Archive for May 22nd, 2009

My excavator!

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

The road between Cate’s daycare and our house has been under construction for some time, since a new bridge over the highway is being built.  So Cate sees a lot of earth movers, bulldozers, and so forth – and has become quite fascinated with them.  She comments every day on the “tractors” and how much she likes them.

She also likes my computer.  And if I let her use my Ebay account, I’m sure that she would probably do this:

A New Zealand couple nearly found themselves in a financial hole when their three-year-old daughter bought an earthdigger in an internet auction.

The child, Pipi Quinlan, was trying out her online skills while her parents were asleep in bed.

As Cate would say:  “I want one tractor!  For me!”

New unemployment data is out

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

April unemployment data has been released, and South Carolina again ranks third in the nation in unemployment at 11.5%.  Only Michigan (12.9%) and Oregon (12.0%) fared more poorly than we.

The State notes that our seasonally adjusted unemployment is a new record for South Carolina – highest since recording started in 1976.

When does this become a “depression” rather than a “recession”?

The comments on that The State link above are interesting.

Comments from The State's article

Comments from The State's article

Right away we have a couple of folks blaming Obama for South Carolina’s economic woes, while at the same time our Governor is adamant about refusing any help from the Obama administration.  He’s so adamant about this that he’s filed a lawsuit about it.

Perhaps someone can educate me.  How is our state government’s refusal to accept help from the Obama administration Obama’s fault?

(Crossposted to Indigo Journal diary…)