Get your head back on Al - I know about the Japanese war crimes. The book I was referring to was written by a Japanese clown. The point is that management miracles are based on rot..
On 9 Nov, 19:07, Allan H <[email protected]> wrote: > Neil I had two uncles in ww II One in the European theater the other > was in pacific theater and was captured even before the war started in > my memory is right he survived 2 death ship and four death marches > that is talking five years of imprisonment into account loss of close > to 70 kilos.. you need to get your facts straight as to strategies of > both wars.. and if Germany was acting like J ,, Berlin would have > been Nuclear ashes also.. > > Yes the US has serious fiscal problems.. thanks to some > irresponsible politicians starting with the Reagan administration .. > hopefully they will get something done . and stop sticking one thumb > in their mouth and the other in their ass then rotating. > > As for what happens iihope for the best but in reality we will see.. > Allan > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 6:23 PM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > >http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/us-debt-problems-threaten-t... > > > The Germans are considering the USA as a potential Greece. > > > I'm remembering attitudes towards Japan in the 1980s. There was a > > dreadful book called 'The Japan That Can Say No' which summaries thus: > > > + Japan must use its technological superiority as a negotiating > > weapon, and it should > > even threaten to trade secrets with the Soviet Union as a bargaining > > tool against the US and refuse to sell components that go into US > > missiles. > > + The quality of American goods is low because the level of the > > workers is low, while the superior education of Japanese workers is a > > big advantage. > > + The Japanese character is innately superior to the character of > > Americans. > > + Americans believe that the Caucasian race is superior since the > > modern era is dominated by the western world, and this prejudice will > > hurt them in the end. > > + Former American colonies are rife with problems, while former > > Japanese colonies are thriving. > > > + America's dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan and not Germany in > > World War II arose from racism because Germans are white people and > > Japanese are not. (Though at the time of the German defeat in April > > 1945, the atomic bomb was as yet incomplete and untested until July > > 16, 1945, so that may have been a factor) > > + The trade surplus with the U.S. is caused by the lack of desirable > > products made in the U.S. > > > I read it on a plane out there on a journey to discover their > > shipbuilding secrets. I met a lovely bloke out there who told me the > > idea of copying Japanese management secrets filled him with dread. > > The only secret was they were rotten, sexist and callous. Japan fell > > off its fiscal cliff when I left (1980s). Almost sadly, this wasn't > > because of anything I left behind. The 'brilliant' Japanese > > management techniques were taught by lazy lecturers for the next 20 > > years. > > > The coming fiscal cliff in the US isn't like Greece in that USD can be > > printed at will. Der Spiegel says this: > > > The US has more in common with heavily indebted southern European > > countries than it might like to admit. And if the country doesn't > > reach agreement on deficit reduction measures soon, the similarities > > could become impossible to ignore. The fiscal cliff looms in the near > > future, and its not just the US that is under threat. > > > The US has finally voted and the dark visions of America's future > > broadcast on television screens across the country -- and most > > intensively in battleground states -- have come to an end. Supporters > > of both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney had developed doomsday scenarios > > for what would happen if their candidate's opponent were to win. Four > > more years of Obama, the ads warned, would result in pure socialism. A > > Romney presidency would see the middle and lower classes brutally > > exploited. > > > But following Obama's re-election, Americans are now facing a > > different, much more real horror scenario: In just a few weeks time, > > thousands of children could be denied vaccinations, federally funded > > school programs could screech to a halt, adults may be forced to > > forego HIV tests and subsidized housing vouchers would dry up. Even > > the work of air-traffic controllers, the FBI, border officials and the > > military could be drastically curtailed. > > > That and more is looming just over the horizon according to the White > > House if the country is allowed to plunge off the "fiscal cliff" at > > the beginning of next year. Coined by Federal Reserve head Ben > > Bernanke, it refers to the vast array of cuts and tax increases which > > will automatically go into effect if Republicans and Democrats can't > > agree on measures to slash the US budget deficit. > > > The answer is to abolish debt instead and start again with new world- > > wide agreements on workers' rights that abolishes races to the > > bottom. This isn't much in comparison with losing wars and having to > > rise from real ashes as Germany and Japan did. > > > -- > > -- > ( > ) > |_D Allan > > Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living. > > I am a Natural Airgunner - > > Full of Hot Air & Ready To Expel It Quickly. --
