why hasnt obama done anything else to keep jobs in the states?

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The man told his doctor that he wasn't able to do all the things around the house that he used to do. When the examination was complete, he said: "Now, Doc, I can take it. Tell me in plain English what is wrong with me."

"Well, in plain English," the doctor replied, "you're just lazy."

"Okay," said the man. "Now give me the medical term so I can tell my wife."

Byron Dorgan, Ron Paul, Joe Stiglitz, Naomi Klein, Ted Rall, Paul Craig Roberts, Sherrod Brown and Pat Buchanan aside, most of the politicians, economists or analysts who are in a position to shape public opinion are not crazy about limiting a business' option to hire cheaper labor overseas. They are committed to "free trade". Obama does not rule by fiat and likely doesn't want to pick a fight on this-especially since by all appearances he is committed to "free trade" as well. This won't change until more people , Americans and others, organize to pressure politicians on this.
And THAT won't happen until the unemployment rate grows -especially for those making more than 150K, who don't have a particularly high unemployment rate, I think it was something like 4%.

MIAMI (AP) - In her 88 years, Florence Siegel has learned how to relax: A glass of red wine. A crisp copy of The New York Times, if she can wrest it from her husband. Some classical music, preferably Bach. And every night like clockwork, she lifts a pipe to her lips and smokes marijuana.
Long a fixture among young people, use of the country's most popular illicit drug is now growing among the AARP set, as the massive generation of baby boomers who came of age in the 1960s and '70s grows older.

The number of people aged 50 and older reporting marijuana use in the prior year went up from 1.9 percent to 2.9 percent from 2002 to 2008, according to surveys from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

The rise was most dramatic among 55- to 59-year-olds, whose reported marijuana use more than tripled from 1.6 percent in 2002 to 5.1 percent

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Tony Kornheiser suspended.
Comments about Hannah Storm

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Anyone use twitter?

_Longneck_

@drewbrees I rooted for you at Purdue but after Super Bowl XLIV I am afraid we have become mortal enemies. P.S. Congratulations.

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Washington (CNN) -- Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has notified Congress of plans to allow women to serve aboard submarines, a Defense Department official said Tuesday.

Letters of intent were sent Monday to Congress, which has requested briefings on the matter, said the official, who asked not to be identified. There will be no vote on the matter in Congress.

The change was recommended by the chief of naval operations and the secretary of the Navy in addition to Gates, the official said, adding that there was no opposition to the move among Navy leaders.

Submarines are just full of seamen, but i'm sure they can handle it?

LN,

Is your Wife feeling better?

She is but she says she is still having a little pain in her kidney area of her back, but nothing like before.

LITTLETON, Colo. – The gunman was walking through a middle school parking lot and taking shots at students with a hunting rifle as terrified teenagers ran for their lives. He had just wounded two students and seemed ready to unleash more violence when a math teacher named David Benke sprung into action.

Benke confronted the 32-year-old gunman, tackled him and pinned him to the ground with the help of another teacher, stopping what could have been a much more violent encounter in a city all too familiar with tragic school shootings. The shooting occurred less than three miles from where the Columbine High School massacre happened nearly 11 years ago.

"Unfortunately he got another round off before I could grab him," Benke said. "He figured out that he wasn't going to be able to get another round chambered before I got to him so he dropped the gun and then we were kind of struggling around trying to get him subdued."

The two students survived Tuesday's shooting and one remained hospitalized.

Police said they aren't immediately sure about what motivated Bruco Strongeagle Eastwood to target Deer Creek Middle School just after classes had ended for the day. Eastwood has an arrest record in Colorado dating back to 1996 for menacing, assault, domestic violence and driving under the influence, and he is believed to have a history of mental issues.

Did this happen today? I haven't seen the news in a couple days.

Texts From Last Night (562): We convinced her the game "just the tip" was a billiards game. She was asking a couple guys if they wanted to play as we left. I kinda don't want to ask her how the rest of the night went

I hate having heartburn.

It happened on Tuesday
School Shooting

Guns don't kill people, gunmen do.

And a hangnail.

Katrina cover-up could start to unravel.
Police supervisor pleads guilty

Woman gets 1-3 years for fake rape charge.
Biurny Peguero

By Josh Dickey
TheWrap.com

A search party of missing actor Andrew Koenig's friends found his body Thursday in a sprawling Vancouver park, and his father later said that the 41-year-old "Growing Pains" star had taken his own life.

About 10 of Koenig's friends assembled in the morning for one final sweep of Stanley Park, which is close to downtown and is larger than New York's Central Park, his father, Walter Koenig, said at a press conference.

That is very sad. My kids and I always watched Growing Pains.

I hear his father was in Star Trek. I wasn't into ST, did he have a major role? I didn't recognize his picture.

TIS

His father played Chekov in the original Star Trek with William Shatner.

We need a death forum.

In other news,

I miss football season. I wish I liked Hockey or Baseball or something.

Walter Koenig as Checkov on ST.

PARIS — France’s National Assembly approved Thursday night a proposal to add “psychological violence” to a law intended to help victims of physical violence and abuse, despite doubts that the law is specific enough to have much impact.

The proposed law says that to "act or repeatedly say things that could damage the victim's life conditions, affect his/her rights and his/her dignity or damage his/her physical or mental health'' is punishable by a jail term of up to three years and a fine of up to 75,000 euros, or about $103,000. Carefully covering both genders, the law applies to behavior toward a wife, husband, partner or concubine.

Danielle Bousquet, a Socialist, and Guy Geoffroy, a member of the ruling center-right Union for a Popular Movement, wrote the draft law, supported by 30 other legislators. It received backing last November from the government and Prime Minister François Fillon, who called it “very significant progress.”

The new law, Mr. Fillon said, “will allow people to take into account the most insidious situations, which don’t leave a mark to the naked eye but can mutilate the victim’s inner self.” He called the issue “a great national cause,” and the government has started a series of commercials on television to sensitize viewers to conjugal violence, especially against women.