On 7-May-2009, jps wrote:

Multiply that by "Americans" not caring, and you have a 3rd world
country.
That status is evident everywhere you look. Well, 98% of the places you
look. Might as well quit bitching and adapt. You're screwed for the
long
term.

I don't think the current jackass rates as highly on the jackass scale
when compared to the two previous.

3-way tie - Obama just has the honor of closing the lid of the casket.

No need to review Bush. Clinton
did a lot of pandering to the global economic interests. When you're
riding high on an inflated market -- and taxes are rolling in from
short term profits on short term thinking, a lot of water can move
under the bridge while the few who understand the net effect are
drowned out by the irrational, foolish masses.

Very true, and those few weren't heard.


We've undercut our own industries, work force and failed to make the
investments in our own country. We've failed to incent companies to
keep their workforces here (or disincent them from moving their labor
elsewhere). We haven't made education a priority.

The federal government put into place policies that facilitated dumping
while prohibiting exports. The countries the morons buy their vehicles from
do not permit import of the same (or of anything else.).This has been going
on since the mid 70's. Apathy by the lazy masses results in pervasive "oh
wells" followed by "where's my free stuff?" Alone, the government can't
trash the country. The public could and did.

More money is wasted on "education" in the U.S. than is spent on the
military, and the little darlings are functionally illiterate. I've been an
employer - try to get a high school gradjgeat to find 3 1/4" on a ruler.
Many just walk out.


It's pretty depressing but I'd rather think about what can be done
than wallow in pity.

Pity is instantaneous when tragedy is realized, then the laughter starts.
I'm in the industrial market right now. Last 2 business transactions
involved Turkey and India. The U.S? With the government oppression for the
past 30 years, why would ANYONE produce products in the U.S???? Answer -
they don't, they "git" while the going's good. Employees in the U.S will be,
and are suitable for, mindless retail clerks selling shoddy overpriced junk
to each other in every commodity imaginable.

As long as "Americans" send most of their discretionary income overseas for
autos and every household product, their wages will fall, and they will
eventually live like those in Mumbai. "But all I see are red Chinese
products..whhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaa...." Don't buy it, the economy would change
in 90 days.

"Americans" are lazy and it will NEVER happen.

It's not pity - it's funny......except for those who are stuck in the U.S.