brian: conan was very funny. but it a headline tore follow the president of the united states. one other joke the president did, the president said, david axelrod works for msnbc, which is a nice change of pace, since msnbc used to work for david axelrod. gretchen: all right. so here is another story that another group, breitbart.com, was able to expose and has to do with the economy and the president playing golf. and how much time was devoted to both of those two things. here is their work for you. 976 hours, economic meetings, 474.4 hours. you can be the judge on how you feel about that. steve: you know what? the number of hours on vacation and golf may actually be low balled because the president is quoted as saying, when i play golf, i go for six hours. but this outfit that did it, the government accountability institute, which is nonpartisan, they estimated it at four hours.
well, the new york times reports former republican presidential candidates newt gingrich, michele bachmann, rick perry and herman cain, will not give speeches at the upcoming convention. they re still considering whether donald trump or sarah palin will get to speak. campaigning in washington state, new jersey s republican governor chris christie promised no the to get angry or, quote, go jersey while campaigning there. but he did warn donors if a democratic governor is elected in november, he would blame them, saying, quote, don t make me come back here. california governor jerry brown says mitt romney should rethink his remarks comparing california s financial problems to greece, calling them, quote, just silly. the salt lake tribune reports some counties in utah have more registered voters than the number of adults who live there. one county had 976 phantom voters. well, how about the disappearance of undecided
while. what do you think gets guys to do that? it s not guys like me, neil. we have a great team of 15,000 folks that take care of our customers every day. as a result we did extremely well through the recession. expanded stores, continue to spend capital, save money where we could, but continue to invest in our customers and offering great prices to them. as a result our cash has increased very significantly, both during the recession and now that we ve begun recovery in 2010. because of our growth company, we added q3 with 976 stores, and recognize we have the opportunity to open 1800 stores in the 48 states. that s certainly someone who sees an expansion coming back. very much. you don t see this as a short-lived opportunity or something that fall apart? not at all. as a matter of fact, through the recession, as our consumers began to reduce their discretionary spending we saw softness in big ticket items, we
from first energy ends up. little blue run. the company s 976-acre retention pond. this waste is toxic. it contains arsenic, cadmium, and lead. national gypsum doesn t get any of its raw materials from little blue. but that doesn t matter to tyra collins and marcy carpenter who live near little blue. they want the epa to slap a big old hazardous label on everything that comes out of first energy because they say coal waste is dangerous. they told us that the stuff in there is completely harmless. why did we see dead trees? why is everything dead around it? reporter: neighbors fear the stuff is seeping into the ground water and their underground wells. have you noticed anything with your water? every once in a while i notice a smell. but we don t drink the tap water.
because the epa is deciding whether to label all waste of coal-burning power plants hazardous. our biggest concern is that if we re classified along with the rest of the material that comes from the power plant as hazardous, our product may be tainted. reporter: here s why. this is where tons of coal waste from first energy ends up, little blue run. the company s 976-acre retention pond. this waste is toxic. it contains arsenic, cadmium and lead. national gypsy doesn t get the material from little blue. that doesn t matter to these women that live near little blue. they went the epa to slap a hazardous label on everything that comes out of first energy because they say coal waste is dangerous. they told us that the stuff in there is completely harmless. well, then, why did we see