Ed Schultz: Attention Black Friday Shoppers: Buy American

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It's the eve of Thanksgiving and Ed is giving up his popular 'Psycho Talk' segment tonight for some straight talk. You won't want to miss it.

The day after Thanksgiving is, of course, Black Friday -- traditionally the beginning of the Christmas shopping season.

With so many millions of Americans out of work and/or without health insurance, Ed has a message for all the Black Friday shoppers: buy American.

Ed will explain how that simple choice can make all the difference this holiday season, tonight at 8pmET.

Happy Thanksgiving!

http://ed.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/23/8982100-attention-black-friday-shoppers-buy-american

[marmar]

1. That pretty much rules out electronics.

nt

[OhioChick]

2. And toys and a majority of clothing n/t

[Better Believe It]

3. And furniture and cars and most appliances. How about toothpicks?

"American made" cars contain many "foreign made" components.

[Romulox]

6. Um, we make millions of cars in this country each year. WTF are you talking about?

Oh, yeah, now I remember. :puke:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1678224

[xloadiex]

4. New Balance gym shoes

The only gym shoes still made in the USA.

[kath]

11. Nope - only a few models of New Balance are made in the US. Most are made in China or elsewhere.

You have to check the labels very carefully.

[riverwalker]

5. and services

give mom the services of a local housecleaning service, give dad a computer tune up at a local repair shop, hire a local snow removal for someone, all great gift ideas.

[Better Believe It]

7. Don't need or want any of those.

I want a new computer. The old one doesn't need a tune up .... it's just old! I need a much bigger hard drive, more RAM and more speed for my hobbies and interests.

[demosincebirth]

8. Buy mom and dad gift certificate for a few car washes. Or a deep

body massage for both of 'em.

[Better Believe It]

10. At a non-union car wash?

:)

[provis99]

9. great. I couldn't even get my tooth cavity filled then...

the filling material comes from China, according to my dentist.

[kudzu22]

12. So if I'm buying a car

does that mean to buy the Ford made in Mexico or the Mitsubishi made in Illinois?

Where can I get an American made Sony PS3?

[SoulSearcher]

13. you can't

But we can occupy something...until winter takes it's toll