[LibertyAndJusticeForAll]

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“[alarmingly, the defense primes claim they cannot build more than half of major weapons systems here anymore]
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And American corporations are not just looking to Europe for integration, but to Asia – and particularly to China, which raises a host of security concerns. Beijing has just announced that General Electric will cooperate with Chinese industry to produce a new jet engine with both commercial and military applications.

By letting private business desires override considerations of national security and economic revival, the Bush Administration is revealing why it cannot be trusted to back its high-sounding rhetoric about manufacturing and job growth with effective action. As long as the corporate managers who want to send jobs overseas and buy foreign-made goods have influence in the White House, policy will continue to be made in their special interest, while the needs of domestic American enterprises and their workers will be dismissed.”

William R. Hawkins is Senior Fellow for National Security Studies at the U.S. Business and Industry Council.

[harpseal]

Beijing has just announced that General Electric will cooperate with Chinese industry to produce a new jet engine with both commercial and military applications.

Perhaps the GE executives who negotiated this should be tried for treason and executed to give a lesson to others.

[Lael]

By letting private business desires override considerations of national security and economic revival, the Bush Administration is revealing why it cannot be trusted to back its high-sounding rhetoric about manufacturing and job growth with effective action. As long as the corporate managers who want to send jobs overseas and buy foreign-made goods have influence in the White House, policy will continue to be made in their special interest, while the needs of domestic American enterprises and their workers will be dismissed.”

Shrub, aka Bush, is a one termer.

Let's BOTTOM LINE it...We are well into the Second Quarter of the FOURTH promised SECOND HALF UPTURN since Bushco took office.

Layoffs and OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING are ACCELERATING.

After the Holiday Shopping season, Staff reductions and concommitent offshoring accelerate, in anticipation that a DEMOCRAT President will "slam the door."

In other words, "All's Offshore that's Going Offshore" in the hope that the damage will be "Grandfathered."

Around February, expect a 'California recall' size Tectonic Shift to hit the National Political scene.

Of course, the Stupid Party is too, well, STUPID to see the approaching Cataract of DISASTER on November 2, 2004.

And, in Delicious irony, the election is at the EARLIEST date possible...Nov.2, 2004 IS the First Tuesday after the First Monday in November!! Hence, there will be less time to "talk up" hunters at the local sporting goods store about DemocRATS and gun control in crucial blue collar states.

Shrub, er, Bush is, like father like son, a ONE TERMER!!