28T12:53:14.878-04:00I think what Mitchell has said pretty much represe...I think what Mitchell has said pretty much represents the very tip of a massive iceberg. Consider CAFR and the PPT and this is small potatoes.<br /><br />We could change things by refusing to buy thinks made in China whenever possible, we are being Walmarted and soon the goods with the quality of a Walmart item will cost the same as good old fashioned American quality once did when American manufacturers were in business.<br /><br />I once spent a day walking around downtown Toronto to find a new pair of shoes made on this continent. New Balance still makes some shoe models over here. Devy Kidd has compiled a list of American manufacturers on her site. <br /><br />I am a Canadian manufacturer of software - a "micro" business.Doug Plumbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13398407489022244485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555123713188257297.post-33266987433371672462010-05-27T11:49:06.908-04:002010-05-27T11:49:06.908-04:00The article in incorrect. The Census Bureau does n...The article in incorrect. The Census Bureau does not hire, then fire, and then rehire anyone. Any employee who is fired is fired for cause. We train and hire temporary workers for various operations, most significantly Non-Response Follow-Up (NRFU) to complete work assignments. When the work is complete, the temporary worker goes into an inactive status. They may be re-activated if there is more work to do, or for another subsequent operation. At no time do we count a re-activation from non-working status as a “rehire.”<br />The Census Bureau reports to the Department of Labor and on our public website the number of people paid for work during a given week. We do not report the number of jobs. The Census Bureau reports the total number of unduplicated temporary 2010 Census workers that earned any pay during a specific weekly pay period. Temporary workers earning any pay during the week are counted only once. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) measures changes in employment levels — not the actual level itself — and looks only at the week that includes the 12th day of the month. It is simply not possible for Census to engage in the manipulation of data to artificially inflate the employment report of the BLS in the manner alleged by this news column. Here is information from the Economics Statistics Administration:<br />http://www.esa.doc.gov/02182010.pdf.Shelly Lowehttp://www.census.gov/2010noreply@blogger.com