Write a Haiku About Obama

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Today is the anniversary of Obama's innauguration. And whether you think it's been a productive year or not, you've got somethiung to say about it.

So say it in haiku.

Yes, haiku, the ancient Japanses poem of 3 lines: the first with 5 sylables, the second with 7, and the third with 5. An example:

Obama, the Pres / Eyes bigger than his stomach / Always the "nice guy"

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OUR FAITH HAS BEEN BETRAYED

post from Finding Happiness on 20 January 2010 10:20:00 AM. © Finding Happiness

?Investing is an act of faith,? wrote John Bogle, the founder of the Vanguard Group, in 1999. A[...]

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ETHICS: OUR FAITH HAS BEEN BETRAYED

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?Investing is an act of faith,? wrote John Bogle, the founder of the Vanguard Group, in 1999. A[...]

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Obama's Stimulus is Working: Employers are hiring
!!!

post from Docudharma - Front Page on 20 January 2010 10:19:11 AM. © Docudharma - Front Page

India Outsourcers Hiring Staff as US Demand GrowsBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESSPublished: January 20, 2010Filed at 9:44 a.m. ETMUMBAI, India (AP) -- India's top three outsourcing companies are ramping up hiring and increasing pay as global corporations, mainly[...]

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FOX News has nearly every GOP presidential
candidate in 2012 on its payroll

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As John Amato notes, it's creepy.

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Big Banks

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The taxpayer lent billions of dollars to save big banks and many paid back those funds as quickly as possible so that they could pay those big fat bonuses to their CEO's. Citibank did it even with a massive loss that was just reported.

The foundation of these loans was to promote lending, especially to stimulate small business lending.

Here is what the results are and those bonuses keep rolling.

Here are the big banks' results.

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How dissapointing can it get?

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Pregnant Osun Women's Protest: Better Services or
None at All!

post from Everyday Citizen on 20 January 2010 10:06:40 AM. © Everyday Citizen

As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for[...]

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Bay State Dems Going Wobbly

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On MSNBC this morning, Rep. Bill Delahunt (D-MA) called for Congress to carve up the health care bill and "have discrete votes" on "a series of bills that were brought up, over the next several months." Watch.[...]

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Moving forward...

At least Massachusetts means: focus on job creation. It may mean more than that, but it surely means that.

There are at least five ways the government can create jobs:

1. Spend taxpayer dollars to buy goods (roads, fighter planes, research and development in health and energy). Not much more of this can be done.

2. Cut taxes in the hope that the beneficiaries will spend what they would have paid in taxes. (Treasury's favorite, but people are saving and banks not lending.)

3. Hire more government employees (Including teachers, librarians, military). Not much more of this can be done.

4. Use regulatory measures to open closed markets to new rivals, to create new markets, to encourage replacement of old technologies with new.

5. Use agency debt to stimulate lending.

It is categories four and five that need to be expanded if millions of jobs are to be created soon. The Green Bank plus renewable electricity standards is an example.

Government - Job creation program - Employment - Massachusetts - United States

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FDL Statement on Health Care Reform

Ezra Klein says that "a Democratic Party that would abandon their central initiative this quickly isn't a Democratic Party that deserves to hold power." I would add that if they don't stand up to the lobbyists they've kowtowed to from the start,[...]

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