2009 July 29 « Frugal Café Blog Zone

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The Homeless Leavin’ on a Jet Plane: One-Way Ticket Out of NYC to Save City Money

| July 29, 2009

Not quite the “hope and change” I’d expect of the Big Apple, but it’s definitely a creative (and creepy) way to solve the expense of sheltering, feeding, and helping the homeless. Not sure if this ranks high on the “Empathy Meter,” but I’m thinking that POTUS would approve. Frankly, it’s too uncomfortably like the main [...]

Minus 10: Approval Index for Obama Still in the Dumper & Still Double Digits

| July 29, 2009

For the last few days, President Obama’s approval index has inched up and down a trifle, but as of today, it is still in negative double-digit territory, at minus 10. From Rasmussen Reports: The Presidential Approval Index is calculated by subtracting the number who Strongly Disapprove from the number who Strongly Approve. It is updated [...]

Obama’s Beer Diplomacy: Gates, Crowley White House Meeting, 6 pm Thursday

| July 29, 2009

Peachy-keen. The date and time are set for tomorrow for the “bringing the races together over cold ones” at the White House. I can envision how this contrived, patronizing “teachable moment” will likely unfold. Pres. Obama will be in his Harvard U element, chiding and lecturing with solemn intonation, a white policeman on the importance [...]

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