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America Gives US Infrastructure Projects to Chinese State-Owned Firms

by John P.

My dad sent me this link to an ABC News clip claiming that US cities are hiring Chinese instead of American workers for building projects. I’m pretty moderate in most ways, but in this one I’m a hard liner and I can’t believe the citizens are allowing this kind of pathetic decision making to take place.

YES! I blame the citizens! It is our own apathy that allows this to occur. Some decision maker somewhere is thinking about how to cover his ass and asking questions like:

  • How fast can we get this job done? Because if it drags on and on, people are going to have my ass!
  • How much is this going to cost? Because it it’s too much, people are going to have my ass!

It’s no wonder they choose a cheaper, faster workforce that is state-owned, who don’t pay workers very much, and without as much regard for their workforce’s safety! In every way the decision maker will be judged, it saves their ass!

Except one…
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Car Narrowly Misses Having A Major Accident On An Icy Road

January 9, 2012
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Living in Central Indiana my entire life, I have numerous close calls with driving on ice while in traffic. In fact, I had a person spin out literally in front of me during a snowstorm here in Central Indiana back on February 5, 2010:

Settlement in Google vs. Book Publishers Rejected, Heads Back to Court

January 5, 2012

Google’s legal battle in support of their efforts to scan books and make them available through their Google Bookstore has been going on for years. News about the conflict has been scarce of late while Google and the association of authors and publishers have tried to work out a settlement agreement. The parties did come [...]

Police at UC Davis Pepper Spray Non-Violent Students

November 19, 2011
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I’m neither for or against the “Occupy” movement, but I am definitely a supporter of the US Constitution which guarantees: …the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances… Yesterday, police at UC Davis demonstrated that they don’t value that particular edict established by the people [...]

John P. Chats with Heather Hays on Fox News About Facebook Hack

November 17, 2011
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I went and had a little chat with Heather Hays on the Fox 4 news last night about the latest news that Facebook was hacked. Occasionally the Fox team also shares segments on the Web, and this happened to be one of them. So here’s my little explanation (in layperson terms) of what happened. What [...]

Crowd Lifts Burning Car – Saves Motorcyclist Who Was Under It!

September 14, 2011
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This is amazing folks, and it demonstrates what a motivated group of people can do when action needs to be taken, and taken quickly. (Thanks to Brian Clark for finding this one.) On Monday in Logan, Utah a motorcycle accident left one man laying underneath a car, with the motorcycle and front end of the [...]

Dying Father Saves Daughter’s Life on September 11

September 10, 2011
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On September 11, 2001, Madeleine Cunningham was employed as an auditor with the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance.  Their offices were located on the 86th and 87th floors of the south tower of World Trade Center 2. Thirty-nine of her co-workers perished on that terrifying day and she could have been one [...]

Christians Openly Advocate Killing Atheists on FOX News Facebook Page

August 6, 2011
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About a week ago, a group of people filed a lawsuit in New York to prevent a cross from being erected within the World Trade Center memorial without equal opportunity for other religions who wish to have memorials there as well. According to the lawsuit, among the 2,792 people killed in the twin towers, 31 [...]

President Barack Obama’s “Official” Birth Certificate Proven to be Faked (or at Least Edited)

May 5, 2011
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I got a tip off about this controversy from my friend Chris Henning. About a week ago President Barack Obama had his birth certificate shared on the White House blog. In addition, he went before the press to talk about the release of evidence regarding “the site of my birth”. This following video is of [...]