Whether Bay Area longshoremen walked off the job because (1) it’s May Day, the traditional holiday of the international labor movement, (2) they wanted to express solidarity with protests against the war, or (3) it’s a sunny spring day better spent not working, it’s hard to meet anyone in Say Francisco who is concerned. The economy is slowing if it’s not in recession, and a day’s delay in receiving a container won’t make much difference.
Inventories are building and no one’s running out of supplies--- unless you count the hungry people overseas who’ll be getting their American food shipments a day late. But hey, let them starve; it's for a good cause. © 2008 Stephen Yuen
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