re: "Obama will speak at 11:00 about the "jobs"
I saw a headline earlier that Obama wants tax incentives for employers who hire veterans. Aside from the usual 'pep rally' spectacle of a Presidential address, this may be what he wants to talk about.
I wonder if he'll wear shoes? He apparently did not at his Rose Garden birthday bash.
Obama's 50th Birthday bash: Stevie Wonder, Chris Rock, Tom Hanks, Whoopi Goldberg, Herbie Hancock, Jay Z
By Lynn Sweet on August 5, 2011
WASHINGTON--President Obama celebrated his 50th birthday Thursday night with a celebrity-filled bash, as entertainer Chris Rock reported on his Twitter feed: "Just left the Presidents birthday party at the White House. Herbie Hancock played, Stevie Wonder sang and yes they did the electric slide. A great night."
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Obama's team was not eager for pictures of the bash, coming as the stock market was plunging and a new jobless report comes out Friday morning.

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