I don't know about the rest of you but I'm getting sick and tired of the media constantly reporting that members of Congress have or don't have the votes to pass the health care reform bill (their version - House or Senate).

I wish they'd just stop talking about it and maybe one day soon we'll know the truth -- either it died or it lived.

Meanwhile -- SHUT UP WHY DON'T YA -- go find some other news to talk about.

Give us a BREAK!

President Obama, offer everybody that works a one time tax deduction for their 2009 tax year.  That deduction should amount to a percentage.  The percentage should be the difference between what the unemployment rate was in January 2009 (7.2% unemployment figure - It was 6.7% in November 2008) and what it is at the end of this year (currently 10.2%). 

That's a difference of 3%.  Allow all workers to take away an additional 3% of their total income before calculating their taxes for 2009.

Putting money back into the hands of taxpayers....isn't that what most people want?  Wouldn't this also get a few people off the back of Democrats -- for awhile anyway?

Ok you mathematicians, how much would that end up costing our budget?  I'm just curious....I have no idea.  But it sounds like a good idea.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Barack Obama has done it again. The president's starpower has made the United States the place most people want to visit and do business with, according to an annual survey that ranks nations like retail brands.

The Country Brand Index, compiled by brand consultancy FutureBrand, found the United States had unseated Australia, which held the top spot for the past three years. Australia came in third this year with Canada rising to second place.

New Zealand and France rounded up the top five country brands in this year's index that included 102 countries.

"The Obama effect has seen the United States earn the coveted top spot for the first time in the fifth annual index," FutureBrand, which is part of Interpublic Group of Companies, said in a statement...

Where's the big news about this story?  On the back pages of websites and newspapers. 

There's only one question to ask.  Which makes the U.S. safer, a world that hates her or a world that envy's or loves her?

Pending House Sales up 6.1%

Pending home sale activity is now 21.2% higher than it was a year ago, NAR said, making it the largest annual increase in pending home sales on record...

FORD makes $1 Billion Profit

DEARBORN, Mich. - Ford, the only Detroit automaker to dodge direct government aid and bankruptcy court, surprised investors with net income of nearly $1 billion in the third quarter and forecast a "solidly profitable" 2011...

Manufacturing Grows for Third Month

NEW YORK - A private measure of U.S. manufacturing activity grew in October at the fastest pace in more than three years, helped by government spending and higher demand from overseas. The better-than-expected reading is a positive signal for the fledgling economic recovery....

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Well folks, sure looks like things are improving each and every month.  Between now and next summer I am predicting jobs will be back as well.

This news must be starting to worry Republicans, as they were praying for the economy to go under and jobs to be lost --- at least till November 2010's election is over.

Fox News:

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is making a last-minute campaign appearance for New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine's re-election bid.

Obama's scheduled to appear Sunday at a pair of rallies for the only incumbent governor seeking re-election. Just one of two governors' offices on the ballot for Tuesday's elections, the White House is aware Democratic losses would be spun as a referendum on Obama.

The results could also foreshadow next year's elections, when 37 governorships come up for grabs...

Meanwhile, another new poll finds Corzine and Republican challenger Chris Christie running nearly even in the race.

Excuse me?  "The WHITE HOUSE is aware Democratic losses would be spun as a referendum on Obama."

That should read instead as...."The FOX NEWS CHANNEL is aware Democratic losses COULD be spun......"

Fox would love nothing better for the Democrats running for Governor this Tuesday to lose, even if by small margins.  They'd have another 6 months at least, to talk/report/gossip about it.  "It's a sign the country isn't pleased with Obama", they'd say.

They of course would be ignoring the fact that the country itself is split in half on what is best for our economy, health and environment.

They would also be ignoring the fact that history shows us that all politics is local when it comes to the State elections. 

How many times have you voted for a representative, senator or governor simply because of who the President of United States was?  If you did, you were wrong in doing so.  Your reasoning should have been because that 'person' was best for the job, not just an extension of a Party.

They'd also be ignoring the polls that show that the country is still supportive of President Obama (55% for, 40% against), and very unhappy with the actions of the Republican leadership in Congress (48% for Dems, 36% for Reps).