The Brass Monkey

We have been witness to a 30 year effort to globalize America. We gave barely a notice as President Carter gave up the Panama Canal. Today China is working to double the width and capacity of the canal. We watched as Regan implemented the era of greed is good and bigger is better and relegated [...]

Free trade is not free! Don´t believe me? Just ask any one of the millions of people who lost there good paying job when the greedy company they worked for moved manufacturing overseas. Ian Fletcher in his book Free Trade Doesn´t Work wrote that the ground is shifting under the free traders feet for two [...]

Break out the Aspirin Of course we all know by now about Google´s frayed relation with China. China Pullout Deliberate Plot, but you might not have heard the climate in China seems to be getting worse for a lot of western business´s. A big thing is China´s currency manipulation by keeping it artificially low thereby [...]

We should remove our military from across the globe. When these policies were instituted, we were the largest creditor nation in the world. We are now the largest debtor nation in the world. Our infrastructure is crumbling, our education system is failing while we fight the rest of the world´s corrupt battles. The above opinion [...]

What’s up with this? For several years I have followed The Lou Dobbs show on CNN by watching it at a couple times a week. I totally agreed with his thoughts on outsourcing of good paying American jobs for the sake of greed. The companies that did this outsourcing could care less about America or [...]

It seems it is not enough that there is a shortage of H1N1 vaccine here in the U.S., but there is also a shortage of the N-95 flu masks for medical personnel to use. In some medical facilities nurses and other medical workers are being asked to not change there mask all day instead of [...]

It has been along time coming but the victory for consumers was sweet. Mattel and its subsidiary Fisher Price were fined 2.3 million. The greedy management of these companies had fired American workers and outsourced all of there manufacturing to Communist Chinese sweat shops. A lot of the toys that were shipped back for sale [...]

The Above title (US Chamber Of Commerce) is a misnomer. These people are not acting in the United States best interest. They are acting in the best interest of there cronies in big business. By there actions they show that they could care less about American workers and are all for the outsourcing of jobs [...]

A quick look back at the jobs situation from 1909 to 2009. What a difference a century makes! In 1909 there were all kinds of jobs available in the good ole USA. Clothing, retail, Steel manufacturing, Tool and die, railroad locomotives, textiles, manufacturing and so forth. Moving now to 2009. Flipping Burgers, Casinos, Big Box [...]

Here we go again people! There are rumblings from Washington that allowing Mexican Trucks full access to Americas highways might be resurfacing again. You will recall that congress stopped funding for that issue last year. Are the folks supporting this totally bonkers! Lets look at issues that would pop up real fast if this were [...]

Homes being rebuilt in New Orleans are using defective Chinese made drywall. Guess what folks the same thing happened in Florida as early as 2005. There is NO excuse for that crap to be installed now (as this thread is being written} in New Orleans. Miami-based homebuilder Lennar Corp. said it has identified about 80 [...]

General Electric and its CEO Jeff Immelt have outsourced American jobs to cheap overseas labor markets and GEs focus on financial services over manufacturing and technology has not helped the American job market at all, in fact it hurt it big time.Immelt said recently the U.S. manufacturing base is hollowed out, the country has a [...]

Promises made when the Clinton administration was promoting China’s entrance into the WTO (World Trade Organization) were never kept by China. It was supposed to open the Chinese markets for American goods and of course open our markets to Chinese goods. This basically never happened. Instead companies here shut down and moved there manufacturing operations [...]

SAY NO TO COMMUNIST CHINA AND YES TO THE USA THIS HOLIDAY SEASON Tips for Buying USA-made Toys: Shop Early. Lots of parents are looking for these toys. No last minute shopping. This means now. Shop local independent retailers. Big box retailers (to interested in greed and sending money to Communist China don’t have your [...]

Dave Mason This vid was published on You Tube by alrightdmason and can be found at this addy there Only You Know and I Know The video can also be found in The Brass Monkey Blog . Nets When Music Moved A Generation section. Enjoy!

Q: Do you support the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)? A: Yes. Q: Do you support the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)? A: Yes. Q: Do you support continued U.S. membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO)? A: Yes. Q: Do you support the trade embargo against Cuba? A: Yes. Q: Should [...]