noteworthy wrote:
] The one thing that has gone totally missing, not only from
] this election, but from American politics, is national leaders
] who are actually ready to level with the public and
] even criticize their own constituencies.
]
] Good jobs are being outsourced to Indians and Chinese
] not simply because they'll work for less, but because they
] are better educated in the math and science skills
] required for 21st-century work.
]
] In China, Bill Gates is Britney Spears. In America, Britney
] Spears is Britney Spears.
]
] One-third of the Arab population is under the age of 15.

None of these techie assholes gave a shit about downsizing until it affected them. None of em gave a shit about freedom of speech until it affected them. They didn't care about the unemployed until they found themselves in that position. The techies are the modern day equivalent of the 80's yuppies, except their success was written on the wind. Too bad they didn't work in high enough buildings to leap from during the dot-com crash.