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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 03:57 PM Original message |
Obama hints at Pacific Rim free-trade pact |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. Not again...... |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 04:42 AM Response to Reply #1 |
91. It's too late. Abandon all hope all ye that enter here n/t |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 12:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
103. It's all about corporate profits. Fuck everything else. n/t |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. That dime's worth of difference is now becoming just a couple of cents |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 08:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
140. Amen! |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. Obama, you're taking another step in the wrong direction. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. But it's only been 11 months! Pony! Poutrage! Why do you hate hope? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
57. Yes. PUMA and You Never Liked Him To Begin With |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 02:56 AM Response to Reply #16 |
82. Is it even possible to hate hope? |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 06:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
129. I wonder how all the 'extremist' Black groups feel... |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. To effectively compete are we going to have to drop the minimum wage to $1 a day? |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Don't forget to dump the environmental and safety rules while you're at it. |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 12:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
104. Well, since we are now a service enconomy, I don't think we'll have to |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #104 |
111. If they could find a way to replace them, they would. |
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phasma ex machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 05:44 PM Response to Reply #104 |
116. Roto-Rooter guys also enjoy immunity to globalism. nt |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 08:19 PM Response to Reply #104 |
142. Just wait until the corporations start crying that they can't find qualified HVAC people. n/t |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 01:07 AM Response to Reply #104 |
155. The problem being |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
128. That isn't competition. That's inhumane and I don't give a shit which country it is. |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
5. very very bad. very. |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
6. How are NAFTA and MFN for China helping our net jobs situation again? |
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Luciferous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. I feel the same way |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 08:18 PM Response to Reply #19 |
40. Thanks for posting. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 12:26 AM Response to Reply #6 |
68. Not only that wait until cheap U.S. grains put China's farmers out of business |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 01:10 AM Response to Reply #68 |
71. Sorry. China often has difficulty producing enough food for itself. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 04:36 AM Response to Reply #71 |
90. True, but we will put their farmers out of business like we have Mexico's |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #90 |
161. We don't grow enough food to put both China's and Mexico's farmers out of business. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
8. Bad idea. Any trade agreements should be based on countries providing good wages... |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
9. ***F-A-I-R TRADE*** Not "Free" trade Damnit! |
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Yuugal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
10. Where are the pom pom girls? |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 04:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. What is a "pom pom girl"? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 05:11 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Deleted message |
HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 05:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. So anybody who doesn't acknowledge that "Obama hasn't done a damn thing ... of substance" |
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Yuugal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 05:54 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Thats you restating what I said incorrectly |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 07:44 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. Well, since you're so open minded |
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Yuugal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 07:50 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Its like the unrec thing |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:30 PM Response to Reply #36 |
58. Do try to pick of the pieces of your broken life. |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
13. I guess they really want to break the American middle class down into peasants |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
14. God dammit. nt |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
113. nodding |
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Luciferous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
15. I was so pissed when I read that article earlier today... |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
17. Motto: "Because NAFTA didn't drain jobs fast enough" |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 12:20 AM Response to Reply #17 |
67. No we cannot so stop saying that! |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 06:50 PM Response to Reply #17 |
130. We should all become prostitutes. Some earn $5000 per blow job... AND are non-partisan! |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
18. How very, very hopeful and changealicious! n/t |
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GCP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
20. I'm getting really sick of this |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
21. This will prove to be very popular with the base.... |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
22. I'm tired of this shit. Really, really tired. Could someone please explain to me how this creates |
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StreetKnowledge (921 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. It doesn't. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 07:25 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. No, I know. |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 11:54 AM Response to Reply #30 |
158. You forgot all the textile jobs in the South , NC, SC, etc. I |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
24. Another free trade agreement to go with all the others that have worked out |
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liberal_at_heart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
25. I thought he was suppose to be working on creating jobs here in the US |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 06:54 PM Response to Reply #25 |
132. Beijing is the 51st state. Mumbai is the 52nd. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
