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<b>Rob, Thanks for your support! A little too close for comfort,
huh? :o)</b>
<p><b>Don't worry I won't rub it in, although rc-am is tempting me.</b><b></b>
<p><b>Btw, whatever happened to the Aussie takeover artist who was a big
player in the American steel industry in the 80's. I'm sure one of
you knowledgeable Australians remember that character! What were
his politics? Who were his backers and banks in Australia?
What was his game???</b><b></b>
<p><b>Was Prince Charles having second thoughts about trashing the American
Steel industry and playing through one of his Australian subjects?
Or was it strictly a fund raiser for you folks back in Australia?</b><b></b>
<p><b>Tom</b>
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<p>Rob Schaap wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>C'mon Tom!
<p>Are you saying there's something wrong with a person's argument because
the
<br>polity in which that person lives is dominated by parties who are either
<br>happy to play the race card or too gutless to make a principled stand
<br>against it? What the hell kind of arguing is that?
<p>You've a social system on your hands which is bound to throw thousands
of
<br>your constituents on to the slag heap of unemployment, piece work and
<br>poverty whether Buchanan's line or the neoliberal globalist line prevails.
<p>You've let someone else draw the square you're in, Tom, and you help
no-one
<br>who counts until you step outside it. As it is, I reckon you're
well on
<br>your way to proving Max wrong (and I'm not at all one inclined to think
Max
<br>wrong about things - his woeful misreading of the destruction of Yugoslavia
<br>notwithstanding, natch). It seems agitproping for international
solidarity
<br>IS urgent if it is this easy for the conversation to get this parochially
<br>competitive.
<p>Being the last chook to get the axe is rather too modest a goal for
a big
<br>butch union like yours, doncha reckon?
<p>Cheers,
<br>Rob.
<p>> The "official" White Australia policy speaks for itself and
from what I
<br>>have been told even after the "official" abandonment of that policy
the
<br>>Aussies are still really tough on immigration, one hell of a lot tougher
<br>>than we are in the USA. Although, I understand they do ask people
to
<br>>leave Australia in a nice way! :o)
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<br>>If you ever want a laugh, ask an Australian labor worthy about the
white
<br>>Australia policy. Btw, whatever happened to the Australian takeover
artist
<br>>who was a player in the steel industry in the 80's?
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<br>>Max, I don't think Henry would be critical. Because Henry is
an American
<br>>and he has a panoramic knowledge of the Chinese experience in America
and
<br>>the hardships of the Chinese pioneers in building America.
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<br>>The way I understand it. You could be working for an Austrailian
<br>>engineering firm(that's the Aussie term) and there is no such thing
as an
<br>>H-1B visa; overstay your welcome and it's bye-bye. Maybe this is what
<br>>rc-am is suggesting that we do away with the H-1B visa program
<br>>altogether. Which might not be a bad idea considering there
are a million
<br>>or more Americans in prison or who knows how many sleeping under
<br>>bridges:o) of which 40% are employed in some fashion according to
some
<br>>sources,etc. etc. All of this while times are good!
<br>>
<br>>One thing about the internet, it's getting harder to bullshit Americans
of
<br>>all races, colors and creeds about what is going on in other countries.</blockquote>
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