Iron Head,
Obviously you see China as the enemy… and you are making the classic mistake that will ultimately cause you to lose any battle or war with that enemy. You are severely underestimating your opponent!!
- - …nothing in my house or on my body is MADE IN CHINA. - -
Really?? Ignorance is bliss my friend… ignorance is bliss. Where do you suppose the keyboard you typed that on came from… or for that matter any part of your computer?? Cell Phone?? The control board in your furnace, or the wall thermostat it’s connected to?? The radio in your car?? TV, DVD player, cable box, satellite tuner, etc.?? Do you have kids, and do they have toys, especially toys with any sort of electronic stuff, even a flashing light?? Video games?? Microwave oven, toaster, blender, calculator, etc., etc., etc.?? The list goes on-and-on.
- - Chinese don't invent, they steal and they replicate. - -
Some Chinese companies “steal and they replicate”, just as some American companies do, but over 80% of Chinese exports are “brand name” products. And as far as inventions… historically the Chinese have invented more things to “advance” the world than any other country. The list is so long I couldn’t begin to name them all… heck, the rocket that put man on the moon was invent by the Chinese, as was the fork, paper and printing, the plow, both the belt and chain drive systems, the sail and rudder, the fishing reel, cast iron, gunpowder and gun, the cross bow, the knife, the compass and even toilet paper! Near all of our modern military weaponry is derived from Chinese inventions, as is much of our medical practices. Just during the last couple decades Chinese scientists have develop new weapons systems and have had groundbreaking breakthroughs in technology, much of it medically related.
- - Chinese don't manufacture for quality, they manufacture for quantity. - -
As stated above, most of Chinese exports are “brand name” items and are of very high quality.
- - Chinese is bad for America… - -
China ain’t bad for America… America is bad for America currently. The Chinese are only taking advantage of what we hand them, nothing more. It’s ignorant and narrow-minded to blame the Chinese for something of our own making. Like everything else now-a-days we refuse to take responsibility… ”it’s always someone else’s fault!” Until we are willing to once again take personal and national responsibility, America will continue to be bad for America! Placing the blame elsewhere will only send us deeper in the soup.
You really do need to stop drinkin' the kool-aid.
