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flexnor

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110. disturbing that so many question the woman and not the issue

Wed Feb 1, 2012, 08:53 PM

Feb 2012

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regardless of where one comes down on this issue, it IS a fair question to ask whether there should be a large number of guest workers in a deep and seemingly intractable recession - other countries have very strict rules about foreign nationals working in their country, including India

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Obama Tells Woman: "Interesting" Unemployed Husband Can't Find Job [View all] XemaSab Jan 2012 OP

Interesting, indeed! hedgehog Jan 2012 #1

There may be huge demand in some cities, but maybe not Fawke Em Jan 2012 #2

Do you know where they are and what field he is in? snooper2 Jan 2012 #33

I'm sorry, but sometimes you have to move if you truly cannot find a job. ScreamingMeemie Jan 2012 #53

Id dump my house and move to get a job before i sat unemployed mkultra Feb 2012 #95

I have a feeling H1-B visa engineers is what most companies are looking for. Liberal Veteran Jan 2012 #3

Yes...H1-B visa engineers = Cheaper and I expect that is what the woman was complaining about. whathehell Feb 2012 #73

The south has "bless your heart;" as a Minnesotan, "that's interesting" cracks me up. Brickbat Jan 2012 #4

Thought it was "that's different" cyglet Feb 2012 #101

Regional variant! Brickbat Feb 2012 #102

Hope he fires whoever he's getting that "word" from phantom power Jan 2012 #5

"engineer", covers a lot of territory doesn't it? Electrical engineers. Mechanical engineers. NNN0LHI Jan 2012 #6

Semiconducter XemaSab Jan 2012 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author Jello Biafra Feb 2012 #84

Wow. Did the President imply that there was something wrong with her husband? Romulox Jan 2012 #7

I Didn't Read It That Way ProfessorGAC Jan 2012 #9

No. This is a hurting person. "That's interesting" isn't in any way a response of empathy Romulox Jan 2012 #17

Then We Must Agree To Disagree ProfessorGAC Jan 2012 #22

I give him a pass on not so great choice of word also Puzzledtraveller Jan 2012 #24

Consider that he was very upbeat, and offered to personally help out with the job situation bhikkhu Feb 2012 #113

I'm with you. nt MADem Jan 2012 #28

I didn't read it that way either. Engineers have a much better chance of employment AtomicKitten Jan 2012 #34

Not true. girl gone mad Jan 2012 #57

Highest is relative fujiyama Jan 2012 #66

No, he did everything he could to not imply that. Renew Deal Jan 2012 #71

He said "that's interesting" after she said he was a semiconductor engineer. 4500 jobs on Indeed.com joshcryer Feb 2012 #80

You don't know any of that to be true, though. It's just a pile on in defense of the President. nt Romulox Feb 2012 #104

did you see jon stewert last night? - she also asked him to "dance a jig." nt arely staircase Feb 2012 #122

Yeah, I saw that after I'd posted my comment. joshcryer Feb 2012 #126

+1 there are ALWAYS lots of tech jobs advertised every weekend flexnor Feb 2012 #130

Thats what i would say if i thought it sounded stupid mkultra Feb 2012 #96

Precisely. It's a "polite insult" like "bless your heart". nt Romulox Feb 2012 #105

Wow. Bluenorthwest Jan 2012 #8

Someone said earlier that this is the same lady who asked him to 'dance a jig' redqueen Jan 2012 #10

I didn't know she was the same woman who asked Obama to dance a jig. PragmaticLiberal Jan 2012 #19

The video on this page is blocked for me... redqueen Jan 2012 #25

I've seen it--and she is the same woman. It is tblue37 Feb 2012 #76

Thanks, I heard the audio so I heard how rude she was, redqueen Feb 2012 #85

That certainly takes a lot of "balls" hughee99 Jan 2012 #11

He did not say that ... which is probably why the woman Obama talked to was on MSNBC today ... JoePhilly Jan 2012 #49

obama bad obama bad obama bad obama evil obama bad obama bad obama bad obama evil... you know the dionysus Jan 2012 #54

That's right. She said she couldn't get to her husband fast enough, that she had to let it sink in jenmito Jan 2012 #61

After watching the video (which I finally just did) hughee99 Jan 2012 #64

The President ProSense Jan 2012 #12

"Is this supposed to be a negative report? " BumRushDaShow Jan 2012 #16

+1 redqueen Jan 2012 #18

Yeap, I've come to the conclusion that Freepers just pepper the place especially on the weekend uponit7771 Jan 2012 #39

and yet, wonderfully, barbtries Feb 2012 #82

That is true for those who keep reading, redqueen Feb 2012 #88

sadly i think you're right. barbtries Feb 2012 #91

ops like this are freeper dog whistles mkultra Feb 2012 #97

i think that's a fair characterization of it. barbtries Feb 2012 #98

Yep. And it "devolved" into that mode a long time ago Number23 Feb 2012 #121

Maybe he has (unreasonably) high salary demands, maybe LeftinOH Jan 2012 #13

That's what the President seemed to be implying. nt Romulox Jan 2012 #21

Eddy on one of the Vacation movies. Sheepshank Jan 2012 #32

Yeah, or maybe she is more familiar with the job market than Obama is. JVS Feb 2012 #83

pretty quick to bash an unemployed stranger flexnor Feb 2012 #114

Gaaa! lumberjack_jeff Jan 2012 #15

Sounds like he doesn't believe what this woman is claiming because it doesn't square with SammyWinstonJack Jan 2012 #20

I'm outraged. n/t Scurrilous Jan 2012 #23

According to this article engineering jobs are in demand, but... WI_DEM Jan 2012 #26

I didn't get the impression he was going to help with the job search... redqueen Jan 2012 #29

