Thu, 01/15/2009 - 4:00am by Anonymous
Since the New Year, I have been feeling down and out. I didn't go anywhere over the holidays and my family downsized Christmas. I have a wonderful job that I love, but it's not a 9-5; it's something that I have to constantly think about and it's starting to wear me out. I know that there are people who don't have jobs right now, so I feel incredibly guilty even complaining about it, but at work I feel like a robot. In the mornings I have trouble getting out of bed. I feel like there is nothing to look forward to. It's Winter, it's January, and there isn't a vacation or holiday in sight. To make matters worse, I've totally lost my appetite and am having a hard time sleeping. How can I snap out of this downward funk before I spiral into a deep depression?
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One day you're in, the next — you're out! That's what China told Germany when it knocked the European country out of its comfy spot as third-largest economy in the world. New data shows that when it comes to economic growth, the trends are coming from China. China's National Bureau of Statistics announced yesterday that in 2007, the Chinese economy grew an awe inspiring 13 percent, enough to win the bronze medal in the competition for largest economy.
According to the Financial Times, experts point to urbanization and China's need to catch up with modern technology as signs that the growth will mostly continue. They suspect it won't be long before China passes Japan, and then eventually replaces the US as the world's largest economy. Are you surprised?
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With 289 votes and no looming veto, the brand new House of Representatives passed a bill yesterday to expand the successful State Children's Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP). During his presidency, Bush whipped out his veto twice to kill similar legislation. Bush argued that the bill would extend coverage to high income children and eventually increase taxes by more than Congress planned.
If passed into law, the bill will provide $32.3 billion over about four years (financed by an increased tax on tobacco) in order to cover four million uninsured American children. The Senate should soon pass its version, and President Obama will likely sign it into law.
Since Democrats could never muster enough votes to override Bush's veto, the expansion of children's health care is one of the first signs of change. Do you think it's for the better?
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Oh, that liberal media and its gatekeeping television networks. They won't let the professional-looking ObamaForgery.com spend its American dollars on air time. The ad compiles all the Obama-isn't-an-American-citizen rumors into one minute, most of which I can't find credible sources for — on either side. Though the citizenship dispute is disproved on FactCheck.org.
What are the allegations?
- Obama refuses to release his original birth certificate.
- His Kenyan grandmother said she remembers him being born in Kenya.
- Obama (or is he?) attended school in Indonesia under his stepfather's last name, Sottero.
- He traveled to Pakistan in 1981 when it was illegal for US residents.
The ad works its way up to the final crescendo: "Fact: The Constitution still matters." Except, maybe, that's really more of an opinion. To see the video, read more
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