“We don’t have enough public dollars to fill the hole of private dollars that was created as a consequence of the crisis. It is only when the private sector starts to reinvest again; only when our businesses start hiring again and people start spending again and families start seeing improvement in their own lives again, that we’re going to have the kind of economy that we want,” Obama said.

Personally, I think he’s just trying to find out who the smart people are with the good ideas so he can buy them off and make them czars.

Coinciding with the jobs forum, organized labor and religious leaders in several cities sponsored events featuring unemployed and underemployed people to raise the public profile of the issue.

Those wouldn’t be the people that voted for Obama would it?

All I can say is that if this professor is what Harvard is using these days, I’m glad I went elsewhere.

UPDATE: The Major looks at the White House Beer Meeting.

Americans were justifiably outraged when AIG, which received billions in U.S. taxpayer money in bailouts, paid out hefty bonuses to its executives. So where is the outrage when African leaders, who receive U.S. taxpayers’ money in foreign aid, build palaces for themselves while their people wallow in abject poverty?

Read the whole thing on the TED blog.

I guess I’ll just have to wait for the snow to start reeking havoc with our power grid to have the TV turn off itself.

Don’t worry, I’m not listening to him anymore. I turned up my music.

Now, to continue my letter to the CBC to complain about the influence of American politicians on our National broadcaster. What about the Canadian content? We need more HOCKEY!

Now lets see what you can do with the Kos kids wanting you to give them what you promised.

Also, can anyone else see a 22 year old Obama supporter asking all his friends why the reporter was writing that funny English?

via SDA

Here’s a case of biting the hand that feeds you.

…food and fuel supplies sent to North Korea have been halted, not to force North Korea to stop missile tests or participate in peace talks, but to return the Chinese trains the aid was carried in on.

From Digg.

The mayor of New Orleans turned down an offer for the city to make $5 million on the removal of vehicles wrecked by Hurricane Katrina and instead opted for plan that would have cost the city $23 million.

When you make Snopes because of your lack of common sense, you really have made it.

Note: The residents of New Orleans, whose first mistake is still living under sea level in Hurricaneville, voted this clown in again.

Thanks Rob.

The report encourages restaurants to shift the emphasis of their marketing to lower-calorie choices, and include more such options on menus. In addition, restaurants could jigger portion sizes and the variety of foods available in mixed dishes to reduce the overall number of calories taken in by diners.

Is this not already happening? McDonalds offers both microwaved horse burgers as well as fake salad.

I wonder how many tax dollars went to fund this report?