RE: [Biofuel] Made in China? - Sweat.

2005-01-05 Thread Peggy
Hello Peter, Yes, I too am inclined to do what I can to forward those who show an earnest desire to move forward in my physical location. Fortunately, my world view has the benefit of other juxtaposition-ing. Flying with eagles and crawling with lizards with all the in-betweens allows more

RE: [Biofuel] Made in China? - Sweat.

2005-01-04 Thread Guag Meister
Hi Peggy ; I couldn't agree with you more. I tracked down some hand powered bicycle carts I gave to some handicapped people in Cambodia, and one guy with one arm was using it to bring goods across the border for about $2 per day. Imagine 1 arm powering this arm powered bicycle cart. He was

RE: [Biofuel] Made in China?

2005-01-03 Thread Peggy
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Guag Meister Many times what people want and what is are not the same. Absolutely right, the consumer gets what they demand. The consumer gets what the consumer demands. Sorry out there but my feeling is the average consumer is

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China? - Final Thoughts (long), Happy New Year, Over and Out.

2005-01-01 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Keith ; --- Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Peter, you've misunderstood me. I didn't say and didn't mean that you were angry. Ok Keith, never mind this very minor thing. No problem at all. Dealing with the forces that interfere with and manipulate human nature for their own

Re: Re[2]: [Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-31 Thread Guag Meister
Hi Gustl ; It is my sincere hope that given the internet and the possibility of communicating with others in other countries that we come to realize that people in general all want the same thing for themselves which is peace and enough. Enough food, shelter, work, friendship,

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-31 Thread Guag Meister
Hi Walt ; Within living memory, China has taken economic steps which resulted in the deaths of millions of their own citizens; I therefore conclude that they wouldn't blush at taking steps which diminished the quality of life for Americans or Japanese. Quite true. I am not a

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-31 Thread Hakan Falk
Walt, Do not worry, I do not think that China (or any other country) see US as a major source of food for humans. It is almost unconceivable that they would go to such efforts to secure corn supply for their own poultry production. LOL Hakan At 07:40 PM 12/30/2004, you wrote: At 09:23 AM

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-31 Thread Walt Patrick
Do not worry, I do not think that China (or any other country) see US as a major source of food for humans. It is almost unconceivable that they would go to such efforts to secure corn supply for their own poultry production. LOL I live in an agricultural county in the Pacific

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-31 Thread Hakan Falk
Peter, You live closer to it, but I have large difficulties to see that China was behind the Cambodian Pol Pot philosophies. It was in its essence an onslaught on education and knowledge, something that is very difficult to identify with the policies of China. China have during the last 50

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China? - Cambodia.

2004-12-31 Thread Guag Meister
Hi Hakan ; I admit that I don't really know the whole story, so anyone please feel free to correct me. I have many Khmer friends, and I discuss this with them often. From what I understand there were weekly flights to Beijing for supplies and military strategists. However (CS), this was only

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-31 Thread csc-propulsion
: Friday, December 31, 2004 9:43 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Made in China? At 05:16 PM 12/30/2004, Hakan wrote: Do not worry, I do not think that China (or any other country) see US as a major source of food for humans. It is almost unconceivable that they would go to such efforts to secure

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China? - Cambodia.

2004-12-31 Thread Keith Addison
Sideshow - Nixon, Kissinger and the Secret Bombing of Cambodia, by William Shawcross, is an excellent source. In Sideshow, journalist Shawcross presents the first full-scale investigation of the secret and illegal war the United States fought with Cambodia from 1969 to 1973, paving the way

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China? - Cambodia.

2004-12-31 Thread Hakan Falk
Peter, It is no doubt that Pol Pot was supported by the Chinese, but you said in your original email that China was behind the Pol Pot experiment and that it was some sort of experiment on their behalf. In this sense I have my doubts on that the equal sign is a valid one. Therefore I also have

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China? - Cambodia.

