Made in China: Olympic Pin Shaped Like Mitt Romney’s Face

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Made in China: Olympic Pin Shaped Like Mitt Romney’s Face

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Salt Lake 2002 Olympics paraphernalia obtained by ABC bears “Made in China” and “Made in Bangladesh” stamps...A collectible tin and several pins, including a cartoonish Romney likeness and a 9/11 pin bearing the words “United We Stand,” were manufactured in China by Aminco...the pin-maker, produced licensed memorabilia for the U.S. Olympic Committee, Romney did not work for that organization. He served as president of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee, which planned the games.

We’ve found no mention of the memorabilia by Romney, a businessman brought in to save the Olympics from scandal and fiscal peril, but he did address the notion of cutting costs by buying from China in another area of Olympic organizing.

When Romney’s Salt Lake Organizing Committee developed the Gateway plaza in Salt Lake City, offering patrons and residents the chance to buy bricks for $100 and have their names inscribed, the committee used granite bricks from China, despite an abundance of granite in the nearby Wasatch mountains, the Salt Lake Tribune reported at the time.

“It’s extraordinary,” Romney told the paper, “but it’s cheaper to get it from China.”

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/07/made-in-china-olympic-pin-shaped-like-mitt-romneys-face/

[ananda]

1. That was funny.

They souped up his face and hair to look like
a fifties superhero. LOL

[ProSense]

4. LOL! n/t

[NYC_SKP]

2. Maybe, one day, America will have the technology to make such beautiful items.

[rgbecker]

3. +1000

China is booby trapping the USA. All the cheap crap is programed to self destruct at once.....problem is most of it is failing before it makes it to the scheduled date. Toaster oven....about 3 months.

[meow2u3]

5. I thought my roomie and I were the only ones who noticed this

Let me add...
Coffeemakers...about 6 months, even the high-dollar "premium" brands.
Microwaves...about 6 months to a year.
Mixers...about 3 months.

Companies are charging exorbiitant prices for cheap Chinese crap that self-destructs in 3-6 months. They've not only been overcharging for poor quality, they've shortened the length of the warranty so that they're designed to fail the day after the warranty expires.

[ProSense]

7. Yeah,

"Companies are charging exorbiitant prices for cheap Chinese crap that self-destructs in 3-6 months."

...even granite. Who the hell thought that was a good idea?

[lukkadairish]

6. What I find

Completely incredible is the fact that Mitters even deemed a comic book pin with his mug on it....I mean, WTF? I would see the point with Sara Hughes or Apolo Ohno, but......effing really??

[ProSense]

8. What

What I find

Completely incredible is the fact that Mitters even deemed a comic book pin with his mug on it....I mean, WTF? I would see the point with Sara Hughes or Apolo Ohno, but......effing really??

...better way to satisfy Mitt's arrogance and giant ego than a little Olympic memorabilia emblazened with his likeness and made in China?