Largest Economic Growth in Six Years!

According to the numbers the Bureau of Economic Analysis released, the economy just had a period of the largest growth in about six years. The economy grew by and annualized rate of 5.7% , apposed to the average 2.2%. And while this sounds good, the GDP shrank by 2.4% over the 2009 year. The growth is encouraging, but as White House economist Christina Romer said:

"It is important not to read too much into a single report, positive or negative,"

The road to economic recovery will not be a smooth line, there will be bumps, small pockets of large growth, and probably some relapses; just because it is growing, does not mean we are in the clear.

Distraction

It seems that the health bill has found itself in a lockjaw with Republicans refusal to cooperate. The Democrats themselves have been distracted from this bill and have moved on to trying to implementing tighter regulations on banks, reducing the deficit, and creating jobs. All worthy tasks, but it it imperative that, just because there is trouble, congress does not ignore and move on from the health bill.

A thing I don't understand, It says (In regards to Obama's plan to create more jobs after the Republicans opposed it):

(it passed anyway as all 60 members of the Democratic caucus hung together)

This was in the Senate after the State of the Union address. I thought the Democrats had lost their 60/40 slip when Kennedy's seat went Republican.

Palin teaming up with Fox

While this is rather old, It is worth mentioning.
Sarah Palin has signed a contract with Fox News, while she will not have her own show, she will be appearing regularly on the channel. She says she

"It's wonderful to be part of a place that so values fair and balanced news."

This opinion is not shared by much of the viewership, but are right in line with her politics.
It was theorized that she was pursuing a TV career since she gave up the post of governor, and now she will be co hosting a show that displays inspirational Americans.

Come on! Get the Carrot! Good Boy!

Cleaner Air!

The EPA, under Obama, is proposing a new level of restriction in Ozone ppm from Bush's o.o78 to 0.06-0.07. Only a few of the currently agreeable countries would abide by the level if it was reduced. It would take about 19-90 billion a year to reduce the smog, but all of the money would be payed back in full because of the higher level of health, as many as 12,000 would be saved from fatal lung cancer, and many other non-life threatening conditions could be reduced. The smog does not come from only factories and cars, many other everyday objects produce this pollutant, and awareness alone might serve to help the air.

More, but Less, Jobs Gone.

The number of unemployed Americans went up another 11,ooo people. While this is better than the 700,000 of before, or the 85,000 of December, it is a unexpectedly high number for our so called "recovery". The unemployment rate, surprisingly stayed the same, this is because people have lost hope, and given up searching for work. They have found what seems to be a pattern to the contraction and recovery of the economy related to jobs, and hope to fix this loss. Fortunately, this holiday season many temporary jobs were created, and a total of 4000 jobs were make by the government in the construction genre.

Tunnel Tension!

Between Gaza and Egypt, there had been many layers of tunnels, used to smuggle goods into Gaza. Egypt is now placing metal plates on its boarder, stopping this smuggling. This is creating even more hardship withing Gaza, shop keepers and other citizens are already struggling to sell, and buy goods. In some areas, most of the food in shops, comes from the tunnels, this will leave them with nothing when the tunnels are shut down. While smuggling is not the best course of action, they are boxed in and desperate with one of their last sources of imports being rapidly cut off.

Voulenteering

For my CS project I wish to participate in the Northern Califiorna Special Olympics. The position will be trying to fill would be Sports Assistant, that requires me to aid the coaches with training and work with the athletes once or twice a week, during their practices. The sport I feel I can truly help with is the Aquatics program. I have been swimming since I was four, and have confidence in my Life guarding ability. I have sent an email concerning volunteering to the office, and am currently awaiting a reply.
If this does not work out, I will peruse a opportunity that relates to feeding impoverished people. An organization such as a soup kitchen, in which meals are made for the hungry.