Re: O.T Message from The Queen

On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:06:34 +0800, "diggerop" <toobusy@themoment>
wrote:

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On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:22:49 +0800, "diggerop" <toobusy@themoment>
wrote:


A lot of us are still armed and ready to take to the woods to decimate
the Red Coats from concealed locations. I can buy ammunition (without
any ID - except my gray hair) at the WalMart that's just a little over
a mile away. With less than an hour's warning, I can have a weapon at
every vantage point and a couple hundred rounds for each weapon. You
lost the war two hundred years ago. Are you sure you want to fight
again?


Heh. I'm sure the Poms have more on their plate than to want to take on the
problems of the US.
The next battle for control of the US won't give you the opportunity to take
your gun in defense of your country, it is already under way with a far more
powerful arsenal, - world trade. Year by year, the US is being weakened
financially, while China (and an emerging India) slowly but inexorably
increase in strength. That gain is accelerating, - with it goes the balance
of world power.

diggerop

Unfortunately, the US long ago eliminated any requirement that you be
intelligent (or educated [exposed to history and some serious thought]
or a property owner [with a real stake in both national and
international events]) in order to vote, which gave the vote to people
who are more interested in the candidate's clothing style than
international acumen. I did NOT vote for Alfred E Newman.

One of the mantras associated with loss of industrial power was
outsourcing. The argument ran something like this: "They can make it
in China for much less and still have our logo on it. If we do just
the simple final module assembly here in the States, it can have a
Made in the USA label on it." Every time production was moved
offshore, US industrial power declined.

There are also far too many people who are so short-sighted and
concerned with protecting their immediate jobs that they forget the
customer's needs and that the customer affects their long-term job
future. I saw this in a contracting job I had several years ago. The
customer was the US military (big organization, deep pockets, likely
to be there for a long time). One manager was more concerned about
keeping her friend (a marginally competent and minimally productive
employee) employed full time than in getting the software development
done. Said manager canned the remote contractor who was too expensive
at $50/hour (me) and squandered the project money on hours for her
friend. The customer didn't get what they had contracted for, the
company lost the project, the manager and her friend are both looking
for work.

John
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