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To: Crimson Ghost who wrote (8082)	2/13/2004 7:30:37 PM
From: mishedlo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

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To: Crimson Ghost who wrote (8082)	2/14/2004 5:44:10 AM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110194

this is the most sad part of this article Parents are also seeking the specialized instruction and facilities lacking in New York's 1.1 million-student public school system, which is the biggest in the U.S. and where less than half the students meet state reading requirements.

To: Crimson Ghost who wrote (8082)	2/14/2004 10:22:46 AM
From: mishedlo	Respond to of 110194

Outsourcing snip from the Daily Brew At the same time that Microsoft is bitching about the Chinese making illegal copies of its operating system, it is hiring the Chinese to program the next version of the software. And within that irony may lie a policy solution that could level the playing field somewhat for beleaguered American workers who are watching their jobs run off to distant lands. With Lou Dobbs flogging the issue every night on CNN, an enterprising Democratic politician might consider floating the idea, since the lame proposal they are now pushing requiring companies to give “15 days notice before your paycheck goes to China” ain’t cutting the mustard. Instead of threatening our trading "partners" with tariffs and sanctions, threaten the multinational corporations who are setting up shop in countries that allow the wholesale theft of American intellectual property. If IBM wants to move a million programming jobs to India, that’s fine. But if India doesn’t respect the intellectual property rights of our imports, then why should the US respect the intellectual property rights of companies who use Indian labor to produce goods for export? You want to program your software in India? Fine. The price for doing so is that your copyrights, patents, and trademarks become unenforceable in the US. Anything IBM makes in India can be copied for free, and if IBM doesn’t like it, they can damn well program the code somewhere else. If China wants to turn a blind eye to manufactures who produce counterfeit goods, so be it. But if Levi Strauss wants to set up a blue jeans factory there, then the Levi trademark falls into the public domain. Were this to become US policy, the outsourcing of US jobs to nations that steal US intellectual property would dry up faster than you can say “Most Favored Nation Status.” Message 19807184