Daily Archives: 7 August 2009

1 in 9 Americans now on food stamps

“WASHINGTON (Reuters) – For the first time, more than 34 million Americans received food stamps in May, the government said on Thursday, another symptom of the longest and one of the deepest recessions since the Great Depression.

Enrollment surged by 2 percent to reach a record 34.4 million people, or one in nine Americans, in the latest month for which figures are available.” (Read more from news.yahoo.com)

Remember the Newsweek headline? “The Recession is over”

US troops now a ‘coalition of one’ in Iraq

“The war in Iraq was truly an American-only effort Saturday after Britain and Australia, the last of its international partners, pulled out.

Little attention was paid in Iraq to what effectively ended the so-called coalition of the willing, with the U.S. — as the leader of Multi-National Force, Iraq — letting the withdrawals pass without any public demonstration.” (Read more from news.yahoo.com)

Good thing we have chairman Obama now. Our dear leader inherited these problems. We must not criticize our dear leader, as he is working toward a better future for you and me.