Free Enterprise. WE Win!

[kman]

I don't doubt it...My older brother sells...you name it overseas...cars...parts...movie props

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

My brothers high school....and another home town plus

Thought you might like that one!

I hear you usaone. I thought the same thing when I read that comment.

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

But do you really think it would be most kman??

[kman]

Can't say. I would like to see some numbers on that. My brother for example , is not tracked at all. He has regular customers.

What I can say, is that because of ebay , more products have an international market.

You saw my web stats. 50 60 Countries viewing every month. If I sold on line, I would use ebay to simplify things

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

What I can say, is that because of ebay , more products have an international market.

Now that I believe 100%. I also agree with you that for a small-mid sized business using ebay is a smart way to do international business.

[domeasingold]

Until you try to ship it!
Try shipping a rebuilt industrial transmission to Guam. And they want it yesterday. No wonder FEDEX does so well.
I charged the customer $980 for the trans and $800 to ship it 2nd day air. I wish I could sell the transmission for $1780.
There may be a global market but when the customer wants to buy your goods, they want it as fast as possible and as cheaply as possible. Time = $$$. I guess we have to re-think the global marketplace. Guam ain't around the corner nor can you digitize that transmission and email it. My point is you can buy from anywhere in the world but to transfer those goods takes alot of time or alot of money. How can you get those two things to merge towards the middle?

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

I think the shipping companies are working on that. There isn't much that a small or mid sized business can do as far a shipping because your relying on 3rd party shipping lines. However, your point about re-thinking the global market place is great. We are at the point where looking at expanding and franchising includes international.

A lot of these countries have illiteracy rates of 55%. There is a real opportunity for savvy business people to tap a market that has been treated like slaves.

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Baby steps. Love not war!

US-Russia nuclear arms treaty finalised:
gulfnews.com/news/world/other-world/us-russia-nuclear-arms-treaty-finalised-1.757450

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Just a nice little Sunday treat...

I luv how Iran is playing this.. (Statements in many articles)..

on Friday Iran's "Supreme Guide" Ali Khamenei appeared at a mass prayer rally to describe the Egyptian uprising, as well as Tunisia's "Jasmine Revolution," as "part of our global Islamic movement."

Khamenei insisted that this Islamist revolution targeted America and that regime change in Cairo would be "a bitter defeat for Washington."

This was the first time in years that Khamenei appeared publicly at the weekly prayers. His presence was part of an attempt by the Khomeinist leadership to claim that Islam, not democracy, was the Middle East's rising trend. Dozens of Islamic Jihad exiles in Iran were present at the ceremony, cheering Khamenei with cries of "There is No God but Allah!""

What did the prominet Muslim party in Egypt(the one the people like) have to say about that??

"The Egyptian Brotherhood's supreme guide promptly rejected Khamenei's claim.

"This is not an Islamic uprising," Badi'e said in a statement. "This is a popular uprising that belongs to all Egyptians.""

I have to believe the Egyptians.. Why?? First after The Brotherhood made the comments there was an attack in Egypt. Plus...there is one more thing....

June 'O9 anyone??

Iran Riot Police Clash With Thousands of Protesters in Bloody Tehran Crackdown:
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,527863,00.html

An estimated 3,000 marchers — some chanting "Death to dictatorship!"

Plus there is this..

The Internet is for revolution:
scripting.com/stories/2011/02/06/theInternetIsForRevolution.html

Chinese Internet censors don't want the people to hear about Egypt.

...and some more of this.

China offers market for Detroit automakers:
www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2011/02/06/business/doc4d4a080864d0a513265021.txt

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Just some more progress.

2,000 Archaeological Sites Found With Google Earth:
tech2.in.com/india/news/mobiletablet-apps-software/2000-archaeological-sites-found-with-google-earth/191282/0

New space policy will take U.S. to infinity and beyond:
defensesystems.com/articles/2011/02/07/us-national-security-space-strategy.aspx?admgarea=DS

Canceled NASA Rocket Could Return as Part of Low-Cost Space Taxi:
www.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/business/global/08rocket.html?src=busln

Gates, French Defense Minister to Sign Space Pact:
www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-07/gates-french-defense-minister-to-sign-space-pact-correct-.html

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

This is funny, to me anyway.. The in...ter..net???

