22. May 2008 by Patrick Budowski.

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away.

Are we Americans as dumb as we appear — or — is it that we just do not think?
While the Chinese, knowingly and intentionally, export inferior and even toxic products and dangerous toys and goods to be sold in American markets, the media wrings its hands and criticizes the Bush Administration for perceived errors.
Yet 70% of Americans believe that the trading privileges afforded to the Chinese should be suspended.
Well, duh..why do you need the government to suspend trading privileges?

SIMPLY DO IT YOURSELF, AMERICA!!

Simply look on the bottom of every product you buy, and if it says ‘Made in China’ or ‘PRC’ (and that now includes Hong Kong), simply choose another product, or none at all. You will be amazed at how dependent you are on Chinese products, and you will be equally amazed at what you can do without. Who needs plastic eggs to celebrate Easter?

If you must have eggs, use real ones and benefit some American farmer. Easter is just an example, the point is.. do not wait for the government to act.

Just go ahead and assume control on your own.
THINK ABOUT THIS If 200 million Americans refuse to buy just $20 each of Chinese goods, that’s a billion dollar trade imbalance resolved in our favor…fast!!
The downside? Some American businesses will feel a temporary pinch from having foreign stockpiles of inventory. Wahhhhhhhhhhhh
The solution ?

Let’s give them fair warning and send our own message. Most of the people who have been reading about this matter are planning on implementing this on June 4, and continue it until July 4.
That is only one month of trading losses, but it will hit the Chinese for 1/12th of the total, or 8%, of their American exports. Then they will at least have to ask themselves if the benefits of their arrogance and lawlessness were worth it.

Remember, June 4 to July 4.
EVEN BETTER. . . START NOW.

Show them we are Americans and NOBODY can take us for granted.

If we can’t live without cheap Chinese goods for one month out of our lives, WE DESERVE WHAT WE GET!

I got this emailed to me, while I am not sure of the facts or the author, it does make some sense to me. Why not give it a try?Can’t hurt. Also with the economy being tight why not just hold off on buying anything made in China till after he 4th of July.

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22. May 2008 by Patrick Budowski.

Pretty neat, windows live offers cash back for using their search engine to shop.http://search.live.com/cashback/

How it works is pretty simple, login to your windows live account, (most hotmail accounts are free) do a live search it will bring up the stores with the price, when you click on the store link anything you buy will be eligible for cash back. While I want to know what is eligible, it’s still a neat idea.

Once again I need to give kudos to LifeHacker, if you do not have their site bookmarked you need to. http://lifehacker.com/

While I did not read the fine print, MS says when you hit the $5 mark they will send you the cash

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