Liberals are nothing but Closet Isolationists who in reality are VERY CONSERVATIVE because they dont want anyone to change their Middle Class status quo. "I dont want to go back to school and get educated. I have my Union job that pays me $25 an hour to bag groceries". PATHETIC. "Learn new technology? I cant even program my remote! Lets blame Bush for my stupidity! He's taking our Jobs!"
151, I can guarantee you that being afraid of changing my "Middle Class status quo" has absolutely nothing to do with my views. And your insinuation that liberals are uneducated and unmotivated is a generalization that rings absolutely false. Seattle is a very liberal town, and it's also very educated. A recent survey found that 50% of adults here have bachelor's degrees or higher. These are not people who are afraid to learn or change. They are people who are concerned with the issues and find a liberal-leaning viewpoint fits them the best.
With regard to offshoring of jobs, I work in the high tech industry, but I'm not up in arms on this. This is the simple action of market economics. India has a ton of smart people willing to work much less expensively than we can, so it would be silly for companies like Microsoft not to consider moving some work there. I agree with Kerry's stand that, while we cannot become isolationist, we should give companies incentives to keep work here. But we are a very rich nation, and less developed nations will be able to capitalize on the differences between costs of business for some time. Ultimately, I think an equalizing will occur, as these nations become more developed, with economies on par with the developed world. We definitely need moderation in our governance to get through these growing pains.
Anyway. That's my take.
SNG