Is it just me?

[Prometheus]

This is an example something people all over the country are experiencing. Between the struggle to control our borders and the corperations that manufacture overseas this scenario has become a reality.
Joe starts his day early, having set his alarm clock (made in Japan) for 6am. As his coffee pot (made in China) was perking he shaved with his electric razor (made in Hong Kong). He put on a dress shirt (made in Sri Lanka) , jeans (made in Singapore) and tennis shoes (made in Korea). After cooking breakfast in his new electric skillet (made in India) He sat down with his calculator (made in Mexico) to see how much he could afford to spend today. After setting his watch (made in Tiawan) to his radio (made in India). He got in his car (made in Germany) and filled it with gas (made in Saudi Arabia) and continued his search for a good paying American job. At the end of another discouraging and fruitless day, he checked his computer (made in Malasia) Joe decided to relax for a while. He put on his sandals (made in Brazil) and poured a glass of wine (made in France) and turned on the TV (made in Indonisea) and then wondered why he can't find a good paying job in America.

[Brains_Behind_Operation]

.....and then wondered why he can't find a good paying job in America.


:p Oooh, ooh! I know the answer to this one!:p It's because he's a dumbass that doesn't know how to search properly.:cool:

[daworldisfullofbullshit]

Maybe because he could be a lazy man who thinks his parents is suppose to take care of him. but they say they wouldn't because he's old enough to br=e someone's grandaddy now in days... maybe if someone takes away his things he'll learn to appreciate his things... i really don't know but yea... that's just what i think...

[rawsugar]

You're not proposing Nazi style autarky are you? They couldn't do it and neither can the USA. Also I think you might be forgetting all of America's exports, the third-rate television programs we have to suffer all over the world for one thing.
Abi

[Prometheus]

This is an example something people all over the country are experiencing. Between the struggle to control our borders and the corperations that manufacture overseas this scenario has become a reality.
Joe starts his day early, having set his alarm clock (made in Japan) for 6am. As his coffee pot (made in China) was perking he shaved with his electric razor (made in Hong Kong). He put on a dress shirt (made in Sri Lanka) , jeans (made in Singapore) and tennis shoes (made in Korea). After cooking breakfast in his new electric skillet (made in India) He sat down with his calculator (made in Mexico) to see how much he could afford to spend today. After setting his watch (made in Tiawan) to his radio (made in India). He got in his car (made in Germany) and filled it with gas (made in Saudi Arabia) and continued his search for a good paying American job. At the end of another discouraging and fruitless day, he checked his computer (made in Malasia) Joe decided to relax for a while. He put on his sandals (made in Brazil) and poured a glass of wine (made in France) and turned on the TV (made in Indonisea) and then wondered why he can't find a good paying job in America.

Im sure someone can come up with something more intersting to say about this !!!:rolleyes:

[MrJim]

This is an example something people all over the country are experiencing. Between the struggle to control our borders and the corperations that manufacture overseas this scenario has become a reality.

Joe starts his day early, having set his alarm clock (made in Japan) for 6am. As his coffee pot (made in China) was perking he shaved with his electric razor (made in Hong Kong). He put on a dress shirt (made in Sri Lanka) , jeans (made in Singapore) and tennis shoes (made in Korea). After cooking breakfast in his new electric skillet (made in India) He sat down with his calculator (made in Mexico) to see how much he could afford to spend today. After setting his watch (made in Tiawan) to his radio (made in India). He got in his car (made in Germany) and filled it with gas (made in Saudi Arabia) and continued his search for a good paying American job. At the end of another discouraging and fruitless day, he checked his computer (made in Malasia) Joe decided to relax for a while. He put on his sandals (made in Brazil) and poured a glass of wine (made in France) and turned on the TV (made in Indonisea) and then wondered why he can't find a good paying job in America.

It's an old post I haven't read before, but trust me, I know the feeling. I'm MrJoe in less than a month, so to speak. A couple of things to consider, though.

