new MLK statue in DC made in China

[rockbot]

Now this is the best part. Can you believe they left out the most important thing....

where the hell is the hole?

and NAPA is proud to put their logo on it!

Sad I tell you..[&o]

 

[glass man]

Strange how in the 50s and 60s I heard so much about the evils of communism.We even fought two wars over it! If you was a kid in the 50s you were taught a useless drill of ducking under your school desk to be safe if an atomic bonb hit from USSR.If you was a guy with long hair in the 60s you were called a " pinko commie fag"'

Now the terrible thing is Socialism...is this to take away from the fact a communist country buys so much from us and the ones getting rich don't want people to remember how we once hated communists?I know people try to say they are really capitalists now,but that ain't what they call themselves!Also they were never truly communists in the real sense any way...like here there always were a rich class and a poor class etc.Was never truly every one equal ..also like here.

All that has happened is more have money [ours] and some are even very rich ..like here.

Also what has changed is because they have gotten so much money from us ,as well as having stolen many of our techno secrets their military has grown by leaps and bounds..also we are so far in debt to them we may never get out.

To argue are they commies any more really don't matter..its just a name..they are really more a dictatorship if that makes any one feel any better....


Can any one speak one of the many many dialects of Chinanese? Might be helpful in the future...hiding under a desk[made in china] won't help!

 

[suzanne]

Actually I try always to buy American when possible and American stuff is usually cheaper than China's. In Iowa anyway. Also you don't have to wonder what sorts of heavy metals your purchase contains.

Sometimes buying American is impossible. I went to Autozone and said I couldn't find a rachet handle made in America to purchase. The clerk was annoyed. He pulls one off the rack and says, "Here, this is Duralast, made in America!" "No it's not" I said and I rolled it over and pointed to the fine print on the packaging, "Made in China".
Since I did not need the rachet immediately I left without buying one, but other times I have had to buy Chinese tools or equipment because of deadlines. I simply don't always have time to hunt all over the place in order to buy American.

The thing is, political campaigns are costly and foreign countries and corporations provide a lot of the funds. Unions are the opposition to this and they also provide funds but that is another story. Every time a politician takes money from a foreign country or an American corporation that has moved its base to a foreign country he gives away a piece of America to that country.

Since China is supporting us we cannot now stand up and demand that tarriffs and regulations be placed on their products. So it is too late to fix.

Another problem is the ignorance of the general population, like the clerk who thought that a rachet handle made by Duralast must be made in America because Duralast is not a Chinese brand name.

 

[RICKJJ59W]

I know one thing for dam sure,all the bottles on my shelf are made in America,oh yeah,except that little dye bottle Rocky gave me []

 

[appliedlips]

ORIGINAL: glass man

Looks like ole Richard M. Nixon got the last laugh after all...one of the things he did was get China to do "business" with us and boy are we getting the "business" now![8D] JAMIE

Trading with the Chinese is not our problem, competing with them has been. How could we start making products here in the USA again, the american worker is too greedy! Not all, but alot. I don't know why folks couldnt see it coming when autoworkers, steelworkers, government workers doing menial tasks, etc. were making more than our teachers, nurses, and other skilled professionals. Making a very livable wage and always wanting more. NO we cant work for the same wage as a poor chap in Asia but folks could be happy knowing that without continued education, a marketable skill, they cant continue to expect to keep making more and more money. Shipping goods is not free. When this became a problem we had a whole generation of " Pinko commi fags" whining about issues that never government should never concern itself with instead of the issues that feed us and promote personal growth to everyone looking. I should say that I am not degreed, rich, or a slick city boy. I grew up in small town Illinois, where many a good farmer is happy that we have traded with the chinese. We used to have local factories all around, now abandoned buildings that could better serve as unemployment offices. Meanwhile, Pedro is working hard down in Mexico, making the same product so he can save money to pay a smuggler to brings his six kids to the the good ole U.S.A. so they can have their butts powdered, and bills paid for the rest of their lives.Meanwhile, many of my friends and neighbors are hoping their benefits get extended and waiting for our trusted government to start another infrastructure project to make the phone from the local hall ring so they can go back to work for a few months. Once in a while they get paid to drive their F350 to go hold up a sign when some scabs driving Toyota's are building a pizza shop paying no mind to the Now Hiring sign in the shops window. Are they the problem? No, they were raised in a time when our economy was strong and watched their parents live out happy lives working 9-5. This was a good time in our country but is long gone and will not return. That's alright it was a very short chapter in our nations history and we as a people can and will recover to live through a new and better chapter. Just like in the past, folks will have to become desperate enough to change and we are not their yet. A democracy, which will still live in, starts and ends in our individual households and our Politicians are no different now than they were in the early days, only the people have changed. I don't like being responsible, but don't see any other way if I want to live happy.

 

[PrivyCheese]

We dont make anything anymore?....sure we do. We make some of the best hamburgers in the world.....

 

[RICKJJ59W]

ORIGINAL: PrivyCheese

We dont make anything anymore?....sure we do. We make some of the best hamburgers in the world.....

They think their dog burgers are the best.Rotten bastards

These people are not even human.View at your own discretion.Its not pretty.Not buying from China because of this alone would be a good enough reason.

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/171383/20110629/china-considers-ban-on-dog-meat-photos.htm

 

[rockbot]

I know Rick. We had a lot of trouble with certain immigrants. They would camp out/live at remote spots along our coast line and completely wipe out every living thing in and around that area. They move up and down the coast doing this. Fortunately a lot of them got caught but only after they killed hundreds of endangered sea turtles.
Their long liner fishing ships would come right into our inshore waters and catch millions of our deep water fish. The sick part is that its off limits for us Americans but these sob's can come right in and do what every. Just like drilling for oil!
America has got its head so far up its ars. We need to wake up man![]

 

[Jim]

I will go out of my way to buy American-made products. For some items, it is very easy, but others are downright impossible. I buy nothing but Snap-On tools for work. They are expensive, but worth it. So many tools today, even once-reputable brands like NAPA, Blue Point and Stanley, are now mostly Chinese-made garbage.

I stock about 100 sets of brake lining at my shop, and recently changed suppliers over this issue. The supplier we had bought them from for over 20 years switched to a Chinese junk brand, and the quality was awful. I will not install such substandard trash on my customers' vehicles. The ones we get now are 90%+ USA-made, with an occasional set made in Mexico. I'll take 10% Mexico over 100% China any day.

I buy as much as I can from local manufacturers, as well. There are a limited number of products where this is an option for me, but there are a few. I just bought good wide-plank oak flooring, brand new and locally-made, for a fraction of what Lowe's charges for China-made trash that is not half as nice. It pays to look and check around, there may be more things made right in your local area than you would think. ~Jim

 

[Penn Digger]

At the rate we're going China will control our economy in a few years, if they don't already now. 44% of every dollar the Federal Government pays out is borrowed and we're only paying the interest we owe to China. We're screwed and will be screwed by China for years to come. I do agree with the buy USA campaign, but too few Americans subscribe to the logical way of thinking.

PD