http://www.innisfreeranch.com/documents/ethicstalk.php You are invited to weigh in on issues of ethics. Your thoughts are important and I want to hear them. en-us Sun, 10 Apr 2011 12:37:18 -0400 Sun, 10 Apr 2011 12:37:18 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss When we buy anything "made in china" we pay for the bullets.  Chris Reich Beijing police halt unapproved church service By ALEXA OLESEN, Associated Press BEIJING – Beijing police on Sunday detained dozens of worshippers from an unapproved Christian church who were trying to hold services in a public space after they were evicted from their usual place of worship, a parishioner said. Leaders of the unregistered Shouwang church had told members to gather at an open-air venue ...

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http://www.innisfreeranch.com/documents/ethicstalk.php?entry_id=1300895908&title=customer-service-is-part-of-ethics General http://www.innisfreeranch.com/documents/ethicstalk.php?entry_id=1300895908&title=customer-service-is-part-of-ethics http://www.innisfreeranch.com/documents/ethicstalk.php?entry_id=1300895908&title=customer-service-is-part-of-ethics&action=rss 0 http://www.innisfreeranch.com/documents/ethicstalk.php?entry_id=1300895908&title=customer-service-is-part-of-ethics Wed, 23 Mar 2011 11:58:28 -0400 We must, as the buying public, hit the corporations in the wallet. If you have a choice, don't buy "made in China" products even from, no, especially from America based companies. When you're in the store, demand American made products and don't bitch about paying a little more for the work your neighbor does.  Chris Reich Trade gap widens on imports, jobless claims up By Doug Palmer Doug Palmer ...

http://www.innisfreeranch.com/documents/ethicstalk.php?entry_id=1299800412&title=stop-buying-made-in-china General http://www.innisfreeranch.com/documents/ethicstalk.php?entry_id=1299800412&title=stop-buying-made-in-china http://www.innisfreeranch.com/documents/ethicstalk.php?entry_id=1299800412&title=stop-buying-made-in-china&action=rss 0 http://www.innisfreeranch.com/documents/ethicstalk.php?entry_id=1299800412&title=stop-buying-made-in-china Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:40:12 -0500 Well respected journalist and writer... Let's please remember when election time rolls around that far more damage to this country was done by George Bush than his predecessor and successor combined. We must not buy into that deadly "deregulate" game again. In the absence of ethics, deregulation is a license to steal. Ethics, rebuild the manufacturing base and fix our broken education system or we will surely fail. Chris Reich U.S. Decline in Global Arena: Is America ...

http://www.innisfreeranch.com/documents/ethicstalk.php?entry_id=1299199300&title=us-decline-in-global-arena-is-america-no-longer-no-1 General http://www.innisfreeranch.com/documents/ethicstalk.php?entry_id=1299199300&title=us-decline-in-global-arena-is-america-no-longer-no-1 http://www.innisfreeranch.com/documents/ethicstalk.php?entry_id=1299199300&title=us-decline-in-global-arena-is-america-no-longer-no-1&action=rss 0 http://www.innisfreeranch.com/documents/ethicstalk.php?entry_id=1299199300&title=us-decline-in-global-arena-is-america-no-longer-no-1 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 19:55:28 -0500 Look. For a $30 Billion contract, a domestic producer should be given a 10% price ADVANTAGE. I want our machinery of defense made in the USA. Don't you? Think of the jobs this will support. Beats the hell out of stimulus spending. Congratulations Boeing! Boeing bests EADS with aerial tanker win By Andrea Shalal-Esa Andrea Shalal-esa WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Boeing Co won a $30 billion contract for 179 new ...

http://www.innisfreeranch.com/documents/ethicstalk.php?entry_id=1298600656&title=boeing-wins-huge-contract General http://www.innisfreeranch.com/documents/ethicstalk.php?entry_id=1298600656&title=boeing-wins-huge-contract http://www.innisfreeranch.com/documents/ethicstalk.php?entry_id=1298600656&title=boeing-wins-huge-contract&action=rss 0 http://www.innisfreeranch.com/documents/ethicstalk.php?entry_id=1298600656&title=boeing-wins-huge-contract Thu, 24 Feb 2011 21:40:37 -0500 Gosh, is it that time again? It just doesn't feel like State of the Union time. Every year they bring out the decorations earlier and there's hardly time in all the rush to actually enjoy the speech. Every year I say I'm not going overboard but every year I get caught up in the whole red and blue thing.  Don't you just love it when the president tells us ...

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http://www.innisfreeranch.com/documents/ethicstalk.php?entry_id=1295540017&title=home-foreclosure-is-not-going-away General http://www.innisfreeranch.com/documents/ethicstalk.php?entry_id=1295540017&title=home-foreclosure-is-not-going-away http://www.innisfreeranch.com/documents/ethicstalk.php?entry_id=1295540017&title=home-foreclosure-is-not-going-away&action=rss 0 http://www.innisfreeranch.com/documents/ethicstalk.php?entry_id=1295540017&title=home-foreclosure-is-not-going-away Thu, 20 Jan 2011 11:13:37 -0500 I hate to see Boeing lose ground to Airbus...yet another sign of American decline. Please join me in fighting (can we still say "fighting"? Yes, fighting for American jobs. Airbus sells 10,000th plane, beats Boeing in 2010 By Tim Hepher Tim Hepher TOULOUSE, France (Reuters) – European planemaker Airbus (EAD.PA) celebrated a surprise win in the annual orders race against Boeing (BA.N) with the 10,000th plane sale in its 40-year history, part of a $5 billion order ...

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http://www.innisfreeranch.com/documents/ethicstalk.php?entry_id=1260381543&title=judge-orders-coverup General http://www.innisfreeranch.com/documents/ethicstalk.php?entry_id=1260381543&title=judge-orders-coverup http://www.innisfreeranch.com/documents/ethicstalk.php?entry_id=1260381543&title=judge-orders-coverup&action=rss 0 http://www.innisfreeranch.com/documents/ethicstalk.php?entry_id=1260381543&title=judge-orders-coverup Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:59:03 -0500 The management of the Empire State Building in New York decided to throw a little party in celebration of 60 years of communist rule in China. 30,000 people were invited to attend the ceremonial red and yellow lighting of the historical building. Others were invited to stay home to avoid "complications". (source: BBC News) The communist regime is responsible for the deaths of millions of people. The Chinese government is a totalitarian cancer on the planet. ...

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