Comments on: One Argument for the FTA http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/06/one-argument-for-the-fta/ Korea... in Blog Format Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:29:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: The Marmot’s Hole » Contaminated Korean Honey in Taiwan http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/06/one-argument-for-the-fta/#comment-48955 The Marmot’s Hole » Contaminated Korean Honey in Taiwan Sun, 10 Sep 2006 03:35:19 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/06/one-argument-for-the-fta/#comment-48955 [...] The other day we had poisionous produce grown in Korea. Apparently bad Korean honey is now showing up in Taiwan: [The Tawianese Consumer Federation] also found that honey products sold in Hong Kong, mostly sourced from mainland China and South Korea, contain too much antibiotics residuals. Share and Enjoy:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...] [...] The other day we had poisionous produce grown in Korea. Apparently bad Korean honey is now showing up in Taiwan: [The Tawianese Consumer Federation] also found that honey products sold in Hong Kong, mostly sourced from mainland China and South Korea, contain too much antibiotics residuals. Share and Enjoy:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

]]> By: sewing http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/06/one-argument-for-the-fta/#comment-48638 sewing Wed, 06 Sep 2006 21:08:32 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/06/one-argument-for-the-fta/#comment-48638 Looks like there's lots of material in those articles for the next Bong Joon-ho horror flick. As the perpetrators are Korean, however, I guess it won't happen. Not sexy enough. Looks like there’s lots of material in those articles for the next Bong Joon-ho horror flick. As the perpetrators are Korean, however, I guess it won’t happen. Not sexy enough.

]]> By: bluejives http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/06/one-argument-for-the-fta/#comment-48637 bluejives Wed, 06 Sep 2006 21:03:22 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/06/one-argument-for-the-fta/#comment-48637 If the FTA flops, you can bet your bottom dollar that the lawyers screwed it up, just like they screwed up healthcare and everything else. If the FTA flops, you can bet your bottom dollar that the lawyers screwed it up, just like they screwed up healthcare and everything else.

]]> By: slim http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/06/one-argument-for-the-fta/#comment-48636 slim Wed, 06 Sep 2006 19:48:38 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/06/one-argument-for-the-fta/#comment-48636 No wonder so (apparently) many Koreans reject capitalism. They are on the receiving end of its most rapacious, robber-baron form. No wonder so (apparently) many Koreans reject capitalism. They are on the receiving end of its most rapacious, robber-baron form.

]]> By: michael http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/06/one-argument-for-the-fta/#comment-48589 michael Wed, 06 Sep 2006 13:14:35 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/06/one-argument-for-the-fta/#comment-48589 Well, Mr. Carr, I wasn't expecting Upton Sinclair, but the "let them eat tainted mandu, err, cake" attitude of the editorial really stood out. Feckin' Confusionism and sajangs.... Well, Mr. Carr, I wasn’t expecting Upton Sinclair, but the “let them eat tainted mandu, err, cake” attitude of the editorial really stood out. Feckin’ Confusionism and sajangs….

]]> By: austin http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/06/one-argument-for-the-fta/#comment-48586 austin Wed, 06 Sep 2006 12:55:34 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/06/one-argument-for-the-fta/#comment-48586 Since living in Korea my health has definitely suffered. Apparently this is also true of many other expats in Korea. The worst ear infections ever, coughs and lung infections that won't go away. It's damm hard to be healthy in Korea, lousy air, poor quality and damm expensive food. To top it off nutritional supplements and or herbs are hard to get and expensive. Watch Koreans walking up subway stairs in Seoul, slow and lethargic. Since living in Korea my health has definitely suffered. Apparently this is also true of many other expats in Korea. The worst ear infections ever, coughs and lung infections that won’t go away. It’s damm hard to be healthy in Korea, lousy air, poor quality and damm expensive food. To top it off nutritional supplements and or herbs are hard to get and expensive. Watch Koreans walking up subway stairs in Seoul, slow and lethargic.

