A tale of two presidents: while the media drools about today’s “good” news that the unemployment rate was unchanged at 8.3%, flash back to how they reported 4.7% under Bush. How about “The weakness persists – there’s no doubt about it. We’re still not out of the woods,” she said. “The numbers were misleading last month, but there’s other indicators of wariness.” An America without journ0lists would be like fish without Chevy Volts.
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After 35 year career writing software for IBM mainframes, am now self-employed contractor thinking of joining a union and striking for higher wages. Cured morbid fear of heights when I learned to look at them as lengths standing on end. Uncompromising in refusal to accept browser cookies. Amateur investor who has accumulated a small fortune in the market after starting out years ago with a large one. For recreation, I run, hike, kayak and play tennis but will not consider synchronized swimming under any circumstances.
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