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March 17, 2006
End of Empire
The barbarians are at the gates and, after this week's World Baseball Classic, I think we can safely say for sure that the American Empire is on the decline.
If it isn't bad enough that low-skilled jobs and, more recently, high-skilled jobs are going to Canada, China and India, now we can't even freakin' play baseball.
First, Canada, our NAFTA partner to the north (we get maple syrup, they get our "nearshore" IT jobs), beat us 8-6 . Then South Korea, a country whose continued existence theoretically relies on our fixed force of over 30,000 troops, slammed us 7-3. For the final humiliation the Americans got edged out of the tournament altogether by Mexico, our NAFTA partner to the South (we get cheap day laborers and busboys, they get Wal-Mart). Actually, I suppose the final humiliation really would be if Cuba wins it. The three other remaining teams are Japan, the Dominican Republic, and South Korea.
Wow do we lose. At least we know we'll win the "World Series." The Canadians have only won that once.
Posted by MJuhre at March 17, 2006 01:49 PM