Do As We Say, Not As We Do

Another fascinating example of White House hypocrisy, courtesy of the Center for American Progress:

Made in…Burma? Newsday reported Friday that President Bush's website was selling fleece pullovers made in Myanmar (formerly Burma). Not only is the jacket not Made in America, a sore subject as millions of Americans have lost jobs to outsourcing overseas, it also funds a violent regime. "The Bush administration has had sanctions in place since September against Myanmar--also known by its colonial name Burma--in an attempt to punish the government over human rights violations." According to Charles Kernagan, the head of the National Labor Committee (a group that seeks to combat sweatshops internationally), "Burma is one of the most repressive, brutal dictatorships in the world...The Bush-Cheney campaign was putting money into the hands of dictators with that purchase."

Dictatorship, schmictatorship. We've got to keep our costs down. And Myanmar's slave labor is renowned for making some of the finest fleece pullovers in the world.