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Laws Require Flags to Be Born in USATue Jul 3, 2007 5:27 PM EDT U. S. flags at a hotel in St. Paul, Minn., blow in the wind as Independence Day approaches Tuesday, July 3, 2007. By this year's end, a new law will require every Old Glory that comes off a Minnesota store shelf be domestically made, the latest and strongest state attempt to stem the inflow of foreign-made U. S. flags. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
ROSEMOUNT — What's red, white and blue — and made in China? A move is on in state legislatures to ensure that the flags folks will be flying and buying this Independence Day were made on this fruited plain.
Minnesota has passed the strongest measure, a new law that goes into effect at year's end requiring every Old Glory sold in state stores to be domestically produced. Violations are a misdemeanor, punishable by up to a $1,000 fine and 90 days in jail.
In Arizona, schools and public colleges were required starting July 1 to outfit every classroom from junior high up with a made-in-the-USA flag. Tennessee requires all U.S. flags bought via state contract to be made here, and similar bills are moving forward in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
The Fourth of July is considered peak season for flag sales with millions of them lining parade routes and flying above back yard barbecues.
Most of the major domestic flag makers are privately held companies that don't release their sales figures, so it's difficult to gauge the inroads being made by foreign manufacturers.
The U.S. Census bureau estimates that $5.3 million worth of U.S. flags were imported from other countries in 2006, mostly from China. That figure has been steady over the past few years. The big exception was in 2001 when $51.7 million in U.S. flags were brought into the country, most on the heels of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Sandy Van Leiu, chairman of the Flag Manufacturers Association of America, said the imports are cause for concern even though U.S. companies still dominate the flag market.
"That door is going to keep opening," said Van Leiu, a sixth-generation executive at the family owned Annin & Co., a 160-year-old business that supplies retailers like Wal-Mart. "It starts small, then it gets big. You're just opening Pandora's box."
To help consumers identify the origin of their flags, the association created a certification program two years ago that bestows a seal-of-approval logo to flags made with domestic fibers and labor.
Whether Minnesota's law violates international trade agreements — and whether anything would be done about it — is an open question.
Under World Trade Organization standards, the U.S. government can't treat foreign products less favorably than those produced within its boundaries, said Peter Morici, a business professor at the University of Maryland and the former chief economist for the U.S. International Trade Commission. How the rules apply to states is debatable, he said.
Morici said a foreign business harmed by the law would have to get its government to take action against the U.S. government. Robert Litan, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution think tank, said while the likelihood of Minnesota's law sparking a dispute is slim, the symbolic message is hard to miss.
"It's symptomatic of an anti-foreign bias moving through the country right now. It would not surprise me if other states copied it," Litan said. "It's hard to oppose politically."
When the bill was debated this spring, some legislators argued it sent the wrong message to close Minnesota's borders to foreign-produced flags.
"That flag should be made throughout the world because it is our message to the world that there is hope for freedom and justice," Republican Rep. Dan Severson said at the time.
The law's sponsor, Democratic Rep. Tom Rukavina, said the flag deserves extra protection. To celebrate his legislative victory, he plans to hand out 1,000 miniature flags at Fourth of July parades in his district.
"The biggest honor that you can give the flag is that it be made by American workers in the United States of America," he said. "Nothing is more embarrassing to me than a plastic flag made in China. This replica of freedom we so respect should be made in this country."
The new law doesn't spell out a penalty for violators. In Minnesota, the default punishment for prohibited acts is a misdemeanor offense, carrying up to a $1,000 fine and 90 days in jail.
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Flags, Mom's apple pie, Chevy's and Sprint Cars, All Americana. So, why shouldn't the flags be made in China? Lets see? if the flags are cheaper and of the same assumed quality, we could have more flags flying at our race tracks and wouldn't that mean more patriotism and participation? Just think of all the money saved for those of us that want more than one flag. Not to mention the advantages of the loss of Americans jobs and materials suppliers and moving more jobs to China.
Oh, and today we celebrate Independence day? Tonight at your favourite track, when they play the National Anthem and everyone stands and salutes that flag, do you care where it's made?
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Since almost everything we buy is made in China. You should at least take the time to make sure you buy a U.S. flag Made in the U.S.A.
Yes all you die hards that shop at Wal Mart, they do carry flags made in the U.S.A.
One thing made in the U.S.A.
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Posted By: bugs on July 04 2007 at 05:34:43 PM
Since almost everything we buy is made in China. You should at least take the time to make sure you buy a U.S. flag Made in the U.S.A.
Yes all you die hards that shop at Wal Mart, they do carry flags made in the U.S.A.
One thing made in the U.S.A.
