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pampango Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 12:32 PM
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"`Rise of Obama, India and China could trigger violence in US'" - India Times
The article is dated April 17, but I just came across it.

"NEW YORK: After protests against Indian steel and a right-wing radio show host calling Indians "slumdogs" for doing outsourced American jobs, India's rise could be a factor in triggering radical violence in the US, warns an intelligence report.

Prepared by the Department of Homeland Security, the report says that Barack Obama's election as the first black president, rising unemployment because of the economic crisis, and resentment against rising India and China could revive right-wing radical extremism in the US."

"Earlier this week, right-wing radio show host Rush Limbaugh called Indians handling outsourced jobs "slumdogs". The pugnacious conservative talk show host outraged Americans some time ago by saying that he wanted President Obama to fail."

"It says the current situation has "similarities to the 1990s, when right-wing extremism experienced a resurgence fuelled largely by an economic recession, criticism about the outsourcing of jobs, and the perceived threat to US power and sovereignty by other foreign powers"."

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/Rise-of-Obama-India-and-China-could-trigger-violence-in-US/articleshow/4413534.cms

Is Rush really against outsourcing or was his "slumdog" crack just an easy cheap shot at India? (Of course, he may be trying to appeal the the repub "populist" base rather than the corporate side of the party.)
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1. I myself am going to have a hard time eating out of a trash can watching an H1-B drive by.
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