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Obama targets NAFTA but says supports free trade
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Jeff Mason
Reuters
February 25, 2008
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LORAIN, Ohio (Reuters) – Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama assured U.S. trading partners on Sunday that he did not oppose free trade despite making increasingly critical comments about multilateral deals such as NAFTA.
Obama, an Illinois senator, has turned trade into a centerpiece of his campaign in Ohio, where trade agreements are particularly unpopular as domestic manufacturing jobs disappear.
Texas and Ohio hold nominating contests on March 4, and Obama has criticized the North American Free Trade Agreement at campaign stops in both states.
He has pounded rival Hillary Clinton, a New York senator, for switching positions on NAFTA and said repeatedly that he would revisit that pact to instill environmental and labor standards.
But Obama, who would enter the White House with only four years of experience as a U.S. senator in addition to several years in the Illinois legislature, said his misgivings about NAFTA did not mean he was opposed to such accords in general.
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February 25th, 2008 at 10:06 am
I am against the NWO
but I support world government.
February 25th, 2008 at 10:07 am
NAFTA was a prerequisite to get GATT in place. GATT began in the 1940’s, but the whole push for ‘Free Trade’ actually started in the early 1920’s in the Grande Orient Lodge meetings in Europe as exposed by Christina Stoddard in her excellent 1930 book ‘Light Bearers of Darkness’. Stoddard was a former member of the Illuminati secret societies- the Rosicrucians and the Golden Dawn. She turned whistleblower and wrote Light Bearers in 1930 and then ‘Trail of the Serpent’. Also in Light Bearers she showed how the Masons planned in their 1921, 22, and 23 meetings for the League of Nations (now the UN) to have rule over the world, that all nations should each give up their sovereignty and control of their own military to the League which would be the world government and have the sole world army and navy.
February 25th, 2008 at 10:15 am
“I don’t drink. May I have a beer?”
What a tool.
February 25th, 2008 at 10:59 am
Nafta, gatt etc etc .. all these confusing trade deals to screw you out of work. You think Barack is gonna do something about it?? How about the jerks who finance these schill’s campaigns are the ones that benefit from free trade, Not you the average serf american wage slave if you’re luck enough to have a job.
we need to start finidng out who the super elite are and target them for protests out in their front yards by the thousands. Intimidation works for everyone including the super elite.
February 25th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
This is nothing but demagogary on Obama’s part. Notice he makes these anti-NAFTA comments in the Rust Belt where most Ohioan’s see NAFTA as the reason for the demise of their industrial sector. Let’s be frank…the decline of America’s industrial base was occuring long before NAFTA. The first OPEC crisis in ‘74 and the second one in ‘78 really stuck it to the industrial heartland. I grew up in Pittsburgh and saw most plants start shutting its doors in 1978 and finally cave in completely by 1986; well before NAFTA. The only position these politicians have regarding NAFTA is whatever they think their prospective voters want to hear. Otherwise, they’ll sign up for anything that hints of globalization.
February 25th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
More and more Obama looks like he is playing both sides of the NWO.
February 25th, 2008 at 5:20 pm
http://video.google.com/videop.....6591557284
February 25th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
WOW, PEOPLE LIKE YOU MAKE ME SICK!!!!
WORLD GOV.T IS WRONG, NO CHINESE, IRANIAN, CUBAN, OR CANADIAN, SETTING ON A COUNCIL IS GOING TO TELL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HOW TO LIVE!!!!
SELF GOVERNANCE IS WHAT STATE RIGHTS IS ALL ABOUT , READ THE CONSTITUTION !!!
BUY LAND, SEED, AMMO!!!
“”I am against the NWO
but I support world government.”"
February 25th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
WOW, PEOPLE LIKE YOU MAKE ME SICK!!!!
WORLD GOV.T IS WRONG, NO CHINESE, IRANIAN, CUBAN, OR CANADIAN, SETTING ON A COUNCIL IS GOING TO TELL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HOW TO LIVE!!!!
SELF GOVERNANCE IS WHAT STATE RIGHTS IS ALL ABOUT , READ THE CONSTITUTION !!!
BUY LAND, SEED, AMMO!!!
“”I am against the NWO
but I support world government.”
February 25th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Unfortunately the established media has not reported that Barack Obama also supported NAFTA. Barack Obama is a hypocrite in that he supported NAFTA and has no plan to do away with NAFTA.