A negative attitude accomplishes nothing.
We insource jobs as well, and a weaker dollar boosts insourcing

Oh, as an added bonus for me, DFW is apparantly the best job market in the nation!
News article. (http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/yahoolatestnews/stories/082808dnbusdfwjobgrowth.1971087e.html?npc)

Of course the worst part is working with a roomful of people who are either losing their jobs or anxious about keeping theirs much longer. I'll be glad to be away from the "I don't where to start"s and "Whatever they want, at least I've still got a job"s. :rolleyes: Especially that last one... "at least I've still got a job", as if losing it = never working in this town again or something.

[General Septem]

Americans just don't know how to read between the lines:

Joe starts his day early, having set his alarm clock (made in Japan) for 6am. As his coffee pot (made in China, but using water that was filtered and pumped in America through pipes laid in America) was perking he shaved with his electric razor (made in Hong Kong, but using more of the same American water). He put on a dress shirt (made in Sri Lanka but bought from a store in America ), jeans (made in Singapore and also bought from an American store) and tennis shoes (made in Korea and bought in an American store). After cooking breakfast (powered by an American electric company) in his new electric skillet (made in India) He sat down with his calculator (made in Mexico) to see how much he could afford to spend today. After setting his watch (made in Tiawan) to his radio (made in India but playing an American radio station). He got in his car (made in Germany, sold by an American car dealership) and filled it with gas (made in Saudi Arabia and pumped by an American gas station attendant) and continued his search for a good paying American job (checking American newspaper listings). At the end of another discouraging and fruitless day, he checked his computer (made in Malasia but powered by an American electric company and put online by an American ISP) Joe decided to relax for a while. He put on his sandals (made in Brazil) and poured a glass of wine (made in France or New York or California, just because everything French sucks anyway) and turned on the TV (made in Indonisea), watched a TV show (filmed in America by American directors and cameramen and starring American actors) on a TV station (run by an American company) and then wondered why he can't find a good paying job in America.

Then it hit him... nobody will hire him because the liberals in the government have to make everything so goddamn difficult with their fucking tax policies!

[MrJim]

Americans just don't know how to read between the lines:

Joe starts his day early, having set his alarm clock (made in Japan) for 6am. As his coffee pot (made in China, but using water that was filtered and pumped in America through pipes laid in America) was perking he shaved with his electric razor (made in Hong Kong, but using more of the same American water). He put on a dress shirt (made in Sri Lanka but bought from a store in America ), jeans (made in Singapore and also bought from an American store) and tennis shoes (made in Korea and bought in an American store). After cooking breakfast (powered by an American electric company) in his new electric skillet (made in India) He sat down with his calculator (made in Mexico) to see how much he could afford to spend today. After setting his watch (made in Tiawan) to his radio (made in India but playing an American radio station). He got in his car (made in Germany, sold by an American car dealership) and filled it with gas (made in Saudi Arabia and pumped by an American gas station attendant) and continued his search for a good paying American job (checking American newspaper listings). At the end of another discouraging and fruitless day, he checked his computer (made in Malasia but powered by an American electric company and put online by an American ISP) Joe decided to relax for a while. He put on his sandals (made in Brazil) and poured a glass of wine (made in France or New York or California, just because everything French sucks anyway) and turned on the TV (made in Indonisea), watched a TV show (filmed in America by American directors and cameramen and starring American actors) on a TV station (run by an American company) and then wondered why he can't find a good paying job in America.

Then it hit him... nobody will hire him because the liberals in the government have to make everything so goddamn difficult with their fucking tax policies!

I see your point... kind of....

