[ihc] Ohio, IH, and sadness for the folks with no jobs

[John Hofstetter <hofs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Nov 3, 2004, at 3:50 PM, Dan Nees wrote:

> I've got your illegitimate President right here!
> G.W. got the most popular votes ever in history for President.
> G.W. also won Ohio by more votes than John Kennedy won his whole first
> term by.
> Illegitimate my ass!
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Yes, but sadly from my point of view, no thanks to either your 
controlling-our-lives  bureaucracy, or mine.

You know, I really admire the folks in Ohio. They've been hurt worse by 
jobs moving out etc. than anyone else, but still came together for the 
prez. It made me think about Springfield and the IH plant there where 
the work force went from 5000 to 1500. Really sad for the locals. Good 
for IH, and better than having the plant go down altogether and lose 
ALL the jobs, but ....

Read a day or two ago about a textile plant in North Carolina that just 
closed and left its 3500 employees all without jobs. Owner tried his 
best, but just couldn't compete, or for that matter even survive, with 
his plant open. Really sad, and really bad for our country. I have no 
answers, just empathy.

John

John Hofstetter
Ol' Saline
www.goldrush.com/~hofs