Behind the Headlines

It’s really quite warm outside. I was out there earlier for the demolition of the Jeep towers in Toledo. I wilted and the batteries in my camera repeatedly died. (although the camera reported that they were “exhausted” so maybe they just needed to rest awhile before kicking up the juice again.)
But before wilting, I stepped in some irony. At the Jeep ceremony in Liberty Park, Toledo, there was quite a little spread. Part of it was these little foam brick replicas painted orange with the word “JEEP” on one side. I think they were meant to be commemorative. However, one of the workers pointed out to me a little sticker on the foam brick.

“China.” As in made in China. The worker said, if that isn’t irony, I don’t know what is. Before too much longer, all of the stickers had been removed. However, the few novelty bricks that had escaped before the organizers noticed still bore the mark.