Not to mention, for teh longest time .. the money that was backing Michelin
was Sears, Roebuck & Co. If it wasn't for Sears.. Michelin probably
wouldn't even exist today.
Aaron Wyse
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Pitz" <dakota@billpitz.com>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 3:13 PM
Subject: Re: BFG's Are Michelin's WAS Re: DML: Tire Size
>
> On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 15:38:04 -0400, thedude807@hotmail.com ("Brian
> Tong") wrote:
>
> >
> >You guys wont buy French tires, but you will buy Saddam's gas? I guess
the
> >Japanese have been forgiven for Pearl Harbor? You know, Dodge is
affiliated
> >with a company that came from a country that committed Genocide.
> >
> >Sheesh. I'm not trying to attack anyone personally, but come on.
> >Seriously. I realize you're probably joking around, France has joined
> >Canada in being a country you can make fun of without being politically
> >incorrect, I just don't see how it helps.
>
> Not to mention that stamped on the side of my BFG tires is "Made in
> USA"
>
> Seriously, though, I don't really care that much about who I'm buying
> from so long as it does the job for me and performs well.
> Particularly like this, in a case where workers in an American factory
> are getting paid to make what I'm buying. If the French (or whoever
> else) don't scrape the profits off the top that way, they'll just find
> some other way to do it.
>
> -Bill
>
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