I believe the current market is manipulated, unbalanced and not free, but those who feel strongly about free trade seem to think it is and seem to think Globalism is the wave of the future. I use this term "free-traitor" (not my invention, I'm borrowing it from other postings) because I think that this so-called free trade (at any cost) is damaging to America. Steve Farrell of NewsMax.com has an interesting perspective: http://www.newsmax.com/commentarchive.shtml?a=2000/3/13/083321 http://www.newsmax.com/commentarchive.shtml?a=2000/4/11/095631