07.12.12
Fitting
American made wouldn’t help. They look like fools out for the regatta, anyway.
On Tuesday, the US Olympic Committee officially unveiled the threads Team USA will be wearing during the Opening and Closing Ceremony Parade at the London Olympics this summer. As usual, the uniforms have drawn mixed reviews. Similar to the way people felt at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, some are saying they reek of military propaganda while others appreciate the nostalgic feel of the navy blazers, white pants and berets. Those are simply opinions, but the fact of the matter is the uniforms are made in China.
While they were designed in America by the famous Ralph Lauren himself, the US athletes will be covered in head to toe with garments and accessories that are labeled “Made in China.??? Like many others, US fashion designer Nanette Lepore said she is shocked that the uniform manufacturing was outsourced.
Shocking, just shocking.
In other unremarkable news, Mitt Romney was a major investor in a Chinese firm that counted on the offshoring of US appliance manufacturing.
“These days, Romney rails against China for swiping American jobs and proclaims, ‘For me, it’s all about good jobs for the American people,'” it reads.
China didn’t swipe the jobs. We sold the jobs.
But who would believe what Mitt Romney says, anyway? In fact, if he said something, you would be safer in believing the opposite, on any subject.