Comments for Who cares what the PC(USA) thinks? at http://www.pres-outlook.org , comment 1 to 1 out of 1 comments http://www.pres-outlook.org Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:23:00 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.pres-outlook.org/blog/Who-cares-what-the-PC-USA-thinks-.html#comment-4020 I was originally ordained Methodist, and, during the dot com bust, was offered a job teaching vocational skills in a "beach town". I was one of those rare critters who knows carpentry, welding, computers, mechanics, electronics and upholstry. I asked further, specifically, "what beach town", and was told, cryptically, "It has a mediterranean climate!" Eventually, I learned that it was at a Methodist Voke School in the Gaza Strip. But, as I also learned, the Palestinian population is quite intelligent and skilled. One thinks of Palestinians going across the border to pick Israeli fruit, but one rarely identifies with the Palestinian who remodels an apartment, fabricates a delivery truck, upholsters an entire restaurant, assembles an electronic device... Methodists, in America, are generally middle-class. Presbyterians tend to be a scoch higher - and have management positions, particularly in Fortune 500 internationals. I would propose that these connections could be leveraged to create industries that would feed Middle East and European manufacturers. Much like the electronics assembly plant built in Watts, after the 1968 riots. Boycotts make a point, but busy, employed Palestinians make a peace. - Mike O'Dorney Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:56:37 +0100