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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (107602)	4/4/2005 11:24:32 AM
From: carranza2	Respond to of 793868

Thanks, Mary. You beat me to expressing the same ideas. Of course, it's old hat, of course folks with some sophistication don't need to be told what is painfully obvious. But not everyone is as aware or informed as we are. Not everyone keeps track of the issues expressed by Friedman. Though I do think that he got a few major things wrong, a lot of what he said is bang-on. Plus, he probably caught a lot of folks' attention who would have otherwise breezed by his piece by using a terrific analogy--the flattening of the world as expressed best by the screens we are both using as we speak.

To: Mary Cluney who wrote (107602)	4/4/2005 1:44:39 PM
From: Bridge Player	Respond to of 793868

Ah yes, poor babies. Such deprivation will be hard to overcome. Perhaps the federal government should make the NYT available to all school children nationwide. But, for those that do not get even to read the NY Times, their children may have difficulties in maintaining a standard of living edge in the years ahead.

To: Mary Cluney who wrote (107602)	4/4/2005 2:29:15 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793868

Even at this depth, I think he would start losing the attention of people with the intellectual capacity of, for example, our President. Ouch. Good afternoon, Mary. I think I put the skimming bit a little badly, Mary. I think the piece is like a lot of Friedman, much too pollyannyish. Beneath the terrific "flatness" metaphor runs the very strong possibility of severe conflicts, ethnic being one, and a global economy out of control, building up livelihoods, only to quickly destroy them.