Wal-Mart Sues 'Wal-ocaust' T-Shirt Seller

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060412/ap_on_bi_ge/wal_mart_lawsuit_2 ^

[Westlander]

Try reading.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/secrets/wmchina.html

[AlexW]

"There are actually stores - hardware, clothing, food, toys, appliances"

I would be interested to know the brands.
Of course, food comes from the USA, but clothing?
To my knowledge, there are no longer any mass production clothing factories left in the US.

The major US brands of appliances and hardware are also sold in Walmart.

[flada]

Bwahhaaahaa. You bash an American enterprise and then use PBS as a source? Are you sure you wouldn't be more comfortable at DU?

[AlexW]

"Try reading.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/secrets/wmchina.html"

Ohhh wow...Words from the PUBIC BROADCASTING SYSTEM.
Are they still in business?

Thank God, I know longer have a chance to see them.

[Westlander]

'food comes from the USA'
Hardly. Fruit & vegetables come from Central and South America. Even McDonalds imports it meat for their junk burgers.

[Westlander]

"Sam was an advocate of importing. It was his vision," said a retired senior executive, who was a buyer in Wal-Mart's Hong Kong office in the 1980s, "Our first office was in Hong Kong, then Taiwan. Korea soon after. We'd visit factories, see how they store goods. You would look at every step of the process very carefully."

[AlexW]

"Hardly. Fruit & vegetables come from Central and South America. Even McDonalds imports it meat for their junk burgers."

Yes, of course we import food, but I do not know of any American producers that are not able to sell all that they can grow or raise.

You did not reply to my main comment.

[Westlander]

http://laplaza.org/~totem/econ.html
http://www.documentaryfilms.net/Reviews/StoreWars/
http://www.wakeupwalmart.com/news/20050427-whnt.html
http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A17618
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/1310AP_Wal_Mart_Newspaper_Ads.html
http://www.loka.org/pubs/countereffect.htm
http://www.ourfuture.org/fixwalmart/local_letters.cfm

[Westlander]

http://www.usstuff.com/
http://www.unionjeancompany.com/
http://madeinusa.org/nav.cgi?data/clot

Just a few.

[AlexW]

Yes, I know...It is a sad fact of life.
Times change.
As much as I love mom and pop stores, I cant throw a temper tantrum and demand my buggy whip be made in the USA.

[AlexW]

Thanks for the links to American made shops.
I may try some of them, but they are all small shops that can not produce high quantities.
One might also question what is required to say "Made in USA".

[Westlander]

Your welcome.

[Westlander]

Meant to tell you....If you want the most comfortable, longest wearing best shoe/boot you'll ever have try
http://www.redwingshoe.com/
Made in USA and get this....you get free 'tune ups' on the footwear..cleaning/polishing. Your size will be different because it's an actual American size.

[RedStateRocker]

I believe that the Jewish term is 'Shoah'. "Holocaust" was in general usage before the time of the Nazi's.

[RedStateRocker]

AMEN.

Redwings= fifty percent more expensive than crap and last four times longer. Plus you can often resole them, saving even more. As a Audio Visual tech I needed something that looks corporate but handled 9 hour days and Redwing delivered.

[Westlander]

See 53. OoOps, sent it to myself.

[restornu]

No they were not inside flea market this would be brand new Items....

oh never mind it seems thinking out of the bag is not your thing!

[Doctor Raoul]

Evan Thomas...Newsweek....He reminds me of Braun.

[Larry Lucido]

LOL!