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packaged in the USA, with material and grommets from China
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Posted By: Chasingoutlaws.com on July 04 2007 at 08:53:12 PM
packaged in the USA, with material and grommets from China
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I do find this thread quite ironic...
As I look in my local Australian Supermarket - Australian iconic food brands like Vegemite, Arnotts Biscuits etc, are now all owned by American Companies.
Everything else is yeah...made by China it seems these days.
Gotta love globalism eh! ;-)
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I support that the flag that represents the USA be made in USA, Ill go one further why not just stay with the USA products and say the hell with the big companies outsourcing to foreign nations for cheap labor and big profits, We just might pick some good jobs up for our Americans and get some jobs back to our citizens here for a change and take care of ourselves??? Much like the dog food controversy that was poisening several animals here in the USA from Wheat and other substances bought over seas??? now I had a discussion with someone and said hell arent we all in the midwest sitting on tons of wheat and they replied that we couldnt afford our own wheat its cheaper to buy over seas, WOW maybe thats been our problem here in this country we have let to many things as simple as wheat slip away. I may be talking out my ass on a rage but wow it could be the start of reckoning for ourselves, Please support the USA. And another great thing this country could do to releive the strain and stress life seems its become over the last 8 years, lets start throwing our real World of Outlaws in the white house in jail for a start 
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Pizzadude says, "Lets start throwing our real World of Outlaws in the white house in jail for a start" Yeah, right! We just tried that. Our great system just found Scooter guilty of a felony, sentenced his sorry a$$ to jail and what did our Great White Leader do? And now he says that he may pardon him. Will Rogers once said, "We have the best politicians that money can buy". Well today, we have the sorriest politicians, money can buy, including both parties.
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Posted By: cheroger on July 05 2007 at 07:49:07 AM
Pizzadude says, "Lets start throwing our real World of Outlaws in the white house in jail for a start" Yeah, right! We just tried that. Our great system just found Scooter guilty of a felony, sentenced his sorry a$$ to jail and what did our Great White Leader do? And now he says that he may pardon him. Will Rogers once said, "We have the best politicians that money can buy". Well today, we have the sorriest politicians, money can buy, including both parties.
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One thing I do know is that Bill Clinton would never have communted a felon!
(Note, so far the prison was communted, but so far he has not ben pardoned)
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Sandy Burger did the dirty work for Clinton and go t off with no investigation...no penalty to speak of and was on Kerry's election committe at the time he PILFERED THE NATIONAL ARCHIVE OF OFFICIAL NATIONAL SECURITY RECORDS.
ask Hilree to hire him for her admin...he qualified to work with that bunch of morons.
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One thing I do know is that Bill Clinton would never have communted a felon!
(Note, so far the prison was communted, but so far he has not ben pardoned)
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It's only because of the laziness/ignorance of the average American that Bush and Cheney aren't in handcuffs over some of the stuff this administration has pulled.
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It's only because of the laziness/ignorance of the average American that Bush and Cheney aren't in handcuffs over some of the stuff this administration has pulled.
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can you name just ONE president that was not a thief, a crook or a scoundrel?
I only can go back as far as Ike, but Truman had a lower approval rate than Bush and he was not a Republican.
I mean even George Washington chopped down a cherry tree LOL (even though he knew it was wrong)
I wouldn't get my panties in a knot if I were you, I would just love to be the fence for the stolen whitehouse dishes and furniture from the last administration.
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And Duane knows all about ole George Washington, he was there, 60 my a$$
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And Duane knows all about ole George Washington, he was there, 60 my a$$
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That SOB tried to blame on me first!
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China executes ex-food and drug chief
By ALEXA OLESEN, Associated Press Writer Tue Jul 10, 7:01 AM ET
BEIJING - China executed the former head of its food and drug watchdog on Tuesday for approving untested medicine in exchange for cash, the strongest signal yet from Beijing that it is serious about tackling its product safety crisis.The execution of former State Food and Drug Administration director Zheng Xiaoyu was confirmed by state television and the official Xinhua News Agency.
During Zheng's tenure from 1998 to 2005, his agency approved six medicines that turned out to be fake, and the drug-makers used falsified documents to apply for approvals, according to previous state media reports. One antibiotic caused the deaths of at least 10 people.
"The few corrupt officials of the SFDA are the shame of the whole system and their scandals have revealed some very serious problems," agency spokeswoman Yan Jiangying said at a news conference held to highlight efforts to improve China's track record on food and drug safety.
Yan was asked to comment on Zheng's sentence and that of his subordinate, Cao Wenzhuang, a former director of SFDA's drug registration department who was last week sentenced to death for accepting bribes and dereliction of duty. Cao was given a two-year reprieve, a ruling which is usually commuted to life in prison if the convict is deemed to have reformed.
