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"...we may be confronting the first global recession since the early '90s."

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Posted on October 1, 2008 - 7:03am at Stone Soup Station
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Some time ago, when the economy really started tanking, I had a commenter who repeatedly tried to convince me with all these crazy rightwing talking point (Johnny McCranky could've taken some lessons from this guy), that the "economy was fundamentally strong" and we were nowhere near a recession.  

"Everywhere I went, they turned their backs."

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Posted on September 4, 2008 - 7:19am at Stone Soup Station
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NPR has been on it with stories about the challenges of homelessness and the battles to overcome it....

In Kansas City, Mo., A Woman Helps Her Neighbors

by David Greene

Bad News For College Grads: "July's reductions marked the seventh straight month in which employers eliminated jobs."

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Posted on August 10, 2008 - 7:36am at Stone Soup Station
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Now, if folks holding degrees are facing a limited and highly competitive job market, imagine the difficulties faced by those who haven't even finished high school.

Compound that with the fact that they have no phone to receive interview requests, no place to shower if they do have an interview to attend, no suitable clothes

Senator Obama's Father's Day Speech

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Posted on June 22, 2008 - 8:36pm at A Disgruntled Republican
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Misleading?

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Posted on May 4, 2008 - 9:30pm at Enclave
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Stats don't speak for themselves without human comment. This graph is measuring back to 1972. Factors not mentioned that may be relevant to the numbers are:

"...I had planned for a more middle-class life."

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Posted on March 9, 2008 - 7:28am at Stone Soup Station
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Projecting For Obama

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Posted on March 4, 2008 - 8:40am at Volunteer Voters
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Sean Braisted shares his experience over the last few days canvassing in his native state of Ohio for Barack Obama:

Shill Update from Ohio

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Posted on March 3, 2008 - 11:58pm at Nashville21
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So I've spent the past few days up here in Columbus out working for Barack...I can't give any real sort of prediction of what will happen based on my experience, except to say that I think Clintonville, a neighborhood/suburb of Columbus, will vote for Obama (its sort of like the white liberal capitol of the city).

There have been some heartening, and disheartening, things about my experience here.

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