[cotton1706]

And how do you spread the idea of free republican form of government with people in the mid-east while telling them that commerce with us is off limits?

What do these two have to do with eachother? We're not telling them that commerce with us is off limits. We'll buy and sell from you freely but you're not going to own or manage the store.

[jess35]

In other words, get your @ss over to the slurpee machine and shut up.

[groanup]

We'll buy and sell from you freely but you're not going to own or manage the store.

Nah, you can trade with us on our terms, when we say, how we say and you can't have any ownership of any of our assets. Ain't freedom great? Aren't you glad you're our free trading partners?

So how many of you trust George Bush on fighting terror?

What's that?

crickets

[Valin]

We're not telling them that commerce with us is off limits.


That is exactly the message that the Know-Nothings sent. Arabs need not apply.

[jec41]

What do these two have to do with each other? We're not telling them that commerce with us is off limits. We'll buy and sell from you freely but you're not going to own or manage the store.

Thats like saying shop at our grocery store but we are not going to let you rent a parking place in the parking lot. If you can't lease docking space you can't even get in the port. Commerce is off limits if there is no way to ship it.