China is being assimilated

American companies face increasing pressure to reduce or eliminate pollution.
This has been one of the drivers for offshoring jobs to countries that are more interested in commerce than environmental extremism.
However, as Apple has learned, there is a growing activist movement in China and they have set their sights on companies like Apple which rates last in a list of 29 companies that are not meeting their expectations.
HP, BT, Alcatel-Lucent, Vodafone, Samsung, Toshiba, Sharp and Hitachi have been listed as responsive and improving when it comes to managing their partners in China.


Gee, isn't Apple the darling of the American Left-Wingnuts?
I see this as a positive sign.
China will be dragged down to our level by their homegrown activists forcing over regulation on their tech sector.

AZ immigration law protesters caravan from Los Angeles

Union members and activists are caravaning to Arizona to protest the new immigration law as it is set to take effect.
As usual, their comments and stance betray their own racist, narrow-minded view of the situation:
"Rob Robbins, 71, a home care worker in Long Beach, said he grew up black in segregated Alabama in the 1940s and '50s and sees parallels between the racism of that time and now.
"Anytime I see signs of that coming alive in our country, it rises my indignation," he said. "SB 1070 basically says you are guilty because of how you look. That, to me, is not American." "
"I look at things in a historical context," said Carlos Leon, 47, a detention officer with the Los Angeles County Probation Department who decided that he needed to speak up for the oppressed.
Leon said he believes the law is unjust and will result in people being questioned about their status based on their looks."

Mr. Robbins has no clue. If there is "segregation" it is self imposed and the law goes to great lengths to not use "appearance" for cause.
Mr. Leon has no clue about history or he would acknowledge the looks based discrimination of the Spanish masters when they controlled Mexico and admit that his "belief" that the law will be abused is based on his own personal bias.

I guess Arizonans should just look at these obliviots as unruly tourists and encourage them to spend, spend, spend.

Imagine more giveaways to Obama's pals in finance bill

Imagine activists and unions stacking corporate boards with people more interested in "social justice" and the environment than profit.
Imagine businesses victimized by the financial crisis being the ones punished by increased scrutiny and costs.
Imagine the return of gender and race quotas.
Imagine more money flowing to organizations like ACORN.
Imagine a bureaucracy that can choose to loan money to anyone it's directer desires, no matter how risky the loan with no internal checks on the director's decisions.
Imagine a "Consumer Protection" bureaucracy with the power (and unstated mission) to punish ANY company that has a financial relationship with consumers.
No imagination required. It is all in the new finance legislation.

Be afraid.