USA's best: Indian Americans top community

The 1.5 million Indian Americans in the US continue to top the US Census charts as the best-educated, highest-paid and top-placed community among the 38.1 million foreign-born population in the country.

As per a fresh analysis of data on the foreign-born population from the 2007 American Community Survey, 74 percent of Indian-born US residents had bachelor's degree or higher, which was far more than the figure for people born in any other foreign country.

This was also nearly three times the 27 percent of the foreign-born and about 28 percent of the natives having bachelor's degrees, showed the new analysis that was released by the US Census Bureau of the Commerce Department.

These figures come from the new detailed characteristic profiles on the foreign-born population, or people who were not US citizens at birth, available on the basis of their countries of birth.

"Among the foreign-born, those from India, Australia, South Africa and the Philippines have the highest median household incomes," said the analysis, indicating the top positions Indian enjoy among the US workforce.

"The median household income for US residents born in India is $91,195 (per annum). The foreign-born from Somalia and the Dominican Republic had some of the lowest median household incomes," the survey added.

For Indians, this is several notches higher than the median household income of $50,740 for the total population, $46,881 for the foreign-born population and $51,249 for the native population.

In terms of people careers, India-born residents were again on the top of the ladder with just 8.3 percent of the group's population engaged in the so-called labour-intensive jobs.

This is, indeed, a long way from the days of early migration when Indians mainly came to the US as labourers to build the country's railroad.

"US residents born in India have the highest percentage of civilian-employed people working in management, professional and related occupations," the survey said, adding 69 percent of the population were in that category.

The survey showed that people from India ranked fourth in terms of sheer numbers when it came to the foreign-born living in the US.

Mexicans topped the list with 11.7 million, followed by China (1.19 million), the Philippines (1.7 million), India (1.5 million) and El Salvador and Vietnam (both 1.1 million).

"These new selected population profiles highlight the diversity among the many different foreign-born groups in the United States," said Elizabeth Grieco, chief of the Census Bureau's immigration statistics staff.

"This diversity is due in part to the way the various communities were established, whether it be through labour migration, family reunification or refugee flows."

Indo-Pakistan bloggers have an e-date

Indian and Pakistani bloggers had a 'date' in the virtual world to figure out if trust between the people of the two countries can ever be restored after the Mumbai carnage.

The e-date, organised by Dawn newspaper, had Rehan Ansari, a Pakistani journalist closely associated with India, and Mukul Kesavan, an Indian author who teaches history, taking questions from bloggers from both sides of the border.

"From saber-rattling to joint investigations, Indo-Pak relations are ever in flux. Here, Dawn.com invites Rehan Ansari and Mukul Kesavan to live blog on all cross-border conundrums -- social, political, martial, monetary, and fashionable," the note on the Dawn website announced.

The question prominent on the mind of bloggers was if trust between the people of the two countries can ever be restored after 26\11 attacks.

Ansari, who has lived in Mumbai, attempted an answer: "During the attacks in Mumbai, it was horrific, and I was obviously shocked and fearful for friends, and frankly, even personal safety.

"I could not help thinking that the attack had a very clear goal: to disrupt Pakistan-India relations at all kinds of levels."

"Another thought, or more of a horrible realisation I had, was that my feeling that Indians of all kinds and communities know very little about Pakistan and Pakistanis and this attack aims at that fault line.

"So I was so relieved that Rajasthan and New Delhi rejected the BJP in state elections in the immediate aftermath of the attack, though I have heard almost no comment about that in the Pakistani print or TV media," Ansari wrote.

Kesavan took the argument forward stating that there's another class of people in India, pluralist and broadly non-sectarian, neither hostile to Pakistan nor especially sentimental about it, but who find the Pakistani state both puzzling and threatening.

He said shortly after the Mumbai attacks in November last year, he was emailed Youtube videos of Pakistani television talk show hosts talking about the attack and India's allegations against Pakistan.

"I'm used to jingoism on Indian television, but those videos were really, beyond comic. They seemed to embody a sort of cosmic denial," said Kesavan, who has never been to Pakistan.

"This business of being liberal is interesting. In India, being liberal generally means being pluralist and 'secular'. I use scare quotes because the Indian construction of secularism is different from the Western distinction between church and state. And I'm sure in Pakistan, being liberal means much the same thing," he wrote.

