View Full Version : I wonder why this is?
SUBMAN1
08-30-09, 01:22 AM
John Smith started the day early having set his alarm clock
(MADE IN JAPAN ) for 6 am.
While his coffeepot
(MADE IN CHINA )
was perking, he shaved with his
electric razor
(MADE IN HONG KONG )
He put on a
dress shirt
(MADE IN SRI LANKA ),
designer jeans
(MADE IN SINGAPORE )
and
tennis shoes
(MADE IN KOREA)
After cooking his breakfast in his new
electric skillet
(MADE IN INDIA )
he sat down with his
calculator
(MADE IN MEXICO )
to see how much he could spend today. After setting his
watch
(MADE IN TAIWAN )
to the radio
(MADE IN INDIA )
he got in his car
(MADE IN GERMANY )
filled it with GAS
(from Saudi Arabia )
and continued his search
for a good paying AMERICAN JOB.
At the end of yet another discouraging
and fruitless day
checking his
Computer
(made in MALAYSIA ),
John decided to relax for a while.
He put on his sandals
(MADE IN BRAZIL ),
poured himself a glass of
wine
(MADE IN FRANCE )
and turned on his
TV
(MADE IN INDONESIA ),
and then wondered why he can't
find a good paying job
in AMERICA
AND NOW HE'S HOPING HE CAN GET HELP FROM A PRESIDENT
MADE IN KENYA.
Biggles
08-30-09, 04:28 AM
The alternative would be a president MADE IN PANAMA?
Respenus
08-30-09, 05:48 AM
You do realise that you yourself, the American people, have given the corporations, which you hold sacrosanct, the ability through a free market policy to go abroad, to find cheaper labour, so that they can sell you more stuff much cheaper, so that you can spend more on other products, for which you usually need to take a loan.
So if you chose to move factories abroad, why shouldn't you have a president who is American (has a citizenship), yet doesn't come from what you may consider "core" USA?
Biggles
08-30-09, 05:53 AM
Obama is from Hawaii, yes? Was born in 1961, yes? Hawaii one of the 50 states, yes?
From Wikipedia:
The state (Hawaii) was admitted to the Union on August 21, 1959.
Obama is just as much an american as McCain.
Thats what the Mayflowers guys tried to tell the natives.
Torplexed
08-30-09, 10:00 AM
Debt, failing banks, bailouts, moribund bureaucracy and billionaire swindlers (MADE IN THE USA)
See...we still make something. :D We're Number One!..we're Number One! :rock:
Thats what the Mayflowers guys tried to tell the natives.
http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/political-pictures-geronimo-illegal-aliens.jpg
Biggles
08-30-09, 10:38 AM
http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/political-pictures-geronimo-illegal-aliens.jpg
How very true isn't this?
Task Force
08-30-09, 10:42 AM
How very true isn't this?
100% true...
Is it just me or is nothing made in the us anymore... (except for on rare ocations.)
100% true...
Is it just me or is nothing made in the us anymore... (except for on rare ocations.)
Same for the UK, but that's how it happens in a lot of nations. You start in primary industry, farming and the like, then you move into Secondary Industry, heavy industry and production, and then you move into Tertiary industry which is light industry, things like software, and the like.
Regrettably, along the line, companies then find it easier to import primary and secondary industry products from third and second world nations which offer cheaper offers through mass production and have less trade regulations.
Task Force
08-30-09, 10:53 AM
Same for the UK, but that's how it happens in a lot of nations. You start in primary industry, farming and the like, then you move into Secondary Industry, heavy industry and production, and then you move into Tertiary industry which is light industry, things like software, and the like.
Regrettably, along the line, companies then find it easier to import primary and secondary industry products from third and second world nations which offer cheaper offers through mass production and have less trade regulations.
yep, would be nice to actualy own something from the place i live though... other than a plastic cup... lol
I wonder how safe the stuff with Made in China stamped on the bottom is...:hmmm::o I believe the have veary little to no work safty/standards...
yep, would be nice to actualy own something from the place i live though... other than a plastic cup... lol
I wonder how safe the stuff with Made in China stamped on the bottom is...:hmmm::o I believe the have veary little to no work safty/standards...
Well, that is the gamble you have, there has been a lot of problems with imported Chinese goods, talks of sabotage and the like, plus problems with internal Chinese goods, the baby food scandal of not long ago comes to mind.
However, what it boils down to, going back to Mr John Smith. If he doesn't have a job, then when his Japanese alarm clock conks out, will he buy a cheap Japanese or Chinese clock, or a more expensive one from somewhere in the EU or the US?
People vote with their wallets. :03:
Task Force
08-30-09, 11:05 AM
yea... But overhere stuff from the EU/US is quite hard to find. the stores stock the cheap stuff... and jack up the prices... so that clock that costs 10.99, actualy cost less than half of its origional price to make...
I wounder what would ever happen if the US and China went to war, or china stopped (which would never happen anyway) selling to the US... lol...
Buddahaid
08-30-09, 11:40 AM
It's because we built our high standard of living on cheaper foreign labor. Want to spend $75,000.00 for a low end car? We do make good agricultural products, but on the backs of cheap foreign laborers, and I for one, don't want to make $5-10.00 an hour doing it. Catch-22, eh?
Buddahaid
Obama is just as much an american as McCain.
McCain is Kenyan! IT ALL MAKES SENSE!!!
Stealth Hunter
08-30-09, 02:05 PM
I blame the Freemasons.
And the Illuminati.
And... THE JEWS. Everybody blames the Jews at some point or another.
And the Illuminati.
And... THE JEWS. Everybody blames the Jews at some point or another.
