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Statements of Support for President Obama’s Commitment to Fix our Broken Immigration System

Statements of Support for President Obama’s Commitment to Fix our Broken Immigration System
Release Time:  For Immediate Release Below please see statements of support for the President’s commitment to fix our broken immigration system to meet our 21st century economic and security needs from business leaders, civic leaders and elected officials. BUSINESS LEADERS Howard Buffett, American philanthropist and President of the Howard G. Buffett Foundation “There are a lot of mistaken …

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Dr. Thomas Shepherd To Retire As President of Ross University

Dr. Thomas Shepherd To Retire As President of Ross University
DeVry Inc. , a global provider of educational services, today announced the decision by Thomas Shepherd, DHA, to retire as president of Ross University. Dr. Shepherd will actively serve as president through the hiring and on-boarding of his successor.

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The Labor Day address of President Aquino, May 1, 2011

The Labor Day address of President Aquino, May 1, 2011
Mayroon na po kayong administrasyong kumikilala sa mga manggagawa. Mayroon na kayong pamahalaang mulat na hindi lang kayo basta mga numero sa kapirasong pilas ng papel; hindi kayo mga titik lamang sa makakapal na dokumentong inaamag naman sa mesa. Kinikilala namin ang pagod at hirap ng bawat manggagawang Pinoy: magsasaka man o mangingisda, drayber o call center agent, nagpundar ng puhunan o …

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Didn’t President Obama say there was no pork or earmarks in the stimulus bill?

Amazing…..

I posted this yesterday, and it must have hurt some little lib’s feelings because it got reported.

I guess Libs just can’t stand to read the truth.

President Obama said in his press conference that there was no pork and “not a single earmark” in the bill, so how does he explain all of these…..

•$1 billion for Amtrak (which hasn’t turned a profit in 40 years)
•$50 Million for The National Endowment for the Arts
•$400 million for global-warming
•$2.4 billion for carbon-capture demonstration projects
•$650 million for digital TV conversion coupons
•$600 million for the Federal Government to buy new hybrid cars
•$7 billion for modernizing federal buildings and facilities
•$81 billion for Medicaid
•$36 billion for expanded unemployment benefits
•$20 billion for food stamps
•$83 billion for the earned income credit for people who don’t pay income tax
•$252 billion is for income-transfer payments
•$246 million tax break for Hollywood movie producers to buy motion picture film
•$88 million for the Coast Guard to design a new polar icebreaker
•$448 million for constructing the Department of Homeland Security headquarters
•$248 million for furniture at the new Homeland Security headquarters
•$400 million for the Centers for Disease Control to screen and prevent STD’s
•$1.4 billion for rural waste disposal programs
•$125 million for the Washington sewer system
•$1 billion for the 2010 Census, which has a projected cost overrun of $3 billion
•$75 million for “smoking cessation activities.”
•$200 million for public computer centers at community colleges
•$25 million for tribal alcohol and substance abuse reduction
•$500 million for state and local fire stations
•$6 billion to turn federal buildings into “green” buildings
•$88 million for renovating the headquarters of the Public Health Service
•$412 million for CDC buildings and property
•$160 million for volunteers at the Corporation for National Community Service
•$200 million for reseeding the grass on the National Mall

I guess he has a “different deffinition” of pork, or maybe he would rather call it chicken

Cohesive Information Solutions, Inc. Hires Mike Beasley as Vice President of Strategic Accounts

Cohesive Information Solutions, Inc. Hires Mike Beasley as Vice President of Strategic Accounts
KENNESAW, GA–(Marketwire – 04/04/11) – Cohesive Information Solutions, Inc., the number one reseller of Maximo/Tivoli software in North America, announced today the hiring of Mike Beasley as Vice President of Strategic Accounts. Mike brings 25+ years sales experience serving the utility and oil and gas industries. “Mike has a deep knowledge of the Energy and Utilities market. He has a clear …

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New Spark president: Build on assets, hang onto talent

New Spark president: Build on assets, hang onto talent
Tom Henderson – Paul Krutko has been in economic development for 31 years, the last nine in Silicon Valley, first as chief development officer with the city of San Jose, Calif.

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President Obama urges astronauts to unpack robot

President Obama urges astronauts to unpack robot
(AP) — The 12 astronauts on the orbiting shuttle-station complex had to explain to a higher authority Thursday why they hadn’t yet unpacked R2, the first humanoid robot in space.

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