Apparently not American flags with embroidered stars.
As seen in a Harbor Freight mailer that arrived this week:
As seen in a Harbor Freight mailer that arrived this week:
What's Up In Minnesota?
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Maybe someone who lives in Minnesota can answer this or verify it-I thought Minnesota had a ban on imported US flags-only US flags made in the US could be sold there.
machinehead
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Yep, its for real
Just checked, there was a bill that became law in 2008 saying flags sold here must be made here (in the US). It's a misdemeanor fetching up to $1000 fine or 90 in the gray bar motel. I get where the legislators idea was coming from. To an extent, I agree... But many here are embarrased about the whole thing. Nobody else has such a law that I've heard about.
Just checked, there was a bill that became law in 2008 saying flags sold here must be made here (in the US). It's a misdemeanor fetching up to $1000 fine or 90 in the gray bar motel. I get where the legislators idea was coming from. To an extent, I agree... But many here are embarrased about the whole thing. Nobody else has such a law that I've heard about.
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True enough! Then we'll have FAR more to complain about than how cold it is in January!
True enough! Then we'll have FAR more to complain about than how cold it is in January!
LOL Jeff! I thought maybe you were going to chime in with, "Maybe because only smart people live there?"
danemodsandy
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Help me out here -
Why wouldn't anyone want their American flag made in America?
Help me out here -
Why wouldn't anyone want their American flag made in America?
norgeway
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The South and I think it should be a CRIME to make ANY US flag anywhere else but in the good old United States!Minn should be proud!
The South and I think it should be a CRIME to make ANY US flag anywhere else but in the good old United States!Minn should be proud!
I agree. It just seems plain weird to buy a US flag that's foreign made.
Who knew? I live here and didn't realize such a law was on the books.
It actually kind of pisses me off. We import EVERYTHING even remotely connected to fabric without batting an eyelash because we want to buy underwear for $2 at WalMart, then we try to act all "'Merica" over where a flag is made. Tokenistic fake patriotism.
I will be flying a flag tomorrow that might very well have been made on foreign soil. Don't call the cops on me!
Happy Labor Day to one and all in the AW family.
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It actually kind of pisses me off. We import EVERYTHING even remotely connected to fabric without batting an eyelash because we want to buy underwear for $2 at WalMart, then we try to act all "'Merica" over where a flag is made. Tokenistic fake patriotism.
I will be flying a flag tomorrow that might very well have been made on foreign soil. Don't call the cops on me!
Happy Labor Day to one and all in the AW family.
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I would hope grandfathering preexisting foreign-made flags was included in the law, otherwise the Boy Scouts would have been very busy. It sounds like you just can't sell them there anymore.
Great concept if it were adapted to things that matter, like durable goods, by all 50 states. With Speed Queen the only game in town, competitors would be quick to tool back up in the states and the fight for market share would be on.
Great concept if it were adapted to things that matter, like durable goods, by all 50 states. With Speed Queen the only game in town, competitors would be quick to tool back up in the states and the fight for market share would be on.
Now if Minnesota would just ban sales of junk imported China brand tools. Of course both Harbor Freight and Northern Tool are MN companies so its not likely.
Harbor Freight . . .
HF is not a Minnesota company, it is headquartered here in SoCal. The HQ is in Calabasas, the owner, Eric Smidt, has lived in the Beverly Hills area for some years and they have a large warehouse facility a bit to the west in Camarillo.
You generally get what you pay for at HF, so long as one keeps that in mind then they are OK. I have a 4" belt sander and a hammer drill that I bought for some renovation of my parent's house. Neither will be used much at beyond that and I couldn't justify spending the money for something from Makita or another professional level brand. Both have served well but I would never buy hand tools like wrenches from them and their consumables like sandpaper are mostly worthless.
HF is not a Minnesota company, it is headquartered here in SoCal. The HQ is in Calabasas, the owner, Eric Smidt, has lived in the Beverly Hills area for some years and they have a large warehouse facility a bit to the west in Camarillo.
You generally get what you pay for at HF, so long as one keeps that in mind then they are OK. I have a 4" belt sander and a hammer drill that I bought for some renovation of my parent's house. Neither will be used much at beyond that and I couldn't justify spending the money for something from Makita or another professional level brand. Both have served well but I would never buy hand tools like wrenches from them and their consumables like sandpaper are mostly worthless.
My mistake on the Harbor Freight origins, somehow I thought they started here in MN. Northern Tool (formally Northern Hydraulics) I know was founded a block from my High School.
Surely Harbor Freight does sell some tools that are decent, and of course not everyone needs a pro tool for a homeowner use.
I full well admit to being a tool snob and highly subscribe to the Mantra "The pain of poor quality lives long after the joy of low price has faded". At this point in my life I try to buy tools that will be nothing short of a treat to use every time I use them for the rest of my life.
Sadly both HF and Northern seldom have any tools I'd buy. From time to time I drop into the Burnsville Northern store, I usually leave empty handed. I was surprised last time I was there that they are selling the excellent No-Spill gas cans though so there is some hope
Surely Harbor Freight does sell some tools that are decent, and of course not everyone needs a pro tool for a homeowner use.
I full well admit to being a tool snob and highly subscribe to the Mantra "The pain of poor quality lives long after the joy of low price has faded". At this point in my life I try to buy tools that will be nothing short of a treat to use every time I use them for the rest of my life.
Sadly both HF and Northern seldom have any tools I'd buy. From time to time I drop into the Burnsville Northern store, I usually leave empty handed. I was surprised last time I was there that they are selling the excellent No-Spill gas cans though so there is some hope
Northern Tool and Harbor Freight are good for hobbyists that don't use their tools continuosly for a living.Of course brands like Makita,Milwaulkee,Porter Cable,etc are better quality-but far more expensive than HF and NH.But--I have seen some contractors here that use HF tools-there is a HF store in Greenville.
Back in the late 70's one of three gay guys who lived across the street from me was from Mexico and had a rather upper crust lineage. He shared with me a saying from his grandfather: "Se compra barato y siempre compra" Translation: Buy cheap and you're always buying.
Harbor Freight is OK as long as you enter the store armed with the knowledge that you're not going to find the finest quality specimen of whatever it is you're shopping for.
Harbor Freight is OK as long as you enter the store armed with the knowledge that you're not going to find the finest quality specimen of whatever it is you're shopping for.
