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lame54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 01:02 PM
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Cheap Shoes


Except they are really not that cheap
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izquierdista Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 01:11 PM
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1. How about "shoddy" then?
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noamnety Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 01:12 PM
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2. Which country do you buy your shoes from?
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lame54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 01:17 PM
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5. I try very hard to not buy anything from China...
Edited on Sat Aug-22-09 01:17 PM by lame54
and I went through a few pair of made in America New Balance shoes before acquiescing that they are crap

I'm back to my high quality China made K-Swiss but still searching for an alternative
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TwixVoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 01:19 PM
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6. Try Carolina brand
They have USA made and are great.
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lame54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 01:35 PM
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11. thanks
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K8-EEE Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-23-09 03:04 AM
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17. They have a totally different concept of "work shoes" than I do!
I think of high heels as work shoes, lol.....those are like WORK shoes!
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noamnety Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 01:23 PM
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9. I'm confused.
I thought your point was that we shouldn't buy from countries who commit human rights abuses, which would rule out the US and China.

What was the point of your OP?
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lame54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 01:35 PM
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12. I didn't make the argument against the U.S. ...
I think we should have different trading partners
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noamnety Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 01:37 PM
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13. Why didn't you make the argument against the US? (nt)
Edited on Sat Aug-22-09 01:38 PM by noamnety
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lame54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 01:43 PM
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15. Because I am U.S. ...
True - many atrocities happen in OUR name - but I try to improve us the best I can - and cutting of China would be a great start

I don't want us to fail - just improve
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 01:13 PM
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3. Money can cover up many sins.
As long as they keep loaning us cash, we'll keep silent.
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Cessna Invesco Palin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 01:15 PM
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4. You're goddamn right. BUY AMERICAN.
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Liberal In Texas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 01:20 PM
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7. Not quite sure why you posted a pic from our VietNam debacle. n/t
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SleeplessInAlabama Donating Member (341 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 01:21 PM
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8. Tons of cheap clothes and shoes come from Vietnam, as well. nt
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noamnety Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 01:25 PM
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10. Probably the same reason I posted the torture photo.
Highlighting the hypocrisy of American exceptionalism.
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walldude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 01:38 PM
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14. I think his point was our abuses of human rights are no better than China's.
Least that's how I took it.
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Cessna Invesco Palin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-23-09 01:32 AM
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16. Well, that actually wasn't my point.
My point, which was not well expressed in my original post, is that it's wrong to define an entire culture or country by one single act, image, or expression of policy.
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