Bush Political Hacks Buried & Doctored Outsourcing Report B-4 2004 Electio

[RedEarth]

Bush Political Hacks Buried & Doctored Key Outsourcing Report Before the 2004 Election
by David Sirota

Manufacturing & Technology News, a well-respected trade publication, has just released an exclusive story about how the Bush administration buried a report on outsourcing before the 2004 election despite congressional legislation demanding it well before then. Worse, now that the government has been forced to release the report, Manufacturing & Technology News also found that the report's analysis by expert analysts was doctored by Bush political appointees in the Commerce Department.

Here are the details: The industry trade publication notes that Congress slated $335,000 for a report from the technical experts at the Commerce Department's Technology Administration. The timetable was well before election day as "the report was requested by Congress in an appropriations bill in December 2003, with a six-month deadline of June 2004." And to be sure, the report "was completed well before the November 2004 presidential election." However, it "was delayed for clearance by the White House and the Republican-controlled Congress due to the controversial nature of the subject." In fact, it might never have come out at all as it was only released now "as the result of a Freedom of Information Act request that had filed on March 17, 2005."

Worse, after the election, an undoctored draft of the report by the government's technical experts "went into a vetting process among political appointees at the Commerce Department and White House" and the original report "never resurfaced." Instead, what did finally resurface was a "12-page version" that "focuses on the allegedly positive impacts for the U.S. economy of the offshore outsourcing." Instead of original data, the report "quotes research conducted by organizations and individuals that have been funded by corporations that benefit from shifting jobs overseas." And of course, "no mention is made of the conflict of interest inherent in the studies cited by the Commerce report."

Let's remember - this is only the latest example of political hacks doctoring and burying reports. Right after 9/11, for instance, the White House doctored EPA reports about air quality in New York City. Earlier this year, the White House doctored reports about the causes of global warming. And, as Think Progress shows, there are plenty of other examples

http://www.commondreams.org/cgi-bin/print.cgi?file=/views05/1014-22.htm


link to Manufacturing and Technology News press release........

Political Appointees Re-Write Commerce Department Report On Offshore Outsourcing; Original Analysis Is Missing From Final Version




The Commerce Department has responded to a half-year-old request by Manufacturing and Technology News for the release a long-awaited study on the issue of "offshore outsourcing" of IT service-sector jobs and high-tech industries. But the 12-page document represented by the agency as its final report is not what was written by its analysts. Rather, it was crafted by political appointees at Commerce and at the White House, according to those familiar with it.

At an estimated cost of $335,000 -- or $28,000 per page -- the document MTN received from the Commerce Department's Technology Administration contains no original research and forsakes its initial intent of providing a balanced view of outsourcing, according to those inside and outside the agency.

The report was requested by Congress in an appropriations bill in December 2003, with a six-month deadline of June 2004. A 12-page version, entitled "Six-Month Assessment of Workforce Globalization In Certain Knowledge-Based Industries," was released on September 8, 2005, as the result of a Freedom of Information Act request that MTN had filed on March 17, 2005. The report, which carries a July 2004 date, has not been posted on the Technology Administration's Web site and is not available to the public.

According to those who have tracked the report's whereabouts, it was completed well before the November 2004 presidential election but was delayed for clearance by the White House and the Republican-controlled Congress due to the controversial nature of the subject. Outsourcing had become a contentious campaign issue, particularly in the swing states.

http://www.manufacturingnews.com/news/05/1012/art1.html

[truthisfreedom]

1. let's not call it doctoring. let's call it what it is... lying, manipu-

lating, obfuscating, misrepresenting, conspiring to lie to Congress... let's call it what it really is... it's a Mafia. it's the bush Mafia. let's not pretend anymore.

[RedEarth]

8. It is the bush Mafia ..... this administration is the most corrupt that

has ever been....like John Dean said this group is "worse than Watergate".

[slay]

35. The whole thing was REWRITTEN by people loyal to Bush!

Unfreakingbelievable.

