tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post4823096214350606108..comments2024-03-27T21:23:40.339-04:00Comments on Chemjobber: There are more than 20 times as many chemical manufacturers in China as the USChemjobberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932113680515602275noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-56970941581421243292019-12-03T09:59:03.203-05:002019-12-03T09:59:03.203-05:00Anon--I've seen both FDA and EPA inspectors in...Anon--I've seen both FDA and EPA inspectors in the middle of multi-site inspection weeks; that's a very small sample, but I'd be willing to bet a few bucks that, for both agencies, #/inspections >>> #/inspectors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-71431372082834513072019-11-08T13:41:59.717-05:002019-11-08T13:41:59.717-05:00Just when I thought China was communist in name on...Just when I thought China was communist in name only and more serious about promoting business growth than the US, they go and do something that sounds like 1980s Soviet Union bureaucracy!KTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-12781642256794395632019-11-07T14:43:01.697-05:002019-11-07T14:43:01.697-05:00Industrial policy would be nice to have, there is ...Industrial policy would be nice to have, there is no inherent reason why the US shouldn't have a functional supply chain in fine chemicals when China manages just fine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-77666247311542763082019-11-07T10:19:46.245-05:002019-11-07T10:19:46.245-05:00This statement reads like a report about a US gove...This statement reads like a report about a US government agency: As of 2017, there were around 2,000 inspectors at the agency, and they conducted a total of only 751 inspections that year.<br /><br />What were the other 1250 inspectors doing that ENTIRE year? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-1804280640099712172019-11-06T09:56:24.554-05:002019-11-06T09:56:24.554-05:00This post brought to mind the 1984 music video of ...This post brought to mind the 1984 music video of Glenn Frey's Smuggler's Blues<br /><br />https://youtu.be/LSXKyHM133c<br /><br /><br />The lyrics are here<br /><br />https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/glennfrey/smugglersblues.html<br /><br /><br />Relevant lines are<br /><br /><br />"It's the lure of easy money, it's got a very strong appeal"<br /><br /><br />"You ask any D.E.A. man, he'll say there's nothing we can do"<br /><br />qvxbnoreply@blogger.com