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To: tejek who wrote (363865)	12/20/2007 8:21:42 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1587505

" In fact, Pelosi has supported several versions of the Fair Minimum Wage Act" The only thing that makes sense is the Democrats have a time machine. When Pelosi found about about Del Monte buying Starkist, she went back in time to change those votes. Hey, that explains why the Republicans get caught with their hand in the cookie jar so much more than Democrats. The Republicans don't have a time machine, so they can't cover their tracks. This is an unfair advantage. And possibly anti-American...

To: tejek who wrote (363865)	12/20/2007 9:08:12 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1587505

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters less than two weeks ago that she would close the loophole after coming under criticism from Republicans for what they termed a "fishy favor" to StarKist Tuna. StarKist has lobbied for years against raising the minimum wage in American Samoa, and its parent, Del Monte Corp., is based in Mrs. Pelosi's San Francisco district. mediamatters.org Thanks for confirming what I said. Am Samoa has clearly been discriminated against on behalf of Starkist for sometime. Surely you're not going to defend that. The fact the current owner of Starkist (the previous owner was H J Heinz) is HQ'd in Pelosi's district draws attention to her. But lobbyists have been keeping the minimum wage down in Am Samoa for a long time - now the lobbyists work for Del Monte, before they worked for Heinz.