[AsburyPark] Re: Sweatshops

2007-12-22 Thread rook782
Mr. Keady I think your on Mr. Vail(ed)'s hailing frequency. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Paul Vail [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The retailers are correct. The Asian ecomies are the fastest growing in the world because of America's appetite for inexpensive Asian made products. True

[AsburyPark] Re: Sweatshops

2007-12-21 Thread oakdorf
paul, you're taking the retailers response that they are doing good for those countries. While that may be true the fact is they do work extended hours and is near forced labor in many cases. There are plenty of guys that travel the world seeking the cheapest sources. Many of them are here in

[AsburyPark] Re: Sweatshops

2007-12-21 Thread Paul Vail
The retailers are correct. The Asian ecomies are the fastest growing in the world because of America's appetite for inexpensive Asian made products. True slave labor exists in countries like Burma and North Korea, not in free Asia. This is where the gutsy human rights activists focus their

[AsburyPark] Re: Sweatshops

2007-12-21 Thread oakdorf
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Paul Vail [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I hope the real estate market picks up soon. This blogging is getting addictive. Is there a support group for this, I wonder? For $89.95 a month, email me all you want. I send you back an automated response or send

[AsburyPark] Re: Sweatshops

2007-12-21 Thread oakdorf
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dfsavgny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I got home at 1 AM last night from work. 11 pm the last few. And I was forced too - money. I used to do it as well. Merrill would buy us rolling Rock and Pizza for those late night Harvard Graphics presentations due the

[AsburyPark] Re: Sweatshops

2007-12-21 Thread Paul Vail
I hope the real estate market picks up soon. This blogging is getting addictive. Is there a support group for this, I wonder? -- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Paul Vail [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The retailers are correct. The Asian ecomies are the fastest growing in the world because of

[AsburyPark] Re: Sweatshops

2007-12-21 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, oakdorf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While that may be true the fact is they do work extended hours and is near forced labor in many cases. I got home at 1 AM last night from work. 11 pm the last few. And I was forced too - money. Yahoo! Groups Links * To

[AsburyPark] Re: Sweatshops

2007-12-21 Thread Jack Pitzer
Paul, It's nice to hear an opinion from somebody who has first hand experience on this topic. Your thought about America's appetite really strikes a chord. Inexpensive. Replaceable. Here in America, we used to build things that were made to last. Now we live in a world where most of technology

[AsburyPark] Re: Sweatshops

2007-12-21 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, oakdorf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For $89.95 a month, email me all you want. I send you back an automated response or send you a text or call your house or send you regular junk mail reminding you not to send me any emails or respond to a blog. Check or

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Sweatshops

2007-12-21 Thread MarioAPNJ
In a message dated 12/21/2007 3:37:45 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Reminds me of a Goodfellas story someone close to me told me years ago. Back in the 1960's they were in the Copa seeing Jimmy Roselli perform and were by the telephones accompanying a big mafioso.