[quote]Associated Press: Obama said the United States should ‘pursue deals such as the North American Free Trade Agreement.’ “[b]Obama said the United State should continue to work with the World Trade Organization and pursue deals such as the North American Free Trade Agreement[/b].” [AP, 9/8/04]
Decatur Herald & Review: [i]‘Obama said the United States benefits enormously from exports under the WTO and NAFTA[/i].’ “While some people believe NAFTA has been good for U.S. farmers, the trade results could have been better, Keyes said. NAFTA negotiators said the United States might lose manufacturing jobs but would become a service economy, but now those service jobs also are being exported, he said. [b]Obama said the United States benefits enormously from exports under the WTO and NAFTA.[/b] He said, at the same time, there must be recognition that the global economy has shifted, and the United States is no longer the dominant economy. ‘We have competition in world trade,’ Obama said. ‘When China devalues its currency 40 percent, we need to bring a complaint before the WTO just as other nations complain about us. If we are to be competitive over the long term, we need free trade but also fair trade.” [Decatur Herald & Review, 9/9/04] [/quote]
Finally, Barack Obama sponsored unconstitutional legislation entitled “Global Poverty Act” that would take away the constitutional power of the purse from Congress and give it to the United Nations. If he’s willing to sponsor blatantly unconstitutional legislation that would take away Congress’ power of the purse, then one has to wonder what other unconstitutional legislation he would sponsor or support.
http://www.aim.org/aim-column/.....nate-vote/
February 25th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
Unfortunately the established media has not reported that Barack Obama also supported NAFTA. Barack Obama is a hypocrite in that he supported NAFTA and has no plan to do away with NAFTA.
Associated Press: Obama said the United States should ‘pursue deals such as the North American Free Trade Agreement.’ “Obama said the United State should continue to work with the World Trade Organization and pursue deals such as the North American Free Trade Agreement.” [AP, 9/8/04]
Decatur Herald & Review: ’Obama said the United States benefits enormously from exports under the WTO and NAFTA.’ “While some people believe NAFTA has been good for U.S. farmers, the trade results could have been better, Keyes said. NAFTA negotiators said the United States might lose manufacturing jobs but would become a service economy, but now those service jobs also are being exported, he said. Obama said the United States benefits enormously from exports under the WTO and NAFTA. He said, at the same time, there must be recognition that the global economy has shifted, and the United States is no longer the dominant economy. ‘We have competition in world trade,’ Obama said. ‘When China devalues its currency 40 percent, we need to bring a complaint before the WTO just as other nations complain about us. If we are to be competitive over the long term, we need free trade but also fair trade.” [Decatur Herald & Review, 9/9/04]
Finally, Barack Obama sponsored unconstitutional legislation entitled “Global Poverty Act” that would take away the constitutional power of the purse from Congress and give it to the United Nations. If he’s willing to sponsor blatantly unconstitutional legislation that would take away Congress’ power of the purse, then one has to wonder what other unconstitutional legislation he would sponsor or support.
http://www.aim.org/aim-column/.....nate-vote/
February 26th, 2008 at 12:19 am
someone should tell obama nafta is evil
February 26th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
This guy doesn’t make any sense at all. He said he doesn’t mind free trade agreements on their face but there should be more to safeguard the environment and workers. Then if I’m not mistaken it has a quote from him later in the article saying he was against it from the beginning. This guys is a less fake John Edwards, meaning he makes his intentions of destroying this country a little more well-known than Edwards while at the same time posing as a “change.”
February 26th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
This man, Osama Muhammad Barak, contradicts himself even as he has his nose up the Bin Ladens ’secret’ places more than willing to sell all his American constituents as slaves to the would-be ‘Globalists’ as long as he is allowed to partake in the ill-gotten self-serving gains! -Al Koppel.
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newsmax.com 2/25/08.
Obama Bill blocked!
Two Senate conservatives put the brakes on Obama’s poverty world spending Bill.
(Americans pay all taxes can not be endorsed! We take care of Americans first. Let the other countries pay their own taxes)! -Al Koppel.
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newsmax.com 2/25/08.
Ted Kennedy sings out in Spanish! (Do we want to hear more)? -Al Koppel.
“Kennedy Belts One Out in Spanish for Obama”
(They both, Osama and Ted Kennedy, want to legalize the migration of criminals into this United States while desperately trying to disarm the lawful Americans among us who might want to protect our U.S. public and communities. This is not the work of sane men)! -Al Koppel.
