Comments on: Let’s Just Admit China’s At War With Us http://tammybruce.com/2007/10/lets_just_admit_chinas_at_war_.html Independent. Conservative. Unruly. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:19:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: The Friendly Grizzly http://tammybruce.com/2007/10/lets_just_admit_chinas_at_war_.html#comment-99958 The Friendly Grizzly Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:53:00 +0000 http://tammybruce.com/2007/10/lets-just-admit-chinas-at-war-with-us/#comment-99958 <p>I find myself wondering how many American companies finally gave up and closed the doors after suffering years of federal agencies parading through the doors: do you have enough of a particular protected class on your payroll? OOH! a painted wooden ladder! While we drag your plant manager off in handcuffs for this felony, we will padlock your doors and throw your staff out of work.</p> <p>Oh, and the Justice Department will be here to investigate your union busting activities that consisted of talking about the unions in less than stellar terms recently.</p> <p>It's not just the Haavahd MBAs making quick buck decisions that has put everything off-shore.</p> I find myself wondering how many American companies finally gave up and closed the doors after suffering years of federal agencies parading through the doors: do you have enough of a particular protected class on your payroll? OOH! a painted wooden ladder! While we drag your plant manager off in handcuffs for this felony, we will padlock your doors and throw your staff out of work.

Oh, and the Justice Department will be here to investigate your union busting activities that consisted of talking about the unions in less than stellar terms recently.

It’s not just the Haavahd MBAs making quick buck decisions that has put everything off-shore.

]]> By: Trinity http://tammybruce.com/2007/10/lets_just_admit_chinas_at_war_.html#comment-99957 Trinity Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:47:00 +0000 http://tammybruce.com/2007/10/lets-just-admit-chinas-at-war-with-us/#comment-99957 <p>ROFL!! Ruthanne, perfect comment. Now of course that will not stop me from my latte addiction, but that was spot on!</p> <p>Tammy..shall we begin to call you Madame Defarge..hmmm? If anyone sees Tammy knitting let me know! (for those that don't know refer to Tale of Two Cities-Dickens) </p> ROFL!! Ruthanne, perfect comment. Now of course that will not stop me from my latte addiction, but that was spot on!

Tammy..shall we begin to call you Madame Defarge..hmmm? If anyone sees Tammy knitting let me know! (for those that don’t know refer to Tale of Two Cities-Dickens)

]]> By: dkbaby http://tammybruce.com/2007/10/lets_just_admit_chinas_at_war_.html#comment-99956 dkbaby Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:48:00 +0000 http://tammybruce.com/2007/10/lets-just-admit-chinas-at-war-with-us/#comment-99956 <p>Funny - I just assumed that Starbucks was boycotting China, to demonstrate their concern & sincerity re: a Free Tibet, cause it seems like that kinda company. How revealing.</p> Funny – I just assumed that Starbucks was boycotting China, to demonstrate their concern & sincerity re: a Free Tibet, cause it seems like that kinda company. How revealing.

]]> By: Ruth Anne http://tammybruce.com/2007/10/lets_just_admit_chinas_at_war_.html#comment-99955 Ruth Anne Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:39:00 +0000 http://tammybruce.com/2007/10/lets-just-admit-chinas-at-war-with-us/#comment-99955 <p>I'm just trying to get my mind wrapped around the fact that [1]Starbucks has <i>sippy cups</i> and [2] Starbucks charges <i>six bucks</i> for those craptactular cups.</p> I’m just trying to get my mind wrapped around the fact that [1]Starbucks has sippy cups and [2] Starbucks charges six bucks for those craptactular cups.

]]> By: Paul Snively http://tammybruce.com/2007/10/lets_just_admit_chinas_at_war_.html#comment-99954 Paul Snively Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:20:00 +0000 http://tammybruce.com/2007/10/lets-just-admit-chinas-at-war-with-us/#comment-99954 <p>I believe in free trade, but free trade crucially depends upon transparency and trust. In America, we have evolved market mechanisms such as the Better Business Bureau and Underwriters Laboratories to help assure us of the quality of the products that we buy. I suggest we leave the trade doors with China open as long as the goods coming from China are labeled appropriately, and encourage people to examine the products, look for the UL stamp (say, on those coffee machines), insist on being able to see the recall records for public companies selling Chinese goods, and generally accept responsibility for what we choose to buy—based on the best information available to us. In other words, <i>caveat emptor</i>, a principle thousands of years old.</p> I believe in free trade, but free trade crucially depends upon transparency and trust. In America, we have evolved market mechanisms such as the Better Business Bureau and Underwriters Laboratories to help assure us of the quality of the products that we buy. I suggest we leave the trade doors with China open as long as the goods coming from China are labeled appropriately, and encourage people to examine the products, look for the UL stamp (say, on those coffee machines), insist on being able to see the recall records for public companies selling Chinese goods, and generally accept responsibility for what we choose to buy—based on the best information available to us. In other words, caveat emptor, a principle thousands of years old.

