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Originally posted by: Feldenak
Originally posted by: blodhi74
U know what .... rahter than banging my head with U guys ...... I will go to bed and and forget the lame excuses that were presented to me ... some of u lack the capacity of rational thinking .... so goes my faith in ATOT and 15 year olds that represent this fourum ..... good luck guys and gals in UR ventures

Ahh...I see. It's our fault you don't really understand economics and look to the government to solve your problems. :thumbsdown:

moving to the EU should solve his problems. maybe canada too.
 
Originally posted by: gotsmack
he has SOME power over the price of crude in the long run. He could alyways tap domestic reserves give oil companies money to build more refineries and send guys over to former soviet bloc countries to develop oil drilling systems.

he can also put more stringent demands on developing technology so that we don't have to rely so much on crude.

So you also look to the government to solve your problems?

Give oil companies money to build more refineries? Sorry, I like lower gas prices as much as the next guy but I draw the line at government subsidies.
 
Originally posted by: gotsmack
he has SOME power over the price of crude in the long run. He could alyways tap domestic reserves give oil companies money to build more refineries and send guys over to former soviet bloc countries to develop oil drilling systems.

he can also put more stringent demands on developing technology so that we don't have to rely so much on crude.

Sorry dude, read it and weep: http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=52&threadid=1313088&highlight_key=y

Oil companies have TONNES of money, they need no help from the government - if anything, it's the government that's inhibiting them with enviromental restrictions - IIRC, bush is trying to have some of the restrictions dropped to allow for more refining capacity.
 
Originally posted by: Feldenak
Originally posted by: blodhi74
U know what .... rahter than banging my head with U guys ...... I will go to bed and and forget the lame excuses that were presented to me ... some of u lack the capacity of rational thinking .... so goes my faith in ATOT and 15 year olds that represent this fourum ..... good luck guys and gals in UR ventures

Ahh...I see. It's our fault you don't really understand economics and look to the government to solve your problems. :thumbsdown:

Actually its more like Bush's fault.
 
Originally posted by: Feldenak
Originally posted by: blodhi74
U know what .... rahter than banging my head with U guys ...... I will go to bed and and forget the lame excuses that were presented to me ... some of u lack the capacity of rational thinking .... so goes my faith in ATOT and 15 year olds that represent this fourum ..... good luck guys and gals in UR ventures

Ahh...I see. It's our fault you don't really understand economics and look to the government to solve your problems. :thumbsdown:

Unbelievable. This guy loses his job. First you guys bash him for being an overpaid call center worker. Then we find out that he is actually a software developer, and you guys still bash him like he deserved to get outsourced. The cons keep telling us that education is the answer, but if someone spends thousands and years getting programming education, and then the companies don't even think they are worth paying $22 for and fires a whole group, then what do you now say Americans should do? No matter what we learn, we aren't going to be 10 times more productive than a third world worker.
 
Originally posted by: FleshLight
Originally posted by: Feldenak
Originally posted by: blodhi74
U know what .... rahter than banging my head with U guys ...... I will go to bed and and forget the lame excuses that were presented to me ... some of u lack the capacity of rational thinking .... so goes my faith in ATOT and 15 year olds that represent this fourum ..... good luck guys and gals in UR ventures

Ahh...I see. It's our fault you don't really understand economics and look to the government to solve your problems. :thumbsdown:

Actually its more like Bush's fault.

I don't follow. It's Bush's fault this guy fails to grasp economics and lacks personal responsibility?
 
Originally posted by: FleshLight
Originally posted by: Feldenak
Originally posted by: blodhi74
U know what .... rahter than banging my head with U guys ...... I will go to bed and and forget the lame excuses that were presented to me ... some of u lack the capacity of rational thinking .... so goes my faith in ATOT and 15 year olds that represent this fourum ..... good luck guys and gals in UR ventures

Ahh...I see. It's our fault you don't really understand economics and look to the government to solve your problems. :thumbsdown:

Actually its more like Bush's fault.


Yet another dumbass.
 
actually thats pretty much how the government broke up the steel monopoly after ww2.

I listed those as options to prove a point. I didn't say that he should do those thise things.

I predict in the next 15-30 years oil won't be as important in the US or EU. and we'll be telling the arab countries to F off. Just like we tell the african countries.

it will just be important to developing countries and oil wil be harder to drill for, so prices will be higher after adjusting for inflation.
 
Originally posted by: SuperTool
Originally posted by: Feldenak
Originally posted by: blodhi74
U know what .... rahter than banging my head with U guys ...... I will go to bed and and forget the lame excuses that were presented to me ... some of u lack the capacity of rational thinking .... so goes my faith in ATOT and 15 year olds that represent this fourum ..... good luck guys and gals in UR ventures

Ahh...I see. It's our fault you don't really understand economics and look to the government to solve your problems. :thumbsdown:

Unbelievable. This guy loses his job. First you guys bash him for being an overpaid call center worker. Then we find out that he is actually a software developer, and you guys still bash him like he deserved to get outsourced. The cons keep telling us that education is the answer, but if someone spends thousands and years getting programming education, and then the companies don't even think they are worth paying $22 for and fires a whole group, then what do you now say Americans should do? No matter what we learn, we aren't going to be 10 times more productive than a third world worker.

