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

Louis louis at kellnet.com
Wed Mar 9 15:37:36 PST 2011


Charlie,

They used to make a lot of light bulbs in Cleveland also, at Nela Park.  It
has been years since they have been made there.  That is what I understand.
I might be wrong.  I heard the last plant making incandescent bulbs in the
USA has been closed down.

Lou

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Lou all I know about GE light bulbs is they had a big plant just off I 81 in

Winchester VA that they closed last fall and put about 500 folks out of 
work.  Those jobs went to China to build CFLs.

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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

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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 everything we
purchase.

Phil

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Forwarded email
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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 marked made
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 Bounce
dryer 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.

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