The "C" in Celestron now stands for COMMUNIST!

On 19 Jun 2005 08:17:38 -0700, "RMOLLISE" wrote:



Roger Hamlett wrote:
Start by getting your data right.
Synta is a _Taiwanese_ company, not a Chinese company.

Now, now, don't go confusin' Rich with _facts_! :-)

Personally, I don't care much if they use Mainland
Chinese workers, but you can't possibly think that
your argument makes sense. Because a company ownership
is elsewhere doesn't make them "better" than a company
that happens to reside in the communist states IF both
are using the communist state's production apparatus.

RichA wrote:
On 19 Jun 2005 08:17:38 -0700, "RMOLLISE" wrote:



Roger Hamlett wrote:
Start by getting your data right.
Synta is a _Taiwanese_ company, not a Chinese company.

Now, now, don't go confusin' Rich with _facts_! :-)

Personally, I don't care much if they use Mainland
Chinese workers, but you can't possibly think that
your argument makes sense.

Hi:

Which argument, Rich? That Taiwan isn't "COMMUNIST"? Last time I
checked, it isn't. Kinda the opposite.

Does that mean I think moving all our manufacturing (and by "our" I
mean the U.S.; I don't know what the situation is in your country)
overseas, to China, Mainland or Taiwan, is a good thing? No, I do not.
Manufacturing is pretty much a dead horse here already; most of the
folks, old and young, who would formerly have been employed in
manufacturing are now in low-paying, low-benefit service jobs.

There is an upside, of course, for amateur astronomy: Synta, for
example, is producing telescopes and mounts of amazingly good quality
for the price, which makes it nice to be a beginner these days.
Beginner? Heck, I've got one of their (Synta's) AS GT mounts, and think
it's great.

What will be the final outcome of all this? Search me. It doesn't look
good, though. Not that what I think means pea-turkey--there's little
chance people are going to stop buying Wal-Mart or Synta.

Peace,
Rod Mollise
Author of:_Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope_
http://members.aol.com/RMOLLISE/index.html

Rich, there is no point in preaching to the American consumer. They
only care about price ... not quality, not pollution, not worker
rights, not human rights or the fact that giving away the industrial
base will eventually bite them in the ass.

Mean Mr Mustard wrote:
Rich, there is no point in preaching to the American consumer. They
only care about price ... not quality, not pollution, not worker
rights, not human rights or the fact that giving away the industrial
base will eventually bite them in the ass.

Heavy Sigh
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by being knocked upside the head with a baseball bat.

Shawn

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"Shawn" sdotcurry@bresnananotherdotnet wrote in message
...
Mean Mr Mustard wrote:
Rich, there is no point in preaching to the American consumer. They
only care about price ... not quality, not pollution, not worker
rights, not human rights or the fact that giving away the industrial
base will eventually bite them in the ass.

Heavy Sigh
An entire society that learns (9/11 excepted) important lessons in life
by being knocked upside the head with a baseball bat.

Shawn

On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 16:31:27 -0700, "Jan Owen"
wrote:

http://www.marke****ch.com/news/yhoo...o&dist=myyahoo

Kind of like Japan in the 1980s, buying up U.S. property.

Our American culture, IMHO is too Euro-centric. Most Americans cannot
differentiate between any Asian counry or culture. This is a good
example.

Do not get me wrong, I am as anti-communist as any sensible person.

But do not confuse Taiwan with the PRC. Taiwan is not a communist
country.

Reminds me of when I came back from a trip to Japan and my coworkers
asked me if I saw the Great Wall...sheesh.

Matthew Ota
California Buddahead

"Matthew Ota" wrote in message
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Our American culture, IMHO is too Euro-centric. Most Americans cannot
differentiate between any Asian counry or culture. This is a good
example.

Do not get me wrong, I am as anti-communist as any sensible person.

But do not confuse Taiwan with the PRC. Taiwan is not a communist
country.

*Reminds me of when I came back from a trip to Japan and my coworkers
asked me if I saw the Great Wall...sheesh.*

Matthew Ota
California Buddahead

*Umm..there really isn't any excuse for that. Like you said...sheesh.

If I ever had the way to vist Japan, I'd like to see the Neko temple and
bring back a JBT or two.


"Matthew Ota" wrote in message
oups.com...
Our American culture, IMHO is too Euro-centric. Most Americans cannot
differentiate between any Asian counry or culture. This is a good
example.

Do not get me wrong, I am as anti-communist as any sensible person.

But do not confuse Taiwan with the PRC. Taiwan is not a communist
country.

Reminds me of when I came back from a trip to Japan and my coworkers
asked me if I saw the Great Wall...sheesh.

Matthew Ota
California Buddahead

Kore-wa JBT?

Matthew Ota