A Picture From Egypt Is Worth...

[WillyT]

Check the bottom of the label...



:banghead:

[justiceischeap]

1. It's no wonder the ME so does not like the US of A. (eom)

[WillyT]

3. Thanks For The Pic...

:yourock:

:hi:

[Poll_Blind]

2. The USA stocks yer classier dictators, strongmen and kings.

Sumthin' about supporting Democracy but I can't recall the details...

PB

[Electric Monk]

4. How to, er, win friends and influence people?

At least it wasn't a land mine...

[justiceischeap]

6. Maybe they're saving those for tomorrow. (eom)

[fascisthunter]

5. Yeah... we make shit here used to kill each other

and then talk shit about freedom

[northoftheborder]

7. ...while enriching the corporation providing the items of warfare

[RKP5637]

16. Yep, there's big money in death machines. So sad. n/t

[eissa]

8. Oh please

And all of our crap is made in China. So if tear gas that was made in China were to ever be used on our population, would it be the fault of the Chinese government for producing it, or our government for buying it and using it on us?

[justiceischeap]

10. With our record of meddling in the Middle East (and that is how the folks there see it)

I could see why they'd be pissed off when they pick up a tear gas canister that says "Made in U.S.A."

I mean, if China meddled in our policies and tried to force their communism and non-religion on the majority of American's, yeah, we'd be pissed.

[RKP5637]

19. Yep, and that's the bottom line. We do it for oil. n/t

[WillyT]

11. So... If A Bomb Were Dropped On Your House, Killing Family Members, But You Survived...

And a fragment of the bomb said... made in Iran, made in North Korea, etc...

You'd be OK with that?

:shrug:

[eissa]

15. I undertand our history in the region

Trust me, I'm from there. There is plenty of blame to go around. HOWEVER, enough already with blaming everyone but themselves. Arabs have for far too long pointed the finger at the outside while making excuses for their own governments. It's time to call a spade a spade; the repressive regimes in the ME have exploited everything from the Palestinian issue to cartoons in an effort to keep their citizenry down. Arab armies are generally trained to protect their governments from its own people rather than fight invading countries. Do we provide ammunition? Yeah, we do. But they are more than willing to use them on their own people.

[WillyT]

21. THAT... I Agree With, What I Reject, Is OUR Products Being Used To Repress People...

What... Egypt couldn't subcontract to produce their own Tear Gas???

Or at least their own labels, that identified the deliverers???

:shrug:

[EFerrari]

28. Yes, Egyptians should just walk off the tear gas and pull themselves up

by their own bootstraps. Oh, wait.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MpEAmMVabs&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[jonnyblitz]

18. and you think that will make a difference to the people on

the receiving end of the teargas when they see "made in the USA"? boy, are you EVER NAIVE.

[Ian David]

9. Hey, who do you think is selling them the sodium carbonate to wash it off their skin? n/t

[renegade000]

12. well, at least we provided the first aid instructions...

:think:

[Motown_Johnny]

13. that appears to be a different canister than the one I saw earlier

if I am correct there are no less than 2 pictures like this out there right now

[Cirque du So-What]

14. Shining beacon of democracy

My ass!

[emulatorloo]

17. Here's a story about the Tear Gas, the company that makes it, and what's in it

http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/01/whats-in-all-that-tear-gas-weve-been-selling-egypt.ars

[RKP5637]

22. I recall that shit well from the 60's when they unleashed it on us for protesting

the Viet Nam war. And it was made in the USA, and used against students who had had it with endless war and deaths. And then they shot down some students at Kent State.

[niyad]

29. I wonder what the labels said on the tear gas used on the peace protestors in Colorado Springs in

Feb 2003? probably the same crap they used on us in the 60's.

[RKP5637]

30. Probably - standard stock for Commie peace protesters. n/t

[DCKit]

20. Really folks, did even one of U.S. even have to comment without reccing? nt

[Electric Monk]

23. More likely, someone un-recced this without commenting. Chicken shit keyboard commando.

[DCKit]

27. Yeah, as if they'll kill this one in prime-time. Too lame. nt

[Duer 157099]

24. Holy shit!

We still make stuff?

[EFerrari]

25. There you go, taking "sides".

Imo, if over a thousand people have to go to the hospital from our tear gas and rubber bullets and concussion grenades, our government has already "taken a side".

:grr:

[Jamastiene]

26. Wow, they found something made in the USA?

Quite a feat, considering most of us IN the USA have a hard time finding something MADE in the USA. :wow:

/snark off/

[Quantess]

31. I was going to post that!

;)

[bhikkhu]

32. Tip o' the iceberg, I hate to say

2+ billion a year in US training, military and economic aid buys some pretty fancy weaponry, I'd guess...praying with everyone else that it doesn't get used.

[chollybocker]

33. Pic of the Year.

Weaponry is America's greatest industry.

[EFerrari]

34. Mother Jones video essay

http://motherjones.com/slideshows/2011/01/slideshow-protests-egypt

(Hope it's okay if I park this here!)

[WillyT]

40. But Of Course... And Thank You For That !!!

:hi:

[pacalo]

35. It's not often that we get to see the "Made in the USA" label.

Some of the few factories left in the US are making products that are destructive to human life? I don't feel good as an American seeing that picture, especially when it concerns protests for human rights.

People don't get out in the streets to face guns, batons, & tear gas unless they have a GOOD reason.

[2Design]

36. ya mean they aren't hating us for our freedom BUT for our WMDs and other weapons

[jillan]

38. You just said it all.

[Kablooie]

37. See? America still manufactures things. Proud to be an Ameerikun!

[WillyT]

39. Kick !!!

:kick:

[SoCalDem]

41. It used to be this:

[tavalon]

42. Why is it that damn near nothing is made in America but weapons

Everything I see says made in China.

We suck.

[loudsue]

43. That's the whole point and the bottom line. If it's weapons, it's the USA

If it supports the military industrial corporate complex, it's made in the USA.

[upi402]

44. Can't even afford the airfare to visit our old jobs

Rethugs and bluedogs love that!