Shop Talk Early Edition

Please note that,because of an appointment,I may not be in on Friday,so I have decided to post today.Congress would like to adjourn for the year,but they have yet to complete a rescue for the automakers.The Democrats have reached agreement with the White House,but the Republicans aren't there to this point.It has been said that they gave plenty of money to the financial industry,so why won't they give a bit to manufacturing?That says something about the standing of manufacturing in America today.The nation was built on factories,but the service sector is predominant in our day.Nonetheless,we should not dismiss the factory workers.Ultimately,we still need the things they make.A little support for manufacturing is in order if we don't want to vaporize into the cybernetic realm.And we don't want a hole in the heartland where the factories are still a daily concern.