"The Commerce Department has responded to a half-year-old request by Manufacturing and Technology News for the release a long-awaited study on the issue of "offshore outsourcing" of IT service-sector jobs and high-tech industries. But the 12-page document represented by the agency as its final report is not what was written by its analysts. Rather, it was crafted by political appointees at Commerce and at the White House, according to those familiar with it."

Oh, and $28,000 a page!?!? WTF!!! Hey Republicans - great CONSERVATIVE group of guy's you've got there. I saw on Lou Dobbs tonight that there is a new 2 year study going on now and that the report for this study will cost $2 million. :mad:

[TahitiNut]

56. Counterfeiting.

Without question. It's a HIGH CRIME.

[spanone]

68. I agree, the right loves to call Lying, mis-speaking. It's fucking LYING.

[lovuian]

2. This administration is destroying the American Worker and

using our tax dollars to screw us even more!!!

The suffering this has given to the American worker is huge. Notice the car industries and the airlines anything union is being destroyed. Pensions Healthcare Education and good paying jobs leaving this country... My only hope is that the Republicans and Corporations destroy capitalism in the process... Its going to haunt them and soon!!!

[disndat]

37. And don't forget

China owns us. The Bush mafia is mortgaging the future of generations to come generating trillions of dollars worth of debt to China, Japan, and others. According to Krugman and other U. S. economists, if China cashes in, we will rapidly transform into a plutocratic government with a few of these wealthy Bush gangsters owning the U.S. This fascist takeover is really what the Bush WH is all about. :banghead:

[lovuian]

43. Yes China owns us and they are a COMMUNIST COUNTRY!!!

Karma is interesting isn't it!!! Capitalism destroyed Communism and now Communism is going to destroy Capitalism!!! I see OOO

and Everything is connected!!!

[CrispyQ]

45. It's their War on Labor,

but you won't hear about it in the media.

Income from labor will continue to be taxed heavily while income from investments & inheritance will be almost tax free.

Thom Hartmann says "that when the wealthiest in a society take over government & then weaken it so it no longer can represent the interests of the people, the transition has begun into a new era of feudalism."

And "Once the rich & powerful gain control of the government, they turn it upon itself, usually first eliminating its taxation process as it applies to themselves."

We are headed toward a feudalist state & the 21st century feudal lords are the CEOs, BODs & shareholders of American corporations. The rest of us are the serfs & we will continue to have less & less while they have more & more.

[femrap]

47. So from now on when a form asks for our 'occupation,'

we all need to write in 'serf.' I have to laugh or I will cry. Has everyone seen that list that our gov't publishes that tells what jobs are going to be needed the most over the next 10 years????

I saw it within the past year....janitor, retail clerk, hotel maid.....

If you got children, tell them to learn something that requires they touch another human being or an object that is here....say physical therapy, plumber, hair stylist...any other good ideas on which jobs to go into?

[CrispyQ]

48. LOL.

I hadn't thought of putting 'serf' on an app. Good one!

I haven't seen that list, but it makes sense. You are spot on telling kids to go into a trade that is based on something physical here. I wonder if we'll see an increase in trade schools, although one wonders just how many plumbers & electricians the rich will need.

I feel sorry for today's youth. It must be hard to see fewer opportunities than you know your parents had & to know it's only going to get worse.

[femrap]

50. Glad you got a laugh....

I tell young people today to think very seriously about having children....is this the kind of world you want to bring children into?

A couple of parents that I know who have teenagers are being treated for clinical depression...and they say it is due to the state of the world and their extreme worry over their children's future.

I cling to the hope that indictments are soon...and that someone/some party steps up to fill the power vacuum that we are in now....and please don't let the Christian Fascists be the ones to step in.

We desperately need someone that realizes that the Corporations have to stopped...at least regulated. I don't see the Dems doing it...most of them have sold out to the Fortune 500. Maybe the Dem party will fracture into two parties....

