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Jesse Jackson, Jr. Pins US Job Losses On iPad
theodp writes "Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. went on an anti-technology rant on Friday on the floor of Congress, blaming the iPad for eliminating thousands of American jobs. 'Why do you need to go to Borders anymore?' asked Jackson. 'Why do you need to go to Barnes & Noble? Buy an iPad, download your book, download your newspaper, download your magazine.' Jackson continued: 'What becomes of publishing companies and publishing company jobs? And what becomes of bookstores and librarians and all of the jobs associated with paper? Well, in the not too distant future, such jobs simply will not exist. Steve Jobs is doing pretty well. He's created the iPad. Certainly, it has made life more efficient for Americans, but the iPad is produced in China. It is not produced here in the United States."
What English disgust for the Irish? I've lived in the UK my whole life and the English love the Irish. They just don't like the handful of Irish people who keep trying to murder English and Irish people in Northern Ireland, and in the past English stations. That's a long way away from disgust for an entire population.
Perhaps we as humans need to understand that hating someone who hates you and wants to hurt you has nothing to do with nationality, race or culture.