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To: Road Walker who wrote (441434)	12/19/2008 12:01:34 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1577025

I am not sure why MN doesn't have better candidates running for office. Frozen brain cells? I really wonder what the hell is going on there......Jessie Ventura as governor??? I understand he wasn't that bad but still. Bachmann.......what a sleaze she is. And then there is Coleman who is in one or two or three lawsuits.....who can keep up. There are good people in MN......it seems to me they could definitely do better with their leadership picks.....but who knows.

To: Road Walker who wrote (441434)	12/19/2008 12:02:25 PM
From: bentway	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1577025

Franken has his own "Cheney-face"

To: Road Walker who wrote (441434)	12/19/2008 12:10:28 PM
From: tejek	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577025

I don't know what to make of this article but I thought I would post it. Brazil: November unemployment at 7.6 percent 12 minutes ago (AP:RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil) Officials say Brazil's November unemployment was the lowest for that month in six years. The government's IBGE statistics institute says unemployment in November stood at 7.6 percent. That is down from 8.2 percent unemployment in the same month last year. But the IGBE's top unemployment researcher Cimar Azeredo says Friday the figure is somewhat disappointing. He says researchers were expecting November's unemployment to be lower than October's, when the level was 7.5 percent. But Azeredo says this month's result shows the global financial crisis has not hit Brazil's labor market. Despite the crisis, consumer spending remains high in Brazil and the country's economy is expected to expand by 5 percent this year.