department?
Hav-pob plab mus rau qhov bar, Bub, thiab muab koj cov nyiaj tso tseg-Sacramento yog
rau muag, xauv, Tshuag, thiab ris tsho hauv qab. Winning bidders tau txais kev lag luam tshwj xeeb thiab
lub imprimatur ntawm official lub nroog pom zoo-txawm tias cov koom haum pab txhawb nqa yog polluters,
ua lawv cov khoom nyob rau hauv sweatshops, thiab paub rhais tawm cov neeg siv khoom.
Qhov no yog Jim Hightower hais. . .Cov profiteers yuav coj koj
lub zos tom ntej, yog koj tsis tso tseg.
"Lub Nroog rau Muag" los ntawm Russell Mokhiber thiab Robert Weissman.
Tsom ntsoov rau lub tuam txhab: Lub Ob Hlis 17, 1999.
PRESIDENTIAL SALE-A-THON
Nyob zoo, "Crazy Jim" Hightower ntawm no,
hais tias: Kuv puas tau txais kev pom zoo rau koj? Tuaj mus rau "Crazy Jim's" rau qhov deal ntawm
ib sim neej. Nws yog tag nrho ib feem ntawm peb [reverb] "1999 Pre-Kev xaiv tsa Thawj Tswj Hwm tus neeg sib tw
Muag-a-Thon!"
Kav mus txog rau thaum koj poob ntawm no ntawm peb lub Rooj Sab Laj Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm cov khawv koob
mais-peb tau txais koj cov Democrats thiab Republicans, tshiab thiab siv, xws li tag nrho cov gamut los ntawm
social conservative rau corporate conservative, los yog ob qho tib si! Cov pej xeem yuav tsis muaj peev xwm
mus yuav ib qho ntawm cov kev zoo nkauj no kom txog rau thaum xyoo 2000, tab sis "Crazy Jim" muab rau koj.
caij nyoog yuav-hauv tam sim no. Nov yog peb cov kev cai ywj pheej, "GORE2000" qauv,
piv txwv. Los yog tej zaum koj xav tau ib yam dab tsi me ntsis ntawm sab qeeb, xws li cov
"Bushamatic SUV." Ob lub GORE2000 thiab Bushamatic tau raug kuaj tag nrho
thiab tau txais kev pom zoo los ntawm pawg neeg pov thawj ntawm Wall Street cov kws tshuaj ntsuam xyuas. Yog li peb tuaj yeem lav qhov ntawd
thiab yuav tsis ua teeb meem rau Wall Street.
Cia kuv muab ib qho piv txwv ntawm qee tus qauv Thawj Tswj Hwm, yog li ntawd
koj paub leej twg sawv tom qab lawv. GORE2000 tau hais los saum toj no tau raug kuaj xyuas tag nrho los ntawm
xws li Wall Street mechanics li Steve Rattner ntawm lub tuam txhab peev nyiaj lag luam Lazard Freres,
thiab Jon Corzine ntawm Goldman Sachs. Yog li ntawd, kuv tuaj yeem lav koj tias Gore yog ib qho
Democrat uas yuav tsis veer los ntawm nruab nrab ntawm txoj kev lag luam. Thiab yog tias koj xav tias nws
Tus neeg sib tw ywj pheej, Bill Bradley zoo li yuav thawb nws mus, tsis txhob txhawj, vim nws yog
txhawb nqa los ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm pabcuam zoo li CEOs ntawm Chase Manhattan Bank, Sara Lee,
Barnes & Noble, thiab Starbucks.
Ib yam li ntawd, Bushamatic muaj lub foob kev pom zoo los ntawm qhov loj
Cov koom haum lobbyists li Haley Barbour thiab Wayne Berman. Nws yog ib txwm zoo kom paub tias cov no
Washington fixers sawv 100-feem pua tom qab lawv cov khoom, puas yog?
Qhov no yog "Crazy Jim" Hightower hais. . . Yog koj xav tau
koj pov npav los suav, tsis txhob tos cov neeg ruam uas yuav pov npav rau 2000-koj tuaj yeem pov npav
hnub no los ntawm kev sau ntawv loj. Nws yog ib qho zoo heev, b ecause cov neeg sib tw uas tsis tau koj
nyiaj xyoo 1999 yuav tsis muaj caij 2000. Xav txog nws.
