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    Myth of Eurabia

    It seems to me that the lesson is not so much that poor immigrants are filling rich countries but that all "rich countries" eventually face declining populations regardless of ethnicity. Take Japan and South Korea ... both were VERY VERY poor couple of decades ago... now their incomes have...
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    Myth of Eurabia

    http://www.theglobeandmail.com...=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us I have seen a lot of posts about an islamic takeover by muslims ... seems it aint so
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    Japans short of engineers

    http://www.iht.com/articles/20...business/engineers.php America is not alone
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    Why do you think Mexico is so much poorer than the USA?

    Other countries have similar value systems too.. Singapore , Hong Kong, Taiwan , South Korea..... They are much richer than mexico... The oil rich countries have value systems that are completely against economic prosperity but that doesnt stop their growth. They just use the oil. Value...
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    Why do you think Mexico is so much poorer than the USA?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_miracle Your article is more about filth than real poverty......
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    Why do you think Mexico is so much poorer than the USA?

    It has nothing to do with culture.. it has everything to do with the United States being the largest cohesive market with the most liberal trade regimes available. Economies of scale work better here .... Mexico was actually more prosperous and progressive versus the United States till...
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    Why do you think Mexico is so much poorer than the USA?

    Mexico and the United States historically have the same culture.... that of immigrants
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    Mexico doesnt want its citizens back

    When a family man kills someone then usually the courts take either transfer the legal custody of the child to the mother or transfers custody to a foster home. Its not like the govt can say "why should we give a flying fuck"
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    Taliban declares war on Pakistan

    Quick video on pakistani nukes since it its extremely likely its going to come to that. http://video.google.com/videop...+bull+shit&vt=lf&hl=en
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    Innocent or guilty

    It aint about the guns or night vision goggles..... The more serious charge is that she is a bioterrorist...... They haven't brought the main charges upfront instead accusing her of shooting US army officers... a story that is extremely unlikely She has to be the most ambitious...
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    American exports growing faster than china's

    for all you free trade naysayers: http://www.economist.com/finan....cfm?story_id=11921655
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    Does the Georgia/South Ossetia/Russian situation analogize well with India/Kashmir/Pakistan?

    India CAN invade pakistan to "reclaim" the whole subcontinent. Kashmir is a small part of it. But it wont. There have been three wars around kashmir and india has not crossed the Line of control even once. As for pakistan trying to invade kashmir they tried it in 1965 and in 1999. In...
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    Innocent or guilty

    so in your opinion muslim+ qualified anything = dangerous terrorist. computer scientist = hacker chemical engineer = bomb maker Doctor= bomb maker ( hey even a psychologist would qualify since cognitive neuroscience is more about psychology) Any other professions you would like to blame?
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    Innocent or guilty

    Fern, She has a degree in cognitive neuroscience... ie how the brain recognizes certain images... Regardless of whether you believe whether or not the charges are true... her education never qualified her to be a terrorist... not to say that institutions like MIT or bandeis prepare you on...
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    Innocent or guilty

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    Innocent or guilty

    1) If you read the article she was being charged with attempting to assualt to US army personnel. In afghanistan. 2) She disappeared from her home in boston. 3) It is this story that doesn't make sense for me. "It seems extraordinary to imagine that four U.S. agents who'd gone to pick her...
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    Innocent or guilty

    Sure that just proves the FBI is incompetent... Punishing innocent people is far worse... a police state is not the solution.... If I am in a jury.. no way in hell this is going to fly with me.. the charges sound more like a B movie plotline
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    Innocent or guilty

    http://www.npr.org/templates/s...y.php?storyId=93571773 IMHO I think the FBI story is a little more than far fetched.
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    Can you name the only country that went from a manufacturing economy to a service economy?

    Which is stupid. The modern economy is so complex that it is impossible to know who makes what. Parts for cars, cellphones, TVs and even chemicals come from everywhere. Manufacturers specialize. It has nothing to do with cost/cheap labor but everything to do with how skills, knowledge...
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    Can you name the only country that went from a manufacturing economy to a service economy?

    Any bi-lateral surplus/deficit is meaning less. The aggregate trade surplus/deficit can be a cause for concern which is causing the dollar to depreciate which then in turn lowers the deficit.
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    Can you name the only country that went from a manufacturing economy to a service economy?

    Fundamentally the same principle. If a country can import something at a better price from abroad it should. Prosperity comes from your ability to buy and sell at whatever price is mutually agreeable to you
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    India shoots dead 8 civilians in Kashmir

    Yeah for all the claims of genocide by india no one talks how kashmiri hindus and pandits were systematically cleansed or driven away. If india really wanted to eliminate muslims from kashmir they would have populated it with hindus like the chinese did with tibet Also the entire elite of...
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    Can you name the only country that went from a manufacturing economy to a service economy?

