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Stuff in there. it s scary. greg: when are you getting back there? eric: no one is allowed on the island. greg: you can t do anything about it? eric: no. andrea: you are 30 minutes north of long port, new jersey. the whole coast has been devastated. houses on the coast, they say, have been completely leveled. but brings up a good point. when we do the topics on government waste and how they waste all the money on robotic squirrels and all the other things now is the time to look at your priorities. and say this is what we really need government to do. this is why government is there. bob: that s why governor christie gave great compliments to obama. governor romney called for end of fema in the campaign, primary. dana: you know what? bob, that is really it s absolutely grossly unfair. president obama s budget last year, $900 million is what he suggested cutting. nobody in washington could look at the program and say that it couldn t be improved ....
Sticking out was a crayon. last year, a bunch of girls went as the an am girls pan am girls. bob: picture of that. andrea: my favorite there it is. there we are. and my favorite candy is a mini snickers. bob: did you dress up as a nurse? andrea: for halloween? no. bob: just curious. i hate halloween. it s pagan halloween. this started with the celts, 100 years ago. what they were doing is they said the people, coming out of the graves and they go after the living people. all the things and they had the costumes to scare them away. pagan ritual and shouldn t happen. too many people get hurt on halloween. dana: commercial enterprise. sometimes starting in august, you will see the retailers put up the halloween stuff. it s working for them because the natural retail federation ....
Command. they have nothing to do with that. the idea it came from the national security advisor s office is unsubstantive and unsubstantiated and flat wrong. andrea: what about that point on the media, greg? they haven t been engaged until now. they are starting to get engaged. who is at fault? media for not covering the story, administration for not reporting it or both? greg: the media is so far in obama s pockets they have bruises from his quarters. i agree with bob. we don t need the rumors. there are enough facts out there that are so bad i would wait on a rumor. it s not the fog of war to blame. fog of incompetence. i have come up with a new phrase. obama fog. that s when the always articulate captain perfect goes mute over stuff that really matters. andrea: dana, the bush administration dealt are the october surprises. and you handled messaging in the white house. has the president passed the point of coming clean on this? dana: they did way back then on september 13. th ....
Alexis said if i didn t do something perfectly, i had do it again. i grew up with a glue gun held to her head. still, there are no hard feelings and she dedicated the book to her mom. and apparently martha stewart came out and said, she s her own person. she can say whatever she wants. what is she going say? can t argue it. i don t get the halloween stuff. martha stewart used to have these big shows with halloween, costumes. hiding with the lights off? come on. big breaking news while you were gone, bill. i went to a movie. it s been about six months. money ball it was great. are you okay? your fear of public places has got to end. they let me out of the bubble. i m lynn berry. this is first look on msnbc. way too early is coming up next. as the obama administration and many other americans ....
That 43% of consumers plan to spend less this year than they did last. but nevertheless, retailers actually started to hire for the hol will day season. they re really gearing up. the toy wars going on. they get more competitive every year. sears is opening up toy departments. you have toys r us opening up in six pop-up stores. kmart. it had be a very competitive season for sure. first things first, because when you go out now, halloween is everywhere. good news here for the halloween stuff. there are the trick-or-treaters. we ll be spending more on candy and decorations. we re looking at about $5.8 billion in total spending overall. which is up. that s up. that s on par with 2008 levels. that s pretty good. one day of the year that we can be something other than our miserable selves. escapism. get out and celebrate. i ll be out somewhere. ....