Happy No Labor Day! #EmptyChairDay

Unemployment
Probably the greatest labor saving device in the history of the nation
Is the present Administration.
— Ogden Nash

On this No Labor Day, Americans across the country have mounted a silent protest both for the people in their lives that have lost their jobs and against President Obama whose policies have facilitated those job losses. They're showing solidarity with both by leaving their chairs at work unoccupied while they participate in activities usually reserved for Labor Day like picnics, family games of lawn darts (where that's still legal), and consuming adult beverages.

Happy No Labor Day!

Here are some headlines from the past week:

• Majority of New Jobs Pay Low Wages, Study Finds
• Jobless Claims in U. S. Unchanged Last Week At One-Month High
• Serious Shortage of Skilled Auto Mechanics Looming
• Europe's Scariest Chart... Got Scarier
• Stagflation: Eurozone Unemployment Hits Record High As Inflation Rises Above Expectations
• The Election: It's the Food-Stamps, Stupid!
• Initial Claims Miss for Third Week in a Row to Highest in Six Weeks
• Column: Seniors Suffer Under Obama. Where's the Outcry?
• You Call This an Economic Recovery?