[FrankR]

The sadness of the situation is, the American people did not (directly) make any of the decisions to export our whole economy and manufacturing base...the liberal democrats did that for us.

I don't buy into the claim that foreigners will do the jobs "Americans won't do"...maybe jobs that SOME Americans won't do...but if people get hungry enough, they'll do anything they need to, to survive.

Meanwhile, the liberals have managed to pile enough useless regulation, and punitive taxes on companies that they actually find it cheaper and easier to move to another country, make good, and import them rather than make them here. Every year we hear of hundreds of companies chucking it in, and moving to Mexico, China, or whereever, to escape the (never thought I would say this about our country)oppressive American government.

People long for the America we once knew; an America which fed and clothed it own; most small towns had a small industry or two to provide jobs and security for people to live and raise their children.

After 50 years of mostly liberal rule, we find that the jobs that have not left our shores, are all herded together in the major cities, requiring ungodly commutes, which waste time and gas. Also, the left knows that when you concentrate the population into a single place, they are easier to control.

I was raised in a cotton mill town down south...it wasn't much but we always knew Dad would have a job, we could sleep with our doors unlocked, and gas was 19-cents a gallon. I say that not to conjure up a fictious place like "Pleasantville" but to illustrate the imporantance of an America that relied on itself for goods, services, and government.

The way the libs run things often reminds me of the Aesop's Fable about the man, his son, and the donkey; no matter how the man tried, he couldn't please the critics he met on his journey. The libs are like that too; such a guilt-ridden and anal bunch, they think we should try to please every little whining special interest group who can combine more than 10 words to file a complaint.

Sorry, got off on a rant there...

Bottom line, I don't really blame the companies for going overseas, I blame the government for running them off.

[EyeGuy]

Very interesting post. Thanks.

“Bottom line, I don’t really blame the companies for going overseas, I blame the government for running them off.”

Atlas Shrugged
-Ayn Rand

[NW Mike]

Frank, I don’t think you went off on a rant; I think you stated what the majority of us feel. Nice post.

[Transformers]

I’m only 35 and I long for a place like Pleasantville.(Before the degenerates F’d it up.)

I long for Mayberry.

I see these PBS documentaries on America after WW II and it looks like an AWESOME PLACE. Then I contrast that with what I see in Houston and the local Wal-Mart and I can’t stand what I see.

To get away from it all, my wife and I have started watching 50’s movies. I like that America, today’s America, I can’t stand.

[iopscusa]

Good post FrankR. VDH has written a great piece here, IMO. This should be part of McCain’s campaign. We Americans are do’ers not whiners and we are going to do what we must to turn our country back to self sufficency...damn the torpoedos, full steam ahead!