[WCGreen]

66. It's not just the workers....

It's all small business people who can't shift costs around and have to bear the full brundt of "global competition"

[oldlady]

3. the disrespect this administration shows

is astounding. Rise up Congress...whatever your party.

[Metta]

4. Anything they can to hide what they don't like even if we die. nt

[area51]

5. nazis vs. truth

Can't have the nazi party rank-and-file hearing the truth that offshoring/inshoring is bad for America. </sarcasm>

[Democrats_win]

6. While their bankruptcy laws take affect, where is Justice for this?!!!

Impeachment isn't good enough. Slow digestion in the stomach of some creature from Return of the Jedi is the only justice for these monsters.
And that goes for the media puppets if they don't report this the first thing on the news for the next month!

[Laelth]

17. Ah, yes. The All-Powerful Sarlacc.

I think that would be fitting for these rascals.

-Laelth

[SleeplessinSoCal]

7. Maybe the Republicans will ask for Impeachment

[Mnemosyne]

9. Do you mind me linking this thread to

the Election and Voting Reform thread?

Just a heads up to thank you RedEarth.

[RedEarth]

10. No, not at all....link it to anyplace that could be helpful....the word

needs to get out. I'm going to forward it to my local paper, doubtful they will publish anything about it, but it's worth a try.

[Mnemosyne]

16. You never know unless you try! It's one reason

I love DUer's, always willing to try come what may. I think I'll forward to local paper also. Toon is just...dead on.

[Giant Robot]

11. This was on Lou Dobbs tonight as well

and he was pissed about it. He used words like "lying" and everything! I don't think he had his kool-aid today.

[RedEarth]

12. Thank God someone in the media reported on it....to me it is scandalous

[Hekate]

18. Lou Dobbs: a conservative in the best sense of the word

I have grown to like and admire the guy -- I wrote to CNN once that he's the only reason I ever have for tuning in to their station. (That was before the drowning of New Orleans -- CNN reported that pretty well. Now I just hope all their reporters don't become amnesiac on the subject.)

Lou Dobbs is the only person in the broadcast media who consistently holds the Repubs' feet to the fire regarding the gutting of the middle class and the (very much linked) "outsourcing of America."

And yes -- he did call them liars tonight. Straight out.

God bless the man.

Hekate

[slor]

26. Well, we will see how long he promotes the story...

and how often he asks rethug guests about it.

[carolinalady]

28. If he is as outraged about this as the border thing it will be

OFTEN. He reports on border security almost every night.

[lovuian]

44. LOU DOBBS is the ONLY MEDIA person who has DAILY pounded

at this administrations lies!!! This man is now getting vindicated for his campaign. But the toll on our nation has been huge... The Middle Class is no more!!!

[KnaveRupe]

65. See, THESE are the people that we need to form alliances with.

The traditional conservatives - not the kool-aid drinking dittoheads, nor the fundie whackos of the religious reich - but the Goldwater-style conservatives.

While progressives are correct, IMHO, to disagree with their philosophy, we have to recognize that they are nowhere near as toxic as the fascists that have taken over the Republican party.

I'm from PA, so let me put it this way. You may disagree with Arlen Specter, but you have to agree that he's a bazillion times better than Rick Santorum.

I think our challenge is to show the Specters of the GOP that they have more in common with us than with the Santorums. Who knows? Jim Jeffords left the GOP because of the hideous, anti-American direction he felt the party was taking. I'll bet there are quite a few others who feel the same way, but are afraid to defect because they know that the Dems will come after their seats hard if they perceive an opportunity.

By lumping all Repubs together, we force them to band together. Our challenge is to encourage the REAL conservatives, the honorable conservatives, the Lou Dobbs-types to take back their freakin' party.

How can we do that? Good question. If someone smarter than me wants to start a thread to brainstorm that, please do. I just know that my state (PA) is an example of the strange bedfellows that are made when the parties are at war.

