If you were born in 1989 . . .

[nostatic]

where are the products you buy made? How much debt does the US now owe to China? How does that, the massive trade imbalance, and the huge manufacturing shifts affect our current economy?

Unless you don't buy anything and don't work, the changes in China affect you.

[kstar]

Popcorn time . . .

Best,

Kurt

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by svonkampen

YOU GUYS FORGOT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING............

T H E Y V O T E!

OBAMA 08

SvK

Actually, they don't. Kerry counted on the Internet and College age kids, and he lost. They don't vote. If web voting we instituted, the world would change.

[svonkampen]

red-beard..........

Have you been asleep for a year?
TRIPLE youth turn-out for PRIMARIES!

All OF THEM so far...(32 Million dollars...........in 1 month!....That's their lunch money buddy...this is not some Howard Dean....THIS IS HUGE)


O B A M A ;-)

08, 012

SvK

[rick-l]

Originally Posted by nostatic

where are the products you buy made? How much debt does the US now owe to China? How does that, the massive trade imbalance, and the huge manufacturing shifts affect our current economy?

Unless you don't buy anything and don't work, the changes in China affect you.

In the 80's it was Japan. What is the difference?

[rick-l]

Originally Posted by kstarnes

Sure it does!

I think you are taking the list only on its face.

For example, the list says:

15. Russia has always had a multi-party political system.

I recall having air-raid drills when I was in elementary school because there was a real fear that a nuke war with Russia could happen. Living in a cold war environment had a big impact on the lives of Americans and those in the USSR.

I remember buying duct tape to keep out anthrax

Originally Posted by kstarnes

Sure it does!
4. They never “rolled down” a car window.

This is just one of thousands+ of changes brought about by high tech; think of all of the other things that one born in 1989 would not be exposed to because of technology . . . and how tech is literally changing lifestyles.
Kurt

So what the window still went down. How did this change anything?

Originally Posted by kstarnes

Sure it does!

They were born the year Harvard Law Review Editor Barack Obama announced he might run for office some day.

Unfortunately, when I was a kid it would have been almost unthinkable that a black man or a any woman could be elected president. Times have changed, yes?

Look beyond the one liners and you will get the "message".

Best,

Kurt

WOW I missed that event (and a lot of other events on that list) and I'm in my 50's.

A number of life changing events on that list are very subjective.

[nostatic]

Originally Posted by rick-l

In the 80's it was Japan. What is the difference?

right. exactly the same.

What was our trade imbalance with Japan in the 80's? What is the population of Japan vs. China? Amount of natural resources? Politics?

And we weren't in a full global/internet economy then either.

[kstar]

Originally Posted by rick-l

I remember buying duct tape to keep out anthrax



So what the window still went down. How did this change anything?



WOW I missed that event (and a lot of other events on that list) and I'm in my 50's.

A number of life changing events on that list are very subjective.

Is your name Rip Van Winkle?

Best,

Kurt