**EU WANTS TO BID ON U.S. MAIL**-'Demands' Access to U.S. Municipal Water Markets & SBA Loans

The Washington Times ^ | April 26, 2002 | Carter Dougherty

[codebreaker]

The European Union is demanding that foriegn companies be allowed to compete with the U.S. Postal Service as part of the World Trade Organization talks that began last year.

According to a draft copy of its demands obtained by the Washington Times, Europe also wants access to American markets for municipal water and waste services. It will also call for foriegn companies to be given access to Small Business Administration Loans.

[Texaggie79]

Yeah, that makes sense for a guy in Germany to deliver my mail.........

[anniegetyourgun]

Funniest thing I've heard all year! They push it, we threaten to withdraw, they back off. They don't back off, we withdraw. It's laughable because they have zip, zero, nada leverage.

[DoughtyOne]

F the EU. The US Mail is NOT, repeat NOT, the type of service we want to place if foreign hands. The US Mail is a closed shop for a reason. All sorts of private business is conducted through the mail. What we really need is foreign concerns coming in and having the ability to mess with it. Strikes, international relations interruptions and other wonderful things we can't even imagine right now, would be soon to follow. HELL NO!

You know, in the interest of globalization why don't we just turn our wives and children over the foreign intersts? Why don't we just give them our savings accounts to watch for us? That'd have about as much credibility with me.

[DoughtyOne]

You had it right the first time.

[Diogenesis]

The UN and EU are unconcerned about antiSemitism in Europe.

The UN and EU are unconcerned about protecting African children from Arab slavers.

The UN and EU are unconcerned about assaults on Jews and Americans in Europe.

The UN and EU are unconcerned about Mad Cow disease which the EU created and is spreading worldwide.

What the EU and UN ARE CONCERNED ABOUT is protecting their source of terrorist spittle
which is becoming an endangered resource in their sick minds.

Proof: They enjoy partaking in Arafat passing his illness (retrovirus,?Mad Cow Disease) to EU officials and Annan
who regard it an honor to drink sputum directly from the mouth of terrorist Arafat.

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Annan: "We, at the Imperial Holy UN, encourage the use of dynamited-wheelchairs to kill Christians, Jews, or Americans.
We also thank Mr. Arafat for his donated crosses and stunning gold artifacts,
which he sent me. Now before you go away,
be sure that you send the reparations, taxes, and tribute which YOU owe me and my wife, Nane, to our New York address."

[Mikey]

Hitlery is running in 2004.

God help us all.

[BeAllYouCanBe]

who is behind the EU?

I am beginning to think Jesse Jackson from the way these guys seem to go for the cash. I get too confused when people talk about the Broderbund and the like.

[moyden]

Maybe some good will come from the EU after all.

[anniegetyourgun]

Here we go again - coming from the Washtimes. What's going on with them? On the U.N Children's Summit issue they quote a single unnamed source for their premature article. This time they can't even get a comment out of the administration. Wonder what's up with all the clanging gongs at Washtimes? I thought they were above sensationalist journalism over there.

[Ditto]

Many of the groups, especially in the United States, say new negotiations will force cities to sell municipal utilities such as water and electricity and could put them in the hands of far-off corporations.

I would point out that it does not "force" anyone to sell anything. It would simply give Euro companies the ability to compete for the business. American companies do own utility facilities in Europe, and some European companies already own power plants here in the US.

I must admit that on the shipping, I am opposed. I think as a matter of strategic security, it is important that we maintain a viable merchant fleet. But if they want to contract with a municipality to run some wastewater treatment plant, so what? They sure as hell can't pack it up and take it home with them if we have a tiff someday.

[The KG9 Kid]

"... While I certainly bristle at the idea of the EU "demanding" anything of us, I don't at first blush have a problem with injecting a little competition into the US mail and municipal services."

Just wait until you get dragged in front of an EU 'Crimes against Humanity' court for not seperating the recyclable plastics from the rest of your garbage.

[Utopia]

Oh good! Let's send all our waste water to the EU!!

Why? So they can bottle it and send it back?

[upchuck]

Whadayasay we let the French run the US Postal Service?

Yeah, now THERE'S an idea!

The Hollanders could run our houses of prostitution, the Germans could run all of our engineering and manufacturing facilities. Hey, I'm kinda getting into this!
</sarcasm>

But wait, we can't leave out the British...

[Green Knight]

The real question is who is behind the EU?

Scottish accent/

Well It's a well known fact sonny jim that there's a secret society of the five wealthiest people in the world, called the pentaverate, that control everything, including the newspapers, and meet tri-annually in a secret colorado mansion known as the meadows.

/Scottish accent

[Mamzelle]

Maybe the French want the American franchise for torching synagogues?

[Timesink]

Sounds like the EU is asking for the WTO to collapse. If they keep making demands like this, it will.

[Eva]

The repurcussions of these demands could go far beyond the complaints of labor unions. The national security would be at risk. We have been trying to convince the liberals that we need to be more independent of OPEC oil, and now they want us to allow foreign powers to control our water and utilities, handle our mail? Are they nuts?

[Morgan's Raider]

We have been trying to convince the liberals that we need to be more independent of OPEC oil, and now they want us to allow foreign powers to control our water and utilities, handle our mail? Are they nuts?

Yes. Next question...

[2Trievers]

BTTT *sigh* &;-)