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To: Think4Yourself who wrote (189193)	3/7/2009 3:53:42 PM
From: bruiser98	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

The title is "Explosive Video Reich, Obamas economic advisor no 'White Male Construction Workers'." He didn't say, "No white male construction workers." He said not exclusively skilled professionals and white male construction workers.

To: Think4Yourself who wrote (189193)	3/7/2009 5:23:29 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Respond to of 306849

This (Reich advisor to Obama) is what is in power now. Let it be said, let it be done.

To: Think4Yourself who wrote (189193)	3/7/2009 6:04:07 PM
From: Smiling Bob	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

That "EXPLOSIVE" video is grotesquely distorted to spread fear. Look how the subtitles completely skew what's actually being said. It even altered your interpretation Reich never said anything like this, as you wrote: Don't use taxpayer money to help anyone whose skin is white Don't use taxpayer money to help anyone with an education He spoke of the need to make sure that the jobs don't JUST/EXCLUSIVELY go to the white male groups. That was considered to be a problem in the past. His words: "Criteria can be set so that the money does not just go...: I didn't see his statement as being racist, but rather an opinion which many would agree with in whole or in part. I personally find the statement to be outdated and untrue. While there are still plenty of walls in the workplace; minorities, women, and chronically unemployed have many more opportunities than they have in the past. The election should have put the first two to rest. And the 2000 election showed even a loser like Bush, who would have been on unemployment without Sr, was able to get work.

To: Think4Yourself who wrote (189193)	3/8/2009 12:52:52 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 306849

You've never heard of Robert Reich? He teaches economics at Berkeley now, but he was Clintons labor secretary. He was always a voice for the little guy, even when the little guy was doing really really well in the 90s. I never agreed with Reich in theory really, but in this decade his POV is sorely needed. My biggest gripe with him in the last decade is that he acted like the super rich were basically all descendants of the DuPonts. He couldn't see that the rich in the last decade were entrepreneurs and we wanted to encourage that.