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Pelosi backtracks, now says Samoa NOT exempt - FOX
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| 1/12/07
| georgiadawg32
Posted on 01/12/2007 12:52:23 PM PST by GeorgiaDawg32
Video link on foxnews website, www.foxnews.com left side of the screen..
According to FoxNews, pelosi now says Samoa is INCLUDED..
Her trickle-up theory apparently won't go over very well with the people there, as their representative had this to say (pay attention to para 2) regarding the devastation of the Samoan economy if this goes through:
"In a statement in response today, Faleomavaega (American Samoa delegate) said "despite recent claims made by the Washington Post which suggest that American Samoa is exempt from the federal minimum wage process, I wish to set the record straight." He says since 1956, the Wage and Hour Division of the US Department of Labor has conducted Special Industry Committees every two years in American Samoa to determine minimum wage increases.
"While these Industry Committees have been phased out in other US Territories due to their more diversified economies, American Samoa continues to be a single industry economy. In fact, more than 80% of our private sector economy is dependent either directly, or indirectly, on two U.S. tuna processors, Chicken of the Sea and StarKist. As has been repeatedly stated at our Special Industry Committees, a decrease in production or departure of one or both of the two canneries in American Samoa could devastate the local economy resulting in massive layoffs and insurmountable financial difficulties," the Congressman says.
"For this very reason, I do not support efforts to apply mainland minimums to American Samoa at this time. The truth is the global tuna industry is so competitive that it is no longer possible for the federal government to demand mainland minimum wage rates for American Samoa without causing the collapse of our economy and making us welfare wards of the federal government."
TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: congress; corruption; cultureofcorruption; democratparty; faleomavaega; govwatch; minimumwage; nancypelosi; pelosi; samoa; samoagate; tunagate
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To: GeorgiaDawg32
She was against it before she was for it..
Works nicely for Kerry with democrats and Rinos..
But being a democrat is a political social disease..
Its normal behavior for democrats..
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posted on
01/15/2007 3:46:31 PM PST
by
hosepipe
(CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole....)
To: Husker8877
Ahhh trip down memory lane. We had an idiot try to rob a bar full of Samoans in Fontana, CA.
Oh the idiot got off a few shots, but they still pounded him. I had to get one of the Samoans pick up the pool table so I could get a photograph of the Suspect's blood trail when he crawled under it ;^)
They are hard workers, but don't try to cheat them out of their wages.
To: hosepipe
Its normal behavior for democrats..
Morons and liars. They lie so much and their party is filled with morons. It is disgusting.
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posted on
01/15/2007 4:37:47 PM PST
by
pandoraou812
( zero tolerance to the will of Allah and dilligaf?)
To: Trunk 71-74
Gotta love it.. LOL... watcha gonna do nancy?
To: GeorgiaDawg32
When are the democrats going to do something? What are they waiting for? They haven't improved my quality of life one bit and they've had plenty of time now, I'm getting tired of their do nothing policies. I am going to vote them out next time around, they haven't changed a thing.
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posted on
01/15/2007 5:30:27 PM PST
by
Contra
To: Beckwith
Sorry to cut into your rant, but "Samoas" ARE Girl Scout Cookies. It's a play on words. That's what all the cookie pictures are about. Google it.
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posted on
01/15/2007 5:34:47 PM PST
by
Marie Antoinette
(Proud Clinton-hater since 1998. Sporkweasels Up!)
To: rottndog
They should use the ethics process against Pelosi just like Bonior used it against Newt--Turnabout is fair play... You're dreaming, right? To do so would require the GOP to grow a spine and actually stick to some principles for a length of time longer than a goldfish's memory span. Right now, most of them are desperately trying to find some part of the Dem agenda they can embrace in order to make nice with the MSM.
To: GeorgiaDawg32
Dear Samoa,
Sorry Charlie!
But please understand it was my egalitarian socialist duty to screw your economy as badly as my boys in Congress screwed every other local economy dependent on a single industry employing mostly low income wage earners.
Up the Congress!
Signed,
Nancy P.
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posted on
01/16/2007 5:39:01 AM PST
by
silverleaf
(Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
To: Husker8877; Beckwith
See #151. Woosies just call names. The rest of us use our wit, intellect, and character. Try it sometime toughguys.
269
posted on
01/16/2007 5:55:35 AM PST
by
showme_the_Glory
(No more rhyming, and I mean it! ..Anybody want a peanut.....)
To: showme_the_Glory
Here's my original post #151
Yeah.... Well great picture but I eat Samoas for lunch. They respect ME.
Your disrespect and EGO show no bounds.
The inhabitants of American Samoa are referred to as Samoans not Samoas (whatever that is).
PS ~ I would pay a small fortune to watch you go against Junior, even with his broken arm.
I didn't call you names -- please don't misrepresent my posts.
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posted on
01/16/2007 6:05:18 AM PST
by
Beckwith
(The dhimmicrats and liberal media have chosen sides and they've sided with the Jihadists.)
To: Beckwith
By the way ...
"Woosies just call names"
Who's calling who names?
Only liberals can project that well.
271
posted on
01/16/2007 6:07:49 AM PST
by
Beckwith
(The dhimmicrats and liberal media have chosen sides and they've sided with the Jihadists.)
To: Beckwith
#142 Since I know your a woosie and have no idea who this is,
272
posted on
01/16/2007 6:20:49 AM PST
by
showme_the_Glory
(No more rhyming, and I mean it! ..Anybody want a peanut.....)
To: Beckwith
#142 Since I know your a woosie and have no idea who this is,
273
posted on
01/16/2007 6:21:27 AM PST
by
showme_the_Glory
(No more rhyming, and I mean it! ..Anybody want a peanut.....)
To: Diogenesis
so much for honesty in the house.
To: GoBucks2002
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posted on
01/16/2007 7:11:07 AM PST
by
rottndog
(While reading this tag, remember Tens of Thousands of Americans are risking their lives for you.)
To: showme_the_Glory
I guess you consider this post stereo name calling -- or do you stutter?
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posted on
01/16/2007 7:33:31 AM PST
by
Beckwith
(The dhimmicrats and liberal media have chosen sides and they've sided with the Jihadists.)
To: Beckwith
It was actually the same response to two different posts in which you claimed were not name calling. Look, I'm really sorry if you didn't get my original post about Samoa Girl Scout cookies which obviously offended you. The title of the post included "Samoas". My attempted humor at drawing attention to the cookie, and not the people of Samoa was evidently lost on some and for that I apologize. It was not my intent to offended any Samoans, the people, not the cookie.
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posted on
01/16/2007 7:56:31 AM PST
by
showme_the_Glory
(No more rhyming, and I mean it! ..Anybody want a peanut.....)
To: showme_the_Glory
I never knew Girl Scout cookies are/were called Samoas.
Big hug -- peace.
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posted on
01/16/2007 8:04:10 AM PST
by
Beckwith
(The dhimmicrats and liberal media have chosen sides and they've sided with the Jihadists.)
To: showme_the_Glory; Beckwith
Hey I need a hug too!
;>)
To: Husker8877
Hugs all around -- but no kissin'.
280
posted on
01/16/2007 9:19:42 AM PST
by
Beckwith
(The dhimmicrats and liberal media have chosen sides and they've sided with the Jihadists.)
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