Obama's Approval Slipping; Legalize Marijuana in CA?; Canada's Jobless worse than expected

6,000 line up for jobs at a job fair in Detroit
•Cobo Hall
•130 potential employers
•Michigans unemployment rate is 11.6 percent -- the highest in the nation
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090313/BIZ/903130344/1001


Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp cuts 40 pct of jobs
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssHealthcareNews/idUSBNG44387320090313

Advanced Energy to cut 22 pct jobs
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSBNG37749820090312

Dell cutting jobs in North Carolina, Texas
•Dell Inc, the world's No. 2 maker of personal computers,
•cut 11,000 jobs last fiscal year,
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE52A72720090311

California Teachers Plan Rally as 26,000 Warned of Job Cuts
•state from running out of money
•School districts have been warning about layoffs
•The tax revenue has plummeted
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=autXTgTXp5kg&refe...


Can Marijuana Help Rescue California's Economy?
•Democratic State Assembly member Tom Ammiano introduced legislation last month that would legalize pot and allow the state to regulate and tax its sale
•Could pump billions into the economy
•*I think itll take a lot more than that to save CA
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1884956,00.html?cnn=yes


Goldman Cuts Global Growth Forecast to 1% Contraction
•second time theyve cut their forecast in the last eight days
•first, they said it was going to be a 0.2% decline, then 0.6% decline, now 1%
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aW3OjUV61wdU&refe...

Obama: Economic crisis 'not as bad as we think'
•declaring the national crisis is "not as bad as we think" and his plans will speed recovery.
•*this comes he spent over a month telling us that if his stimulus package wasnt passed, this crisis could turn into a catrastophe.
•Strategy: scare people when you want something; soothe people when you get it.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D96SP30G5&show_article=1

Obamas approval rating slipping
•Rasmussen Reports shows a 56%-43% approval (is this an anomaly or a trend?)
•Fifty-six percent of Americans oppose giving bankers any additional government money or any guarantees backed by the government.
•Two-thirds say Wall Street will benefit more than the average taxpayer from the new bank bailout plan.
•In Nov., 45% opposed the bailout and 30% supported it. Now, only 20% support it.
•Over 2/3 of voters believe members of Congress are more interested in helping their own careers than in helping the American people.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123690358175013837.html

Japan warns it may shoot down North Korean satellite launcher
•Japans worried that the rocket may come to close to Japanese territory.
•US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, has urged the north to cancel the launch
•launched during daylight between 4 and 8 April
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/13/north-korea-japan-nuclear-missile

CORRECTED-Canada February job losses bigger than expected Feb 2009 Jan 2009
Jobs gain/loss -82,600 -129,000
full-time -110,900 -113,900
part-time +28,300 -15,10
http://www.reuters.com/article/economicNews/idUSOTT00154320090313

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[kkillbrb]

If obama pushes forth with legalize marijuana his ratings would go back up a huge amount.

[ConservativeRuleinUS]

Obama is one big fraud on America!

[Kingmiao]

It will not happen soon we fucced ourselves up, we had the perfect chance to legalize it but we pot heads voted against ourselves because we didnt want to share our profits with ca. How stupid are you potarts, we coulda been legal, buyem like ciggs and had way better and safer weed to smoke wake up and smell the coffee potarts stop listening to the damn selfesh dispinceries and to fuccin docters perscribing cards so they can make money for themselves.

[Love4SK]

the Canadian job market in manufacturing anyways is driven by temp agencies. F@ck Harper

[Allseeingeye2013]

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Vote for the truth .

[diah4]

@kkillbrb, how would that create jobs? Jobs is what would make his approval go up.

[Fujisuka]

The drug companies dont want the government to legalize weed because alot of people would stop taking their poison that they are selling. I stop taking all of meds and Im doing a hell alot better just smoking weed.

[2muchforme]

And God said, See, I have given you every plant producing seed, on the face of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit producing seed: they will be for your food: Genesis 1:29

[llntu1]

yes let us smoke the ganja. krazie bone said it best,"the world would be a better place if we all took the the time to get wasted smoked out choked out" come on you only get so many years on this planet. Be respectfull to others let them support there family! its a choice.We are all criminals in sombodys eyes.

[GravDiga]

@mskittyz100 Okay let's hold on with the ego there, 1.Gary agreed with me..so you are agreeing to what exactly?

2ndly i don't really care enough about what you are saying to give it thought.

the Netherlands isn't so beautiful.. but it has good drugs yes.. it also has bad drugs..like cigs.. The Netherlands is flat.. and i like mountain climbing so ofc i don't like living up here much. Oh and also it has like no beaches..except cold ones with foamy water that is brown like mud.. umm lol

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