It's too bad that he lost his job, but to blame the government smacks of a lack of personal responsibility.
 
Originally posted by: gsaldivar
I will not vote for GW...... I am a 2nd generation immigrant and belive in american way of life.

Your situation sucks dude, and I'm sorry to hear about it...

But it's not Bush's fault that you lost your job.

International trade and commerce is the way the world works, regardless of who occupies the White House. If you believe in protectionist policies, join a labor union and vote Democratic. If you believe in free trade, vote Republican, suck it up and start looking for a new job.

Either way, in the long run, labor intensive sectors that have artificially inflated wages (like yours) will eventually be displaced by lower-priced labor from elsewhere in the world. This is an inevitable, natural process of industrial growth.

Bitching about the current administration as the "cause" for your job being displaced by lower priced labor is pointless, and shortsighted.

Negative on the Democrat part. If you want to shut down job "hemmoraging", you're going to have to vote for a candidate strong on soft-money reform. Companies like Sprint, Dell, Chevy, etc. pay out millions of dollars a year (easily) into campaigns to get people elected who will look the other way as American jobs are sent to other countries where the companies can easily circumvent OSHA and minimum wage laws.

The only way we're going to stop this (And many other similar "hot" topics) is to get these special interests out of politics.

OP, sorry you lost your job but blaming anyone except Sprint is going to get you nowhere. Complain to your state's senator and your local representative while you're at it - get as many of those 1100 people to write in as well. Maybe you can make a difference.

There's no reason to not blame someone. Just place the blame in the right place. Blame the CEO of Sprint who thought this was a good idea. Blame the Congress and Senate for proposing and passing the legislation allowing for the offshoring of jobs (NAFTA?). Blame the President who didn't veto it (I believe Clinton, but maybe earlier).

Point is, offshoring jobs is law and has been long since before GWB was in office. The ball, unfortunately, is not in his court on this one. It's up to the congress and the judicial branch to overturn it; but I wouldn't hold my breath.
 
Originally posted by: Feldenak
Originally posted by: SuperTool
Originally posted by: Feldenak
Originally posted by: blodhi74
U know what .... rahter than banging my head with U guys ...... I will go to bed and and forget the lame excuses that were presented to me ... some of u lack the capacity of rational thinking .... so goes my faith in ATOT and 15 year olds that represent this fourum ..... good luck guys and gals in UR ventures

Ahh...I see. It's our fault you don't really understand economics and look to the government to solve your problems. :thumbsdown:

Unbelievable. This guy loses his job. First you guys bash him for being an overpaid call center worker. Then we find out that he is actually a software developer, and you guys still bash him like he deserved to get outsourced. The cons keep telling us that education is the answer, but if someone spends thousands and years getting programming education, and then the companies don't even think they are worth paying $22 for and fires a whole group, then what do you now say Americans should do? No matter what we learn, we aren't going to be 10 times more productive than a third world worker.

It's too bad that he lost his job, but to blame the government smacks of a lack of personal responsibility.

So becoming a programmer is now irresponsible? What would be a responsible thing for him to do? Get a cushy government job and leech off the taxpayers?
 
Originally posted by: blodhi74
it was not a call center .... we were devoloping software for the new handsets
A development job? Wow, I'm really sorry to hear about that man.🙁 If you don't mind my asking, what are your savings like?
 
Wow Supertool, how you go what you got from his Feldenak's statements is beyond me. Leap of logic anyone?
 
Originally posted by: rbloedow
Originally posted by: blodhi74
Originally posted by: rbloedow
Originally posted by: blodhi74
Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
Sorry, but it's not Bush's fault you lost your job. What, you want government intervention in even more aspects of the economy?

Hands off, please!

the millions he spent on Iraq is Fubar .....Iraq did not pose a threat to US and our guys are dying to protect the OIL ..... why not go for countries that spawn the f*cking terrorists ... saudi arabia is start .... if we want democracy , why do we support the anarchist Saudies ... .we as a nation are a amulgem of different races that are proud to call US home .... and if compnies call middle class americans " not good for the dollar " F*ck em .... try explaining this to my 7 yr old ...why his dad cant have his B-day @ the park


Why not explain to your son why you're a looser?

why dont u put in a nice sentence so I could read it to him when I tell him a bed time story F*ck face

Tell him a nice story about how he should take economics in college so he's not as ignorant as his father.

