Unemployment is at the highest rate since 1983. No shit. A friend of mine says it’s because the Republicans are trying to wring all the wage gains of the working classes out of the economy, so as to improve the short term profits of the Republican overlords. He might be right.

Spent the morning writing a response to a jackass on the levList. I haven’t sent it in yet – I’m refining it a bit to make sure it is what I want – a delicate balance between positive explanation and toasty flammage. I detest cynics. It’s fundamentally reactionary and self-serving. Yuck.