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To: Victor Lazlo who wrote (159939)	1/26/2004 11:34:49 PM
From: Cyprian	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.

To: Victor Lazlo who wrote (159939)	1/26/2004 11:35:44 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 164684

I also think this issue of deteriorating labor force is a deathknell for Bush, as you know. And the really funny thing is how the republicans dismissed the issue 2 years ago, when it was still early enough to make some changes. This kind of looking away and hoping the issue goes away is typical of this administration. They haven't figured out that their entire game of taxing workers to pay for their corporate friends falls apart with no employment... hence the deficit (I am certain greenies forecasts years ago when those tax cuts were cooked up did not include the millions of high end job losses- surprise!!!) I keep hoping that Bush supporters act like you guys here, touting these empty economic figures as if they matter. Bush Provides Jobs and Reasons to Vote I was thrilled to hear about all those fantastic new jobs that President Bush referred to in his State of the Union address (Jan. 21). Apparently his fiscal policies are creating tons of new employment opportunities, and all a laid-off worker whose job left the country needs to do is get retrained for one of these newly created positions. Perhaps our representatives can put together a bill to fund on-the-job training at Burger King or Wal-Mart. After all, a job is a job, right? Who do we think we are, anyway, to ask for such old-fashioned things as a living wage, overtime pay, affordable health care and all that other liberal garbage? Who are we to ask the rich to pay their fair share of taxes? That's pure socialism. And just who do we really think we are to demand our constitutional rights guaranteeing free speech and the right to question publicly what our secretive government is doing? That's treason, and perhaps a few months incommunicado at Guantanamo Bay will cure us of such thoughts. Wait, I nearly forgot. We can vote! Ed Coonce Encinitas * Maybe junior colleges can use Bush's "jobs for the 21st century" training program to teach Hindi or Punjabi (Jan. 22). That way Americans can compete for all the jobs the president's corporate buddies are sending to India and other places where they can get away with paying poverty-level wages. John McDonald Manhattan Beach latimes.com