Subj : Re: NJ Programmers Guild Meeting To : alt.computer.consultants,comp.programming From : BO L. Date : Tue Sep 06 2005 12:32 am "Coldfire" wrote in message news:1125944520.548754.136700@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > "A nation that fails to build anything fails to be innovative and fails > Eventually as a world power." > > - Michael A. Rinaldi > > Why should a country or a person hope or aspire to be a power ..? Why > do you need power ..? The only reason power is useful for is to BULLY. > What you should really hope for is strength. Strength to have the will > and courage and the strength ( recursion intended ! ) to help for > eg.storm victims. > > "American jobs for American programmers" - well , is working on Google > Labs an American job ..? At least 60% of the internet stays outside the > united states.(actually its much more - I am not sure about the number) > It does make sense to give the Indians or the Chinese some bread ( or > which ever food they ask for ) in return for jobs done at Google Labs, > China or in India. > > Well, they do a good job of teaching patriotism in the schools. As its > evident in all the guilds and stuff. And also as is evident in extreme > forms of extremism like for eg.terriorism. But currently they don't > teach what a Global Economy is. We have to learn it ourselves. I > suggest we try. Its a good investment. Only for the very few at the top who stand to benefit. The rest of us are looking forward to a third-world life-style (I guess they did not teach you that in school). If you think globalism is a good investment, then you give up your job to someone in India or China and then take a job at Walmart -- you righteous bastard! You're a typical example of the radical left who wants to weaken America and the all of the west and use globalization to do it. We sure need a third party in this country. .