May 27, 2008
From the El Paso Saddleblanket, a shirt they say has been their most popular seller. Scroll down a bit to see the reader responses.
On Saturday, Saddleblanket issued this news release, responding to some of the issues raised:
"(El Paso, TX) May 31, 2008 – The recent coverage from Newspapertree, KTSM, MSNBC, and CNN has caused a sales proliferation at the El Paso Saddle Blanket company. Due to the coverage in the media, individuals have been emailing and calling the store as well as traveling to the store to purchase the now famous “Juarez, Mexico it ain’t Kansas” T-shirt. The El Paso Saddle Blanket company has been receiving numerous phone calls regarding retail and wholesale sales of the now controversial shirt.
"The sudden upsurge of T-shirt sales comes as a surprise to the management of El Paso Saddle Blanket. Luc Wells, General Manager of El Paso Saddle Blanket, states that 'The sudden sales hike was real surprise to us. We have been selling these things for years and all of a sudden people are making a huge deal about having one.'
"Of course the T-shirt sales increase brings into question the motives behind the shirt design, but Wells assures the public that the shirts have been available for a long time and are not a part of any scheme to 'make a quick buck.' In fact, the El Paso Saddle Blanket company is selling the retail shirts for only four dollars each.
"Although the company appreciates the recent jump in its T-shirt sales, El Paso Saddle Blanket Company attests that the on-going violence is a somber affair and that it in no way planned to make a profit off of the loss of life. For El Paso Saddle Blanket, the shirts are a piece of the border-town culture and nothing more.
Video link http://video.aol.com/video-detail/border-violence-t-shirt/1987165634
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before the Video will play... Very Interesting