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(Vanity) Have you bought anything manufactured in America recently?

Posted on 08/28/2007 8:13:56 PM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network

Anyone else long overdue ready, for any of our struggling retailers, to take Sam Walton's original concept for a new run?

(Sam Walton, the founder of Walmart ... as hard as it may be to believe if you go in a Walmart now, actually started the chain as a place to buy American-made goods)

My. How. Things. Change.


TOPICS: Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: boycottchina; madeintheusa; manufacturing; yankeeingenuity
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PS: regarding "manufactured in America": anything pieced together with a couple screwdrivers and a crescent wrench from imported parts shipped from Toyko or Bavaria ... is NOT manufactured here.
1 posted on 08/28/2007 8:13:58 PM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network
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Most of my stereo equipment was made in the USA.

It is not the inexpensive stuff, however.


2 posted on 08/28/2007 8:15:58 PM PDT by proxy_user
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

I actually bought something in Walmart the other day that was made in America.

Hoppe’s #9 solvent.


3 posted on 08/28/2007 8:16:44 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo ("Hidin' in a corner ...of New York City, lookin' down a .44 in West Virginy")
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I bought some beer and brats manufactured in Milwaukee.

Union made baby!

4 posted on 08/28/2007 8:16:58 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

Tomatoes from a local grower cannot be beat.


5 posted on 08/28/2007 8:17:08 PM PDT by perfect stranger
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

Yes. And I will continue to do so.
Fenton Glass just closed. One of the only remaining glass factories left in the United States is Blenko Glass. Please buy from them. I won’t put the online catalog link up, but please check them out on Google.


6 posted on 08/28/2007 8:18:22 PM PDT by abner (I have no tagline, therefore no identity.)
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Sure did, a BMW X5, it is more American than most of the ‘domestic’ car co’s.

I hear Nissan Altima is more American than a Chrysler 300..

The one thing that is constant is that things change.

7 posted on 08/28/2007 8:18:52 PM PDT by mnehring (Ron Paul is a truly great American- David Duke)
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My Bud light qualify.


8 posted on 08/28/2007 8:19:19 PM PDT by doc1019 (Fred Thompson '08)
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I forgot about the good old standby, Sam Adams.


9 posted on 08/28/2007 8:19:32 PM PDT by mnehring (Ron Paul is a truly great American- David Duke)
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

can we have a hint?


10 posted on 08/28/2007 8:19:48 PM PDT by pierstroll
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A Playboy?


11 posted on 08/28/2007 8:20:29 PM PDT by rottndog (Government is a necessary evil, but as with all evils, the less of it the better.)
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I bought a quarter pounder from McDonalds. Does that count?

It was crappy by the way and I regret doing it.


12 posted on 08/28/2007 8:20:56 PM PDT by Bullish ( Reality is the best cure for delusion.)
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Sorry. Hints are actually imported.


13 posted on 08/28/2007 8:21:05 PM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (Communist China: Walmart's answer to that pesky 13th Amendment.)
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I have, mnay in fact. And if one looks, Walmart has plenty of “made in America” merchandise.


14 posted on 08/28/2007 8:21:26 PM PDT by gidget7 ( Vote for the Arsenal of Democracy, because America RUNS on Duncan!)
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All Pampered Chef baking stones are made in the U.S.


15 posted on 08/28/2007 8:21:59 PM PDT by ChocChipCookie (Homeschool like your kids' lives depend on it.)
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Bought a Baby Jogger stroller, new Pointer jeans, a Klein screwdriver, and new pillows all made in the US. I try mightily to always buy made in USA.


16 posted on 08/28/2007 8:24:21 PM PDT by pissant (Duncan Hunter: Warrior, Statesman, Conservative)
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To: Cringing Negativism Network
Sam Walton was a fine man, and is turning over in grave at what has become of his dream.

To your question- I have only purchased furniture that I'm certain is domestically produced.

17 posted on 08/28/2007 8:25:03 PM PDT by Dysart
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It seems the only choice we now have for consumer goods is Chinese, Chinese or perhaps the Chinese ones.


18 posted on 08/28/2007 8:26:05 PM PDT by Last Dakotan
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A pair of Alden shoes.


19 posted on 08/28/2007 8:27:24 PM PDT by durasell (!)
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A Marlin 1894 rifle.


20 posted on 08/28/2007 8:27:56 PM PDT by VR-21
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