[spindrifter]

13. The current word for outsourcing is

collaboration. See, doesn't that sound a lot better. It helps you to think nothing bad is happening...in fact, it sounds good.
Oh, it isn't just this admin. that is killing the workers. That has been going on all along with the efforts to derail--many of them successful, unfortunately,--our labor unions. Try M*cros*ft as an example. Not only are they investing big time in the "collaboration" all over the place, but they have tried repeatedly to screw their microserfs--the ones that do the grunt work. Take a look at their parking lots--how many people have the orange parking permits--orange as in temp. worker. Then try callling the Help desk--in fact, try it at different times of the day--sometimes you will speak to someone in Canada, sometimes India and so on.
Of course, Uncle B and Auntie M donate money to various charities to keep people thinking how good they are--it took Uncle B a lot longer than his former partner to figure out that he needed to dump some of his money into charitable works in order to buff up his image.

[bigbrother05]

20. They shoot 'Collaborators' don't they?

It's in all those old WWII movies, the accepted punishment for working with the Nazis.

[jody]

14. That's a crime under 18 USC 1001, ask Martha Stewart.

TITLE 18 USC 1001

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, whoever, in any matter within the jurisdiction of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Government of the United States, knowingly and willfully—
(1) falsifies, conceals, or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact;
(2) makes any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation; or
(3) makes or uses any false writing or document knowing the same to contain any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry;
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a party to a judicial proceeding, or that party’s counsel, for statements, representations, writings or documents submitted by such party or counsel to a judge or magistrate in that proceeding.
(c) With respect to any matter within the jurisdiction of the legislative branch, subsection (a) shall apply only to—
(1) administrative matters, including a claim for payment, a matter related to the procurement of property or services, personnel or employment practices, or support services, or a document required by law, rule, or regulation to be submitted to the Congress or any office or officer within the legislative branch; or
(2) any investigation or review, conducted pursuant to the authority of any committee, subcommittee, commission or office of the Congress, consistent with applicable rules of the House or Senate.

[leQ]

15. we can only hope, ... and pray (eom)

[texpatriot2004]

19. The covering up of outsourcing is a crime? White-washing it is?

What is the crime? I am AGAINST outsourcing and lying to cover up a crime BTW.

[jody]

21. One of the following.

knowingly and willfully—
(1) falsifies, conceals, or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact;
(2) makes any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation; or
(3) makes or uses any false writing or document knowing the same to contain any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry;

:shrug:

[usregimechange]

22. more frog marching material.

[rodeodance]

23. Will Congress care they were smacked?

......Manufacturing & Technology News, a well-respected trade publication, has just released an exclusive story about how the Bush administration buried a report on outsourcing before the 2004 election despite congressional legislation demanding it well before then. Worse, now that the government has been forced to release the report, Manufacturing & Technology News also found that the report's analysis by expert analysts was doctored by Bush political appointees in the Commerce Department.

[rodeodance]

24. so, i gues deceiving Congress is not illegal.

[rodeodance]

25. nominated

[pinniped]

27. No surprise here, they routinely doctor environmental reports...

as well. They get caught and continue regardless.

[The Backlash Cometh]

29. Jaysus Christ! IMPEACH THE SON OF A BITCH!

[Moxygirl]

30. What is it going to take to indict these criminals? nt

[Mr_Spock]

31. THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS!!! This story makes me extremely angry!

As I watch my industry ship all of it's manufacturing jobs overseas - and now most of the technical jobs (engineering etc...), it outrages me that my government is deliberately looking the other way on this issue. Our country is being gutted of many good jobs - even high-paying technical professional jobs; and it will be too late once the general public realizes how bad it really is.

Those same corporations that Bushco is so beholden to could care less about American jobs. I call them traitors because they spend most of their time in Asia building factories and technology centers for jobs Americans are doing now. Our VP told us we should be learning Cantonese :( . The presentations they give us are in Chinese with english subtitles! Most people have no idea how bad it's getting for many technical professionals.

What sort of country builds nothing and designs no products?

