I generally have kept my feelings to myself in the presence of my republican voting family to keep the piece. Now, I have sent a copy of this NY Times article to them. I get so sick of visiting my sister with her FOXNEWS blaring away and my mother listing to O'Reilly AND FOXNEWS every day.
This is what I sent. Maybe my family will never speak to me again. I'm tired of keeping quiet while some members trash Clinton and Hillary on a regular basis.
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I used to think Colin Powell was a pretty decent man. Now he is my enemy. Along with
the other Bush crew. They say their going to "retrain" techies. If all computer related and engineering
jobs, which is the stuff I am made of is going to disappear out of this county, what the hell is the Bush administration
going to retrain us in?
My advice to anyone who has kids. Don't let them take anything in college that can be done remotely by computer.
I don't care if all the computer curriculums in the college shut down completely and all the tech book and magazine
drop to zero. I canceled my last computer magazine and sent a note back to them asking them why I would need
their magazine? Go sell it overseas for 10 cents an issue. I also mothballed all my computer books. What do I
need them for? My career is over.
ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE ON THE COMPUTER CAN EVENTUALLY BE OUTSOURCED!
I even read about a device that helps someone in another country teach piano! It would be a cold day in hell before
I hire someone to teach me piano, who is not a human in my presence.
The Bush administration fails to recognize the magnitude and consequences of this practice, especially at the
breakneck pace at which it is being done. It's like blowing a big hole in the ship rather than adding some regulations
that would allow people to adjust.
I will pull no punches. I am MAD AS HELL AT THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION!!
I tried another thing. I thought I would do some photo restoration and retouching work.
When I went to my usual photo store, he told me he was getting things like that done for $8.00/hour. Nobody doing
that kind of work in the US would do it for $8/hour. You can scan a photo, e-mail it to some sweatshop anywhere
in the world and pay peanuts for it. Then charge your customers the same as if it had been done in the US.
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