He pointed out the difference in the circumstances of Pakistani and Indian liberals. "In India, however resurgent majoritarian Hindus might be and however beleaguered liberals might feel, all the best lines in the Republic's founding document, the constitution, were written for us."

"I think the equivalent legitimising statement for Pakistani liberals would be Jinnah's famous constituent assembly address where he declared the state had no interest in the faith of its citizens."

The statements kicked off a debate in cyberia with a blogger named Suleiman stating that he doesn't think there is "a Indian or Pakistani people".

"I think there are many. There are, for example, many Indians who support the BJP and its affiliated parties who think of Indian Muslims as Trojan horses and Pakistani Muslims as congenitally hostile."

Sarat Kumar Dash, who joined in the debate, said he would like India and Pakistan to be one nation and fight poverty together. "Unless they are united, we would be spending endlessly for defence."

Track II diplomacy and people-to-people contacts were also discussed to improve the relations between the two countries. Raj A, another blogger, was happy to note that Indians waved Pakistani flags to cheer a cricket team. "While watching the recently-held Indian Cricket League (ICL) tournament, I noticed a high level of support for the Lahore Badshahs team (made up of Pakistani players). Fans at the Indian stadiums were even waving Pakistani flags." But Raj wondered if open support for Pakistan was common and accepted?

"Or is it viewed with suspicion?" he asked.

New York tabloid in racism row

A cartoon in a New York tabloid is causing big racism row in the US. A New York Post cartoon depicts police shooting a chimpanzee with the caption reading 'They'll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill'.

At first glance, the cartoon appears to be another reference to the shooting by police on Monday of a pet chimp that viciously attacked it's owner.

But far too many feel it's an obvious reference to Barack Obama and the longstanding slur of portraying a black man as an ape.

The newspaper's editor-in-chief however says that, the cartoon was a parody of a current news event -- the reference to shooting of a violent chimp in Connecticut.

Obama signs $787 billion stimulus package

US President Barack Obama has signed into law the $787 billion economic stimulus package, which according to him would rejuvenate the American economy and create as many as three to four million jobs in the next two years.

Minutes before he put his signature on the 1,534-page American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in Denver, Colorado, Obama said: "We have begun the essential work of keeping the American dream alive."

The stimulus bill was passed last week by the US Congress House of Representative and Senate -- without much support from the Opposition Republicans. While no Republican voted in its favour, only three Senators supported the bill in the Senate.

Obama cautioned Americans not to immediately expect miracles with the passage of the bill, as the US has a long way to go in reviving its economy.

"Today does not mark the end of our economic troubles. Nor does it constitute all of what we must do to turn our economy around," he said.

"But it does mark the beginning of the end the beginning of what we need to do to create jobs for Americans scrambling in the wake of layoffs; to provide relief for families worried they won't be able to pay next month's bills; and to set our economy on a firmer foundation, paving the way to long-term growth and prosperity," Obama said.

Terming it as the sweeping economic recovery package in the US history, Obama said: "What makes this recovery plan so important is not just that it will create or save three and a half million jobs over the next two years It's that we are putting Americans to work doing the work that America needs done in critical areas that have been neglected for too long work that will bring real and lasting change for generations to come."

The money would be used to not only save and create three to four million jobs, but also would result in mega investment into modern infrastructure projects, funding projects which would help the US become energy independent, education and push more funding into scientific research.

"It will make the most significant investment in America's roads, bridges, mass transit, and other
infrastructure since the construction of the interstate highway system. It will make investments to foster reform in education, double renewable energy while fostering efficiency in the use of our energy, and improve quality while bringing down costs in healthcare," Obama said.

Middle-class families will get tax cuts and the most vulnerable will get the largest increase in assistance, in decades, he said. "With this Act we begin the process of restoring the economy and making America a stronger and more prosperous Nation," he added.

Indians are highest earners in the US

India-born American residents, numbering over 1.5 million, are the best educated among all the foreign born communities in the US and are also the highest earners in the country, latest census has revealed.

The median household income for US residents born in India is USD 91,195 against a USD 50,740 average for the total population, the data said.

Besides, the overall median household income for foreign-born and native US residents is USD 46,881 and USD 51,249 respectively.

Among all foreign-born residents, a massive 74 per cent of Indians have bachelor's or higher degree, as compared to a 27 per cent average for all foreign-born residents, the US Census Bureau has said drawing on data from the 2007 American Community Survey. The data reveals that only 28 per cent of natives in America have bachelor's degrees.

