[DeTomaso] NPC: Calif Bridge Made in China

Wed Sep 21 12:22:38 EDT 2011

It's sorta like the word, "you."  It is both singular and plural.  Here in my part of Texas, we say, "Where are you going?"  (Actually: "Where ya goin?).  And, the plural would be, "Where are yall going?"

> From: dave at damardirect.com
> To: michael at michaelshortt.com; gndplne at yahoo.com
> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:54:47 -0400
> CC: jefude at yahoo.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC: Calif Bridge Made in China
> 
> I always thought plural is "all Y'alls
> Just sayin'
> IndyDave
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: michael at michaelshortt.com [mailto:michaelsavga at gmail.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 5:32 PM
> To: John Bentley
> Cc: Jeff Udelson; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC: Calif Bridge Made in China
> 
> and California is BROKE, so they paid others to build it elsewhere
> using state tax money and did not receive any tax money back again
> from those who did the work?
> 
> Even the Socialists know better than that.
> 
> HA HA HA,
> 
> Y'all ( present company excluded I'm certain) deserve everything you
> get, idiots!
> 
> 
> Michael
> 
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> On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 5:21 PM, John Bentley <gndplne at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > ok, what does your personal opinion about Fox News have anything at all to
> do with the stupid decision to move more American jobs to China?  Are you
> bitching about Fox, lost American jobs, or both?
> >
> > JB
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Jeff Udelson <jefude at yahoo.com>
> > To: "detomaso at realbig.com" <detomaso at realbig.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 2:08 PM
> > Subject: [DeTomaso] NPC:  Calif Bridge Made in China
> >
> > No  reason to wonder about the pathetic state of jobs in this country.
> >
> > As plucked from the terrible right wing rag  Fox News. Read it and weep .
> >
> > When it was built in 1936, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge was a
> Depression-era project that put scores of Americans to work. When its $6.3
> billion replacement opens in two years, it will be an international affair
> from the bottom up, an example of massive outsourcing that has drawn both
> praise and criticism.
> > Half a dozen countries contributed expertise or materials, none more so
> than China.
> > "China was immensely helpful to getting this project built," says
> California Department of Transportation spokesman Bart Ney. "They were able
> to turn the steel around and work directly with our own inspectors to make
> sure we met the specifications of what this bridge required."
> >
> > Construction work continues on the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
> >
> > Construction work continues on the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
> Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011, seen from Treasure Island in San Francisco.
> >
> > Several thousand Chinese workers spent five years fabricating the steel
> used to construct the roadbeds, cable strands, and landmark tower for the
> single anchor suspension bridge set to open in 2013.
> > But the project is sparking outrage among groups who argue the work should
> have stayed here.
> > Huge deck segments were shipped overseas from Shanghai, contributing to
> pollution, say critics, and delivering another blow to California's battered
> economy and 12 % unemployment rate.
> > Roger Ferch with the National Steel Bridge Alliance says "I saw one
> estimate of the fabrication man hours, the labor to construct this bridge in
> the fabrication shop of more than a million man hours. That's a million man
> hours of work that should have been done in the US."
> > And each job, Ferch, says, has a multiplier effect "because not only do
> you lose the fabrication jobs, you lose those people paying taxes, those
> people buying groceries, those people buying clothing, and the list goes
> on."
> > California transportation officials argue they saved $400 million by
> turning to China, in large part because they didn't have to pay American
> union wages and benefits. With the clock ticking, they say more was at stake
> than money.
> > "We're trying to get this bridge completed by 2013. These segments that
> are larger steel boxes were fabricated in Shanghai because they had the
> ability to produce them and get them out here on site," contends Ney.
> > Some critics have questioned the quality of the steel work done overseas,
> but bridge officials say their inspections have shown that China, which has
> dominated bridge building for years, has helped produce a structural marvel
> that will be immediately usable after a major earthquake.
> > Twenty two years after the Loma Prieta Quake brought down a section of the
> upper deck, seismic integrity is the primary objective.
> > The new span is also expected to enhance San Francisco's skyline, and,
> like it or not, China's resume as a world leader in civil engineering.
> >
> > Read more:
> http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/09/20/san-francisco-oakland-bay-bridge-contro
> versially-made-in-china/#ixzz1YWrXOgJo
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