2004-12-31 Thread Guag Meister
Hi Hakan ; --- Hakan Falk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I belive that Pol Pot was a Cambodian home cooked lunatic, that for global and regional reasons had the Chinese support. Yes you may very well be right. Best Regards, Peter G. Thailand

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China? - Final Thoughts (long), Happy New Year, Over and Out.

2004-12-31 Thread Guag Meister
Hello Keith and All ; Keith wrote : You really should check this out, IMHO, there's no need to be so pessimistic, and I don't think it's your nature. I wouldn't say I was pessimistic, but I agree it may appear that way. I've been there, I was angry for years, angry about all the callous

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China? - Final Thoughts (long), Happy New Year, Over and Out.

2004-12-31 Thread Guag Meister
Hi All ; Opps. Sorry if I forgot anybody (Walt). Happy New Year to you all!! Peter G. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China? - Final Thoughts (long), Happy New Year, Over and Out.

2004-12-31 Thread Keith Addison
were angry. I was angry, I said you were pessimistic, and that indeed you have been, or sadly frustrated, if you prefer. Check the quotes I included. You despair of human goodwill and of the human capacity to learn much-needed lessons, yet in another post you include in this the critical

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China? - Cambodia.

2004-12-31 Thread csc-propulsion
Saddam was lunatic so he moved in. CS - Original Message - From: Guag Meister [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 11:11 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Made in China? - Cambodia. Hi Hakan ; I admit that I don't really know the whole story, so

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China? - Final Thoughts (long), Happy New Year, Over and Out.

2004-12-31 Thread Guag Meister
Hi Keith ; --- Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Peter, you've misunderstood me. I didn't say and didn't mean that you were angry. Ok Keith, never mind this very minor thing. No problem at all. Dealing with the forces that interfere with and manipulate human nature for their own

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-31 Thread Anti-Fossil
* - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 9:40 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Made in China? Mike, Out of curiosity, do you have a reference for the Mark Twain quote that you use in your signature? The current Reader's Digest attributes

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-30 Thread Walt Patrick
Can someone please explain why it is that approx. 70 to 80% (I think I am being a little too conservative with these percentages) of the items for sale, at any given department store in America today, are made in China? This question has bothered me for years. There are those who

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-30 Thread Guag Meister
Hi Walt ; Yes the potential for China to cause serious disruption to the US economy is scary and increasing. Lest anyone think that China is a 'friend of the US, look at how China handled the US spyplane accident and emergency landing in April 2001.Consider how differently it would have

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-30 Thread Hakan Falk
Walt, It seems that China learned fast, from a game that US used to be quite good at and still is. You only have to look at the post WWII economic and corporate policies by US, which was based on utilizing a firm US control of global oil resources. Things are changing and US have not yet

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-30 Thread Hakan Falk
Peter, I think that China handled themselves on this occasion. After all, US was spying on them and it is other occasions. When US used commercial aircraft against Russia, when they disappeared with passengers and all. Do not forget that China also lost a plane and pilot, when they tried to

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-30 Thread csc-propulsion
- From: Walt Patrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 2:29 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Made in China? At 08:58 AM 12/29/2004, you wrote: Can someone please explain why it is that approx. 70 to 80% (I think I am being a little too conservative

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-30 Thread csc-propulsion
. - Original Message - From: Guag Meister [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 9:51 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Made in China? Hi Walt ; Yes the potential for China to cause serious disruption to the US economy is scary

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-30 Thread Guag Meister
Hi Hakan ; I think you have attached hidden meaning and you have mis-understood my message, thereby diluting it and causing mis-direction. I hate what the US is doing around the world as much as anybody (is that a hate crime?). I watch the mind-numbing apathy of the average American, even

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-30 Thread Guag Meister
Hi CS ; How many pair of shoes must China sell to USA in exchange for a Boeing 747? Yes, but it is all part of the plan. Most Chinese contracts come with strings that stipulate that parts of the plane must be built in China and generally the plane must be assembled in China. So Boeing

