Perhaps it has happened to you or someone you know: a job lost to a faceless competitor continents away, as part of the trend that has seen millions of jobs shift from the U.S. to overseas in the past few years. But if it hasn't, activists fighting to keep jobs in the 50 states would like you to be able to feel the impact anyway - and then make up your mind about the issue and how to vote in November. That's the political thinking behind a new database posted on the Internet which lists companies that are shipping U.S. jobs overseas - by name, industry, and zip code - allowing web site users to find out what's going on in their own companies, occupations and home towns. The WorkingAmerica.org database website is sponsored by the AFL-CIO, the giant labor organization which has endorsed Democratic Sen. John Kerry for president. [more
] Pictured above: Bush's Handler's in a January 2003 speech in St. Louis, tape over the words "Made In China." [more ]