"God Bless American"
There's always an ironic twist.
Even if you see it coming from three-thousand miles away, ironic twists are still fun to dwell upon.
Changzhou Neweastsun Gifts Company, Ltd. is located in Jiangsu province, China.
Here are some Mapquest images, to help orient the unfamiliar reader with the area in question. Orient. Get it?
^^^Note Changzhou's proximity to the city of Nanjing, the city that got raped in WWII and immortalized in Iris Chang's bestselling book.
Upon careful examination of the following maps, you will note that the Jiangsu province is located near the Pacific Ocean and experiences ocean currents also found offshore of popular Communist enclaves such as North Korea, Vladivostok, and California*.
In a September 2004 article for the Financial Times, Andrew Ward spins the story of a North Carolina company being outcompeted by Chinese manufacturers of patriotic magnetic ribbons.
Magnet America, founded by a former Christian bookstore worker during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, sold a record 200,000 ribbons in August 2004. By November 2004, the company's ribbon sales had declined to 70,000. And not for lack of space on America's vehicles.
Patriotic tightwad wholesalers have been snapping up Chinese-made ribbons from companies such as Changzhou Neweastsun Gifts for the "red price is right" cost of merely 25 cents a pop. Needless to say, patriotic tightwad individuals have been gobbling up the cheapy ribbons from retailers nationwide.
But this treason comes at a cost to the troops in question: Magnet America has donated over 10% of its profits to a charity that provides videoconferencing for families of troops stationed in Iraq. Changzhou Neweastsun Gifts has made no such claim**, and Magnet America's founder alleges that, "For the Chinese, it's all about making money."
When will we outsource our military? Call your local bookie, and place your bets.
*Fortunately, the Mafia took over Vladivostok and The Terminator is working on California and Japan.
**Neweastsun Gifts does, however, claim to use "enrironmental paper".
Even if you see it coming from three-thousand miles away, ironic twists are still fun to dwell upon.
Changzhou Neweastsun Gifts Company, Ltd. is located in Jiangsu province, China.
Here are some Mapquest images, to help orient the unfamiliar reader with the area in question. Orient. Get it?
Upon careful examination of the following maps, you will note that the Jiangsu province is located near the Pacific Ocean and experiences ocean currents also found offshore of popular Communist enclaves such as North Korea, Vladivostok, and California*.
In a September 2004 article for the Financial Times, Andrew Ward spins the story of a North Carolina company being outcompeted by Chinese manufacturers of patriotic magnetic ribbons.
Magnet America, founded by a former Christian bookstore worker during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, sold a record 200,000 ribbons in August 2004. By November 2004, the company's ribbon sales had declined to 70,000. And not for lack of space on America's vehicles.
Patriotic tightwad wholesalers have been snapping up Chinese-made ribbons from companies such as Changzhou Neweastsun Gifts for the "red price is right" cost of merely 25 cents a pop. Needless to say, patriotic tightwad individuals have been gobbling up the cheapy ribbons from retailers nationwide.
But this treason comes at a cost to the troops in question: Magnet America has donated over 10% of its profits to a charity that provides videoconferencing for families of troops stationed in Iraq. Changzhou Neweastsun Gifts has made no such claim**, and Magnet America's founder alleges that, "For the Chinese, it's all about making money."
When will we outsource our military? Call your local bookie, and place your bets.
*Fortunately, the Mafia took over Vladivostok and The Terminator is working on California and Japan.
**Neweastsun Gifts does, however, claim to use "enrironmental paper".
posted by Anonymous at 6:41 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home