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  •  Really fascinating part is (4.00 / 7)

    that a break like this would happen in the woods of North Carolina. So I started digging. Seems that Inman--and others in the church--have been the victim of Deco's plant closing and moving offshore. Lots of animosity about lost jobs there.

    The Time is Now For Change

    by southlib on Sun May 08, 2005 at 04:23:05 PM PDT

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    •  And they support Bush? (none / 1)

      Did they ever hear of outsourcing?  Did they think that the rethugs are keeping jobs here in the United States?  If the past 5 years aren't proof enough of the sorry state of affairs for workers, we haven't been quoting "it's the economy, Stupid"!
      •  Unfortunately (none / 0)

        Unfortunately for us, there's little evidence that Democratic politicians, as opposed to the Democratic voter base, are any more interested or even able to keep jobs in the US. NAFTA screwed a lot of people over and was passed by Clinton and a Democratic congress, with no corresponding increase in the strength of the social safety net.

        When people like these guys vote for Bush, that should be a signal to us that our credibility, the "ethos" part of Aristotle's three parts of persuasion, is SHOT and needs to be re-built. You cannot persuade if you have no credibility.

        A word after a word after a word is power. -- Margaret Atwood

        by tmo on Mon May 09, 2005 at 11:20:12 AM PDT

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