Monday, January 22, 2007

Unhappiest Day Of The Year?

It's Blue Monday: The Unhappiest Day Of The Year

(CBS4) LONDON If you find yourself feeling a little depressed and down this Monday, chances are you're not alone.

British psychologist Cliff Arnall has designated January 22, 2007 as Blue Monday – the most miserable day of the year.

Arnall used a mathematical equation to determine that Jan. 22 is the gloomiest and most depressing day of the year.
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Tuesday Bush will speak to the Congress and for him it can't be a happy day. His advisers and speech-writers have advertised that they've whittled down what he'll have to say. Yes siree! It's the same old Bush formula of reducing expectations.
Bush Speech to Showcase Domestic Agenda -
Bush includes domestic themes in State of the Union to appeal to mainstream America
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22, 2007
By BEN FELLER Associated Press Writer

(AP) President Bush will tell Americans Tuesday night he has important plans for health care, education and other kitchen table topics that have little to do with Iraq. Yet if the state of the union is strong, so is the nation's skepticism that he can deliver.

For the first time, Bush will give his State of the Union address with Democrats in power and looking over his shoulder _ literally, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi seated right behind him. Most people have no confidence that Bush and a Democratic Congress can solve problems together, a troubling sentiment that has only deepened since the November election, an Associated Press-AOL News poll finds. ...

... Meanwhile, bitter feelings over the war stand in the way of the principal goal of the speech _ a bipartisan agenda. ...
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