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I keep wondering if this plane incident just might be a ' Wag the Dog '. The Communist Chinese sacrificing a plane and pilot. The second Communist Chinese plane forcing our plane to land on the Communist Chinese island. With Bill Clinton no longer in office and Gore having lost the election, it was the only way they could get the technology. Now Bill can go to China and get the hostages released and become a hero. This will make President Bush and the Republicans look bad. Bill will finally have a legacy and the Communist Chinese will have set up the 2004 election to get Al and the rest of the DeMARXocrats back into control of government. Then the Communist Chinese would regain the unprecedented level of influence they had in the US during the Clinton administration.
Dustbunny
Are we Americans as dumb as we appear or is just that we do not think? While the Chinese held our plane and its crew hostage, (they are free now, thank the Lord) presumably to get more time to inspect the plane, the media wrangled its hands and criticized the Bush Administration for perceived errors.
Yet 70% of Americans believe that the trading privileges afforded to the Chinese should be suspended. Well, duh..why do you need the government to suspend trading privileges? DO IT YOURSELF!!
Simply look on the bottom of every product you buy, and if it says "Made in China" or "PRC" (and that now includes Hong Kong), simply choose another product or none at all. You will be amazed at how dependent you are on Chinese products, however you will be equally amazed at what you can do without.
Who needs plastic eggs to celebrate Easter? If you must have eggs, use real ones and benefit some American farmer.
Easter is just an example, the point is.. do not wait for the government to act. Just go ahead and assume control on your own. If 200 million Americans refuse to buy just $20 each of Chinese goods, that a billion dollar trade imbalance resolved in our favor...fast!! The downside?
Some American businesses will feel a temporary pinch from having foreign stockpiles of inventory.
The solution, lets give them fair warning. So, we will not implement this UNTIL May 1, and we will only continue it until June 1. That is only one month of trading losses, but it will hit the Chinese for 1/12 th of the total or 8% of their American exports.
Then they will at least have to ask themselves if the benefits of their arrogance and lawlessness were worth it.
Remember, May 1 to June 1. Send this to everybody you know. Show them we are Americans and NOBODY can take our people and hold them. Pass it on America!
Dad