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7.8.04 @ 12:01AM

GIVE PEACE A WHAT?
Re: Jed Babbin's July SGO:

Mr. Babbin sounds like a cheerleader for war in his article.

We've got to hit those Syrians -- we're going to block Iran and when we're finished Bush will be our man!! World Peace!! World Peace!! Rah..Rah..Rah.

We're going to invade these countries with our already tattered and thinly spread forces? What would this cost -- another half trillion and several thousand lives?

Oh yessss, occupying three countries will be a challenge but if we all pull together and hold raffles/bake sales I think we can pull it off -- with a modest addition to the deficit.
-- Don Smith
Murrells Inlet, South Carolina

Dear JED BABBIN: Your attitude makes me want to cry. How could you be so closed minded? How could you write such deceitful hateful things? You are a small man with a lot of fear in you, stuck in the depths of mindless and arrogant politics and defense. What kind of mind-droned bull***t are you propagating to the masses? Will you ever stop to think about your actions, or question your allegiance to our current administration? The best things about this country is that we are the ones that can look after the rest of the world, we have the means to be saints, but people like yourself (money hungry power grubbers) are keeping us from letting the world see that we are a good country with good people. You, my dear editor, defense retard, are a bad bad person. Shame on you and the finger to ya. Stop spreading your crap.
-- Lia
PRO U.N.

SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE
Re: Neil Hrab's Everything Old Is New Again:

I believe the writer is missing a key point. As long as we continue offshoring our "brain works" we become more and more a captive to service industry. There is no real advancement, either scientifically or economically, in a service economy. As long as the market dictates quarterly profits, our most intelligent people will continue to be put out of work. Cost cutting almost always begins with experience and knowledge and ends up with selling furniture!
-- TMG

Mr. Hrab's article is very good on the basis of the economics cited. But outsourcing limited only to the economics of the issue is of limited value. I would suggest that Mr. Hrab is a free trader. As such all materials, personnel and capital should have free access to the global market. All well and good.

Then I would suggest an acid test for Mr. Hrab's postulate. He should enlist the aid of a newly minted Computer Science major of American nationality from MIT. I further suggest he have this person file for a work visa (aka an Indian H-1B equivalent) in India.

To save time, the results will be that such arrangements are not available for an American citizen in India. The marketplace is closed in India for such a person. And that is the rub. For all its supposed Fair Trade aspects touted by most U.S. administrations, little if any reciprocity is engendered overseas. I can only conclude that in the spirit of equity Mr. Hrab needs to utilize his influence to open the Indian IT market in all its aspects to American citizens.

To do otherwise is not Free Trade but a Free Ride.
-- John McGinnis
Arlington, Texas

THINKING AHEAD
Re: George Neumayr's Kerry's Conceptions:

I am deeply disheartened by the things that John Kerry purports to believe and not believe. His ironic inconsistencies, his theatrical Catholicism, and his hypocritical "support" for the military are enough to make any sane person react. What is far worse is the huge number of people who, knowing who and what this man is, will still support him in his quest for the highest office in the land. I cannot even allow myself to speculate on what this country will become during and after a Kerry presidency. Many years ago the Democratic Party left me as it lurched blindly leftward. Now I fear that my country is doing the same thing. I can't believe that this man is sincere in any of his beliefs. How could he be?
-- Joseph Baum
Newton Falls, Ohio

MOORE'S MINIONS
Re: Ralph G. Reiland's Moore Premeditates:

Letter to the Editor

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