Comments on: Today I’m truly disgusted http://blog.pahudson.net/archives/224 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:32:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ian Randall http://blog.pahudson.net/archives/224/comment-page-1#comment-106 Ian Randall Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:37:01 +0000 http://blog.pahudson.net/?p=224#comment-106 As a resident of Sydney, I regularly cross the Sydney Harbour Bridge, so I thank Teeside Steel for making such a wonderful product. I agree with you about the unfairness of Government bailouts of the Financial Industry and for Governments ignoring that other industries that are failing due to excessive greed and the governments regulatory failures of the Finance industry. True wealth comes from building things that people really need and it's time that Governments remembered that. As a resident of Sydney, I regularly cross the Sydney Harbour Bridge, so I thank Teeside Steel for making such a wonderful product.

I agree with you about the unfairness of Government bailouts of the Financial Industry and for Governments ignoring that other industries that are failing due to excessive greed and the governments regulatory failures of the Finance industry.

True wealth comes from building things that people really need and it’s time that Governments remembered that.

]]> By: Tim Lorge http://blog.pahudson.net/archives/224/comment-page-1#comment-105 Tim Lorge Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:22:41 +0000 http://blog.pahudson.net/?p=224#comment-105 I grew up in the US on the New Jersey side of Philadelphia and still live here. The way you describe Teesside, well, in and around Philly is the same way. The people are great, hard working people. I'm proud to be one of them. But industry ... the steel mills, shipyards, and manufacturing are all gone. We still have chemical plants of all types because the environmental laws won't let you build new ones anywhere else. Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, (our) Cleveland, Detroit and all the towns in between have been rusting since the late 70's. There have been some revitalization efforts in the really dilapidated areas but, inevitably, the politicians are corrupt and indicted for one type of fraud or another. That in turn throws all of the efforts out the window and nothing gets done. It's a damn shame when you see an area you love dying. You wonder what the hell happened to it all. More importantly, how do we bring it back and in what form? Teesside isn't alone. For 400+ years, the UK & US have been in it all together. Sure, like any family, we've had our dust-ups over the years but we got through it. Today is no different. We'll figure it out ... of that I am sure. I grew up in the US on the New Jersey side of Philadelphia and still live here. The way you describe Teesside, well, in and around Philly is the same way. The people are great, hard working people. I’m proud to be one of them.

But industry … the steel mills, shipyards, and manufacturing are all gone. We still have chemical plants of all types because the environmental laws won’t let you build new ones anywhere else.

Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, (our) Cleveland, Detroit and all the towns in between have been rusting since the late 70′s. There have been some revitalization efforts in the really dilapidated areas but, inevitably, the politicians are corrupt and indicted for one type of fraud or another. That in turn throws all of the efforts out the window and nothing gets done.

It’s a damn shame when you see an area you love dying. You wonder what the hell happened to it all. More importantly, how do we bring it back and in what form?

Teesside isn’t alone.

For 400+ years, the UK & US have been in it all together. Sure, like any family, we’ve had our dust-ups over the years but we got through it. Today is no different. We’ll figure it out … of that I am sure.

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