Is Anything American

I walked into Dunkin Donuts the other day, desiring a coffee and a chocolate covered boston creme donut. The kid behind the counter was Mexican, probably an immigrant, but then, I probably shouldn't assume that. That would be discriminatory after all. I told him what I wanted. So he went off to get my drink.

About an hour later I got it. And it was an iced tea. Then he gave me a blueberry muffin. I told him his error, he apologized and then got be an eclair and a hot chocolate. Fed up, I went to a table and sat down.

Dunkin Donuts never has any bright people working for them ever.

Anyways, I was about to eat my eclair when I noticed a small fabric tag attached to the end. It said: "Made In China." I blinked. "Made In China." Worried about Avian Bird Flu, I ate it anyways. I drank my hot chocolate. At the bottom of my hot chocolate was yet another fabric tag. "Made In China"

"What the hell?" I thought. Then I noticed something about the Mexican kid at the counter. Behind his ear, a small tag was attached. "Made In China." Now I was confused. This kid was Mexican. Dark skin, heavy eyebrows, small Pedro mustache and dark hair. Yet there was that tag attached to his ear. "Made In China."

Slightly confused I went home that day. I was getting ready for my CAP meeting. I was attaching my pins. There, engraved on the back of these Civil Air Patrol (The auxiliary of the United States Air Force) were the words "Made In China." This upset me. Why are the Chinese making our military pins? Are they making our flags too? Our guns? Or worse, our fighter jets, tanks or battleships? Where will this end? When will I find something in America made in America? I looked around the room. My mp3 player, my CD player, my favorite tee-shirt, my bean bag chair, my lamp, my St-Dominic Regional High School Raffle Calender . . . Is anything in America American? I was confused. I scratched my ears in confusion and felt a tag. I didn't have to read it to know that it said:

"Made In China"

J Kuhl Signing Off