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-30 Thread Guag Meister
PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 9:51 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Made in China? Hi Walt ; Yes the potential for China to cause serious disruption to the US economy is scary and increasing. Lest anyone think that China is a 'friend of the US

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-30 Thread Keith Addison
snip The flood of cheap goods from China accomplishes two things. It causes a balance otf trade deficit (China gets more dollars), and destroys US domestic production capacity. When the flood of cheap goods stops (which it will eventually), a lot of people will be without because domestic

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-30 Thread Keith Addison
: [Biofuel] Made in China? Hi Walt ; Yes the potential for China to cause serious disruption to the US economy is scary and increasing. Lest anyone think that China is a 'friend of the US, look at how China handled the US spyplane accident and emergency landing

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-30 Thread csc-propulsion
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Made in China? Hi CS ; How many pair of shoes must China sell to USA in exchange for a Boeing 747? Yes, but it is all part of the plan. Most Chinese contracts come with strings that stipulate that parts of the plane must be built in China

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-30 Thread Walt Patrick
Most Americans like Walt Patrick are victims of USA media reporting, which unfortunately twist their facts depending on which lobby pays them in Washington. Here's an example of the twisty reporting that raises concerns. http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=26539

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-30 Thread Walt Patrick
Japan murdered millions of innocent people in the 2nd World War, more than the Nazis, yet they have more nuclear power stations (2nd to France) than USA. For them to convert to nuclear bombs and embarked on their military is like waiting for history to repeat itself. That's part of

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-30 Thread Keith Addison
Most Americans like Walt Patrick are victims of USA media reporting, which unfortunately twist their facts depending on which lobby pays them in Washington. Here's an example of the twisty reporting that raises concerns. http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=26539 WorldNet

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-30 Thread Phillip Wolfe
. - Original Message - From: Guag Meister [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 9:51 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Made in China? Hi Walt ; Yes the potential for China to cause serious disruption to the US

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-30 Thread csc-propulsion
] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 3:23 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Made in China? I have some Chinese buddy engineers born in the U.S. and I have some Chinese buddy engineers born in mainland China. I also have some UK buddy engineers born in the UK and others

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-30 Thread Guag Meister
Hi CS ; --- csc-propulsion [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Boeing does no such thing. MD did make some of the doors or some not important part in the host country. The avionics and the complete Boeing plane is made in USA. Do not make wild guesses. A quick google turned up :

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-30 Thread Guag Meister
Hi Phillip ; --- Phillip Wolfe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have some Chinese buddy engineers born in the U.S. and I have some Chinese buddy engineers born in mainland China. I also have some UK buddy engineers born in the UK and others born in the US; I have Nicaragua buddy engineers born

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China? - Nike.

2004-12-30 Thread Guag Meister
Hi CS ; --- csc-propulsion [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From the US$2.00 paid to the Chinese contract manufacturers, the Reebok or Nikes are retailed for more than US$100.00. Who kept the profit? Let's be realistic. For all these products sold at Walmart, who kept those profits? The

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-30 Thread csc-propulsion
Patrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 2:08 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Made in China? At 09:32 PM 12/29/2004, CS wrote: Japan murdered millions of innocent people in the 2nd World War, more than the Nazis, yet they have more nuclear power

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-30 Thread csc-propulsion
, December 30, 2004 2:01 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Made in China? At 07:25 PM 12/29/2004, CS Chua wrote: Most Americans like Walt Patrick are victims of USA media reporting, which unfortunately twist their facts depending on which lobby pays them in Washington. Here's

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-30 Thread Anti-Fossil
Message - From: csc-propulsion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 7:31 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Made in China? If you doesn't know the facts, then u should ask your Congressman why the Bush OK the takeover of Global Crossing by Singapore Telemedia

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-30 Thread btmd
] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 7:31 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Made in China? If you doesn't know the facts, then u should ask your Congressman why the Bush OK the takeover of Global Crossing by Singapore Telemedia? If you do not know Li Ka Shing, then u should ask

