COLIN POWELL (REPUBLICAN), BLAST FROM THE PAST

He said it, I didn't. I was thinking it, 

ED

WHEN THE LAST TREE FALLS

“When the Last Tree Is Cut Down, the Last Fish Eaten, and the Last Stream Poisoned, You Will Realize That You Cannot Eat Money.”

Please take a few minutes to look at these pictures at :

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FOLLOW UP ON TRADE DEAL

Firstly, my bad feelings about the Trade Deals trying to wriggle through congress last week were made real when Nancy Pelosi bravely stepped into the well of the House and declared that she too had bad feelings about the deals ! The subsequent vote shot down the secret little entities in the bills that our President and the Republicans claimed were "good for the country." In the case of the Republicans, use of that phrase "good for the country" usually means "good for the corporations and Wall Street bankers." In the Presidents case we are unsure what he wants !

I now lead you to a link that says a lot about what the confusions are :

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-kuttner/the-real-meaning-of-obamas-trade-defeat_b_7582178.html

 

My truth is still this, we need FAIR Trade, not FREE Trade !

I hope you can get unconfused,

ED

TRADE BILLS ARE A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN

This will be disastrous for the nation, millions will lose their insurance, costs will go up, Doctors will be forced to close their practices, there will be death panels that decide when you should die, hospitals across the country will declare bankruptcy and close, poor people and the elderly will not be able to find a Doctor ------------ Oh wait, that was about the Affordable Care Act six years ago !

Now on the right train of thought, the Trade bills working through Congress this week, with a final series of votes expected today, are garnering strong arguments on both sides. It is extremely difficult for the common man ( me ) to figure out the end result of these bills, ( which are secret by the way ). I do believe as I have stated many times that the term FREE TRADE is a terrible thing for the workers of the United States. The only way we can compete as a country is to establish with other countries a policy of FAIR TRADE !

Until we address the problems of product dumping ( see CHINA, steel and drywall ) , currency manipulation ( various countries ) , slave labor ( see Bangladesh, Thailand, Malaysia ) , low wages ( practically every country ), FREE TRADE IS NOT FREE !

My call is for FAIR TRADE,

ED

MEDICARE FUNDS TO BE TRADED FOR TRADE

Labor unions and senior citizens' groups are launching efforts to lobby House members against a bill that includes $700 million in proposed cuts to Medicare reimbursements for doctors and hospitals. The cuts would be used to fund a $2.5 billion extension of Trade Adjustment Assistance funding, which aids workers who lose their jobs as a result of trade deals.

Only Republicans could come up with an idea like this !

I'll have to cogitate on this whole Trade Adjustment Assistance thing. Right now it appears that an assumption is made that the Trade deal is so good for the American people that some people will lose their jobs. 

I can't make up anything more bizarre!

ED

RARE REPUBLICAN REALITIES

 " From Robert Reich comes this gem of a paragraph !

( referencing the likelihood of a new Congressional Budget )

 "In this as in other domains of public policy, Republicans have not shown a particular affinity for facts.

Climate change? It's not happening, they say. And even if it is happening, humans aren't responsible. (Almost all scientists studying the issue find it's occurring and humans are the major cause.)

Widening inequality? Not occurring, they say. Even though the data show otherwise, they claim the measurements are wrong.

Voting fraud? Happening all over the country, they say, which is why voter IDs and other limits on voting are necessary. Even though there's no evidence to back up their claim (the best evidence shows no more than 31 credible incidents of fraud out of a billion ballots cast), they continue to assert it. 

Evolution? Just a theory, they say. Even though all reputable scientists support it, many Republicans at the state level say it shouldn't be taught without also presenting the view found in the Bible.

Weapons of mass destruction in Iraq? America's use of torture? The George W. Bush administration and its allies in Congress weren't overly interested in the facts.

The pattern seems to be: if you don't like the facts, make them up.

Or have your benefactors finance "think tanks" filled with hired guns who will tell the public what you and your patrons want them to say.

If all else fails, fire your own experts who tell the truth, and replace them with people who will pronounce falsehoods. "

There's one big problem with this strategy, though. Legislation based on lies often causes the public to be harmed. "

I cannot say it much better. Oh hell, I cannot come close,

ED

RUBIO RUES THE VOTE, LOVES THE GUNS