Reply #5

alright and correctly predicted the giant sucking sound of American jobs! I clicked on your sig line and got the info about the Sept 9th rally in Leesburg, VA. Currently the buses listed in the areas of DC, Maryland, PA & NY are not in my area, but I did add my closest major metropolitan city. I'm going to check around and see what other local organizations listed as per this flyer http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/LeesburgTPPFlyer_MainRally.pdf might be going.

I think with so much at stake the two groups are going to have to set aside the differences and concentrate on the bigger-picture commonalities that will affect so many across the board. Incidentally, there was a local referendum (aka slush fund) that was recently defeated by a wide margin and it's interesting to note that both the Tea Party and Sierra Club were vehemently against it.

This is what needs to happen. Enough of this division already...the stakes are just too high and I don't think there is much time left as the citizenstrade link mentions that this is the 14th major round of closed-door negotiations with 600 *Partners* including Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Wal-Mart, Newscorp, GE and Halliburton all of who have access to this and everyone else is shut out.

As much as I would like to believe in Obama, notwithstanding the positive changes which have occurred - I just can't shake off that he signed the NDAA on New Year's Eve last year coupled with his many questionable appointees left over from the Bush years.