“One thing I like about the forums on Huffpost is that occasionally someone with intelligence, background and a unique perspective not available to the rest of us will take the time to shed valuable light on a subject. My eyes have been opened a little bit today, and I thank you for that. If you could somehow re-post this more conspicuously, others would benefit.
I completely agree with you about hand held devices: an alien race observing us from afar might conclude our species only has one unoccupied appendage.”
“HP is a tough venue since they censor so frequently. If I tried to repost what I said to you, They would claim I already said it elsewhere which probably stops the people with the John 1:3 signs you see constantly. What I do know is that the Chinese are really hard working people who, like us, wonder where their next meal is coming from. Too many people on too small a planet.”
“The bottom line is I'd be willing to pay more if it meant bringing our jobs back. That's a view not shared by everyone, but it's what I'd like to see. Thanks for your input.”
“Globalization has created strange and unrealisitc demands. I just came back from Shanghai and Beijing and the talk there is of american corporations wanting to dump China because the wage demands are getting too high. Where do they keep moving to? Eventually India and Bangaladesh won't satisfy the corporate greed motivator. Central Africa?
If Americans didn't have a seeminglyu insatiable need for hand held devices that can do more than make a phone call, this won't stop. China controls most of the rare earths on the planet and that's where all the battery material comes from now. I can buy cerium in Shanghai for $18.00lb but the government slaps a $100. per lb export tax on to it since they don't really want it leaving the country anymore.
I actually hate globalization because it turns cultures into homogenous piles of goop. Remarkably, the Chinese really love KFC. It's a question of how far an American will travel to get a cheeseburger. In reality, I buy American made whenever I can and I'm an American craftsman. I'm also a dinosaur.”
“That is so socialist. Are you saying that if you cannot give a little tip to the waiter, you should not give any profit to the owner of the restaurant?”
“Chinese imports are already heavily taxed. That's the only way companies in America can compete. They produce things for pennies on the dollar compared to what we can, and the shipping costs are low enough that it doesn't have a significant impact.”
“I clicked the link to sign the petition to rehire Chelsea, but it also promises that each signer will go to Applebee's at least once in the upcoming year if she's rehired. I couldn't with all due honesty sign; I refuse to set foot in the place.”
“Gore won the popular vote over Bush by over a half million; if the election had been decided that way, explain why the "liberals wouldn't like that".”
“I agree with everything you say - unfortunately Christianity rules in this country, and to disavow it in any way is political suicide for any public office seeker. One day things may be different, but not in our lifetimes.”
“My first question would be what is a 60 year old woman doing in a bad neighborhood at night by herself? Are you justifying the 2nd amendment to protect stupidity?”
“Perhaps the 60 year old woman lives in a bad neighborhood and cannot afford to move to a better one. There are many people in this country in that situation.”
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