"We should seriously reflect and learn lessons from these cases. We should step up our efforts to ensure food and drug safety, which is what we are doing now and what we will do in the future," Yan said.
Zheng, 63, was convicted of taking cash and gifts worth $832,000 when he was in charge of the State Food and Drug Administration.
His death sentence was unusually heavy even for China, believed to carry out more court-ordered executions than all other nations combined, and indicates the leadership's determination to confront the country's dire product safety record.
Fears abroad over Chinese-made products were sparked last year by the deaths of dozens of people in Panama who took medicine contaminated with diethylene glycol imported from China. It was passed off as harmless glycerin.
Yan said she did not have any information about whether the Chinese manufacturer, Taixing Glycerin Factory, and the Chinese distributor, CNSC Fortune Way, had been punished.
"We will try to get more information from the department concerned and we will release it to you," Yan said. She wouldn't elaborate.
China admitted last month that it was the source of the deadly chemical that ended up in cough syrup and other treatments but insists the chemical was originally labeled as for industrial use only. Beijing blames the Panama traders who eventually bought the shipment for fraudulently relabeling it as medical-grade glycerin.
In North America earlier this year, pet food containing Chinese wheat gluten tainted with the chemical melamine was blamed for the deaths of dogs and cats.
Since then, U.S. authorities have turned away or recalled toxic fish, juice containing unsafe color additives and popular toy trains decorated with lead paint.
Yan said the food and drug administration was working to tighten its safety procedures and create a more transparent operating environment. The administration has already announced a series of measures to tighten safety controls and closed factories where illegal chemicals or other problems were found.
But Yan acknowledged that her agency's supervision of food and drug safety remains unsatisfactory and that it has been slow to tackle the problem.
"China is a developing country and our supervision of food and drugs started quite late and our foundation for this work is weak, so we are not optimistic about the current food and drug safety situation," Yan said.
Chinese officials have already said the country faces social unrest and a further tarnished image abroad unless it improves the quality and safety of its food and medicine.
The government has faced increasing pressure from its international trading partners to improve quality controls after a series of health scares attributed to substandard or tainted Chinese food and drug exports.
The list of food scares within China over the past year includes drug-tainted fish, banned Sudan dye used to color egg yolks red, and pork tainted with clenbuterol, a banned feed additive.
China has also stepped up its inspections of imported products and said some U.S. products are not safe.
In the latest case, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Tuesday that a shipment of sugar-free drink mix from the United States had been rejected for having too much red dye.
Last week, China's food safety watchdog said almost 20 percent of products made for consumption within China were found to be substandard in the first half of 2007. Canned and preserved fruit and dried fish were the most problematic, primarily because of excessive bacteria and additives, the agency said.
They don't even know how to spell sprint car
much less chromoly...http://www.ycmco.com
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can you name just ONE president that was not a thief, a crook or a scoundrel?
I only can go back as far as Ike, but Truman had a lower approval rate than Bush and he was not a Republican.
I mean even George Washington chopped down a cherry tree LOL (even though he knew it was wrong)
I wouldn't get my panties in a knot if I were you, I would just love to be the fence for the stolen whitehouse dishes and furniture from the last administration.
We have the best Polititions money can buy right now, and they are getting better all the time.
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Ronnie Ray-Gun made it through pretty clean.
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Link to article: "Beijing steamed buns include cardboard"
They don't even know how to spell sprint car
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Am I the only one nervous about clicking a link that includes the terms "Steamed Buns" ?
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Am I the only one nervous about clicking a link that includes the terms "Steamed Buns" ?
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How's business at TripleX Kaleb...lol?
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They don't even know how to spell sprint car
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cubicdollars ... what kind of computer do you have? Curious to find out so I can purchase one too (judging from all your posts, it must be made in US).
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cubicdollars ... what kind of computer do you have? Curious to find out so I can purchase one too (judging from all your posts, it must be made in US).
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 Two wrongs have never made a right, and that the only way someone can supposedly stay racing is by running Chinese race cars is wrong on many different levels. I wouldn't even drive a commie street car if my life depended on it.
Excerpt from article "China seeks food safety coordination"
"In recent weeks, China has executed the former head of its drug regulation agency for taking bribes and banned the use of a chemical found in antifreeze in the production of toothpaste.
But although the production of toothpaste with diethylene glycol — a thickening agent in antifreeze — has been prohibited, companies will still be able to sell their current supplies domestically, an official with the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine was quoted as saying.
"The government did not advise removing the toothpaste containing the chemical on sale from shelves," the unnamed official was quoted as saying by Shanghai's Oriental Morning Post.
"Consumers are assured that those toothpaste brands are safe," said the official, who did not identify the brands."
They don't even know how to spell sprint car
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