[meteorite-list] New measures to protect fossils

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:36:27 -0500
Message-ID: <CAKBPJW9voY6TGAce2t281Hc3g1m_NBFEcFZK2kqc-7VL2S9PuA_at_mail.gmail.com>

If the companies would pay their workers a decent living wage and
decent benefits, we wouldn't be shipping off all of our manufacturing
jobs overseas. And I don't want to hear that BS baloney about fleeing
unfair regulations. We could strip every regulation out of the books,
and those greed-dominated execs would still ship off the jobs to
fatten their profit margin. What we should outlaw is the outsourcing
of manufacturing jobs. Want something built right and solid - build
it here at home. Worse, the Chinese will steal any patent or designs
you have - the minute you have something built in China, you just
handed over your product to every competitor on the market. I've seen
this happen again and again with telescopes and optics.

Want something built to last, go here - USA, Germany, and Japan.

BTW - did you know there is not a single company that produces
binoculars here in the US? The last company is Leupold, and they just
assemble them here using foreign-sourced parts. The US used to make
the best binoculars in the world - now we don't make any.

An American name like "GE" means nothing now - it's just a label
slapped onto a Chinese-made product. All because of the
corporate-profit mindset and not regulations. Corporate and
individual greed is killing American capitalism - just like it did for
American manufacturing. We are reaping what we sowed now. I hope
everyone enjoys their cheap plastic junk and I hope the corporate
boardroom is happy with the gold-plated private jets whose toliets
flush using the tears of unicorns.

Best regards,

MikeG

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On 2/27/13, Adam Hupe <raremeteorites at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I think all Chinese goods should be taken off of the U.S. market until they
> are proven worthy.  Fake Chinese medications that made it into American
> pharmacies almost killed my mother-in-law.
>
> I had a GE microwave that failed after 13 months.  I thought it had a
> lifetime warranty but after reading the small print it was a "limited
> lifetime warranty"  The only things covered for a lifetime were the hinges,
> door handle and power cord.  The rest was covered for 12 months.  I turned
> it around and was appalled to see the made in China sticker on the back of a
> GE appliance!  I also had an Igloo stainless steel bar fridge fail after 8
> months with nearly the same warranty as the GE appliance. I was simply out
> the money on the GE but got a new Igloo fridge which failed again after 14
> months.  It could have caught my garage on fire as it was a smoker!
>
>
> Doesn't anybody take pride in workmanship these days?
>
> I think fake Chinese fossils, meteorites, artifacts, gemstones and anything
> else they can make a buck on are the least of our concerns!  I am sure
> people have died due to bogus Chinese medications.  I won't touch generic
> meds!  It seems these days our own government cares very little otherwise
> they would do something about it.
>
>
>
> Adam
>
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>
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
> To: Paul H. <inselberg at cox.net>
> Cc: "meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com"
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 10:14 AM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New measures to protect fossils
>
> They should be working on a way to stop the flow of fake fossils out
> of China.  Half of the "fossils" coming out of China now are bogus.  I
> wouldn't touch a Chinese fossil with the proverbial ten-foot pole.
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
>
>
> On 2/27/13, Paul H. <inselberg at cox.net> wrote:
>> New measures to protect fossils
>> By WANG QIAN, chinadaily, February 27, 2013
>> http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-02/27/content_16261862.htm
>>
>> The article does not say anything about meteorites.
>> However, if they are rethinking rules about fossils,
>> they might also be rethinking the rules about meteorites.
>>
>> A compilation of web pages about rock and fossil
>> collecting for various states and countries is
>> "Fruitbat's Pdf Library - Fossil Collecting ?
>> Management, Laws And Regulations" at
>> http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php/topic/18378-fruitbats-pdf-library-fossil-collecting-management-laws-and-regulations/
>>
>> Paul H.
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