Forget Al Qaeda - It's China

We've spent trillions the past 9 years in the name of Al Qaeda - whether it's hiring thousands of TSA workers to frisk passengers at airports or fighting two wars, while at the same time, the biggest threat to America's future (other than reality television) continues to grow unabated with the blessing of the Obama Adminstration - and the Bush Administration before that. That threat - China. In 1992 Ross Perot warned Americans about that giant sucking sound coming from Mexico, as in jobs would be sucked into Mexico due to the impending approval of NAFTA. Perot was half right. 20 years later the giant sucking sound is coming from China - where American companies like Apple are using the world's cheapest labor to build products that Americans would have built 20 years ago. Apple's contractor in China has over 400,000 on the payroll, many of whom are busy making Apple's latest creation, the iPad. Why China? Because China is manipulating its currency, which allows companies like Apple to make their products for a fraction of what they would cost if made in the U.S., or even in Mexico. China artificially devalues their money, which makes everything they produce 30% to 40% cheaper than it should be. In July China's total trade surplus was $28 Billion. Can you guess how much of that su... Read More

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Scott's Bio

ABOUT SCOTT

AGE: 40

RESIDENCE: Tampa, Fla.

HOMETOWN: Vestal, N.Y.

FAMILY: Wife, Stephanie

TIMELINE

1967: Born, Washington, D.C.

1975: Moves with family from Endwell, N.Y., to Vestal, N.Y.

1978: Purchases first Van Halen album.

1983: Takes high school trip with classmates to Soviet Union.

1985: Graduates from Vestal High School; enrolls at SUNY-Brockport.

1989: Receives B.S. in military history from SUNY-Brockport.

1990: Works as bartender at Rusty Staub’s on 5th Avenue in New York City.

1992: Moves to Florida; enrolls as College of Journalism and Communications graduate student at University of Florida in Gainesville.

1995: Begins attending University of Florida College of Law.

1997: Graduates from Law School; moves to Tampa.

1998: Begins practicing law.

2002: Selected as Democratic nominee for the Florida State House, District 57;

2003: Named president of non-profit Voices for Children of Hillsborough County.

2004: Is recognized by Florida Governor Jeb Bush for his work on behalf of the Florida Guardian ad Litem Program.

2005: Is married in Sarasota, Fla., beach ceremony.

2006: U.S. Congressional candidate – recognized nationally for running his campaign bus on waste vegetable oil and biodiesel and appears with 9-time Grammy Winner Bonnie Raitt at a number of her concerts to promote clean energy.

2007: Becomes host of The Scott Farrell Show.

FAST FACTS

• Scott was president of the Law School Democrats while at the
University of Florida.

• Scott lettered in football at SUNY-Brockport.

• Scott is a Volunteer Guardian for abused and neglected children

• Scott’s mother was a schoolteacher. His father was an officer in
the Army and later as an executive at small computer parts
manufacturer.

• Scott moved to Florida on the same day in 1992 that Hurricane
Andrew hit South Florida.

• Scott is an avid sports fan; his favorite teams are the Florida
   Gators (any sport), Washington Redskins (football), N.Y
   Yankees (baseball) and Tampa Bay Lightning (hockey).