Comments on: “A Petri Dish of Capitalism”

By: Angelo

Angelo — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 07:01:35 +0000

I live in Saipan.

The New York Times first reported on this back in 1992 (I think, I might be off by a year or two). It has been reported on sporatically here and there ever since. The Ms. Magazine article and the Franken book are just the latest reports.

I don’t care for the garment factory, the massage parlors, or the strip clubs, but there is no evidence that the garment industry is related to the sex industry. They’re here, they suck, and I wish they’d go away, but there is no right wing conspiracy to turn garment factory workers into hookers.

By: カリビアン

カリビアン — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 05:42:08 +0000

That book came out, what, like 10 months ago? Still, I don’t know if anything has happened yet.　The one good thing is that with the downfall of Delay and Abramoff, maybe, just maybe, the ridiculous resistance in Congress to actually changing this situation will drop.

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 01:55:05 +0000

what else is new

By: K

Wed, 12 Jul 2006 16:17:06 +0000

The Texas Observer printed this story back in 2004. The article is from a book about Delay that Lou Dubose and Jan Reid wrote.

http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=1743

By: Kyra

Kyra — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15:35:37 +0000

*fantasizes about giving Tom Delay a sex-change operation and sending him there* (maybe to replace the woman from the last story.)

By: Mighty Ponygirl

Mighty Ponygirl — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 14:50:29 +0000

Matan: That’s what I thought. That chapter made me cringe.

By: Matan

Matan — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 14:40:58 +0000

This story has been out for a bit (not sure when Ms. reported it) but I think it was first widely reported by Al Franken in “The Truth, With Jokes”. He devoted a chapter to it. That book came out, what, like 10 months ago? Still, I don’t know if anything has happened yet.

The one good thing is that with the downfall of Delay and Abramoff, maybe, just maybe, the ridiculous resistance in Congress to actually changing this situation will drop.

By: Matt Browner-Hamlin

Matt Browner-Hamlin — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 11:40:34 +0000

It’s shocking that the Northern Marianas gets all the benefits of “Made in America” yet companies have no requirement to uphold US labor standards, let alone basic ethical standards, like say, not relying on what is effectively slave labor to produce cheaper products.

The insane thing is that Northern Marianas gets these perks based solely on their extensive lobbying of American politicians, particularly the Republicans. Moral values and family values apparently don’t apply beyond America’s shores.