I’m curious whether or not you ever got a response from Cantwell. I’m pretty sure I know.

I remember years ago trying to contact my senator in NY, Clinton, on this same issue and being fed the same line of crap about her office being open to being proved wrong about there being an over-, not under-supply of qualified IT workers in this country, sending her a bunch of materials and a personal letter, their not receiving it or losing it in the mail after two different attempts, etc. and then seeing her picture briefly up on the Indian Tata Consultancy website shaking hands with their grinning Outsourcing High Command in Buffalo.

I think I referenced this in some letter to the editor or phone call to a news outlet or something once and then checked back later to see that the picture was gone. She at least knows how to cover her ass if not represent her constituents.

I don’t know about you but I’m pretty hopeless — truly, the Dems are no better than Republicans. I can’t believe I’m saying that, I would have kicked the ass of anyone saying that in 2000 after the “election”, but now it just seems too obvious to even debate.

While I’m personally glad Hillary didn’t get inflicted on the rest of the nation, I don’t think the outlook’s that much better with the current candidates. I’ve given up even following the papers, TV, or other mainstream news which I used to observe at arms-length just to see what the corporate spin of the day was … now that Air America’s dead I don’t even have that.

I just read Sirota’s blog, anything that Louis Uchitelle writes in the Times or Harpers, and I did buy a NYT to read the recent fantastic Gretchen Morgenstern article on American workers. All I’m interested in any more is either technology or labor issues, one or the other.

Oh well … please try podcasting a little more frequently, your podcast is one of the bright spots in my media diet.

- Dave of Albany