{"id":7516,"date":"2015-04-23T07:31:26","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T12:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=7516"},"modified":"2015-04-23T07:31:26","modified_gmt":"2015-04-23T12:31:26","slug":"bad-guys-pushing-this-week-to-promote-global-tyranny-run-by-corporations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=7516","title":{"rendered":"Bad Guys Pushing THIS WEEK to Promote Global Tyranny Run By Corporations"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2015\/04\/last-stand-republic-power-grab-gut-constitution.html\" target=\"_blank\">Bad Guys Pushing THIS WEEK to Promote Global Tyranny Run By Corporations<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>Here\u2019s How to STOP Them<\/h3>\n<p>The powers-that-be are pushing this week to fast track a horrible treaty which would destroy America.<\/p>\n<p>The treaty is called the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP).<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Trade Representative \u2013 the federal agency responsible for negotiating trade treaties \u2013 has said that the details of the TPP are\u00a0<a title=\"classified due to \u201cnational security\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/www.techdirt.com\/articles\/20131220\/01464625648\/ustr-sued-failing-to-reveal-tpp-details-response-to-foia-request.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">classified due to \u201cnational security\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Why\u2019s the deal being kept secret? Because it would be\u00a0<a title=\"impossible to pass if the public knew \" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/06\/03\/opinion\/obamas-covert-trade-deal.html\" target=\"_blank\">impossible to pass if the public knew\u00a0<\/a>what was really in it:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"237\" data-total-count=\"3969\">Ron Kirk, until recently Mr. Obama\u2019s top trade official, was remarkably candid about why he opposed making the text public: doing so, he suggested to Reuters, would raise such opposition that it could make the deal impossible to sign.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Senator Elizabeth Warren\u00a0<a title=\"notes\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/blog\/179885\/elizabeth-warren-reveals-inside-details-trade-talks\" target=\"_blank\">notes<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Supporters of the deal say to me, \u201cThey have to be secret, because if the American people knew what was actually in them, they would be opposed.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But it\u2019s not only being hidden from the American people \u2026 it\u2019s being hidden even from\u00a0<a title=\"most U.S. Congress members\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2012\/06\/international-treaty-negotiated-in-secret-even-hiding-the-terms-from-congressmen-with-every-reason-to-see-them-threatens-to-destroy-national-sovereignty.html\">most U.S.<em>Congress<\/em>\u00a0members<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A Congressman who has seen the text of the treaty\u00a0<a title=\"says\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2013\/06\/first-congress-member-allowed-to-read-secret-treaty-says-there-is-no-national-security-purpose-in-keeping-this-text-secret-this-agreement-hands-the-sovereignty-of-our-country-over-t.html\">says<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>There is no national security purpose in keeping this text secret \u2026 this agreement hands the sovereignty of our country over to corporate interests.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It would also\u00a0<a title=\"allow foreign corporations to challenge U.S. laws\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/kill-the-dispute-settlement-language-in-the-trans-pacific-partnership\/2015\/02\/25\/ec7705a2-bd1e-11e4-b274-e5209a3bc9a9_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">allow\u00a0<em>foreign<\/em>\u00a0corporations to challenge U.S. laws<\/a>.\u00a0 It will\u00a0<a title=\"literally override\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/economy\/huge-multinationals-are-plotting-steamroll-our-democracy-their-hunt-profits\" target=\"_blank\">literally override<\/a>\u00a0American law.\u00a0 As the New York Times\u00a0<a title=\"headlines\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/03\/26\/business\/trans-pacific-partnership-seen-as-door-for-foreign-suits-against-us.html\" target=\"_blank\">headlines<\/a>\u00a0 in\u00a0<em>Trans-Pacific Partnership Seen as Door for Foreign Suits Against U.S.<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bad Guys Pushing THIS WEEK to Promote Global Tyranny Run By Corporations Here\u2019s How to STOP Them The powers-that-be are pushing this week to fast track a horrible treaty which would destroy America. The treaty is called the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). 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