Unemployment numbers in literary riffing

First, who has NOT blogged about the unemployment numbers in the crapper, the worst in job cuts since the first oil crisis?

But, there are a couple of ways to look at it.

One is, per Mark Twain and obits:

When I got up in the morning and didn’t see my name as among those being fired, it was a good day.

The other, per a guy named Ronald Reagan:

Recovery starts when George W. Bush leaves the White House.

The unemployment rate has climbed 2 full percentage points in a year. Wunderbar.

Want more fun news? Home mortgage foreclosures hit nearly 1.4 million last month.