Funemployed

This is a term coined by The LA Times in yet another shameless attempt to spin for Obama.

You see, in Obama's America unemployment isn't so bad but rather something to be happily embraced; "funemployment".

While millions of Americans struggle to find work as they face foreclosures and bankruptcy, others have found a silver lining in the economic meltdown. These happily jobless tend to be single and in their 20s and 30s. Some were laid off. Some quit voluntarily, lured by generous buyouts.

Buoyed by severance, savings, unemployment checks or their parents, the funemployed do not spend their days poring over job listings. They travel on the cheap for weeks. They head back to school or volunteer at the neighborhood soup kitchen. And at least till the bank account dries up, they're content living for today.

"I feel like I've been given a gift of time and clarity," said Aubrey Howell, 29, of Franklin, Tenn., who was laid off from her job as a tea shop manager in April. After sleeping in late and visiting family in Florida, she recently mused on Twitter: "Unemployment or funemployment?"

Funny, I don't recall such articles during the prior administration when unemployment was at 5% and the economy expanding. A cynic might think that the rosy outlook might be influenced by the party-affiliation of the current resident of the White House.

Maybe the Times editorial board should come out very strongly against the coming media bailouts. Then they can enjoy all the benefits of funemployment themselves.