https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2010/08/24/forget-the-hope-just-blame-someone/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usFri, 12 Jun 2026 10:11:50 -0400<![CDATA[The American Observer has an animation showing how US unemployment rates have changed by country between January 2007 and May 2010. Due to the colors chosen to key the map, the animation resembles footage of lights being turned out all over America. If you watch the presentation enough times it begins to look like the spread of a pox over the body of a victim, with adjacent areas changing color as they are infected. There is no visual indication of a retreat in the disease. No intimation of a &#8220;recovery summer&#8221;. In fact it does not appear to have reached its high-water mark yet.]]>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:16:33 -0400<![CDATA[Richard Fernandez]]>https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2010/08/24/forget-the-hope-just-blame-someone-n189963