    Yes but the post world war 2 era didn't look like that in most countries. The rise of socialism did create the HUGE middle class but it also tied up an enormous amount of capital leading to stagnation. Many people prefer that world where there were no winners and losers
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    Can you name the only country that went from a manufacturing economy to a service economy?

    I agree with you too. The modern corporation is disintegrated into multinationals with subsidiaries spread across the world. The income inequality is astounding everywhere and it is growing
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    India shoots dead 8 civilians in Kashmir

    He was a former militant ie terrorist in most peoples book. India gave amnesty to most terror groups after 1994. Which other country does that.... They could have participated in elections and what not but no.. they have to cause chaos everytime
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    WTO Good or Bad?

    I believe they are just concerned about farmers living on SUBSISTENT ( ie no markets) farms which is still about 40-60 percent of their labor force. Whats really sad is this. http://online.wsj.com/article/...tml?mod=googlenews_wsj In a country where farmers make more than CEOs in the...
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    Afghanistan is getting out of hand

    yeah but they dont need to control territory to spread terror do they... Btw, I dont think america is even in the picture in this whole story.... The nutjobs in ISI rightly predict that the US will have to withdraw at some point. At that point only India ( which is the second or third...
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    McCain: "I don't believe we are headed into a recession."

    1) Should the banking industry be RUN by bush. 2) Slide of the dollar was long overdue. Trade deficit at 8-9 percent of GDP was unsustainable. 3) And what can he do about "retaining" jobs in the country. Job creation and job destruction are a natural part of the economy. True you can have...
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    How about a oil consuming cartel?

    Okay ridicule first. 1) who would levy that tax. The United States where GE makes the turbines or europe where airbus is headquartered. What about tier-2 and tier 3 suppliers located in countries with no direct trade links to the OPEC. Remember supply down = workers loose jobs. 2) OPEC...
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    McCain: "I don't believe we are headed into a recession."

    Recession real or not has nothing to with anything related to bush. Consider the factors at play here 1)rising prices of oil. largely unexplained. Demand is up but no where near the number needed to push the price so high. Some manipulation by the OPEC is there definitely. 2)Lack of...
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    Why does the U.S. bother with playing world policeman to keep "Pax Americana"

    And who exactly might DESTABILIZE those international trade routes. RIGHT NOW. Al qaida types??. They do it with impunity anyways with or without organized military presence..... and most of the time anyways people just pick up the peices and move on. What other candidates you have IRAN...
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    Why does the U.S. bother with playing world policeman to keep "Pax Americana"

    No i certainly dont.... and i couldnt get a word of what eskimospy said. Those bases were setup during the cold war to fend off a supposedly massive communist aggression against all members of the NATO/G8/OECD.. this was according to the CIA. These bases then made war efforts possible in...
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    Bush administration sued!!!

    uhh huh... how does paying more money to YOUR universities HELP YOU personally. They dont pull down your cost of tuition. In fact since you CITIZEN folks have financial aid from your government universities just BILL you more. They are way to generous to us when it comes to scholarships and TA...
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    Bush administration sued!!!

    How insane is extending work authorization for foreign students anyway in your humble opinion. what net effect does it have on the economy on adding say 100,000-200,000 workers into the economy in YOUR opinion
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    Bush administration sued!!!

    You already do suck money out of foreign nationals anyway. We pay out of state tuition. Pay social w/o benefits. lets see 80,000*20,000=1,600,000,000 (1.6 billion) nice going
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    Bush administration sued!!!

    This is insane. the protectionists have lost it. http://www.computerworld.com/a...9091538&intsrc=hm_list Man time to jump off the titanic
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    America Is Driving Towards Disaster

    I am majoring in chemical engineering, so i have some idea of the situation. Linky:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta_oil_sands Read the article. "present levels" of consumption are only to give you some idea of how much oil there is out there in alberta alone and around the world...
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    America Is Driving Towards Disaster

    The whole world can afford a commuter lifestyle... many times over. many many times over. Saudi Arabia alone has enough crude to feed the world for 80-100 years. Alberta Canada has enough in oil sands to feed the world for the next 300 years at present consumption levels and price levels...
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    Farming for riches by John McCain

    Yeah McCain has the only sensible policies on trade. Its hard to see the benifits of free trade and zero "worker" protection but low subsudies and foreign tariffs keep inflation low.... The same can be said about immigration and in some ways they are two sides of the same coin but...