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President Bush in his weekly radio address today that apparently sought to address harsh criticism from Democratic leaders of his handling of the economic crisis. The President said that he is confident the U.S. can overcome the rough times and emerge “stronger than ever.”
The patriotic address, taped on Friday, also profited from slightly better financial news: the economy grew in the first quarter of the year, if only by .6 percent, there were fewer job losses and the employment rate fell slightly.
“No temporary setbacks can hold back the most powerful force in our economy — the ingenuity of the American people,” Bush said. “Because of your hard work and dedication, I am confident that we will weather this rough period and emerge stronger than ever,” President Bush in his weekly radio address today.
He also alleged that his administration was been upfront and candid about the troubles affecting the United States economy. Bush also highlighted the $117 billion in tax rebates coming to 130 million households.
Also, President George W. Bush asked the Congress on Thursday to approve $770 million to alleviate the food crisis due to increasing food prices around the world. During a surprise mid-afternoon appearance at the White House, Bush asked lawmakers to approve the additional funds due to help solving the world food crisis.
We used to speculate that Twitter’s persistent downtime and overall poor service quality could result in a Friendster-type nose dive. But after a three day weekend outage I realized that in the last two months a subtle shift occured: I now need Twitter more than Twitter needs me.
So while Robert Scoble speculates that FriendFeed is the big winner when Twitter goes down, and Dave Winer hacks together contingency plans for the next outage that remind me of stockpiling candles and bottled water for the next big storm, I just shake my head at how wonderfully we’ve all be had.
Some will argue, as does Robert Scoble, that Twitter’s open API allows other services to suck off their users and eventually supplant them if the service outages continue. But as more services use the Twitter API, the value of the core message transmission engine behind the service increases. All Twitter has to be is the pipes to win. And, since they clearly are the pipes, they’ve already won.
I’ve Twittered this post to my followers. But since they’re having an outage affecting popular users, no one can see it. Ah well.
| Website: | twitter.com |
| Location: | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Founded: | March 1, 2006 |
| Funding: | $5.4M |
Founded in March of 2006, Twitter is social networking and micro-blogging site that allows users to post their latest updates. An update is limited by 140 characters and can be posted through three methods: web form, text message, or instant message…. Learn More
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If you’re on the go so much that you don’t have time for more than a quick bite, web site Health.com rounds up five of the healthiest fast-food chains around. Many of the restaurants on the list are regional, so they’re not available to everyone. Also, keep in mind that just because a restaurant offers healthier options, it doesn’t mean that everything they serve is healthy. (Let’s just say Jared didn’t drop weight by inhaling two Sweet Onion Chicken Teriyaki subs every day.) With that in mind, Health.com’s five healthiest fast-food choices, as judged by these rules, are:
Whether you take issue with the list, wholeheartedly agree with it, or have your own suggestions, share your thoughts in the comments. And remember, you can eat reasonably healthy at any fast-food joint if you know where to look on the menu.
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