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This is just disgusting. When people talk about other people being asleep. They are talking about the people who built this car and Sue Paloway from fortune magazine.

Remarks of President-elect Barack Obama

November 15, 2008

Today, the leaders of the G-20 countries -- a group that includes the world's largest economies -- are gathering in Washington to seek solutions to the ongoing turmoil in our financial markets. I'm glad President Bush has initiated this process -- because our global economic crisis requires a coordinated global response.

And yet, as we act in concert with other nations, we must also act immediately here at home to address America's own economic crisis. This week, amid continued volatility in our markets, we learned that unemployment insurance claims rose to their highest levels since September 11, 2001. We've lost jobs for ten straight months -- nearly 1.2 million jobs this year, many of them in our struggling auto industry. And millions of our fellow citizens lie awake each night wondering how they're going to pay their bills, stay in their homes, and save for retirement.

Make no mistake: this is the greatest economic challenge of our time. And while the road ahead will be long, and the work will be hard, I know that we can steer ourselves out of this crisis -- because here in America we always rise to the moment, no matter how hard. And I am more hopeful than ever before that America will rise once again.

But we must act right now. Next week, Congress will meet to address the spreading impact of the economic crisis. I urge them to pass at least a down-payment on a rescue plan that will create jobs, relieve the squeeze on families, and help get the economy growing again. In particular, we cannot afford to delay providing help for the more than one million Americans who will have exhausted their unemployment insurance by the end of this year. If Congress does not pass an immediate plan that gives the economy the boost it needs, I will make it my first order of business as President.

Even as we dig ourselves out of this recession, we must also recognize that out of this economic crisis comes an opportunity to create new jobs, strengthen our middle class, and keep our economy competitive in the 21st century.

That starts with the kinds of long-term investments that we've neglected for too long. That means putting two million Americans to work rebuilding our crumbling roads, bridges, and schools. It means investing $150 billion to build an American green energy economy that will create five million new jobs, while freeing our nation from the tyranny of foreign oil, and saving our planet for our children. It means making health care affordable for anyone who has it, accessible for anyone who wants it, and reducing costs for small businesses. And it also means giving every child the world-class education they need to compete with any worker, anywhere in the world.

Doing all this will require not just new policies, but a new spirit of service and sacrifice, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves, but each other. If this financial crisis has taught us anything, it's that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers -- in this country, we rise or fall as one nation; as one people. And that is how we will meet the challenges of our time -- together. Thank you.

according to Caroline Casy those aren't people your saving those are individual non-producing pockets of human capital. Local people growing food for local people. That is your solution?

First I was a human being.
I then had a metamorphosis into a human resource.
I then was classified as a human asset.
Now, I am human capital.
This is the most depressing thing I have seen on the world stage in a long time.

Listen to to the entire 38:00 minutes of this interview. It will at least give you a good resource for change. Kiva.org is a great organization and you should check it out. Even if your poor your $25.00 loan to a growing business in Africa can make a huge difference in a person and communities life style.

Have fun with this one, It was several years ago. Chips are also in all FBI agents and Secret Service agents.

Can you imagine how many children could have been saved from the horrible death of starvation if this saudi prince had a single shred of the human decency

This is my favorite thing to start the morning with. I also like to end the day listening to this poem by Bob Dylan. I can honestly say that this is the best writing I think I have ever seen a musician do.

This video is of the young turks. I watched them a couple times and they are hit and miss, but when they hit they do it with a baseball bat to the forehead. Don't forget this is a Mayor they are talking about. 

Smart Kids might just be the way out of our current situation.

Here is an interesting question I thought should be asked. Phavix is a searching soul and you should give his channel a hit and even subscribe. I am a subscriber.

Obamania!