Look at how unemployment has grown from Jan 2007 thru Nov 2009. I think it's pretty incredible.
http://cohort11.americanobserver.net/latoyaegwuekwe/multimediafinal.html
The above link is higher res and has a description and footnotes, but this YouTube version might get the point across.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9jBNyysbho]YouTube- *Updated 01-10-10* The Decline: The Geography of a Recession by LaToya Egwuekwe (OFFICIAL)[/ame]
I'm gonna leave politics out of it, and just let your jaw drop.
Dave