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Old 10-12-2011, 12:07 PM
 
Location: Conejo Valley, CA
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Awww...okay....forgot about that day, don't exactly pay attention to it. I thought you were talking about thanksgiving...but that didn't make much sense...

 
Old 10-12-2011, 12:21 PM
 
Location: SW MO
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Awww...okay....forgot about that day, don't exactly pay attention to it. I thought you were talking about thanksgiving...but that didn't make much sense...
Why am I not surprised? But not to worry, you're in the bad company of millions who don't either.
 
Old 10-12-2011, 12:30 PM
 
Location: Conejo Valley, CA
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Why am I not surprised?
You shouldn't be, I'm not fond of war.... No particular disrespect for those that died though, unfortunate victims of a sick culture...
 
Old 10-12-2011, 12:35 PM
 
Location: San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties
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True. The overall standard of living of the USA can be ahead, equal to, or behind other nations.

Which do you want for the USA?
So, consider this, The US has 5% of the world's people and consumes 40% of the worlds resources.

How long do you think that can continue?

Don't you think some other countries might want to level this particular playing field?

Standard of Living is way over rated, Quality of Living is far more important.
 
Old 10-12-2011, 12:46 PM
 
Location: SW MO
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You shouldn't be, I'm not fond of war.... No particular disrespect for those that died though, unfortunate victims of a sick culture...
"I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity."
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Being young, you might not know that he was a five star general, the Supreme Commander of Allied Forces, Europe during WW II and a president.
 
Old 10-12-2011, 12:57 PM
 
Location: San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties
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"I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity."
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Being young, you might not know that he was a five star general, the Supreme Commander of Allied Forces, Europe during WW II and a president.
Who made his headquarters, the Supreme Headquarters Allied Foreces Europe, at a golf country club in France, so that while the boys were fighting, he could keep up on his golf game.

"War is Hell" Old Bill Sherman said.
 
Old 10-12-2011, 01:48 PM
 
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The problem w/ the sad state of the avg. human is that w/ all the free time they've been given to pursue higher level things, they use it to engage in mindless idiocy.
BRILLIANT.
 
Old 10-12-2011, 02:34 PM
 
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Technology is and will replace the need for skilled labor. As it does, you will have more skills/intelligence to be a productive member of society......oh wait....

Hate to break it to you, while the engineering nerds are figuring out how to duplicate basic mechanical tasks there is another group of nerds figuring out how to duplicate the basic intellectual tasks of the engineering nerds... Why you sorts think that it is only what you perceive as "unskilled" can be duplicated by technology.....is beyond me...

No human will, in short order, have the ability (under your notion) of being a productive member of society. You will be a rat in the eyes of those far greater than you.....
The whole point of working in tech - or more generally of working at all, for tech is shaving yaks unless it's applied to effective work - is to make 'oneself' meaning the 'work' one must do to achieve a task, obsolete, and then pushing oneself up to a higher level, a level that is more interesting, more technical, and/or more specialized in a direction that optimizes an individuals' predisposition and talents. And, in all likelihood, a productive member of society...

As for illegals, why doesn't Mexico build their own colleges and robot factories, and educate their own citizenry? Mexico can't even produce a drinkable beer!
 
Old 10-12-2011, 02:35 PM
 
Location: Conejo Valley, CA
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Being young, you might not know that he was a five star general, the Supreme Commander of Allied Forces, Europe during WW II and a president.
Umm...yeah, I'm aware of Eisenhower's history. Funny thing about history books, they don't have age requirements.

Not sure how this relates to my comments, but okay.
 
Old 10-12-2011, 02:40 PM
 
Location: Conejo Valley, CA
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The whole point of working in tech - or more generally of working at all, for tech is shaving yaks unless it's applied to effective work - is to make 'oneself' meaning the 'work' one must do to achieve a task, obsolete, and then pushing oneself up to a higher level, a level that is more interesting, more technical, and/or more specialized in a direction that optimizes an individuals' predisposition and talents. And, in all likelihood, a productive member of society...
Yes and as noted by someone else in this thread, everyone can't be at a "higher level".

Also, it should go without say, but not everyone is good at math-based subjects and that leaves a lot of folks, in today's world, at a huge disadvantage. Increasingly, we have an economy based on a genetic lottery.

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As for illegals, why doesn't Mexico build their own colleges and robot factories, and educate their own citizenry?
Umm...Mexico has colleges, it has automated factories, etc. Mexico has a political problem, one that isn't easily solved.

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Mexico can't even produce a drinkable beer!
Negra Modelo is rather drinkable....
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