China Threatens To Trigger Us Dollar Crash

[jficquette]

Quote from AAAintheBeltway:

I say listen to Hillary. When it comes to getting money from the Chinese communists, no one in our government has the Clinton's wealth of experience.

LOL!! Fuck China. Let them sell their cheap ass shit to someone else.

If not for use they would all be in working in rice paddies.

John

 

[jficquette]

Quote from Comanche:

PHUK CHINA!

We should boycott all things China and set-up factories in Mexico to keep the illegals over there, give them jobs and buy their goods! Let the commies go back to the farm.

Good idea only problem is Mexico is about as corrupt as a country can get. Only about 20 families own most of the land down there and it is very difficult to get anything done without bribery.

John

 

[jficquette]

Quote from moo:

Ah, you guys are just so unbelievably stupid.

Sorry, Americans. You have lost. Up to your eyeballs in debt, while China has all the money. Perhaps you should try a default. Then enjoy the status of a third world country.

LOL, Europe has more public debt as a % of GNP then the US and run bigger deficits as a % of GNP then the US.

Europe is fucked big time and they have no one to turn too to bail them out.

John

 

[eusdaiki]

Quote from Darkside:

Quote from AK100:

Yep, you're so right there. And most of its citizens so easily swayed and influenced by the flag waving propaganda - a la the Soviet Union. [/QUOTEPeople like you make fun of people who still believe in this country, but the funny thing is that you have no clue what position you would be in if it weren't for the young men and women that are okay with sacrificing their lives to protect these freedoms you are so quick to take for granted.

Problem with your argument. They're not protecting anyone's freedom, they're protecting profits for oil corporations.

 

[Lights]

More like Steel.

Chinese inventions include:

iron plows, cast iron, harness for horses, stirrup, paper, printing block, moveable type, porcelain, ship rudder, the compass, crossbow, gunpowder, guns, paper currency, belt drive, cannon, blast furnace, chain drive, tofu, crank, gunpowder, rockets, rotary fan, silk, chariots, toilet paper (westerners used hands), vaccination, flamethrower, chain pump, grenades, odometer, parachutes, pontoon bridge, postal system, scissors, steel, suspension bridge, tea, umbrella, the shower, bathtub, wheelbarrow, windmill power, eyeglasses, etc etc...

Quote from Ivanovich:

Wheel, deal and most importantly, steal.

 

[jficquette]

Quote from MajorUrsa:

That would be very unwise. The chinese have been traders and producers for 4000 years, long before we 'westerners' started putting shoes on our muddy feet. They were the traders of their time, until they were 'discovered' by the west, after which they formed unilateral monopolized trade associatiosn with the Dutch and the British.
The chinese understand hardcore capitalism better than most yanks do, maybe that is why the became communist 100 years ago. Anyway, that era is almost over now and they will become again what they once were: a very hardworking. sober and inventive nation that knows how to wheel and deal for the best result.

Just go there and feel the energy. It is lean and mean, eager and ambitious. Totally different from the fat and lazy. self-obsessed and overconsuming atmosphere I see in the US.

I know where I would bet.

Ursa..

Give some examples of what they produced, other then dead bodies under Mao?? Better yet, give us some examples of what the produced before the US opened up trade with them.

John

 

[krazykarl]

Quote from Lights:

More like Steel.

Chinese inventions include:

iron plows, cast iron, harness for horses, stirrup, paper, printing block, moveable type, porcelain, ship rudder, the compass, crossbow, gunpowder, guns, paper currency, belt drive, cannon, blast furnace, chain drive, tofu, crank, gunpowder, rockets, rotary fan, silk, chariots, toilet paper (westerners used hands), vaccination, flamethrower, chain pump, grenades, odometer, parachutes, pontoon bridge, postal system, scissors, steel, suspension bridge, tea, umbrella, the shower, bathtub, wheelbarrow, windmill power, eyeglasses, etc etc...

The Chinese invented Tea? Mother-nature might have something to say about that. I have a feeling native-Americans would as well.

They can keep the tofu....

 

[Lights]

more chinese inventions.

matches, rotary winnowing, blaise pascal (wasn't invented by pascal), emroidery, row cultivation, double acting piston bellows, carden suspension, deep drilling for natural gas, segmental arch bridge, lacquer, plastic, sliding calipers, wallpaper, origami, brandy, whiskey, mechanical clock, playing cards, accupuncutre, multiple masts, helicoptor rotor, paddle wheel boat, the canal pound lock, "pasta" etc.. etc..

 

[Lights]

tea leaves are not usable unless put through an intensive mashing and drying procedure.

Quote from jficquette:

Give some examples of what they produced, other then dead bodies under Mao?? Better yet, give us some examples of what the produced before the US opened up trade with them.

John

 

[krazykarl]

Quote from Lights:

tea leaves are not usable unless put through an intensive mashing and drying procedure.

from about.com:

"Green Tea

* Pluck the very youngest leaves and leaf buds.
* Blot the leaves dry, and let dry in the shade for a few hours.
* Steam the leaves (like you would vegetables) on your stove for about a minute.
* For a different flavour, try roasting them in a skillet for 2 minutes instead of steaming.
* Spread the leaves on a baking sheet and dry in the oven at 250F for 20 minutes.
* Store the dried tea leaves in an air-tight container"

Wow. Intense.