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To: MadIvan
The words "psycho nutbag" spring to mind when it comes to you. For the reasons which I'VE posted, yours is an extremely stupid and damaging point of view.

The American Revolution was fought to rid our country of British "free trade". Get over it.
151 posted on 01/12/2006 12:04:57 PM PST by hedgetrimmer
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To: MadIvan
Coming out of Hong Kong, the importance of the rules-based multilateral trading system ...were reaffirmed.

And just how stupid and damaging is "multilateral trading"? It forces us to trade with countries that have nothing to offer except communism and slavery.
152 posted on 01/12/2006 12:08:21 PM PST by hedgetrimmer
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To: hedgetrimmer
The American Revolution was fought to rid our country of British "free trade".

OK, now I'm laughing at you. The American Revolution was fought over an important point - due to the costs of the Seven Years War, in which the British kicked the French out of North America and India, the British government demanded the American colonies pay taxes to pay off the debt associated with that war. If we had asked rather than demanded, it is likely that the United States would be British still. Instead, that provoked the saying, "No taxation without representation" - i.e., the Americans were not going to pay taxes to a body in which they had no say, namely Parliament.

Nothing to do with free trade. It was an important point of principle, regarding representative government and taxation. Your psychotic nonsense only serves to distract from a very important historical lesson. I hope your fellow Americans learn what an utter fruitcake you are by you erroneous interpretation.

Ivan

153 posted on 01/12/2006 12:09:13 PM PST by MadIvan (You underestimate the power of the Dark Side - http://www.sithorder.com/)
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