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To: cosmicforce who wrote (99120)	3/21/2005 4:48:06 PM
From: Augustus Gloop	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

No By saying I was poorly informed. I feel pretty down that someone would call me names and insult me. Here I thought I was on a thread that didn't support that

To: cosmicforce who wrote (99120)	3/21/2005 4:59:21 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 108807

yikes read this: biz.yahoo.com One of his scariest points is this: "China can be a bully. China can spend, it can hire and dictate wages, it can throw old-line competitors out of work. In just a three-year period from 2000 to late 2003, for example, China's exports to the U.S. of wooden bedroom furniture climbed from $360 million to nearly $1.2 billion. During that time, the work force at America's wooden-furniture factories dropped by 35,000, or one of every three workers in the trade. China now makes 40% of all furniture sold in the U.S., and that number is sure to climb." Not scared yet? Consider this: "In 2001, the Chinese makers produced 1% of the socks on U.S. feet. In just two years, sock imports from China to the U.S. jumped two-hundred-fold and now make up 7% of the U.S. market. James J. Jochum, assistant secretary for export administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce, has noted that the Chinese manufacturers cut their prices by more than half in 2003 and helped drive one in four U.S. sock makers out of business." We investors might want to stop and ask ourselves how well-positioned the companies we've invested in are to compete with China. At the very least, we should remind ourselves that the world economy can and does change quickly, and that we shouldn't let ourselves become too complacent about our holdings. It's critical to keep up with their progress, lest we end up with unpleasant surprises.

To: cosmicforce who wrote (99120)	3/21/2005 5:06:18 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 108807

fascinating poll data: Poll: Most Think Congress Wrong on Schiavo Case REUTERS abcnews.go.com Mar 21, 2005 — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans broadly and strongly disapprove of the intervention by Congress in the case of Terri Schiavo and most believe lawmakers are using her case for political gain, according to an ABC News poll published on Monday. Seventy percent deemed the congressional intervention inappropriate, while 67 percent said they believe lawmakers became involved in the Schiavo case for political advantage rather than the principles involved. The telephone poll of 501 adults was taken on Sunday and has a 4.5 point error margin. President Bush early on Monday signed emergency legislation aimed at reversing the removal of Schiavo's feeding tube ordered by a state court on Friday. The measure, which sent the case to federal court, was approved during an extraordinary weekend session of the Republican-led Congress. Sixty-three percent of those surveyed in the ABC poll said they support the removal of Schiavo's feeding tube. Among two core Republicans constituencies, 54 percent of conservatives said they support removal of the tube, while evangelical Protestants divide about evenly with 46 percent support. According to the poll, conservatives and evangelicals also were more likely to support federal intervention in the case, although the support did not reach a majority in either group.