We don't even protect our technology any more - off to China it goes where they have NO respect for intellectual property rights. I was talking to an accountant last night who can't get a job any more except at WalMart as a manager - oh, but this person has to have a second job because even WalMart managers only get $10.50-$11.00 ($12 on Sundays) per hour and that's not enough for someone living around here.

This is a really sad situation that's spinning out of control - only Lou Dobbs on CNN has reported extensively on this subject. I mentioned his reports to my VP - she scoffed at me - I hate her. The resentment building among the more intelligent technical professionals is building in this country - though I've been told by people in the defense contracting industry that business is booming :eyes: Sons of effing bitches! :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[RedEarth]

32. It makes me furious too....just madder than hell....

This is taxpayer money that was used for the study and since the bush administration didn't like the results they didn't release it and then when they finally forced to, it was doctored. This people are evil, evil, evil.

The public at large has to know what is going on in the manufacturing sector of our economy. There was an article a year or two ago in Business Week that dealt with the outsourcing of the "holy grail" of manufacturing....R & D. In the article they mentioned mfg companies at first tried to hide the fact it was being done, but since it had grown so substantially over the last several years hiding, it was no longer possible.

So now, not only were the mfg companies trying to hide the grim reality of their business, the bush admin is doing the same thing. As a friend of mine who was a VP of a mfg company(now he works as a prod. mgr.) said, "before long we'll just be carrying each other's luggage."

[Zen]

42. This outsourcing crap is gonna affect us all - we need to push this issue

...or maybe it'll become self-evident after it's too late :(

[raccoon]

74. To answer your question, Mr_Spock,

"What sort of country builds nothing and designs no products? "

A third world country.

I thought I'd add some more questions:

--What sort of country has no middle class to speak of?

--What sort of country has no social safety net?

--What sort of country has a very inept, corrupt government?

--What sort of country has highly questionable elections?

All these questions have the same answer.

[Jose Diablo]

33. Within the link in the OP is an interesting name, "Ben Wu"

Out of curiousity about who this spokeman was, that responded to inquiry about what happened to the original report, I googled "Ben Wu".


He seems to be an interesting player in all this. From the following site detail a presentation he made during a NIST meeting.

Ben Wu Report-Implementation of NIST 2010 Strategic Plan

Implementation of NIST 2010 Strategic Plan
Dr. Hratch Semerjian, Acting NIST Director

Dr. Semerjian highlighted several of the implementation mechanisms that have been used to achieve the major objectives of NIST 2010 that seek to balance core competency development and expand capacity in the Strategic Focus Areas (SFAs). The implementation mechanisms range from NIST-wide budget initiatives and planning activities to OU-level operating plans and program management choices. Details on NIST's FY 2005 budget initiatives, the competence program, and the OU planning levels for the SFAs also were included in this presentation. Mr. Ben Wu, the Under Secretary for Technology for the Department of Commerce, joined the meeting during this presentation and participated in the subsequent discussion.

The information below supplements the vugraphs used in this presentation.
Building on existing core competencies and expanding capacity in SFAs are actually interdependent and overlapping goals.

The first opportunity to develop budget initiatives based on NIST 2010 strategic priorities was the FY 2003-2004 budget cycle. NIST achieved modest success for these programmatic initiatives in FY 2003 as only a few were funded. FY 2004 was not a banner year, but Dr. Semerjian is optimistic that the FY 2005 budget request will compensate for the needed amounts. The FY 2005 budget request is focused on building core competencies in measurement science as well as expanding the SFAs, consistent with NIST 2010.

The FY 2005 budget includes a significant boost to the competence program that has been suffering from very limited funding. An increase in the competence program will help NIST be more responsive to new technology changes and to take on higher risk projects. Many of NIST's most successful and visible programs began as competence projects that helped establish a presence and then these areas were expanded with major budget initiatives and other agency funding. The competence fund also encouraged innovation among the staff to start new projects with a limited budget.

The competence program has been successful in implementing NIST 2010 as FY 2004 funding supported SFAs that were collaborative cross-OU efforts. NIST is currently reviewing competence proposals for FY 2005.

