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Mr. Obama goes to Washington
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There is a lot of money to be made by a lot of people from corporations that do well.
Corporations are the friends of Government.  They keep the wheels oiled.
Mr. Obama finds himself with the task of regaining what was, a delicate balance,
between Corporate profit and the continuation of cooperation of the masses.

At this present imbalance, children in the military are doing themselves in, blue collar
workers have no collars at all, IT guys are SOL as they see their jobs sail off to India,
many families have 2 or 3 generations under one roof.  Things are very different.

Enter, Mr. Obama, change.  Really, it's all that's left.  We can't go back.
We can't magic cheaper oil, lost Auto Manufacturing, the Steel Industry, come on,
remember fondly, a movie ticket was 2.50 in the 1970's?  gas was 39 cents a gallon?

In 1970 the average cost of a new car was $3,900.00 and by 1979 was abt. $5,770.00.

It's all gone.  We have to face it, and replace it.  President Obama/and friends want
to replace it with ' sorta Green' jobs.  That isn't a slam.  We are so low now, the only
direction is up.   We need to employ and fast.  Lets fix crummy bridges, build new things 
for new types of cars that need new parts.   Get gas going through all those miles of gas 
pipelines we laid (I'll show you the map, impressive) Make natural gas generate 
electricity, which is cleaner than clean coal.  

ExxonMobil is paying out very low dividends. They could use some of their money to get 
us going with natural gas generated electricity, to power Elec/battery operated cars.
China can build some factories here and employ Americans.  We need to get off oil.

Do you remember, the Green Jobs Act, part of the 2007 energy bill,  that Congress 

passed and President Bush signed in late 2007?

Kate Lorenz at CareerBuilder.com says:

According to the act, energy efficiency and renewable energy industries covered under 
the term "green collar" include:

 energy-efficient building, construction and retrofits;

 renewable electric power;

 energy-efficient and advanced drivetrain vehicles;

 biofuels;

 deconstruction and materials use;

 energy efficiency assessment industry serving the residential, commercial or industrial 

sectors; and

 manufacturers that produce sustainable products using environmentally sustainable 

processes and materials.

"New technologies require new skills," said Rachel Gragg, federal policy director for The 

Workforce Alliance. "Adopting clean energy practices is critical to our nation's well-being, 

but these efforts won't succeed if we don't invest in the people who will actually do this 

work. We need people to install millions of solar panels, build and maintain alternative 

energy plants, make buildings more energy efficient, and maintain and repair hybrid 

vehicles."

Here are just some of the green areas employers will be hiring for in the coming years:

 Hybrid car manufacturing

 Energy retrofittng

 Food production using organic and/or sustainably grown agricultural products

 Furniture making from environmentally certified and recycled wood

 Green building

 Waste composting

 Hauling and reuse of construction and demolition materials and debris

 Hazardous materials cleanup

 Green landscaping

Manufacturing of green products (like wind turbine blades and solar panels)

 Reuse and production of products made from recycled, nontoxic materials

 Solar installation and maintenance

Retrofitting to increase water efficiency and conservation
Whole home performance (i.e: heating, ventilating and airconditioning; attic insulation; weatherization; etc.)
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As long as we need a new direction it might as well be Green.  Hoping The Pres. Realizes 

that the Mega Military will have to back off some $$$ to make it happen.  I mean...we 

can't  ALL be employed by the military.

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