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2010. whether its the senate seat in illinois or the senate seat in missouri or the governors race in iowa. all of them in a way will be a reflection in some form on the presidents standing, chris. >> do you think theyre trying to create a "nightly news" picture, the split screen, heres the president out with factory workers and real people. and then on the other side of the screen is these guys in new york who arent exactly ready for primetime. and that contrast between regular people that make...

Have already made. and theyve said if thats the way its going to be, its a choice. the other side wants to nationalize the election, fine, embrace it and try to do some of it on your own terms. which is part of the strategy. look, were going to see him out on the trail more. now they push back on this concept that this is a political trip. hes not doing any technical campaigning. but this is laying the groundwork in three states that are enormously important in 2010. whether its the senate seat ...

Changed that policy to drinking at lunch. its a long-standing tradition. not one employee is willing to give that up including the drivers. drivers and factory workers are drinking during the day! >> because apparently, they had this policy where you could drink up to three beers and i dont know if it was over the course of the day or over lunch and now thats no longer the case. >> every once and a while, something happens in your life where you have to take a stand. evidently for 800 people, th...

Because the housing bubble is gone and its not coming back. the commercial real estate side is very weak and not coming back. so if you had ten workers there two years ago now you might need one or two at best and the manufacturing, as you pointed out ten years ago, we had 18 million factory workers in this country and now we had 10 million or so and what you see is that when we have a recovery, when we finish a recession and start a new recovery, basically we start losing manufacturing jobs, bu...

>> but if you did have one, you would go tobogganing, stay home, chill out, and maybe your parents would too. a lot of people are saying today, it seems to be a common refrain, that the snow day doesnt help you. it doesnt actually give you time off work because youve got the blackberry or the iphone or your computer at home and youre expected to log in from home, do business as usual. what do you think about that? >> depends what business youre in. factory workers cant do that from home. i think...

I guarantee you the only thing that snow report should be done with is get buried. >> when i was a kid, you may remember this in toronto, they didnt take too many snow days. >> i dont remember snow days. i remember snow. >> but if you had one youd go tobogganing or chill out. maybe your parents would too. the snow day doesnt help you. it doesnt give you time off work because youve got the blackberry or the iphone or your computer and home and youre expected to actually log in from home, do busin...

Jenna, is in this response to this jobs report? jenna: it is a little bit because theres been a mixed response by investors. ive really been paying close to the price of oil that dropped below the $70 a barrel mark. this job information that we got today is a little bit mixed for investors because while we do see that we have some positive signs, we have the average workweek going up, for example, which means were working more hours, and thats a positive indication maybe well see more hiring, we...

With the headphones or any type of ear phone they are using, because we do know that there is such a thing as noise induced hearing loss, and, it is a very significant problem, for people who may be prone to hearing loss and it can happen from one sudden effect and if you are involved in an explosion, the loud noise its enough to damage the nerves in the ears and can cause significant hearing loss and on top of that, if you are also -- separate from that, if you are listening to loud music or ev...

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