Bobby Jindal

Good news, Merc.

I found the "strings" this morning....it required quite a stretch of the provision, along with the most limited thinking by those Republican governors on how to make it work.

But then I would never accuse Republicans of being broad-minded in their thinking if they can find an ideological reason not to.

[classicman]

Originally Posted by Redux

Good news, Merc.

I found the "strings" this morning....it required quite a stretch of the provision, along with the most limited thinking by those Republican governors on how to make it work.

Please share. I got too tired last night to keep looking.
I am curious if this is the same issue I was talking about in another thread. The one where the states would be on the hook to continue funding certain things after the stimulus money was exhausted.

Guess it was just BS since no one else saw, heard or seems to care.

[glatt]

Bobby Jindal did a better job than I would have. But I have to say that it was really weird. To cut from the packed house of Obama's speech to a guy talking to a camera in the hallway of his mansion just didn't work too well. I didn't watch his whole speech, I went to bed instead, but the first few minutes seemed a bit awkward and pointless.

I'd never seen him speak before, so maybe he is usually better, but I wasn't impressed.

The network I was watching had a short interview with Ron Emmanuel between the two speeches. I had never heard him speak before. He seemed fairly fake. He used each question to parrot the talking points Obama had just made, but without answering the question. I think it actually hurt Obama's impact on those points, because Obama sounded sincere when he said the stuff, but Emmanuel sounded like a politician making sure to covering the talking points. He should stay behind the scenes in the future. I'm sure he is talented in what he does, but it's not talking to the press. He's a phoney.

Obama's speech was pretty good. In the beginning, when he was just warming up, I was really distracted by Pelosi. She kept fidgeting, and looking around, and licking her lips, and playing with her program. Then either she calmed down, or Obama started to get into the meat of his speech, because I wasn't bugged by her any more.

The applause is crazy. I wish there was a source that would show who applauded for each item. I'm curious to know if the Republican Senators from Maine who voted with the Democrats on the Stimulus package stood up and clapped when that point was brought up. Or if they tried to straddle the fence by not publicly applauding the bill they supported.

Anyway, those are just some random thoughts.

Oh, and I had to chuckle when Obama basically said that the USA invented the car. He didn't actually say it, just very strongly implied it. Of course, it was Karl Benz who invented the car. He's German. I think Obama was hoping most Americans think Henry Ford invented the automobile. It's what I was taught in grade school after all.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by glatt

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Oh, and I had to chuckle when Obama basically said that the USA invented the car. He didn't actually say it, just very strongly implied it. Of course, it was Karl Benz who invented the car. He's German. I think Obama was hoping most Americans think Henry Ford invented the automobile. It's what I was taught in grade school after all.

Benz invented the automobile and his wealthy clients enjoyed scaring the horses of the hoi polloi. But America invented the car.

[TGRR]

Originally Posted by glatt

Oh, and I had to chuckle when Obama basically said that the USA invented the car. He didn't actually say it, just very strongly implied it. Of course, it was Karl Benz who invented the car. He's German. I think Obama was hoping most Americans think Henry Ford invented the automobile. It's what I was taught in grade school after all.

They teach all kinds of horrible lies in grade school.

Originally Posted by classicman

Please share. I got too tired last night to keep looking.
I am curious if this is the same issue I was talking about in another thread. The one where the states would be on the hook to continue funding certain things after the stimulus money was exhausted.

Guess it was just BS since no one else saw, heard or seems to care.

The "string" is a program in the bill that offers incentives to states willing to update their UC laws to include coverage for part-time workers (and some other low income jobs), currently not covered, but an increasingly large part of the unemployed in the country. Particularly, those who were hired to replace full-time workers then subsequently fired or layed off.

There is an additional $3 billion available and the complaint from a few governors is that the states would then be on the hook to continue to provide UC benefits to these part-time workers when the federal funds dry up.

It seems to me that the state can update their laws and include a sunset provision...."these part time workers are covered until such time as federal UC funds are no longer available."