[(OT) Are we Americans spoiled and lazy?]

The flat world concept. I like the Basketball analogy. The rest of the world copied our coaching and training techniques and now we are a bronze medal country. We are fat, dumb and lazy. Hungry, poor people in China and India will be eliminating us from the competion. The only hope we have of keeping up with them is that the citizens of these countries will demand the kind of social change that will jack up their wages.

An article in the New York Times this morning (on line) details the economic rise of China.  One figure said it all to me:

 

Workers at a Honda factory in China receive the equivalent of $1.50 per hour, while his American counterpart gets an average of $55 per hour (I assume this figure includes health care, pension, and other benefits).

 

I do not begrudge my fellow Americans a decent wage.  I am just worried that we are going to get our asses kicked in the world markets.  Wait a minute, what am I saying...we already have gotten our asses kicked by the Chinese in the world markets. ( When is the last time you have bought something made in America?)

 

What really worries me is that with economic power comes political and military power:  how long can we Americans hold our position in the world given our loss of industry, the enormous trade deficit to China, and the meteoric rise of China in economic clout?

 

Are we getting spoiled?  Is this the inevitable decay that occurs with wealth and affluence?

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[10 Movies you can watch over and over again]

Suicide Kings was a great flick!  I'm going to rent it right now.

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Kill Bill 2

I watched it today. Awesome

[Popsicle Disaster in NY]

Time to throw another couple billion at public school science class.

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It always comes back to a school problem. Why can't the school solve all of the world's problems? That is what we pay those lazy teacher to do. If we only had a no popsicle left behind law!

 

A.D. You post some funny stuff but you have a huge chip on your shoulder that makes you seem a touch pathetic.

 

Flame on.

[BEST VILLAIN OF ALL TIME]

Five pages of post and no one added Jimmy Johnson?

[Apple Mac OS X Security vulnerabilities]

I read somewhere that Windows will read code embedded in a graphic file or document. The Mac OS and Linux won't read code embedded in a graphic file or document. This makes the alternative OS less vunerable to viruses hidden in an attached file. Can anyone confirm this?

[OT: I'm nuts]

It is alright to have an obsession as long as you are still functioning at a reasonable level:) I will have to check out the new album if it is that good.

1. Where in Indiana are you?

 

2. What music store is open at 1am?

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[Iron John]

So you read the book and you thought it was a waste of time or you wanted to add a qoute from a pretty funny comedy?

Bill Murry to Andie MacDowell in Groundhog Day - "What a complete waste of time!" 

 

Jeff

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[Iron John]

I just finished this book and I thought it was pretty interesting. The author uses the myth of Iron John to show how modern life has messed up the way boys become men in our society. I read a lot of off topic post that relate to bad parenting and I think this theory provides some insight into many of the problems in the world today.

 

I think football is one way many men try to get in touch with the "wildman" within. I guess the Hulkster's retirement means one more "wildman" will pass into history (sorry Navybills).

 

If you aren't into heavy reading you might want to get the book on tape from the library.

 

Any other TBD people want to add a review?

[Only Two Years]

This kid was the focus of Miami's offense as a sophmore?

[Draft Thread]

Here we go lets see what TD has up his sleeve.

[Picks from SU?]

I see some folks are suggesting we draft Terry Adams OT. What about Walter Reyes (sp?) RB or Dimond Ferrier (sp again?). Ferrier was awesome in that BC game. Comments from the experts.

[Who is the worst Bills beat writer?]

If Mark Weiler could be counted as a writer he would top the list. He is a total waste of bandwidth.

[Not sure where Nate Clements trade]

I think we are going to miss big Pat. Thats going to weaken your defense enough. Let Nate go next year and draft his replacement this year or next depending on the who is avalible and what picks we end up having.