So, who here fell for the latest GOP bull**** on the Jones Act?
On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 06:24:11 -0400, Harry ?
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Keeping Up With the Jones Act
— By Kevin Drum, Mother Jones
| Fri Jul. 2, 2010 3:00 AM PDT
Have you heard of the Jones Act? Unless you read Newsmax and listen to a
lot of right-wing radio, probably not. It's an obscure statute that's
been on the books since 1920, and it requires all shipping between U.S.
ports or in U.S. coastal waters to be carried in U.S.-flag ships that
are owned and crewed by U.S. citizens.
So why are conservatives suddenly up in arms about it? Because, they
claim, it's a labor-inspired rule that's obstructing aid to a Gulf Coast
the right wing loves BP oil as shown by their recent apology. they
defend wall street and the banks as shown by their recent meeting with
top level hedge fund CEO's
they HATE the middle class as shown by their paranoid conspiracy
theories.
the GOP needs to be destroyed
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