World is changing at faster pace than we can imagine:
www.tennessean.com/article/20110207/COLUMNIST0150/102070346/-1/RSS0201/World-changing-faster-pace-than-we-can-imagine

The clip, which dates from January 1994, shows Couric and Gumbel attempting to understand this new thing called ... the "Internet.''

"What is Internet, anyway?'' asks Gumbel.

"Internet,'' explains Couric uncertainly, "is that massive computer network, the one that's becoming really big now.''

"What do you mean?'' demands Gumbel. "What do you, write to it, like mail?''

"No,'' says Couric, "a lot of people use it to communicate.'' She turns to someone off-camera. "Can you explain what Internet is?''

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

In the spirit of the last post, and this one.. I want to lift your words from a different thread kman and move them here.. I just really like this bro, If you want I will remove it..

kman49
Message #3
10/17/10 06:38 PM

Good evening Ahamburger, neoh!!
I love this thread. What does the future hold and to what extent! We only need to look at the past. I'll be fifty this year. I want you to think of the oldest person you knew growing up. For me It was people born in the 1880s...no cars, radio electricity..etc..for my parents..the oldest people they knew were from the early 1800s.

From the time I was a teenager, I was buying Thomas Edison technology to listen to music. It went from vinyl, to 8 track, to cassette...cd ...and now with mp3...not a single moving part!!

Technology is moving faster than my own kids can keep up with. I predict light switches, electrical outlets are history in the near future

My Grandmother lived past 100. She went from horse and buggy to the digital age. Had she lived in this Country , she would have known Civil war figures

All those UFOs are actually tour buses from the future and yes..everything is still controlled by some omnipotent bankers that any day now, there going to show themselves and take over the world

Some more news on new planets..

Among 1,200 Possible Planets, Some Seem Like Our Own:
www.voanews.com/learningenglish/home/science-technology/Scientists-Announce-the-Discovery-of-More-Than-1200-Possible-Planets-115613059.html

Mr. Borucki notes that they have found many possible planets in a small part of the sky. This suggests that there are countless planets orbiting stars like our sun in our galaxy. He says there must be millions of planets orbiting the stars that surround our sun.

Some more tech being replaced..

Smart phones outsell PCs for the first time:
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110209/ap_on_re_us/us_tec_techbit_smart_phone_sales

Don't forget this..

China restricts news, discussion of Egypt unrest:
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i03WZpiehVZSTAnSMzBcGnZn3QdA?docId=CNG.72428c9c46c8f2949b118c423c268684.861

...and this!

Rival Koreas Meet for Talks to Ease Tension:
english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_asia/2011-02-08/400077000667.html

Reunification?

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

It's called, POWER TO THE PEOPLE, thanks JC!!!

Google marketing manager hero of Egypt’s uprising:
www.thestar.com/news/world/article/934855--google-marketing-manager-hero-of-egypt-s-uprising

Piles of rocks used just days ago to fend off violent attacks by pro-Mubarak thugs have been laid out in the street in the shape of hearts, the various colours of concrete and interlocking bricks now forming the Egyptian flag.....

......On Tuesday, many had come for the first time. Afaf Maged, 71, sat proudly on a street ledge, watching afternoon prayers.

“Our generation made (Mubarak), but the young generation threw him out,” she said, adding. “The young people, I bow to them. I am kissing their heads.”

Maged reached for the hands of the Star’s translator, Bashar, 22, to kiss his forehead. He held her hands, both their eyes welled with tears. No, he said, this revolution belongs to all the people of Egypt, not a single generation.

..... More out of this world stuff.....

Woman buys the sun, plans to charge tax on rays:
www.thestar.com/news/world/article/935108--woman-buys-the-sun-plans-to-charge-tax-on-rays

[kman]

I like that one message ...bow to the younger generation...embrace change

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

We just want everyone to stand up and shout!!! This kneeling and bowing thing is sooo last Millennium

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Some more re-balacing info...

