Re: A french product design student is looking for an internship

From: Jim Thompson (thegreatone_at_example.com)
Date: 03/12/05 

Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 13:34:06 -0700

On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 21:01:40 +0100, "Fred Bartoli"
<fred._canxxxel_this_bartoli@RemoveThatAlso_free.fr_AndThisToo> wrote:

>
>"Jim Thompson" <thegreatone@example.com> a écrit dans le message de
>news:v7i631hfh4n6rhbhmp602fbvjsmblqu1ia@4ax.com...
>> On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 19:36:18 +0100, martin griffith
>> <martingriffithX@Xyahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> [snip]
>> >
>> >Next you will be blaming the EU for the state of the US economy
>> >
>> [snip]
>> >
>> >martin
>> >
>>
>> The state of our economy is better than the EU, in spite of the
>> propaganda. Wonder why our unemployment rate is 1/2 that of EU?
>>
>
>Let me guess...
>
>Ah, yes. Because you've sent the other half in Iraq, maybe?

Good joke. But your math is as flawed as Frank Bemelman's.

"The US economy created 262,000 new jobs in February..."

= MONTHLY job creation rate TWICE the standing troop count in Iraq.

AND, IIRC, more than 10X the job creation rate in Europe.

                                        ...Jim Thompson 

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