lou dobbs yesternight

on lou dobbs yesterday, they were talking about how some people are pissed that the mlk jr memorial in washington, d.c. is going to be built using chinese granite.

whatever dude he had on, said that this was a bunch of crap and we should be using american granite.
lou dobbs said the chinese should take their granite and build a memorial to mlk jr over there, and we'll use american granite for our american monument.
then they interviewed the "common man on the street" and we got 2 types of reactions:

1. that's terrible. mlk jr was an american. it should use american granite and american labor. no no no no no no chinese. bad international. good uberpatriots only use american products.

2. why do people care? wasn't mlk jr all about bringing people together and having us all treated as equal? should the whole world want to help on this monument?

exactly. the whole world should help on this monument. mlk jr's dream and vision was a world where everyone was looked upon as equal. where everyone had their shot at achieving their goals and dreams.

we should get the chinese to do the granite. we should get the italians for the landscaping. germans for any metal work to do. kenyans to string the lights. canadians for the sidewalks. indians to run the hot dog across the street.

this is the problem i have with a lot of people here in america. isolationism and xenophobia.

globalization is a good thing!

the recent stock market surge is partly due to american companies making more money overseas. part of the lack of inflation is that we can produce consumer goods cheaper overseas.
yes, we lose manufacturing jobs here, but who cares?
let's train our workforce and children to be smart and service oriented.

healthcare, engineering, service industries, sales, biotech, computer science. that's where the american know-how and how-to is going to be in the future. let other nations build polluting factories that are physically demanding and exhausting.

americans shouldn't have to physically toil for their money. we're too rich of a nation! we'll pay other people to do it for us! this is america, people. it's time we were ok with being totally kickass and we can continue to be that if we let other countries do the jobs that we don't care for. let america get richer! let the world get richer!

but keep america number one. that's all i ask.