12-08-2008, 02:42 AM
Our higher ed system and the way it works with the industry is second to none.
This is utter nonsense. What does that even mean, "the way it works with the industry"? If you have facts to back up this sort of confused grandiose statement, lets see them.
Name one truly innovative product that has come out of Europe or Japan and I name 10 that originated here. Nokia, Siemens, Samsung or Sony could have come out with the iPhone but they couldn't.
Are you kidding? Those companies you name absolutely kick our ass with consumer electronics. The only thing you can think of is the iPhone? Where is this product manufactured? Oh, that's right, China. We don't actually produce much of anything these days. Production is what counts towards strengthening an economy. 79% of our economy is in the service industry. Our external debt, as of 2007, was $12.25 trillion (yes, that's trillion dollars) while our exports are less than $2 trillion. It doesn't take a genius to see where this is heading.
You want a system that only admits geniuses apparently but it takes a lot more to run the country.
More nonsense. Show me where I have ever made such a stupid statement. I advocate for a second to none educational system that is accessible based on merit, not money, and I want it from pre-school through graduate level. An educated workforce is absolutely essential to compete. Its going to take a lot more than flag waving to dominate in the emerging global economy.
I can safely call you bitter, ignorant, unappreciative and out of touch with what is happening in the world.
I'll give you the benefit of the doubt since your English is poor and maybe not your native language. I don't know what country you grew up in but here in the US we cherish our freedoms and the most important one is the right to openly criticize our government. Its actually more than that, it is our duty as citizens to speak truth to power. We're emerging from a few years of bone head flag waving and name calling where any criticism of the Bush junta was deemed unAmerican. Wrapping yourself in the flag and kissing the ground does not make you a patriot. I can see that you just don't get it, but keep trying.
This is utter nonsense. What does that even mean, "the way it works with the industry"? If you have facts to back up this sort of confused grandiose statement, lets see them.
Name one truly innovative product that has come out of Europe or Japan and I name 10 that originated here. Nokia, Siemens, Samsung or Sony could have come out with the iPhone but they couldn't.
Are you kidding? Those companies you name absolutely kick our ass with consumer electronics. The only thing you can think of is the iPhone? Where is this product manufactured? Oh, that's right, China. We don't actually produce much of anything these days. Production is what counts towards strengthening an economy. 79% of our economy is in the service industry. Our external debt, as of 2007, was $12.25 trillion (yes, that's trillion dollars) while our exports are less than $2 trillion. It doesn't take a genius to see where this is heading.
You want a system that only admits geniuses apparently but it takes a lot more to run the country.
More nonsense. Show me where I have ever made such a stupid statement. I advocate for a second to none educational system that is accessible based on merit, not money, and I want it from pre-school through graduate level. An educated workforce is absolutely essential to compete. Its going to take a lot more than flag waving to dominate in the emerging global economy.
I can safely call you bitter, ignorant, unappreciative and out of touch with what is happening in the world.
I'll give you the benefit of the doubt since your English is poor and maybe not your native language. I don't know what country you grew up in but here in the US we cherish our freedoms and the most important one is the right to openly criticize our government. Its actually more than that, it is our duty as citizens to speak truth to power. We're emerging from a few years of bone head flag waving and name calling where any criticism of the Bush junta was deemed unAmerican. Wrapping yourself in the flag and kissing the ground does not make you a patriot. I can see that you just don't get it, but keep trying.