Reply #34: "...only because Jordan law protects the environment and labor rights..."

[Zhade]

That's THE crux of the whole NAFTA issue. I'm no "protectionist", I really LOVE the idea of free, fair trade. The world is full of amazing things, why limit that?

It's just that they left the "fair" part out - likely their intention all along.

"I think people overestimate the influence of the DLC today."

You're probably right. I doubt the DLC actually has as much power as it arrogantly claims to have. Too many people both inside and outside the Democratic party are waking up to their enabling and corporatism, and they don't like it. This naturally dilutes their power somewhat.

I do see them as a wounded animal, though, and happy to lash out at those who disagree with selling out to multinationals if they see it as a way of staving off the 'Third Way's eventual (and likely sooner rather than later) extinction as an ideology.

That may be why they are getting so much louder and shrill, politically-speaking. Their number's basically up, they know it, and they'll do what it takes to stay entrenched in their sphere of influence.

That's what makes them worth watching - to see what they might do to keep what control they still retain.