]]> By: pat_s http://tammybruce.com/2007/10/lets_just_admit_chinas_at_war_.html#comment-99953 pat_s Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:12:00 +0000 http://tammybruce.com/2007/10/lets-just-admit-chinas-at-war-with-us/#comment-99953 <p>Starbucks calls this an isolated incident and has <a href="http://tinyurl.com/2bfs3m" rel="nofollow">no plans</a> to discontinue sourcing from China. Last year Starbucks recalled 73,000 China-made coffee machines prone to overheating and melting.</p> <p>Starbucks may call these isolated incidents, but China's health minister calls it an <a href="http://tinyurl.com/yvt22g" rel="nofollow"> allergy</a>. Speaking about other recalls he said: <br /> <em><blockquote>China's government insists the problem is a limited one, that the huge majority of its exports are up to standard and that the Western media in particular has been irresponsible in its reporting on the issue, intentionally fanning the flames.<p> "I must remind some friends that we are certainly extremely sensitive towards this problem, but over-sensitivity caused by only seeing part of the picture, in medical terms, is called an allergy," Health Minister Chen Zhu said.<br /> </p></blockquote></em><br /> </p> Starbucks calls this an isolated incident and has no plans to discontinue sourcing from China. Last year Starbucks recalled 73,000 China-made coffee machines prone to overheating and melting.

Starbucks may call these isolated incidents, but China’s health minister calls it an allergy. Speaking about other recalls he said:

China’s government insists the problem is a limited one, that the huge majority of its exports are up to standard and that the Western media in particular has been irresponsible in its reporting on the issue, intentionally fanning the flames.

“I must remind some friends that we are certainly extremely sensitive towards this problem, but over-sensitivity caused by only seeing part of the picture, in medical terms, is called an allergy,” Health Minister Chen Zhu said.

]]> By: James Williams http://tammybruce.com/2007/10/lets_just_admit_chinas_at_war_.html#comment-99952 James Williams Wed, 10 Oct 2007 03:36:00 +0000 http://tammybruce.com/2007/10/lets-just-admit-chinas-at-war-with-us/#comment-99952 <p>The Chinese military has said it is conducting "unrestricted warfare" against the United States for some time now. I'm uncertain what that means, but it does seem to include cyber attacks. They are also constructing a new class of ballistic missile submarines. It is obvious that the United States is the only country that they would need boomers to engage. And they are using technology given them by the Clinton Administration to build anti-satellite missiles; they acknowledge that in a conflict with the US they would need to disable our surveillance and communication satellites. As far as I can tell our politicians are ignoring the threat while the Chinese and Russians egg on our Islamic adversaries. </p> The Chinese military has said it is conducting “unrestricted warfare” against the United States for some time now. I’m uncertain what that means, but it does seem to include cyber attacks. They are also constructing a new class of ballistic missile submarines. It is obvious that the United States is the only country that they would need boomers to engage. And they are using technology given them by the Clinton Administration to build anti-satellite missiles; they acknowledge that in a conflict with the US they would need to disable our surveillance and communication satellites. As far as I can tell our politicians are ignoring the threat while the Chinese and Russians egg on our Islamic adversaries.

]]> By: ltlme http://tammybruce.com/2007/10/lets_just_admit_chinas_at_war_.html#comment-99951 ltlme Wed, 10 Oct 2007 03:02:00 +0000 http://tammybruce.com/2007/10/lets-just-admit-chinas-at-war-with-us/#comment-99951 <p>I wonder just how much the companies, who decided to close factories in the states and/or choose suppliers in China for better profits, are coming out ahead with all of these wonderful recalls. When Walmart could no longer brag in their commercials with the slogan of "Made in America" I knew we were probably going to be in trouble. However, I never foresaw just how bad it would get. We are all barraged by recall warnings on, at least, a biweekly basis. Capitalism is a wonderful thing. It's even better when the products are made right here in the good old US of A, starting from American raw materials. This can only go so far until the only items children can play with, or eat out, of will be paper boxes that are made in America. </p> I wonder just how much the companies, who decided to close factories in the states and/or choose suppliers in China for better profits, are coming out ahead with all of these wonderful recalls. When Walmart could no longer brag in their commercials with the slogan of “Made in America” I knew we were probably going to be in trouble. However, I never foresaw just how bad it would get. We are all barraged by recall warnings on, at least, a biweekly basis. Capitalism is a wonderful thing. It’s even better when the products are made right here in the good old US of A, starting from American raw materials. This can only go so far until the only items children can play with, or eat out, of will be paper boxes that are made in America.

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