tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post1140362449403793926..comments2023-10-30T19:03:59.225+01:00Comments on David Seaton's News Links: Thomas Friedman and the hangmanDavid Seaton's Newslinkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00269813419598042699noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-16592115386422942412012-01-28T04:57:53.527+01:002012-01-28T04:57:53.527+01:00Ah yes...Apple the brand PC users love to hate. Bu...Ah yes...Apple the brand PC users love to hate. But they are no different than any other corporation in this country. Not the aberration of corporate America but the very epitome of it.<br /><br />But a statement made in either the NYC article or one referenced by it where on executive said that American workers would not stand for working in these [China's] conditions.<br /><br />That statement says a lot. I says the corporate America knows damn well that if the required the same kind of work under the same conditions that the workers here would chase them up a tree and set fire to it.cmaukonenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00417856447072420884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-89843093368679638412012-01-26T18:52:11.042+01:002012-01-26T18:52:11.042+01:00Well you know, "The World Is Flat" and a...Well you know, "The World Is Flat" and all that....he's a globalist who believes in Walmarts everywhere! Sarcasm alert.<br /><br />I speculate that Friedman's enthusiasm probably stems from his wife's family, whose father was founder / chairman of General Growth Properties.Ramojusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-42317048658800432602012-01-26T08:53:41.871+01:002012-01-26T08:53:41.871+01:00Quoted by Friedman, who took me to read the Apple ...Quoted by Friedman, who took me to read the Apple piece. What I found interesting/irritating is Friedman's enthusiasm.David Seaton's Newslinkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00269813419598042699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-44960051971051316502012-01-26T00:29:31.490+01:002012-01-26T00:29:31.490+01:00Not to be picky....but the quote regarding the App...Not to be picky....but the quote regarding the Apple IPhone manufacturing plant in China is not from Friedman but the "How the U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work" article in the NY Times.Ramojusnoreply@blogger.com