[afz400]

The American sugar lobby is the main reason we have never had the guts to stand up to Castro. Cheap sugar from Cuba would ruin the fat cat over-priced, subsidized, crooked, mafia-like American sugar growers. So much for standing up for freedom. Both political parties should be ashamed, but I suppose they aren't because they fat cat, subsidized, crooked, mafia-like Americans themselves.

[Alberta's Child]

It's tough to criticize Landrieu and the sugar industry after the Bush administration's disgraceful capitulation to the steel and lumber industries.

On a positive note, it appears that U.S. lumber producers are getting screwed by the very softwood lumber tariff that was supposed to protect them. Canadian lumber mills that are forced to pay a 19.3% tariff on lumber exported to the U.S. have decided that the only way to overcome that higher cost is to increase their production substantially and reduce their unit costs through economies of scale.

When the 19.3% tariff is eventually eliminated (and it will be -- Canada has won this dispute every time it came up before an international trade board), there won't be too many lumber mills left in the U.S. because the Canadian mills, which are now selling cheaper lumber WITH the tariff in place, will have the advantage of the improved efficiency as well.

Oh, and all the revenue the U.S. collected on that tariff over the last two years will have to be paid back to Canadian producers. So the U.S. won't have the lumber industry jobs, and they won't have the tariff revenue either.

F#cking morons.

[Mamzelle]

Well, sugar is already plenty cheap! The answer, go on a locarb diet. Eat more chikun.

[lilylangtree]

Wondered what was the secret to Mary Landrieu's just barely squeezing by her Republican opponent. Another demoRAT ploy of the best defense is a good offense. What better way to accomplish a deed than by Landrieu blaming her opponent of what Landrieu was guilty of.