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GoLeft TV

(3,910 posts)
Sun May 24, 2015, 09:13 PM May 2015

Progressives Expose Truth About TPP — Obama Is Terrified

As supporters and opponents of the Trans-Pacific partnership continue to battle it out in Washington, citizens at home are still trying to figure out what this trade-deal is all about. And now, a huge round of progressive opponents to the deal have emerged, including Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Alan Greyson.

Ring of Fire's Mike Papantonio and The Big Picture’s Thom Hartmann discuss this.

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Progressives Expose Truth About TPP — Obama Is Terrified (Original Post) GoLeft TV May 2015 OP
kick 840high May 2015 #1
Global corporate locusts with no allegiance to any country, moving around the world appalachiablue May 2015 #2
I thought that was a good description—the locusts. Enthusiast May 2015 #4
^^^THIS^^^ L0oniX May 2015 #10
Locust plague in Madagascar worst in 60 years (published 2013) appalachiablue May 2015 #24
K&R! This should have hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast May 2015 #3
Absolutely, and because of the power of the M$Media, corporations, bought politicans and appalachiablue May 2015 #5
TPP is a corporate coup d'etat FlatBaroque May 2015 #6
I do not understand the President. He knows this is wrong. Enthusiast May 2015 #7
Don't fall into the trap of trying to understand a politician FlatBaroque May 2015 #8
To understand him accept who he is really working for ...it ain't us. He is shitting on us. L0oniX May 2015 #11
The President was a Rorschach test. He was Ad Age's marketer of the year in 2008 RufusTFirefly May 2015 #16
That's why he is angry. Joe Chi Minh May 2015 #21
Silk stocking lawyers. LOL jwirr May 2015 #9
Mike, 'Pap' Papantonio has a way with words and straight shooting that is very rare, appalachiablue May 2015 #12
Yes, I see him on Ed Schultz quite a bit and I really like him. jwirr May 2015 #13
If I ever needed an attorney I'd want him on my side. Seeing him in a courtroom appalachiablue May 2015 #14
Kick. GoneFishin May 2015 #15
Great to see Code Pink active! pocoloco May 2015 #17
K&R Mbrow May 2015 #18
How many really know about it? chev52 May 2015 #19
K&R raindaddy May 2015 #20
Easily Fooled, Again tiptonic May 2015 #22
This is The Truth ... nikto May 2015 #23

appalachiablue

(41,144 posts)
2. Global corporate locusts with no allegiance to any country, moving around the world
Sun May 24, 2015, 10:35 PM
May 2015

to extract resources for profit as Pap says is an accurate way of looking at it. Two of the Best, Thom and Mike.
As to the TPP, don't forget President Obama recently said it "won't open the Gates of Hell" on Sunday, April 26, 2015.

appalachiablue

(41,144 posts)
5. Absolutely, and because of the power of the M$Media, corporations, bought politicans and
Sun May 24, 2015, 10:53 PM
May 2015

prolific stink tank propagandists the only way to inform people is through independent, alternative news media reporting by Thom, Mike and many others.

FlatBaroque

(3,160 posts)
6. TPP is a corporate coup d'etat
Sun May 24, 2015, 10:53 PM
May 2015

the people must do all they can to prevent this lunge towards one world government run by the corporations.

FlatBaroque

(3,160 posts)
8. Don't fall into the trap of trying to understand a politician
Sun May 24, 2015, 11:01 PM
May 2015

You cannot because you can never know his incentives and motivations. You can only be for or against based upon the evidence. Stop TPP and localize your economy.

RufusTFirefly

(8,812 posts)
16. The President was a Rorschach test. He was Ad Age's marketer of the year in 2008
Sun May 24, 2015, 11:47 PM
May 2015

There was a reason for that.
Ultimately we saw in him what we hoped to see, not what he actually was.
Many of us (if not most of us) were hoodwinked. It's time to wake up. And to grow up.

appalachiablue

(41,144 posts)
12. Mike, 'Pap' Papantonio has a way with words and straight shooting that is very rare,
Sun May 24, 2015, 11:16 PM
May 2015

especially in his profession. Love it! And he resembles some of my uncles and relatives in appearance and manner so much it's amazing.

appalachiablue

(41,144 posts)
14. If I ever needed an attorney I'd want him on my side. Seeing him in a courtroom
Sun May 24, 2015, 11:32 PM
May 2015

would be awesome! They got the title of Pap's program right, "Ring of Fire", for the firebrand!
Much credit to wonderful Thom Hartmann who dubbed him 'America's Lawyer'. TH also started referring to Bernie Sanders as 'America's Senator'.

 

chev52

(71 posts)
19. How many really know about it?
Mon May 25, 2015, 12:12 AM
May 2015

I've asked around and the average person has never heard about the TPP. The media is obliging Obama by not making the TPP well known. It probably wouldn't make any difference. Nafta was well hated by the average person and another backstabbing democrat, Clinton, ramrodded it through anyway. Wouldn't surprise me if slick willy is advising Obama how to handle this. This is what we get with corporate dems. One step forward and two steps back.

raindaddy

(1,370 posts)
20. K&R
Mon May 25, 2015, 01:26 AM
May 2015

It became obvious from the beginning that Obama was a moderate, but it's pretty weird to watch him refuse to negotiate with the progressives in his own party over a trade bill that undermines the public's welfare especially after offering up Social Security to the Republicans.....

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