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It is surveys Merle Haggard deteriorating and meryle haggard conclude it demands urgent and immediate action," Obama told a news conference called to discuss his selections for top intelligence jobs. "This morning, we received a stark reminder about how urgently action is needed."Obama spoke after the Labor Department said the U.S. jobless rate jumped to 7.2 percent in December, the highest level since January 1993, from 6.8 percent in November.The surge came amid another month of deep job losses as employers slashed their payrolls by 524,000 in December.For the year as a whole, the economy shed 2.6 million jobs, the largest decline since a 2.75 million drop in 1945.As Obama spoke, his top aides were meeting behind closed doors with lawmakers to discuss the proposal for tax cuts and public-works spending that the president-elect says would help jump start growth."Our expectation is that we will continue to hone and refine our package over the next several weeks," he said."But the one thing that I tried to lay out yesterday and I will continue to insist on, is we cannot delay," said Obama, who gave a speech on Thursday urging passage of the plan.Obama hopes for passage of the package by mid-February but over the past few days, he has faced concerns by some Democrats about the structure of the tax cuts and wariness among Republicans and moderate Democrats about the impact of the package on an already soaring U.S. budget deficit.(Reporting by Caren Bohan and Deborah Charles, editing by Chris Wilson) Hot Stocks Economy. By Louis “King of Roncesvalles” PisanoTalk about a tough way to start the season—eight of the first 12 games for the Raptors are on the road against some of the Western conference powerhouses.Was a scheduler for the NBA just trying to screw the only Canadian team in the NBA off the bat, perhaps put them in a hole to start the season, break their confidence right away?As a huge Raptors fan, I kind of feel that way, though after ten games, six of which have been on the road, the Raps are sitting at .500 and hold a record of 5-5 overall though are 2-4 on the road beating New Orleans and the Clippers and almost sneaking out a win in Phoenix last night.The Raps have two more tough games on the road against Denver Tuesday and Utah Wednesday, both great home court teams, before coming home briefly for a three game home stand. Then off on the road again for three more games against some easier opponents, somewhat.If it wasn’t for Hedo Turkoglu, the Raptors wouldn’t have even been in the game last night against Phoenix.Late in the fourth quarter he was only a few inches away from another three ball that might have changed the complexion of the game as it came down to a one point win for the Suns.

He did miss the last second shot that would have most likely given the Raps the game but came up just short.I’d like to think with the defensive effort the Raptors came up with last night (limiting the highest scoring team in the NBA to 101 points) that their hard work at that end of the court is beginning to pay some dividends merle haggard sing me back home . Thus proving not only to the fans and other teams that they can play defence, but reassuring themselves that they can.Confidence is a massive part of any athlete’s production and this team seems to be gaining some swagger.I am hopeful that they can split the next two games or perhaps even win both, though that may be quite a tall task against two tough teams as previously mentioned, though I believe that this team is capable of greatness and seemingly has the right mix to win any night against anyone.The starting lineup can matchup with any team in the NBA, as proven by beating a star studded line up in their home opener against Cleveland and can limit the highest team in the NBA, again against Phoenix as I mentioned.Now Jay Triano has to keep them focused when they play the bottom dwellers and the mediocre teams, which will hopefully separate them and move them into the talks of upper echelon teams in the NBA.I see no reason why they shouldn’t be talked about in the same conversation with the Celtics, Magic, and Cavs as it goes for the beasts of the east.The next beast of the east is the ravenous Raptors who will make noise if they already haven’t in the Eastern conference, and will make the playoffs, and will give whoever they play once there, a damn good run for their money!GO Raps GO!  merle haggart . Official Statement of Teamsters General President Jim HoffaWASHINGTON, Jan merele haggard . 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Teamsters General President JimHoffa issued the following statement regarding today's confirmation hearingfor Rep mearle haggard . Hilda Solis, D-Calif., President-elect Barack Obama's nominee forLabor Secretary: "Rep.

Hilda Solis will be an outstanding Labor Secretary and I urge the Senateto confirm her without delay so she can focus on strengthening our middleclass and restoring protections for workers that have eroded under the Bushadministration."The daughter of a Teamster, Solis has always been a champion of workers . Sheknows that restoring balance to an economy that favors excessive profits overworkplace fairness and commitment to community is the only way out of oureconomic crisis merle haggerd . "The dire unemployment report released today by the Labor Departmentunderscores the urgency in addressing the economic insecurity of workers inthis country haggard . The nation lost 2.6 million jobs last year - the most since1945 . The unemployment rate stands at the highest level in 16 years. It istime for swift and bold action, including quick passage of Obama's economicrecovery package.