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Taking a short break, inbetween working on two projekts. Am working at home this afternoon.

Should also go out and get some stuff, though it is pretty cool, needs as sweater and socks. :-(

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Jul 22nd, 2008 at 09:32:08 AM EST
I don´t recommend coming here anymore:  Although there is a perfect breeze early in the morning, by 11 the heat is very uncomfortable and right now I´m dreading going out in it again.  

It´s probably 40º and I´m walking to a friend`s house to catch a ride to a Zapatero rally.  It better have shade and he´d better say something good to make it worthwhile because I´m so sick of local-party political clowns hanging on to power, that I may secede.
 

Our knowledge has surpassed our wisdom. --Charu Saxena.

by metavision on Tue Jul 22nd, 2008 at 11:43:51 AM EST
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Got a quick hello at the press line and his blue eyes have a clean spark.  The speech had a lot of items that I have read or heard before, but he doesn't try to cover up the fact that he's just repeating them to drive home the point and he interacts naturally with crowd reactions.

I was glad to hear that the infrastructure programs/public job creation are approved and being started, against the PP´s daily scream to cut government spending immediately because we are reaching the deficit line.

The only minister that I don´t like at all, because he sounds plainly neocon, is the Work and Inmigration one.  Today there were about 200 arrivals by raft and by lunch time he had told the press ´they will all be returned regardless... because if they are not, it could cause a call effect in the countries of origin´!!!  He is totally out of line with the government´s social values and I don´t know why he was picked.

Unfortunately, I couldn´t get close to VP Mª Teresa Fernandez de la Vega to talk with her at the end, but I hadn´t planned it either.  

Our knowledge has surpassed our wisdom. --Charu Saxena.

by metavision on Tue Jul 22nd, 2008 at 06:54:14 PM EST
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Zapatero also emphasized that he will dialogue with all parties on all issues, but will not compromise social spending.  He said that´s the ´red line´ he will not cross.

He is holding a meeting with the president of the PP tomorrow.

Our knowledge has surpassed our wisdom. --Charu Saxena.

by metavision on Tue Jul 22nd, 2008 at 06:59:23 PM EST
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