Overall, about 85 per cent of the total US population -- 68 per cent of the foreign-born and 88 per cent of the native-born -- are high school graduates.

Egypt and Nigeria have rates above 60 per cent while about 80 per cent of the US residents born in China are high school graduates.

Numerically, ethnic Indians with 1.5 million population rank fourth after Mexicans (11.7 million), Chinese (1.9 million) and the Philippines (1.7 million).

Obama stops for maple cookies in Ottawa

US President Barack Obama made a surprise stop at a historic farmer's market for maple cookies and keepsakes for his daughters, on his first official trip to Canada.

Pandemonium ensued as crowds of friendly Canadians surged to greet the US President, snapping pictures, according to a pool report.

"I was looking for a key chain and a snow globe for my daughters," he said, adding he was continuing a tradition started during his election campaign, picking up memorabilia at every stop.

"I figure I'd get some points from my daughters," he said.

Obama left with a keychain and maple cookies offered to him by a French-born baker who refused to accept payment.

"It's for your daughters," said the baker at Le Moulin de Provence in the ByWard Market. "It's not for you."

Established by Lieutenant-Colonel John By in 1826, the ByWard Market is one of Canada's oldest and largest public markets.

The builder of the Rideau Canal, By himself laid out the street plan of the market, designating extra wide streets to accommodate a public market and gathering place.

Obama worried over Taliban deal, Holbrooke tells Zardari

The United States has conveyed strong concern to Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari over the truce deal with a Taliban-linked group for enforcing Shariah law in the restive Swat Valley.

President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are worried that this deal should not turn into a surrender to the Taliban militants, Special US Representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan

Richard Holbrooke told Zardari in a telephonic conversation on Thursday.

In an interview to Wolf Blitzer of a news network, Holbrooke said that he expressed the US concern over the peace deal as it gives the Taliban the authority in a critically important part of the country.

"It's hard to understand this deal in Swat, the area you're talking about, less than 100 miles from the capital in Islamabad. President Zardari says it's an interim arrangement while they stabilize the situation," he said.

"He (Zardari) doesn't disagree that the people who are running Swat now are murderous thugs and militants and they pose a danger not only to Pakistan, but to the United States and India," Holbrooke said.

When specifically asked by Blitzer if Zardari gave him any commitment, Holbrooke said, "That I don't know. But the issue isn't whether he signs the deal or not, the issue is the negotiations themselves."

Nearly 5 million are getting unemployment benefits,jobless claims

WASHINGTON – The number of laid-off workers receiving unemployment benefits has jumped to an all-time high near 5 million while new jobless claims remain well above 600,000. Both figures were worse than expected and new projections from the Federal Reserve show unemployment rising for the rest of this year.

The Labor Department reported Thursday that the number of people receiving regular unemployment benefits rose 170,000 to 4.99 million for the week ending Feb. 7, marking the fourth straight week those receiving benefits have been at a record level on data going back to 1967.

The continuing claims figure also was significantly above the year-ago level of 2.77 million and underscored the difficulty people are having in this recession finding another job once they are laid off.

An additional 1.5 million people are receiving benefits under an extended unemployment compensation program approved by Congress last year, bringing the total number of people receiving unemployment benefits to 6.54 million for the week ending Feb. 7.

In other economic news, wholesale inflation surged unexpectedly in January, according to the Labor Department. Wholesale prices jumped 0.8 percent last month, the biggest gain since July and well above the 0.2 percent increase that economists expected.

The acceleration was led by a 3.7 percent surge in energy prices with gasoline prices jumping 15 percent, the biggest gain in 14 months. Even outside the volatile food and energy sectors, wholesale prices showed a bigger-than-expected increase, rising by 0.4 percent.

The New York-based Conference Board said its January index of leading economic indicators rose 0.4 percent, the second straight monthly gain. Economists expected no change in the index, which forecasts economic activity for the next three to six months based on 10 economic components, including stock prices, building permits and initial claims for unemployment benefits.

The Conference Board said the single biggest boost to the index was the real money supply. The government's effort to address the credit crisis has put more money in circulation. Other positive factors were the interest rate spread, an index of consumer expectations, and manufacturing orders for non-defense and consumer goods. Unemployment claims and building permits were among the biggest drags.

