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In reply to the discussion: Rumors leaked about TPP can include CO2-absorbing, electricity-shitting Unicorns; who fucking cares? [View all]GoneFishin
(5,217 posts)35. Kick ass post. Thanks. nt
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Rumors leaked about TPP can include CO2-absorbing, electricity-shitting Unicorns; who fucking cares? [View all]
cherokeeprogressive
May 2015
OP
The L.A. Times (yesterday) put an article on the Senate voting down of TPP in the Business section.
C Moon
May 2015
#52
Name one major trade deal not negotiated in 'secret' and I will give you a Rec.
Fred Sanders
May 2015
#7
Trade deals are good for the economy of the 1%. Not so good for the other 315,000,000 people
whereisjustice
May 2015
#13
You misrepresent both fast track and the access to the proposed agreement and who negotiated it.
Fred Sanders
May 2015
#22
Á propos of nothing in particular, for some reason Upton Sinclair's words
Jackpine Radical
May 2015
#78
Graph shows we went from breaking even on trade with Mexico to losing our ass. (nm)
Elwood P Dowd
May 2015
#24
Unemployment at 5.4% and unemployment claims at a 15 year low, stocks at a high. Damn NAFTA!
Fred Sanders
May 2015
#59
Manufacturing jobs in America are on the increase for the first time in decades.
Fred Sanders
May 2015
#75
Better than Bush! How deep must the hole be to get the bar that low?
cherokeeprogressive
May 2015
#85
I would agree that the truth about the details of the TPP meant nothing to the detractors.
Buzz Clik
May 2015
#15
What is foul mouthed is making out President Obama as a liar. And 27 posts is a new poster.
Fred Sanders
May 2015
#56
Supporting your own opinion by eating one of your own is illogical and ineffective.
Fred Sanders
May 2015
#71
The Vaseline Gang are the last folks to realize how they are helping the rich to fuck the rest of us
Android3.14
May 2015
#34
Absolutely. Everybody should have been able to read the treaty before Fast Track is approved.
Chan790
May 2015
#36
K & R "how many times the government has fucked people via treaty"
Dont call me Shirley
May 2015
#37
nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity. Lord Acton
Tierra_y_Libertad
May 2015
#64
A government allegedly of, by, and for the people, is now afraid of the people.
Tierra_y_Libertad
May 2015
#67
Yep. We're just ignorant children that need to be led by "Not as Bad" parents who ignore us.
Tierra_y_Libertad
May 2015
#81