...awww man, now I'll be itching for the next hour and a half
Posted on 05/12/2009 2:14:01 AM PDT by Cindy
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SEATTLE – The U.S. Customs and Border agents have detained 11 shipments of reed fencing from China that were so infested with plant pests and diseases, it could have killed crops.
(Excerpt) Read more at king5.com ...
And these are just the ones we caught.
http://www.upi.com/Business_News/2009/05/06/Invasive-caterpillars-intercepted/UPI-15621241646038/
“Invasive caterpillars intercepted”
Published: May 6, 2009 at 5:40 PM
SEATTLE, May 6 (UPI) —
SNIPPET: “The caterpillars were from a species that could have destroyed plants and trees, including agricultural crops, if they had gotten loose.
The find triggered a hold on other U.S. shipments from the same source. Inspectors discovered gall midges, which can destroy wheat, larvae of the Noctuidae moth, which eats lettuce plants in its cutworm phase, and striped rice borers, a beetle that eats rice.”
Yep.
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...awww man, now I'll be itching for the next hour and a half
How is it cheaper to manufacture and ship fencing halfway around the world?
Just a guess, but it might have something to do with labor unions.
Slave labor is still cheaper than illegal immigrant labor.
The pressing need to protect the Northern Spotted Owl might have something to do with it, too.
I think you’re right, its not just the labor costs. Its also all of the other regulations that make it so difficult to run a business in the US.
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Could just use this, The Gov is removing this stuff as we speak.
We couldn’t consider this biological warfare could we? Nahhh....that would be over the top.
Ban everything from China, period.
No questions asked.
I still believe that we are in an “un-declared” war with China — starting with their announcement to engage in economic war against the US... I think that was back in the Fall of 2007, IIRC?
I would say that exports from China would include some of the “economic” war as well. Shoddy merchandise bought by large retailers (and small) would put US dollars in their hands as well as hurt the retailers who would be left with poisoned, or worthless merchandise...
Somehow we’ve got to start doing with what we have here in the U.S. and STOP importing all these products... As you said, these are the only ones they “caught”. If people knew the actual amount of good entering this country JUST from China on a daily basis it would boggle the mind.
/ rant off
Thanks for the ping - forgot to ping you to my post at #19.
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