Monday, November 17, 2008

transatlantic immigration worries...lunchtime news gleaning...

On my lunch-break, I came across this graph in a French newspaper; I'll translate the questions:

Do you share the view that...
"Immigration does not increase the crime rate"
"Immigrants take jobs away from citizens"



(--link to full article from today's Le Monde: click here.)
...interesting to compare what the general public in the U.S. and Europe thinks...
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Do you use a cell-phone? A lap-top? Recall the phrase 'blood-diamond?'
Well, now there's blood-tin-ore!
It's almost impossible to escape collective-unintentional-guilt in anything we consume...
The continuing exploitation and violence in Congo is linked to the metals necessary for our electronics:
click here for the International Herald Tribune article...
Now, back to work...

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