Joe starts his day early, having set his alarm clock (made in Japan. which used to be American-made) for 6am. As his coffee pot (the coffee is likely from Latin America) (made in China, but using water that was filtered and pumped in America and through pipes laid in America, the pipes of which used to be American made but are now Chinese-made, laid by illegal immigrants and desparate Americans who lost their high-paying jobs and now have to make ends meet by laying pipes, with cheap Chinese tools at that) was perking he shaved with his electric razor (made in Hong Kong, but using more of the same American (with the help of the chinese) water). He put on a dress shirt (made in Sri Lanka, but bought from a store in America, a store of which probably hires illegal immigrants and outsources their customer service division to the lowest bidder), jeans (made in Singapore (and also bought from an American store, which hire mexicans, outsources, and otherwise rapes American workers) and tennis shoes (made in Korea, and bought in an American store which is also an American labor rapist). After cooking breakfast (powered by an American electric company which outsources customer service and keeps profits high by fucking American citizens out of money by raising rates based on natural gas prices and refusing to lower rates when those prices go down) in his new electric skillet (made in India and probably sold by Wal-Mart, aka Satan) He sat down with his calculator (made in Mexico) to see how much he could afford to spend today. After setting his watch (made in Tiawan and financially backed by Japan) to his radio (made in India, but playing an American radio station which also loves to outsource and is barely left on the air due to competition by Mexican stations -- unless it's satellite -- Wetbacks don't listen to satellite because they don't have real jobs or a SSN). He got in his car (made in Germany, sold by an American car dealership who's advertising says "Se habla Espanol") and filled it with gas (made in Saudi Arabia, and pumped by an American gas station attendant who is also a sand nigger) and continued his search for a good paying American job (checking American newspaper listings who outsourced many jobs, including my own, to India). At the end of another discouraging and fruitless day, he checked his computer (made in Malasia, but powered by an American electric company who fucks everyone and put online by an American ISP which usually is a subsidiary of the major phone companies which are Satan's (Wal-Mart's) imps who outsource every chance they get while keeping rates unreasonably high. Joe decided to relax for a while, you know, on that couch made in Malaysia and delivered by illegal Mexicans that don't speak enough English to get a job that doesn't involve couch delivery. He put on his sandals (made in Brazil, if you're lucky. Chinese shoes fall apart the quickest -- tell me again why we trust people who have their feet binded to produce shoes?) and poured a glass of wine (made in France or New York, or California or Australia or China or Switzerland or basically every country in the world that isn't Islamic) and turned on the TV (made in Indonisea), watched a TV show (filmed in America by American directors and cameramen and starring American actors which, although factual, represent a TINY and fortunate percentage of American people -- BTW, following our recent trends, reality shows are taking over and putting American actors out of work) on a TV station (run by an American company like PBS) and then wondered why he can't find a good paying job in America.

You're right in a sense, General, we can't blame other countries for our job losses --
BUT WE CAN BLAME AMERICAN COMPANIES WHO CONTRIBUTE BY OUTSOURCING --
And if that isn't enough, every cheap piece of crap that comes out of China or Taiwan is inferior to the American quality that blue collar workers lost in the name of cheap (aka. SLAVE) labor.

[MrBirdy]

Americans just don't know how to read between the lines:

Joe starts his day early, having set his alarm clock (made in Japan) for 6am. As his coffee pot (made in China, but using water that was filtered and pumped in America through pipes laid in America) was perking he shaved with his electric razor (made in Hong Kong, but using more of the same American water). He put on a dress shirt (made in Sri Lanka but bought from a store in America ), jeans (made in Singapore and also bought from an American store) and tennis shoes (made in Korea and bought in an American store). After cooking breakfast (powered by an American electric company) in his new electric skillet (made in India) He sat down with his calculator (made in Mexico) to see how much he could afford to spend today. After setting his watch (made in Tiawan) to his radio (made in India but playing an American radio station). He got in his car (made in Germany, sold by an American car dealership) and filled it with gas (made in Saudi Arabia and pumped by an American gas station attendant) and continued his search for a good paying American job (checking American newspaper listings). At the end of another discouraging and fruitless day, he checked his computer (made in Malasia but powered by an American electric company and put online by an American ISP) Joe decided to relax for a while. He put on his sandals (made in Brazil) and poured a glass of wine (made in France or New York or California, just because everything French sucks anyway) and turned on the TV (made in Indonisea), watched a TV show (filmed in America by American directors and cameramen and starring American actors) on a TV station (run by an American company) and then wondered why he can't find a good paying job in America.

