Maglite Flashlights added

November 20th, 2007

Today I added Maglite flashlights to the American Made Products Directory. I was told about Maglite by an alert visitor to the site, thanks Jeff!

One of the things I loved about the Maglite site was that they were proud of the fact they are American Made and did not mind bragging about it. I know what all of my flashlights will be from now one.

People are looking for American Made Products

November 19th, 2007

People are looking more and more often for American Made. I think the big factor of course is all of the faulty and often dangerous products coming from China.

Americansworking.com is getting double and triple the number of hits we did this time last year!

For the record I have nothing against the people of China. Can’t stand communist, but you can’t blame the people for working for next to nothing, cause the other option is nothing! But they could and should do better for thier own people.

And I do ask myself, “should we enrich our lives by buying cheap products from countries that do things we don’t, and we don’t for good reasons?” I think not. That is why this year more then ever before I will be looking at my own list of American Made Products for my Christmas Shopping!

Keep your money at home, keep your job at home, keep your homes safer.

The Green Impact

November 17th, 2007

It always amazes me that the people who are trying to make an impact on Global Warming etc don’t put more energy into buying things locally rather then importing? Maybe they do and I just missed it. There are many groups and websites like this one urging people to buy American made products for many reasons. I would think another good reason is a smaller carbon foot print right? How can an imported product not have a huge carbon foot print? They are made in factories where in most cases there are not laws regarding emissions, the electricty used is made by burning coal, the cargo ships that transport the products here are not running on bio diesel fuel last I looked?

So yet another great reason to buy American Made Products! Buying American reduces your carbon foot print and keeps your job at home! At least the way that I see it and that’s all that counts in my house.

Why are Chinese Products so cheap

November 15th, 2007

Sounds like a stupid question right? I know everone just thinks it the labor right? Well you have all seen the horrible press Chinese goods have received over the last few months right. The new did not just focus on cheap labor did it? Most of the news reported about unsafe materials and workmenship. So lets break this down shall we. Why are Chinese goods cheap:

  • Cheap Labor (we all know that)
  • Little to no safety regulations
  • Little to know QA (as we know it anyhow)
  • Corruption
  • Devalued money (on purpose)
  • No worker rights (as we know them)
  • Free electricty (from coal fired plants I might add)
  • No B&O tax
  • No Payroll tax (do you pay slaves?)
  • No health insurance
  • Little to no regs or guidelines on pollution
  • No emmission controls (as we know it)
  • Cutting Corners!
  • No worker rights
  • Extreme Greed
  • Copyrights What copyrights!

No I don’t have hard facts to back all this up, but I can read (can’t spell) and I do read the news. You don’t have to be the world’s smartest guy to figure this out. It’s everwhere! Just like their products!

Keep your money at home, keep your job at home.

USA rocks! Blue State, Red State, were all Great States

 

Americans Working Press Release

November 15th, 2007

Here is a link to a new Press Release regarding our Directory of American Made Products

More American Made Clothes

November 11th, 2007

I just in the last couple days added several new listing to the American Made Clothing sections of the site. I found a really cool looking company called American Joe Authentic American Apparel from Texas. Congratulations to them on the comapny and good luck!

Check out our site for new American made Products

More American Made Clothing Companies Added

November 3rd, 2007

So another great day of looking for and adding Products Made in the USA. The directory continues to grow. Today I added Texas Jeans, A.S. Tees, Wickers, and a few more.

I see an uptick in the number of news stories of people wanting Products Made in the USA. So don’t forget to refer your friends and family to our Directory of American Made Products

Thanks

More American Made Products

October 3rd, 2007

Wow, it has been a great couple weeks. I have found many products to add to our Directory of American Made products.

We have added, Garden tools, Marine Hardware, Bedding, Tools, and lots of clothes.

We have been getting quite a few request from companies to be added to our directory. If you know of any please email me or add a comment to this post.

Thanks

Green and Recycled Products Made in the USA

September 24th, 2007

I have been looking for and adding links to companies that make Green and/or Recycled products in the USA. Quite a few of them. Great to see a new emerging market take hold and create American jobs

American Made Green and Recycled Products

Coffee Grown in the USA

September 24th, 2007

We get a lot of hits looking for Coffee grown in the USA. So after a lot of looking I was able to add quite a few links to the site. Check it out and as always if you know of one I missed please let me know.

Coffee Grown in the USA