Made For America
I am really curious about where this patriotic genuine Toby Keith hat is made. If they are made in China, I would worry about the possible effect of lead paint on the brain function of those who wear it.
Toby didn’t impress me much with his post September 11th song Angry American (Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue). Unlike the hats he sells, I didn’t feel the the sentiments expressed were genuine.
Here is a stanza from his battle cry:
Ohhh Justice will be served
And the battle will rage
This big dog will fight
When you rattle his cage
And you’ll be sorry that you messed with
The U.S. of A.
‘Cause we’ll put a boot in your ass
It’s the American way
Maybe this boot was stitched together in Pakistan?
I’m sorry for being a bit over the top with this. I find it a bit upsetting that big business in America quietly abandoned the ‘Made in America’ ideal and consumers happily followed them. Now that several problems have been discovered, the poor country that produces the goods is being vilified. I certainly don’t want to defend the uncaring manufacturers in China, but they were meeting a demand for crap. They didn’t wake up one morning and think to themselves “I think I will build a factory that produces crappy unsafe toys and then send them to America in the hopes that someone will buy them.”
In a less imperfect World, Americans would have built their own toys and let China know that they have join the game after they make good with some democratic and social reforms.
I wish American Apparel wasn’t headed up by such a freak. I would love to wholeheartedly promote his business but he is just a bit too odd.
