I think Alonya was suggesting at the end that I was being a downer about those job figures ... I believe the current slang term for that kind of thing is "buzz kill." Oh, well!
For a change, all of the political negativity coming from my general vicinity was directed at Republicans - and only Republicans.
(This was last-minute, hence the unshaven look.)
About that "unshaven" look: I asked a personal question about it on my own blog - one that's far too trivial to diminish these august pages.
