Obama’s Competitiveness Agenda

Yesterday in Flint, Michigan, Sen. Obama gave a speech on “Renewing America’s Competitiveness.”

FLINT, Mich. – Former Vice President Al Gore will appear in Detroit tonight for his debut campaign appearance with Senator Barack Obama, extending an endorsement and urging all Democrats to rally behind the party’s fall ticket.

“A few hours from now I will step on stage in Detroit, Michigan to announce my support for Senator Barack Obama,” Mr. Gore said in an e-mail sent to his supporters. “From now through Election Day, I intend to do whatever I can to make sure he is elected President of the United States.”

It's pretty clear from reading this article that the prices we once knew as reasonable just aren't going to return. The price of oil and corn are going to remain higher due to global demand. Those two commodities impact the price of other foods we eat and products we use. It's time for all of us to put on our thinking caps to determine how we move forward from here to try and manage to have a reasonable life.

Today in Raleigh, North Carolina, Obama launches his “Change that Works for You” Tour with a speech on the economy at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds. Doors open at 11:00 AM EDT. Watch for prepared remarks later on this morning.

After the speech, the campaign will host a conference call with our top economic advisors to discuss the tour and take questions.

"...now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country..."

I've typed that a million times - like many of you, probably - while practicing typing skills, under my mom's tutelage. I've always liked that it ended with "country", and not the original wording of the phrase, which is "party."  

First - and I apologize for the length - but i'm going to post the full article (with the author's permission) by Mark Simon, from last month's Animation World Magazine.

This absolutely frightening - and needs our active participation to resolve!---Kelly

Think Again: There They Go Again: The “Pro-Military” Conservatives

Because all of my findings on the economy of the 90's vs Bush era posted on the GD yesterday have mysteriously vanished - I thought I'd put the dry numbers version of the research in a blog here so it's readily accessible for anyone.

All data from the US DEPT OF LABOR - Bureau of Labor Statistics:

http://www.bls.gov/home.htm

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Here is the brief yet very informative CNN transcript from Friday, April 4 where Ali Velshi discusses the "76,000 job losses in February, 76,000 in January, 80,000 in March. That's 232,000 jobs lost in the United States since the beginning of this year" along with how that "most economists say that we need to gain, we need to add 100,000 jobs or more just to keep up with the increase in the working age population. The unemployment rate is up. It was at 4.8 percent. It was expected to go to 5 percent. It is now 5.1 percent. That's the highest rate in three years:"

Brick TeeVee is a preview of the Sunday Talking Head Shows beamed across America by Corporate Media, plus some good progressive radio and who will be on which show. Blog about what you see and hear on the Sunday Gab-fests. And post stories about the outrageous claims made on Sunday. Post anything you find to debunk the CRAP you hear on Sunday Talkie CorporoMedia!

So, with no further ado, I present to you This Week's Brick TeeVee entry!