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From: pruss@helix.nih.gov (dmitry pruss)
Subject: Re: Exporting Jobs to other countries.
Keywords: Exporting Jobs to other countries.
Organization: National Institutes of Health, Bethesda
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 23:36:31 GMT

In article <1992Oct6.143425.12938@clsi.COM> kevin@clsi.com writes:
>
>In article <1992Oct06.021228.28032@eng.umd.edu>, russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto) writes:
>> In article <1992Oct3.235524.10655@linus.mitre.org> tucker@mitre.org (William Tucker) writes:
>> >  There are only so may service jobs available...
>> 
>> What is this obsession with "service" jobs somehow being less
>> important than "manufacturing" jobs?
>
>Money cycles through the economy from "prime" earners through to service
>industries and back again, i.e. for every person  working in manufacturing a large
>number of service people are employed (accountants, hairdressers, telephone
>sanitizers etc.). This works fine as long as the manufacturing work is in the USA,
>if it is in Japan or Mexico then the workers in manufacturing will employ Japanese
>and Mexican accountants, hairdressers etc., leading to a decline in requirement
>for service industry in the USA. The service industries are by definition not
>self-sustaining.
>
>Want to stay employed? - buy American, it may be your only choice.

Wanna to know _why_ does manufacturing decline here?
Just because manufacturing jobs are overpaid. Service jobs are probably
overpaid too; but in this case a customer gets no choice but to *buy*
American.

Whanna to have manufactiring workers here so as to help service industry as
well? And not to spend American money to support hairdressers overses?
The only way to do it is to put labor on sale ;-) Beleive me, its quality
does not justify its current price: it must be cheaper to compete.

The above fact may seem insulting for some patriots who will never agree
that lots of Americans ask too much for their labor. Why, they'd say, we
used to get even better rewards for that! The answer is that we did get a
lot of _quality_ workers overseas to compete. It's economy, and things does
change from time to time with economy, it mustn't be favourable all the
time.
What's worse, an American won't work well for a modest wage. Ask Koreans
and Hispanics about their American colleagues if you don't beleive me. It's
because of lack of competition.

So I'm sure that THE ONLY WAY TO REANIMATE THE AMERICAN ECONOMY IS TO COME
BACK ON AMERICA'S OLD WAYS: to allow more immigration. It may require a tax
subsystem designated specially for migrants this time. So as to make it
reasonable for them to spend their $$ here. Say, to go to hairdressers here
in the US instead of doing it theirselves ;-) ;-)

Alas, even Perot with all his make-a-sacrifice rhetorics won't go that far!

Dmitry (who never goes to a hair cuttery) Pruss 

>
Newsgroups: dc.general
From: amcmicha@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Andrew McMichael)
Subject: Those darn squirrels
Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA
Distribution: dc
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 01:12:59 GMT

This was in my dead.article file, so I'm gonna give it another run.


Why does everyone seem to think that it is a bad thing that squirrels
are being smushed on the streets?  What other predator do they have
to keep their population down?  There are no big cats here that would
normally take care of them.   I'm sure that the attrition rate is
not all that much different now than it was 300-400 years ago.
So what's the problem?  If they don't get run over, they'll overrun
your backyard.
From: ashley@oasis.gtefsd.com (Bob Ashley)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: WCXR in the Mornings ...
Date: 15 Oct 92 16:37:34 GMT
Reply-To: ashley@oasis.gtefsd.com
Organization: GTE Federal Systems Division


With all this chatter about Harris, Barfsky, and Herman, I have to recall
the Harris-to-Barfsky transition ... I believe it was Mark Kessler that
did the morning show.

Has anyone heard of that becoming a permanent thing?  I actually enjoyed
Kessler in the morning ...


Bob - and what is this "New Format" thing, anyway?

