Chinese Capitalism

[pam]

 Here's a radical idea....... don't buy the stuff, it won't be imported if it won't sell....put a lid on oil futures speculation.......why should the head of an oil company make between 15 to 21,000,000 dollars a year salary plus millions in unvested performance stock and still say they are strapped, give me a break. It's all a game........and the game pieces are you and me and our families.
If somebody was really interested in a viable alternative energy they would just do it whether it was gonna make them rich or not. Ethanol is NOT the wonder answer to all our problems, neither is Bushs pet switchgrass project.
It's time for the people to start usin their power which constitutes their money to get things back on the right track. The top guys ain't gonna do squat, y'know why? Cause they are gettin richer than God off this mess that's why. If you can't buy American, buy it at a garage sale, at least your money is makin a statement even if the original person didn't. So what if it's a gas hog, if it was built in detroit of american parts buy it.So what if it costs more, save till you can by it if it says made in america.
That's the only thing that's gonna clean up this mess, not a bunch of settin on capitol hill blah blah blahin till it's too late and there isn't anything left to save.

[Mom70x7]

and gas at P&J's went to $4.14.9 today. 

[W. Gray]

The last episode was called "It's the Economy, Stupid."

The Chinese are building the largest bridge in the world at a cost of $500m. The most expensive labor employed is $11 per hour.

As Ted Koppel says, "When labor is cheap, growth can be breathtaking."

Three hundred million people in China were brought out of poverty in less than one generation. That is more people than are in the U.S.

The price of gasoline is subsidized by the Chinese government. The price per gallon was not mentioned.

Nevertheless, the program mainly centered on the downside of China's buildup--pollution and corruption.

Seventy-five percent of China's energy comes from coal.

China has the worst mining safety record in the world.

One-hundred times as many workers were killed in mines as were killed in U.S. mines for most recent year recorded--4,700 vs 47.

Twenty-four thousand corrupt government officials were put behind bars in 2006.

China punishes government officials for corruption but does not bring charges against capitalist company officials who generate the bribes.

Chinese government believes it is the capitalist system, which is bringing prosperity to the country and will not bother these folks on that basis, alone.

[flo]

and gas at P&J's went to $4.14.9 today. 

they done that Thursday nite about 10:30 as we were coming back into town.  Today Tripco was $3.99