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Fading Captain (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:25 AM Original message |
Hey DU, Buy American |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
1. like most people, i will buy what is best for my family, whether its american made |
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Fading Captain (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Risk funds so I can feel good? |
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sjdnb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. I hope you just forgot to include the dripping in sarcasm smilies |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:50 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. yeah right because only trolls would put their families finances first |
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sjdnb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:58 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. You're the one who said, and I quote, that you were in .... |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:03 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. as i said its my money and ill buy what is best for my family |
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sjdnb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:07 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Now you're just babbling |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:10 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. lol, okay you win, i said im not going to buy american because im told to |
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Fading Captain (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:59 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Me. What I want. Me. Me. Me. |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
2. I LOVE my Toyota built in California by Union workers |
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Betsy Ross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
3. K&R |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
4. I do LOVE my foreign car. It's a Mazda, built completely in Japan. |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
6. I bought my used Mazda at an American used car dealership |
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Fading Captain (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:52 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. That's up for you to decide |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:08 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Goodwill! Your $$ will go to job training! |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:27 AM Response to Reply #9 |
22. New Balance makes sneakers in the US. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
13. I value local, green and fair trade/wages over "american" |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:04 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. jeez im going to hate to do this, but i agree with you |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:40 AM Response to Reply #14 |
35. I hate when that happens. |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:48 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. lol it just means that even stepping in dog poop once or twice isnt that bad |
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sjdnb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:17 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Green and local is great |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:26 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. If you look at my subject line |
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sjdnb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 02:32 AM Response to Reply #21 |
43. It was not directed at you ... sorry if you thought it was |
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Fading Captain (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:21 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. It's not us vs them. It's us |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:31 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Eh. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
20. i don't buy too many weapons systems or machine tools... |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:28 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Wow, just feeling all this liberal love for labour. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:34 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. it's not labour that makes the decisions about what products are made in this country... |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
24. As I read a washing label on a T-shirt |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 05:14 AM Response to Reply #24 |
47. American Apparel? |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
25. Hey, America: Make superior products... |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:33 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. We do, you just have to be willing to leave Walmart to find them. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:38 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. where can i get some american made home electronics..? |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:46 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Sure thing |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:41 AM Response to Reply #29 |
36. I said superior, not cheap. |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:35 AM Response to Reply #25 |
31. do what i do, go to the amish and mennonites |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:32 AM Response to Original message |
27. I do when I can. |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:38 AM Response to Reply #27 |
34. Same here -I buy used but when I buy new -I try to buy American |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:32 AM Response to Original message |
28. Because the burden of stimulating the economy rests on the people's shoulders |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
32. In a way, though, 'Buy American' is a kind of market-place nationalism. |
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seabeckind (406 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 02:07 AM Response to Original message |
39. GM closed because they broke Ford's rule |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 02:10 AM Response to Original message |
40. Slight flaw in the plan |
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seabeckind (406 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 02:15 AM Response to Original message |
41. And an addendum. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 02:21 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Great posts! |
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seabeckind (406 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 03:19 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Thanks... |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 03:31 AM Response to Original message |
45. How are we honestly supposed to know what's "Made in America" anymore? |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 04:00 AM Response to Original message |
46. You can't always find American made. |
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Sirveri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 05:26 AM Response to Original message |
48. I got on a buy American kick once. |
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