Ol' Bill Klinton is showing them how it was/is done.
yitbos
Posted on 01/09/2010 3:39:34 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
China's lobbying efforts yield new influence, openness on Capitol Hill
By John Pomfret
Saturday, January 9, 2010; A01
Ten years ago, U.S. lawmakers publicly accused the China Ocean Shipping Co. of being a front for espionage and blocked plans to expand its Long Beach, Calif., port terminal over fears that Chinese spies would use it to snoop on the United States.
By last year, Congress was seeing the state-owned Chinese behemoth in a far kinder light. Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) authored a resolution applauding the company for employing thousands of Americans and helping keep the waters of Alaska clean. Rep. Stephen F. Lynch (D-Mass.) hailed the firm on the House floor, calling its chief executive "a people's ambassador" to the United States after it rescued Boston's port -- and thousands of jobs -- when a European shipping line moved out.
The congressional about-face illustrates a dramatic increase in China's influence on Capitol Hill, where for years its lobbying muscle never matched its ballooning importance in world affairs. Members of Congress, lobbyists and other observers said China's new prominence is largely the result of Beijing's increasingly sophisticated efforts to influence events at the center of U.S. power -- and a growing realization among U.S. lawmakers that China has become a critical economic player across America.
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Ping!
I am shocked to learn that our esteemed Congress-critters can be influenced with money.
Life in China: http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/china/
Lobbying??
You don’t suppose, maybe, that it might have something to do with the fact that (with apologies to Tennessee Ernie Ford) ‘We owe our soul to the [Chinese] Company Store’??
“Senator Hanoi War Hero, Lurch F****** KERRY, Loves COSCO!”
You can bet China Ocean Shipping Company has greased Kerry’s Palms and they are “VERY GREEN” now! KERRY makes an Alley Cat look like THE POPE when KERRY’S Morals are compared to the Cat’s Morals! And, please, I know I am greatly offending the Poor Cat when I make that comparison.
America’s Best Day will be last day that the Hanoi War Hero no longer produces any Greenhouse Gases!
One Huge Pile of Crap????
The Chinese have No Respect for Our Present Congress and President! The Chinese have a Culture 4000+ Years Old and they tell Us that while we have been extremely successful for a mere 230 Years +/-, We have Sold Our Souls for Money and that We no longer have the Drive for Hard, Honest Work, that We have become a Nation of Lazy, Corrupt, Immoral Has Beens! and that They will take Us Over Economically hence they will have No Need to expect to confront Us Militarily..:-( That is sounding more and more accurate every year, and this past Twelve Months have been a Rocket Ride Forward on this Forecast! OBOZO’S HERO and that of His Fellow Comrade, Valerie Jarrett, is None Other than Chairman MAO! That is SICK! AMERICA!! Please Wake Up before It is TOO LATE!!
“Having inward spies means making use of officials of the enemy.” ~ Sun Zu, The Art of War
We have Sold Our Souls for Money and that We no longer have the Drive for Hard, Honest Work, that We have become a Nation of Lazy, Corrupt, Immoral Has Beens! and that They will take Us Over Economically hence they will have No Need to expect to confront Us Militarily..:-(
That is sounding more and more accurate every year, and this past Twelve Months have been a Rocket Ride Forward on this Forecast! OBOZO’S HERO and that of His Fellow Comrade, Valerie Jarrett, is None Other than Chairman MAO! That is SICK! AMERICA!! Please Wake Up before It is TOO LATE!!
by True Republican Patriot (May GOD Continue to BLESS Our Great President George W. Bush!!)
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Please forgive me.... I really don't mean to stick my nose into other people's business...
But you've piqued my curiosity...
You wouldn't happen to be suffering from some kind of multiple personality disorder or something like that, would you?
The only reason I ask is because George W. Bush and Pat Buchanan didn't agree very much on our trade policies with China....
And I can't quite fathom how you can rant and rave about Americans selling out to the Chicoms on one hand, then turn around and pay homage to the POTUS who screwed us economically more than any other man who ever occupied the WH...
It doesn't make sense...
Congress is being bribed by capitalists? Sounds like a positive development...for once. :)
I am thrilled it doesn’t make sense to You!!
Others will understand Why that is the case,
but I am sure that will not be You....:-)
But thank you for reposting my Excellent Post
again! That was quite nice..:-)
Psst! High Speed Rail and MagLev! Really!!
You do work for OBOZO, dont You?
AMTRAK can’t keep their 30 MPH Trains on the Track
and have You noticed No One takes a Train if they
dont have too? Trains are nice in Europe because rarely does one go more tha a hundresd miles or two and
the airlines are so oberregulated that it costs a fortune to fly anywhere. Perhaps, the Chinese will be able to build them for Us??
I am thrilled it doesn’t make sense to You!!
Others will understand Why that is the case,
but I am sure that will not be You....:-)
Well I wouldn't be so sure about that...
Afterall, despite having spent some time in the Penalty Box, I've been around quite a while and have seen a LOT of different folks come and go over the years.
If it were a major issue for me, I'd probably figure it out quick enought.
But you caught me in a good mood this moringing, And I thought I'd try the easy way and simply ask in a polite manner.
True Republican Patriot
Since Jul 6, 2004
Willie Green
Since May 29, 1998
See what I mean???
Of course, everybody has a different opinion on different issues, so the FR sign-up date isn't always a good indication of who's a "true" conservative and who isn't...
BTW, have you ever noticed how folks who register with screen names such as "Genuine Conservative Loyalist" or some such generic name with positive connotations are often the exact opposite of who they portray themselves to be?
These trolls are easily detectable because the statements they post are irrational and self contradictory...
Pretty much like your post.....
For all I know, you could actually be more left wing than Karl Marx himself!!!!!
But I have to be careful before applying that particular theory in such a haphazard and kneejerk fashion...
Afterall, even though I'm a politically incorrect, judgemental paleocon, I wouldn't want to offend you by placing you in the wrong category...
And the process is made much more complex because I never considered Dubya and his globalist neocon cronies to be right-wing conservatives anyway, even thoough that's what they've misled the public and the media into calling them...
As far as I'm conserned, the Neocons are actually left-wing democrats...
They're actually the offspring of LBJ's Great Society warhawks...
They simply got booted out of the 'Rat Party by the more marxist/militant dope-smoking hippies and draft dodgers way back in '72...
So as far as I'm concerned, the so-called "Neocons" need to be purged from the GOP and be sent back to the left-wing 'Rats where they belong.
Psst! High Speed Rail and MagLev! Really!!
You do work for OBOZO, dont You?
No, no, no, no... not at all...
I have absolutely no idea why the Messiah wants to build the Maglev for me....
But what the heck... I was gung-ho on Maglev long before I ever even heard of Barry O...
So if Barry O wants to hop aboard one of my favorite issues and give me his support, I'm not gonna turn him away...
For me, it's a national security issue...
I advocate construction of electrically powered high-speed rail, maglev, monorail, light rail as a means of reducing our dependence on inported Oil (because I also advocate building more NUKES to supply the electricity for these trains!!!)
But that's another issue where the Bush/Cheney Administration fell flat on it's face...
Cripes Almighty, those pathetic pinheads wouldn't even drill ANWR back when they had all the advantages of the GOP controlling BOTH the House and the Senate...
Ol' Bill Klinton is showing them how it was/is done.
yitbos
Absolutely Amazing! Mind Bending Psychobabble!
Congratulations!!!!......You Win this Category...:-)
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