Vi-Jay

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Well, I suggest you hurry up and click.

The entire article is too big to post.

I didn't say it was all on Nixon. There are quite a few others that need a swift kick to the groin.

I see 1. Where's the other 13? Too lazy to post?

You wake up in a bad mood?

I provided a link. Too lazy to click?

All 14- (Starting with) #14- The Green Revolution is Neither

1. The Rise of the Middle ClassJust Not Ours

Gillian Tett

U.S. managing editor and assistant editor, Financial Times

The past year has seen plenty of hand-wringing about the squeezed middle. Little wonder. Although the U.S. economy might now be rebounding, incomes for most Americansif they are lucky enough to have a job at allare not rising. On the contrary, since 2002, median household income has declined in real terms, as many middle-class jobs have been either destroyed by technological innovation or lost to competition from overseas. For many of the jobs remaining, employers can pay lower wages.

The middle class in America (and Europe) is suffering, but thats only half the tale. In the past decade, income per capita in the so-called BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) has surged, as the middle classes in those countries have expanded at a striking clip. That is partly because jobs are shifting from the West to the emerging world (just think, for example, of all those Chinese factories and Indian call centers that have sprung up). However, education is also improving in most of these countries, along with infrastructure, as incomes rise and lifestyles improve.

To many Western workersand politiciansthis sounds scary. After all, the addition of millions of well-educated workers in places such as India, China, and Brazil means a lot more competition for Americans and Europeans. However, this cloud has a bright silver lining. Until now, politicians and economists have generally focused on the emerging markets in terms of a supply shock, in the sense that these countries can supply cheaper and better goods than can be produced in the West. Production, after all, is what has enabled those emerging-market economies to boom; again, think of those Chinese factories.

But now the world is on the verge of a crucial shift: precisely because the middle classes in the emerging markets are gaining clout, they are also becoming a truly formidable consumption force. The emerging markets thus no longer represent just a supply shock; they are creating a demand shock too. And that raises big questions: Who or what will meet that demand? Will those new middle-class families who are working at, say, Indian call centers or Chinese factories just buy local products? Or could American companies have an opportunity to serve them? And if so, could that opportunity eventually lead to new American jobs, as those consumers start to travel, read, download appsand plug in to a globalized lifestyle? The full tale of the squeezed middle has yet to be told.

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Free trade and Unions are killing the US middle class. Our gov is sooooo smart. Sometimes, I would really like to kick Nixon in the crotch.

They're turning kids into slaves just to make cheaper sneakers

But what's the real cost? 'cause the sneakers don't seem that much cheaper

Why are we still paying so much for sneakers when you got them made by little slave kids?

What are your overheads?

Too much caffeine this morning?

Slept late. Just started my morning. Only 1 cup thus far. I'm just passionate about the Cvnt.

(I do wake up quickly and ready to run)

Thanks for asking.

I was surprised when FD used the "C" word.

Cvnt ( /ˈkʌnt/) is a vulgarism, primarily referring to the female genitalia,[1] specifically the vulva, and including the cleft of Venus. The earliest citation of this usage in the 1972 Oxford English Dictionary, c 1230, refers to the London street known as Gropecunt Lane. Scholar Germaine Greer has said that "it is one of the few remaining words in the English language with a genuine power to shock."[2]

Cvnt is also used informally as a derogatory epithet in referring to a person of either sex, but this usage is relatively recent, dating back only as far as the late nineteenth century.[3] Reflecting different national usages, the Compact Oxford English Dictionary defines ###### as "an unpleasant or stupid person", whereas Merriam-Webster has a usage of the term as "usually disparaging & obscene: woman",[4] noting that it is used in the US as "an offensive way to refer to a woman";[5] the Macquarie Dictionary of Australian English defines it as "a despicable man", however when used with a positive qualifier (good, funny, clever, etc.) in countries such as Britain, New Zealand and Australia, it conveys a positive sense of the object or person referred to.[6

CVNT

What's wrong with the Cvnt? Why does the Cvnt have a negative connotation attached to it? I love the Cvnt! I admire the Cvnt. The Cvnt is beautiful, wonderful, admirable, coveted and powerful. The Cvnt is the doorway to life.

Why not refer to an uncouth person as...,toad? I don't like toad's. Toads eat bugs. That's good. but.., toads are quite ugly. They pee on your hand if you hold them. It used to be thought that toads would give a human warts. I wouldn't want a toad in my bed or anywhere else inside my house.

I love a Cvnt to be with me everwhere I am.

I say we replace the word Cvnt with toad (when attempting to insult someone).

I have a whole thread in Site discussion on their bias. I'd be more than happy to bring it up in a heartbeat.

Thread title?

That would be me.

OK. Thanks.

Who is FD talking to?

3. Vi-Jay, how much grass do you smoke in an average week?

An "average" week? Is that a trick question?

He called me something that he's been told not to call me here and there in regards to the AZ situation with the congresswoman.