]]> By: Brendon Carr http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/06/one-argument-for-the-fta/#comment-48573 Brendon Carr Wed, 06 Sep 2006 10:54:04 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/06/one-argument-for-the-fta/#comment-48573 Not really. Korea's trade barriers enable the SKY overlords to really live it up at the expense of their inferiors -- Korea's hoi polloi. The <i>Chosun</i> is part of that class of overlords. Why would they louse it up for the old gang? <i>Chaebol</i> families and their loyal retainers (bujang, chajang, kwajang, etc.) at the big companies demand (and get) to be treated like royalty, while the masses fawning over their power. Meanwhile those hicks in Bentonville sit on folding chairs and use a piece of plywood for a desk in order to drive consumer prices ever lower. Do you think Jay-Yong Lee wants to sit on a folding chair? Do the minor princes of <i>chaebol</i> group companies want to work at a piece of plywood? What about the slush funds? Wal-Mart has no slush funds. That's why the <i>Chosun</i> recoils from the obvious conclusions. This is a country where a worthless peckerhead like Chung Dong-Young gets to be Minister of Whatever because he went to a SKY school 30 years ago. Not really. Korea’s trade barriers enable the SKY overlords to really live it up at the expense of their inferiors — Korea’s hoi polloi. The Chosun is part of that class of overlords. Why would they louse it up for the old gang? Chaebol families and their loyal retainers (bujang, chajang, kwajang, etc.) at the big companies demand (and get) to be treated like royalty, while the masses fawning over their power. Meanwhile those hicks in Bentonville sit on folding chairs and use a piece of plywood for a desk in order to drive consumer prices ever lower. Do you think Jay-Yong Lee wants to sit on a folding chair? Do the minor princes of chaebol group companies want to work at a piece of plywood? What about the slush funds? Wal-Mart has no slush funds. That’s why the Chosun recoils from the obvious conclusions. This is a country where a worthless peckerhead like Chung Dong-Young gets to be Minister of Whatever because he went to a SKY school 30 years ago.

]]> By: seouldout http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/06/one-argument-for-the-fta/#comment-48572 seouldout Wed, 06 Sep 2006 10:52:37 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/06/one-argument-for-the-fta/#comment-48572 Sadly the <i>Daehan</i> News doesn't exist anymore to explain that though Korean food is dangerous, foreign is more dangerouser. Before every movie there would be a rally-'round-the-flag <i>Daehan</i> segment exposing foreign stuff, such as Cornflakes containing nails, bugs and shards of glass. I'd howl with laughter; the rest of the audience would shriek in horror. Propaganda ain't like it used to be. Sadly the Daehan News doesn’t exist anymore to explain that though Korean food is dangerous, foreign is more dangerouser. Before every movie there would be a rally-’round-the-flag Daehan segment exposing foreign stuff, such as Cornflakes containing nails, bugs and shards of glass. I’d howl with laughter; the rest of the audience would shriek in horror. Propaganda ain’t like it used to be.

]]> By: michael http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/06/one-argument-for-the-fta/#comment-48560 michael Wed, 06 Sep 2006 08:41:05 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/06/one-argument-for-the-fta/#comment-48560 So we're paying too much for produce that is killing us? Great. The weasals at the Chosun downplay the poison in their editorial: "We must stop cadmium rice and lead cabbage leading to a full-fledged food panic. Every year we see new food scandals: dumplings made of waste, parasite eggs in kimchi, carcinogenic dyes in pickled vegetables. In the end, it often turns out to have been much ado about nothing. If the alarm about heavy metal contamination has been exaggerated and causes a needless scare, farmers will suffer immediately." In every instance the reported contamination was verified, so its an uncharacteristically chickenshit way for the Chosun to deal with an extremely serious issue. So we’re paying too much for produce that is killing us? Great.

The weasals at the Chosun downplay the poison in their editorial: “We must stop cadmium rice and lead cabbage leading to a full-fledged food panic. Every year we see new food scandals: dumplings made of waste, parasite eggs in kimchi, carcinogenic dyes in pickled vegetables. In the end, it often turns out to have been much ado about nothing. If the alarm about heavy metal contamination has been exaggerated and causes a needless scare, farmers will suffer immediately.”

In every instance the reported contamination was verified, so its an uncharacteristically chickenshit way for the Chosun to deal with an extremely serious issue.

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