[snopercod]

The establishment steel makers boast a highly organized, vocal labor force and deep pockets to keep an army of Washington lobbyists on retainer.

I thought that this sort of thing couldn't happen since Bush signed the Campaign Finance Reform bill.

[free from tyranny]

Free Trade.....Free Trade.....Wah wah wah...You show me complete free trade between any two countries and I'll show you a Wahabi wearing a yumuelke(sp).The Wall Street Journal's Editorial page is usually very very good until they start whining about the steel tariffs.

And this latest attempt to cast more derision on the domestic steel makers by citing the hard times that a domestic steel drum maker is having ; is hypocritical at best, pathetic at worst.

The WSJ more than likely has no love for the USW and is still harboring a view of the steel industry that dates back to the Disco Seventies.

Hey WSJ......Where were you free traders when the Asian Tigers delivered double digit investment returns thanks to their various flavors of protectionist, crony, undemocratic and eventually unworkable econonmies.

Quit crying !!