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[waddles]

This is just amazing. They just passed CAFTA! I cannot believe it! Incase you did know CAFTA is just like NAFTA only is stands for Central American Free Trade Agreement. I mean how does this benefit us? What does Central America have to offer us and why do we want it? I can't believe crap like this goes on. I am so upset! Google this and you'll see why. Or go to Fortune Magazine's website there is a lot of upsetting information about just how great are country is. And why are we still trading with China?! They threaten us with nukes if we help Tawaiin when they invade it. Because we have a document that says if Tawaiin is under attack we will help to defend it in a military sense and China says if we do they will nuke us. How about that? And this wasn't even on the news. Oh and those extra border patrol promised to us and the better "refining" of meat for mad cow did that happen? No! Why? Because they found out it was too expensive. Well glad to see we mean so much. And a very large percentage of people in prison are illegals and they get free medical care but if I need a new heart I might as well shoot my self because I'll go broke paying for it. Illegals bring in viruses, etc. into our country everyday for example at a Tyson chicken "butchery" they found about 50 illegal employs with Tuberculosis. Also there is the bird flu which has no cure and kills everyone who gets it oh and leprosy to. Isn?t our country great? Oh and don't forget the Minute Men. If you have heard of them. The news makes them seem like red neck vigilantes but read more and you'll see what they really are. The Minute Men are being threatened by a gang of illegals from Central America but the government is doing nothing to protect citizens against people who shouldn't even be here. They gang (which has 1,000s of members) says they will start cutting off the heads of the Minute Men (who are unarmed and doing nothing illegal). Oh and if you think Congress has your best interest in mind you are sorely wrong. There is only one Independent in Congress and he voted against CAFTA. GO INDEPENDENT! Although most Democrats did but that's just because the Republicans wanted it passed. You can only tell you actually cares about you and your family by how they vote (if it is a dumb bill trying to be passed by Republicans the Democrats usually vote against it just because and visa versa but if they are a Republican and vote against their dumb ideas then they are on your side also visa versa for Democrats). And do those bills need to be thousands of pages long? No! That is just so no one reads them. Ah things need to be changed around here. People need to start caring a lot more. It has to start now or there won't be an America. Oh do you like having a Cadillac? Or have always wanted one? Well enjoy because they are opening a brand new sparkling plant in China while Hyundai builds their new plant over here on our soil making hundreds of new jobs. Funny little circle eh? I'm so happy my grandfather went through heck to keep this great country intact. God rest his soul.

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[Rainsford]

What the hell are you talking about? If anything, your last few sentences totally contradict what you said before. My Mazda 3, for example, uses an engine designed by American engineers working for Ford, safety systems designed by Volvo, and parts and labor from Japan. Everyone benefits, including me because I get a nice car that is better and cheaper than it would have been otherwise.

 

[waddles]

Hmm I see your point. But the Chinese like to steal. For example one car for Cadillac one for us. And I could care a little less if it was made some where like France, Germany, or Mexico. Just not China or North Korea people who don't like us and have the means to show it. Enjoy your fine vehicle though. I myself rather have a Toyota that is 70% American Parts and MADE IN THE USA. That's just me though. Oh ya and the first 100% Chinese cars made by Chinese copanies are fresh from the factories on there way here.

 

[Rainsford]

Originally posted by: waddles
Hmm I see your point. But the Chinese like to steal. For example one car for Cadillac one for us. And I could care a little less if it was made some where like France, Germany, or Mexico. Just not China or North Korea people who don't like us and have the means to show it. Enjoy your fine vehicle though. I myself rather have a Toyota that is 70% American Parts and MADE IN THE USA. That's just me though. Oh ya and the first 100% Chinese cars made by Chinese copanies are fresh from the factories on there way here.

My point was that globalization and free trade have made some interesting (and probably unanticipated) things possible that have turned out to benefit our country. Of course there are downsides, but I think the upsides are a bigger factor.