[Acers]

Just taking voting turnouts, i wonder a higher voting turnout is necessarily the answer to change though. People don't vote, not necessarily because they don't feel like they want to but more because they feel it won't matter. If turnout increases en-masse it does not mean "the right party" will win. In a true distribution all sides benefit if voting turnout increases. (unless ofcourse one side doesn't vote due to some external factors which should have a bearing even in low turnouts)

Well that and the fact that we've shipped off a ton of jobs elsewhere (China I'm looking at you). We've done it to ourselves that's for damn sure.

Well jobs will go where there are technical skills available for cheaper rates. Its not as if they are going to remain in China forever. They will go where its cheap to get the same work done. I guess the key here would be to move to better jobs and innovate. It ideally should be win-win for all as those who get outsourced jobs benefit, raise their standards and then look for even better ones passing on the jobs they worked on to more people.

Dollar value has fallen a lot in few weeks....it was record low last week...comparing with my currency INR

Yes i guess a lot of webmasters are not too happy esp with adsense earnings now.