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*Manage your newsletters on Slate* Unsubscribe<http://link.email.slate.com/r/SFBEVV/3VGG/G3AZA/MR8U/5W36/KI/h?a=link.email.slate.com&b=SFBEVV&c=3VGG&d=G3AZA&e=MR8U&f=cGhpbGlwamVtYWlsY2hhbnRAZ21haWwuY29t>| Newsletter Center <http://link.email.slate.com/r/SFBEVV/3VGG/G3AZA/MR8U/INCK/KI/h> | Advertising Information <http://link.email.slate.com/r/SFBEVV/3VGG/G3AZA/MR8U/D985/KI/h> Please do not reply to this message since this is an unmonitored e-mail address. If you have questions about newsletters, please go here<http://link.email.slate.com/r/SFBEVV/3VGG/G3AZA/MR8U/ES6W/KI/h>. [image: Slate Magazine]<http://link.email.slate.com/r/SFBEVV/3VGG/G3AZA/MR8U/AIHM/KI/h><http://link.email.slate.com/r/SFBEVV/3VGG/G3AZA/MR8U/7K1Z/KI/h><http://link.email.slate.com/r/SFBEVV/3VGG/G3AZA/MR8U/KPAS/KI/h>Now playing: *Slate V*, a video-only site from the world's leading online magazine. Visit *Slate V* at www.slatev.com<http://link.email.slate.com/r/SFBEVV/3VGG/G3AZA/MR8U/NLMN/KI/h> .today's papers It's a Numbers Game, and Nobody's Winning By Lydia DePillis Posted Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009, at 5:12 AM ET The *New York Times<http://link.email.slate.com/r/SFBEVV/3VGG/G3AZA/MR8U/2MF2/KI/h> * and *Wall Street Journal<http://link.email.slate.com/r/SFBEVV/3VGG/G3AZA/MR8U/RGXT/KI/h> * lead with the latest numbers out from the Commerce Department--which douse any hopes one might have harbored for a near-term recovery--and their implications for a stimulus plan that relies on much rosier projections. The *Los Angeles Times<http://link.email.slate.com/r/SFBEVV/3VGG/G3AZA/MR8U/V0I6/KI/h> * leads with the local angle<http://link.email.slate.com/r/SFBEVV/3VGG/G3AZA/MR8U/GR0J/KI/h>on the fiasco; California's unemployment rate topped 10 percent in January, well over the national average of 7.6 percent. The *Washington Post<http://link.email.slate.com/r/SFBEVV/3VGG/G3AZA/MR8U/ES6S/KI/h> * leads (and ends<http://link.email.slate.com/r/SFBEVV/3VGG/G3AZA/MR8U/S8K6/KI/h>) with President Barack Obama's announcement<http://link.email.slate.com/r/SFBEVV/3VGG/G3AZA/MR8U/GR0N/KI/h>that the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq has a date: August 2010, with a third of current troop levels to remain in place through 2011. Although faster than what the generals had planned<http://link.email.slate.com/r/SFBEVV/3VGG/G3AZA/MR8U/CQGJ/KI/h>pre-election, it's a more cautious timeline than Obama had laid out on the campaign trail; the paper contrasts his strategy of "risk management" and "mitigation" with what it called "breathtakingly bold" action on the economic stimulus. Still, aside from some disappointment<http://link.email.slate.com/r/SFBEVV/3VGG/G3AZA/MR8U/GR0P/KI/h>on the left, the plan--which got no cover treatment from the *NYT*--drew broad acceptance<http://link.email.slate.com/r/SFBEVV/3VGG/G3AZA/MR8U/J32T/KI/h>, with Republicans pointing towards the surge as what may allow for a successful withdrawal of troops. According to the *Post*, they will be missed <http://link.email.slate.com/r/SFBEVV/3VGG/G3AZA/MR8U/9YTJ/KI/h>. *To continue reading, click here<http://link.email.slate.com/r/SFBEVV/3VGG/G3AZA/MR8U/HFCT/KI/h> .* *Lydia DePillis is a writer living in New York.* Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE<http://link.email.slate.com/r/SFBEVV/3VGG/G3AZA/MR8U/T6D7/KI/h>| READ MESSAGES <http://link.email.slate.com/r/SFBEVV/3VGG/G3AZA/MR8U/GR0H/KI/h> *Also In Slate* ------------------------------ * *The Obamas and the Great American Tradition of Church Shopping<http://link.email.slate.com/r/SFBEVV/3VGG/G3AZA/MR8U/5WPJ/KI/h> * *Is It Legal To Send Blood Through the Mail?<http://link.email.slate.com/r/SFBEVV/3VGG/G3AZA/MR8U/RGXM/KI/h> * *The Obamas Should Name Their Dog "Government"<http://link.email.slate.com/r/SFBEVV/3VGG/G3AZA/MR8U/PH47/KI/h> Advertisement <http://link.email.slate.com/r/SFBEVV/3VGG/G3AZA/MR8U/ZASQ/KI/h> Ideas on how to make something better? Send an e-mail to * [email protected]*. Copyright 2008 Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive Co. LLC | Privacy Policy<http://link.email.slate.com/r/SFBEVV/3VGG/G3AZA/MR8U/9YT8/KI/h> Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive | c/o E-mail Customer Care |1515 N. Courthouse Rd. | Arlington, VA 22201 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Black Focus Inc." group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Black-Focus-Inc?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
