tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post6471278608122138469..comments2024-02-25T09:45:48.931-05:00Comments on Lally's Alley: HAVE YOU SEEN THIS?Lallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05310472614196384595noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-13727511289428466682008-06-04T13:03:00.000-04:002008-06-04T13:03:00.000-04:00It looks like the high cost of energy is already i...It looks like the high cost of energy is already impacting China's competivness. The following is from MoneyNews.com. I suspect this will have a much greater and lasting effect than a boycott.<BR/><BR/>"Indeed, oil price rises have already driven up shipping costs so much that Chinese imports are now high-cost and losing market share, a new CIBC research report shows." <BR/><BR/>Story continues below . . .JImhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13795849285955713444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-1254172365181946812008-06-02T18:31:00.000-04:002008-06-02T18:31:00.000-04:00Debt is a double edged sword.Lincoln was the last ...Debt is a double edged sword.<BR/><BR/>Lincoln was the last president to cancel the national debt. As a nation, we borrowed money from European bankers to pay for our navy and expeditions in Texas and Mexico. When the European bankers chose to finance the South, Lincoln cancelled the debt owed to them.<BR/><BR/>China knows this history so the debt is now an albatross. Should they not act in a fashion that we consider in our interests, whomever is president may just find reason to again cancel the debt owed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-35656508447848031542008-06-02T10:58:00.000-04:002008-06-02T10:58:00.000-04:00diversified responsibility ...diversified responsibility ...Harryn Studioshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00592303553321006869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-17982455665939757712008-06-01T22:14:00.000-04:002008-06-01T22:14:00.000-04:00Well, here's another thought, if China decided to ...Well, here's another thought, if China decided to "disinvest" in the USA as some countries tried to do to South Africa during the apartheid era (they own a good portion of our debt), the US economy would tank even more rapidly and deeply than parts of it already have unfortunately. One of the main reasons that hasn't happened so far is they still need us as large importers of their goods. So, a little more complicated than at first glance.Lallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05310472614196384595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-41513068299292403932008-06-01T15:39:00.000-04:002008-06-01T15:39:00.000-04:00I'm with you, or with the basic intent of whoever ...I'm with you, or with the basic intent of whoever wrote this post. I also look on the bottom of everything I buy and if it says China, I won't buy it.<BR/><BR/>To buy it buys into human slavery, suppression of Tibet, organ harvesting, murder of schoolchildren throughout China through shoddy building practices, and evil itself.<BR/><BR/>I'd prefer to pay a little more for a product that didn't dehumanize its maker.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for this post.Kirby Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-48991433002679748432008-06-01T13:55:00.000-04:002008-06-01T13:55:00.000-04:00My goodness. Sounds like Reagan telling us to buy ...My goodness. Sounds like Reagan telling us to buy American in the 80's.<BR/><BR/>We should have learned with the lead paint on toys or the antifreeze in the toothpaste.<BR/><BR/>I wish we could blame all the trade imbalance on Bush but we can't. NAFTA has assured that if we do not buy China we then end up buying Mexico or some other country.<BR/><BR/>Ford just shafted US workers by planning their fuel eficient line of cars to be made just outside Mexico City.<BR/><BR/>The multi national owners of corporate America are removing job after job while eliminating our ability to produce goods.<BR/><BR/>Soon there will not be a dairy if any for 100 miles. Produce will be shipped from Asia or Latin America (until African countries can stabilize). Plastic containers will replace cans because they have a shorter shelf life.<BR/><BR/>I thought France was mad at us for not winning back Indo China for them. The money they lost in Iraq because of the invasion has them and the EU bankers out to ruin us.<BR/><BR/>Boycott all imports in order to keep your job, your neighbor's job and the jobs of all non-importing services.<BR/><BR/>Buy USAAnother Lallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08022787150279668398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-75380229557516248642008-06-01T12:53:00.000-04:002008-06-01T12:53:00.000-04:00My husband & I found your blog after a connect-the...My husband & I found your blog after a connect-the-dots search. He read your name in the NY Times when you attended the post opening of celebration with Karen Allen after the new Raiders film. And he recognized your name... we attend UI from '67 to '74 where he got his PhD in Sociology. So, now you're on our Google Reader. Love your posts, and especially this one. I'll be passing this along. <BR/>Thanks and keep at it! <BR/>Dan & BarbCottage Dweller - Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15953139461921179808noreply@blogger.com