I'm sure he knows about it, but how much would be the question. He keeps up with most of the pipelines being built to one degree or another and has somepart in the design of a lot of them, mostly overseas but some in the US. Works out of Alaska and did design work on the Alaskan pipeline back when it was being built.Thats were he got his start.
Gold = wealth = power. At one time all the powers mentioned (I forgot Spain) had the most gold in the world. Its all in the history books.
That is what I've been saying.
But as long as we buy from them more than we sell, and keep moving our manufacturing over there, they will keep gaining on us and have the potential to control us.
Take a look:
January shows ~19% from Canada.
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I see, well thanks for the info. I was just curious why I'd not heard about it before I traveled through that small town in Utah. Seems like it would have been a news story.
In which history book is there a cataloguing of the gold reserves of each of these civilizations, and what, exactly, do you believe that has to do with the Chinese economy?
So why are you on about it. You're going to die too, and if you spend all your time obsessing about it you're not going to have much of a life.
Look, the US can struggle to sell faucet washers against fourth-world economies that can make faucet washers that are as good as ours for a tenth the price, or we can just say to Hell with the faucet washer market and concentrate on things that are more profitable. Which makes more sense? And if the fourth world decides to cut off our supply of faucet washers how long do you think it takes to get a faucet washer production line going?
If you want a practical example of the above, look no farther than the General Electric Company.
The company has had a dramatic restructuring over the last 25 years, starting with J Welch and now J Immelt.
Gone are the low profit businesses, replaced by higher margin, hitech businesses.
Lew
Do they even use faucet washers anymore? Believe its ceramic ball joints now. I just had too.
" Frank" wrote in news:YdKdnZLtSLo4947VnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com:
I dunno, ask Lew. Seems we folk don't know. I'm a Friend-of-Bush-and-Cheney and don't make huge profits, but pay pretty large taxes. Had to send an additional check to the IRS for $2300 (total tax was $11430). I look upon this as a 9% rebate. Maybe I should move off shore.
Or you could look at the Motorola model which is to sell off profitable divisions in an attempt to keep the unprofitable divisions afloat. After their divestiture of the handset business, there won't be much left. The bone pickers have almost picked the carcase clean.
Dave Balderstone wrote in news:260420081523200975%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca:
Dave, Do Canadians have to jump the same hurdles as we do in the US? I understand controls and the need for them, but they can become unreasonable. Hank
FrozenNorth wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@frozennorth.to:
Senators Clinton and Obama only said they were going to renegotiate NAFTA. I know Senator Obama's people have reassured Canada that he was only fooling and I suspect Senator Clinton's people did the same.
What would you like to ask me?
Lew
Well, I just replaced several washers in various leaky faucets--was a lot easier and cheaper than unsoldering the faucets and replacing them with ceramic cartridge models.
At least where I live, they do.
Lew
Motorla has been an accident waiting to happen.
You could see the writing on the wall when the CEO @ Sun Micro left and took over Motorola.
His pockets are lined, the share holders are empty from both companies.
Lew
There are numerous books on the history of gold and the history of money. Visit any decent library and you'll find a couple of them.
Gold is actually a fascinating subject that goes back thousands of years. The first gold minted as coins go back to 560 BC in Lydia. In 58 BC, Julius Ceasar fought in Gaul and brought back enough gold to pay his soldiers and pay off all the debt of the Roman Empire. I don't know of a particular cataloguing of each countiries reserves, but it has provided wealth and power for a very long time. Don't take my work, look it up. The Chinese are slowly accumulating wealth, much coming from the US.
Obessing? I merely stated a fact. Call it a conversational thing but you prefer to escalate it to something it is not.
In theory you are right, but we are moving more and more to China without the replacement profitable items here yet. Perhaps you can move them along? We have to concentrate more on taking those skilled machinists and train them to become casino dealers. You probably saw the ad in The Courant for the Florida casino. Many openings.
"Edwin Pawlowski"
Actually, according to the "head hunters", there is a real shortage of "skilled trades" personal.
Tool & Die, Carpenters (not saw dust generators), electricians (not the strip and stuff bunch), plumbers/pipe fitters (more than don't eat the yellow snow), salesmen(not order takers), as well as others, are all positions that are in short supply.
Understand Jay Leno is funding some scholarships for automotive skilled trades positions.
Long on brawn, short on brain, just won't cut it anymore.
Lew
Looking at that web site:
Total imports in 2007: 3,656,170 From Persian Gulf countries: 774,799 which is about 21% From Canada: 680,533 which is about 19% From Mexico: 514,480 which is about 14% From other South American 658,011 which is about 18%
So, it is true that only 21% of US oil comes from Persian Gulf countries (which most people would associate as Middle-East countries) and 51% is coming from Canada, Mexico, and other South American countries.
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I think the words were more along the lines of "saying what was politically expedient to the sheep to whom they were trolling for votes". A little bit more diabolical than simply "only fooling".
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