tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post4117919908567112373..comments2024-03-26T07:00:11.620-05:00Comments on Wisdom of the Hands: London, 1910Doug Stowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003845322415622289noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-90738513934334796782011-08-06T10:27:30.253-05:002011-08-06T10:27:30.253-05:00The credit rating downgrade has been a long time c...The credit rating downgrade has been a long time coming with its origins in the day we decided we need not be a productive nation. We would import everything we wanted from China and pay no attention to the values that a culture of making and creativity impart to a nation of people.<br /><br />It would be enough to make a man angry, but the anger would be wasted unless it mobilized us to act for the betterment of education for our nation's kids.Doug Stowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13003845322415622289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-52569401734664044842011-08-06T10:13:05.907-05:002011-08-06T10:13:05.907-05:00Great post and I completely agree. I recently wat...Great post and I completely agree. I recently watched a video of Mike Rowe speaking before congress about this subject, it is a great video and worth looking up. <br /><br />Growing up I had shop class for middle school on but now it seems that it is up to us as individuals to pass on the craft. It is not that we don't have jobs that require skilled labor, it is that we no longer teach these skill and now rely on immigration to fill these positions.Chris Adkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07168003849814573354noreply@blogger.com