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Tuesday, November 14, 2006 12:00 AM

WTO follies

The House surprises Bush on Vietnam. Meanwhile, in Russia, the allofmp3.com deathwatch begins

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Tuesday, November 14, 2006 03:28 PM

free trade

In the code of the GOP, "free trade" means, more or less "screw everyone else for the benefit of transnational corporations that will give big to my next campaign"

Anyone who thinks otherwise is criminally naive.

Tuesday, November 14, 2006 05:51 PM

Andrew:

You skirt the edge of the event horizon of The Black Hole of Protectionism. There MUST be some sort of Benevolent Free Trade. You know darn well that protectionism will lead to tragedy.

What is the transcendant new-age solution???

Tuesday, November 14, 2006 10:06 PM

No tragedy

Just about every rich country built up their own industrial base behind high protectionist walls. No tragedy there.

Monday, November 20, 2006 01:41 AM

The lad doth protest too much

Leonard must have been living under a rock. He hasn't ever downloaded a song, huh? Sounds like he didn't inhale, either.

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