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President Bush's new manufacturing policy is doomed

Thursday, Sep. 04, 2003 at 2:32 AM

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So long as manufacturing executives seek labor arbitrage opportunities, employing U.S. blue-collar workers will be expensive. (American workers, after all, expect such niceties as pensions and health care.)

President Bush's new manufacturing policy is doomed.
Daniel Gross, Slate, September 2, 2003

"I want you to understand that I understand that Ohio manufacturers are hurting, that there's a problem with the manufacturing sector," the president told a union gathering in Ohio on Labor Day. "We've lost thousands of jobs in manufacturing."

The truth is we've lost more like thousands of thousands of job

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So in the end what do we export?	Bude Adrian	Tuesday, Sep. 09, 2003 at 5:10 PM
It is obvious what we build, stupid!	Hex anon w/ encryption	Tuesday, Sep. 09, 2003 at 5:19 PM
Tell me you don't only know sound bites	Hex anon w/ encryption	Tuesday, Sep. 09, 2003 at 6:33 PM
25 pins and wires?	You really do that	Tuesday, Sep. 09, 2003 at 6:43 PM
I live in a "nest of wires"	Hex anon w/ encryption	Tuesday, Sep. 09, 2003 at 6:56 PM
not 25 then???	Oh...	Tuesday, Sep. 09, 2003 at 7:08 PM
no - often I do make full cables	Hex anon w/ encryption	Tuesday, Sep. 09, 2003 at 7:42 PM
Who the hell uses a RS-232 cable now?	LMAO	Tuesday, Sep. 09, 2003 at 7:52 PM
direect currently evolving experience is timeless	Hex anon w/ encryption	Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2003 at 1:33 AM
Big whoop	the architect	Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2003 at 3:50 AM
I'll give you credit	Hex anon w/ encryption	Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2003 at 3:56 AM
paste?	the architect	Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2003 at 4:00 AM
wishful thinking again	Hex anon w/ encryption	Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2003 at 4:12 AM
This Hex guy is a fucking rerun	KOBE SBM	Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2003 at 4:23 AM
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here's the clean miss	Hex anon w/ encryption	Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2003 at 5:02 AM
love the tie-dye shirt	the architect	Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2003 at 5:47 AM
please tell me thats a picture of you?	hahahahahahahahaha	Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2003 at 6:45 AM
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dress shirt - polyester slacks ?	Hex anon w/ encryption	Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2003 at 10:23 AM
I suspect	fresca	Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2003 at 10:58 AM
That's nothing...	the laughing duck	Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2003 at 11:22 AM
Remember Big Wheels?	the laughing duck	Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2003 at 11:25 AM
take me to the ball game	Hex anon w/ encryption	Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2003 at 11:46 AM
i think your missing the point	what a nerd	Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2003 at 11:46 AM
NERDS !	Hex anon w/ encryption	Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2003 at 11:57 AM
nerd stuff	the bro	Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2003 at 12:16 PM
nerd stuff	the bro	Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2003 at 12:18 PM
nerd stuff	the bro	Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2003 at 12:18 PM
nerd stuff	the bro	Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2003 at 12:18 PM
Nerd info	Toby	Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2003 at 12:33 PM
more proof for the pot	nerd slayer	Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2003 at 12:34 PM
weak	Hex anon w/ encryption	Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2003 at 12:34 PM
you'd drop dead of a heart attack !	Hex anon w/ encryption	Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2003 at 12:52 PM
OH MY GOD. You should have just snarfed a pic from an obscure source	KOBE SBM	Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2003 at 1:11 PM
Nerd info	Toby	Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2003 at 1:17 PM
I should become a lying asshole like you ?	Hex anon w/ encryption	Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2003 at 1:55 PM
and then I began to run...	Forrest Gump	Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2003 at 2:17 PM
You should be a fiction writer	Hex anon w/ encryption	Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2003 at 2:35 PM
1.)hard-earned money. How you make or acquire the money is important. The target of my a	uncomfortably revealing shorts,	Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2003 at 3:02 PM
obsession	Hex anon w/ encryption	Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2003 at 3:21 PM
ROFLMAO	Capn Dan	Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2003 at 4:10 PM
Then you need to laugh more often	Hex anon w/ encryption	Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2003 at 4:34 PM
Don't we all?	Charlie Chaplin	Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2003 at 4:44 PM
Eagles dare	Todworth VonHilldabrand	Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2003 at 8:18 PM
Eagles dare	Todworth VonHilldabrand	Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2003 at 8:20 PM
"let this poor nerd be"	Hex anon w/ encryption	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 12:44 AM
Silly posts	Larry McJihad	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 9:57 AM
Because I didn't want people to think I looked like this;	Hex anon w/ encryption	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 10:14 AM
Larry McJihad	Hex anon w/ encryption	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 10:14 AM
"do we have something more interesting to argue?"	smashtheleft	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 10:19 AM
Hex Anon	Larry	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 10:24 AM
Larry	anon	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 10:27 AM
they like to spoof too as you can see	Hex anon w/ encryption	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 10:28 AM
um - neither ? Here - spoof THIS	Hex anon w/ encryption	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 10:30 AM
I decline to specify	Hex anon w/ encryption	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 10:33 AM
i tnink we got off on the wrong foot	nerd lover	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 10:37 AM
established already	FBI	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 10:39 AM
Beotches	KOBE HQ	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 10:43 AM
haha don't go for the bar exam just yet	Hex anon w/ encryption	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 10:44 AM
"blue boxes aren't illegal"	captain crunch	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 11:01 AM
So what hex is saying...	(parenthesis)	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 11:06 AM
"captain crunch"	anti-smashtheleft	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 11:07 AM
anti-smashtheleft	Agent "B"	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 11:11 AM
Agent "B" the MORON	KOBE HQ	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 11:14 AM
anti-smashtheleft	Agent "B"	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 11:17 AM
anti-smashtheleft	Agent "B"	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 11:20 AM
Agent "B" the MORON	KOBE HQ	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 11:21 AM
Agent "B"	anti-smashtheleft	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 11:26 AM
clueless to the end	Hex anon w/ encryption	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 11:28 AM
what?	Larry	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 11:30 AM
woa woa woa	you must be lost	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 11:32 AM
who is "me" ?	Hex anon w/ encryption	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 11:34 AM
worse-than-nerds-wannbes	Hex anon w/ encryption	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 11:40 AM
^	KOBE SBM	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 11:43 AM
spoofing	larry	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 12:00 PM
ummm	larry	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 12:02 PM
lazy larry	KOBE HQ	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 12:03 PM
spoofing has a price	Hex anon w/ encryption	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 12:10 PM
ok i get it	larry	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 12:35 PM
show me where you've been posting long-term then	Hex anon w/ encryption	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 12:50 PM
posting personal information	Sheepdog	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 12:59 PM
info	Larry	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 1:11 PM
Where else do you post ?	Hex anon w/ encryption	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 1:32 PM
ok here we go	larry	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 1:54 PM
agreed	larry	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 1:56 PM
A proven method of taking out trolls	Hex anon w/ encryption	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 2:16 PM
Speak Out 2004: Dean Speaks Out on Middle East	Arab American Institute	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 2:54 PM
^^^^^^^off topic^^^^^^^^	moderator help please	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 3:25 PM
^^^^^^^off topic^^^^^^^^	moderator help please	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 3:28 PM
post	Larry	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 5:00 PM
browns	Larry	Thursday, Sep. 11, 2003 at 5:05 PM
Yeah!	smashtheleft	Friday, Sep. 12, 2003 at 1:21 PM

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