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  • Paper Money and Tyranny; (Long read, but well worth it!)

    09/07/2003 12:40:48 PM PDT · by MyOptic · 29 replies · 845+ views
    September 5th 2003 | Ron paul
    Congressman Ron Paul Addresses the U.S. House of Representatives September 5, 2003 "Paper Money and Tyranny" All great republics throughout history cherished sound money. This meant that the monetary unit was a commodity of honest weight and purity. When money was sound, civilizations were found to be more prosperous and freedom thrived. The less free a society becomes, the greater the likelihood its money is being debased and the economic well-being of its citizens diminished. Alan Greenspan, years before he became Federal Reserve Board Chairman in charge of flagrantly debasing the U.S. dollar, wrote about this connection between sound money,...
  • Are all IT jobs doomed for outsourcing ? Vanity

    09/02/2003 5:49:46 PM PDT · by MyOptic · 26 replies · 207+ views
    Sorry about the vanity, but I've been recently laid off in an occupation that, at least in this area, (Huntsville Al), is mostly non-existent. I was an industrial optician, very few of these jobs left in the states anymore. I am looking at going back to school , and have been surveying the options open to me. It seems that with so much talk of outsourcing and importing of foreign workers going on here at freerepublic, any talk of getting into this field is almost nonsensical. But what about Network Technician jobs? I am looking into network +, MCP, Cisco...