Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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Retraining - we need to retrain all these painters, carpenters,
riggers, stage, crane operators, plumbers and make them all computer
engineers and technicians, doctors, lawyers and nurses.

or professional writers.

Eisboch
*That* requires skill.




I am living proof that *that* is not necessarily so. I am far from a
professional writer, yet we are still communicating.

Ok ... here's a bizarre outlook for you .....

One of the reasons that I don't think your concept of a social program based
utopia will work in the US is this:

Countries in Europe, the Middle East and Asia have long standing cultural
unity. What is good for one is likely to be good for all.
The US is based on cultural diversity. What works for one is not
necessarily good for their next door neighbor.

One of the reasons Japan felt confident to attack Pearl Harbor was because
they mistakenly believed that our diverse population could never unite
effectively and we would be thrown into internal chaos. Similarly, the
reactions to the attack of 9/11 demonstrated the type of unity this country
relies upon.

The US is unique in this regard, IMO.

Eisboch



I'm sorry, but I don't recall advocating a "social program based utopia."





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"In the 21st century, nations don’t invade other nations."
John McCain, news conference, 13 August 2008, forgetting somehow that
the United States invaded and occupied Iraq in 2003. Another McCain
senior moment?