guy for doing what you did. and that was imprompt u. bill clinton s prepared remarks, just over 3,000 words. as delivered version, close to 6,000. just a bit more ad libbing and he would have doubled the original count. that guy is smart. did you happen to notice joe biden getting a bit literal with the use of one word in particular? governor romney believed it s okay to raise taxes on middle class by $2 thourk. in order to pay for another literally another trillion dollar tax cut for the very wealthy. and it literally amazes me they don t understand. general motors and chrysler were literally on the verge of liquidation. i mean, literally hung in the balance direction we turn is not figurativfiguratively, lite
will be another season of homecomings and men and women and i can say that our troops in iraq will definitely be home for the holidays. i want to go to chris lawrence, live for us at the pentagon. we re talking 39,000 u.s. troops leaving iraq. as we heard the president say, being home for the holidays is certainly good news for folks here at home. but explain to me, though, we know that the u.s. and iraq didn t exactly see eye to eye with regard to an immunity issue because the u.s. wanted to have several thousand troops remain. that s right. there was a split, on both sides. there were some iraqi leaders who wanted a security of having a small u.s. force there. but ultimately it mainly came down to this issue of legal immunity. and what that means is, right now iraq and the u.s. have an agreement that american troops are not subject to iraqi law. they would fall under the uniform code of military justice right now. well, that agreement expires at the end of the year. and
mobile and also cloud computing. those are the three things in terms of what is driving all this hiring. but these are really for highly skilled positions. if you look at the open positions in silicon valley, there are about 130,000 open jobs and 40% of them are for software engineers. that s why if you re a computer scientist graduating from a top university you can have the pick of the litter with all these jobs available. dan, quickly hourk much how much pay are we talking here salarywise? pretty desent pay? it s, you know, pretty good pavement 80 to $100,000 for a first job. so that is a great pay for somebody coming out of college. and the benefits that these companies are offering are just incredible because
know that the federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour.k.% since about 2/3 of americans support raising the minimum wage, you d expect the party of paychecks to take the popular position on the issue.
thinking the white house wants to persuade more americans to adopt. through a proposal called home star. the plan is still working its way through congress, but would offer rebates of up to $3 thourk for upgrades like new appliances, furnaces and insulation. with additional rebates possible after a full home energy audit. it s quickly earned the nickname, cash for caulkers. this is modeled after another government program from last year, cash for clunkers, which offered car buyers a rebate for trading in their gas guzzlers for more fuel-efficient vehicles. now people could get a payback for investing in energy savers at home. let me show you. from graphty windows to leaking ducts, the government s goal is to promote energy efficiency as well as jobs. that s where people like david come in. david, what s the problem you re trying to fix here. well, in most homes the