On Wall Street, stocks were mixed in midmorning trading. The Dow Jones industrial average fell nearly 20 points, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index rose slightly and the Nasdaq composite index dipped.

New applications for unemployment benefits totaled 627,000 last week, the same as the previous week, according to the department. But that was still more than the 620,000 claims economists expected.

It also remained near the 631,000 claims filed three weeks ago, which was the highest tally since October 1982, when the economy was emerging from a steep recession, though the labor force has grown by about half since then. A year ago, initial claims stood at 342,000.

The four-week average for claims rose to 619,000 last week, up from 608,500 the previous week which was the first time the figure had topped 600,000 during the economic downturn.

The cascade of layoff notices in recent weeks has heightened concerns about the current recession, already the longest in a quarter-century.

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., said Wednesday it will cut nearly 5,000 jobs, or almost 7 percent of the biggest U.S. tire maker's work force, this year after it posted a fourth-quarter loss and revenue sank 21 percent. The cuts follow the elimination of about 4,000 jobs in the second half of last year.

General Motors Corp. and Chrysler on Tuesday filed plans with the government more than doubling their request for aid to a total of $39 billion and announced plans for thousands more job cuts. GM alone said it would cut 47,000 jobs globally by the end of the year — 19 percent of its work force, and Chrysler said it will cut 3,000 more jobs.

The Fed released a new economic forecast on Wednesday that reduced its growth forecast for 2009 and increased its unemployment rate projections. The new forecast predicts that unemployment will hit between 8.5 and 8.8 percent this year, up from the current level of 7.6 percent.

And in an appearance at the National Press Club, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday that "strong and aggressive action" would be able to overcome the current recession and jolt the economy back into growth. But he said "if we fail ... then the situation will continue to deteriorate."

President Barack Obama pointed to the deteriorating economy to win quick passage of an $787 billion economic stimulus program which he signed into law this week. On Wednesday, Obama unveiled a $75 billion program aimed at halting the surging level of mortgage foreclosures in the wake of the worst slump in housing in decades.

For the week ending Feb. 7, the states with the largest increases in jobless applications were Kentucky and Arkansas, which blamed the jumps on rising layoffs in the mining, trade and manufacturing industries. The biggest decreases were recorded in California and Tennessee, which reported fewer layoffs in the construction, trade, service and manufacturing industries.

Uh Oh, Apple Fans: Looks Like Obama Uses a PC

President Barack Obama may be busy drumming up support for his economic stimulus package, but reading between the lines of the president's recent remarks reveals some interesting new nuggets about his computing choices. All right, I'll just say it: Obama's a PC guy.

Hey, it may not be the most important piece of info within the administration right now. But after the back-and-forth debate over Obama's MP3 player allegiance (contrary to original rumors, it turned out our commander in chief rocks it iPod-style), then the brouhaha about his secretive and supersecure BlackBerry-style device (believed by many to be a military-grade machine called the Sectera Edge), there's no denying interest is high in President Obama's preferences for technology. The guy may hope to unite political parties, but when it comes to the world of tech, Obama's quickly learning the sides are as divided as ever.

Intelligence From Intel

Past reports have suggested Obama was a Mac fan (or, at the very least, his campaign staff members were). It now appears, though, the president has taken the PC pledge. The John Hodgman-friendly factoid slipped out in a simple utterance by Intel CEO Paul Otellini, buried within a story by PC World sister publication Computerworld. The statement discusses Obama's support for Intel's decision to invest billions in upgrading its factories:

"Otellini said Obama called him last night to congratulate him on company's decision. The president 'reminded me that he sees the Intel logo every morning when he opens up his laptop; I was pleased to hear that,' he noted."

Exhibit A: "He sees the Intel logo every morning." (Okay, it's the only exhibit. But I've always wanted to say "Exhibit A," and this seemed like a good opportunity.) Now, many Apple products do use Intel chips, right? Mac systems, though -- as the sharp folks over at All Things Digital, who first noticed the sure-to-be-contentious quote, point out -- don't flash the logo around in the way that PCs do. So, even if it's just a result of the White House's Windows system stockpile, it looks like the leader of the free world is likely a man of Microsoft.

Time to update your scorecards, then: The current presidential tech standings are one Mac (for the iPod), one PC (for the laptop). Convince Apple to build Obama an NSA-approved iPhone, and we just might see a majority rule.

