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To: Slagle who wrote (15428)	3/15/2007 5:16:18 PM
From: energyplay	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217942

What you are describing is already happening in the European Union : an erosion of soverinty by faceless un -elected and un- accountable EU government. By the way, do you read the UK Spectator ? They have published a number opinion pieces along these line published recently. ******** I beleive there have been some very large net gains from trade, and to some degree, the movement of capital and people. Those gains are evident of thousands of years of history. There have also been positive effects from specific and technical agreements - Postal Conventions, International Civil Aviation Regulations, World Health Organization, etc. The mischief comes with the money & trade: International Monetary Fund, World Bank, Bank for International Settlements, the old GATT and now WTO rules, etc. Many Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) are part of the problem, being non-elected and not responsible to a nation-state. World Wildlife Fund, and many of the "Charities" which target the Third World do odd things when no one is looking.

To: Slagle who wrote (15428)	3/16/2007 1:07:24 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217942

"The Chinese (all of them collectively) or the Filipinos or Indonesians or Mexicans, have no ability to affect the onward progress of the globalist agenda" Which agenda? You don't rearrange the chairs around the table based on an agenda. You do that working for your own self interest. How China has chnaged the economic landscape? It was not based ona an agenda. It was based on opening their economy to Globalism. Same goes for Mexico allowing maquiladora plants across its border that paved the way to NAFTA. The Filipinos' problem is cultural. You know it. Add that little clique of descendants of the Spanish with a firm grip on the economy. Which is -by the way- a big parto fthe probvlem in Spanish speaking LATAM. Thos little cliques are scared to death of globalism. It will weaken the grip they have in the economies of those countries. Reducing the power of the nation-state is good. Very good and long overdue. A weaker Washington is a good thing. Just look what a strong Washington has beend doing. The weaker the state the better the country is. The weakening of the Europeans states was the only way they found to keep rich. Else they have nose-dived.

To: Slagle who wrote (15428)	3/16/2007 3:52:29 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217942

'Enemy' is not globalism and the protesters are not Mexicans, Indians or Pinoys. for G8 private equity talks Sunday March 11, 2007 The Observer International unions will meet Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) officials this week to call for an international task force to investigate the effects of private equity on the global economy. Union officials say the task force should include members of the United Nations and Financial Stability Forum, which includes central banks, financial watchdogs and treasury departments. Unions will use Friday's meeting to force the issue of private equity onto the agenda at this summer's G8 conference.