The establishment of SWGs, led by division chiefs and comprised of NIST Fellows and other technical staff representing NIST's future leaders, is a new mechanism to help implement NIST-wide planning. Kathleen Higgins, has done an excellent job leading the SWG for Homeland Security. Vince Vilker is leading the newly formed SWG for Biosystems and Health and has just put a team together. The SWG for Nanotechnolgy will be formed next followed by the SWG for Information/Knowledge Management.

Last summer, Arden Bement conducted the first review of the annual OU operational plans as another implementation mechanism for NIST 2010. Guidance is now being provided to the OUs for the next planning cycle to be conducted this summer. A comparison of the FY 2003-2004 planning levels indicated that NIST 2010 is being implemented as programs are being aligned with SFAs. Dr. Semerjian is pleased with this progress. Funding in the bio area is down due to some reductions in other agency funding, but the general funding trend is expected to increase over the next few years.

Overall information sharing and outreach, another 2010 implementation method, is a major role of the SWGs. For example, the SWG for Homeland Security is maintaining a working portfolio of NIST homeland security activities and will be making much of this information available to the public via the web and other methods.

Dr. Semerjian concluded that strategic planning at NIST is an on-going process and hopes that the VCAT agrees that the Institute has made major strides in this effort.

Discussion:
The VCAT commended NIST for making major strides in strategic planning.

A long discussion focused on the complex budget process, the rational for denying budget requests, and coordination with other agencies. NIST does carry out a fair amount of discussions with other agencies, but does not get to see their actual budget submissions in advance. Budget feedback is usually centered on secretarial or presidential priorities. NIST has a good idea of the national priorities and submits lots of good proposals in these areas, but the reasons for funding some and not others are very complex.

Ben Wu remarked that his job is to make sure that the highest levels of the administration support NIST programs. He also remarked that DoC tries to foster collaborations in crosscut planning for Science &Technology via the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) and in more critical presidential initiatives. He assured the VCAT that NIST's mission and its measurements and standards work is well known within the NSTC and OMB and that NIST is held in high regard by these organizations. In his opinion, the issue with not fully funding NIST initiatives is due to the budget deficit and priorities to fund the war on terrorism and homeland security.

Ben Wu further noted that DoC attempted to stabilize ATP funding but OMB had concerns about industrial policy.

Note to moderator: It is more than 4 paragraphs, but NIST is a government agency and thus any public information is public domain.


Note the interest of Homeland Security on Biometrics and Smart Card technology. Why would Homeland Security be so interested in Biometrics?

This Ben Wu seems very interesting. Below is a google link if anybody else would like to zero in on this guy and what he is up too.

http://www.google.com/search?client=opera&rls=en&q=%22Ben+Wu%22&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

I wonder what these guys are doing and what the NIST 2010 Strategic Plan is?

[Lasher]

34. This is not just an incident.

It is, rather, part of a distinct trend.

[Daphne08]

36. I've NEVER seen such dishonest people in Washington!

:mad:

[murray hill farm]

38. Sooooooooooooooo,

Lets get this straight...We, the taxpayers, paid $335,000 for a report and when it was completed, it was doctored...and even then hidden for a year from viewing by the citizens who paid for it with our tax dollars...and when it is uncovered finially....nothing is done about it? Just another criminal act of hundreds commited by this administration....and NOTHING is done about it. NOTHING is done about it.....AGAIN? What a country this has turned out to be...and we..all of us..let it happen again and again. What happened to America the brave...?

[Patsy Stone]

39. Isn't it time they just went ahead

and appointed an official Minister of Propaganda? I mean, really.
Look how much time it would free up from various aides and agencies' middle-management.

This article is just another example of the corruption and criminal intent of those running the country (into the ground). Will Congress pursue this? Are they angry? They might not have been so angry a few months ago, but, in light of recent events, there may be some Repubs who'd love another factoid to add to the fire. I think there are a few who aren't going to depend on the ever-shrinking coat-tails.