The Mods ignored it, didn't do anything really about it as usual, so I took it into my hands and "challenged" him. They took the "Challenge" as a "Threat" and I got suspended for 10 days.

So apparently, I'm supposed to sit back and let numb nuts call me what he wishes and ignore it, while Kathryn and her minions sit back and wait for me to retaliate where I can get suspended.

Ewok should fire her ####### in a heartbeat. There's been enough complaints on her bias over the past couple of years to warrant it. I just don't think he wants to go through the trouble of replacing mods.

Thanks for sharing.

Do you hear a clock ticking or is it just me?

Kick your SO. Maybe that will cheer you up.

Hey..,simmer down now. Are you drinking?

I am from Texas and I speak the English language with a fairly high degree of proficiency. I also speak some French, German and Spanish. I am currently working on my Russian. I was in the 9th stanine on my achievement tests all through school. I scored in the top 1% in the nation on the armed services exam and number 1 in my school all while being educated in Texas. I am not an exception to the rule. I did not study like crazy. I was not class Valedictorian or Salutatorian. People judge you if you come from a Southern State and have a Southern accent as less intelligent but this is baseless. It also shows the superiority complex that causes Texans to think they should not be a part of a country that thinks California is a model state. Most children in Texas schools are victims of overcrowded schools. We have a Very high level of illegal immigrants whose children are filling these schools to the bursting point. The fact that people refuse to take the time to learn English is also a huge problem with teaching. Teachers have to teach at the lowest common denominator. Children who speak English will have less issues with the course work. Children who struggle with English will also struggle with the school work. Teachers have to devote more time trying to correct this and the education of the other children suffers. Many people (not just in the illegal immigrant population) also think that schools are there to raise their children for them and do not do anything at home to prepare their children for the real world. Both of these issues need to be addressed more to help all children get a better education and be more productive in society.

OK. I got 2

1. Did you copy and paste this?

2. That's like a turtle telling a rabbit it runs fast.

Just kidding. I agree. How 'bout spacing a paragraph next time?

Why? You sensitive or something?

Do you have a dog? If so, kick it. Maybe you will cheer up.

'Cause it's fun.

I relate.

Probably because you're a bunch of male chauvinist pigs who believe that to be a feminist you must be a prostitute

OK. Why you being so pissy? Who is included in your "you're"?

Probably because you're a bunch of male chauvinist pigs who believe that to be a feminist you must be a prostitute

Are you posting on the right thread?

I don't think there's a way of telling who reported your post on here...or if there is I don't know of it.

I have a bad feeling about these last few post though. I wouldn't be surprised if Paul, you and I all go down for this one.

*For the record though, Kathryn along with the other mods do a great job on here.

Not us. If anyone hangs for this, it will just be DJ. That's why he needs to hurry say his piece before they suspend him again.

I think Kathryn does a great job too. and I'm not just kissn up. I mean it.

You'd think some people live their lives on Internet forums.

Yeah.

I hear ya. We get thread banned on the RUB forum like there's no tomorrow, yet I see peeps on here making personal attacks one after another against anyone that's not in the "click" and nothing happens to them yet those are the same peeps that get sand in their pssy every time you give them a taste of their own medicine and the next thing you know they are reporting your post on here. Iv'e yet to report anyone. I figure if you can't take it, then don't dish it.

Has WBAR reported you too?

I agree. These are quality jobs producing what gears up to be a successful product - an export product no less - which will benefit the economy. There's not much that can be said in support of any roadblocks being thrown by the administration.

Well, then why are you pissing on my shoes. Let me hate a little. FYI, the little girl flipping OM the bird makes me feel better.

Steven is a cry baby and Kathryn is biased as hell. So yeah.

As per usual the moron mods on these boards takes sides instead of doing their job.

You made WBAR cry, he ran to the mods and then the mods suspended you because WBAR was crying?

I also see that you are feeling rebellious.., referring to the mods in derogatory description.

Since you are fresh off suspension and feeling feisty.., how 'bout you tell more of the story..,c'mon.., give some dish please? What did you do to make WBAR cry and run to Kathryn? I mostly just want to hear about WBAR crying.

It's volunteering, not a paid job.

Do you have nightmares about things not being exactly correct?

Does this administration want Boeing to succeed with the troubled 787 Dreamliner? It's already a long way behind schedule and will need as much industrial advantage as it can get, or Airbus and the A350 stand by to pick up the pieces. The South Carolina plant represents an investment by Boeing in jobs and in their product. The NLRB action jeopardises both.

Handily lost in all the fuss is the fact that Boeing remains committed to job creation in Washington State, where the USAF's new Frankentanker is currently scheduled to be produced. Reports have the recent Boeing job creation in the Everett area as an additional 2 - 3,000 new jobs (and I'm still trying to find the time period for that number).

This action needs to go away and do so before it affects production of the 787.

Nice post. Thanks.

A bit of variety in sources and perhaps an actual journalistic news source from time to time might help you get past your hate and see a bit clearer.

Don't turn off the lights yet, party isn't over.

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