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To: Grainne who wrote (95836)	2/10/2005 8:25:10 PM
From: coug	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 108807

Yes Grainne, You are right about the typical SI poster. But I don't understand why they don't want to sympathize with lower paid workers when they themselves go through the same thing at a higher economic level. Does their empathy stop at their front door. Maybe it doesn't, but if it doesn't, I just don't get it. :( My Dad used to have a scornful sarcastic "prayer" that he would say people like that would recite.. "God bless me and my wife, My son John and his wife, Us four and no more" Bad Huh? Moving on. I know you like dogs so here is an excerpt (with a little editing) from a post I wrote on another thread about our dog, a black lab/rotty mix. <<When I get some time, maybe tomorrow, I will tell you how our dog, helped save a little bird that hit our back slider today.. "A Miracle Pet's" story.. Hell, I will tell you now. I was in another room this afternoon when I heard a little thump outdoors. I didn't think much about it because I can tell when birds hit some of our windows whether they get hurt or not. It WAS A VERY SMALL thump.. I save some birds that fly into our windows but not all, unfortunately when I hear them hit. But I try to save ALL.. :( But anyway, Washo, our dog came into the room where I was moments later when I didn't move quickly enough to see what happened. He led me to the back door slider where I could see a little junco bird, lay stunned on the snow and ice.. I went and picked him up and held it in both hands to warm it up.. I could tell he was alive by his eyes.. I went to the garage holding the little bird in my hands and got a card board box with a lid.. I put the little bird in the box so he/she could get their bearings. I put a weight on top so it wouldn't get loose in the house which would have been a problem, flying around, banging against windows etc.. Anyway, in about 45 minutes, I heard some thumping from the box.. Sure enough, I took the box outside, opened the lid.. And what FLEW AWAY was a little junco into the high branches of a nearby tree... I felt so good, I started some minestrone soup while I was drinking wine.. :)) HERE'S TO WASHO!!! M <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Message 21030714

To: Grainne who wrote (95836)	2/11/2005 10:01:27 AM
From: Bill	Respond to of 108807

<< probably the majority of people at SI tend to be more conservative >> I'd say there's an equal split. << and big business oriented. >> Absolutely not. I'd say most are small business oriented and entrepreneurial. << I wouldn't expect them to care a lot about blue collar jobs being outsourced, because the result of that outsourcing is more profits for big business >> Absolutely ridiculous. There is no great love for big business here on SI. Some stocks yes. The businesses themselves no. And I think we all understand the labor issues related to outsourcing, but also understand that no cookbook solution exists that would benefit all the competing interests. << What I don't understand is who they think they will sell all those goods to when most Americans have fallen out of the middle class and are unable to afford anything except shopping at Goodwill. >> Most Americans can't afford anything and shop at Goodwill? Is this another one of your 'sky is falling' research data points? According to the census bureau, 88% of Americans are considered middle class or higher. Fact is, cheaper products BENEFIT consumers and that is why 150 million people shop at places like Wal-Mart. The challenge for economists and policy makers is how to keep prices affordable and maintain a strong labor market simultaneously. << Of course, short-term profits are what these people are about--that is why they buy the big oil company brainwashing about global warming not being real. I have no idea how these people sleep at night, though. >> What people? How did we get from shopping at Goodwill to blaming the oil companies for global warming? Again, I don't see many big company villains hanging out on SI or having sleeping problems, so the demons you imagine just don't exist. << My parents also were very liberal >> "Also"? Didn't you just get through telling me you weren't a liberal? You are a moderate, remember? -g- << I am so glad I didn't have Ann Coulter's parents--her dad was a union-busting attorney. >> If her dad was that, my opinion of him jumps through the roof. If there is anything that seeks to derail economic prosperity, worker efficiency or product quality, it is today's greedy union. And you can thank greedy government employee unions, and the politicians they own, for wasting about 40 cents of every dollar you spend in taxes.