I almost forgot, it's time for the weekly Obama Jobs Report

As promised last Friday, I'm checking back in to see how Barry's doing in the job creation department. Yeah, I know, he's taking a little vacay time to wind down after the Magical Misery Bus Tour, but he's supposed to be working on a plan...

Speaking of the Obama family vacation, those his and hers jets were a nice touch, eh? I think they're on special in the Neiman Marcus Christmas catalog. I know I'm asking Santa for a pair, how about you?

It's too bad Barry didn't choose Atlanta for his vacation destination. Thousands of unemployed people braved the sweltering temperatures to camp out in their business suits and office heels just for the chance to attend a job fair. The unemployment rate in Georgia is at 10.1 percent; among the state's African-Americans it's 15.9%. Ouch.

Well, while they're downtown the folks in line might as well drop by the Food Stamp Office. According to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack more people on food stamps means more jobs. Well sure, from his perspective that's probably (and sadly) true. Calling all bureaucrats, Job Fair at Tom Vilsack's house...

And since we're on the subject of government jobs I have good news! The Obama team's non-stop push to regulate every aspect of our lives has had one salutory effect — the demand for regulatory jobs is at an all-time high. Yup, 'tis true. The federal government is hiring nanny-state bureaucrats just as fast as their little fingers can fill out the requisition forms.

Get ready to pay more taxes kids, because when the government has extra mouths to feed you've gotta pick up the tab!

This just in — the electric car industry, hot off the runaway success of the Chevy Volt, has indeed created some new private sector jobs! For swimsuit models.

Hey, it's a start.

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