"Kev sib tw nrhiav nyiaj txiag kuj yog ib feem ntawm thawj tswj hwm thawj tswj hwm"
los ntawm Phil Kuntz. Wall Street Journal: Lub Peb Hlis 11, 1999.
CHARITY pib hauv tsev
Muaj ib txoj kev siab hlub tshiab uas kuv paub ntau yam
koj yuav xav pab.
Qhov no tsis yog kev siab hlub los pab cov neeg txom nyem ua tsov ua rog menyuam ntsuag nyob rau qee qhov
thaj av nyob deb, kuv paub tias koj yuav raug kov ntawm txoj kev uas koj tsis tau muaj ib zaug koj
hnov lawv lub siab. Cov no yog cov neeg uas muaj lub sij hawm nyuaj heev ua kom tiav
cov hnub no. Nws yog ib pab pawg uas tsis tau them nyiaj ntau dua. . . zoo, ib xyoo.
Yog tias koj tsuas pom lawv, raws li kuv muaj-lawv lub ntsej muag me me tsis xav tau
tsuas yog kov koj lub siab, tab sis ua kom koj xav ncav cuag koj lub hnab nyiaj thiab ua txhua yam koj
tuaj yeem nres lawv qhov mob. Lawv ntsia koj nrog lawv lub qhov muag loj, puag ncig, tu siab thiab hais tias:
"COLA."
Tsis yog Coca Cola. COLA, raws li nyob rau hauv Tus Nqi Kho Mob. Qhov no
pab pawg tawm tsam yog US House of Representatives, thiab lawv tab tom thov kom muaj
tus nqi-ntawm-nyob nce hauv lawv cov nyiaj them-uas, raws li koj paub, tam sim no yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg
$ 136,700 toj xyoo.
Koj yuav tsis pab? COLA uas tam sim no nyob rau ntawm rooj rau lawv
yuav muab kwv yees li $5,000 nce txhua xyoo. Tsis yog, nws tsis ntau, tab sis txhua me ntsis
pab thaum koj nyob rau theem ntawd. Ntxiv rau, cov neeg no ua haujlwm hnyav! Xyoo no ib leeg,
lawv yuav tsum muab tso rau plaub hnub hauv ib lub lis piam mus txog 40 lub lis piam! Xav txog yog tias koj yuav tsum ua
uas. . . thiab tsuas yog $137,000 ib xyoos.
Hmoov zoo, Cov thawj coj hauv Tsev xav tias lawv mob thiab txhawb nqa lawv
$5,000 nce. Dennis Hastert, tus thawj coj tshiab ntawm Republican, tau hais lus zoo heev thaum nws
hais tias: “Kuv tsis quaj qw qw, tab sis lawv yuav tsum muaj peev xwm muaj sia nyob thiab
muab rau lawv tsev neeg. Lawv yuav tsum tau nce me ntsis hauv lawv cov nyiaj hli. "
Nov yog Jim Hightower nug. . . Koj tsis pom zoo? Tsis txhob xav
los pab Dennis muab tus neeg them se cov nyiaj pab ntawm $5,000 rau peb cov tswv cuab ntawm Congress?
Hu rau Tus Hais Lus Hastert thiab qhia nws raws nraim li cas koj xav txog kev siab hlub rau cov neeg pluag
hauv Congress. Cov neeg ua haujlwm sawv ntawm: 202-225-0600.
"Feem ntau hauv tsev nyiam nyiam COLA" los ntawm Jim VandeHei.
Roll Call: Lub Peb Hlis 22, 1999.
"Hastert, Gephardt xav COLA" los ntawm Jim VandeHei. Roll Hu:
Peb Hlis 15, 1999.
"Pib tuag hauv tsev yuav zoo, tab sis kev pov npav rau lawv tsis yog"
los ntawm David Rosenbaum. New York Times: Lub Peb Hlis 18, 1999.
"Cov pab pawg sib txawv xav kom Hastert, Gephardt tsis lees txais Congressional
them nqi" los ntawm Gary Ruskin. Congressional Reform Briefings: Lub Peb Hlis 15, 1999.
"Cov pab pawg thuam cov phiaj xwm rau $ 25,000 them thiab cov txiaj ntsig nce mus rau
US House of Representatives" los ntawm Gary Ruskin. Congressional Briefings: Peb Hlis 17, 1999.
"Rep. Thomas yaum kom tsis pub se rau ib tus neeg tuag" los ntawm AB Stoddard.
