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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-11 11:08 AM
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1. Yep. More Friedmanite bullshit.
I wasn't entirely convinced before, but now I am after reading your post.
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  -Should We Flex Some Progressive Muscle and Kill Obama’s Job Killing Trade Deal? grahamhgreen  Aug-21-11 11:05 AM   #0 
  - Yep. More Friedmanite bullshit.  rucky   Aug-21-11 11:08 AM   #1 
  - I'm in!  SammyWinstonJack   Aug-21-11 11:13 AM   #2 
  - Exactly how much muscle do you believe Progressives really have?  elocs   Aug-21-11 11:18 AM   #3 
  - We have 1/2 the Dems in the house.  grahamhgreen   Aug-21-11 11:30 AM   #7 
  - Half the Dems in the House is less than 1/4 of the House,  elocs   Aug-21-11 12:36 PM   #10 
     - True. But look how he's feeling the heat already.....  grahamhgreen   Aug-21-11 04:22 PM   #19 
     - I'm way more impressed by actions than by how Obama feels or his words. n/t  elocs   Aug-21-11 04:25 PM   #21 
     - the tea baggers  Dokkie   Aug-21-11 04:26 PM   #22 
        - Exactly! We can do this.  grahamhgreen   Aug-21-11 07:10 PM   #25 
  - that's a good point because  dana_b   Aug-21-11 01:52 PM   #12 
  - See Wisconsin  Mr Deltoid   Aug-21-11 04:20 PM   #18 
  - I don't have to see Wisconsin, I live here, I was in Madison for the demonstrations.  elocs   Aug-21-11 04:23 PM   #20 
     - Good to see your progress  tcaudilllg   Aug-22-11 07:12 AM   #42 
  - If we don't try why are we here? To talk about Charlie Sheen?  DainBramaged   Aug-22-11 01:49 PM   #66 
  - In  RegieRocker   Aug-21-11 11:19 AM   #4 
  - Hell YES! n/t  Donnachaidh   Aug-21-11 11:22 AM   #5 
  - Why is he cutting a deal with Colombia, a country that fills mass graves  EFerrari   Aug-21-11 11:25 AM   #6 
  - +1  nashville_brook   Aug-21-11 12:09 PM   #8 
  - It's pragmatic  Bluebear   Aug-21-11 03:55 PM   #15 
     - And bi-partisany!  katnapped   Aug-22-11 07:35 AM   #47 
  - Recommend  xchrom   Aug-21-11 12:21 PM   #9 
  - K&R  Pooka Fey   Aug-21-11 01:49 PM   #11 
  - .  EFerrari   Aug-21-11 03:44 PM   #13 
  - kr  amborin   Aug-21-11 03:54 PM   #14 
  - We sure as hell must try or our own throats will be at the knife.  TheKentuckian   Aug-21-11 03:57 PM   #16 
  - Well said.  tcaudilllg   Aug-22-11 07:13 AM   #43 
     - Was reading about free trade in my econ text.  tcaudilllg   Aug-22-11 07:18 AM   #46 
  - K&R  swilton   Aug-21-11 04:19 PM   #17 
  - Lets go....  russspeakeasy   Aug-21-11 04:49 PM   #23 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Aug-21-11 04:50 PM   #24 
  - I say let the GOP kill this as they have and will kill everything else---and then run on it in 2012.  McCamy Taylor   Aug-21-11 07:30 PM   #26 
  - uh, except they wont  upi402   Aug-21-11 07:33 PM   #27 
  - they won't because their corporate masters want it passed  Motown_Johnny   Aug-21-11 07:40 PM   #28 
  - Except it can't be extended forever  Aerows   Aug-22-11 08:58 AM   #53 
  - Obama pushed W's three trade agreements - Korea, Colombia, Panama....  defendandprotect   Aug-21-11 08:39 PM   #29 
  - I am sure that my employer loses sales due to Korea's ridiculous trade barriers  Kolesar   Aug-22-11 06:07 AM   #37 
  - Yep  MissDeeds   Aug-21-11 08:44 PM   #30 
  - Awesome stats  desertrat777   Aug-21-11 08:44 PM   #31 
  - Excellent post. Thanks.  JDPriestly   Aug-21-11 10:01 PM   #32 
  - +  Bluebear   Aug-22-11 07:58 AM   #49 
  - Progressive "muscle" would be better spent extending unemployment insurance.  McCamy Taylor   Aug-21-11 10:05 PM   #33 
  - You can only extend unemployment for so long. These trade agreements are forever. (nt)  jeff47   Aug-21-11 11:27 PM   #34 
  - My comments exactly  Aerows   Aug-22-11 08:59 AM   #54 
  - Actually rather than do more unemployment or opposing this trade bill a better option  cstanleytech   Aug-22-11 12:21 AM   #35 
  - I'm thinking they'd rather have jobs.  Union Scribe   Aug-22-11 07:13 AM   #44 
  - Caring about the working class?  Aerows   Aug-22-11 09:01 AM   #55 
  - Don't question the president or his motives  Bluesbreaker   Aug-22-11 02:45 AM   #36 
  - A lot of manufacturing job losses are due to automation, ...  Kolesar   Aug-22-11 06:10 AM   #38 
  - Then how do you explain the absence of attrition from DFARS-protected manufacturing jobs?  Chan790   Aug-22-11 09:06 AM   #57 
  - K&R!  Enthusiast   Aug-22-11 06:19 AM   #39 
  - But NAFTA did create millions of jobs.  BiggJawn   Aug-22-11 06:58 AM   #40 
  - It's the free traitors who have plundered America!  Hubert Flottz   Aug-22-11 07:07 AM   #41 
  - was wondering how long it would take  Solomon   Aug-22-11 07:17 AM   #45 
  - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Aug-22-11 07:40 AM   #48 
  - We should ALL be actively working against ANYONE who adopts Right-wing policies  bertman   Aug-22-11 08:18 AM   #50 
  - Actively working against the President?  Aerows   Aug-22-11 09:12 AM   #58 
  - Obama said it himself,  stuckinarut   Aug-22-11 08:22 AM   #51 
  - How dare you listen to candidate Obama!  Aerows   Aug-22-11 09:06 AM   #56 
     - +1  GreenPartyVoter   Aug-22-11 10:23 AM   #61 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Aug-22-11 08:38 AM   #52 
  - k&r  Starry Messenger   Aug-22-11 09:26 AM   #59 
  - K & R  orbitalman   Aug-22-11 10:17 AM   #60 
  - It is Obvious whose Side O is on  fascisthunter   Aug-22-11 10:25 AM   #62 
  - Lack of trade deals doesn't keep capital in the US  Recursion   Aug-22-11 10:46 AM   #63 
  - These trade pacts are going to pass  Freddie Stubbs   Aug-22-11 12:19 PM   #64 
  - This is just another Obama nightmare...  BlueJac   Aug-22-11 01:46 PM   #65 
  - I totally agree with you. Obama is a total disappointment.  olegramps   Aug-23-11 09:33 AM   #68 
  - We won't be able to.  SavWriter   Aug-23-11 05:43 AM   #67 
  - Agreed.  Philip Frey   Aug-24-11 11:01 AM   #69 
  - If it wasn't so sad I'd cry ... Progressives have no traction what so ever with this Administration  ThomWV   Aug-24-11 04:38 PM   #70 
 

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