OT Do you care were the products you buy are made

[Wardad]

Globalization

International Thinking At Its Best!

Question: What is the truest definition of Globalization?

Answer: Princess Diana's death.

Question: How come?

Answer:

An English princess

with an Egyptian boyfriend

crashes in a French tunnel,

driving a German car

with a Dutch engine,

driven by a Belgian who was drunk

on Scottish whisky (check the bottle before you change the spelling)

followed closely by Italian Paparazzi,

on Japanese motorcycles;

treated by an American doctor,

using Brazilian medicines.

This is sent to you by an American,

using Bill Gates's technology,

and you're probably reading this on your computer,

that uses Taiwanese chips,

and a Korean monitor,

assembled by Bangladeshi workers

in a Singapore plant,

transported by Indian truck drivers,

hijacked by Indonesians,

unloaded by Sicilian longshoremen,

and trucked to you by Mexican illegals.....

That, my friends, is Globalization.

[DavidG]

[quote]Originally posted by Phoenix-D:

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Originally posted by DavidG:

Where do you think the Chinese are getting fish from? Can't our boats go there?

If they're inside Chinese territorial waters, no. Notice you also said east coast fisheries- having to go down to Panama THEN cross to where the Chinease fishermen are fishing isn't going to be profitable.

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Yea you're probably right. But why China? If I want to eat many kinds of fish I basically have to buy Chinese. Seems wacky. Of course my beef probably has more to do the BS involved in actually getting products on the shelf in grocery stores. there must be other countries exporting fish but they are not making it to my neck of the woods.

[primitive]

If it’s white fish it’s usually Russian, and only sent to China for processing.

The Russians are now doing the same ****ty stuff in Northern Pacific as you crazy Canucks did outside Newfoundland 15 years ago: Fishing the ocean dry.

Enjoy the cheap Russian/Chinese fish when it’s available. In a few years it will be over.

[Wardad]

I can remember the "Be American, Buy American" sloga and campaign. It was well intended.

Since u would expect to pay more, a lot of companies were busy changing labels. WalMart got caught "washing" clothes from from China.

[DavidG]

Originally posted by primitive:
The Russians are now doing the same ****ty stuff in Northern Pacific as you crazy Canucks did outside Newfoundland 15 years ago: Fishing the ocean dry.

Who us? (I'm pretty sure that was all those evil foriegn ships fishing just beyond the limit. )

[dogscoff]

If I want to eat many kinds of fish I basically have to buy Chinese

Or go fishing...

[Atrocities]

Most made in America stuff is actually made in China now with a Made in America stick on it.

The government should empose heavy scantions on anything imported from a comunist country as most of the labor is slave or prison, and there price under mines the prices of simular products sold in the USA, that are actually made in the USA, causing USA companies to lay off workers and close their doors.

Just look to the Semi - Conductor market for more proof on that one.