Lub Hill: Lub Peb Hlis 17, 1999. "Lub Tsev Hais Plaub hnyav lub ntsiab lus ntawm 'gratuity' los ntawm Linda
Tsev cog khoom. New York Times: Lub Peb Hlis 22, 1999.
NYIAJ NYIAJ NYIAJ MUS RAU HAUV EUROPE
Dab tsi yog nqaij nyuj txog cov neeg siv khoom European
Xav kom lawv cov burgers thiab steaks tsis pub muaj cov tshuaj hormones loj hlob?
Ntseeg nws los tsis, Washington tab tom tso peb mus rau lwm qhov kev ua lag luam
uas yog txawm whackier tshaj cov txiv tsawb sib ntaus sib tua uas peb twb tau nrog cov Europeans. Hauv
rooj plaub no meaty, ib tug puv tes ntawm cov nqaij nyuj muaj zog processors thiab exporters zoo li IBP thiab Cargill
nyob rau hauv ib tug tob pout. Nws zoo li cov tebchaws nyob sab Europe tau hais tias "tsis ua tsaug" rau peb cov nqaij nyug
xa tawm thaum lawv muaj cov tshuaj estrogen thiab lwm yam tshuaj hormones poj niam txiv neej. Cov tuam txhab no
niaj hnub txhaj cov tshuaj hormones rau hauv cov nyuj kom lawv fatten-up nyob rau hauv unnatural
tsuag tsuag.
Muaj pov thawj scientific uas cov tshuaj hormones txhaj rau hauv
nyuj kuj nyob hauv steaks los yog burgers, thiab ces mus rau hauv cov me nyuam noj
lawv. Puas yog nws tsis tsim nyog, yog li ntawd, cov neeg siv khoom European yuav tsis xav kom muaj kab mob zoo li no
nqaij?
"Tsis txhob tham rationality," quaj cov exporters, "ua
lawv coj peb cov nqaij nyug nyuj!” Cov nom tswv Clinton mus nrog rau qhov no
yuam-kev lag luam kev puas tsuaj, whining rau World Trade Organization tias cov Europeans yog
txwv kev lag luam dawb los ntawm kev xav nqaij yam tsis muaj tshuaj hormones.
Nyob zoo? Tsis yog peb yuav tsum yog lub teb chaws ntawm kev lag luam dawb, lub
tuaj yeem ua lag luam rau lub ntiaj teb? Nov yog lub tswv yim vwm: Yog tias peb lab tus neeg siv khoom nyob sab Europe
xav tau nqaij nyug yam tsis muaj kev dag ntxias ntawm kev sib deev cov tshuaj hormones. . . cas peb muag rau lawv?
Peb muaj beaucoup huv nqaij nyuj hauv Asmeskas. Qhov tseeb, feem ntau ntawm cov nyuj koj pom ntawm qhov ntau
raws li koj tsav tsheb Amelikas txoj kev loj tsis muaj kev txhaj tshuaj-nws tsuas yog cov koom haum feedlots uas
yuam qhov kev loj hlob no-tshuaj yeeb rau hauv pab tsiaj. Yog li cia peb muag los ntawm ranchers, co-ops, thiab
cov khoom noj ywj pheej ntawm Asmeskas uas yuav muab cov khoom lag luam uas cov neeg siv khoom xav tau-xws li
ntawm kev sim yuam-pob lawv tej yam uas lawv tsis xav tau.
Qhov no yog Jim Hightower hais. . . Kuv hais rau koj, nws yog kev pom zoo
cov phony thiab incompetent free enterprises mus khiav mus rau txiv ntxawm Sam thiab WTO sim
kom shov lawv cov khoom paug hauv caj pas ntawm peb lub teb chaws cov neeg siv khoom.
"Ntshuam ntsib tus nqi siab dua ntawm nqaij nyuj" los ntawm David
Sanger. New York Times: Lub Peb Hlis 23, 1999.
"US-EU lock horns tshaj nqaij nyuj" los ntawm James Cox. Tebchaws USA Hnub no:
Peb Hlis 23, 1999.
"Tebchaws Asmeskas teev cov khoom lag luam EU uas ntsib lub luag haujlwm yog tias txwv tsis pub txuas ntxiv mus
Hormone-kho nqaij nyuj" los ntawm John Simons. Wall Street Journal: Lub Peb Hlis 23, 1999.