[Toddsterpatriot]

Among 114 product categories, U.S.-based producers boosted their domestic market share in only three categories between 1997 and 2005

Our economy must have suffered since 1997. Nope, GDP grew 27%. Source

[oceanview]

yeah, and Paulsen and Bernanke are in China now only because they wanted some good general tso's chicken. rather, they are begging them to deal with their currency peg, because in addition to losing massive manufacturing and technology industry investments being made there, instead of here, we are losing control of the dollar too.

But hey, have a party - everything is just fine.