Subj : Re: GOVERNMENT WASTE To : BOB KLAHN From : WAYNE CHIRNSIDE Date : Fri Feb 25 2011 09:10:00 -=> BOB KLAHN wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=- BK> ... BK>> You can get as good as you can afford. If we had good jobs in BK>> this country Americans could afford quality. WC> Yeah what got me out to vote last time was the promise of WC> jobs and doubling or tripling U.S. investments in R and D WC> and renewable energy development. WC> To say I'm disappointed is an understatement. WC> I'm afraid I've now adopted the philosophy of George Carlin WC> as regards to voting after this last. BK> I have long said, I never voted for any presidential candidate, BK> but I have voted against a lot of them. actually I've been the same until Barack Obama. I voted *for* him. I feel taken in once again :-( BK> Right now Jobs are the only major problem. Largly agreed. IMO we need to move much of our economic dependency from defense ( offense) related industries to civilian research and development for renewable energy and to find ways to once again put the U.S at the forefront of top quality durable goods manufacturing. .... MultiMail, the new multi-platform, multi-format offline reader! --- MultiMail/Linux v0.49 * Origin: Since 1991 And Were Still Here! DOCSPLACE.TZO.COM (1:123/140) .