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From: m1rlr01@fed.frb.gov (Rich Rauscher)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: A better view on Statehood.
Date: 15 Oct 92 16:18:10 GMT
Reply-To: m1rlr01@fed.frb.gov (Rich Rauscher)
Distribution: dc
Organization: Federal Reserve Board, Wash, DC

If everyone feels that DC should be a state, why not reintergrate it into
Maryland.  That way it's people get representation as citizens of Maryland.
Of course, Maryland might now want to take it back.

DC's city government has already shown it's irresponsible:
 i.e. Barry, the unconstitutional gun laws, etc....
Newsgroups: dc.general
From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
Subject: Re: Exporting Jobs to other countries.
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 92 01:40:30 GMT
Organization: College of Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park
Keywords: Exporting Jobs to other countries.

In article <1992Oct6.143425.12938@clsi.COM> kevin@clsi.com writes:
>
>In article <1992Oct06.021228.28032@eng.umd.edu>, russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto) writes:
>> In article <1992Oct3.235524.10655@linus.mitre.org> tucker@mitre.org (William Tucker) writes:
>> >  There are only so may service jobs available...
>> 
>> What is this obsession with "service" jobs somehow being less
>> important than "manufacturing" jobs?
>
>Money cycles through the economy from "prime" earners through to service
>industries and back again, i.e. for every person  working in manufacturing a large
>number of service people are employed (accountants, hairdressers, telephone
>sanitizers etc.). This works fine as long as the manufacturing work is in the USA,
>if it is in Japan or Mexico then the workers in manufacturing will employ Japanese
>and Mexican accountants, hairdressers etc., leading to a decline in requirement
>for service industry in the USA. The service industries are by definition not
>self-sustaining.

No industry is self-sustaining.  But I don't understand the obsession
with manufacturing jobs being somehow "prime" where "service"
industries are somehow not prime.  The only "prime" industry-- one which
can survive without a customer-- is farming.   And not the type of
farming we have today, either.
-- 
Matthew T. Russotto	russotto@eng.umd.edu	russotto@wam.umd.edu
Some news readers expect "Disclaimer:" here.
Just say NO to police searches and seizures.  Make them use force.
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From: terry@prcrs.prc.com (Terry Cunningham)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: What about the blimp look alike?
Date: 15 Oct 92 17:37:03 GMT
Organization: PRC Realty Systems, McLean, VA

In article <6401@npri6.npri.com>, eric@npri6.npri.com (Eric Williams) writes:
> 
> It was indeed a blimp. Don't ask me why it was here.
> 

More than likely it was there for the Redskins Monday Night Football
game.  A blimp is usually a featured part of these games.

Terry


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Newsgroups: dc.general
From: mheney@access.digex.com (Michael K. Heney)
Subject: Re: What about the blimp look alike?
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 16:16:42 GMT

In article <6401@npri6.npri.com> eric@npri6.npri.com (Eric Williams) writes:
>In article <1992Oct12.114804.25891@netcom.com>, derich@netcom.com (Scott A. Steinbrink) writes:
>> 
>>   At Gallaudet University, Friday night, around 7 59 pm, I was looking at
>>  this strange bblimp, looks like an UFO
>[...]
>>  it was hovering close to RFK stadium or DC. Armory -- what is it?
>
>It was indeed a blimp. Don't ask me why it was here.
 
I'd guess it was here for the Redskins' Monday Night Footbal game.
I used to live in Ann Arbor, MI (until this past January); we'd often
see the blimp flying around during the week before a UMich football
game, or an auto race (MIS 500) in nearby Milan, MI.

They would park the blimp near the Ann Arbor Airport (a 1-runway job).
You could stop by and check it out.  The had a portable docking mast 
which the nose of the blimp would be hooked up to; the blimp itself has
one wheel on the gondola, mounted sideways!  The blimp acts as a wind vane
on the ground, leaving a tire track forming part (or all) of a large circle.
It makes sense when you think about it, but it was suprising to see at first.
(This was one of Goodyear's blomps, by the way).

