To Jim, Vic, Mike, et al; I love a good debate. While I don't think anyone's argument is going to change anyone's mind, I would like to present my thoughts on the extended thread and then might we return to the technical aspects to this list.
I'll try to be as concise and to the point as possible. War in Iraq: Saddam Hussein is a bad guy and given the opportunity I would gladly put a bullet in his head. (would not be the first person I've killed, Ex-Marine Viet-Nam) Is removing him worth $300,000,000,000 (that's 300,000 million dollars!) and the lives of 3000 American fighting men and women and the lives of over 100,000 Iraqis? I think not. The reason for going to Iraq is oil. Strategically, US control over the second largest bubble of oil in the world is in the US best interest. Tactically, control over Iraqi oil is a windfall for American oil interests. WMD, Iraqi freedom, Mid East democracy are just selling points. By the way, were is the $8,800,000,000 (8,800 million dollars) lost by the CPA? Are we making more millionaires in Iraq than we are making in the US? Think War Profiteering. Fight there to keep "Us" safe here is a stretch. The fact is that Iraq has become a training ground for terrorist and terrorist tactics. Do we feel safer? I don't, especially when we keep having "Terror" waved in front of us every day. I just checked, US "terror level" is ELEVATED! Feel safer? Iraq is only "free" due to the presence of US troops. Once we leave, civil war will start and Iraq will have to sort out their own future. Leave now, or stay long term at the cost of $2,000,000,000 (2,000 million dollars) a month and more American and Iraqi lives. You choose. Either way Iraqis will have to sort it out themselves. The CNN article regarding the "Iraqis concealed plans to reconstitute their nuclear program" was debunked. US Economy: Unemployment rate is a gauge of the number of people losing jobs. After 6 months of unemployment that individual is dropped from the stats. The true unemployment rate is much higher. If you think it's easy to get a job, quit and try to get rehired. The US economy needs to grow 150,000 jobs a month to keep up with population growth. In the years 2000 through 2004, based on US Labor statistics, we are down more than 7,600,000 jobs in the US based on population growth. Jobs are moving to where the labor costs are the lowest ( China, East Asia, India, Eastern Europe). Home ownership growth is not an indicator of prosperity. Every year there are more homes built and the US population is ever growing. Therefore more home owners. I could go on, but I won't. Let's get back to talking about Wi-Fi, broadband and other "cool" stuff. Larry -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
