China admits to more unrest this year. Increasingly, the people are unwilling to work for a pittance and put up with corruption. The days of super cheap goods from China are finite. Should the cost of production in China become too high, we will see production facilities move to places like India. I, for one, would much rather see us invest in India than China. They are the world's largest democracy and the largest English speaking country in the world. We do them, and us a disservice by giving money to corrupt, oppressive governments like China. It seems hypocritical to embargo Cuba but invest like crazy in China.
Quarantine 2008 has ended
Fair warning: possibly graphic post and not for the squeamish. So it all started Friday night. Wife and I had a long day (as usual) and had finally finished with dishes, laundry and the rest of the normal daily grind. The baby had been fussy most of the day and had spit up here and there. Mostly we thought it had been switching from formula to milk which can sometimes cause this type of thing. By the time kid #4 rolls around you tend to let these things slide. If this were #1 we'd have called in a medivac at the first sign of vomiting in a 1 year old. He finally calmed down and we got him off to sleep. We watched a bit of The Wire and retired (very) late. About 10 minutes later #2 wakes up crying complaining of a stomach ache. I ask if he has to go to the bathroom and he says no, it's not that. His stomach really hurts. OK, into my bed and I'll get the heating pad for a bit. We get him settled and he calms down. Knowing that he tends towards the dramatic, I s...
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