Not sure how they transport these things from place to place - there 
is a semi or two as support vehicles, and I have a vague recollection
that they truch the blimp from point to point.  Given top speed
on a blimp, I don't think they'd fly it around ...


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From: drodrigu@irscscm.UUCP (Dianne Rodriguez)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: New BBS in area
Date: 15 Oct 92 20:10:17 GMT
Organization: Internal Revenue Service


 I just started my very first BBS, after being a Co-sysop on another local board for a year, I finally got to start my own.  I'm looking for people who are intersted in Science Fiction and Fantasy, Role Playing, Conventions, Humor, horror,  interesting and stimulating debate and converstations.  Validations within 12hrs, Online games, g-files, graphics and soundblaster files...and lot's of Trade Wars files.
  DreamScape BBS (703) 742-8375 [located in Herndon - metro line]
  Tell me where you heard of the bbs from...

  Morpheus
From: terry@prcrs.prc.com (Terry Cunningham)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: Too many squirrels.  Not enough time
Date: 7 Oct 92 14:13:10 GMT
Organization: PRC Realty Systems, McLean, VA

Hmmmm,  maybe they're  middle class squirrels trying to flee the crime
and violence in DC,  for the comfort and safety of the suburbs.   I guess
they didn't make it to their bunkers.


Terry

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From: seiler@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Ed Seiler)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: Dead squirrels
Date: 8 Oct 92 04:00:51 GMT
Followup-To: dc.general
Organization: Hughes/STX

In article <4894@prcrs.prc.com>, terry@prcrs.prc.com (Terry Cunningham)
wrote:
> 
> 
> Is it just me or does there seem to be an inordinate amount of dead
> squirrels on the roads lately.   At first I thought it must be a
> seasonal thing, but I don't recall it ever being this bad before.
> 
> Maybe the unusually cold/wet weather we have had lately is causing
> them to be more active.

I too have noticed what seems to me to be a greater number of dead
squirrels than I can ever remember seeing before. My theory is that the
squirrels have grown despondent over the state of the country and are
committing mass suicide.
Before we know what happened, they will all be gone. Then who will dispose
of all the nuts? Or do you think my theory is nutty?

Ed Seiler
seiler@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov
"If puns are outlawed, only outlaws will have puns."
From: jdale@cos.com (John H. Dale)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: A better view on Statehood.
Date: 14 Oct 92 23:53:46 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Corporation for Open Systems

>>4)  It will significantly shift the balance of power in congress.  DC's
>>    senators will be forever Democrats.  The senate will more likely remain
>>    Democratically controlled for years to come.

>Now that is a sweeping, defeatist statement.  Predicting the future
>is a notoriously dangerous thing to do.

What he means is that our right to representation depends on 
whether we agree with him.
From: kippi@visix.com (Kippi Fagerlund)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: house for sale in Cabin John MD
Keywords: house for sale
Date: 14 Oct 92 22:20:19 GMT
Reply-To: kippi@visix.com (Kippi Fagerlund)
Organization: Visix Software, Reston, Virginia


I'm posting this for a friend -- if interested,  please call David at 301-229-8134.

House for sale by owner on half-acre lot in country setting in Cabin John, MD.

Three bedrooms, 2 baths, fireplace, refinished floors, sun room, front porch.
Well-insulated, central air, oil hot air heat, electronic air filter -- all modern systems 
in excellent condition.

Beautiful gently sloping lot with mature plantings and organic gardens, large flagstone 
patio, garage, and shed.

Very convenient to downtown (8 miles to White House),  495, parkway.
Asking 349,000.
Newsgroups: dc.general
From: quadrun@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Jason G Velasco)
Subject: Re: DJ equipment
Organization: HAC - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 09:52:48 GMT

In article <1992Sep30.005903.14735@seas.gwu.edu> mercier@seas.gwu.edu (Charles Mercier) writes:

>
>vinyl??? records???  What's that?? .... I think I've heard of that once before.
>	:+)


Heh heh...  I cheked out 12" records at P St near Dupont Circle... notbad
but prices are a little inflated.  Any other places worth checking out or
is mail order the best way...?

