Re: Todays Republican!

From: John Hanson (jhanson_at_northernlinks.com)
Date: 10/31/04 

Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 08:53:33 -0600

On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 11:12:20 GMT, GMCarter <fiar@verizon.net> wrote in
misc.fitness.weights:

>On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 12:35:13 -0500, John Hanson
><jhanson@northernlinks.com> wrote:
>
>snip...
>>
>>How many poor people do you know? What are you doing to help these
>>people who are working several jobs?
>
>Lots. Some are friends. Most are through the work I do related to
>prevention and management of HIV disease. So a lot of people I know
>are working the crap jobs trying to survive in the face of devastating
>disease. They represent the spectrum of ethnicities.

Ah, poor lifestyle choice on their part. You don't get HIV from a
toilet seat.

>
>One thing I'll do is vote for John Kerry. Otherwise, my work is more
>about helping people stay alive and well.
>
>With Bush, in general, he'll do a lot for young people with regard to
>employment. There won't be an employment problem because there will be
>DEployment... to Iraq or some other place to get maimed or murdered.

Would you rather we fight the war on terror at home?

>
>>>Because free market capitalism is collapsing on itself and the workers
>>>are getting screwed or outsourced. Because we have horrific trade
>>>deals and tarrifs and bad tax laws.
>>
>>It isn't collapsing on itself. How are workers getting screwed? If
>>you can be outsourced, you weren't that valuable to begin with. What
>>horrific trade deals, tariffs and bad tax laws are you referring to?
>
>Go look on the net. Lots of data are there. Unilateral trade deals
>with places like Morocco and Thailand where they give up the right to
>access generic medications by adopting TRIPS+ for one. Tariffs that
>block agricultural products that are the main potential export of
>developing nations. Trade deals that do not address labor and
>environmental concerns that keep workers paid ridiculously cheaply and
>make it more attractive to dump American workers.

Morocco and Thailand? Who wants drugs from there? And why would we
want ag products from another country? We have huge surpluses of
crops and other ag products. If you lose your job to outsourcing,
your job wasn't that important to begin with.

>
>>>Oh. Great morality that. (Frankly, though, I fear Kerry will do damn
>>>little to address some of that--but he won't be NEARLY as dangerously
>>>psychotic as Bush and his crew of liars.)
>>>
>>Typical leftist bull*** talk.
>
>Typical rightist knee-jerk goose-step response. A few questions which
>won't satisfy you and you'll clap your hands on your head and squeal
>"Tomorrow Belongs To Me" at the top of your lungs so you won't see the
>disaster of Bush's lies and horrible policies.
>
That coming from a guy who doesn't see the disaster of guys letting
themselves get buttfucked or sharing a needle.

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