RE: Mark twain quote was [Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-30 Thread Tim Ferguson
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Made in China? Mike, Out of curiosity, do you have a reference for the Mark Twain quote that you use in your signature? The current Reader's Digest attributes it to Tom Clancy, and I thought that they needed to be corrected. Brian

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-30 Thread Hakan Falk
Peter, I did not meant to attach a hidden meaning, but I did try to add some clarifications to the spy plane incident. If that would have happened in Russia during the heights of the cold war, which it actually did, the US pilots would have been thrown in jail and used for large PR court cases,

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-30 Thread Hakan Falk
Walt, If one start to dump, the others will follow and it is not any real gains in it, as long as US can be regarded as a good security risk. The problem is more a question if the current US leadership does what they have to do and do not bring US to a situation were they will become a bad

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China? U.S, Mexico? Ireland? New Zealand? etc.

2004-12-30 Thread Phillip Wolfe
- From: csc-propulsion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 7:31 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Made in China? If you doesn't know the facts, then u should ask your Congressman why the Bush OK the takeover of Global Crossing by Singapore Telemedia

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-30 Thread robert luis rabello
That's part of what makes the half trillion dollars held in China's hands so problematic since Japan holds about the same amount of US paper. If China dumps the dollar, that move will likely crash the Japanese economy as well. In short, from the Chinese perspective, it's a

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-30 Thread Appal Energy
- From: robert luis rabello [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 12:23 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Made in China? Walt Patrick wrote: That's part of what makes the half trillion dollars held in China's hands so problematic since Japan holds about

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-30 Thread robert luis rabello
Robert, Demise would probably not be an adequate context. Subserviant, dependant or beholding might better fit. Todd Swearingen Is that not already the case? robert luis rabello The Edge of Justice Adventure for Your Mind

Re[2]: [Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-30 Thread Gustl Steiner-Zehender
Hallo Peter, Hakan, All, One thing I think everyone should understand is that all governments spy on one another. No one has clean hands in this area. The US spied on China? So what? China spies on us and everyone else just like everyone else. Espionage of one sort or another

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-30 Thread Keith Addison
washingtonpost.com Chinese Workers Pay for Wal-Mart's Low Prices Retailer Squeezes Its Asian Suppliers to Cut Costs By Peter S. Goodman and Philip P. Pan Washington Post Foreign Service Sunday, February 8, 2004; Page A01 - Many Japanese companies also do this in China (and elsewhere), it's

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-30 Thread Walt Patrick
Walt Patrick wrote: That's part of what makes the half trillion dollars held in China's hands so problematic since Japan holds about the same amount of US paper. If China dumps the dollar, that move will likely crash the Japanese economy as well. In short, from the Chinese

[Biofuel] Re: New Year Goals, Re[2]: [Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-30 Thread Keith Addison
What fine messages for the end of the year! And the beginning of the next one. Thankyou! I am far from perfect but would like to express to you again that together we can make change and I think that is probably why Journey to Forever website was formed (thank you Keith and Midori).

[Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-29 Thread Anti-Fossil
Can someone please explain why it is that approx. 70 to 80% (I think I am being a little too conservative with these percentages) of the items for sale, at any given department store in America today, are made in China? This question has bothered me for years. Is this simply a matter of

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-29 Thread Keith Addison
Can someone please explain why it is that approx. 70 to 80% (I think I am being a little too conservative with these percentages) of the items for sale, at any given department store in America today, are made in China? This question has bothered me for years. Is this simply a matter of

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-29 Thread Phillip Wolfe
Dear Anti-Fossil and Readers: The Wall Street Journal, Dec, 24 Issue and China Daily have have related articles. It is a very complex issue. Here is a summary: --Editor of Start Magazine tried buying only U.S. made goods for her Christmas and realized most items no longer manufactured in the

Re: [Biofuel] Made in China?

2004-12-29 Thread robert luis rabello
Can someone please explain why it is that approx. 70 to 80% (I think I am being a little too conservative with these percentages) of the items for sale, at any given department store in America today, are made in China? This question has bothered me for years. Is this simply a matter of