Comments on: 10 (un)American Icons

By: Patron_Zero

Patron_Zero — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:21:31 +0000

7. Indiana Toll Road
“The Crossroads of America” is owned by the crossroads of Spain and Australia. Like the Chicago Skyway, the Indiana Toll Road is owned by Macquarie Infrastructure Group.

A lot of speculation that the Macquarie Infrastructure Group are a front for a larger yet-revealed Chinese holding company. Anyone disbelieving such should research how China came to own-control the Panama Canal.

By: almost

almost — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:36:06 +0000

I worked at Trader Joe’s up until last month. They are owned by the same shareholders as ALDI, but it’s still privately owned. There are German shareholders, though. We busted our asses to get things exactly as they wanted them for “the German shareholders’ walkthrough” so the article isn’t dead wrong. A German customer asked me once, saying ALDI was a shitty store, but I stand behind TJ’s anyway. Also: it’s NOT a health food store, we had a pretty hard time explaining that to customers, but all you have to do is look at the immense candy and cookie aisle to know that.

Oh, someone already said most of that more eloquently, oh well. I second it, Firebrand.

By: Barney Rubble

Barney Rubble — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:17:03 +0000

Not to be nitpicky or anything, but Abu Dhabi isn’t the capital of United Arab Emirates – it’s one of seven city-states which make up the UAE.

By: Firebrand

Firebrand — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:20:30 +0000

As an employee of Trader Joe’s, I feel the need to clear up a few things . . . First off, there is no connection between Rexall Drugs and Trader Joe’s. Surprisingly enough, it had started out as a chain of small grocery stores in the L.A. area. After needing to rethink their business model, the grocery stores closed and reopened as Trader Joe’s. Second, the connection to Aldi is only PARTLY true. While Trader Joe’s is not owned by the Aldi company, the german businessmen that run Aldi also own Trader Joe’s. The overseas owners have provided the capital and soverignity for Trader Joe’s corporate in California. And while Aldi and Trader Joe’s share the same “Private Label” philosophy and have cross-pollinated their distribution and production techniques – never the twain have met (and hopefully, shall never meet).

Maisons RR (The house railroad!)

By: nutmeag

nutmeag — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:32:40 +0000

I don’t have the research to back me up on this, but I do know that when I lived in St. Louis, people would tell me how Trader Joe’s and Aldi were owned by the same company, at least in part.

BTW, Aldi is awesome! I miss that store. :-(

By: Nikki

Nikki — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:58:33 +0000

Annnd can of worms…officially open.

By: James

James — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:13:10 +0000

It won’t be long before all of America is owned by foreign entities. This “trend” has been institutionalized by TPTB in D.C. They don’t care so long as they get to profit from it.

By: Zach

Zach — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:55:21 +0000

Not to be nitpicky or anything, but Abu Dhabi isn’t a country – it’s the capital of the United Arab Emirates.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:23:49 +0000

Others of us in Indiana are confident that the money raised by selling the toll road will not lead the owners in Spain or Australia to take it to either country leaving the northern strip of the state without a throughway.

By: Val

Val — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:35:48 +0000

Many, many of us in Indiana are unhappy with Governor Daniels selling out the toll road!