Today's Top Story:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4412316.stm

The reality of Life in Western Nations is sometimes too much for Immigrant Communities - lured to the West in the hope of a better life, only to discover that they are a new pool of cheap labour for the ravenous marketplace. While markets are a very good mechanism for the pricing and distribution of goods & services, they do not make for a very good social system. (This recognition and understanding is what separates the true Conservative from the Neo-Conservative.)

Thus, when people themselves are reduced to mere commodities, is there any surprise they they do not like it? Why are we continually surprised?

And yet - and yet, we continually seek to trade-away Jobs that people need to places like China, where living wages are not part of the deal. We eliminate positions in Our Nation, and drive down the wages in Others - all so we can "save" 10% on purchases by shopping at Wal-Mart.

Do we really expect that people will accept and resign themselves to their status as mere "commodities?"

We have all been put on notice ...

Is anybody listening?