On Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:04:42 GMT, brooklyn1 wrote:

> "blake murphy" > wrote in message
> . ..
>> On Sun, 21 Jun 2009 10:31:14 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>
>>> "brooklyn1" > wrote in message
>>>>
>>>> That's due to the fact that there are very few skilled tradesmen in the
>>>> US
>>>> who are capable of producing those parts (proven by the fall of the US
>>>> auto empire) There are no programs to teach the "real" vocational
>>>> skills
>>>> of master machinist, tool & diemaker, moldmaker, etc., all there are is
>>>> assmbly line ants and fat cats at the top, there is no center, the
>>>> center
>>>> is all overseas.
>>> snipped here
>>>> The government needs to initiate real apprenticeship programs that
>>>> teach
>>>> those manufacturing jobs, then the US would have more jobs than workers,
>>>> there'd would be no unemployment.
>>>
>>> Like most states, CT is having a tough time with the budget. They are
>>> considering closing the two trade schools the state has.
>>>
>>> Now, this will probably upset a lot of people, but I have a suggestion.
>>> I
>>> understand there is only so much money and there has to be cuts. Why not
>>> keep the trade schools open and cut back sports in the other schools?
>>> Seems to me the state will be better off having some skilled workers than
>>> ex-football players with bad knees. Trade school graduates are the
>>> mechanics fixing our cars, wiring our homes, plumbing our toilets. We
>>> need
>>> them more than a kid that used to play basketball in junior high.
>>
>> i have some sympathy for what you are saying, but why not (gasp) provide
>> sufficient funds for football also? after all, we need some kind of gloss
>> to obfuscate the idea that schools are mainly aimed at turning out worker
>> bees.
>>
>> 'sit down in your seats at the appointed time!
>
> That's you, and millions more of yoose non productive drains.
>
>> no talking!'
>
> If we could only put a cork in your maw. LOL

yes, i only wish i could only come close to your volume of productive,
well-thought-out posts here.

blake