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Middle Class Job Losses Batter Economy
Associated Press | January 2 2006 | Associated Press and Vicki Smith

Posted on 01/02/2006 4:19:44 AM PST by ventana

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To: eeevil conservative

Oh, absolutely! And that's a mighty fine use of Reynold's Wrap, in your picture. :-)


361 posted on 01/02/2006 8:37:57 PM PST by nopardons
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To: nopardons; hedgetrimmer; hellinahandcart
If you're going to personally attract me, the least you can do, is to ping me and to NOT refer to me as an IT!

Believe me honey, the LAST thing I want to do is "attract" you!

I've noticed your arrogance sloshing all over your posts on this thread. Seems to me that you were suspended not too long ago for invoking a special relationship with the mods that you did not actually have.

Shall we revisit it?

362 posted on 01/02/2006 8:38:44 PM PST by sauropod (Follow the Gourd! Follow the Gourd!)
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To: expat_panama
That statement will always win the argument. It means that it doesn't matter that more people have jobs, or that they're making more money, or amassing more wealth, or that they prefer their new jobs.

It is a conflatist argument.

I take a $20 gold coin from your pocket and replace it with two pennies. You claim I cheated you out of your wealth; I claim that you now have more change in your pocket than before I made the transaction.

Who is accurate?

Answer: we are both accurate, but one of us is conflating a numeric increase with an increase in personal wealth.

Look carefully at statistics and look carefully at how statistics are interpreted. You will find conflatists, if you choose to look.

An increase in jobs is not necessarily an increase in wealth or quality of life. Those who unilaterally claim otherwise-- I would not recommend buying used cars from any of them.

363 posted on 01/02/2006 8:39:25 PM PST by SteveH (First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.)
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To: eeevil conservative

NOT on a first date!

SOME of us have standards, LOL!


364 posted on 01/02/2006 8:40:03 PM PST by sauropod (Follow the Gourd! Follow the Gourd!)
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To: nopardons

hedgey is a SHE?

well that explains all the emotional ranting....that made no sense.... what did Jack say in that movie..."As Good As It Gets"? something about taking away all rational thought... something like that....


365 posted on 01/02/2006 8:41:45 PM PST by eeevil conservative (courage is living in tyranny and speaking for freedom/not living in freedom and speaking for tyranny)
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To: sauropod

LOL! See now that is FUNNY!

I didn't realize we were dating though.....I would have brought flowers, candy, and a leash...


366 posted on 01/02/2006 8:43:43 PM PST by eeevil conservative (courage is living in tyranny and speaking for freedom/not living in freedom and speaking for tyranny)
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To: sauropod
First of all, I haven't been suspended in a VERY long time!

Secondly, bringing old fights, from thread to thread, is a punishable offense here. Would you like to try it out? Got a suspension wish going; having you? ;^)

Thirdly, you don't know what you're talking about and attempting to bait me, is a sure and certain way of not obtaining your heart's desire.

"Arrogance"? MY "arrogance"? ROTFLMSO

367 posted on 01/02/2006 8:46:50 PM PST by nopardons
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To: nopardons

GOT IT!

"First, I imagine a man, and then I take away accountability and reason." -- Jack
Nicholson's secret for understanding women.....


368 posted on 01/02/2006 8:47:57 PM PST by eeevil conservative (courage is living in tyranny and speaking for freedom/not living in freedom and speaking for tyranny)
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To: eeevil conservative

That doesn't hold true for all women; especially not all FREEPER women. But I still question that that poster is a she. There are far more emotional male posters here, than female ones. :-)


369 posted on 01/02/2006 8:49:09 PM PST by nopardons
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To: eeevil conservative

Haven't you ever seen a domestic content label on a car?


370 posted on 01/02/2006 8:49:32 PM PST by hedgetrimmer
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To: muir_redwoods
If your work isn't worth any more than the pay the Chinese worker gets, upon what basis should I and others pay you more?

Hi Mr. Redwoods. I enjoy your little-l logic. Let's take it a step further shall we.

If I can get human organs cheaper from Red China than from the US and other first-world countries, why should I and other pay more for the latter?

Let's take it one step further. Let's say *you* are living in Red China, that *you* are in a political prison, and it's *your* organs I am talking about getting for cheap.

Mr. Redwoods, by your little-l logic, why indeed should I pay more for domestic human organs when I can buy *your* organs for less?

Likewise, if *your* job is offshored to a Red Chinese political prison for pennies on your former wage dollar, give me a reason why I should care using your little-l logic.

371 posted on 01/02/2006 8:49:38 PM PST by SteveH (First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.)
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To: eeevil conservative

Yes, I know the movie...LOL


372 posted on 01/02/2006 8:50:07 PM PST by nopardons
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To: nopardons

LOL! Being a female I TOTALLY AGREE! but in this case- it seems to fit so well!

I like being able to live both worlds! As far as women FReepers go-- HECK! look at the LIB women....and the LIB men! LOL!

FREEPERS in general are usually less emotionally charged to the point of losing reason! But we are PASSIONATE- a huge difference.... watching Dowd fall apart on the public print pages is pathetic....poor thing is a mess.....

but we have Coulter, Malkin, etc.... WE ROCK!


373 posted on 01/02/2006 8:54:27 PM PST by eeevil conservative (courage is living in tyranny and speaking for freedom/not living in freedom and speaking for tyranny)
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To: hedgetrimmer

I don't worry about calories when automobile shopping....


374 posted on 01/02/2006 8:55:28 PM PST by eeevil conservative (courage is living in tyranny and speaking for freedom/not living in freedom and speaking for tyranny)
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To: nopardons
They took away my right and ability to vote

Did they? I hope it made you hopping mad.
375 posted on 01/02/2006 8:57:55 PM PST by hedgetrimmer
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To: nopardons
Hope you all had a MARVELOUS Christmas!

Given where we live, and with two youngsters, it couldn't possibly have have been any better. Hope yours was the same!

376 posted on 01/02/2006 8:59:41 PM PST by Mase
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To: eeevil conservative
I don't worry about calories when automobile shopping....

Obviously you don't pay attention to what your government is doing, which is very unconservative of you.
377 posted on 01/02/2006 9:00:32 PM PST by hedgetrimmer
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To: hedgetrimmer; All
Cherry-picking my reply and leaving off the question mark, which WAS at the end of what you lifted from my post, is NOT serving you well, at all. Pity that the only refutation you can muster, is by FRAUD.

That quote of mine, was questioning your ridiculous supposition that my rights had been taken away. It read: "THEY TOOK AWAY MY RIGHT AND ABILITY TO VOTE?"

378 posted on 01/02/2006 9:05:22 PM PST by nopardons
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To: Mase
limited government-minded

Yes the WTO is just a small institution,only 180 some odd countries with a secretariat and numerous ministerials. It has no subsidary institutions, either. It takes no funding from American taxpayers, right? Yeah........right.

If you think phony "free traders" believe in limited government, I have a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn.
379 posted on 01/02/2006 9:05:45 PM PST by hedgetrimmer
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To: Mase

Thanks it was, but I could really have done without the snow. Perhaps, one day, I too will share your kind of Christmas. :-)


380 posted on 01/02/2006 9:06:47 PM PST by nopardons
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