February 26th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
He’s using pop culture and celebs to gain votes.
February 26th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
The genesis of NAFTA lies with the Bush adminstration in 1992, when Pres. Bush signed it into law on fast track. NAFTA was signed, sealed, and delivered by the time Pres. Clinton assumed office. All that was left to do, was to ratify the agreement, which Pres. Clinton was forced to do, because of the momemtum behind it from the Bush administration. However, all the negative impact from this agreement has been attributed to the Clinton adminstration by the Bush propaganda machine.
When 40 million people have to flee their country, to support their family, that country should be declared a DEFUNCT OUTLAW NATION by the UN and dealt with accordingly.
February 27th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Clinton was never FORCED to sign in it into law. He did that willingly. It was wrapped in the idea that it would bring prosperity to 3rd world nations. Instead, like anyone with a brain would think, it was just a way for corporations to boost profits. Down with NAFTA! The wealth of nations should never be handed to a few greedy men.
February 27th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
This “Remaking” or “Replacing” of the NAFTA deal that has been in the media seems to me to be code for, “Make even more integrated”.
Let’s Replace NAFTA with something that is even more integrated then NAFTA, such as a “North American Community.” Because it’s really just NAFTA with more labour protections and environmental (including Pseudo-Environmental protections). You know just make it can have more deals from Al Gore. And we can be a nice happy Community, living off the earth. And so they may say “see this is a Community, we are in a nice happy happy community of North America. We are in a nice happy happy North American Community. Isn’t it wonderful?”
And we can all help the environment by getting rid of all our modern technology (our computers, internet, watches, clocks, (use sundials), calculators, phones, stoves, diswashers, washing machines, dryers, plumbing, TV’s, cars, planes, bike factories (and therefore bikes), trains, tractors, and we can struggle against nature like cavemen and primitive farmers. Humankind is suppose to progress. The more technology they make, the easier it is supposed to be to live our lives, make new discovery and invent new technologies. In that way human society is dynamic, and is always striving to progress. Why should we loose all the progress we have made? It would be better that humanity continues to develop for the benefit of us all. But these psuedo-enviro-extremist don’t seem to want that.
February 27th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Come on, folks, how can you be against NAFTA, and be for Free Trade? The two go hand in hand, NAFTA is to to Free Trade what peanut butter is to jelly.
February 27th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
free trade is a fallacy! obama is just another NWO whore, ready and willing to sell us out like the rest of our hand picked groomed(CFR) polticians. most americans are just too stupid to see threw all this double speak. I’m ashamed at what has become of a once smart ,vigilant people in a great country now reduced to a bunch of fat, stupid, uninformed, dumb down, pill popping, junk food eating, entertainment addicted, in debt out the ass morons. slavery is coming to america get in line idiots.
February 28th, 2008 at 1:40 am
The only differences between Obama and Hillary is that Hillary fills out her pants more and has bigger balls. The color and gender thing doesn’t matter. After all, they are both reptiles from beneath the earth. lol.
February 29th, 2008 at 9:54 am
Who, in their right mind would want an attorney, entertainer or member of the CIA or FBI as president? What idiot would want a person who belongs to a secret society, with a hidden agenda, as president? I have a fresh idea, how about a doctor?
February 29th, 2008 at 11:51 am
You got it right, Al Koppel. And it just ain’t Obama. It is any who have put themselves up for president, with the exception of Ron Paul. Why not Ron Paul? Because he derived his money to run from the grassroots primarily. The rest of the field get their money from the transnational corporations that have a fascist hold on political leaders around the world. Free trade is a misnomer. It is fair trade that we want, and even then, not much of it. If you feel inclined to participate in politics, then consider the Constitution Party. They haven’t been bought out as yet. In the mean time, operate as soverignly as possible. Make your local communities as self sustaining as possible. Make your local and state governments accountable to you. Challenge the encroachment of federal laws on your state and locality. Set up local militias for protection from “terrorists”–like homeland security and the CIA. If it’s your property, then you have the right to decide who can be on it.
March 1st, 2008 at 1:02 pm
He claims to be against NAFTA, but then I hear nothing about the WTO. So I can only assume that Obama is a WTO shill and will push the Codex Alimentarius agenda. After all, his chief advisor is a shill for Big Pharma, and Big Pharma will be the only ones to benefit from Codex.
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