A slow week, but a fast one too PDF Print E-mail
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Saturday, 21 February 2009

This coming week will be slow as far as the Trade Reform blog goes.  The Coalition for a Prosperous America has a fly-in going on in DC.  We will talk to the Very. Smart. People. there.  That is the "fast" part, because a lot of work will be done, in the next few days, by many CPA members talking to many Representatives and Senators and their staff.

Saving the world takes on-the-ground work, sometimes in DC.  Though sometimes the best bank for your activist buck is in-the-field.  As much as bloviating on a blog is fun, it does not make an election difference like in-district advocacy.  And it does not make a difference like actually speaking to Senators and Representatives.

Also, bloviating on a blog can result in me calling someone a "wacko free trader," then having to face the wacko him or herself in DC.  Senate confirmation hearings would be no fun for me, even if someone was dumb enough to nominate me for something. 

I can hear the questions... "Why did you call this person a wacko?  Or that person an idiot?"  Answer:  "That was taken out of context and it wasn't really me and there are various definitions of 'wacko' and 'idiot' some of which are very complimentary so it really depends upon the specific use of the words 'wacko' and 'idiot'.  And the particular article at issue was really a reasoned commentary on blah, blah, blah..."

But back to the purpose of this Public Service Announcement.  CPA has a fly-in this week, so the Trade Reform blog posting will be a bit slow for a few days.  Enjoy the peace and quiet.  Or, better yet, call your Congress person and tell him or her not to vote with the wacko free traders.  Tell them you and many of your voting age friends will be watching.  Tell them to fix the trade deficit and to stop being taken in by the "protectionist" and "trade war" hyperventilation of the Talking Heads.  Tell them we need a National Trade Strategy.

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written by Senator Paul Muegge , February 22, 2009
Wacko freetraders and idiot are relative terms just like protectionist and isolationist. Nothing wrong with colorful language. finally we are having transparency that sets the stage for debate. After all politics is the art of the possible.
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