If you've been following The Great Recession Blog, others are surprised by the jobs report at the end of last week, but you are not. You saw it coming. The year is already looking like a repeat of 2011 where all the experts were excited that the "economic recovery" was gaining steam in the first quarter due to some good initial statistics. Then it all fell apart. You know there is no economic "recovery." There is only life support for the old economy and lots of it to buoy it along during its dying days.