You know what else is funny? Or maybe ironic, I don't know. I was listening to the NPR reports from the Chinese earthquake area, they were talking to someone who was buying a tent. Tents are in real short supply in China so they say. Anyway, this person paid the equivalent of $130 for a tent in some fancy shop (apparently they don't have a big market for tents, so not many shops sell them). In Sunday's flyer in the paper, the local sporting goods shop had a whole load of tents, some huge ones, for way less than $100. All these were shipped around the planet from China, wholesale price probably half that or less. At the dock in China maybe 40% of that. And the Chinese can't find enough cheap tents to put their people in. Maybe I should buy a load and send them back?
--R Alex Chamberlain wrote: > On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 10:04 AM, Gary Hurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> the streets of shanghai are crowded with gas guzzling luxury iron while we >> go back to riding bicycles. >> >> now that is irony, no? >> >> > > Rarely mentioned in the news stories of China's supposed economic > miracle is the fact that those luxury cars and the gas to run them > were bought with the blood of a huge underclass with a near-zero > literacy rate and a life expectancy of 40. You can accomplish > anything if you have a big enough supply of expendable slave labor > (look at the Egyptian pyramids). But their economic situation is just > as unsustainable as ours. Just wait and the house of cards will come > crashing down for them too. That's the real irony---they are just as > screwed as we are. > > Alex > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > 0000 > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