Then it hit him... nobody will hire him because the liberals in the government have to make everything so goddamn difficult with their fucking tax policies!

You can't really pin this one on the liberals bubby, the ones who you would have to pin it on is actually the corporations, think about it, every time an american company imports something, aside from the standard production costs and tax, they have to pay an extra import tax, this tax encourages companies to hire all american muscle! but they still dont, wanna know why, minimum wage in america is $5.50 (federal) and can go over $9.50 in some states, to these American Suppliers and Sellers, its cheaper to pay an ass-load of import tax, and hire people over-seas for a buck fifty a day than it is to pay only production and profit tax (which is a lot less) and hire an american for $5.50. I agree with the bold edits that you did to the article. The whole problem with the job market is partially due to the fact i jsut explained. And truth be told, compared to the taxes people pay in mexico, we pay way less, and compared to how much we make here, and the fact that there is "plans" so the unemployed go to the poor house straight away (e.g. Goverment funded job search help, well-fare[which i hope none of you ever need, or use] and job corps, and worker programs in some states) Meanwhile, in mexico, it kinda works like this, if you are earning minimum wage, you get 50 pesos a day, which is about $4.50 american, and if you lose your job unexpectedly, all the money you have, and all the help you get is the money you saved working, and help from your family, which is like nothing. There are still plenty of jobs out there, trust me... there is a reason they hire software engineers with a starting salary of 50k annually, and mech eng. with almost 90k anually. all of these are college jobs, but there are plenty of low shmo jobs out there too, it just takes a long ass time to find one.

[Prometheus]

I see your point... kind of....

Joe starts his day early, having set his alarm clock (made in Japan. which used to be American-made) for 6am. As his coffee pot (the coffee is likely from Latin America) (made in China, but using water that was filtered and pumped in America and through pipes laid in America, the pipes of which used to be American made but are now Chinese-made, laid by illegal immigrants and desparate Americans who lost their high-paying jobs and now have to make ends meet by laying pipes, with cheap Chinese tools at that) was perking he shaved with his electric razor (made in Hong Kong, but using more of the same American (with the help of the chinese) water). He put on a dress shirt (made in Sri Lanka, but bought from a store in America, a store of which probably hires illegal immigrants and outsources their customer service division to the lowest bidder), jeans (made in Singapore (and also bought from an American store, which hire mexicans, outsources, and otherwise rapes American workers) and tennis shoes (made in Korea, and bought in an American store which is also an American labor rapist). After cooking breakfast (powered by an American electric company which outsources customer service and keeps profits high by fucking American citizens out of money by raising rates based on natural gas prices and refusing to lower rates when those prices go down) in his new electric skillet (made in India and probably sold by Wal-Mart, aka Satan) He sat down with his calculator (made in Mexico) to see how much he could afford to spend today. After setting his watch (made in Tiawan and financially backed by Japan) to his radio (made in India, but playing an American radio station which also loves to outsource and is barely left on the air due to competition by Mexican stations -- unless it's satellite -- Wetbacks don't listen to satellite because they don't have real jobs or a SSN). He got in his car (made in Germany, sold by an American car dealership who's advertising says "Se habla Espanol") and filled it with gas (made in Saudi Arabia, and pumped by an American gas station attendant who is also a sand nigger) and continued his search for a good paying American job (checking American newspaper listings who outsourced many jobs, including my own, to India). At the end of another discouraging and fruitless day, he checked his computer (made in Malasia, but powered by an American electric company who fucks everyone and put online by an American ISP which usually is a subsidiary of the major phone companies which are Satan's (Wal-Mart's) imps who outsource every chance they get while keeping rates unreasonably high. Joe decided to relax for a while, you know, on that couch made in Malaysia and delivered by illegal Mexicans that don't speak enough English to get a job that doesn't involve couch delivery. He put on his sandals (made in Brazil, if you're lucky. Chinese shoes fall apart the quickest -- tell me again why we trust people who have their feet binded to produce shoes?) and poured a glass of wine (made in France or New York, or California or Australia or China or Switzerland or basically every country in the world that isn't Islamic) and turned on the TV (made in Indonisea), watched a TV show (filmed in America by American directors and cameramen and starring American actors which, although factual, represent a TINY and fortunate percentage of American people -- BTW, following our recent trends, reality shows are taking over and putting American actors out of work) on a TV station (run by an American company like PBS) and then wondered why he can't find a good paying job in America.

