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blue97keet (390 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 10:20 AM Original message |
White House Promises India: No New H-1B Restrictions |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
1. this is TOTAL bullshit |
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Justyce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
2. We are hemorrhaging jobs to India. Our entire department |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 12:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
43. And Mexico and lots of other countries. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
3. so: pissing off India is bad, but pissing off the US taxpayer is okay? |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 10:52 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. You haven't noticed that he doesn't give a rat's ass about the |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 12:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. yeah, I've noticed |
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ardvark (156 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 08:00 AM Response to Reply #3 |
26. no, pissing off Indian CEOS is bad, pissing off American serfs is ok |
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ardvark (156 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 11:40 AM Response to Reply #26 |
34. everybody's gone serf'in |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
4. Funny, I googled and got no other verification of this. If you find |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 10:36 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I posted this......it's similar |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 10:41 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. So why isn't anyone in the US reporting this? |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 10:43 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Shhhh......No one is supposed to know. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. And maybe it didn't happen the way it's being reported. |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 10:50 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. True. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 04:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
46. Exactly. Obama did reverse a lot of * policies that were anti-US worker. |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 08:40 AM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Take a look around your own workplace to confirm the story. |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 10:33 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Oh, I've seen it at every company that I've worked at.... |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 05:17 AM Response to Reply #24 |
57. Fully half of my neighborhood is now unemployed. |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:09 AM Response to Reply #57 |
63. That's sad. Yet, companies state they can't find U.S. workers. n/t |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 12:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
44. Also a very real possibility. |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 05:32 AM Response to Reply #11 |
58. Obama appointing Diana "Offshoring: Is it a Win-Win Game?" Farrell told me all I needed to know. nt |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
5. So, India can dictate US law now? |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 12:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
38. I thought India was the 51st state, but whatever... |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
6. Never mind, it's Ok, this is Editorials. nt |
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ChromeFoundry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
8. That's fucked up. n/t |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
14. Sounds like INDIA's jobs training program is fully protected |
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ardvark (156 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
35. re: Tom Friedman |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 12:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
39. Yup. Wrong for us to even think the "P-word" but it's A-OK for everyone else. |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
16. Kick n/t |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 05:22 AM Response to Original message |
17. apparently, Americans need to repatriate to India & apply for an H-1B visa to get a job in the US |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
18. Israel dictates ME policy, India dictates H-1B policy, Obama ignores unemployed voters and tent |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. It's beginning to sound like "more of the same" isn't it? n/t |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 07:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Just as I thought |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Another puppet...... n/t |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 08:47 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Yep, i'm beginning to think this whole AIG bonus thing is a smokescreen |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
42. Yeah. Without a condom, |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
41. He deserves a little more time... |
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ardvark (156 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
25. Citizens are free to make the same offers that India does |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 12:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
40. Or American CEOs. |
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jsdc007 (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
27. H1-B Realities |
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ardvark (156 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 08:41 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. "still having trouble finding qualified American nationals to fill positions" |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 04:23 PM Response to Reply #29 |
47. More like liquid nitrogen cold. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 09:58 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Yeah, they are oh so rare. |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 09:59 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Gates, is that you? |
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ChromeFoundry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 10:21 AM Response to Reply #27 |
33. "Tell it to the judge" |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. Chicken and the egg |
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Kalyan (152 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 10:23 PM Response to Reply #36 |
48. unwarranted |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. "Unwarranted?" Deja Q was dead on. n/t |
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Kalyan (152 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 11:41 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. seriously? |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 12:15 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Low divorce rates can easily mean that women are powerless and |
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Kalyan (152 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 01:20 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. see the big pic... |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 10:50 AM Response to Reply #53 |
61. You sound like a Republican with "Family Values" |
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Kalyan (152 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 10:26 PM Response to Reply #61 |
67. got me ... |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 10:34 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. Whatever..... |
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ChromeFoundry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 10:44 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Really? |
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Kalyan (152 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 11:37 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. India 101 |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 07:25 AM Response to Reply #48 |
59. What if I got tired of reading posts by Indians that make cheap shots against Americans? |
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Kalyan (152 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 10:28 PM Response to Reply #59 |
68. i didn't start it ... |
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Kalyan (152 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 10:34 PM Response to Reply #59 |
69. one more point |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #27 |
65. you have no fucking CLUE what you are talking about |
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ardvark (156 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
28. What good does it do, to be 'the most powerfull country in the world' |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 09:51 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Good point. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 12:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. Excellent point. We're a figurehead. But then, which country isn't? |
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ardvark (156 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
45. Citizen tech workers are the single most discriminated against political class in the USA |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
51. I wonder how much money Summers made in speaking fees with Indian companies? |
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blue97keet (390 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 08:22 AM Response to Reply #51 |
60. I thought Summers should be fired as soon as I learned he was |
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SurfingScientist (237 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
54. I am an H1B researcher... |
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ardvark (156 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
62. What most people (non tech) don't get about the H-1b issue |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
64. Obama is pissing on American jobs just like bush did |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 08:38 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. No doubt. |
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