Somewhere... P.T. Barnum and and the monkey boy are smiling. Do I want people to believe everything I write? Absolutely not. Perform your own due diligence. Each week as I surf the internet, I look for stories of interest. For years and most certainly since 2008, fringe bloggers like myself have known that just about every number put out by the Bureau of Labor Statistics or B.L.S.- is complete and utter bullshit. The government has rigged the data input to such an extent- that they can put out any number that they want. Why do they do this? The beautiful part about blogging about all of these lies and manipulations for years is that eventually and now evidently, all of those lies are beginning to be accepted as truth by more acceptable and credible sources than some old retired guy in Boise, Idaho. A favorite quote- I know of no greater truth than this because I have experienced it. All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently oppos