[ex-snook]

Quite a stretch to blame the 'employment lag' indicator on 9/11. Since 9/11 we added plenty of government payments and jobs into the economy. From Homeland Security, military production contracts, armed forces buildup, nation building, etc. Employment has been 'lagging' well before 9/11.

[Coop]

Quite a stretch to blame the 'employment lag' indicator on 9/11.

ROTFLMAO!!! I'm sorry I find any comment involving 9/11 to be so amusing. But for anyone to sit here and pretend the economy was not severely impacted for years and years to come by those terrorist attacks... well, it's not even worth debating.