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randome

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41. Oh, you little snooker-doodle!

Sat May 30, 2015, 05:37 PM

May 2015

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This needs to become a larger part of the TPP discussion. [View all] Snarkoleptic May 2015 OP

Business is business. What's so hard to understand about that? Jackpine Radical May 2015 #1

I know, right? Snarkoleptic May 2015 #3

Yeah, we tortured some folks and some folks are bought and sold like cattle. BeanMusical May 2015 #19

K&R! marym625 May 2015 #2

Because they care about people. Jackpine Radical May 2015 #6

There ya go. marym625 May 2015 #8

It has the full support of republicans arcane1 May 2015 #7

That's what I have been saying too marym625 May 2015 #9

Insert these rules into the TPP, I dare them WHEN CRABS ROAR May 2015 #32

beautiful! marym625 May 2015 #35

Apparently, human trafficking regulations are non-negotiable to the Obama admin. A total nonstarter Romulox May 2015 #4

But "jobs" or something. arcane1 May 2015 #5

+1 marym625 May 2015 #10

I guess it's part of multi dimensional chess or something NRaleighLiberal May 2015 #24

Do you think there is NO human trafficking going on within the United States? randome May 2015 #11

Please point directly to American aspirant May 2015 #28

The U.S. is a big country. Of course bad things happen within our borders. randome May 2015 #36

Then I guess we need to clean up our own act salib May 2015 #38

No argument there. We do and there should be. randome May 2015 #40

Do not feed the trolls salib May 2015 #37

Oh, you little snooker-doodle! randome May 2015 #41

"Partnership agreements" (like the EU) should include high enforceable human rights, labor rights, pampango May 2015 #12

Where as right now national sovereignty..... daleanime May 2015 #15

If it took a back seat to human rights, labor right, the environment, etc. that would be pampango May 2015 #17

Enforced by *whom*, pampango??? nt Romulox May 2015 #16

Any 'partnership agreement' would have to create an enforcement mechanism that pampango May 2015 #18

So enforced by the same corporations and countries who profit from the violations, then... nt Romulox May 2015 #22

I don't think that's what FDR and Truman had in mind. pampango May 2015 #23

Neither FDR nor Truman negotiated the TPP. Your repetition/association tactics become absurd. nt Romulox May 2015 #25

That is true. They negotiated the International Treaty Organization which, if congress pampango May 2015 #29

FDR was wrong on that one. JDPriestly May 2015 #33

Its obvious that some here want to be governed by wealthy, autocratic, dictatorial corporations. Elwood P Dowd May 2015 #42

I think FDR was right so we disagree on that but thanks for the detailed responses. n/t pampango May 2015 #43

Hell yes.... daleanime May 2015 #13

Because China. GeorgeGist May 2015 #14

Also Brunei, which is in the process of instituting brutal religious laws including the death Bluenorthwest May 2015 #20

Gee, I thought only the Pope did that. eom Cleita May 2015 #21

Popes stopped doing that a looooong time ago. n/t whathehell May 2015 #26

I know. Cleita May 2015 #27

We need to reserve the right to refuse to trade with countries that practice completely barbaric, JDPriestly May 2015 #30

Agreed! I was horrified looking at the pics at the article in the OP. Snarkoleptic May 2015 #31

Another Important Reason why TPP must not Pass! KoKo May 2015 #34

You think if the TPP doesn't get signed the US won't be doing business with Malaysia? George II May 2015 #39

It's bad enough we are trading with them now, let alone Snarkoleptic May 2015 #44