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Maybe he is hiring one million people to put up one sign apiece, that would 
 do it.
no promises they will have recurring work of course.
Drew
 
 
 
In a message dated 9/11/2009 5:19:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
erthnsky AT bellsouth.net writes:

Speaking  of numbers, as unemployment continues to rise, yesterday, I saw
on TV news  that the Obama administration, in the first nine months has
now "created or  saved 1 million jobs"  Wow.

Yesterday, I had occasion to travel an  hour south of here to go to the
doctor.  I go every three months,  traveling down US 41 to Cartersville.
Just before I get to C'ville, I saw  two, new,  very large
signs-interstate sized and this is a simple  divided highway, that state
something to the effect of 'Road improvements  thanks to the American
Recovery and Re-Investment Act of 2009'  Then,  another mile down the
road, were two additional new speed limit signs with  the orange
construction zone stripe on it.  Then, two miles after I  saw the first
sign, I finally saw some road construction-they had repaved a  turn lane
that leads to an overpass to Hwy 411 going to Rome.  I  continued down
Hwy 41 for maybe another 7 or 8 miles and never saw any  other
construction.  I just kept wondering how much they spent on the  signs vs
how much they spent repaving that lane for 500 feet.  This is  crazy.  In
this state, prison workers make a lot of signs, so I wonder  now if
prison workers fall in the 'jobs created or saved' count.

I  heard a few weeks back that the process that determined  which
states/communities received checks for projects was highly  political.  I
thought it was noteworthy that the Hartsfield Jackson  airport, arguably
the busiest in the world(HJ and O'Hare swap honors every  year or so) is
supposed to eventually get 14 million bucks, while Ouzinke,  Alaska will
get 15 million...  Now, my brother in law spent a few  years on Ouzinke
when he was a Russian Orthodox monk.  The monastery  is there, and maybe
150 local tribesmen.  WTF?

Sorry to be so  pessimistic, but I am seriously frustrated with the way
things are  presented in this country.  What I hear on the news and what
I see  with my own eyes aren't matching  up.

Bev



DSanner106 AT aol.com wrote:
> The problem  seems to lie in the numbers, as he quoted 46 million 
> uninsured that  would be helped, and the talking heads stated that 
> there are 35  million americans uninsured and 11 million illegals.

-- 
Sleep well  tonight, for somewhere in the ocean's depths, MY son is
protecting your  freedom on the USS Key West, currently deployed
somewhere in the Pacific  and/or Indian Ocean.  Go Navy!
EarthNSky Farm, NW Georgia,  USA

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