text: pamplmouss2 - \nThanks for asking.\nWhile former President Richard Nixon (with help from Henry Kissinger) opened the door to trade with this once-sleeping dragon, it seems as if global trade has shifted from American being a major EXporter to a major IMporter of Chinese-made goods.\nWith this new-found influx of American dollars, the Chinese government continues to suppress its people, pollute its land and flaunt its military strength.\nFormer President George H.W. Bush really helped China invade our economy and allowed further violation of human rights (i.e., \nTiananmen Square, 1989).\nIt was as if America bowed its head to the Chinese chopping block.\nOur current president is just as bad, showing little or no concern to turn the trade deficit in our favor.\nAmerica has been sold down the river.\nAs China grows, its demand for energy (i.e., oil - the stuff that drives our bigass SUV's) creates a supply/demand rise in petroleum prices.\nAnd guess who suffers?\nAm I angry at Chinese people?\nNo.\nAm I angry at our own government for selling us out?\nYes.\nThe Chinese are playing by their rules...we don't have to play, but we choose to do so.\nWe're to blame for losing our leadership in goods and services.\nAnd as history has shown, nations rise and fall.\nSome three thousand years ago, China was a world leader.\nI suppose the pendulum of time is swinging back in Chinas' favor.\nWe Americans are so caught up with our self-infatuated image that we still don't see it coming.\nWe'd rather watch "American Idol" than study the lessons of history, learn math and science and re-energize our nation.\nWe get what we deserve.