You're right in a sense, General, we can't blame other countries for our job losses --
BUT WE CAN BLAME AMERICAN COMPANIES WHO CONTRIBUTE BY OUTSOURCING --
And if that isn't enough, every cheap piece of crap that comes out of China or Taiwan is inferior to the American quality that blue collar workers lost in the name of cheap (aka. SLAVE) labor.

Thank you MrJim !!! If I said the same thing you just did (of which I strongly belive in) The I would have be labled an American bashing corporate hating commie-pinko-liberal-marxist. As you all well know.... I rarely blame other countrys for our ills, but this sort of an honest look at yourself only serves to win you the lable "Un-Patriotic" which is funny because you will get to the bottom of your problems faster If you look at them in a truthful fashion. So tell me.... why can you be honest about it without ridicule and I can't say the same thing without suffering character assaination!?

[MrJim]

So tell me.... why can you be honest about it without ridicule and I can't say the same thing without suffering character assaination!?

I've gotten bits and pieces of ridicule here, but I could care less. It's actually kind of funny how most of the time my posts are just ignored. Either there's nothing for you tools to argue about, or it's just too obvious I don't give a flying fuck about the retorts. :D

[ballzack]

I don't know, Jim. I read most of your posts and enjoy them. None of us can respond to EVERY post. I, for one, have a company to run. I do this to relax. And, I enjoy reading all posts.

Some may need a tougher skin. Want real heat? Sit at a mediation table with another party and their legal counsel whom are filing suit aginst you and your company for, oh, say $23,000,000, and where you are threatening counter-suit for the same amount plus whatever other bullshit charges you can pay your legal counsel to drum up. That will put flaming on this site into perspective!

[hitekredneck]

prometheus, it's all in your presentation, mang...you come off as anti-everything sometimes, and especially anti-american...we know jim isn't socialist, nor is he anti-american, so his criticism of corporations (not all of which are evil, regardless of your beliefs) is taken in a different light...

[MrJim]

prometheus, it's all in your presentation, mang...you come off as anti-everything sometimes, and especially anti-american...we know jim isn't socialist, nor is he anti-american, so his criticism of corporations (not all of which are evil, regardless of your beliefs) is taken in a different light...

"Not a socialist"... actually, I'm more of a "not a fuck-up-my-shit-ist" :cool:
But yeah, socialism sucks and I hate to see America hit this point.. though I'm afraid it's inevitable

And Prometheus, I hope you're not really "anti-everything"... since the only way to be anti-everything is to wish for death (which is pro-nothing) :D :D
Just a thought! ;)

[yee-haw]

I don't know, Jim. I read most of your posts and enjoy them. None of us can respond to EVERY post. I, for one, have a company to run. I do this to relax. And, I enjoy reading all posts.

Some may need a tougher skin. Want real heat? Sit at a mediation table with another party and their legal counsel whom are filing suit aginst you and your company for, oh, say $23,000,000, and where you are threatening counter-suit for the same amount plus whatever other bullshit charges you can pay your legal counsel to drum up. That will put flaming on this site into perspective!

Sounds like you could use a little R&R zack.
A vacation to unplug for awile.

[Macboy2002]

maybe joe starts his mediocre day w/ all of this outsource shit because he doesn't have the nerve to buck the easyway out mentality of the american working class asshole, or maybe it's because he's just too fucking lazy to do his homework about the kind of job he' looking for' or maybe the stupid ass bastard lack the ambision to get enough education to read dick & jane books. Or he could just have his head too far up his ass, I don't know but these are some options don't u think!!