Stupidity Abounds

From an email sent to me by Cat this morning.....her comments are in quotes.

 

"This is in the Cookeville paper's "letters to the editor".  I'd expect no less stupidity from people in Algood.  The paper itself should be reprimanded for even printing this insulting garbage."

 

We don't need Chinese businesses here

Made in China -- I'm sick of seeing that on about everything on any store shelves. How about stocking some made-in-U.S.A. merchandise?

China is a communist country trying to destroy us. They tried by poisoning everything from pet food to baby food, neither of which should be imported from any other country. We can make everything we need at home, but that wouldn't make the rich richer, would it? It's all about greed.

Gov. Phil Bredesen had to go to China to get his Christmas cards again last year, so he takes a bunch of cronies with him to cuddle up and "make nice" with people who were trying to kill us. And now he's wanting to bring Chinese business to Tennessee. His bud George Halford trotted along and can't brag enough about China -- how smart they are and just a bunch of brilliant things they're doing.

Why wouldn't they, Mr. Halford? We gave them technological help, among other things, such as outsourcing jobs of Americans. We helped Japan, too, and they thanked us by bombing Pearl Harbor.

Mr. Halford said (quote H-C) there are 160 Japanese business in Tennessee. He wants to see that many Chinese businesses here also -- to bring the poison to Tennessee?

We have 95 counties so that would be two and two-fifths foreign business in each county. Way to go, Halford. Maybe you ought to go to China and enjoy yourself. I believe our community could find another Chamber of Commerce president. A bit of advice -- better hire a taster. China seems to have a liking to flavoring their food with formaldehyde.

Virginia Byrd

Algood

 

As you can see, this is a OpEd piece from an Algood, TN newspaper.  Algood is where I lived when I first moved here.  I quickly did what I could to move my Family out of there.  It's a small Mayberryesque town that is adjacent to Cookeville.  They honestly should let Cookeville annex them, they'd be better off.  The above opinion is not just exclusive to un-educated/under educated people in Tennessee.  No, I bet back home there are people with the same attitude.  I agree with some of her points.  We can make everything we import here, but people like Ms. Byrd won't buy them because of the price tag on those Made in the US products.  China is not trying to destroy us.  Would you try and destroy your employer?  Would you try and destroy/sabotage the Corporation that gives you economic freedom?  I may not like the way my company does certain things, but hey they pay me and that money they pay me goes to put a roof over my Family's head and food on the table.  I survive because of the income of cash.  So do they.  We didn't give the Chinese tech help.....they already have that from their years of association with the rest of the World.  I liked her comment how "we helped Japan too, and they thanked us by bombing Pearl Harbor".  I'm not sure what help we gave them, but they bombed Pearl Harbor because we stated "We are not involved in this war" but yet helped our allies by blockading the Pacific so the Japanese couldn't freely move about.  The Japanese basically saw that we were double talking so bloodied our nose.   Noticed we learned from it.  Don't park your entire Navy in one freaking place.  They bombed one small town; we nuked two major cities of theirs.   Things between us have been real good for years.  What Ms. Byrd and a lot of Americans don't know is that the British are the biggest foreign land holders and business owners in our Country.  It's just that they are white so therefore not the "usual" suspects.  Yes Virginia, let's blame those darn F'rners.......they want to poison us.... No, let's blame Clinton for and Congress in the 90's for passing NAFTA.  Let's blame people like you Ms. Byrd who shop at WalMart; the fine purveyor of Made in China.  Ms. Byrd does touch on the point "it won't make the rich richer, it's all about greed".  Yes it is.  Welcome to Capitalism.  I don't like shopping at Wally Mart, I avoid it at all costs.  But yeah, sometimes they have great deals.  If Ms. Byrd were so adamant about changing things then she would buy from local produce stands, or raise her own food.  Shop at Kroger say, or go find a Whole Foods or other grocery chain.  Most people don't know it, but the Kroger canned veggies are made by Del Monte......they just have the Kroger label and therefore a can of corn can cost .88!!!!  I just love how Chinese people are out to Poison us!!!  OH NOES!!!!  EVERYBODY PANIC!!!!!!!!!!  Education is your friend Ms. Byrd......but you will never realize that because you probably voted for Bush....the man who let's his Corporate buddies get away with outsourcing etc.   NAFTA, on paper, was a good idea.  It was supposed to promote free trade between Canada, the US and Mexico.  The sinister Sith Lords of Corporate America found a loophole that didn't stop them from initiating free trade in labor as well.  Who do you think pays the Coyotes to bring the illegals to the US from Mexico????  You've got the Tyson Chicken plant in Monterey, TN which is almost exclusively manned by Latinos getting 8 bucks an hour.  It used to be a Union Shop where folks made good money.  Not no more.  But hey, the price of frozen, boneless, skinless chicken breasts is low......wonder why?????