GODWIN I CHOOSE YOU!
*Throws pokeball* :rotfl:
Torplexed
08-30-09, 02:34 PM
And the Illuminati.
And... THE JEWS. Everybody blames the Jews at some point or another.
And our Northern Neighbors. Who do they think they're fooling being so quiet and polite all the time? :03:
http://pyxis.homestead.com/BlameCanada.jpg
Platapus
08-30-09, 03:02 PM
Fixed some typos in the original post.
John Smith started the day early having set his alarm clock
(Imported into the United States, representing American shipping jobs and generates taxes, and sold in an American store that hires Americans ) for 6 am.
While his coffeepot
(Imported into the United States, representing American shipping jobs and generates taxes, and sold in an American store that hires Americans )
was perking, he shaved with his
electric razor
(Imported into the United States, representing American shipping jobs and generates taxes, and sold in an American store that hires Americans )
He put on a
dress shirt
(Imported into the United States, representing American shipping jobs and generates taxes, and sold in an American store that hires Americans ),
designer jeans
(Imported into the United States, representing American shipping jobs and generates taxes, and sold in an American store that hires Americans )
and
tennis shoes
(Imported into the United States, representing American shipping jobs and generates taxes, and sold in an American store that hires Americans )
After cooking his breakfast in his new
electric skillet
(Imported into the United States, representing American shipping jobs and generates taxes, and sold in an American store that hires Americans )
he sat down with his
calculator
(Imported into the United States, representing American shipping jobs and generates taxes, and sold in an American store that hires Americans )
to see how much he could spend today. After setting his
watch
(Imported into the United States, representing American shipping jobs and generates taxes, and sold in an American store that hires Americans )
to the radio
(Imported into the United States, representing American shipping jobs and generates taxes, and sold in an American store that hires Americans )
he got in his car
(Imported into the United States, representing American shipping jobs and generates taxes, and sold in an American store that hires Americans )
filled it with GAS
(Imported into the United States, representing American shipping jobs and generates taxes, and sold in an American store that hires Americans )
and continued his search
for a good paying AMERICAN JOB.
At the end of yet another discouraging
and fruitless day
checking his
Computer
(Imported into the United States, representing American shipping jobs and generates taxes, and sold in an American store that hires Americans ),
John decided to relax for a while.
He put on his sandals
(Imported into the United States, representing American shipping jobs and generates taxes, and sold in an American store that hires Americans ),
poured himself a glass of
wine
(Imported into the United States, representing American shipping jobs and generates taxes, and sold in an American store that hires Americans )
and turned on his
TV
(Imported into the United States, representing American shipping jobs and generates taxes, and sold in an American store that hires Americans ),
and then wondered why he can't
find a good paying job
in AMERICA
Because John Smith does not have a marketable skill and spends all of his time projecting his shortfalls on “them foreigners” instead of applying himself to get a marketable degree and being willing to start at the bottom to get the necessary experience to improve his job marketability. But then it is always easier to blame someone else.
Biggles
08-30-09, 03:11 PM
McCain is Kenyan! IT ALL MAKES SENSE!!!
Actually, McCain was born in Panama. But at the time, Panama was a part of the United States (yes ol' John is old!) so he's cleared for presidenty. Or he would've been, if he won the election.:O:
Stealth Hunter
08-30-09, 03:56 PM
Actually, McCain was born in Panama. But at the time, Panama was a part of the United States (yes ol' John is old!) so he's cleared for presidenty. Or he would've been, if he won the election.:O:
Well actually, Panama was never part of the US like Guam or Puerto Rico. The zone near the canal was, but the nation itself was and has been a constitutional democracy since 1903, a good 33 years before McCain was born. HOWEVER, he was born inside the canal zone. The debate is whether or not it belonged to the Panamanians or the US at the time. Technically, it was part of Panama's landmass, but the US signed a treaty with them which gave them control of the canal zone.
How very true isn't this?
Somebody considered his ancestors to be illegal aliens once upon a time as well. Actually the folks they consider to be "Native" Americans nowadays are at least the third wave of immigrants to the new world.
Wolfehunter
08-30-09, 05:50 PM
How very true isn't this?Agreed :yeah:
Max2147
08-30-09, 07:05 PM
Well actually, Panama was never part of the US like Guam or Puerto Rico. The zone near the canal was, but the nation itself was and has been a constitutional democracy since 1903, a good 33 years before McCain was born. HOWEVER, he was born inside the canal zone. The debate is whether or not it belonged to the Panamanians or the US at the time. Technically, it was part of Panama's landmass, but the US signed a treaty with them which gave them control of the canal zone.
Sort of. He was born in US Navy hospital, but it was slightly outside the Canal Zone. So it was a US government owned property on Panamanian soil.
So technically he was born in Panama, but he was a US citizen from birth since both his parents were US citizens. The Senate and multiple legal opinions have confirmed his status as a natural born citizen.
I am still of the firm opinion that Obama is more American then McCain.
I have seen no proof that McCain isn't a Muslim terrorist from Kenya.
Aramike
08-30-09, 09:35 PM
I am still of the firm opinion that Obama is more American then McCain.I'm not a so-called "Birther", or whatever, but that's just nuts.
Biggles
08-31-09, 09:59 AM
I wouldn't say that Obama is "more" american than any other, but I can't say he is less american than McCain.
He is the president now, and if the top had any real doubts about Obama's citizenry, then he wouldn't be there. (at the top).
Sailor Steve
08-31-09, 01:13 PM
Buy the best product at the best product...it's the American Way!
As for McCain, both his parents were American citizens, so it doesn't matter where he was born.
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