[s_asher]

Agreed. As a writer yourself, I think you'd want people who cite your work to give credit! :)

Personally, I think it's a good thing that the Chinese are competing against us. Americans are competitive and we are at our best when competing against someone. When our auto industry fell behind, the Japanese gave us a good kick in the rear and we got our act together pretty quick.

In my younger days I had bought in the "Buy American" hysteria of the 1980's and got myself a new Ford. The car had so many problems and leaked oil from day 1. Since then I've learned affixing a "Bomb Japan Again" bumper sticker is about as useful as "Boycott Walmart". Unless if we get better and more efficient, we deserve to lose.

[Jeff Head]

True free market copmpetition does work wonders when both parties are playing pretty much on the same ground and from the same "free" perspective. The so-called "Free Trade" we are conducting with China is decidedly not the case. They plan to bury us and we are fueling their drive to do it.

In that competition, the net result is not spilled oil, less longevity of a product or something that doesn't produce quite as good fidelity sound...no, that competition is ultimately barterd in lives and blood, lots of lives and blood.