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Jan 17, 2011 | 07:45 PM

#31

SgtSkiddz

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From: Central Texas

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Originally Posted by SgtSkiddz

The clothing yes. But you are wrong about the boots. All HD boots are made by Wolverine, right here in USA.

I am quoting myself and correcting myself. I saw an episode of American Thunder yesterday where they were in an American Wolverine Boot factory making HD boots. He actuallly said that all of them were made in the USA. My HD boots have a Made in USA tag in them, but I just checked my wife's, and they have made in China marked in them. So I stand corrected.

Jan 17, 2011 | 07:55 PM

#32

O.F.

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Originally Posted by SgtSkiddz

The clothing yes. But you are wrong about the boots. All HD boots are made by Wolverine, right here in USA.

"made by Wolverine".....Yep, at least some styles are.

"right here in USA".....check the inside label lately? Mine are made in China and were made by Wolverine.

Edit..............beat me to it!

Last edited by O.F.; Jan 17, 2011 at 07:57 PM.

Jan 17, 2011 | 07:55 PM

#33

DaddyKnuck

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Originally Posted by RamAirThree

I am not sure where you got your statistics from but I do not even see how that is conceivable seeing what is out there for the consumer in retail goods and as for the statement of just don't buy them... that isn't the point although it is already practiced. The point is if we do not combine as a nation and get our lazy, greedy, ignorant heads out of our wahzoo... how do you expect this country to survive? Does no one feel an obligation and a responsibility to uphold what so many sacrificed for us to have?

That's why they invented google, so you don't compound an original ignorant statement with another one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy..._United_States
http://www.ieca-us.com/documents/Gib...tion_Print.pdf
http://www.businessweek.com/news/201...onth-high.html
https://www.cia.gov/library/publicat...k/geos/us.html
http://www.industryweek.com/section.aspx?sectionid=20
http://blogs.worldbank.org/prospects...-manufacturing
http://www.canplastics.com/issues/st...aid=1000399670
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/af2219cc-7...#axzz1BLSf7dy9
http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/...tries-in-2008/

Jan 17, 2011 | 08:10 PM

#34

warrconn

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From: MN

Pretty much every chromed accessory, clothing item and knick-knack at the dealerships is foreign made. Been that way for a couple of decades. And not just at H-D, but pretty much anywhere you go. Not saying I like it, but it's the way of the world.

Jan 17, 2011 | 08:24 PM

#35

RamAirThree

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Originally Posted by DaddyKnuck

Wikipedia dude, Bloomberg the same lying fruitcake white piece of thieving trash we have for a mayor here, the CIA??? really??? Tell you what, to avoid a conflict over bias and less then creditable sources, I will just leave it as my opinion to disagree until I see more of American made something on the consumer's market other then toilet paper and the cardboard rolls they are wrapped too. Do you even realize unemployment is still on the rise at an alarming rate, hardly the outcome of increased manufacturing in a country wouldn't you agree? As for your comment about me being ignorant, lets say I am just not gullible and there is no need to start a discussion like that.

Last edited by RamAirThree; Jan 17, 2011 at 08:36 PM.

Jan 17, 2011 | 08:25 PM

#36

bikenut1957

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From: Lake Seminole

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Originally Posted by cameraboy

congratulations america, you paid for the chinese stealth fighter.

Enjoy the pennies you saved at walmart while our fighters are engaging and sometimes losing to the chinese version.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...011107271.html

Oh, and it's faster and more maneuverable than our F22.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/01...allenge-fleet/

So enjoy your maximized profits, comrades, keep waving your flags and going on about the rights of felons and the mentally ill to own guns while building the wealth of our future enemy.

IRANIAN air-traffic controler "unidentifed aircraft please indentify yourself"
" This USMC flight Alfa"
Iranian " You are approching our airspace if you do not alter your your course I will have no choice but to launch interseptors to converge on your location"
Marine figter piolt " Send em' up I'll wait"
Iranian-silence
Do you know about the F-35...goggle it!

Jan 17, 2011 | 08:32 PM

#37

heybaylor

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From: east texas

Quote:

Originally Posted by cameraboy

dont worry about the fighters..they will just repossess us for default on our loans...
china is keeping us afloat ..otherwise we couldnt spend , we have no money,,congress spent it all plus whatever our grandchildren will earn.
they are not our enemy , they allready own us

Jan 17, 2011 | 08:33 PM

#38

RamAirThree

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Quote:

Originally Posted by heybaylor

so f*^king sad but true.... it's a shame

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Jan 17, 2011 | 08:34 PM

#39

DaddyKnuck

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Originally Posted by RamAirThree

You are free to live in denial as long as you like. Perhaps you're unaware that there is such a thing as heavy industry. The US has moved way past manufacturing the cheap consumer trinkets that we can't build as economically as the third world can.

You're probably unaware that the CIA Factbook is a very well respected reference. You apparently have a similar distrust of the World Bank, the Financial Times of London, Businessweek, Industry Week, and the WSJ. Where do YOU get your business and economic information? I'll tell you what, you pick the source and see if you can find any that say the US is not the number one manufacturing economy in the world.