Is the new Martin Luther King monument for real, an import?

Any American President in his right mind would not allow a Chinese manufactured granite statue to be placed on the National Mall.

What's the excuse du jour?

Bill Clinton sold missle guidance systems to China and took Chinese National campaign contributions; Barack is letting them put in a WalMart. Joe Biden was just over there making an ass out of himself this week. What next-- Invaded and being occupied without a shot being fired?

How much you wanna bet this is defaced fairly soon by some Gun-loving, God-fearing, bitter Bible clinging Patriot......given its provenance. When caught, the Diversity Police will demand capital punishment.

It's all Bush's fault!!

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The Martin Luther King Memorial was opened to the public on Monday to much fanfare, but one fact was largely overlooked amid the hoopla: The 30-foot statue of King was made in China.

The statue forms the centerpiece of a $120 million, four-acre memorial to the slain civil rights leader on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

The statue, which will be dedicated Sunday, shows King emerging from a mountain of Chinese granite with his arms crossed.

Lei Yixin, a master sculptor from Changsha, China, was commissioned to carry out the work.

“Critics have openly asked why a black, or at least an American, artist was not chosen and even remarked that Dr. King appears slightly Asian in Mr. Lei’s rendering,” The Telegraph reported.

Lei, who has carved two statues of Mao Tse-tung, carried out almost all the work in Changsha. Then more than 150 granite blocks were shipped to Baltimore and reassembled by a team of 100 workers, including 10 Chinese stone masons brought over for the project.

Ed Dwight, a sculptor in Denver, told The Telegraph that King would be “turning over in his grave” if he knew his statue had been sculpted by an artist living under a communist regime.

Lei also has prepared a bronze bust of Barack Obama that he intends to give the president as a gift.


Read more on Newsmax.com: King Would 'Turn Over in Grave' at Made-in-China Statue

Is anybody really surprised by this?

It's all Bush'es fault!! Isn't anything made in USA anymore? I hear people say "my Toyota was made in USA " Bullshit! It was assembled in USA and where do they think the profits go? I try to buy American made products but it's getting harder all the time. If there are no jobs due to all the crap made overseas, who's going to be able to buy them? Why do we have to support over half the world with money we don't have? The one word that describes our problems -----GREED!!

From the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco:

The U.S. Content of “Made in China”
By Galina Hale and Bart Hobijn
Goods and services from China accounted for only 2.7% of U.S. personal consumption expenditures in 2010, of which less than half reflected the actual costs of Chinese imports. The rest went to U.S. businesses and workers transporting, selling, and marketing goods carrying the "Made in China" label. Although the fraction is higher when the imported content of goods made in the United States is considered, Chinese imports still make up only a small share of total U.S. consumer spending. This suggests that Chinese inflation will have little direct effect on U.S. consumer prices.

Gary wrote; "I hear people say "my Toyota was made in USA " Bullshit! It was assembled in USA and where do they think the profits go?" I couldnt have said that any better myself!

ive had sevral people brag about thier toyotas.they get 35 miles to the gallon.i got 41 mpg with my ford focus.just think of how many people buy that junk and think its the cats a*s.so as long as people buy this junk the american made things will be something of the past.on the buffalo news the other day there is a store that only carrys made in america and no china crap.

I would stick my head in here with some facts but I've realized that most people actually choose to remain ignorant.