[Hoot Gibson]

Civilian Labor force(in thousands) in Jan '09- !53,716.
Civilian Labor force April '12 - 242,784

Your problem seems to be that you do not know how to read or interpret statistics. The "Civilian Labor Force" is not the number of people who are working - it is the number of people who are both working and actively seeking employment. Those who have just given up finding jobs in this feeble economy are no longer counted as unemployed, even though they are, in fact, unemployed.

For some reason, you posted the "Civilian noninstitutional population" for April 2012 and compared it to the "Civilian labor force" for January 2009 and labeled both numbers as "Civilian Labor force (in thousands)" - and you accused me of twisting the numbers. My numbers were accurate and they were correctly labeled as well. Your's...well, they just do not make much sense.

Whether you use the total non-farming jobs that I listed in my previous post, or the total employed number, which I assume also includes those employed in agricultural occupations, the result is the same - more people were employed in January 2009 than are employed now.

2009 - 142,099
2012 - 141,865

I see that Vector is also having some trouble interpreting the numbers. Maybe y'all should stick to your talking points from Media Matters and the Obama Campaign website. They will be glad to misinterpret the data for you.