LMAO :beer:😀
 
Originally posted by: SuperTool
Originally posted by: Feldenak
Originally posted by: SuperTool
Originally posted by: Feldenak
Originally posted by: blodhi74
U know what .... rahter than banging my head with U guys ...... I will go to bed and and forget the lame excuses that were presented to me ... some of u lack the capacity of rational thinking .... so goes my faith in ATOT and 15 year olds that represent this fourum ..... good luck guys and gals in UR ventures

Ahh...I see. It's our fault you don't really understand economics and look to the government to solve your problems. :thumbsdown:

Unbelievable. This guy loses his job. First you guys bash him for being an overpaid call center worker. Then we find out that he is actually a software developer, and you guys still bash him like he deserved to get outsourced. The cons keep telling us that education is the answer, but if someone spends thousands and years getting programming education, and then the companies don't even think they are worth paying $22 for and fires a whole group, then what do you now say Americans should do? No matter what we learn, we aren't going to be 10 times more productive than a third world worker.

It's too bad that he lost his job, but to blame the government smacks of a lack of personal responsibility.

So becoming a programmer is now irresponsible? What would be a responsible thing for him to do? Get a cushy government job and leech off the taxpayers?

The responsible thing for him to do would suck it up and start looking for another job...not throwing blame around. I'm not attacking his chosen profession, I'm attacking his blame game and looking to the government to solve his problem(s).
 
The responsible thing for him to do would suck it up and start looking for another job...not throwing blame around. I'm not attacking his chosen profession, I'm attacking his blame game and looking to the government to solve his problem(s).

Well said. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: SuperTool
Originally posted by: rbloedow
Originally posted by: GTaudiophile


Yes, pretty much. The U.S. President has no real control over the price of crude oil.


Regardless of ability or inability to do something, the guy is a complete moron.

So it's automatically Bush's fault? 😕

Yup...hes a POS and needs to get out of office. Ok, I know im gonna take heat for saying that, but its the truth. The man has the IQ of a monkey, and shouldn't be controlling our foreign policy.
 
Originally posted by: blodhi74
Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
Sorry, but it's not Bush's fault you lost your job. What, you want government intervention in even more aspects of the economy?

Hands off, please!

the millions he spent on Iraq is Fubar .....Iraq did not pose a threat to US and our guys are dying to protect the OIL ..... why not go for countries that spawn the f*cking terrorists ... saudi arabia is start .... if we want democracy , why do we support the anarchist Saudies ... .we as a nation are a amulgem of different races that are proud to call US home .... and if compnies call middle class americans " not good for the dollar " F*ck em .... try explaining this to my 7 yr old ...why his dad cant have his B-day @ the park

What kind of cheap ass dad cant afford a b-day party at a park? If it were say Chucky Cheeses or whatever than that would be understandable but the park is free dude! Hahaha!
 
Originally posted by: SilentZero
Originally posted by: SuperTool
Originally posted by: rbloedow
Originally posted by: GTaudiophile


Yes, pretty much. The U.S. President has no real control over the price of crude oil.


Regardless of ability or inability to do something, the guy is a complete moron.

So it's automatically Bush's fault? 😕

Yup...hes a POS and needs to get out of office. Ok, I know im gonna take heat for saying that, but its the truth. The man has the IQ of a monkey, and shouldn't be controlling our foreign policy.

Wow - I'd hate to have that kind of logic.
 
Originally posted by: SilentZero
Originally posted by: SuperTool
Originally posted by: rbloedow
Originally posted by: GTaudiophile


Yes, pretty much. The U.S. President has no real control over the price of crude oil.


Regardless of ability or inability to do something, the guy is a complete moron.

So it's automatically Bush's fault? 😕

Yup...hes a POS and needs to get out of office. Ok, I know im gonna take heat for saying that, but its the truth. The man has the IQ of a monkey, and shouldn't be controlling our foreign policy.

That's fine but your opinion of Bush's foreign policy is neither here nor there for this discussion. I'm certainly no Bush fan but to blame him for outsourcing is just plain silly.
 
Originally posted by: Nebor
I love Microsoft activation support. They're always very smart and fast. I've never gotten someone I couldn't understand, or that couldn't understand me.

Ya for the 2 times that Ive called them I was expecting the process to be even easier this time but it was not so.
 
Originally posted by: Feldenak
Originally posted by: SuperTool
Originally posted by: Feldenak
Originally posted by: SuperTool
Originally posted by: Feldenak
Originally posted by: blodhi74
U know what .... rahter than banging my head with U guys ...... I will go to bed and and forget the lame excuses that were presented to me ... some of u lack the capacity of rational thinking .... so goes my faith in ATOT and 15 year olds that represent this fourum ..... good luck guys and gals in UR ventures

Ahh...I see. It's our fault you don't really understand economics and look to the government to solve your problems. :thumbsdown:

Unbelievable. This guy loses his job. First you guys bash him for being an overpaid call center worker. Then we find out that he is actually a software developer, and you guys still bash him like he deserved to get outsourced. The cons keep telling us that education is the answer, but if someone spends thousands and years getting programming education, and then the companies don't even think they are worth paying $22 for and fires a whole group, then what do you now say Americans should do? No matter what we learn, we aren't going to be 10 times more productive than a third world worker.

