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    The DagBuzz for 2/11/09: (Stump, Immigrants, Michelle Obama)

    By Deadman on Wed, 02/11/2009 - 1:38pm |

    You daggers are in for a real treat today, as you get to virtually meet Deadman's world-famous dog, Oliver (aka Ollie, The Monk, and when I'm real mad at him, Oliver Jacob or O.J.), whose dagblog.com's debut appearance is in honor of the 133rd Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show and its best in show winner, the 10-year-old Sussex spaniel Stump.

    Unfortunately, today's video is even more off-the-cuff and with more face scratching than usual because I had very limited time, and besides, Ollie wasn't about to indulge me in multiple takes.

    Also, you may notice that I've changed the name of these posts as I just can't committ to doing them daily, although I will try. I'm going with DagBuzz but if you can think of a better name, I'd love to hear it.

    Here are the stories I run down:

    Image: Sussex Spaniel, Stump, Wins Westminster Dog Show 2009

    Sussex Spaniel, Stump, Wins Westminster Dog Show 2009

    Op-Ed Columnist: The Open-Door Bailout

    Image: First lady Michelle Obama is Vogue cover model (AP)

    First lady Michelle Obama is Vogue cover model (AP)

     

    Comments

    Been waiting all morning for this!  Dagbuzz is good.  You did a good job today, it is becoming second nature to you!.

    One dress out of how many and you put a thumb on her?  Yes it was shockingly bad espcially after what we had seen but the rest of the time she looks great except when she looks just FAB-U-LOUS and that is a lot of the time.  And I am going refrain from pantsuit talk because of youknowwho.

    God bless the dog, yours and the westminster winner.  All dogs are a special gift to us humans but spaniels (I was raised with some), uh, well, I wouldn't name a dog stump for a bunch of money, espcially any spainel.  Just a little too close to home.

    I'm going to start with a quote from the NYT oped that is a quote.

    Dear America, please remember how you got to be the wealthiest country in history. It wasn’t through protectionism, or state-owned banks or fearing free trade. No, the formula was very simple: build this really flexible, really open economy, tolerate creative destruction so dead capital is quickly redeployed to better ideas and companies, pour into it the most diverse, smart and energetic immigrants from every corner of the world and then stir and repeat, stir and repeat, stir and repeat, stir and repeat.”

    Up until the 1980's one in four americans was of GERMAN decent.  My father said "I never thought they would elect an Irishman for President" when they elected JFK.  My business, house painting (interior only) is greatly affected by illegal immigrant workers - other businesses hire them and underbid me. I want to buy the least expensive food that is still good and that means it will be picked by immigrant labor.  I agree so strongly with the quote above - I believe so strongly in the american dream for eveyone my heart like to burst outta my chest whenever I think about it.  I am angry about illegal labor.  English as a second language teachers have more than quadrupled in public schools in the last  5 years while science teaches have decreased.  What the f?  I am open to all LEGAL immigrants and have to agree with Friedman.  If they have a work visa bring them on.  Meanwhile let's put an equal amount of money into science education in K-12 schools so we will have enough home grown.  I have lots of mixed ideas about immigrants and that is because it is a complex issue.

    Anyway, I think this 'crisis' is going to sweep a lot of excesses out of our system including excessive immigration.

    Good show, Deadman, keep it up. Thank you.


    by Bluesplashy on Wed, 02/11/2009 - 3:19pm

    I don't think it's a good idea to start restricting any jobs to US citizens only. Our immigration policies are already crazy complicated (which is why, by the way, we have such a high rate of undocumented immigrants). I agree with tying some strings to the bailout money, like compensation, but restricting further who they hire is short-sighted. I read the Friedman column and have to agree with basically all of it. 


    by Orlando on Wed, 02/11/2009 - 4:39pm