> KK> If you contrast the ultra-hip, baby-boomer ad campaigns of Nike 
 > and
 > KK> Reebok with the near-slavery police-state conditions of the 
 > people
 > KK> who actually make the shoes, the contrast is really disturbing.
 > 
 > Simple matter, boycott those suckers. When their excessive profits
 > begin to plummet, then maybe they will wakeup and find out why
 > people are not buying their high priced crap. It is time that the
 > Hippy, Yippy, Yuppee, Baby Boomers were taken down a notch or two.
 > Personnally I wouldn't be caught "Dead" in some of those gaudy
 > Nike style things they callo shoes. Sheesh, whatever happened to
 > Keds or any of the other reasonably priced shoes?
 > 
Good question.  Actually, I seem to recall that a Polish brand of shoes was
quite successful at importing their low cost, high quality shoes.  I stopped
seeing them about the time the military (under orders from Moscow) cracked 
down on the union.  If my money is going to go overseas, I'd just as soon it
go to a company based out of the nation where the work is being done!  (That,
and the more stability in the former Soviet states, the safer I'll feel!)  
Anybody remember the name of that company?  I don't know if they made cycling
shoes, but I remeber other athletic shoes by them.  I'm kind of curious 
whether they are still in business, and if they are planning to export to the
U.S.A., etc.
BAS
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