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Showing Original Post only (View all)Romney's Company Forces U.S. Flag to Be Lowered (REMOVED) in Illinois [View all]
Last edited Fri Oct 12, 2012, 03:55 PM - Edit history (1)
Source: Just heard on Big Eddie's radio show
"The Presidential Candidate holds major stock in a company called Sensata. The company recently made factory officials take down the American flag when they were forced to train their Chinese replacement workers, according to Tom Gaulrapp, with the United Steelworkers Union."
Read more: http://www.salem-news.com/articles/october112012/romney-us-flag-tk.php
This is in Freeport, Illinois. Is this OK with you?
Remember when it was as if Obama was a traitor, because he did not wear a lapel FLAG PIN every hour of every day?
The parentheses in the headline are mine.
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MsPithy
Oct 2012
OP
Most Americans have shown that they don't give a shit about jobs going to China. But by God they'll
Brickbat
Oct 2012
#15
Re the Chinese flag flying - I tried to check this out after seeing it mentioned in a GD thread, but
highplainsdem
Oct 2012
#34
Link to that GD topic, which has the Steelworkers video in a couple of the replies:
highplainsdem
Oct 2012
#35
Hey Mitt! 26 wks. severance in lieu of pension after 43 years is NOT the American Dream
Divernan
Oct 2012
#28
This is what rmoney is planning on doing to the rest of the US, wake up America
Dont call me Shirley
Oct 2012
#43
he doesn't like China anymore b/c workers are demanding 1.00/hr. instead of $.99
wordpix
Oct 2012
#67
This should be a national story, Mitt owns 10 companies in conjunction with Chinese owners.
Major Hogwash
Oct 2012
#64