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Impeach Bush!

Jump to Comments I know, I know, I’m a little late. But, you know, back in the day we all supported the Rumburglar and his war on the Iraqi Information Minister, and even though I really thoroughly disliked appointees like Alberto Gonzales and John Bolton I always thought those comedians at moveon.org and the Huffington Post and their Kusinichian ilk were pretty far out their in calling for the removal of President Bush from office.

Well, Mr Former President, sir, there are certain lines that must never, ever be crossed, sir. AND YOU HAVE CROSSED THEM AND THUS YOU SHALL PAY!

In its final days, the Bush administration imposed a 300 percent duty on Roquefort, in effect closing off the U.S. market. Americans, it declared, will no longer get to taste the creamy concoction that, in its authentic, most glorious form, comes with an odor of wet sheep and veins of blue mold that go perfectly with rye bread and coarse red wine.

The measure, announced Jan. 13 by U.S. Trade Representative Susan C. Schwab as she headed out the door, was designed as retaliation for a European Union ban on imports of U.S. beef containing hormones. Tit for tat, and all perfectly legal under World Trade Organization rules, U.S. officials explained.

Besides, they said, Roquefort is only one of dozens of European luxury products that were attacked with high tariffs. The list includes, among other things, French truffles, Irish oatmeal, Italian sparkling water and “fatty livers of ducks and geese,” which apparently is how Washington trade bureaucrats say foie gras.
Source: Washington Post
Local lawmakers are opposing a proposed “retaliatory” tariff on Italian mineral waters out of concern that it will cause layoffs at a Greenwich-based Nestle Waters North America.

“Government action significantly affects local jobs,” Jim Himes, U.S. representative for the Fourth Congressional District, said in a statement concerning the tariff. “During these tough economic times, our policies must keep and create jobs in Connecticut.”

Himes on Friday joined U.S. Sens. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., and Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., and U.S. Reps. John Larson, D-East Hartford, and Joseph Courtney, D-Vernon, in writing a letter to Ambassador Peter Allgeier, the acting U.S. Trade Representative, asking him to reconsider the “100 percent ad-volarem” tariff, which would cause, according to some estimates, an 85 percent decline in Italian mineral water sales and halt its distribution to restaurants and stores.

“Such a dropoff in sales would force Nestle Waters North America, the largest U.S. importer of Italian mineral water, which is based in Connecticut, to potentially lay off 100 of its Connecticut employee,s including forklift drivers, warehouse managers and supervisors, office administrators and sales personnel,” the letter stated. “Such job losses would come at a time when Connecticut and has lost more than 1,000 jobs in the last month alone.”

Nestle Waters North America imports San Pellegrino and Acqua Panna from Italy.
Source: stamfordadvocate.com

WRONG SIR, WRONG. Fax mentis gloria cultum et cetera, et cetera. YOU STOLE MY FIZZY LIFITING DRINKS.

 

GOOD DAY SIR.



Obama baby you better get on this one post-haste, or else I may have to mount a protest. Of course, we’ll have it catered, Tron Carter style.
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(note: San Pellegrino and probably Roquefort cheese.) PS It’s an ad-valorem tax, or “to the value”, not “ad-volarem”, which would be something like “to the flight” tax, perhaps appropriate for a new tax based on air cargo rates.

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