tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post2600331420276878334..comments2023-10-26T06:32:56.972-07:00Comments on Lost in America: The Shoe Is On Neither FootA Modest Scriblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-65690550317460159492014-08-30T17:50:16.456-07:002014-08-30T17:50:16.456-07:00Jerry, if you are referring to the email you sent ...Jerry, if you are referring to the email you sent this morning, I got it and answered back. Just sent you another one...hope you receive it. If not, let me know.A Modest Scriblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-34341694974304578512014-08-30T17:27:54.514-07:002014-08-30T17:27:54.514-07:00Dearel, I sent you an email and it was BLOCKED! Co...Dearel, I sent you an email and it was BLOCKED! Communist Conspiracy? <br />send one to me: slate@earthlink.net<br />thanks, JerryJerry Carlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024087888949143035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-77081172301730147902014-08-30T08:48:21.478-07:002014-08-30T08:48:21.478-07:00Jerry, email me at friend4@cox.net and I'll se...Jerry, email me at friend4@cox.net and I'll send you my address. Please don't trouble yourself with fresh tomatoes but I'd love to try your tomato jam. <br /><br />Make sure you put your address on any package you send and I'll return the favor by sending you some cactus jelly or some other native delicacy from here.<br /><br />Down with Walmart! The dog story had me shivering.A Modest Scriblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-43742426513404637962014-08-30T08:06:16.573-07:002014-08-30T08:06:16.573-07:00I stay away from all things Chinese after I watche...I stay away from all things Chinese after I watched an episode on Larry King Live showing them skinning ALIVE dogs to create cute furry toys for the American market! I will happily pay more for American products and with internet shopping it is pretty easy to do. Even Stanley Thermos and Stanley Measuring Tapes, tradition American products, are now made in China!<br />and, really, I agree with Carol about Walmart, go find a better job if you are able! However, as a taxpayer, I am tired of subsidizing their wages in the form of food stamps, housing subsidies and other government freebies for the "working poor"!<br />and, my Arizona friend, I still have tomato jam to send you and I am not beyond smuggling in a couple fresh tomatoes!Jerry Carlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024087888949143035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-19691227518998804222014-08-30T07:34:53.579-07:002014-08-30T07:34:53.579-07:00Agree, Carol. I've been reading labels for ye...Agree, Carol. I've been reading labels for years now...and now you tell me they can even fake that!<br /><br />With any product of value I try to buy American but it is getting harder and harder now.<br /><br />China is getting deeper and deeper into our food supply too. I was aghast that Smithfield Foods sold themselves to the Chinese...will never buy Smithfield products again for fear of what's in them or how they are processed.<br /><br />That's why NAFTA just sucks hind tit. When other countries are not complying with the same labor and environmental laws, and business ethics that Americans do we can't hope to compete and the end result is always a loss of American jobs and a poor quality product.A Modest Scriblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-88460748712307067412014-08-30T07:27:41.587-07:002014-08-30T07:27:41.587-07:00I avoid Walmart at all cost. Not for the same reas...I avoid Walmart at all cost. Not for the same reason as most libs because I say, "If you don't like what you're getting paid, FIND A DIFFERENT JOB!" Anyhow, it's like a Chines toxic dump in there!! China has such low manufacturing standards that they make their own people sick, yet we keep buying this junk because it's cheap! <br />About 10 years back, I ordered some name brand jog suits for my girls. Website was in China. Price was about half the cost of buying in Dillard's. In emailing with the store, I was told in broken English that it came from the same factory that Dillard's & this actual name brand got their suits from. When the suits arrived, they were outstanding quality! BUT, the tag actually said 'MADE IN AMERICA'. WHAT????? No it wasn't. But the Chinese don't care as long as they make money. Being dishonest seems to come naturally to them. That's when I started taking a strong stance on what I was going to buy & who I would buy it from!Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04088331601856364521noreply@blogger.com