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Abbott & Costello explain the unemployment problem

Abbott & Costello explain the unemployment problem. You don’t need Bud and Lou to make a comedy sketch out of the unemployment stats nowadays, the BLS does a pretty good job of that themselves. Or as the MSM might say, “unexpectedly funny.”

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DefHarryMelon says:

March 2, 2012 at 5:49 pm

The Peoples' Cube has this - http://thepeoplescube.com/peoples-blog/mythbusters-testing-the-myth-of-obama-s-socialism-t8522.html - and somebody ought to stick it in IHTMs stuff because it is outSTANDING!
- sa_rose says:
  
  March 2, 2012 at 6:43 pm
  
  OMG!! Those are hilarious!
  - DefHarryMelon says:
    
    March 2, 2012 at 7:24 pm
    
    Yes they are, and the site has a transparent PNG file so others can create their own!
    - PsychoDad says:
      
      March 3, 2012 at 10:54 am
      
      Those were better than the PJ bit. That was actually kinda lame.
Joe Redfield says:

March 2, 2012 at 4:50 pm

That isn't Abbott and Costello, it's Pelosi and Wasserman-Schultz.
- Trickie says:
  
  March 2, 2012 at 5:10 pm
  
  The answers were to short and to the point to be liberals