Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.heimat.gr.jp!taurus!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.cwix.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!pd7cy2so!shaw.ca!pd7tw3no.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail X-Trace-PostClient-IP: 24.85.51.196 From: micheil@shaw.ca (Michilín) Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan,soc.culture.scottish,fj.life.in-japan,soc.culture.irish,soc.culture.korean Subject: Re: Promote Peace: Boycott USA goods Message-ID: <41a6a307.21863808@news> References: <52d3f97e.0411212013.7111438b@posting.google.com> <8g3cq0tpbp3sfi3iackt4pophbmhpa6ua7@4ax.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.11/32.235 Lines: 50 Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 03:30:52 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 64.59.144.74 X-Complaints-To: abuse@shaw.ca X-Trace: pd7tw3no 1101439852 64.59.144.74 (Thu, 25 Nov 2004 20:30:52 MST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 20:30:52 MST Organization: Shaw Residential Internet Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:22510 On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 08:46:35 +1300, "Adam Whyte-Settlar" wrote: > >"MacHamish" wrote in message >news:8g3cq0tpbp3sfi3iackt4pophbmhpa6ua7@4ax.com... >> On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 16:36:04 GMT, Vernon North wrote: >> >. >> >> Lets hope for American's sakes that the central Asian banks continue to >> >> bankroll the US . > >> >Meanwhile US (and other) consumers are busily financing China's future >> >as a superpower. Not too smart. >> >> On the contrary, it's very smart. We're showing them the way . > >LOL! >I don't think the US is 'showing' them anything along those lines these >days. >What on earth could they possibly learn from you?! >The Chinese government just two days ago publicly criticised the >irresponsibility of the US economic policies whilst their own economy has >been expanding at about 9% a year for a decade now. >This action is almost unprecedented (according to NZ radio) and reflects the >International community's growing alarm at the mismanagement of the the US >economy. > >We're >> also opening up an enormous new market for our own products and services. > >You wish. You obviously don't understand the Chinese. >Not that I do either, but I know enough to realise that you have in fact >opened up an enormous market for their products whilst they are not buying >very much at all from you and are unlikely to do so in the near future. > >> The decline of the US dollar is a necessary precursor to making our >products >> more competitively priced in the global economy, including China. > >Double edged sword. > >A W-S > And total bullshit as well. The US dollar is declining because of financial mismanagement, not because clever George Wanker Bush is planning to sell low-cost iPods to the slanty-eyed Chinee. Michilín