I hope MTN has some help getting this story out. I'm going to forward it around to the local paper and TV stations, for whatever it's worth.

[femrap]

49. Instead of a 'Minister,' wouldn't 'Catapulter' be better? n/t

[savemefromdumbya]

40. Buried, doctored, stonewall

th elist is too long

[dapper]

41. Outsourcing Sucks

My old job is in India. My company outsourced it to IBM, IBM was not making enough money so they Outsourced it to India.

The doctoring of this report is a smack in the face of anyone who has been in my shoes.

Dapper

[CrispyQ]

46. It's time for a mass LTTE campaign.

I live in a fairly progressive pocket of a red state, but I'll bet I won't see an article addressing this in any of the papers.

People need to hear about this. This issue could wake up many repubs to the implications this administration's policies & lying are having on their personal lives.

[katinmn]

53. I sent a note to the editor of Manufacturing News

Please tell me that you have submitted the article "Political Appointees Re-Write Commerce Department Report On Offshore Outsourcing; Original Analysis Is Missing From Final Version" to all national news media and to Congress, which SHOULD have been providing oversight to this travesty.

The prevalence of liars and criminals and traitors at ALL levels of the Bush Administration is just mind boggling.

This both saddens and angers me. While most other countries are examining how to accommodate workers in the shift in world trade from goods to services, the U.S. government cavalierly lies to Americans while throwing them out of work.

Thanks for bringing this to light.

[rainman99]

51. These people make Nixon look honest

[katinmn]

52. Turns my stomach. Who would have guessed there were so many

liars and criminals and traitors at ALL levels of this Administration? It's just mind boggling how prevalent it is.

:-(

[flying_wahini]

54. I have sent the original report published in

Manufacturing and Technology report to my news desk
at the Houston Chronicle and suggest that you all do the same.
These stories Should be FRONT PAGE NEWS.
I am so disappointed that stories like this never come to light
because I believe that most papers feel like the American people
aren't interested in them.
I am planning on a follow up letter to the editor, I may have to send one every day this month to get it addressed. please consider
doing the same.

[LongTomH]

55. Our Future is Being Outsourced!

At every stage of this process of moving jobs offshore, we've heard the same mantra: "Let these old-economy jobs go and concentrate on the next economy."

First that meant offshoring manufacturing and telling people to prepare for jobs in the "Information Economy," - IT.

Now, we're told that we should let the IT jobs go and prepare for "The Next Big Thing:" in biotechnology and nanotechnology.

You should have this coming, kids: "The Next Big Thing" is going straight to India and China. Take, for example, this article from the IndiaDaily:

http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/2176.asp">India and China work towards dominance in Nanotechnology – it is the next outsourcing wave

Nanotechnology is the next wave of technology boom. India and China silently is getting ready for the same. And so is America, Europe and Japan, The ASEAN countries are looking towards the West for the technology.

India and China want to be the epicenter for this new technological revolution. It will be larger than the IT, Medical and Internet boom.

Please note that the Indians, at least, are getting the real import of nanotechnology:

It is the technology of making atoms intelligent. It is the ultimate in materials engineering. It can create miracle, it can create the magic the world is waiting for.

We''ll be able to snap together the fundamental building blocks of nature easily, inexpensively and in most of the ways permitted by the laws of physics. This will be essential if we are to continue the revolution in computer hardware beyond about the next decade, and will also let us fabricate an entire new generation of products that are cleaner, stronger, lighter, and more precise.

I've been an optimist on the future of nanotechnology; I even joined the Foresight Institute as a "Senior Associate." I wanted to attend the conferences, even more, I wanted to be part of the dialogue on preparation for nanotechnology. My intuition has always been that a lot of people will be left behind in the transition to a nanotech-based economy.

So I took part in the working groups with titles like: "Sharing the benefits of nanotechnology" and "Preparing for the transition."

