My red shirt and Newt Gingrich's tee shirt have something in common

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I'd written this rant earlier,  posted it, then deleted it because, quite honestly, I'm not smart enough or qualified enough to say what I'd said.

I decided to go this way to drive home my point instead.  I have this red shirt with a cool C-130 logo on it that I can wear to work on "Red Shirt Fridays".

I just looked at my red shirt.  The tag said it's made in El Salvador.

I don't like New Gingrich and would never vote for him to be my president but he has a point about things not being made in America.  Someone from ABC News embarrassed him  last week by pointing out to him on camera that his own campaign shirts aren't made here.  Well, neither is most of what I'm wearing and what you're wearing probably isn't made here anymore either.

Therein lies the problem.

I'm going to link this post to my Facebook page because I want your input today.  Here's what I'd like you to do:  Look at the tag of the shirt you're wearing right now and chime in with where it's made:

Mine is El Salvador.

Then, start looking at everything you buy this weekend.  In the store, labels tell you where your food comes from.  Chime in with what you purchase this weekend that is actually from America.  More points if you buy something that's made or grown here in Utah.

I'm really curious and the purpose of this exercise is to get you to start thinking about where what you buy comes from.  Don't be shy.  Chime in.  BTW, uniforms don't count, guys.  I'm talking about your civilian gear.

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  1. Dale CooperAugust 6, 2011 at 6:15 PM

    Pastor Karl weighed in with "hecho in Honduras". I tried to fix the blog so comments are easier to leave.

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  2. Dale CooperAugust 6, 2011 at 6:21 PM

    Now for my comment: I contributed to the local economy today. Here's what I bought:

    A lottery ticket and two bottles of Bubble Up soda in real glass bottles, that is bottled in Indiana. OK, so I contributed to Idaho's local economy, too.

    Gasoline in Woodruff, Utah at $3.95 a gallon. OK, the road trip was not well planned out today, but I spent $10 there that I wouldn't have otherwise.

    I purchased some local produce (corn, tomatoes, green beans, peaches, and zucchini) from a produce stand in Brigham City. They had corn on sale for $2.50 a dozen.

    I stopped at Harmons (locally owned) and bought some fresh bread from their bakery, some steaks (US beef) and some Onera (made in Utah and great on steaks and burgers).

    I missed out on the farmer's market today, but there's always next Saturday.

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