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September 2, 2011

Job Scene: O-Brother

A clever Getty shot from the LA job fair sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus, especially as the White House stresses over unemployment. Call it: “O(bama) on the spot.”

Update: G.O.P.’s New Obama Label: President Zero (NYT Caucus)

Full slide show.

(photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Image caption: Job seekers enter employer tents in the parking lot of Crenshaw Christian Center during the Congressional Black Caucus For The People Jobs Initiative job fair on August 31, 2011, in Los Angeles, California. Thousands of people showed up to the event which had several thousand jobs to offer from employers ranging from supermarkets to entertainment companies.)

  • Anonymous

    Or zero as in employment growth.

    • LanceThruster

      Or smack dab in the middle of a target (and all that entails).

    • LanceThruster

      Or smack dab in the middle of a target (and all that entails).

  • omen

    ground zero. o as in oligarchs holding the economy hostage and punishing the marginalized for daring to vote dem.

    • http://www.bagnewsnotes.com Michael Shaw

      Ground zero. Very nice.

    • LanceThruster

      Excellent observations though I would escalate “punishing” to “waging war on the marginalized.”