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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 09:59 PM Original message |
Bush assails US Congress on trade pacts |
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rwheeler31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. There is something wrong with that boy. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. Oh crap. The shithead is still there. nt |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. bush and cheney hate american workers. |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. the trade deal with Columbia is good for the US |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 10:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Heard much the same thing about Mexico and NAFTA |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 10:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. protectionism has never saved a single american job |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 11:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Protectionism has saved American jobs and businesses since our nation's founding. |
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IsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 01:47 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Sounds like Repug bull shit to me. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 04:12 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. The dollar has risen against other currencies. You are behind the times. |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. It is impossible for a country to lose its "competitive advantage" in the free trade sense. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. And with regard to what products does America have a competitive advantage |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 04:19 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Everything we export. That's how trade works. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 04:39 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. And precisely what do we export other than debt and military equipment |
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Zorro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 05:26 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Plenty of stuff |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 11:44 PM Response to Reply #37 |
55. Parts of these things are constructed here but often with parts |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 09:59 AM Response to Reply #37 |
57. Last figures I saw was that Germany was the biggest exporting country, the US was second and |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 11:10 PM Response to Reply #33 |
54. Factories have closed across America. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #28 |
43. The Comparative Advantage argument is corporatist BS |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 08:35 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. Nonsense. It follows quite logically. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
42. BS. Read "The Wealth and Poverty of Nations" by David Landes. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 10:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Sure, it's terrific if you stand against the workers. Democrats don't. n/t |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 10:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. farmers and ranchers aren't workers? |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 11:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. It's easy to believe you know exactly what this means to everyone concerned, and still |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 04:14 AM Response to Reply #7 |
21. California used to be a wonderful source for garlic. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 10:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Discussions already under the bridge at D.U. regarding this "free trade" machination you advocate. |
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Zorro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 12:06 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. The FTA with Colombia will basically reduce barriers to US products |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 04:01 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. You're seriously misinformed, or you are seriously attempting to disinform, yourself: |
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Zorro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #19 |
31. As a working class hero of the proletariat AND a union member |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 04:51 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Oh! Well, that's different. If the editors of the New York Times stand behind it, by all means |
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Zorro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 05:36 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. I daresay my Senators and Representatives are quite aware of the FTA issues |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 05:39 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Democrats stand firmly against the practise of killing union workers. Period. n/t |
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Zorro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Colombia Free Trade and Labor Unions: Myth vs. Fact |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 09:43 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. For any DU'ers who are actually interested, the link to Zorro's material is the US gummint |
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Zorro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 10:13 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Still waiting for the hard evidence that contradicts those listed facts |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 08:04 AM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Shining example of how well farmers do with FTA's with the U.S. |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 11:39 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Then eliminate US agricultural subsidies. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. You bet. Should have been done long, long ago. n/t |
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seafan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
8. "I want mah free trade agreement annah wannit now!" |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 04:19 AM Response to Reply #8 |
22. Bush just can't admit what a horrendous president he has been. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 04:49 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. He has to be the oddest President we've had, other than Nixon. |
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seafan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 09:53 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. 'Surly, backbiting, destructive, disrespectful ...'.. Jeb is just like him, but without the charm. |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
11. Just what we need with so many people here out of work. |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
12. The drunken buffoon has got some nerve. |
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santamargarita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
13. Just Get The Fuck Out Of Our White House! |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-08 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
15. Who was on the trade delegation, Chimpy? |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 07:13 AM Response to Original message |
24. If it's called a free trade agreement I don't want it. |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
27. WELL DONE, CONGRESS - DON'T DO ANYTHING WITH THIS SOCIOPATH! |
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judesedit (450 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
30. Thank God Congress has finally gotten the hint from U.S. citizens |
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blue_onyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
39. We've had enough "free trade" |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
41. The Globalists can take their Free Trade and shove it up their asses. n/t |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Shove it up their asses without lubrication! |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 08:45 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. ACK!!! Must get disgusting image out of head... |
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Zorro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
46. Canada and Colombia sign free-trade agreement |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
49. Nancy and Harry you just say out loud that the Bush admin is over |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
52. Fuck off, chimpy |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
53. Can't wait for Jan. 20 when Bushit's off the stage & getting hounded by lawsuits for the rest of his |
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workinclasszero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
56. Yeah free trade has worked so well for the USA |
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