27. Clearly this is a going to be a bad thing. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
28. USTR FACT SHEET: Trans-Pacific Partnership |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
29. What a champ. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 07:32 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Is champ code for corporate toady? |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 07:45 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Both, depending |
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latebloomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 08:17 PM Response to Reply #34 |
141. your sigline doesn't work n/t |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
35. More DLC doublespeak |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
37. It is NOT possible to be a Free Trader.... |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 08:01 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Oh, well, that was during the campaign. |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #38 |
160. All that liberal stuff is in the closet, waiting for the 2011 |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 09:56 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. Under the bus is getting very crowded. |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
39. A big UP YOURS to the American worker |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
41. I am just about to the point of giving up on Obama. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 06:52 PM Response to Reply #41 |
131. Yet other countries are worried about his policies on offshoring. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
42. Oh no! Asians having decent jobs! Run! Hide! |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 09:07 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. If by "decent jobs" you mean living in squalor and making a pittance |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 09:19 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. US workers making $15.00 an hour fired and replaced by Asians making 50 cents. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:11 PM Response to Reply #45 |
53. Maybe he is a CEO or a filthy rich investor? |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:16 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. A rich filthy CEO perhaps? |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 01:33 AM Response to Reply #54 |
78. Ya, I'm filthy rich. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 11:35 PM Response to Reply #53 |
62. he is a free trade squatter here. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 12:04 AM Response to Reply #45 |
65. That might be true if it weren't bullshit. |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 01:17 AM Response to Reply #65 |
72. And to keep their currencies artificially low. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 01:32 AM Response to Reply #72 |
77. Yes, because we're really leading the world in establishing environmental standards. |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 03:20 AM Response to Reply #77 |
85. We're doing a helluva lot better than them. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 08:09 PM Response to Reply #77 |
137. You've got to be joking me. Honestly, China's standards are far worse than ours. |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 02:00 AM Response to Reply #65 |
80. You are so full of shit. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 05:00 AM Response to Reply #80 |
92. They've got that base covered, too, I'm afraid. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 06:56 PM Response to Reply #80 |
134. I've read that too. Thank you for responding to these folks... |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 08:06 PM Response to Reply #65 |
136. Try selling American products on Chinese shores and see how much they levy in tariffs. |
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slutticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 11:58 AM Response to Reply #45 |
101. Says the guy with the Apple logo |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 09:58 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Always on every thread dissing the American worker, I've noticed. n/t |
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ChromeFoundry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. +1 n/t |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:22 PM Response to Reply #47 |
55. Never fails. n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 01:36 AM Response to Reply #47 |
79. Deleted message |
DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 10:39 AM Response to Reply #79 |
98. Then stop bothering us, save yourself the mental anguish...... |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 11:43 AM Response to Reply #79 |
100. Name calling now, I see.... |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 03:44 AM Response to Reply #47 |
88. An accurate observation nt |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:06 PM Response to Reply #42 |
51. Yeah, don't they know that they need to work for us? |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #51 |
127. You grossly miss the point, but it's not worth trying to spell it out to you. |
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PM Martin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:40 PM Response to Reply #42 |
60. Considered the username |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 12:02 AM Response to Reply #60 |
64. The username is a joke based on Palin's rather odd naming of her children. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 11:34 PM Response to Reply #42 |
61. Go spew your bullshit somewhere else, you wouldn't support American labor |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 12:01 AM Response to Reply #61 |
63. I don't know that I've ever spewed "free trade crap." |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 10:37 AM Response to Reply #63 |
97. You've haunted my threads for over a year, you act like a spurned lover |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 03:43 AM Response to Reply #42 |
87. Ahh, more anti-American labour propaganda |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #87 |
120. Sorry, he's right. There is a lot of anti-Asian racism on threads like this. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 12:50 AM Response to Reply #120 |
153. They "look" like corporate tools telling anyone against |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 05:14 AM Response to Reply #42 |
93. You have an odd definition of decent jobs. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 06:46 PM Response to Reply #42 |
126. If globalization were expansion, nobody would lose their job. |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
43. This is not what I voted for...........n/t |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:02 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. Obama doesn't seem too concerned about decent paying jobs for American workers. Nice, eh? |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 12:08 AM Response to Reply #50 |
66. I never saw this coming......... did anyone see this coming?? |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 12:49 AM Response to Reply #66 |
69. I was hoping it wouldn't be a repeat of Clinton, but |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 01:20 AM Response to Reply #66 |
74. Yes. When I read that he had hired Austan Goolsbee from the U. of Chicago. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #74 |
