FUCK!!!!!
Fuck you, Bush.
Regarding buying votes for CAFTA: "The last-minute negotiations for Republican votes resembled the wheeling and dealing on a car lot. Republicans who were opposed or undecided were courted during hurried meetings in Capitol hallways, on the House floor and at the White House. GOP leaders told their rank and file that if they wanted anything, now was the time to ask, lawmakers said, and members took advantage of the opportunity by requesting such things as fundraising appearances by Cheney and the restoration of money the White House has tried to cut from agriculture programs. Lawmakers also said many of the favors bestowed in exchange for votes will be tucked into the huge energy and highway bills that Congress is scheduled to pass this week before leaving for the August recess."
Fuck you.
Fuck you: Bush spoke for an hour, lawmakers said, stressing the national security implications of CAFTA, which are rooted in the concern that growing anti-American sentiment in Latin America would flourish if the United States refused to open its markets wider to the nations that negotiated the pact.
When I am in Nicaragua and I see farmers who are forced to move to cities or immigrate because they cannot live off of the sesame (or whatever specialty crop) that they have to grow in order to have an agricultural export that will be competitive on the international market, as rice, beans, and other staples can be imported much more cheaply from the U.S., where the average farmer earns $21,000 a year in subsidies, I will say "fuck you" again. When I see corporations sue the government if it gets in the way of profit, by say, not allowing toxic dumping (as happened in Mexico), I will think, "fuck you". As the labor standards in CAFTA are lower than the existing Caribbean agreement, and while I visit with sweatshop workers in Nicaragua, what will I think?? Hmmm, maybe fuck you? When poor people cannot have access to generic medicines, under CAFTA's strengthening of IP protections, when companies moving production to Nicaragua to take advantage of lax environmental laws to pollute without having abide by cumbersome environmental standards, I will think fuck you, but I will mostly be really sad, because now here comes the FTAA! Now that we know that votes can be bought, any trade agreement can get through.
Oh, this really hurts. And Bush? I'm not positive, and I'll have to get back to you after living in Nicaragua, but I'm pretty sure this won't help people in Central America love the U.S. Sure, you're going to buy the upcoming election in Nicaragua just like you did in El Salvador, so they are voting out of fear that they will lose remittances. But I think in as much as they will be suffering, and will know the impact of this agreement, they will not be happy.
This is too depressing I can't even fathom it.
Regarding buying votes for CAFTA: "The last-minute negotiations for Republican votes resembled the wheeling and dealing on a car lot. Republicans who were opposed or undecided were courted during hurried meetings in Capitol hallways, on the House floor and at the White House. GOP leaders told their rank and file that if they wanted anything, now was the time to ask, lawmakers said, and members took advantage of the opportunity by requesting such things as fundraising appearances by Cheney and the restoration of money the White House has tried to cut from agriculture programs. Lawmakers also said many of the favors bestowed in exchange for votes will be tucked into the huge energy and highway bills that Congress is scheduled to pass this week before leaving for the August recess."
Fuck you.
Fuck you: Bush spoke for an hour, lawmakers said, stressing the national security implications of CAFTA, which are rooted in the concern that growing anti-American sentiment in Latin America would flourish if the United States refused to open its markets wider to the nations that negotiated the pact.
When I am in Nicaragua and I see farmers who are forced to move to cities or immigrate because they cannot live off of the sesame (or whatever specialty crop) that they have to grow in order to have an agricultural export that will be competitive on the international market, as rice, beans, and other staples can be imported much more cheaply from the U.S., where the average farmer earns $21,000 a year in subsidies, I will say "fuck you" again. When I see corporations sue the government if it gets in the way of profit, by say, not allowing toxic dumping (as happened in Mexico), I will think, "fuck you". As the labor standards in CAFTA are lower than the existing Caribbean agreement, and while I visit with sweatshop workers in Nicaragua, what will I think?? Hmmm, maybe fuck you? When poor people cannot have access to generic medicines, under CAFTA's strengthening of IP protections, when companies moving production to Nicaragua to take advantage of lax environmental laws to pollute without having abide by cumbersome environmental standards, I will think fuck you, but I will mostly be really sad, because now here comes the FTAA! Now that we know that votes can be bought, any trade agreement can get through.
Oh, this really hurts. And Bush? I'm not positive, and I'll have to get back to you after living in Nicaragua, but I'm pretty sure this won't help people in Central America love the U.S. Sure, you're going to buy the upcoming election in Nicaragua just like you did in El Salvador, so they are voting out of fear that they will lose remittances. But I think in as much as they will be suffering, and will know the impact of this agreement, they will not be happy.
This is too depressing I can't even fathom it.
posted by Brynne at 9:55 AM
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