Hi Dan,

On Tue 2037-Jul-14 02:56, Dan Ceppa (1:138/666) wrote to Richard Webb:



 RW> were small we were told that American ingenuity and know-how, that
 RW> can-do attitude was what built this country. We were on the leading

DC> At that point in time, we were actually manufacturing things in this
DC> country.  

OF course we were.  Manufacturing things, and designing
them, the engineering through product shipped out the door,
it all happened here in the U.S.  HEll we've known what we
needed to do to develop rapid rail transport in this country for close to
two decades, and just now are starting to
realize that to combat gridlock in some of our major cities
we're going to have to look seriously at it.  INtercity
rapid rail is the only thing that's going to keep commerce
going when the airlines continue to crump.

 RW> edge of technology.  Within a decade we went from nothing for a space
 RW> program to setting boots on the moon.  OUr people were healthier, our
 RW> outlook for the future brighter.  Then came energy uncertainty, and the
 RW> folks on Maddison avenue telling us to forget about being
 RW> producers and doers, forget all that and be consumers.  They told us
 RW> in the newspapers, on television, "the American consumer ... "
 RW> A shift in attitude toward oneself which is not good.

DC> And now the American consumer can't afford what little is still made
DC> in  this country.  

OF course he can't, because his leaders didn't make the
investments in infrastructure needed, all across the board.
All the things government says it can do for people weren't
done while the corporates sold us crap and we're paying the
price for that now.  But hey I voted for change, and all the slogans
sounded nice.  Have my doubts I"ll see any.

But hey we're diverted by the big screen circus, and we
lament the passing of MIchael Jackson, an entertainer who
was at least from the last generation of entertainers to be
schooled and developed before short-term profits drove the
industry.  But in the same breath we extoll the virtues of
Billy Mays, a guy with the hard carny pitch selling us crap. Forget all
your troubles, have another beer.  .
WHatever you do, shut up, enjoy your wonderbread with no
nutritional value and the circus we brought you.  And, oh
yes, make sure your kid takes his ritalin.

IF you're the average American dude you know what you got,
and you didn't even get a kiss first.

Regards,
           Richard
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