It's too bad that he lost his job, but to blame the government smacks of a lack of personal responsibility.

So becoming a programmer is now irresponsible? What would be a responsible thing for him to do? Get a cushy government job and leech off the taxpayers?

The responsible thing for him to do would suck it up and start looking for another job...not throwing blame around. I'm not attacking his chosen profession, I'm attacking his blame game and looking to the government to solve his problem(s).

So after 9/11 did you say, well we just gotta suck it up. It's just a price we got to pay for globalization and fast air travel :roll:
Why should we just sit idly by as our jobs are sent overseas and suck it up? Americans should look after themselves politically. If they need to take political actions to protect their jobs, that's what they should do. Protectionism, subsidies and tarrifs should not be off limits, if that's what it takes. Other countries subsidize healthcare, housing, etc for their citizens, but Americans have to be able to pay for all these things, and still be competitive? What's good for corporations is not always good for the workers. Sometimes, but not always. So if he wants to change the leadership in Washington for being ineffective in addressing these issues, that's his right, and he should do it.
 
these people also pay a lot more taxes. so it really evens out. I'd rather pay almost no taxes and pay for services entirely out of pocket. But that will never happen because then the poor get fuked.
 
Originally posted by: SuperTool
Originally posted by: Feldenak
Originally posted by: blodhi74
U know what .... rahter than banging my head with U guys ...... I will go to bed and and forget the lame excuses that were presented to me ... some of u lack the capacity of rational thinking .... so goes my faith in ATOT and 15 year olds that represent this fourum ..... good luck guys and gals in UR ventures

Ahh...I see. It's our fault you don't really understand economics and look to the government to solve your problems. :thumbsdown:

Unbelievable. This guy loses his job. First you guys bash him for being an overpaid call center worker. Then we find out that he is actually a software developer, and you guys still bash him like he deserved to get outsourced. The cons keep telling us that education is the answer, but if someone spends thousands and years getting programming education, and then the companies don't even think they are worth paying $22 for and fires a whole group, then what do you now say Americans should do? No matter what we learn, we aren't going to be 10 times more productive than a third world worker.

Kind of interesting how no one has really addressed your post yet.
 
Originally posted by: SuperTool
Originally posted by: Feldenak
Originally posted by: SuperTool
Originally posted by: Feldenak
Originally posted by: SuperTool
Originally posted by: Feldenak
Originally posted by: blodhi74
U know what .... rahter than banging my head with U guys ...... I will go to bed and and forget the lame excuses that were presented to me ... some of u lack the capacity of rational thinking .... so goes my faith in ATOT and 15 year olds that represent this fourum ..... good luck guys and gals in UR ventures

Ahh...I see. It's our fault you don't really understand economics and look to the government to solve your problems. :thumbsdown:

Unbelievable. This guy loses his job. First you guys bash him for being an overpaid call center worker. Then we find out that he is actually a software developer, and you guys still bash him like he deserved to get outsourced. The cons keep telling us that education is the answer, but if someone spends thousands and years getting programming education, and then the companies don't even think they are worth paying $22 for and fires a whole group, then what do you now say Americans should do? No matter what we learn, we aren't going to be 10 times more productive than a third world worker.

It's too bad that he lost his job, but to blame the government smacks of a lack of personal responsibility.

So becoming a programmer is now irresponsible? What would be a responsible thing for him to do? Get a cushy government job and leech off the taxpayers?

The responsible thing for him to do would suck it up and start looking for another job...not throwing blame around. I'm not attacking his chosen profession, I'm attacking his blame game and looking to the government to solve his problem(s).

So after 9/11 did you say, well we just gotta suck it up. It's just a price we got to pay for globalization and fast air travel :roll:
Why should we just sit idly by as our jobs are sent overseas and suck it up? Americans should look after themselves politically. If they need to take political actions to protect their jobs, that's what they should do. Protectionism, subsidies and tarrifs should not be off limits, if that's what it takes. Other countries subsidize healthcare, housing, etc for their citizens, but Americans have to be able to pay for all these things, and still be competitive? What's good for corporations is not always good for the workers. Sometimes, but not always. So if he wants to change the leadership in Washington for being ineffective in addressing these issues, that's his right, and he should do it.

What in the blue hell are you talking about? I give up. I simply cannot follow your convoluted logic.

Are you saying terrorists attacked the WTC complex because of economic situation(s)? How do you leap from there to talking about protectionism and such?
 
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