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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 08:38 AM Original message |
ABCNews: China-Made Drywall Causing a Stink |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
1. Who is importing this crap, and why is there no quality control? |
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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 08:49 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Are you being sarcastic? |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 09:04 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. No |
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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 09:54 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I wasn't being confrontational |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 11:08 AM Response to Reply #8 |
32. I've always found this statement laughable... |
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Egalitariat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:25 AM Response to Reply #3 |
24. During the bubble, there was a shortage of the good US-made stuff |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
15. Answers |
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navarth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
2. yeah...how's that cheap labor globalization thing working out? |
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sad sally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
43. think all these planes serviced and repaired by that cheap |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
4. Is NOTHING made in the USA anymore?!?!?! |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 12:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
38. Yes there is still a lot made in the US, but nothing that is useful to 90% of Americans. |
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hendo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
5. the anti-Chinese sentiment here is moronic at best. NT |
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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 09:00 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I have nothing against the Chinese people |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 09:05 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Good response |
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hendo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 09:48 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Yeah, those iphones sure are pretty sh*tty |
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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:00 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Screws that strip the first time you turn them |
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hendo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:15 AM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Raise your hand if you have ever been to China |
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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. I've been to China, |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:04 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Why are you defending China? |
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hendo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:12 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Humans don't have rights in China? |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:15 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Facts matter. |
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hendo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:22 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. The Chinese system is easy |
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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. How much is the Chinese Government |
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hendo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 12:09 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. I am just one of the very few people here |
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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Again, |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:51 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. That's exactly what Bush, Cheney, and the rest of his crew kept telling us as well |
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hendo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. and it will likely be what Obama and the rest of his crew continue to tell us. NT |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #23 |
33. Great system. |
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hendo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 12:06 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. I doubt that |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #23 |
41. Like the Germans did in the 1930's? |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:02 AM Response to Reply #5 |
16. But it will save your life |
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hendo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:14 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. you may want to do a full inventory on your computer then |
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navarth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
44. anit-Chinese?? whatever, dude |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
7. Has anyone else noticed that Chinese-made plastics often emit a noxous odor - more intense than |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
10. Cheap materials and lousy standards |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
13. Products made in China.....the gift that keeps on....killing. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
17. It's a communist attack! n/t |
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Sultana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
25. Made in China = Cheap ass shit |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:39 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Same thing they said about Japan 40-50 years ago. Like Japan, they make good stuff, too, |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 11:00 AM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Japan made garbage for years before adopting the quality control |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 12:37 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. As the Chinese economy gets more developed they will probably make the same transition |
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RockaFowler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
27. We did this story earlier this month |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 11:21 AM Response to Reply #27 |
34. Not to mention lungs... |
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RockaFowler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 12:23 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. That's in the story as well |
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