Re: [ZION] Iraq: letters in Meridian
At 08:07 PM, Friday, 11/1/02, Marc A. Schindler wrote: I'm sorry to hear that. It can be very disruptive and discouraging, and I wish you all the best in finding something you enjoy as soon as possible. And seriously, if you're a high-tech worker or a professional in various other departments, as a citizen of a NAFTA country you can get a job anywhere in the US, Mexico or Canada with very minimal paperwork (far less than what one needs to get an H1B, for instance). So if NAFTA and its global counterpart, the WTO, are truly in favor of free trade why are only high tech workers permitted to go wherever the work is? Free trade DEMANDS a free flow of labor as well as a lowering of tariffs. And when I say a free flow of labor, I am talking about the way labor flows from one state to another here in the USA. The bottom line is: When supporters of NAFTA and the WTO use the phrase free trade, they are being hypocrites. They have no interest in genuinely free trade. It would break their monopolies. John W. Redelfs [EMAIL PROTECTED] === To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography and the dancers hit each other. -- Jack Handy === All my opinions are tentative pending further data. --JWR / /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
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I can only say amen. I'm also upset that I have to pay GST on things I buy from
the States. I think a US plant would rather set up in a maquiladora in Ciudad
Juarez, for instance, where environmental and labour laws are primitive, than allow
those same workers into an Arizona or Texas plant. It's cheaper, and in effect
allows them to export their pollution. As far as I'm concerned NAFTA is only a
half-measure. And even in the areas where it's supposed to work, Mexico and Canada
are at the mercy of the US's domestic protectionist politicians. We have, in
effect, a form of taxation without representation -- witness the ongoing softwood
lumber issue. Mexico and Canada have also lost NAFTA tribunal challenges, but the
US has lost the vast majority of them, but domestic interests push the DoC to
defend domestic interests to the hilt.
So it's a long ways from perfect.
And then we had that bonehead Pat Buchanan, calling Canada Canucklestan because
we're supposedly a haven for terrorists and aren't free traders (!) (we supposedly
manipulate our currency exchange rate to undercut domestic, US manufacturers). He
was interviewed by an amazingly indulgent Mary Lou Findlay on As It Happens and he
had the nerve to say, in response to Findlay pointing out that all of the 911
bombers had entered the USA directly, and completely legally, by saying, that
doesn't mean we trust Canada. Talk about your non sequiturs. Talk about your
idjuts. But he serves a purpose: as long as he's around, he makes Bush look like
Solomon.
Don't get me started...
John W. Redelfs wrote:
At 08:07 PM, Friday, 11/1/02, Marc A. Schindler wrote:
I'm sorry to hear that. It can be very disruptive and discouraging, and I
wish you
all the best in finding something you enjoy as soon as possible. And
seriously, if
you're a high-tech worker or a professional in various other departments, as a
citizen of a NAFTA country you can get a job anywhere in the US, Mexico or
Canada
with very minimal paperwork (far less than what one needs to get an H1B, for
instance).
So if NAFTA and its global counterpart, the WTO, are truly in favor of free
trade why are only high tech workers permitted to go wherever the work
is? Free trade DEMANDS a free flow of labor as well as a lowering of
tariffs. And when I say a free flow of labor, I am talking about the way
labor flows from one state to another here in the USA.
The bottom line is: When supporters of NAFTA and the WTO use the phrase
free trade, they are being hypocrites. They have no interest in genuinely
free trade. It would break their monopolies.
John W. Redelfs [EMAIL PROTECTED]
===
To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no
music, no choreography and the dancers hit each other.
-- Jack Handy
===
All my opinions are tentative pending further data. --JWR
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Stephen Beecroft wrote:
-Marc-
when it can dip *below* -40oC (which is also, as you probably
know, -40oF).
This is unnecessarily cruel. There was no need to preempt my favorite
smart-alek comment. Meanie.
You mean how F really means Foreignheat?
Stephen
Automobiles don't kill people. People driving automobiles kill people.
Which is why we license the drivers and the machines.
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Marc A. Schindler wrote: Our foreign affairs people are advising Canadian citizens who were born in the Middle East not to travel via the US. = Grampa Bill comments: Well, that's about the best news I've heard lately! Don't waste the atonement. Sue Woodbury, Oct. 20, 2002 Love y'all, Grampa Bill in Savannah / /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
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I'm sorry to hear that. It can be very disruptive and discouraging, and I wish you
all the best in finding something you enjoy as soon as possible. And seriously, if
you're a high-tech worker or a professional in various other departments, as a
citizen of a NAFTA country you can get a job anywhere in the US, Mexico or Canada
with very minimal paperwork (far less than what one needs to get an H1B, for
instance). But you need to hit Monster board and similar sites, as well as local
headhunters, to find out where your kind of jobs are. (www.monster.com or
www.monster.ca)
Steven Montgomery wrote:
Ok, I was just asking. Yet, it was not entirely a throw away remark, as
after four years at a job that was perfect for myself and family at the
time, I now find myself among the ranks of the unemployed.