China's trade surplus decreased by 6.4% in 2010 compared to 2009. China's trade surplus has decreased by 36% in absolute US dollar terms, and has dropped by more than half (53%) in proportion to GDP over the past two years. So the ratio of China's current-account surplus to GDP is down to 4.6%, significantly below the recent peak of 11.3%, reached in 2007.

[silverguy25]

I almost feel sorry for China...except I don't. They tried to play the game with the western powers, but they look like Prom queens the day they lose their virginity. Legs wide open, hoping it wont hurt too much...

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

LOL!!!! Exactly... The walk of shame!!!

[kman]

Smiles buy me happiness......money...takes the edge off some things

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

I agree.. Technology is the closing the gap between the two.

Technology is a tool:
views.washingtonpost.com/leadership/panelists/2011/02/technology-is-a-tool.html

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

More re-balancing! This is HUGE!!!

New Drilling Method Starts US Oil Rush:
www.koat.com/news/26806939/detail.html

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

More time changing events..

California releases first state-approved K-12 environmental curriculum in U.S.:
www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_17333357?source=rss

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

R U ready for the next generation??

US Company Plans Robot Moon Landing in 2013:
www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/02/08/company-astrobotic-plans-robot-moon-landing/

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Well how about this...

Infrastructure, oil projects: Core drivers for US exports:
www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20110210033212/Infrastructure,%20oil%20projects:%20Core%20drivers%20for%20US-Arab%20exports

According to the newly-released US-Arab Trade Outlook: 2013, produced by the National US-Arab Chamber of Commerce (NUSACC), four regional demand factors are the core drivers for US exports to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region: Infrastructure build-out, upstream energy development and downstream petrochemical projects, consumer spending, and enhanced investments in defense.

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

A great story, I know that the people that know will know what this is all about

This time though at the end of this story.. WE all work together. This is a global one!!! The sons and daughter's of earth(consumers 65%) run the show. NA dosen't have to fight battles all along because the newest superpowers need A LOT of everything.. (I guess the slave thing didn't work out too well, eh?) Lucky for us that because we produce everything. Have conserved the fuel sources that we have and they will rely on for many years. The same things that happen economically to make the US and by extension Canada great, can happen again.. This time however instead of a civil war, the USA can have a Rennasanse. This time instead of one man standing up through government. We can use a network that connects us all. The network that is giving the last slaves on this plant their FREEDOM!!!


That is what a man thought about a long time ago. Not the Internet, but that WE are ALL the sons and daughters of God(Earth)and all deserve a piece of the pie. FREE ENTERPRISE FTW!!!! Thanks JC

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_(1865%E2%80%931918)

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

The revolt in the ME still isn't the real story. Some know this. Some still talk about the events in the ME like they wrote it and foretold it so that's why it's happening.

The message for China from Tahrir Square:
www.ft.com/cms/s/0/233f88aa-361b-11e0-9b3b-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1DoNKdpe0

The uprising in Egypt must have stunned Chinese leaders. Beijing has heavily censored news of the uprising, strongly indicating that the Chinese Communist party (CCP), which narrowly avoided collapse during a similar popular revolt in 1989, is gripped by the fear that it could encounter the same fate as befell Hosni Mubarak.

The insecurity displayed by China’s ruling elites may seem extreme. After all, unlike the Mubarak regime, the CCP has consistently delivered increasing standards of living and currently faces few threats to its authority at home. The conventional wisdom says China has a self-confident leadership that sees itself as a contender for global supremacy.

But look a little deeper and this ostensibly resilient regime is afflicted by many of the same pathologies as Egypt: repression, corruption, low accountability, a surprisingly narrow base of support and fast-rising inequality. Yes, growth and prosperity help the CCP maintain its legitimacy. But the regime knows that performance-based legitimacy is unreliable, at best. The same frustrations that drove Egyptians into the streets could be unleashed in China when its economy inevitably hits a speed bump.

With mounting developmental challenges, China’s continued economic prosperity is by no means guaranteed, while rising food price inflation is a particular cause of concern for the regime. For the CCP, meeting such challenges requires not only technocratic policy solutions but also ought to include political reforms that will open up participation, make the CCP more accountable, and create a new basis of legitimacy.

