Several years ago Gilette relocated their manufacturing to China because the cost of labor over there is so much less. They are also the makers of Duracell. Because of this thousands of US workers lost their source of income. Wal-Mart has been buying factories in china because they are figuring that their cost will go down and yet their profits will rise. When their suppliers get wind of this it will be like when Vidal Sassoon started letting them sell their product, no body else wanted to carry it after that. Outsourcing is going to be the number one killer of the economy in the US

Just when you think it can't get any worse, it has gotten worse. Since George W. Bush decided (illegally) to launch a war against a country and its civilians, under the guise of fighting terrorists, the American people have learned one thing: Might makes right. Our children are taught to reason and compromise rather than fight. Now, they are being taught that if you want your way all you have to do is lie, mislead, and fight for it if you must. What a terrible lesson. And how...

Foreigners dream about coming to America to make their fortune. The think that if they fail there are all types of Social Services to help them when they need money or any type of assistance. Come to America and get a brand new credit file. They think we are the land of the helpful when you need it.

Healthcare premiums have risen 87% over the past five years, well in excess of the cost-of-living and about four times faster than salaries and wages. Why are healthcare costs so out-of-control? There are some obvious answers and many that are very debatable, such as regulation versus deregulation. There is also something of a vicious circle involved whereby pressures in one area of healthcare leads to problems in another area that increases the original pressure. Nursing ...

This article is about army deployment gear, and what you can send to soldiers by mail or not.

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This article is about what you need to do to get the Noncommissioned Officers to show you respect as a person who out-ranks them. Show them respect and and you will earn theirs.

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In order to win the presidency in America, candidates must stir up the religious fervor of the voters (gay marriage/civil union) and then vocally (and in some cases visually) wear your (new) Evangelical beliefs on your sleeve. It used to be candidate vs. candidate, then party vs. party, big business vs. the common (wo)man, platform vs. platform, then region vs. region, but now none of that matters as a new America has emerged, an America in which the majority with a religious...

Like a duck who doesn?t know he?s wet, some reasonably bright people have no idea that they are knee-jerk liberals. Now there is a blog ? You Just Might be a Liberal -- to help them decide. There are a number of helpful tips which can help you reveal your true political colors. For example, ?If you spend more time at ?Peace? rallies than at church?You Just Might be a liberal? Here?s a few more. ?If you believe the Dixie Chicks got all those Grammys because of their sing...