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The Return Of The Giant Sucking Sound
			Posted by Mikey to Happy2BMe On News/Activism 02/09/2004 7:26:24 AM PST #269 of 273 "This phenomenon didn't really catch the attention of a majority of Americans who were being affected by the loss of jobs until the "white-collar" jobs" Kind of reminds one of this; "In Germany they came first for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up." Rev. Martin Neimoller, German Lutheran pastor arrested by the Gestapo in 1937. To put a twist on it. First they outsourced the textile workers and since I wasn't a textile worker, I didn't speak up because I didn't give a damn. Next they started to outsource the auto workers and and since I wasn't an auto worker , I didn't speak up because I didn't give a damn. Next they started to outsource the auto parts builders and and since I wasn't an auto parts builder , I didn't speak up because I didn't give a damn. NOW THEY'RE OUTSOURCING MY WHITE COLLAR $250,000 JOB. MY GOD SOMEONE HAS TO DO SOMETHING. HELP ME HELP ME. BAWAAAAAAAAA. * * * * Apathy on the part of white collar America has created the indifference blue collar America feels towards the loss of white collar jobs. Its a viscous circle that'll continue w/o end, unless ALL Americans start to live by a very simple rule. "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."

If we take a step back and look at this Mexican/Hispanic (it's the rest of the hemisphere, too, Haiti, Cuba, Dominican Republic, etc.) migration dispassionately...hard to do, but I'm trying...what's going on is like a bunch of kids with their noses pressed to the candy store window. Inside, they see everything they want in life...thanks to worldwide TV and computers, Hollywood movies, the rest of the world has its nose pressed to that American candy store window. They all want a better life, our standard of living, our individual freedoms...they want to be Americans (even the Euroweenies, only they won't admit it). They want instant change, immediate gratification, and when that isn't forthcoming, they're eaten up with anger and jealousy. Instead of working to change things for the better in their own countries, they decide, willy nilly, to come here. So we had the story more than a year ago of several thousand Costa Ricans, fed up with hurricanes, poverty, corruption, and lousy lives, heading north, on foot. Well, guess what? They're here, and they're not going back. Our problem is we're that country, that candyland of plenty and peace on the other side of that window. We're irresistible, and realistically what can we do to solve this problem for good? Put up walls, barricades? Line our borders with troops, etc.? Or try and lift the standard of living in the rest of the hemisphere, so everyone will stay home...well, that's what we've been trying, and it has meant the end of US manufacturing jobs, other union jobs, now white collar jobs, outsourcing, etc.. We're expected to invent new products to sell the rest of the world, and to retrain our work force in the meantime. Plus, provide for those in this country who can't or won't support themselves, plus everyone else who heads north. We're expected to run the economy and all this on digital tv and cell phones? That won't do it. We need something else that business can't outsource. Sorry, I got going on two problems, but they're related. I'm going to go back to my kitchen sink and work on cold fusion. That might just do it.