Probably either watching gay porn, molesting his neighbors dog or memorizing the latest at Huff & Puff Post.
Conservative media figures falsely suggest that Reich proposed excluding white males from stimulus package http://mediamatters.org/items/200901230015?f=h_latest And Robert Reich's written response addressing the false accusations: http://robertreich.blogspot.com/2009/01/open-letter-to-rush-limbaugh-sean.html Let's count the number of retractions we see here.
Perhaps you should review the youtube video yourself before posting the media's attempts at cleaning up the mess.
The poster that tries to play Reich's video down would have cred if they didn't try to spin (lie) it to where other who haven't seen it might fall to 'plausible deniability'. Spin and False Witness is killing America. The overall scary concept to me though is that there were not cat-calls and booing in the room with such a basic affront to the Constitution. Put that shoe on the other foot and the house would have come down. These bast@rds do not work for the voters anymore! If you really want to puke your guts out, go watch the webcast from Dept of Labor where Prof Ghiarducci wants to start the ball rolling on Guaranteed Savings Accounts ... the precursor to confiscating all 401s/IRAs into Social Security. (Like Argentina did) Gag! http://www.carolinajournal.com/exclusives/dems-target-private-retirement-accounts.html ======================= I would like to see Reich's video played at a presidential press conf, including Rangel's comments, followed by the simple question: Mr. President, do you support your Economic Advisor's contention that we need to exclude certain construction workers based upon their sex and skin color? They have been snorting their own dope too long and thing America is going to roll over and let them slit our throats to make blood pie for 'citizens' that pay no taxes. Bring Back The CONSTITUTION or AMERICA IS DEAD!!
Yes it certainly is -- post a video with half a sentence on youtube, deleting the rest of the sentence and there's an army of people who rise to the bait. Here's the transcript, and it can easily be seen that he refers to his suggestion that 20% (not 100%) of jobs be set aside for minorities: "Now let me say something about infrastructure. It seems to me that infrastructure spending is a very important and good way of stimulating the economy. The challenge will be to do it quickly, to find projects that can be done that have a high social return that also can be done with the greatest speed possible. "I am concerned, as I'm sure many of you are, that these jobs not simply go to high skilled people who are already professions or to white male construction workers. I have nothing against white male construction workers. I'm just saying that there are a lot of other people who have needs as well. And therefore, in my remarks I have suggested to you, and I'm certainly happy to talk about it more, ways in which the money can be -- criteria can be set so that they money does go to others: the long term unemployed, minorities, women, people who are not necessarily construction workers or high-skilled professionals. From Reich's January 7 testimony (from two days before): "Make sure the poor and long-term unemployed get a portion of those jobs. To lower-income Americans -- including women and minorities, and the long-term unemployed -- are especially hard hit by this recession. It is important that these people have a fair chance to get the new jobs that will result from federal action. This is also good for the economy. These groups are most likely to spend any extra income they receive. And their spending is likely to promote other jobs on the Main Streets of the lower- income communities, in which they live. "1. Require contractors to set aside 20 percent of jobs for such groups. All contracts entered into with stimulus Ends -- either by federal, state, or local governments -- should require contractors to provide at least 20 percent of jobs to the long-term unemployed and to people with incomes at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. "2. Create a "Green Jobs Corps." Low-income and low-skilled workers should be put directly to work providing homes and businesses with more efficient land more renewable heating, lighting, cooling, and refrigeration systems; installing solar panels and efficient photovoltaic cells; rehabilitating and renovating older properties, and improving, recycling systems. Green Jobs Corps teams could be trained to evaluate and advise homeowners and businesses on these and other means of conserving energy. "3. Provide job training linked to these and when, jobs generated by the stimulus. These "green" jobs, as well as many others generated by the stimulus -- installing new pipes for water and sewage systems, mixing and pouring cement, laying asphalt, installing and repairing basic equipment -- can be clone by people who receive relatively short-tern training for then. At least 2 percent of project funds should be allocated to such training, most efficiently through the Workforce Investment Act. In addition, advantage should be taken of building trades apprenticeships, which must be fully available to women and minorities. "4. Provide income assistance during training. One of the biggest barriers for vulnerable populations who want such training is their need for income: while being trained. Income maintenance should be assured for the duration of training, up to six months.
Why do we have to "set aside" 20% of the jobs for minorities? Total b.s. Best man for the job, and that's it.
Best man for the job, as much sense as it makes, just doesn't fly with the pantie waste bleeding hearts I'm afraid. And worse, now they control congress and the White House. In case I haven't mentioned it lately, we're fucked.