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Visiting Obama deserves credit for saving GM, Chrysler
by: TOM WALSH, FREE PRESS COLUMNIST, Posted: July 30, 2010
President Barack Obama comes to Detroit today, looking for love in the factories of America's hardest-hit big city. Beset by a sputtering jobless economic recovery, Obama will tout the federal rescues of General Motors and Chrysler as bold moves that staved off another Great Depression and saved thousands of jobs.
While the revivals of GM and Chrysler are still works in progress, at least the automakers are still alive to launch the Chevrolet Volt and the new Jeep Grand Cherokee from the Detroit plants Obama will visit. And that's about as big a triumph as the president can claim from his first 18 months on the job.
Yes, there are still partisan critics sniping about bailouts and "Government Motors." But make no mistake about the Detroit rescue.
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Come back anytime, Mr. President
by: BY RON DZWONKOWSKI- FREE PRESS ASSOCIATE EDITOR July 30, 2010 3:28 p.m. today
Mr. President, come back any time. Seems to be good for you and it certainly is for us here in the proverbial epicenter of The Great Recession.
President Barack Obama is not the most popular guy in the land — polls show his disapproval numbers running slightly ahead of approval — and his Democratic Party is expected to take some lumps in the fall election.
But today in Detroit, where he visited two auto plants, was a win-win for the president and the Detroit area.
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Obama's speech at Chrysler plant in Detroit click this link: http://www.freep.com/article/20100730/BUSINESS01/100730064/Obamas-speech-at-Chrysler-plant-in-Detroit
Obama's speech at GM plant in Hamtramck click this link: http://www.freep.com/article/20100730/BUSINESS01/100730053/Obamas-speech-at-GM-plant-in-Hamtramck
What is the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement – CETA all about?
This trade deal threatens to privatize and deregulate many of our public services. In fact, everything could be up for grabs, including municipal water systems, electrical utilities — even our mail delivery! You have two options roll over and play dead and do nothing or read this flyer and get active. Take a moment and read this attached flyer.
CETA threatens the following:
Our Public Services!
Our Local Job Creation
Our Threatens Our Water
Our Public Health Care
Our Environment
Our Food Sovereignty And Farmers’ Rights
Our Cultural And Communications Sovereignty
Our Indigenous People’s Rights
Our Democratic Rights
Our Quality Of Our Jobs And Our Labour Rights
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