Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
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Richard Casady wrote:
On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:36:13 -0400, hk wrote:

he Co-Op used to sell button down Gant shirts for $7.95. Same shirts are
now about $100, and the funny thing is they cost less to make now than
they did when I was a schoolboy buying them.
You do realize that a ordinary wood baseball bat costs a hundred
bucks? A major league glove costs about only about 160, somewhat
surprising.

Casady

What's your point, that we're being gouged by corporations?


There you go again ..... those pesky corporations. You are starting to
sound like my Swedish grandfather who used to recite to us the prices for
everything in 1916 and how we were all getting ripped off in the 1980's.

BTW .... caught a few of the speeches tonight. Pelosi didn't seem to know
where she was, but Mrs.O. just finished delivering a very powerful and
moving message. Highlight of day one, IMO.

If you missed it, it's ok. You wouldn't have wanted to see his kids being
exploited anyway.

Eisboch




I saw Mrs. Obama deliver her speech, and my impression was the same as
yours. The kids were quite natural and enjoyable, and amazingly, neither
of them flipped "the bird" to the cameras.

I happened to be watching earlier on NPR and got to see Jesse Jackson,
Jr., deliver a pretty darned good speech, too. I wasn't impressed with
the "coverage" on CNN or MSNBC because instead showing all the speeches
from beginning to end, they kept the cameras on their talking heads and
instant analysts.

As for the corporations, well, when the shirt factory was in New Haven,
and the shirts were selling for under $10 and being sewn by U.S.
workers, the workers were paid more than the Chinese workers are paid
now, and these days the shirts sell for $100 each. Corporate gouging.