I got a wake-up call a few years ago when I talked to a young Chinese-American lady about China and nanotechnology. I made a passing remark that we might actually outsource the development of nanotechnology. It turns out this lady had been following China's nanotechnology program carefully. She stated then, what I read two years later in IndiaTimes, that China was set to dominate in this field.

In the meantime, I lost a $60,000 a year IT job earlier this year. Now, I'm working as a $10 an hour call center rep.

It's hard to remain an optimist these days. I still follow the development of nanotechnology with interest; it can still have great benefits for all of us. But, I'm spending more time with DU and DFA meetups. Unless current polical trends are reversed, nanotechnology will be developed in ways that only benefit the big corporations.

There are also some possible uses of nanotechnology for social control, spying and destruction for which the term "horrific" is an understatement!

[TexasLawyer]

57. kick

this is sickening

[robbedvoter]

58. They burried the Civil rights commission report and many others

Of course, our votes too in the process.

[motocicleta]

59. what's it gonna take

for some MSM anchor to actually get irate and discuss the truth about these liars? Isn't it about time somebody in the press grew a spine?

[RedEarth]

60. It's deplorable the way the MSM has given this administration

a pass....actually, it's not only a pass, but in many cases they just amplify their lies.

[zonkra]

61. That 12-page version

was probably written in Bangalore by Burmese stowaways.

[nomatrix]

62. Taxation without representation

How could they tell it was their handywork ?

"There is nothing in here that is original research," says outsourcing expert Professor Ronil Hira of the Rochester Institute of Technology, who chairs the Career & Workforce Policy Committee of IEEE-USA. "It's not a balanced or an objective study of what's happening and what the implications are," he adds. "It is missing a lot of the information that was available at the time. It's equivalent of the work of a sophomore at the college where I teach."

You would think with all the "think tanks" they could rewrite, edit, spell, speak.....it is truely the cookie crumb trail that leads back occupation in D.C.

[DirtyDawg]

63. Just one more example...

...of the administration burying stuff that might have made them look bad before last year's election. Even with Diebold they couldn't have withstood all this crap.

Well, we've got news for them. We won't forget it come next year. ZERO Republicans returned to office. Turn all the bastards out. Let them know that there is a price to pay for the lies and deceit.

[Voltaire99]

64. Outsourcing's evil. So why do Hillary and Kerry support it?

It's all fine and good to get worked up over another Bush regime lie.

But it doesn't do a lot of good while our own party is also beholden to corporations. It's only too content to help them inflate their stock value through outsourcing, even as it destroys the US middle class.

So while griping about Bush hacks, consider our own. Those like Hillary and Kerry need to be dissuaded from doing corporations' bidding.

[Earth_First]

67. The DLC's finest...

[nolabels]

69. Just remember when some media sources write Hillary and Kerry...........

are too whatever and can't win, they are trying to reel others in also.

They put the focus on them to keep the light off anyone else and capture the anti-establishment sentiments of others by saying it

[Voltaire99]

72. Could you expand on this?

Interesting. What are you referring to in the "capture (of) anti-establishment sentiments"?

[nolabels]

73. Maybe somebody else might have other wording for it.........

I would define anti-establishment sentiments and people who hold them views on a course for anything that does not endorse the status-quo.

This is more instinctual response that will often ignore reason even if it's just to be obstinate or do it for pride. Seeing someone as a opponent rather than just someone to go around is in the same mindset and we are trained for it even as toddlers. The establishment want the choice of who the leaders will be rather then let the true ones emerge.

[Up2Late]

70. Harry Shearer just read a bunch of this on his "Le Show" radio show

Here's a link to streaming (it's on now Sunday 1:00pm)

<http://www.kcrw.com/grid/>

or here are more link from <http://www.publicradiofan.com/>

<http://www.publicradiofan.com/cgi-bin/program.pl?programid=60>

[davhill]

71. How could anyone trust any figures the administration comes up with

Cost of Living, Unemployment, etc.?

[raccoon]

75. I think that "official " figures on unemployment, cost of living,

and the poverty stats, all understate the case to hide how bad things really are, no matter which party is in control.