I'll actually even get us back on topic. Buy American IS a good thing and I would rather spend a few extra bucks on a small business owner than I would a big corporate company. Especially when it comes to items I can have shipped.
I really think Dave that you and I agree more than it would appear through the constant sniping, but I just don't follow the theories and rhetoric about this issue that you do. My personal beliefs that the major corporations GM,Chrysler,etc have caused their own downfall and not us or any other car manufacturer.
If you notice the firearms industry is doing extremely well and I think, for the most part, that it is still an American stronghold. I think db99wj's post was pretty well put as well. Just because something is put together overseas there are still alot of American's making money on it.