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cal04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 05:45 AM Original message |
President Obama: Advanced Manufacturing Can Boost Jobs |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 05:49 AM Response to Original message |
1. In the sense that "anything's possible." |
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vi5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 05:57 AM Response to Original message |
2. So do I have this right? |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 06:00 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. maybe he thinks american workers will build the robots, |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 12:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
40. This is the same cycle we go through over and over. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 04:34 AM Response to Reply #40 |
80. "This cycle is predictable and should be dealt with rationally in my view." |
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Autumn Colors (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 06:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Well, I know *** I'm *** thankful |
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vi5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 07:14 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. He really just does not get it does he? |
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InkAddict (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 09:44 AM Response to Reply #7 |
21. You know, you and I had plenty of time to re-train |
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Autumn Colors (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 08:04 AM Response to Reply #21 |
61. IMedX has been my personal nightmare |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 06:02 AM Response to Original message |
4. Here's the problem with that: |
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erodriguez (532 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 08:18 AM Response to Reply #4 |
15. teacher made materials that are focused on the specific needs of their students are obsoletee |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 06:15 AM Response to Reply #15 |
59. strawman. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 04:58 AM Response to Reply #59 |
72. .... |
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erodriguez (532 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 05:12 AM Response to Reply #72 |
74. no point. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 06:59 AM Response to Reply #74 |
76. Maybe, but you never know who reads these threads. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 12:33 AM Response to Reply #72 |
77. Right here: |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
41. Computer programmers are being replaced by folks in India |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 06:19 AM Response to Reply #41 |
60. India can't replace Agile RAD. |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 06:28 AM Response to Original message |
5. Good idea, half-assed execution. Too much military, not enough other. n/t |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 06:34 AM Response to Original message |
6. that was one of the most clueless statements he`s ever made |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 06:47 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Indeed. "Build more robots" sounds like |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 06:42 AM Response to Original message |
8. here`s a list of plays and novels about robots |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 03:58 AM Response to Reply #8 |
55. I prefer "Door To December" but that book was closer to "Ghost in the Machine" |
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JJW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
11. Disgraceful |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
12. Yesterday Dillon R. covered this on his program including the |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
35. So, we stop them from cheating and they dump all our dollars and bonds on the market. |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 04:05 AM Response to Reply #35 |
56. China is perhaps going in the same direction as the USA |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 12:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
42. Face it. China is bigger than we are. We learned that in the Korean Conflict. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 04:38 AM Response to Reply #42 |
68. I believe all our policies are made by whatever came after the Bohemian Grove. |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 05:28 AM Response to Reply #12 |
81. Begining with.. |
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Corruption Winz (581 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
13. I've noticed that a lot of people are blasting him for this... |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 08:30 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Yes...and you seem to be the only person who gets this. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 09:30 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I'm not opposed to robotics, nor am I "anti-science" |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 12:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
37. What will fuel the robots? nt. |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 01:00 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. Actually, they're probably more energy efficient than the human workers. |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #16 |
44. Not anti-science, to cut and paste what I wrote above: |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 04:46 AM Response to Reply #16 |
70. The sentiment here is far from "anti-science." |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 08:33 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. I think a lot of people think it is a good thing. but we need to |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 10:22 AM Response to Reply #13 |
25. how about we make sure the gains are shared? |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #13 |
26. Obama's idea, in theory, will create jobs, in theory. I love it. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 05:12 AM Response to Reply #26 |
73. The plutonomy won. |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
36. The whole idea of manufacturing automation is to cut labor costs . . . |
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neoralme (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 05:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
50. So we begin our cultivation into THX 1138, led by a Nobel Peace |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 04:07 AM Response to Reply #13 |
57. but SOMEONE has to maintain those robots.......& what about the price of |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 04:44 AM Response to Reply #13 |
69. Maybe, but he is not being as candid about it the second to fourth sentences of your post are. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
14. Tariffs |
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JJW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
18. Time for whispering sweet nothings is over |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 10:08 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. expect nothing bold from pres. milquetoast. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
19. Robots will make rich people richer, and that's the most important thing in the world. nt |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 10:16 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Yep n/t |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
22. He really doesn't have a clue, does he? |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #22 |
32. Good one! |
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cottonseed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
27. There's an old SNL skit about people afraid of robots. |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
28. i'm not really against this |
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neoralme (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 07:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
53. Sure. If he fights for the people. This is against the people. In an |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
29. Sounds like a two edged sword to me. I am old enough to remember |
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Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
30. ...such as robots (made in China or Japan) can help pump jobs into the economy |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
31. What about our crumbling infrastructure? |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 03:17 PM Response to Reply #31 |
47. he did address that... |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 06:18 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. I look forward to seeing some action taken on this in the near |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
33. Aren't robots the reason people are losing jobs? |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. Robots do currently operate well overseas. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
34. Advanced Manufacturing Can Boost Jobs.... |
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Populist_Prole (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
38. I share all your cynicism: He's just whistling past the graveyard |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
43. Robots, not people, get jobs...duh? |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
46. You can't stop innovation |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
48. For those who swallowed up this AP line of "Obama wants robots" READ the address |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 06:19 AM Response to Reply #48 |
75. Context is everything, isn't it!? Many here need to take back their soundbyte induced comments! |
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Synicus Maximus (828 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
49. The story goes that Milton Friedman was once taken |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 09:52 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. Too bad they didn't put him to work.... |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
51. The real problem with Obama's plan here... |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 09:15 AM Response to Reply #51 |
63. Alot of companies just shipped their machines/robots to China nt |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 09:13 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Many companies did, true... |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 05:48 AM Response to Original message |
58. More robots=more competitive with third world countries. |
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panzerfaust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
62. Advanced Manufacturing [ie Robots] Can Boost Jobs [in China] |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
64. The economic ignorance displayed on this thread is incredible. |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 11:03 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Why does more productivity matter when the guys at the top just take a larger slice of the profit |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 02:20 AM Response to Reply #64 |
67. We have *had* tremendous increases in productivity over the past several years. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 04:52 AM Response to Reply #64 |
71. More productive U.S. worker = richer U.S. worker? Got a link that supports that |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
78. We need government to create jobs... not corporations we subsidize to do it -- !! |
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marasinghe (754 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
79. 2012 elections = cliche' of the day campaign, on both sides. (n/t) |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 05:29 AM Response to Original message |
82. Obama cracks me up.. |
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