Cafta

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Cafta

July 07, 2005, 10:16:50 AM

just for those interested ,,,,,,
also within, you can vote to stop CAFTA. Your POC is your senator which responds back to you via us postal service. Ive already tested the process and get things back on a regular basis from senator byrd.

http://www.aflcio.org/yourjobeconomy/jobs/jobcrisis.cfm

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Reply #1 – July 07, 2005, 10:35:21 AM

where do I vote to stop it? I don't see it? Only the one for SS

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Reply #2 – July 07, 2005, 10:40:02 AM

dont forget to sign up as a member (free). Its not spam but a direct link to congress using the aflcio as your bridge.

Ive been tinkering with this site for a year now with no additional spam or any other issues.

just fill out the form and it will land on the door step of your senators office.

if your a member, you'll get contact info of your states rep's and their phone numbers as well as any other contact info you seek.

http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/justsayno/step1.tcl

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Reply #3 – July 07, 2005, 12:08:42 PM

Sent!
thanks!

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Reply #4 – July 07, 2005, 12:11:18 PM

OK, so educate an uneducated Canadian. CAFTA = ?

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Reply #5 – July 07, 2005, 12:15:46 PM

Canadians Against the Free Trade Agreement? I'm all for it! :D

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Reply #6 – July 07, 2005, 12:48:45 PM

Central American Free Trade Agreement...similar to NAFTA

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Reply #7 – July 07, 2005, 01:45:23 PM

im all for free trade with canada and mexico. Our max trade should be with these two countries,, not overseas or ouside the boarders of these countries.

speaking of Canada,,, how about the new US Ambassador to Canada? he's about one freaking idiot and canada should even let him in the country.

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Reply #8 – July 08, 2005, 05:52:26 AM

This country has really gone down the per since Bush took office. I'm not so proud to be an american anymore. Poor leadership and even poorer descisions make me want to leave the country and move to Australia or something. If things keep declining at this rate, we're headed for another depression.

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Reply #9 – July 08, 2005, 08:21:48 AM

Quote from: amooset

This country has really gone down the per since Bush took office. I'm not so proud to be an american anymore. Poor leadership and even poorer descisions make me want to leave the country and move to Australia or something. If things keep declining at this rate, we're headed for another depression.

Wow. That will start a whole 'nother discussion. I know Clinton was the ideal President :rolleyes:

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Reply #10 – July 08, 2005, 08:36:31 AM

I never said Clinton was so great, I could care less about politics. Bush is in charge, screws everything up. What really bugs me is how politicians are so intertwined with corporations. Pay them well and you'll get what you want. I despise the corporate america that we have become. Far to many companies have become oligopolies (sp?). Just a stone's throw away from monopolies and price fixing. Capitalism only works when you sell a fair product for a fair price. I could ramble forever on how the middle class is getting screwed and can't really do anything about it. Sure, you can vote, but most people just vote to be loyal to a party or a platform that never pans out. Real change will never happen until corporate sponsorship and blue-bloods are out of the political swimming pool.

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Reply #11 – July 08, 2005, 08:49:02 AM

Quote from: amooset

This country has really gone down the per since Bush took office. I'm not so proud to be an american anymore. Poor leadership and even poorer descisions make me want to leave the country and move to Australia or something. If things keep declining at this rate, we're headed for another depression.

Not the smartest conversation to start.. it's likely to end ugly. This isn't to say I disagree with you.. I hate the man. However..

Awhile back I looked into relocating to another country. Australia? Have to pretty much buy your way in, unless you have some sort of indispensable skill their economy can really use. Not saying it's impossible.. but as an Aussie friend of mine put it, you'd have a better chance if you went to Indonesia and hopped on an immigrant boat to northern Australia.. sort of like the Cubans and Haitians do down here to get to Florida.

Looked into moving to Canada. Possible, but I had some concerns (I don't remember specifics at the moment, but I haven't even had my coffee yet and things are still a little fuzzy at times) that bothered me about it at the time I looked it up. Don't know if it would be a deal-breaker if and when I decided to relocate.. but aside from those concerns, it seemed like a pretty good place. (not that any of the Canadians on this board would want me as a neighbor.. hah)

I've heard that some Central and South American countries are great to relocate to for some. Belize, for example.. will supposedly give you permanent resident status if you bring money into their economy with things like retirement pensions and what not. A former co-worker of a friend of mine relocated there when he retired.

Go here if you're interested in reading up on places to relocate to.. either permanently or in a globe-trotting manner. They even discuss ways to spend time in places like Antarctica.

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Reply #12 – July 08, 2005, 11:01:39 AM

Quote from: Bird351

(not that any of the Canadians on this board would want me as a neighbor.. hah)

Hey, as long as you didn't try to hit me in the face with the but of your rifle, we could be great neighbours. :hick:

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Reply #13 – July 08, 2005, 11:16:47 AM

Shouldn't be a problem as long as our conversations didn't consist solely of the glories of the 350. :p The kind of people that turned me off to Chevy could only think about the 350. Not even other Chevy engines seemed to register much.. 327, 396, 409, 427, etc. It would be like claiming to be really into Fords but only ever talking about the 5.0 HO and being oblivious to any other decent/good/great Ford engine.. 289 hi-po, 427 and the cammer, the CJs and SCJs, Boss, 4v Cleveland, etc.

I don't expect people to know everything about their cars and the stuff that came before them.. but I expect to not get a deer-in-the-headlights look as a response to a comment like "yeah, the 350 is decent.. but I'm partial to the 327 since I owned one". (hypothetical example) Hell, I'm not even into Chevys and I know about a few "oddities" like this..

Well that was a hell of a derailment of the thread.. heh.

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Reply #14 – July 08, 2005, 11:43:28 AM

Quote from: Bird351

It would be like claiming to be really into Fords but only ever talking about the 5.0 HO

Something conjures up "if it ain't 5.0, it's gotta go"...