Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Gas Prices (was :commander in chief)

[Mike (themightytoe]

Wow you must shit red white and blue Jim...

Might want to get a doc to check that out though...

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On May 5, 2011, at 4:16 PM, Jim Conforti <lndshrk [at] xmission.com> wrote:

> On 5/5/2011 2:40 PM, Michael James wrote:
>> We didn't hear a peep out
>> of you when the Steel industry, the textile industry, hell most industry
>> in the US was killed-off, sent overseas where folks make stuff for $5
>> per day.  How do you like your iPod?  Designed in California, made in
>> China.  You have the economy YOU supported with your own dollars.  Enjoy
>> it.  
> 
>  Really?
> 
>  Once again Michael, you prove you are a mindless liberal wank.
> 
>  You ASSuME so much - and what you don't ASSuME - you plain make up.
> 
>  (When you assume - you make an ASS out of U and ME - but in this
>   case it's mostly U)
> 
>  Textile Industry?  I don't buy a single thing "Made in China"
>  (or Pockistan, or India... or Vietnam.. or) if I can avoid it.
> 
>  This means I also pay $200-400 for a shirt, where others pay $40.
> 
>  Made in USA or Italy from US or Italian fabrics.
> 
>  Considering I GREW UP in a (former) Textile town in MA, let me tell
>  you why most of the "mass market" Textile manufacturers left.  UNIONS.
> 
>  DemocRATS forcing UNIONS down everyone's throats.
> 
>  (Yet, the idiots keep checking (D) and "Union YES" while more and
>   more employers say "Unions HELL NO" and leave MA with haste)
> 
>  A.J. Wright just closed down their distribution center and moved
>  out of the area.
> 
>  Rather than take 10/hr - they demanded $20/hr + another 10/hr in
>  pensions and benefits.
> 
>  They got ZERO in the end.
> 
>  The best purpose for Fall River, MA right now?  An old-fashioned
>  above ground nuclear test.  Wait until the winds are going to
>  push the 1000r/hr line right over Martha's Vineyard and the last
>  of the idiot Kennedys.
> 
>  I think I'll tip back a dram of 25 y/o Macallan to that thought.
> 
>  Back to UNIONS and TEXTILES.
> 
>  That sing-songy "Look for the Union Label" jingle?
> 
>  Remember it?  The ILGWU?  The commercials?  Yeah.
> 
>  Companies are not going to stay around when labor costs are not
>  just "higher" than overseas, but extortionate.
> 
>  UNIONS have either bankrupted or chased out of the country:
> 
>  Textiles
>  Electronics Assembly
>  Machining
>  GM
>  Chrysler (twice)
> 
>  They are about to chase Boeing out.
> 
>  That being said.
> 
>  MY products are MADE IN AMERICA (and CANADA)
> 
>  Molds?  Machined in USA
>  Pins?  Machined in N Idaho
>  Plastic? Cast in USA of US materials
>  Circuit Boards?  Assembled in Canada
>  Final Assy/Test?  Both USA and Canada
> 
>  Go out of my way to BUY AMERICAN if it's possible.
> 
>  Jeans?  Made in America (some in Italy too)
> 
>  Shoes?  it's HARD, but mostly made in America (or Europe)
> 
>  Sneakers?  Aforementioned New Balance 993's
> 
>  Bike?  America
> 
>  Cars?  USA (Jeep), Italy, Germany, USA - and one made
>  in Japan (Wife wanted a Toyota Highlander Hybrid)
> 
>  Would have had more US cars had not the C5 been a boat,
>  and the C6 Z06 been a complete piece of "cheese eating
>  surrender monkey" merde.  Built by Unions, Transported
>  (and DAMAGED) by Unions.
> 
>  Some things, you have no choice. (like computers)
> 
>  TV's - designed in Korea - made in Mexico.
> 
>  Let's move to my house...
> 
>  Cabinets?  Handcrafted in Utah
> 
>  Windows?  Same
> 
>  Counter tops?  Utah of US materials.
> 
>  Appliances?  USA and Germany.
> 
>  Should I go on?
> 
>  Lets.  Let's talk about food.
> 
>  I look for 3 things when I buy food for my family.
> 
>  1) Made in USA - we support a local farm co-op all summer
> 
>  (You should taste my Bok-Choi and (gulf) Shrimp stir-fries)
> 
>  2) Organic if possible.  and it's usually possible.
> 
>  3) No HFCS (drives my wife batty!)
> 
>  Got any more ASSumptions to make about me, Michael?
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