Is +1 Still a Positive Number?

1-The BLS issued a wet blanket over pp's new initive "Promised Zone"of yesterday. The number of new jobs created were but 74,000 for Dec, 2013. There is a * in BLS's chart for both Nov.and Dec. 2013 which indicates the data posted is preliminary. Nov +241,000* and Dec +74,000*, even if added together and divide by 2 = +156K at best, still sucks. The WH was fast to point up the number of + new jobs created/mo. extends the ribbon to 46 months. Wow! One other thing the % unemployed dropped to 6.7%. Wow, Wow, but there is attributable to more people dropping of the work force as pointed up by a falling drop in Total Work Force Population approaching 62.0%. Some reports suggest 1 in 5 men (20%)don't get up to go to work anymore. One thing I don't know, the % split between white vs black vs others male, but my gut tells me the blacks bros % is the greater. 2-Gov Christie CTPR-NJ put on a news conference yesterday, with just an American and NJ flag for background, took total responsibility for the George Washington Bridge scandal, firing two aids in the process, and ran reporters out of questions in the 1.5 hrs stand, before returning to the office. 3-Almost at the same time pp in DC with a crowd standing behind him launched the "Promised Zone" program. He looked like a scared deer in the headlights, flat, self serving, and looking for the exits.