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but Democrats vowed they still would find a way to force President Bush to change course in a war that has claimed the lives of more than 3,000 U.S. troops

"We must heed the results of the November elections and the wishes of the American people,

"The American people do not support escalation. Last November, voters made it clear they want a change of course, not more of the same,"


this has got to be an example of "give a man an inch and he'll want a mile". Democrats were elected in a very VERY slim slim slim majority, this doesnt set any "precedent" or "declare the mindset of the American people".
worst of all is the "we'll find a way" idea, thats not how the government was designed to work. in fact its created diametrically opposed to this idea, a small majority should not express a lot of power.
Frankly Dems are becoming both imperialistic and ambitious at an alarming rate. They are alarmingly naive for people supposed to run the government (thank god the victory wasnt a landslide)
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Reply #101 from Sins Forums Top
Not necessarily according to statistics we are still losing jobs, hows that beutiful.

again, we aren't really losing more than we are gaining, and the jobs we are outsourcing are the underpayed, low jobs. the jobs we are gaining in trade are the high paying, educated jobs.
Reply #102 from Sins Forums Top
Actually we are still losing more than we are gaining, just by a few thousand or so, but thats still a loss. We are still the boom phase of the growth period so I think this will level out.

The main question is, is the fact that the rest of the world will catch up. The US is being cornored into a very disadvantageous position, we are starting to lose our technological advantage.

And not necessarily a lot of jobs in this country are still middle paying jobs, a lot of them not requiring high degrees. Its just that high end of the middle class that gets the fluffy jobs.
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Reply #103 from Sins Forums Top
the fact that the rest of the world will catch up

unlikely, like I said with our "on top of the pile" strategy (and our capitalist tendancies) we will probably remain on top.
nothing illustrates this more than the tie between our economy and the other world powers (not superpowers). did you pay attention to the dow? China's stocks dropped a walloping 9%, our dropped quite a bit (actually a good thing for our economy, cleans out the stagnant stocks) but that hit transmitted through us and hit Europe. proof enough of our dominancy.
we are starting to lose our technological advantage.

not really. pulling a country out of the stone age (cough, middle, northern and western china) and getting it up to our level are two entirely different processes. I'm not saying that we will remain on top forever, nothing ever does, but given the changing circumstances I get the feeling that China and the US are the only nations going to be poised to take space, and frankly, we're better prepared.
Reply #104 from Sins Forums Top
we will probably remain on top.


Every empire falls Schem.

but that hit transmitted through us and hit Europe. proof enough of our dominancy


Um, actually quite the opposite, its proof the world functions as a whole, what happesn here bound to effect something there, nothing special really. Plus, it means that they are still big time investors here.

Reply #105 from Sins Forums Top
pulling a country out of the stone age (cough, middle, northern and western china)


Um, have you actually been there? Sure they dont have our infastructure, but they did actually suffer from WWII, while we sat back coasy over half way across the word sending armies away at leasure. The fact that they have survived all of this is already quite amazing. And, plus most of their country is quite developed, its the rural areas that need work. And that is even true here.
Reply #106 from Sins Forums Top
Every empire falls Schem.

did I not point this out.
its proof the world functions as a whole, what happesn here bound to effect something there, nothing special really. Plus, it means that they are still big time investors here.

the effect of china did influence Europe significantly, but most of the impact was spread through our connections to both countries, not their direct interactions. there was a delay between the dip (direct) and the wam (indirect).
Reply #107 from Sins Forums Top
Sorry that I didnt read all of your post
Reply #108 from Sins Forums Top
Erm... I was trying to reply to a diff thread... Gah made too many stupid posts for one day, I'm going to bed... Delete this...