In article <pan.2006.01.09.03.37.27.908095@sled351>, David M
<NOSPAM@nospam.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 08 Jan 2006 23:46:55 +0000, CobraJet rearranged some electrons to
> form:
>
>
> > By the same token, shopping at WalMart doesn't mean you are
> > supporting the Asian market. I shop there. I buy the exact same brands
> > of food or tools or what have you that my local non-Wally stores have,
> > only for some 30 percent less. Perhaps some appliances or soft goods
> > are imported, but the amount of money I spend on those is next to
> > nothing in comparison.
>
> True, food usually isn't imported.
> However I would bet that all of the tools at WalMart are sourced in Asia.
Well, it's the same Stanley and Black & Decker and Dremel and
Campbell and Hausfield that Home Depot and such has. At least it's
cheaper.
>
> I like Harbor Freight Tools and Northern Hydraulics as much as
> the next person, but almost all of their stuff is Asian.
Yeah, I love the Chicago Pneumatic brand stuff. I wonder where
"Chicago" is in China.
>
> > Gee, I wonder if *they* might have helped contribute to the
> > ridiculous notion that everything WalMart sells comes from China. I'd
> > love to source out the tool and hardware SKU's at Sears and see what
> > happens.
>
> Wal-Mart alone accounts for about 10 per cent of
> the China's total exports to the US. Now that is staggering.
>
> Craftsmen tools (at least the hand tools) are made in the US.
> http://www.sears.com/sr/craftsman/wh..._madeinUSA.jsp
>
> Don't get me wrong, I'm not anti-Wal-Mart. I probably go there
> twice a week. I would buy things like clothes if they were made
> in the US, but that industry is pretty much dead here, so even
> if you wanted to buy US, you can't find it anymore.
Please don't tell me Hanes and Levi's are made in China.
>
> It's just that no matter what we do, we're all slowly being taken
> over by Asia.
>
> Who are the biggest foriegn holders of US treasury securities?
> http://www.treas.gov/tic/mfh.txt
>
> Scary ain't it?
Yes. I envy the guys in their 70's and 80's that are ready to kick
the bucket. I sure don't wanna see what happens.
The part that really pisses me off is that the a-holes who profited
from the piecemeal selloff of this country will get off scot free and
retire anywhere they want in the lap of luxury.
Hmm, I wonder how much serving wenches are in China?
Years ago I had a friend who bailed out to avoid the Big Heat and
moved to an American enclave near or in Cancun. I haven't talked to him
in a while, but he was happy over the move. I heard that the law was
changed about non-Mexican nationals being able to actually own land
down there. If so, that might eventually be a game plan.
CobraJet
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