Who's ticked off at Bush now? Engineers. This is from an alert sent out by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers:

PRESIDENT BLAMES UNEMPLOYMENT ON LACK OF SKILLS! Engineers Must Correct this Mistake

During a Wednesday morning (July 30th) press conference, President Bush was asked a question about jobs going overseas as a result of technological innovation. His response was:

"I fully understand what you're saying. In other words, as technology races through the economy, a lot of times worker skills don't keep up with technological change."

Many people have taken his response to mean that unemployment in the high-tech sector is the result of American workers who allowed their skills to become obsolete. This is an unacceptable explanation....

When you write the President, tell him that unemployment in the high-tech sector has very little to do with the competency of American workers, and a great deal to do with the low cost of using foreign workers....

Look, I know there aren't very many pols at the national level who want to interfere with the global market's "race to the bottom" in wages and salaries. But for Pete's sake, Shrub, at least try not to actually insult the peons.