109. There were many such signs during the primaries |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #109 |
114. Early on, I'd had my fill of GD-Politics. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 10:53 PM Response to Reply #114 |
150. It was a nasty time, wasn't it? |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #150 |
151. If DU is still around for the next Dem primary (maybe 2016), I'll stay away. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 12:31 AM Response to Reply #151 |
152. It really was a disaster. In 2004, people who showed up spitting fire and personal attacks |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 07:18 PM Response to Reply #152 |
164. Yes. DU lost quite a few quality posters in that fiasco. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #66 |
122. Yes I did, centrist |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 08:30 PM Response to Reply #66 |
143. You must be fairly new here, many, many people saw this coming |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 09:21 PM Response to Reply #143 |
148. Quite a few of those people aren't here anymore. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 09:24 PM Response to Reply #148 |
149. Good point. n/t |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #43 |
115. Ah, but you are missing the larger picture. |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
48. New boss, same as the old boss. n/t |
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ChromeFoundry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
52. change you can believe in |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
56. goodie....more jobs lost....n/t |
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nyc 4 Biden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
59. I really hope The Nation does an article on this soon. n/t |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 06:16 AM Response to Reply #59 |
94. I know Katrina slightly. You can count on it! n/t |
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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
70. There is no such thing as "free trade". It is a corporate buzz word designed to... |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 01:22 AM Response to Reply #70 |
75. +10000 |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 12:13 PM Response to Reply #70 |
105. You're absolutely right and well said. n/t |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #70 |
106. Well said |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
73. Don't worry. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
76. a rising tide lifts all yachts. |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
81. I vaguely remember Obama distancing himself from the DLC during the primaries... |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 06:04 PM Response to Reply #81 |
118. The only difference between Obama and a card carrying member of the DLC |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 11:58 AM Response to Reply #81 |
159. The distancing was a smoke screen. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 03:14 AM Response to Original message |
83. Let's just call this what it is: NAFTA/CAFTA for Asia. |
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Libertas1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 03:15 AM Response to Original message |
84. Always putting America last. |
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optimator (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 03:35 AM Response to Original message |
86. more evidence Dems hate being in power |
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Andronex (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 04:06 AM Response to Original message |
89. Never believed in Obama but... |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 06:21 AM Response to Original message |
95. I'll wait and see what really happens before going ballistic |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 10:46 AM Response to Reply #95 |
99. Right here..... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 08:36 PM Response to Reply #95 |
144. The problem with that is once you see what really happened, it's too late. n/t |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
96. It's time for a new trade agreement with the entire world. |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 06:15 AM Response to Reply #96 |
157. That a big positive step. It's similar to what the EU does when it admits new members. |
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Kitsune (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
102. Wow. We are so, so fucked. |
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Andronex (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #102 |
107. "Can't we just admit that capitalism has failed completely" |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
108. I see Obama is working real hard to create jobs..... |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #108 |
110. Like on SNL, bankruptcy attorneys, repo men, auctioneers..... |
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lovelyrita (213 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
112. WTF! |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
117. I would support such a thing, because free trade is good |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #117 |
119. I never knew that unemployment was a good thing. |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 06:07 PM Response to Reply #119 |
121. Didn't take long for the straw man arguments to appear |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #121 |
123. OK. Your analogy was false. |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 06:36 PM Response to Reply #123 |
124. No, I don't think so. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 08:01 PM Response to Reply #124 |
135. Production may have increased, but wages for the American worker have been stagnant. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #124 |
163. You argument would work, except that Europeans tend to enjoy a higher standaard of living |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 12:52 AM Response to Reply #117 |
154. Oh ffs, if I'd read this first... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
125. Well, if bankers can whine about 'return on investment' for education, so can we. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
133. The title suggests "hints". Nothing is signed yet, but people will likely be watching. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
138. I think this is great! Why sink slowly to third world status when we can race there insetad? |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 08:13 PM Response to Reply #138 |
139. Doesn't the third world deserve a chance to produce cheap plastic shit for us? |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 04:24 AM Response to Reply #138 |
156. Corporate America is dying to get at Vietnam's cheap labor |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
145. Trade with Chile, New Zealand, and Singapore is more or less trade among equals. |
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Xicano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
146. And he said he was against NAFTA. HA!!! |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #146 |
162. He also called people frustrated by trade policy "bitter" and likened them to racists... |
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Chisox08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
147. It is all part of the 3D Holo Chess Obama is playing. |
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