Archive for August, 2011
The reaction to President Obama’s nomination of Alan Krueger to head the Council of Economic Advisers shows just how hard it will be for him to get Congress to agree to do anything about jobs.
Marine One, with US President Barack Obama aboard, departs from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, August 30, 2011. Obama is traveling to Minneapolis, Minnesota, to speak at the American Legion Annual Conference.
Michele Bachmann’s not-so-funny humor
Prior to Hurricane Irene and following the earth quake, Michele Bachmann said those natural disasters are a message from God to Washington.”Washington, D.C. you’d think by now they’d get the message,” Bachmann said at a town hall in Florida Saturday to laughs. “An earthquake, a hurricane, are you listening? The American people have done everything they possibly can, now it’s time for an act of God and we’re getting it.”In that statement she proved that God actually punishes people with earthquakes and hurricanes. After realizing that millions affected from the hurricane didn’t …
Rescuers brave rising water to save families
Search-and-rescue teams went door-to-door by boat today in flooded communities in the Northeast, transporting families from their homes to higher ground.
“The water’s moving so fast,” said Scott Evans of the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management….
Granderson: Huntsman on wrong team
When you compare Jon Huntsman’s job performance to the GOP field, he’s not out of his league, as one GOP strategist put it — he’s on the wrong team.
President Obama addresses the American Legion convention in Minneapolis Tuesday.
Obama says he will address jobs and deficit in speech
U.S. President Barack Obama said Tuesday he would lay out proposals to both boost U.S. job creation and lower the country’s budget deficit.
“Next week, I’ll be speaking to the nation about a plan to create jobs and reduce our deficit — a plan I want…






