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chollybocker

(3,687 posts)
8. Huh? Where did you get that absurd notion?
Sun Nov 25, 2012, 08:48 PM
Nov 2012

Factory fires involving deaths (but not involving "anarchists&quot are common, regular occurances in Bangladesh. Look it up.


(Not mentioned above, but other U.S. brands implicated: Sears, P-Diddy.)

Jeez, I hope the factory owner Jackpine Radical Nov 2012 #1
It won't matter. lalalu Nov 2012 #27
There are many Indian customs we ought to consider adopting. Jackpine Radical Nov 2012 #58
Ross Perot warned about this and was laughed at for pointing out boston bean Nov 2012 #2
Clinton may have signed it ... but zbdent Nov 2012 #3
Clinton fought for NAFTA twice as hard as he ever fought for healthcare. Ken Burch Nov 2012 #18
With Krugman's blessing, of course. joshcryer Nov 2012 #25
Why did Krugman think that? Ken Burch Nov 2012 #30
It was thought of as a nice bit of internationalism. joshcryer Nov 2012 #34
Thanks for the background on that. n/t. Ken Burch Nov 2012 #36
I am glad someone else is posting this. lalalu Nov 2012 #41
Yes. Yes, he did. We knew Ross Perot was right, but let's say why we trusted Clinton more... ancianita Nov 2012 #45
Not true.. pipoman Nov 2012 #29
I knew then that we were doomed, the Social Contract was gone. Though the 80% figure seems a little ancianita Nov 2012 #46
+1,000 freshwest Nov 2012 #12
NAFTA should be revisited. Got to push for it though. SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2012 #16
the stroke of Obama's pen could get rid of Nafta, mrf901 Nov 2012 #48
One lesson is clear from the last 4 years, we have to make him. SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2012 #66
Let's hope it wasn't some crazy violent anarchist piggybacking off the strikes of Walmart graham4anything Nov 2012 #4
Huh? Where did you get that absurd notion? chollybocker Nov 2012 #8
the article says the cause is unknown, and i get suspicion when there are 'coincidences" graham4anything Nov 2012 #10
Right but Bangladesh factories experience such fires regularly. antigone382 Nov 2012 #14
You have got to be kidding. tabasco Nov 2012 #20
This is Common in places like Bangladesh where they don't have the evil government JI7 Nov 2012 #44
Such a sad troubled country, because of global climate change. patrice Nov 2012 #5
Global Climate Change? Dr. Emmett Brown Nov 2012 #33
Rising sea level, they're in the Ganghes-Brahmaputra River delta LeftInTX Nov 2012 #38
Ha, ha, you're funny, but sissy is too tired to play your game. Do your own reading. & . . . patrice Nov 2012 #39
Funny? Arguing? Dr. Emmett Brown Nov 2012 #60
You're absolutely right. This isn't fatalism here. This is a refusal of those with money to value ancianita Nov 2012 #47
So sad! hrmjustin Nov 2012 #6
They never had a chance lunatica Nov 2012 #7
Agreed. freshwest Nov 2012 #15
Hamlet fire in NC just 21 years ago bluemarkers Nov 2012 #9
+1,000 to what you said. freshwest Nov 2012 #13
How awful LeftInTX Nov 2012 #43
I long for the days when we made our own stuff, but NO ONE deserves DainBramaged Nov 2012 #11
Agree get the red out Nov 2012 #61
+1 Blue_Tires Nov 2012 #64
Prime example of why company JB126 Nov 2012 #17
Shades of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. Hello Unions..... glinda Nov 2012 #19
"Wal-mart, JC Penney’s, the Gap, Levi Strauss, Kohl’s, Zara, H & M, and others" pinto Nov 2012 #21
This factory was WalMart and KiK in Eurpoe supplier.... Evasporque Nov 2012 #57
These same countries and their workers called lalalu Nov 2012 #22
I hope loyalkydem Nov 2012 #23
sucks. eff walmart. nt limpyhobbler Nov 2012 #24
I want to invent an open source automatic sewing machine. joshcryer Nov 2012 #26
Amen. ancianita Nov 2012 #49
It may not be the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire, Beacool Nov 2012 #28
THIS is why "free trade" that is not FAIR trade is horrible Warpy Nov 2012 #31
And as i posted donnasgirl Nov 2012 #32
Breaking- WAL-MART knew! James48 Nov 2012 #35
Heh, normally it's red, yellow, green. They had to have orange... joshcryer Nov 2012 #37
NAFTA gave us the SHAFTA... lib2DaBone Nov 2012 #40
History repeats itself. northoftheborder Nov 2012 #42
I hope that like the Triangle Fire a century ago that this marks a turning point Hekate Nov 2012 #50
. blkmusclmachine Nov 2012 #51
Post removed Post removed Nov 2012 #52
I'm union, too. It takes all kinds to make a country. Don't piss on others here. ancianita Nov 2012 #53
The only made in USA clothes I can find lbrtbell Nov 2012 #54
Labor standards reteachinwi Nov 2012 #55
Will they learn like we did after the Triangle Waist Shirt Fire? Javaman Nov 2012 #56
Are there fire codes in Bangladesh? slackmaster Nov 2012 #59
If there are, they are obviously enforced badly. Nye Bevan Nov 2012 #62
I agree with that, Nye Bevan. If health and safety standards don't meet some minimum standard, slackmaster Nov 2012 #63
How do you say "Triangle Shirtwaist Factory" in Bengali? KamaAina Nov 2012 #65
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