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Steven Montgomery
At 11:29 AM 11/1/2002, you wrote:
Well, I'm not a headhunter so can't say, and realize this is a throw-away
remark,
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Ok, I was just asking. Yet, it was not entirely a throw away remark, as after four years at a job that was perfect for myself and family at the time, I now find myself among the ranks of the unemployed. O dear! I'm so sorry to hear that. I hope you get... Paul O [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com / /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
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Now, if we can just stop the flow of terrorists from the US into our country that'll
be even
better.
Grampa Bill wrote:
Marc A. Schindler wrote:
Our foreign affairs people
are advising Canadian citizens who were born in the Middle East not to travel via
the US.
=
Grampa Bill comments:
Well, that's about the best news I've heard lately!
Don't waste the atonement.
Sue Woodbury, Oct. 20, 2002
Love y'all,
Grampa Bill in Savannah
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Double bummer. Well, look after your own emotional health, too. I've learned the
hard way that physical illness can have all kinds of psychological effects which
in turn exacerbate the physical illness. I wish I had known that before I
decided to get sick. :-/
You'll be in our prayers.
Steven Montgomery wrote:
At 07:50 PM 11/1/2002, you wrote:
Ok, I was just asking. Yet, it was not entirely a throw away remark,
as
after four years at a job that was perfect for myself and family at the
time, I now find myself among the ranks of the unemployed.
O dear! I'm so sorry to hear that. I hope you get...
Paul O
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First things first. I'm not going to seriously look until I get my wife's
upcoming operation out of the way. It's a fairly serious one, which will
take her about six weeks to recuperate so until then I'm Mr. Mom around the
house. Job hunting unfortunately has to take a back seat at the moment.
--
Steven Montgomery
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comprehend the social and political interests of man, and to learn and be
able to teach that which would be best calculated to promote the interests
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At 08:46 PM, Wednesday, 10/30/02, Marc A. Schindler wrote: Marc A. Schindler Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland Guns don't kill people; people with guns kill people. And people with knives. And people with rocks. And people with baseball bats. A few years ago here in Ketchikan Ward, a member who had not attended church since he was a teenager, tried to rob a local man. There was a struggle. The robber picked up a rock and hit his intended victim on the head, and he died. And just last year there were 3 or 4 murders. One of the victims was just beat to death. It doesn't take a gun to kill people. All it takes is a murderer. And if we take away their guns, they will just murder using something else. Did anyone read in the newspaper about six months ago about a playground rampage in Japan? I think about 13 children we killed, and the murderer used a knife, not a gun. What we need is murderer control, not gun control. John W. Redelfs [EMAIL PROTECTED] === I don't think I'm alone when I say I'd like to see more and more planets fall under the ruthless domination of our solar system. --Jack Handy === All my opinions are tentative pending further data. --JWR / /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
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Things have changed indeed. Got any good job openings up there in maple leaf land? -- Steven Montgomery At 02:40 PM 10/31/2002, you wrote: You really don't want to get into this again. I'd rather face a guy with a bat than a guy with a firearm. Common sense. Ironically, a Canadian is now in a New York state jail because he brought his hunting rifle with him as he crossed the border to fill up at a gas station 15 metres from the border. The actual border crossing is about a kilometre further down the road, and locals had been using this gas station for years, as the gas prices in Quebec are quite high. But things have changed -- you're losing your freedoms. Our foreign affairs people are advising Canadian citizens who were born in the Middle East not to travel via the US. One, a man originally from Syria, was enroute from Damascus, where he'd been visiting family (the first time he'd been there since he left, as a child), and was deported from JFK back to Syria. Canadian consular officials weren't even informed, in direct violation of the Vienna Convention. It's a pretty sad state of affairs when we pinko socialists have more freedom than you do. John W. Redelfs wrote: At 08:46 PM, Wednesday, 10/30/02, Marc A. Schindler wrote: Marc A. Schindler Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland Guns don't kill people; people with guns kill people. And people with knives. And people with rocks. And people with baseball bats. A few years ago here in Ketchikan Ward, a member who had not attended church since he was a teenager, tried to rob a local man. There was a struggle. The robber picked up a rock and hit his intended victim on the head, and he died. And just last year there were 3 or 4 murders. One of the victims was just beat to death. It doesn't take a gun to kill people. All it takes is a murderer. And if we take away their guns, they will just murder using something else. Did anyone read in the newspaper about six months ago about a playground rampage in Japan? I think about 13 children we killed, and the murderer used a knife, not a gun. What we need is murderer control, not gun control. John W. Redelfs [EMAIL PROTECTED] === I don't think I'm alone when I say I'd like to see more and more planets fall under the ruthless domination of our solar system. --Jack Handy === All my opinions are tentative pending further data. --JWR / /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / / /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / / /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
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At 05:42 PM, Thursday, 10/31/02, Paul Osborne wrote: Not me, Marc. The damage done by a bat could leave me in terrible shape with broken bones and a bashed in skull. The gun will probably kill me and send me on my way to bliss. So, I'll take the gun bullet, please, with a coke and an order of french fries too. Paul, you crack me up. --JWR / /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
