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JDPriestly

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19. While we are all watching the shiny objects in the Middle East, ISIS and Benghazi, etc.
Mon Nov 16, 2015, 05:36 PM
Nov 2015

a coup is taking our democratic government from us.

A CORPORATE COUP.

That is ALL THAT THE TPP and the other proposed trade agreements are.

They are a corporate coup, and we are being distracted by other issues like gun laws and ISIS.

We have a military. ISIS has now made themselves not just a terrorist group but a military force. They must be dealt with accordingly.

WE MUST DEAL WITH THE TPP.

Because if we get the TPP, our Constitution is gone. We have already lost the battle of the Fourth Amendment.

Let's don't lose jury trials in the most expensive law suits ever. The TPP law suits. We demand the end of these international trade tribunals. In fact, arbitration courts should, in American law, only be permitted when, at the very beginning of the arbitration hearings, both parties agree without the invocation of prior contractual agreements, to arbitrate their dispute.

Let's stick to our Constitution and have public trials with, when appropriate, juries.

The TPP is a great danger to our country.

WE CAN HAVE TRADE WITHOUT THE TPP AND WITHOUT NAFTA.

Let's have fair trade agreements that allow each nation to opt out of trade when another country does not play fair. But leave it up to the voters of the nation opting out as to when the trade is fair or not.

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Let me be the first to rec this. TM99 Nov 2015 #1
Gee. Octafish Nov 2015 #2
Coming back swinging! arcane1 Nov 2015 #3
...and she’s back!!!! Yeah!!! dorkzilla Nov 2015 #4
Welcome back!! Autumn Nov 2015 #5
K&R jwirr Nov 2015 #6
Which anyone with half a brain saw coming. hobbit709 Nov 2015 #7
Great post CALI welcome back and thank you Vincardog Nov 2015 #8
K & R historylovr Nov 2015 #9
Welcome back! (nt) jeff47 Nov 2015 #10
NAFTA on steroids Doctor_J Nov 2015 #11
Thanks for such an enthusiastic and warm welcome back cali Nov 2015 #12
You know, not all trade deals are bad... Scalded Nun Nov 2015 #13
Quite true. Alas, it really is a done deal cali Nov 2015 #16
Once this abomination is etched in stone, bvar22 Nov 2015 #45
I'm shocked.... daleanime Nov 2015 #14
Welcome back. Cassiopeia Nov 2015 #15
Refreshing to see a post not about ISIS. K&R B Calm Nov 2015 #17
Welcome back, cali MissDeeds Nov 2015 #18
While we are all watching the shiny objects in the Middle East, ISIS and Benghazi, etc. JDPriestly Nov 2015 #19
And it is GLOBAL in scale in a way that ISIS will never be n/t arcane1 Nov 2015 #26
PLUS ONE, a whole bunch! Enthusiast Nov 2015 #30
You can NOT have a democratic government without a democratic form of economics fasttense Nov 2015 #32
Thanks for this. And welcome back! NRaleighLiberal Nov 2015 #20
Great to see you back, cali hifiguy Nov 2015 #21
Charlie Pierce. Is there anything he doesn't nail? cali Nov 2015 #22
I can think of no one in his class hifiguy Nov 2015 #24
Welcome back, cali. It's nice to hear your outspokenness! Dont call me Shirley Nov 2015 #23
File that under "no shit, Sherlock" meow2u3 Nov 2015 #25
man, if SACHS says it's bad and will shorten our lives, it's gonna be one for the ages MisterP Nov 2015 #27
Welcome back from the DU gang merrily Nov 2015 #28
Welcome back. You've been missed. Fuddnik Nov 2015 #29
Kicked and recommended! Welcome back, cali. Enthusiast Nov 2015 #31
Welcome back. azmom Nov 2015 #33
And Obama has no problems signing off on this piece of legislation d_legendary1 Nov 2015 #34
cali chopper050 Nov 2015 #35
Welcome back deutsey Nov 2015 #36
K&R- and BTW, welcome back! friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 #37
Here's what Masahiko Yamada, former Japanese Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Art_from_Ark Nov 2015 #38
That is precisely what he is. Appointed by President Obama cali Nov 2015 #39
Nothing new here. Just like the FCC. lpbk2713 Nov 2015 #40
You can add the USDA and the FDA to which Obama appointed bvar22 Nov 2015 #46
Great post. I'm glad you're back, Cali. nt. polly7 Nov 2015 #41
K&R. (nm) Elwood P Dowd Nov 2015 #42
Welcome back jfern Nov 2015 #43
A corporate coup is under way with the complicity of our own government. Why would they do this? sabrina 1 Nov 2015 #44
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