J
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Jason Velasco                                      quadrun@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu
Newsgroups: dc.general
From: al@escom.com (Al Donaldson)
Subject: Re: Looking to Buy a Typewriter!
Reply-To: al@escom.COM (Al Donaldson)
Organization: ESCOM Corp., Oakton VA (USA)
Distribution: dc
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 14:59:54 GMT

In article <26082@oasys.dt.navy.mil> 02h@oasys.dt.navy.mil (CDR Fred C. Wyse) writes:
>I want to buy an electric typewriter for home use.  Not a word processor;
>just a sturdy, garden-variety electric typewriter to replace a 30-year-
>old IBM Excutive behemoth that died quietly last week.  8-(!!

Look in the yellow pages for companies that sell rebuilt IBM Selectrics.
There's several of them.  I bought one 3 years ago from Beek and Sons 
in Arlington (Lee Hwy?).  Paid $280 for it, and it probably will last 
forever.

Al

Newsgroups: dc.general
From: mheney@access.digex.com (Michael K. Heney)
Subject: Re: A better view on Statehood.
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
Distribution: dc
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 18:17:57 GMT

In article <4923@prcrs.prc.com> terry@prcrs.prc.com (Terry Cunningham) writes:
>In article <92285.004455WCBANTA@auvm.american.edu>, WCBANTA@auvm.american.edu (William C. Banta) writes:
>> All these notices seem to forget the rights of the people of the
>> District.  An equal vote is not something that has to be somehow
>> earned.  It is the right of every American.  Americans believe
>> that everyone is created with equal rights.  Taxation without
>> representation is tyranny.  We fought a war over that principle,
>> remember?  The District is not a state because a conservative white
>> Congress does not want black, liberal congressmen.  The rest is
>> smokescreen.
>
>Don't be silly.   The District is not a state because it is a federal
>district, legally enacted under the constitution, belonging to all the
>people of the United States.  When all the people decide to give up this
>federal enclave, then a decision may be made as to how it may be ceded
>back to the states.   If you live outside of one of the states, you cannot
>expect to have the rights that are granted to the states. If you want the
>same rights as a citizen of a state, then move to one.
>
>Terry
>
 
I agree with Terry's statement of fact ("the District is not a state 
because...") but disagree with his conclusion ("if you want the same 
rights ...")  I believe that all US citizens should have the same rights, 
and that includes being able to vote for 1 US Rep and 2 US Senators to
represent their interests.  I do not believe that statehood for the
District is necessarily the appropriate solution.   

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From: masuda@fcs280b.ncifcrf.gov (Michiaki Masuda)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: "The Colony of Japan"???
Date: 6 Oct 92 21:06:43 GMT
Organization: Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center

In article <1992Oct3.165023.19425@wam.umd.edu> djmurphy@wam.umd.edu (David Murphy) writes:
>In article <4019@fcs280s.ncifcrf.gov> masuda@fcs280b.ncifcrf.gov (Michiaki Masuda) writes:
.....
>>When we were driving
>>on Rt. 50 down to Easton, we found a huge advertisement (?) board saying
>>"Americhuko - The Colony of Japan".
.....
>>I've been wondering what it is.
.....

>I wouldn't rule out Japanese investment on the Eastern shore (I recall
>a story about one of the seafood processors who ships most of his stuff
>to Japan)--it is just as likely as any other investment. But I suspect the
>sign is an attempt at Japan-bashing.  After Japan conquered Manchuria in the 
>1930s they set up a puppet government  and named the "country" Manchukuo. 
>They resonance with Americhuko is hard to miss.

