Unamerican?
So buying a “Japanese” automobile is Unamerican? This “Unamerican” concept really baffles me. America is known to refer to Chrysler as one of the “Big Three” American car manufacturers. Is this still true after the merger/acquisition? So is buying a Chrysler as bad as buying a Honda Accord (64% of which is manufactured here in Ohio) ? I posed this question to a Chrysler employee and he had no direct answer for me. He avoided the question with stupid anecdotes to the situation in his company right now. So I pose the question to you.
In another arena, have you looked at the back of your computer lately, at the small tag hidden behind the mass of cobweb ridden wires behind your desk? You dont even have to go that far. While you are reading this, flip over your keyboard and look at the tag. Where was it manufactured? I always read through the tags for my TVs and other electronic equipment. Which peice of electronic equipment in your house was manufactured here, and solely here in the United States.
Turning to the t shirt that you are wearing. If you havent ripped off the tag already (unlike me) take a close look at the place of manufacture. I didnt think there was a state or a city called “Bangladesh” here in the United States. Hey, how about the coffee you are sipping. Know here that was grown? Yep. Do you know of any good watch manufacturers? UhHuh. How about food? What kind do you like the best. Thats what I thought. You say “Italian” is a suburb of New Orleans?
So are we all “Unamerican”?? Is our patriotic ferver lost? Are we losing touch with our Americana and giving in to the evil business plots of the East, South, Middle East etc (rest of the world but here)? I am caught in a dilemma. I would really like to think that I believe in this country, its people and our greatness. But I am surprised in the (recent) negativity that exists among Americans towards foreign influences, traditions and business endeavors. We make money and weild power and influence in foreign countries just like other countries do, in their own ways. My question is simple. Are we all Unamerican? If we are, who is American then?
Dont we all believe in freedom, love for life, religion and family and a peaceful, properous coexistence?
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I may be wrong, but I think the term comes from corporations cashing in on the union movement. During the 70’s “Buy America” was equated with “Buy Union.” Many unionist I know, understand the global market and wish that “Buy Union” was the slogan.
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Comment by Mark 4/21/2004 @ 10:01 pmBy just saying that the automobile was manufactured 64% here or there, Foxnews leaves out where the company is based and to whom the profits are paid. Next there is the riducule of a Union’s “slogan”. Obviously we should all be paid wages equivalent to what auto parts makers in Indonesia and Thialand pay or a Corporation like Delphi (GM) shouldn’t exist (??). Then, there’s the man who tried to spread the perception he had of his family’s Buick. Why all the Corporate bashing? It is attitudes like those you spread which can drive companies bankrupt. Who watches your newscast anyway – people in Japan? people in Korea? Would you bring Chinese laborers over to build your house if they could do the same work for less money or would you hire your local contractor? Why turn a blind eye to the plight of the manufacturing base and the American worker and then try to justify your choices?
Comment by Curt Brockhaus 1/27/2006 @ 5:12 pmHere is a link.
http://communicator.gm.com/socrates/newsnow/uploads/inthenews/1138378585726.html
By the way, The
Comment by Curt Brockhaus 1/27/2006 @ 8:45 pmgovernmentis not responsible for our (U.S.) Trade Deficit. Remember “We the People”(??). It is unpatriotic to have such a large trade deficit.