Re: NOT Off Topic .. Walmart & the US Trade Deficit

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I believe those stats Vern forwarded are correct. This touches a nerve in me,

because I used to be in the Merchant Marine and witnessed first-hand, the demise

of a very-effective American industry due to the machinations of large

corporations.

I will add (as a former marine engnieer and graduate of the US Merchant Marine

Academy) that the Maersk ship is Danish-flagged (along with a bunch of sister

ships) and does not employ any US Citizens to my knowledge. The actual

construction and staffing of American-based (practically-speaking) ships (by

American-based multi-national corporations) has been completely " off-shored " by

mostly-US-based, multi-national corporations (to improve their bottom line) and

this has also had a net negative effect on our economy (while enriching a

relatively small number of folks).

What's this got to do with chiropractic? Maybe it is actually ON topic?!

Chiropractic, is one of the last areas in healthcare for micro-business and

locally-owned/locally-connected/truly-patient-centered/diversified health care.

Sadly, many chiros wrongly believe that we (as a profession) are

economically-challenged because of some aspect of our own qualities, our own

personalities or our own paradigm (not enough drugs, or too many quacks, not

enough rehab focus or because we use the term subluxation, etc.)

I have news for us. NONE of that is true! There is a bigger game at play:

Since " off-shoring " health care is very difficult to do, the powers-that-be are

trying to commoditize, widgetize and dehumanize health care until every

(customer) patient becomes completely dis-empowered. ....and every diagnosis,

doctor, procedure, disease, treatment, etc. can be turned into an

interchangeable-commodity/widget or number with a dollar sign next to it, and

all decisions made by computer-driven algorithms.

They will do everything they can to the best of their wall-street-based ability

to 'medicalize' every aspect of life and disconnect people from their own bodies

and life experisences, just as they have done in agriculture (disconnecting

people from the life-giving land) and other industries as well. This is the

trend that we must together fight, because it is a " LOSE-LOSE SITUATION " in the

long run (as health stats from the last 25 years clearly show).

We, as a profession have got to continue to fight our good fight for

common-sense natural health care, reasonable patient-choice, and truly-FAIR

competition among health care providers.

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> Why the trade deficit continues to grow and especially with our wonderful

communist comrades in China...

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> Vern Saboe, DC

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> Fw: FW: MAERSK LINE/Come to the ports here and watch them unload

Chinese crap

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> Be Sure to read the

ending........................

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> See the editorial under the last picture. That

says it all!

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> The Emma Maersk, part of a Danish shipping

line, is shown in the photos below.

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> What a ship....no wonder 'Made in China ' is

displacing North American made goods big time. This monster transports goods

across the Pacific in just 5 days!!

> This is one of three ships presently in

service, with another two ships commissioned to be completed in 2012.

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> These ships were commissioned by Wal-Mart to

get all their goods and stuff from China . They hold an incredible 15,000

containers and have a 207 foot deck beam!!

> The full crew is just 13 people on a ship

longer than a US Aircraft r (which has a crew of 5,000). With it's 207'

beam it is too big to fit through the Panama or Suez Canals ...

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> It is strictly transpacific. Cruise speed: 31

knots.

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> The goods arrive 4 days before the typical

container ship (18-20 knots) on a China-to-California run. 91% of Walmart

products are made in China . So this behemoth is hugely competitive even when

carrying perishable goods.

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> The ship was built in five sections. The

sections floated together and then welded.

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> The command bridge is higher than a 10-story

building and has 11 cargo crane rigs that can operate simultaneously unloading

the entire ship in less than two hours.

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> Country of origin - Denmark

> Length - 1,302 ft

> Width - 207 ft

> Net cargo - 123,200 tons

> Engine - 14 cylinders

in-line diesel engine (110,000 BHP)

> Cruise Speed - 31 knots

> Cargo capacity - 15,000

TEU (1 TEU = 20 cubic feet)

> Crew - 13 people !

> First Trip - Sept. 08,

2006

> Construction cost - US

$145,000,000+

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> Silicone painting applied to

the ship bottom reduces water resistance and saves 317,000 gallons of diesel per

year.

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> A recent documentary in late March, 2010 on

the History Channel noted that all of these containers are shipped back to China

, EMPTY. Yep, that's right.

> We send nothing back on these ships. What does

that tell you about the current financial state of this country? Just keep

buying those imported goods (mostly gadgets) until you run out of money.

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> Then you may wonder what the cause of

unemployment (maybe even your job) in the U.S. and Canada might be????

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> 'Nuff said ??

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> This message, if any, surely deserves

forwarding, doesn't it ?

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