For what it's worth, by the way, President Bush sported both an iPod and a PowerBook. Crikey...can't we all just get along?

Microsoft to Limit Capabilities of Cheap Laptops,techy

Microsoft is launching a program to promote the use of its Windows OS in ultra low-cost PCs, one effect of which will be to limit the hardware capabilities of this type of device, IDG News Service has learned.

Microsoft plans to offer PC makers steep discounts on Windows XP Home Edition to encourage them to use that OS instead of Linux on ultra low-cost PCs (ULPCs). To be eligible, however, the PC vendors that make ULPCs must limit screen sizes to 10.2 inches and hard drives to 80G bytes, and they cannot offer touch-screen PCs.

The program is outlined in confidential documents that Microsoft sent to PC makers last month, and which were obtained by IDG News Service. The goal apparently is to limit the hardware capabilities of ULPCs so that they don't eat into the market for mainstream PCs running Windows Vista, something both Microsoft and the PC vendors would want to avoid.

Imposing the limitations solves a number of problems for the PC industry, said industry analyst Roger Kay, president of EndPoint Technologies Associates. "It allows PC makers to offer a low-cost alternative, and it prevents eroding of pricing and margins in the mainstream OS market," he said.

Microsoft declined to comment on the documents. "We don't speak publicly about our agreements with [PC makers]," the company said in a statement via its public relations agency.

ULPCs are an emerging class of laptops that carry low price tags -- about $250 to $500. Early examples include the Asus Eee PC and One Laptop Per Child's XO machine. The systems already have limited hardware configurations. Microsoft's program appears designed to ensure that distinction is maintained and to prevent ULPCs from cannibalizing sales of higher-end systems, Kay said.

Twenty or more other designs are expected to enter the market over the next six months, and Microsoft expects 10 million to 13 million of the devices to sell this year, according to the documents. IDC's forecast is more modest: On Thursday it said it expects ULPC sales to hit 9 million units by 2012, up from 500,00 last year.

Microsoft notes that the OSes under consideration for the devices include Windows and Linux. Some PC makers have expressed a preference for Linux because it helps them keep down the cost of the devices.

Microsoft says PC makers are keen to enter the market but want to keep ULPCs as a distinct category from "value" and mainstream PCs. The company's new program, scheduled to launch by the end of June, is designed to help make that happen.

Microsoft plans to charge PC makers US$26 for Windows XP Home Edition for ULPCs sold in emerging markets such as China and India, and $32 for those sold in developed markets, the documents show. PC makers who are eligible for its Market Development Agreement, however, can get a discount of as much as $10 off those prices, the documents say.

That's where the hardware limits come in. Besides limits on the screens and hard drives, to be eligible, the systems can have no more than 1G byte of RAM and a single-core processor running at no more than 1GHz. The program makes an allowance for some chips, including Via Technologies' C7-M processors, which run between 1.0GHz and 1.6GHz, and Intel's upcoming Atom N270.

By offering Windows XP Home Edition at bargain prices, Microsoft hopes to secure its place in the ULPC market and reduce the use of Linux, according to an official at one PC maker, who asked not to be identified because he was not authorized to discuss the program.

"[Low-cost PC makers] have made some good inroads with open-source, and Microsoft wants to put a stop to it," the official said.

The official did not seem opposed to the program. It should stimulate more competition between Windows and Linux in the ULPC market, and it could invigorate sales because consumers who want an easy-to-use PC are likely to prefer Windows, the official said.

Microsoft has said it plans to stop selling new Windows XP licenses after June 30, but it has made exceptions, including for the use of XP Home in ULPCs.

Power techs embrace smart grid web

The possible market for the technology infrastructure required to transform the nation's ageing power grid into a "smart power web" is predicted to nearly double over the next five years, according to a new survey.

In a report released this week, market analyst Lux Research Inc. found that metering hardware and software integrated with networking technologies would increase by as much as Rs.10,007.28 crore ($2 billion) by 2013 to Rs.23,517.10 crore ($4.7 billion).

Branding the current U.S. power grid as "wasteful, costly, inefficient and ill-equipped to address many pressing energy issues," the report's authors predicted that "smart grid technologies, like advanced metering infrastructure and demand response services, will enable the transformation of the current grid to a more reliable and intelligent power web."

Lux said power distribution is drifting away from centralisation to distributed power generation, storage and intelligence. Other experts said the trend will be driven by countries like India where there is little or no electricity infrastructure and where renewable energy sources like solar are advancing quickly.

