I'll second that

Post #264,084 by imqwerky 8/7/06 1:24:32 PM Reply	I'll second that Our foreign trade deficit is the highest it's ever been. Who is responsible for that? Smile, Amy [link\|http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?Amy%20Rathman\|Pics of the Family]
Post #264,088 by bepatient 8/7/06 1:49:37 PM Reply	You are. Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}
Post #264,095 by imqwerky 8/7/06 2:03:28 PM Reply	I beg to differ. I'm not out there buying up all the imported items I can lay my hands on. I make an effort to buy American made goods. Besides, smart-aleck, there is such a thing as foreign-trade policy and it comes from the top. :-P Smile, Amy [link\|http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?Amy%20Rathman\|Pics of the Family]
Post #264,102 by bepatient 8/7/06 3:09:39 PM Reply	Beg all you like Its simply not possible, no matter what the "trade policy" du jour is. As Greg pointed out, there simply isn't enough "American Made" to make a difference. Especially when you add energy into the trade imbalance. And a crap trade balance is also one of those "not so current" items. You can certainly say this admin isn't doing what they can...but you just as certainly can't blame them for it. Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}
Post #264,122 by imqwerky 8/7/06 5:19:07 PM Reply	No, I won't You can certainly say this admin isn't doing what they can...but you just as certainly can't blame them for it. Yes, I can. Smile, Amy [link\|http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?Amy%20Rathman\|Pics of the Family]
Post #264,126 by bepatient 8/7/06 5:28:14 PM Reply	You may want to look at some economic history then. But...nice thing is its a free country. You can do anything you like, providing it be legal, no matter how misguided it may be ;-p Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}
Post #264,097 by folkert 8/7/06 2:31:23 PM Reply	And so are you. There really isn't ANYTHING "American Made" anymore. Sure, Assembled in America, "manufactured in America" with Foreign Parts. It is a shame. "Made in America" only applies to babies (but not all the times) -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* Freedom is not FREE. Yeah, but 10s of Trillions of US Dollars? SELECT * FROM scog WHERE ethics > 0; 0 rows returned.
Post #264,098 by Another Scott 8/7/06 2:42:34 PM Reply	:-) [link\|http://travel.discovery.com/fansites/jrmia/goods/season3.html\|Made in America]. ;-p It's a decent show. I've seen the [link\|http://travel.discovery.com/fansites/jrmia/goods/stickley.html\|Stickley Furniture] and [link\|http://travel.discovery.com/fansites/jrmia/goods/sheltons.html\|Shelton's Better Packages] episodes. Cheers, Scott.
Post #264,099 by bepatient 8/7/06 2:44:17 PM Reply	Which goes to the point I made to Drew Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}
Post #264,110 by tonytib 8/7/06 4:00:50 PM Reply	"All-American" content is not smart I want to make a good machine. I'm not going to compromise the machine design just to make it "All American". If an American company makes a quality product that fits my requirements, then there's a good chance I'll use it. And, unlike most of you, I am involved with selecting components. Most of our parts are from the US, Japan, and Germany, with some stuff from Italy, France, Switzerland, Taiwan, and, yes, China. For example, for our needs, Panasonic's micro PLC's fit our needs (and budget) much better than anything from Allen Bradley. We use sensors from Italy that have no equivalent anywhere else in the world. And so on. BTW, most of the world is similar, e.g. few things "Made in China" are 100% made from Chinese components. In disk drives, for example, Hutchinson (USA) makes about 70% of the suspensions (and they are made in the US) while a Japanese makes most of the spindle motors. So a disk drive may be assembled in China or Singapore, but its parts come from all over the world, including the US. --Tony
Post #264,111 by bepatient 8/7/06 4:04:03 PM Reply	Actually, iirc Hutchinson is owned by the French. :-) Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}
Post #264,112 by tonytib 8/7/06 4:18:34 PM Reply	No, public company on the NASDAQ [link\|http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=HTCH&script=2100\|http://www.corporate...=HTCH&script=2100]
Post #264,113 by bepatient 8/7/06 4:33:43 PM Reply	ok. thought it was [link\|http://www.hutchinsonrubber.com/gb/index/index.asp\|these guys] Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}

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