  Actually, I was kinda guessing that "Americhuko" was a parody of 
"Manchukuo" as well.

> I'd also guess that the
>sign was written by someone old enough to remember the Great Pacific War
>and that much of the effect is lost on people my age. 

  The sign was pretty beautiful and eyecatching but didn't show any indication
of explicit hostility or grievance. It looked like a nice pop art by
some professional artist. Actually, at first sight, I thought that it might 
be an ad of a Japan-oriented amusement park or something.

>If anyone knows the story behind this sign I hope you'd post it.

  So, do I. 
Meanwhile, I'm going there again to take a picture of the sign. (Oh well,
after all, I'm just a typical Japanese 8-).)

Michiaki Masuda
Laboratory of Molecular Oncology
National Cancer Institute
Frederick, MD 21702-1021
From: terry@prcrs.prc.com (Terry Cunningham)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: HOV abolished!
Date: 8 Oct 92 19:52:06 GMT
Organization: PRC Realty Systems, McLean, VA

In article <Bvrryo.1n0@visix.com>, ken@visix.com (Ken Mayer) writes:
> So much for elected representatives working for the greater good
> rather than the greater votes. As a side note, this ban is only
> temporary and will expire on July 1, 1993. By that time, however, I
> fear that any chance for intelligent, well-thought solutions to the
> larger problem of too many people in not enough cars will be forgotten
> for another 2 years.

The only intelligent solution to the problem is a public transportation
system worthy of the name.  It is ridiculous to continue acting as though
it requires an average of 1600 cc's and a ton of steel and plastic to get
1 human being to and from work every day.   We all have to demand from
our government the development of a real PT system.   We all piss and moan
about lousy roads, congestion, pollution, etc... but we don't write our
representatives, or elect ones more responsive to this issue.

In addition it is stupid to accept poor performance on this issue from our
representatives.  The DO respond to voter pressure,  we just have to
supply that pressure.   Now with all the talk of rebuilding the infrastructure,
it would be a good time to re-evaluate our priorities, and start examining
where we all stand on this.  

As a start, I would think that a $1 per gallon gasoline tax (with the funds
to be spent on improving PT) would be a good incentive to car pool and
provide the consumer interest in resolving the problem.  At least it might
start a serious debate on what our transportaion priorities really are.
In other words, using our dependence on the automobile in order to generate
the werewithall to break that dependency may be a good place to start.

my $.02,

Terry

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From: grantham@beirut.berkeley.edu (Jon Grantham)
Newsgroups: dc.redskins
Subject: Redskins Football Cards
Date: 13 Oct 1992 04:18:05 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley Math. Department.
NNTP-Posting-Host: beirut.berkeley.edu

In the afterglow of tonight's trouncing of the Denver Broncos, I'd like to
share with you some of my favorite cards from my collection of Redskins
players (I have about 250 of current players alone).

'86 Topps Jim Lachey -- I'm just happy to have the rookie card of such a
great player

'92 Wild Card Jim Lachey -- This one shows Lachey lined up & covered with
mud.  Truly a great picture of a player who's gotten into the game.

'92 Classic Draft Picks Desmond Howard -- I graduated from Michigan with
Desmond -- this is the only card that I know exists of him.

'85 Topps Record Breaker Art Monk -- this shows Art Monk's record of 106
receptions in a season.  Looking forward to next year's Record Breaker
card...  This card is also unusual in that it's one of the best pictures
I've seen on an older card.

'92 Pro Set Darrell Green -- the closeup on the back has Darrell with
his helmet on backwards.  That picture always cracks me up for some
reason.

'91 Upper Deck NFL's Fastest Man Darrell Green -- a testimony to a fine
athlete

'77 Topps Billy Kilmer -- Kilmer was my favorite player when I was growing
up.  This one has a great shot of him in a goofy ski hat.

If anybody has any descriptions of favorites of your own that I should be
on the lookout for, please post.

Jon
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