I see you’re totally right. I was just getting myself caught up (again) in the ‘republic, not a democracy’ thing. But fortunately, it dawned on me how correct you are. And I realized I was not. Actually, I appreciate your straightening that out – more than I can express 
Well, some people like to use the name for that warm fuzzy feeling. Zimbabwe does not fit the State department’s definition of democracy.
Cheers, E E!
@Xander – Read the article on Monticello. Thanks.
back atcha!
Back from 2 fantastic days at Pöschl´s HQ in Geisenhausen. The most humble and charming folks, one could think of. As I´d presumed, the reasons for pulling out of the US market were, that the government demanded much, much more info (more or less the exact recipes) than they wanted to offer. They chose to keep their trousers up, heavy hearted. Well, a look at the international figures made it quite clear, that this was the only reasonable decision. I´d have NEVER thought they sell this little in the USA. They sell 10 times as much in Poland alone… in the international ranking, the USA came 8th, far behind France, Italy, even behind the Czech Republic.
Depressing news. Gletscher Prise and President are two that I’ve always liked taking to work with me. One of the reasons was the boxes are very easy to slip into my pocket and my co-workers seemed to really enjoy taking a pinch of as well. I really think Poeschl should reconsider their decision.
I concur. I hope this can be worked out in the future.
@saucy_jack: “taxation without representation” – I heard that leads to tea parties and the like. It was not the tax/representation campaigners responsible for ransacking the East India ship Dartmoor but Boston’s wealthy smugglers who were irate that the Parliament had given the company a massive rebate. Tea therefore left Britain duty free and only had to pay the much lower colonial duty on arrival. This price advantage undercut the illegal trade of smugglers. Had tea been heavily taxed then there would have been no tea party.
@PhilipS Where did you find that info? I’m not arguing with your point, merely inquiring about where you got your information.
Wow PhilipS that makes more sense. You’ve studied your history a fair bit more then casualy. As the kids say big ups on that. (ie. that is awesome.)
Tin Can - there is a wealth of information regarding the myth behind the tea party. Posterity claims that it was due to heavy duty on tea when in fact it was due to Boston’s smugglers being undercut over lowering the duty on tea from a shilling a pound to three pence per pound. The Boston Tea Party Historical Society is one source - http://www.boston-tea-party.org/smuggling/John-Hancock.html - or for a wealth of information Google the following: “Boston tea party” smugglers The contemporary Massachusetts lawyer and politician Daniel Leonard wrote, “Will not posterity be amazed when they are told that the present distraction took its rise from the parliament’s taking off a Shilling duty on a pound of tea, and imposing three pence, and call it a more unaccountable frenzy, and more disgraceful to the annals of America, than that of the Witchcraft.”
Very interesting stuff, PhilipS. We should all know better than to trust the myth(s) they call academic history. Much is untrue and always has been.
Yeah it’s amazing how we candy coat somethings and ignore others. My current favorite historical misreading is the term Machiavellian. Which comes from a combination of poor translating choices and not looking at context.
often used in context of political duplicity (how I more often use it) or in psychcology to define traits for diagnoses comparable to sociopathology/psychopathology. Interesting that you’re studying that one, Bob.
The funny part is it describes some observations in one book. None of which match anything about the man himself.