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jwirr

(39,215 posts)
10. What hasn't already killed you is good for you - the new
Mon May 2, 2016, 09:06 AM
May 2016

scientific principle.

Keep fighting EU - we the people of the USA do not want this stuff either.

The court thing is the worst part - it takes all control from the nation and puts it in the hands of the corporations. Even a Hillary supporter should be able to see the danger in these trade agreements. They are not about trade - they are about power and control.

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And, by "the US is putting massive pressure on the EU", we really mean... MrMickeysMom May 2016 #1
Many people in the EU think everybody in the US is either fighting or getting rich off this stuff. Baobab May 2016 #43
Wow - shoving the Corporate patented GMO crap down the world's unwilling throats AxionExcel May 2016 #2
What hasn't already killed you is good for you - the new jwirr May 2016 #10
It is the entrenchment of the economic status quo ronnie624 May 2016 #16
Exactly - this is why we cannot afford Hillary and co. nor jwirr May 2016 #17
Paper on Endocrine Disruptors Shows HUGE cost to society in EU >150 Billion Euros/year for health pr Baobab May 2016 #41
Most of these if not all of these trade bills ignore the needs jwirr May 2016 #42
Don't hold your breath while Hillary supporters recognize the danger of free trade agreements. Enthusiast May 2016 #35
I know it is the center piece for their one world order and jwirr May 2016 #37
The American people would be enraged if they knew about this. Enthusiast May 2016 #38
Yeah, our free press which was meant to inform us and protect jwirr May 2016 #39
When we no longer have a free press our freedom is gone. Enthusiast May 2016 #45
We learned from them. I have no idea where this saying jwirr May 2016 #46
Apparently it is true. Enthusiast May 2016 #47
This alone should be enough to kill the TPP ... Scuba May 2016 #3
+1 another heartbreak from him. Jackilope May 2016 #5
I'm sure it was a price of admission to White House lostnfound May 2016 #13
Obama has been palling around with Boehner and co - and it shows! Betty Karlson May 2016 #7
Well, he does admire Ronald Reagan.... AlbertCat May 2016 #21
Our incumbent Rockefeller Republican... villager May 2016 #26
Hoping this might hit MSM in a big way, forcing him to respond... JudyM May 2016 #12
Obama will be monetarily rewarded, for this betrayal. SammyWinstonJack May 2016 #22
He still seems to remain above criticism. At least on DU. Enthusiast May 2016 #32
Plus one for truth! Enthusiast May 2016 #33
The modern equivalent of medieval private manorial courts. Odin2005 May 2016 #44
what was that saying about a boot stepping on a neck, forever? eShirl May 2016 #4
From Orwell's "1984." silverweb May 2016 #18
I think Aldous Huxley was more accurate Scootaloo May 2016 #25
It's been years since I read him. silverweb May 2016 #27
A caste-stratified society where everyone's too drugged and distracted to care Scootaloo May 2016 #28
Ah, yes. We do have that. silverweb May 2016 #29
Too drugged and distracted to notice that Soylent Green is people. Enthusiast May 2016 #31
Yup, we create our Epsilons (slave class) n/t TexasBushwhacker May 2016 #36
Fuck the US! Helen Borg May 2016 #6
At BEST... Plucketeer May 2016 #8
How undemocratic. We sure have gone in the wrong direction. Wasn't there a Tea Party over this. Gregorian May 2016 #9
Stand strong EU dae May 2016 #11
K&R. Glad to hear it. Overseas May 2016 #14
Not going to put up with the Europeans banning bjo59 May 2016 #15
Thank you for the links DetlefK saidsimplesimon May 2016 #19
I think Yes, but the other way round. DetlefK May 2016 #34
Well ol' Hoppy says balls to Greenpeace. If they can't speak English, Hoppy May 2016 #20
Treason Pact. Dont call me Shirley May 2016 #23
like lemmings to the mass suicide..... bbgrunt May 2016 #24
This makes the USA look like a bastion of Fascism. Enthusiast May 2016 #30
The US is trying to force EU to dump their Precautionary Principle + accept possible toxics and EDCs Baobab May 2016 #40
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