[AT] OT - MADE IN USA (Warning, possibly political content)

Larry Goss rlgoss at insightbb.com
Tue Mar 8 21:33:14 PST 2011


LOL!  Sorry, Louis, the first job I had (off the farm) was in the mail room at a GE plant.  That was in 1955.  Even at that time, there was such division of management and manufacturing in the company that the official locations for production had very little relationship to where the "official" address for each was located.  If you really want to be confused, start paging through  the "dead tree" edition (printed book) of the THOMCAT.  Bottom line: Those who want to curb our globalization are at least 50 years late in attempting to close and lock the barn door.

Larry


----- Original Message -----
From: Louis <louis at kellnet.com>
Date: Tuesday, March 8, 2011 23:10
Subject: Re: [AT] OT - MADE IN USA (Warning, possibly political content)
To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group' <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>

> I have to wonder if there is some marketing trickery going on 
> with where
> products are made.  I read the email below.  I took 
> note about the GE
> light bulbs.  The GE brand was marked made in Mexico.  
> The generic ones
> were marked made in USA, Cleveland, OH.  Guess who's 
> rightful division
> is located in Cleveland, OH.  Yep, GE.  Google "Nela 
> Park".  Now there
> might be some other light bulb manufacture located on Cleveland, 
> but I
> have never heard about them.  I live 40 miles west of 
> Cleveland.  Maybe
> some of the eastsider on the list might know different than I 
> do. I
> think they are doing some slight of hand with wording on the 
> packaging.
> Lou
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
> pga2 at BasicISP.net
> Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 2:03 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT - MADE IN USA (Warning, possibly political 
> content)
> 
> Per the ongoing discussion here about light bulbs, I got the 
> below email
> from a friend this morning. We all need to read the labels on 
> everythingwe purchase.
> 
> Phil
> 
> ========================================================================
> ============================
> Forwarded email
> ========================================================================
> ============================
> 
>  If all of us would do this China would not own us!!!!
> 
> A physics teacher in high school once told the students that 
> while one
> grasshopper on the railroad tracks wouldn't 
> 
> slow a train very much, a billion of them would. With that 
> thought in
> mind, read the following, obviously written by a 
> 
> good American.
> 
> 
> Good idea .... one light bulb at a time ....
> 
> Check this out. I can verify this because I was in Lowe's the 
> other day
> for some reason and just for the heck of it I 
> 
> was looking at the hose attachments. They were all made in China 
> . The
> next day I was in Ace Hardware and just 
> 
> for the heck of it I checked the hose attachments there. They 
> were made
> in USA . Start looking. (note here: earlier 
> 
> this week, RZ was in Lowes looking for a sprinkler head. Looked at
> RainBird and Looked at Orbits. RainBird is 
> 
> made in Mexico ; Orbits in the USA . Orbits purchased!!)
> 
> In our current economic situation, every little thing we buy or do
> affects someone else - even their job . So, after 
> 
> reading this email, I think this lady is on the right track. 
> Let's get
> behind her!
> 
> My grandson likes Hershey's candy. I noticed, though, that it is 
> markedmade in Mexico now. I do not buy it any 
> 
> more.
> 
> My favorite toothpaste, Colgate, is made in Mexico ... now I have
> switched to Crest. You have to read the labels 
> 
> on everything.
> 
> This past weekend I was at Kroger. I needed 60 W light bulbs and 
> Bouncedryer sheets. I was in the light bulb 
> 
> aisle, and right next to the GE brand I normally buy was an off-brand
> labeled "Everyday Value". I picked up both 
> 
> types of bulbs and compared the stats - they were the same 
> except for
> the price. The GE bulbs were more 
> 
> money than the Everyday Value brand but the thing that surprised 
> me the
> most was the fact that GE was made in 
> 
> MEXICO and the Everyday Value brand was made in - get ready for 
> this -
> the USA in a company in Cleveland, 
> 
> Ohio.
> 
> So throw out the myth that you cannot find products you use 
> every day
> that are made right here.
> 
> So on to another aisle - Bounce Dryer Sheets. Yep, you guessed it...
> Bounce cost more money and is made in 
> 
> Canada . The Everyday Value brand was less money and MADE IN THE 
> USA ! I
> did laundry yesterday and the 
> 
> dryer sheets performed just like the Bounce Free I have been 
> using for
> years and at almost half the price!
> 
> My challenge to you is to start reading the labels when you shop for
> everyday things and see what you can find 
> 
> that is made in the USA - the job you save may be your own or your
> neighbors!
> 
> If you accept the challenge, pass this on to others in your 
> address book
> so we can all start buying American, one 
> 
> light bulb at a time! Stop buying from overseas companies!
> 
> We should have awakened a decade ago.
> 
> Let's get with the program. Help our fellow Americans keep their jobs
> and create more jobs here in the U.S.A.
> 
> I Passed this on. Will you? 
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