Bush Busted Boycott
Alliteration!
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The official merchandise for George W. Bush's re-election campaign on georgewbushstore.com has clothing made in Burma (now called Myanmar), whose goods were banned by Bush from the U.S. as sanctions on the Burmese military dictatorship.
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A fleece pullover embroidered with the Bush-Cheney '04 logo has a label stating it was made in Burma. The merchandise is handled by Spalding Group, a supplier of campaign products, that says it worked for the last 5 Republican presidential nominees.
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Bush signed into law the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act, stating that "The United States will not waver from its commitment to the cause of democracy and human rights in Burma." Violators of the import ban are subject to fines and jail.
This isn't a Bush bashing thread, just wondering how you can do this. I thought if somewhere is under sanctions, you CAN NOT buy stuff from there, not just your not supposed to. I'd think customs would check out shipments from there wouldn't they?
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The official merchandise for George W. Bush's re-election campaign on georgewbushstore.com has clothing made in Burma (now called Myanmar), whose goods were banned by Bush from the U.S. as sanctions on the Burmese military dictatorship.
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A fleece pullover embroidered with the Bush-Cheney '04 logo has a label stating it was made in Burma. The merchandise is handled by Spalding Group, a supplier of campaign products, that says it worked for the last 5 Republican presidential nominees.
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Bush signed into law the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act, stating that "The United States will not waver from its commitment to the cause of democracy and human rights in Burma." Violators of the import ban are subject to fines and jail.
This isn't a Bush bashing thread, just wondering how you can do this. I thought if somewhere is under sanctions, you CAN NOT buy stuff from there, not just your not supposed to. I'd think customs would check out shipments from there wouldn't they?
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Originally posted by ast3r3x
Alliteration!
The official merchandise for George W. Bush's re-election campaign on georgewbushstore.com has clothing made in Burma (now called Myanmar), whose goods were banned by Bush from the U.S. as sanctions on the Burmese military dictatorship.
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A fleece pullover embroidered with the Bush-Cheney '04 logo has a label stating it was made in Burma. The merchandise is handled by Spalding Group, a supplier of campaign products, that says it worked for the last 5 Republican presidential nominees.
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Bush signed into law the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act, stating that "The United States will not waver from its commitment to the cause of democracy and human rights in Burma." Violators of the import ban are subject to fines and jail.
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This isn't a Bush bashing thread, just wondering how you can do this. I thought if somewhere is under sanctions, you CAN NOT buy stuff from there, not just your not supposed to. I'd think customs would check out shipments from there wouldn't they?
Perhaps Bush ignore this violation, you should contact Bush admin to inform him
Originally posted by Powerdoc
Perhaps Bush ignore this violation, you should contact Bush admin to inform him
Haha I know it wasn't bush that did this, that is why I said this isn't a Bush basing thread (and hope it wouldn't become one).
Just read the article and guess I don't understand how trade works with nations being boycotted.
Originally posted by ast3r3x
Haha I know it wasn't bush that did this, that is why I said this isn't a Bush basing thread (and hope it wouldn't become one).
Just read the article and guess I don't understand how trade works with nations being boycotted.
Well two pull over coming from Burma is not a big deal : " Spalding's president, said, "We have found only one other in our inventory that was made in Burma. The others were made in the U.S.A." He said the company had about 60 of thefleece pullovers in its warehouse, and that a supplier included the Burma product by mistake."
Honestly no one will be interested by these stories if the pull over where not part of the Bush campaign.
There is always holes in a imbargo.
Spalding Group, although they seem to have worked with the Republicans for a long time, will probably be similar to many other merchandise brokers - looking for the cheapest way to make the most profit. If they were able to get fleece goods from Myanmar for $2.25/each as compared to $4.00/each from Fruit Of The Loom, they would.
Blame can be directed towards whomever was working in the Customs clearance warehouse on the day that those goods arrived, unless ...
There are actually a lot of ways to get around the 'Made In USA' regulations, and people always push the limits of the system. A common thing to do is to source the fabric and manufacturing in a foreign country but do something like not sew the sleeves onto the garment. It only takes a few seconds in a US garment house to sew on a sleeve, or sew some ribbed elastic on the bottom of an unfinished garment - and it's then 'Made In USA'. Of course, these goods are supposed to be labelled something like 'Assembled In USA from Foreign Components'. Doesn't always happen, though.