| 23 April 2004 at 07.23.19 ZuluTime
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Posted by Gremlin [24.8.18.225 - c-24-8-18-225.client.comcast.net] on 23 April 2004 at 07.23.19 ZuluTime:
In Reply to: Re: Typos posted by Biffette on 22 April 2004 at 17.31.30 ZuluTime:
Probably. Anymore, any car is effectively multinational. Ford have bought Jaguar; Dodge and Mitsubishi have pretty well merged; HarleyDavidson are primarily Japanese. The only real question is where the head corporate offices are--and the final destination of the money.
There's a funny FTC rule about manufacturing. Take Chinese silk, sew it together in Mexico, base the pattern on Italian designs, and then, once it gets to the US, add in a little MADE IN AMERICA tag; if the final component is installed here, it counts.
The fact of the matter is that there are no countries anymore. Just patriots. Especially when it comes to the US, where the citisens are ultimately transplants from everywhere else in the world. Even the indians came here from Africa, crossing the Bering Strait fifty thousand years ago.
It's just a planet. There are people on it. And most of them pretend to be something other than animals.
--Gremlin