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An optimist's tour across America
USA Today, by Michelle Nunn
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Posted By:Pluperfect, 9/30/2012 5:47:08 AM
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| Depending on the poll, a majority of Americans say they believe our country is heading in the wrong direction, doubt their children will have a better future, and believe American values are eroding. This summer, I set out in a minvan with my husband and two kids to check the nation's pulse, to meet with dozens of people who are on the front lines, dealing with community problems from hunger to homelessness, from unemployment to the lack of affordable health care. I expected to find people defeated from a long effort to deal with the most brutal recession in our lifetimes.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
WestCoast, 9/30/2012 5:56:00 AM (No. 8899727)
It sounds like this lady and her family spent the entire trip talking to either gov't funded groups or volunteers. Not exactly the driving force in the economy. But then it is a USA Today (obama cheerleader) article.
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sinic, 9/30/2012 6:20:58 AM (No. 8899746)
"set out in a minvan with my husband and two kids to check the nation's pulse, to meet with dozens of people who are on the front lines, dealing with community problems from hunger to homelessness, from unemployment to the lack of affordable health care"
I'll bet the kids had a blast on the "Pulse of Beaurocrat Nation Tour"! Thanks Mom and Dad, what a wonderful way to spend our summer vacation! USA Today...the newspaper you get for free at the hotel...and worth every cent.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Jebediah, 9/30/2012 6:25:20 AM (No. 8899749)
Obviously meeting with a selective group of people-----she sure isn't meeting the people I meet.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Bazi, 9/30/2012 6:36:05 AM (No. 8899759)
Not one complaint from Michelle about the high cost of gas to fill up the tank on her mini van. It's the new normal doncha know. ..or USA Today picked up the tab for her family's "vacation".
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Fiesta del sol, 9/30/2012 6:51:49 AM (No. 8899774)
She stopped at the "Urban Ecology Center", and PUSH, a green development zone in Buffalo. Real accurate 'snapshot' of America, lady. Of course those people Re optimistic, they're poised to vote Obama, and vote themselves more of our money!
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skedaddle, 9/30/2012 9:04:27 AM (No. 8899970)
Too bad she didn't spend an afternoon in an unemployment office and talk to the older workers tossed out of their good jobs just short of retirement. Or talk to the young college grads who are unable to find stable employment at all.
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notlongforhere, 9/30/2012 9:16:43 AM (No. 8899980)
Do not miss the point of the article because of your politics. 'We the people' are not defeated yet. Wether or not these groups are federally funded or not they are getting results and making a difference. I have been doing some traveling myself and I am happy to report that America is still open for business. Gas is expensive but it is still available. 'We the people' who still have jobs are getting up everyday and going to our jobs and doing them well. Keep holding up your corner of the world and encourage others to do the same.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
eoddad, 9/30/2012 9:24:52 AM (No. 8899993)
She should of went to Venezuela or Cuba she would of felt more at home. I knew better than open up an article from USA Today. Won't happen again.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Brittany, 9/30/2012 11:15:39 AM (No. 8900171)
So Points of Light has been taken over by the leftists, optimistic that there is a limitless amount of money to be spent on'cleaning books', etc. G.H.W.Bush must be so sad. I could have told him that the liberals had done this as I saw it happening at my local Volunteer Center years ago. What a travesty of a normal trip.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
steph_gray, 9/30/2012 4:03:56 PM (No. 8900585)
Oh, yes, optimism is allowed in the press only when a leftist is in power.
This will be one of the last articles of this sort. When Romney wins, brace yourself for the tidal wave of articles about gas prices, suffering poor, homeless, etc. It will all strangely occur overnight too.
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Are you alarmed by the counterterrorism failures increasingly evident as we learn more about the Boston terror attack? Don’t be. Former CIA director Michael Hayden has helpfully explained, “This tragedy is the new normal.” Are you surprised that a whole city was ordered to “shelter in place” as one “knockoff jihadi,” in Vice President Biden’s term, roamed the streets? Don’t be. It’s the new normal. Are you shocked by the Obama administration’s dissembling in response to terror attacks in Benghazi? Don’t be naïve. It’s the new normal. Are you worried that the president proclaims “red lines” to deter dictators
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On the eve of the dedication of George W. Bush´s presidential library, NBC´s Meet the Press moderator David Gregory appeared on Wednesday´s Nightly News to tear down the former president´s legacy, beginning the report by remarking that it was "difficult to remember" Bush´s popularity after the September 11th attacks. [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump] Gregory described how Iraq War intelligence failures "formed the backdrop to criticism that the President underestimated the challenges he faced....And grew stubborn in the face of mounting setbacks." Gregory further proclaimed: "What grew into a reputation
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Sins Of The Fourth Estate (Part I)
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Irish Examiner USA, by Alicia Colon
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Posted By: toledo- 4/25/2013 6:33:30 AM
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The one clear thing that came out of last week´s chaotic activity in Boston, Massachusetts is that real reporters were missing. For that matter, they´ve been missing since last year´s attack in Benghazi. From Benghazi, the Gosnell abortion trial, gun control debates, immigration and then the Boston Marathon bombings, television news reporting has become positively painful to watch. The First Amendment to the Constitution grants freedom of the press but this was supposed to endow it with a responsibility to be the people´s watchdog. The modern Fourth Estate represented by the mainstream media has made a mockery of this privilege.
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