The study also found that supplies of raw materials for Li-ion batteries used for transportation will not be constrained, although it predicted some pricing volatility.

Meanwhile, Lux said investment in energy storage technologies is shifting from batteries and fuel cells to "smart grid technologies." Lux found that investments in new grid technologies reached Rs.1,310.95 crore ($262 million) from 2007 to mid-2008.

It said smart grid investments are being driven by the desire of venture capitalists to get a quicker return on their investments.

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Obama's success makes him a target

As Senator Barack Obama has risen in the polls and extended his string of primary victories, he has taken rhetorical mortar shots from all sides in the political war.

The incoming attacks on Obama continued apace Monday. Senator Hillary Clinton portrayed the Illinois senator as a novice who would need a "foreign policy manual," and her aides declined to deny having made public a photo of Obama in African dress, including a white turban.

Clinton's comments about Obama's foreign policy experience came on the same day that the presumptive Republican presidential candidate, Senator John McCain of Arizona, found himself wobbling on one of his key foreign policy positions: He made, then retracted a statement that unless he can persuade Americans that U.S. policy in Iraq is succeeding, he will lose the election.

Earlier, the posting on some Internet sites of a photo of Obama in Somali garb, including a white turban, caused an instant flap.

The Obama campaign asserted that Clinton aides had leaked the photo - taken during a 2006 trip to Africa - apparently to underscore his foreign links, from his name to his Kenyan ancestry.

The Clinton campaign manager, Maggie Williams, tried to turn the matter back at the Obama team.

"If Barack Obama's campaign wants to suggest that a photo of him wearing traditional Somali clothing is divisive, they should be ashamed," Williams said in a statement. "Hillary Clinton has worn the traditional clothing of countries she has visited and had those photos published widely."

Shortly afterward, in her speech at George Washington University, Clinton restated her belief that Obama is dangerously lacking in foreign policy experience, saying: "He wavers from seeming to believe that mediation and meetings without preconditions can solve some of the world's most intractable problems to advocating rash, unilateral military action without the cooperation of our allies in the most sensitive part of the world."

Clinton was referring to Obama's declared openness to meet with leaders even of countries deeply at odds with the United States; and to consider unilateral attacks on terrorist targets in Pakistan if actionable intelligence becomes available.

"With me this is not theoretical," Clinton told supporters.

Clinton said the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and changes in Cuba and Kosovo underscored "how essential it is we have sound strategy and sound leadership."

McCain, for his part, knocked himself temporarily off-message on Monday when he told reporters in Ohio that to win the White House he must persuade war-weary Americans that U.S. policy in Iraq is succeeding, and that if he cannot, "then I lose."

He quickly withdrew that remark.

"Let me not put it that stark," McCain said. "Let me just put it this way: Americans will judge my candidacy first and foremost on how they believe I can lead the county both from our economy and for national security. Obviously, Iraq will play a role."

"If I may, I'd like to retract 'I'll lose,' " he said.

McCain's Democratic opponents have urged a quick troop withdrawal, while he has been a steadfast supporter of the year-old troop-increase plan.

On Sunday, Clinton - who only days earlier had spoken of the "absolute honor" of sharing a stage with Obama - sarcastically described his message as naive and suggestive of "magic wands" and "celestial choirs."

In recent weeks, conservative blogs and television commentators have accused Obama of unpatriotic derelictions, from failing to wear a U.S. flag lapel, as many American politicians do, to having failed to place his hand over his heart last autumn during a playing of the national anthem.

Obama has fired back a few shots of his own. "Senator Clinton has gotten mad because I said she supported" the North American Free Trade Agreement, he told an overflow crowd of 10,000 supporters on Sunday in Toledo, Ohio. "I said: 'Well, hold on a second. The Clinton administration passed Nafta, signed Nafta.' "

"You can't just take credit for the good things," he added.

As to the patriotism questions, Obama told reporters in Lorain, Ohio: "Look, there is always some nonsense going on in a general election. First, it was my name that was a problem. Then there was the Muslim thing, and that hasn't worked out so well. Now it's the patriotism thing."

Rumors still circulate on Internet sites that Obama is secretly a Muslim. He is in fact a Christian.

The attacks on Obama's patriotism took flight again recently, when his wife said that this campaign had made her proud of the country for the first time.

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