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Originally posted by Venerable Bede: QuoteOriginally posted by lagas: Look, its not only canadians, it's the whole world who wants the US to choose Obama as president. After 8 years of complete disaster in every major issue (except, I must say, AIDS fight in the world), everybody will welcome change in the White House. there are at least two issues that should be addressed here- 1) i agree that there are a lot of people around the world who want obama to become president because he is viewed as more enlightened, and believe that his foreign policy will be different. . .i don't dispute that contention... however, 2) i believe that trade will become a sticking point, and that an obama administration, coupled with a congress hell-bent on using populism to suck the life out of free-market capitalism, by throwing up trade barriers and insisting on unreasonable terms for trade treaties, will cause increased havoc. the world is heavily integrated (as friedman calls it, the world is flat), and as much as obama and congress would like to, we can't simply raise tariffs and block foreign trade because that's not how the world works anymore. free trade and agreements bringing down trade barriers are essential to the continued economic growth of not just the u.s., but of the rest of the world. and having obama threaten to pull out of NAFTA or attempt to re-negotiate NAFTA would be a terrible decision; whatever we think we can get, Canada and Mexico are more than happy to take something else away. As I posted yesterday, there is concern in India about trade, there is also concern in europe about trade. . . of course, i dispute the contention that we should make our decisions based on what the world thinks- foreign intervention in american politics was a great concern of the founding fathers, and it is clear that it is still a concern today. [/b]
Originally posted by lagas: Look, its not only canadians, it's the whole world who wants the US to choose Obama as president. After 8 years of complete disaster in every major issue (except, I must say, AIDS fight in the world), everybody will welcome change in the White House.
Originally posted by god's shoeshine: the vice president is elected in an executive fashion, and given an executive title. his minor legislative role is certainly smaller than the executive powers given to the senate in article ii
Originally posted by Venerable Bede: and having obama threaten to pull out of NAFTA or attempt to re-negotiate NAFTA would be a terrible decision;
Originally posted by very sonick: i'll put a fair amount of money that Obama's NAFTA talk was a load of BS. he's not pulling out of NAFTA...no way.
Originally posted by god's shoeshine: the real question is, what are your feelings on matías fernández
Originally posted by god's shoeshine: the one that sits on villarreal's bench. he was rumored to be coming to england last summer edit: yes matigol
Originally posted by lagas: I agree that trade's not a strong issue for the dems, true, but, in the eyes of the world, this election is larger than trade. I see the enthusiasm in my fellow Chileans citizens who see this election with genuine interest, specially the Obama's campaign...It's also true that the voter's shouldn't base their decisions on the preference of the rest of the world, but there must be something right about Obama if a large majority of the global village approves his approach to a large majority of issues that face not only America, but the planet as well....
Originally posted by god's shoeshine: QuoteOriginally posted by very sonick: i'll put a fair amount of money that Obama's NAFTA talk was a load of BS. he's not pulling out of NAFTA...no way. i'm not willing to take a stance specifically on obama, but protectionist presidents generally govern with an open mind to fair trade once elected [/b]
Originally posted by god's shoeshine: im sorry, i meant to say free trade not fair. ill assume the nafta question was not directed at me
