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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 06:26 PM Original message |
Does Obama Get It? (Bob Herbert column on unemployment) |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. no, he does not |
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katandmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. No. He's a typical cushioned politician. |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
3. So what is he supposed to do? Force employers to hire |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 06:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Job creation by the fed government, that's what |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 06:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. You are right but he has to get the health care passes first. |
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Loge23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 06:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. That's what we expected from the stimulus. |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 07:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
23. Was that FDR's attitude? Oh me, what can I do? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
4. No, he doesn't get it. |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
6. Proof that he doesn't understand |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 06:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Small correction |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 07:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. You're correct. I was inarticulate |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 07:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. We are a service based economy |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 07:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. With a heavily eroded manufacturing base . . . |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 07:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. Proof that you don't understand. |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 08:09 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. You need to look at the numbers |
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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
7. NO! Bailing out Wall Street and telling Main Street to 'hope' is not the answer. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. i'm cynical enough at this point to wonder if that's The Master Plan, |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 08:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. DING DING DING..YOU WIN THE BIG PRIZE!!!!!! EOM |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
12. I hope someone whispers into Obama's ear. --he is beginning to |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
14. I don't think he grasped the depths of the crisis 6 months ago |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
16. “As you know,” the president said, “jobs tend to be a lagging indicator; they come last.” |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 07:16 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. He does have a tendancy to say exactly what is on his mind at times |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 07:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Too easy to say when you have a job. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 07:20 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. As the article says |
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chimpymustgo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
22. K & R. Thanks for posting. Great reader comments, as well. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 10:15 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. I am deeply cynical about green jobs |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
24. Hey you in the back..is there room under the bus for one more??????? |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
28. I'm not sure if he gets it - but the Powers that Be who arranged everything |
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Shireling (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 06:08 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Positive Thinking, alone, doesn't heal. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 08:34 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Yes, it is true that |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
29. Monumental fool |
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