That's the impression I got as well. laundry_queen Feb 2012 #132

A lot of people bayareamike Jan 2012 #27

overall I think the prez handled this exchange poorly, but it sounds like too the woman WI_DEM Jan 2012 #30

Certainly not the most inspiring, helpful or empathetic response. n/t MadHound Jan 2012 #31

Yea ... terrible that Obama offerred to help. JoePhilly Jan 2012 #47

Is he joking? Missy Vixen Jan 2012 #35

I could have written your post. My engineer husband was LibDemAlways Jan 2012 #38

Maybe we need to write a joint letter Missy Vixen Jan 2012 #41

There's quite a *lot* of compassion in Obama's offer to take the man's tblue37 Feb 2012 #77

The guy in question worked on semi-conductors, not software. JoePhilly Jan 2012 #48

A lot of semiconductor work (including design) was offshored *before* they started gkhouston Feb 2012 #92

Well, he just talked to someone. Life Long Dem Jan 2012 #59

Seriously? Well, companies want to hire people just out of school, at low salaries. Mass Jan 2012 #36

That's my company's model - they get rid of the older experienced people HipChick Jan 2012 #58

Facepalm Hugabear Jan 2012 #37

****OP LINKS TELL HALF THE STORY***** uponit7771 Jan 2012 #40

How so? ellisonz Jan 2012 #42

In 2009, the H1-B program was included in the President's sad sally Jan 2012 #50

Especially considering... ellisonz Jan 2012 #52

The President needs to fire his advisors. ellisonz Jan 2012 #43

He is just so out of touch with reality. Lionessa Jan 2012 #44

or did he just call her bluff ? russspeakeasy Jan 2012 #65

Was that before or after countingbluecars Jan 2012 #45

Her husband was employed for almost all last year according to his linkedin page ( she "forgot" to pkdu Jan 2012 #46

She used the word permanent job. Life Long Dem Jan 2012 #51

or fake ads to certify green cards in the perm process flexnor Feb 2012 #111

I don't know how these people can sleep at night. Life Long Dem Feb 2012 #118

they sleep just great - some time around 1998, American tech workers became 'unpersons' flexnor Feb 2012 #119

It's interesting and uniquely American, too. girl gone mad Jan 2012 #55

I hope President Obama gets millions of resumes. n/t cherokeeprogressive Jan 2012 #56

Me too, and ProSense Jan 2012 #67

The RNC cut the answer up and is using this clip to bash Obama as "out of touch." He's NOT. jenmito Jan 2012 #60

They're ProSense Jan 2012 #63

VERY good... jenmito Jan 2012 #68

Yup, Its a RW talking point mkultra Feb 2012 #99

You'd think it would make people take note. Instead it's roundly ignored. redqueen Feb 2012 #103

Yes it is... jenmito Feb 2012 #107

There's the answer! Send those c.v.'s in! Cherchez la Femme Jan 2012 #62

You must have a slow connection. Life Long Dem Jan 2012 #69

Damm you! Cherchez la Femme Jan 2012 #70

One up on that argument would be... Life Long Dem Jan 2012 #72

Do you really have an intellectual fist? I have enough trouble tblue37 Feb 2012 #78

Wow, what a misleading, sensationalist spin on what happened. CakeGrrl Feb 2012 #74

+1 redqueen Feb 2012 #87

Of course they're not interested. PragmaticLiberal Feb 2012 #93

I wonder how many people rec'd bigtree's OP about racism yesterday redqueen Feb 2012 #100

so the word "intertesting" is what sparked this? Interesting in deed. As far as repukes, I see... GusFring Feb 2012 #75

I think this woman is full of it. joshcryer Feb 2012 #79

I really hope it IS interesting to him 0rganism Feb 2012 #81

that's my hope too Enrique Feb 2012 #89

'drive down wages across the board' flexnor Feb 2012 #117

Maybe everyone with an engineering degree who doesn't have a job should send their resumes to Obama? The Backlash Cometh Feb 2012 #86

i am more bothered this woman, with a huge smile, asked our president to dance a jig. wtf. nt seabeyond Feb 2012 #90

THis clip was on the Daily Show last night, 1/31/2012. Greybnk48 Feb 2012 #94

Thanks for the tip... redqueen Feb 2012 #106

She then told him to dance for her. Fuck her. Gold Metal Flake Feb 2012 #108

Huh? Cali_Democrat Feb 2012 #115

Huh. Gold Metal Flake Feb 2012 #123

Sorry...I thought you were kidding about her asking him to dance Cali_Democrat Feb 2012 #125

Not just to dance for her, but to "get up and dance a little JIG for us real quick." tblue37 Feb 2012 #124

I grew up in Texas. Gold Metal Flake Feb 2012 #128

Even more interesting, should O be out of a job, after comments like that? T S Justly Feb 2012 #109

disturbing that so many question the woman and not the issue flexnor Feb 2012 #110

Well, Mr. President there is what you are being told by your staff and "handlers" and then there is Justice wanted Feb 2012 #112

I think a better word for Obama to use would have been "unfortunate" Cali_Democrat Feb 2012 #116

and then she asked him if he would dance "a jig"- saw it on jon stewert nt arely staircase Feb 2012 #120

Sorry, President Obama phylny Feb 2012 #127

H-1b is a baseball bat on the middle class - Even Milton Freidman called it a 'subsidy' flexnor Feb 2012 #129

Obama's plans to raise guest worker numbers, from White House Blog flexnor Feb 2012 #131

Bill Clinton 'I feel your Pain'. Obama 'the word I'm getting is, you have no pain' flexnor Feb 2012 #133

I thought the POTUS said, 'interesting' after she asked Rex Feb 2012 #134

I think blaming H1-Bs for this guy's situation is presumptuous fujiyama Feb 2012 #135