* is in my small little NC town today causing all kinds

[mommajo65]

of traffic problems, here in gastonia, nc, yes the same county that had the voter problems where they "forgot" to count the early votes. anyway he's discussing cafta at a local community college with all the local mill owners. i am in red country and with their leader here it has been hell today.

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. you got good car signs?? :^)

[mommajo65]

6. i wish i could go hold a sign

unfortunately stuck in an office or you bet i would be out with a sign, but the security here is unreal. they've shut down the entire interstate until 3pm , shut down businesses, just crazy, i'll be glad when hes gone im tired of hearing how great bush is

[Carni]

2. Is that anywhere near Wilson NC? EOM

[mommajo65]

3. gastonia is about 20 min west of charlotte

[supernova]

4. Welcome to DU mommajo65!

:hi: I'm over in Durham.

[mommajo65]

7. thanks a lot

i've read du everyday since before the last election enjoy it a lot

[EVDebs]

5. Spread the word about job losses coming with CAFTA globalization

http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=736493

Bush's Job deficits. Not a net new job created since Jan. 2001 when he took office.

And immigrants for bulk of the labor force since 2000
www.nupr.neu.edu/01-04/immigration_jan.html

not to mention those here on visas, H1B or L1, and those who didn't even bother with the visa process.

[mommajo65]

8. yes a lot of people

here dont even know what cafta stands for, seriously, but they are lined up and down the road to support a president who is doing such an outstanding job - there goes a helicopter overhead.

[blm]

10. I'd say they are supporting a prez who uses their stupidity AGAINST them.

I certainly would NOT say they are supporting a prez doing an outstanding job.....maybe an outstanding job of suckering those too dumb to comprehend the damage he has caused this nation and the world.

[mommajo65]

13. yes i know

guess i shouldve noted that i was being sarcastic

[warrens]

9. Speaking of CAFTA

Sherrod Brown (D-OH) says that he has the votes to kill it. By his count, 195 Dems are against, 7 for, while 40-45 Republicans, mainly from the South and upper Midwest, are against it. DeLay et al are pressuring them, but they have constituents who got screwed by NAFTA and are not going to forgive if they vote for CAFTA.

It's a podunk little trade bill anyway, but most of the actual populations of the CAFTA nations oppose it, there are almost zero worker protection components, it has no trigger to shut down trade if an exporting country upsets a native industry (like if we flooded Central America with pork, which the pork people definitely plan to do), it virtually bans sugar imports (which would be one of the few good things about it if we could buy sugar at something approaching the world price rather than our hyper-protected price), etc. etc.

It's a bill written for a few special interests, with some other special interests supporting it because they think it will lead to a FTAA treaty that will give THEM a bonus.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

11. Hi mommajo65!

Welcome to DU, and :hi: from Chapel Hill!!

[mommajo65]

12. hello

thanks for the welcome

[supernova]

14. Get together?

Check the NC forum, rainbowgrrl! We're trying to arrange a meet up for probably the 29 or 30

[ncrainbowgrrl]

16. Thanks for the heads up!

I'm heading over there now. :hi:

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

15. I used to live in Gastonia and the most interesting thing...

...I ever saw there was a guy riding around in the back of a pick-up truck with a gorilla suit on. Now it's your turn to see one.