That said, it is likely that the CCP will conclude that Mr Mubarak’s regime should have practised even harsher repression, and nipped the revolt in the bud. Chinese leaders probably also blame western influence and conspiracy, as they did when the colour revolutions toppled unpopular regimes in Ukraine, Georgia and Kyrgyzstan a few years ago.

China’s leadership may also attribute Mr Mubarak’s fall to his mediocre economic record – particularly his failure to create jobs for college graduates. Rising unemployment of college graduates is a problem China shares with Egypt.

It is far from clear, however, that these are right lessons for Beijing to draw. Starting long-delayed democratic reforms from a position of relative political strength could actually be in the CCP’s self-interest. The peaceful and smooth democratic transitions in Taiwan, Mexico and Brazil show that authoritarian regimes that initiate political opening could fare better than those that do not.

Even so, the CCP is more likely to continue to rely on the survival strategy it has adopted when its solders crushed the Tiananmen pro-democracy movement in June 1989. But the sustainability of this strategy seems increasingly in doubt. In China today social frustrations rise almost as fast as economic growth.

If the Egyptian crisis teaches us anything, it is that the legitimacy of autocrats vanishes quickly when circumstances change, and such regimes’ flaws are laid bare. The durability of the CCP’s rule, rather than just China’s economic trajectory, should now again be a hot topic of speculation.

Such a conversation is certainly one Chinese leaders, long accustomed to basking in the international glow of their economic miracle, would prefer not to have. They may have no choice. Like financial contagion, the political contagion that originated in Tunisia and spread to Egypt has refocused the attention of the international community on the underlying political frailties of autocratic regimes. The more such regimes get scrutinised, the less attractive they look.

Here China’s recent history provides an apt lesson. Without Deng Xiaoping’s economic reforms, the CCP would certainly have not survived the devastation of the Cultural Revolution. But Deng’s reforms can take a fundamentally flawed political regime only so far. The more difficult of gradual democratisation still lies ahead. The unfolding Egyptian revolution of 2011 should remind Beijing that it is high time to confront this task.

The writer is a professor of government at Claremont McKenna College and an adjunct senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Time is relative to an individuals reality and the space they occupy.. The more individuals that accept a reality.. The more space it occupies!

China is walking a tight rope!! Chinese Democracy!!!Chinese Democracy!!!!

[tyfighter3]

Sounds like something I wrote but in less words. LOL

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Sounds like something I wrote but in less words. LOL

I had a feeling you'd see that.. I thought it was a nice blend of the two ideas. That's why we are here. A word revolution, that is leading an American Renaissance.

[bimetalaupt]

Lit is like the Saar.. Its German then its French then German then English/French then it is German??? French Education.. American High Tech Economy and and German red wine!!!

What more do you want??? 17.5% retirement fund??? = if you can mine coal for 50 years.. Sound like "Big Bad John"....

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

LOL... I'll tell you want I want B... Some more of this!!!!

Next UP Iran!!!!!!

Iran’s opposition seeks to fire up support:
www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0ab6d782-3609-11e0-9b3b-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1DoNKdpe0

Iran’s opposition Green Movement is seeking to capitalise on the youth protests that ended the 30-year rule of Hosni Mubarak to re-energise its supporters by calling for a rally on Monday to express solidarity with Egyptians.

Iran’s rulers have strongly backed this year’s uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt by labelling it an Islamic movement against western-backed dictators and likening it to the 1979 revolution in Iran.

However, the Islamic regime in Tehran, which faced the biggest unrest against its rule after a disputed presidential election in June 2009, is seeking to block Monday’s demonstration and has labelled it a conspiracy by its opponents.

Hossein Hamedani, a senior commander of the elite Revolutionary Guard, said his forces would crush any possible protests on Monday. Kayhan, the hardline newspaper, threatened the Green Movement supporters with death.

Like I said, I luv how Iran is trying to play this....

Meanwhile...

Indo-Pak Peace Talks Resume:
blogs.forbes.com/mahaatal/2011/02/11/indo-pak-peace-talks-resume/