Re: Wal-Mart Bashing...Was Re: Hi

[Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What was said that turns this into a "I'll take this country, wart and 
all" discussion?  Patriotism is nice, but misplaced Nationalism becomes 
jingoism and doesn't solve many real problems; in fact it obscures and 
misdirects energy and efforts.



As you so rightly point out though, we have exported our pollutants and 
dangerous jobs.  Most heavy and dirty industry is long gone.  Slave & 
Child labor in America is almost a thing of the past (we only allow it 
in the Marianas now.  It would be gone there, too, excepting for Tom De 
Lay's intervention.)

I wonder where Nordstrom buys the shirts they sell?  Probably not the USA?

As to the Tsunami...  welll....  we aren't doing very well in New 
Orleans, are we?


pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> <<the shirts I buy at a low 
> price have to offshore made to be sold at the price I want to pay. >>
>
> That's all well and good, but can you get shirts with 38" sleeves at 
> Wal-Mart? I've got to go to Nordstrom's.
>
> We also have sewer and water systems that keep our children safe. We don't 
> throw baby girls into ponds. We have the choice to send our children to 
> schools of our choosing if we want to fork over the tuition.
>
> Places in the Indian Ocean had a tsunami 13 months ago. If we hadn't 
> gotten involved, how many bodies would have been left to rot?
>
> Sorry, but I'll take this country, warts and all.