Sorry Charlie

[DoctorDeath]

No more StarKist Tuna for me .....

SNOPES" VALIDATES THE FACTS BELOW :

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's home district

includes San Francisco .

StarKist Tuna's headquarters are in San Francisco, Pelosi's home district.

StarKist is owned by Del Monte Foods and is a major contributor to Pelosi.

StarKist is the major employer in American Samoa employing 75% of the Samoan work force.

Paul Pelosi, Nancy 's husband, owns $17 million dollars of StarKist stock.


In January, 2007 when the minimum wage was increased from $5.15 to $7.25,

Pelosi had American Samoa exempted from the increase

so Del Monte would not have to pay the higher wage.

This would make Del Monte products less expensive than that of its competitors.


Last week when the huge bailout bill was passed,

Pelosi added an earmark to the final bill

adding $33 million dollars for an "economic development credit in American Samoa "


Pelosi has called the Bush Administration "CORRUPT" and many other things !!!

How do you spell "HYPOCRISY" ?

SHE'S SHAMELESS....

[Fieldmouse]

The American Samoa Islands are very corrupt. They got slammed by the sunami a few weeks back because they had no warning system in place. Why wasn't it in place? Not due to lack of money. Congress has sent them miliions if not billions to put one in. Instead, it was all a shell game and the polititians spent the money on pet projects and lavish travel trips.

[SWThomas]

Nothing new. It's politics.

[The Rev]

I smell something FISHY.

[Griswold]

Not true.

Honestly, all it takes is a simple 5-minute Google search before posting these silly email FWDs.

[Aught Six]

Tastes like chicken!

[sconnyhunter]

Originally Posted by Griswold

Not true.

Honestly, all it takes is a simple 5-minute Google search before posting these silly email FWDs.

Which part, all or only some. Yes posting a silly e-mail forward may not be nice but please post facts to back up your own post. Before you go flaming another poster.

[Griswold]

Originally Posted by sconnyhunter

Which part, all or only some. Yes posting a silly e-mail forward may not be nice but please post facts to back up your own post. Before you go flaming another poster.

Flaming another poster? I said the post wasn't true. I guess that's a flame, if you say so...

As for which part isn't true? Where do we start?

Yes, there was an effort to exclude American Samoa from the minimum wage increase. No, Pelosi wasn't behind the effort. No, it was not included in the final version of the bill. Yes, the minimum wage increase applied to American Samoa just as it applied to the states.

Yes, American Samoa's economy relies largely on the tuna canning/fishing industries. No, it doesn't make up 75% of the work force. The canning/fishing industries direct/indirectly make up 80% of all economic activity there, but tuna canning accounts for only one-third of total employment...and then it is split between two companies. That's right: Starkist isn't the only tuna company based in American Samoa; Chicken of the Sea has a canning factory there too. Thus, if Starkist was able to benefit from cheaper labor, its biggest competitor would be able to benefit, too.

No, Pelosi's husband doesn't own $7 million in Starkist stock.

[The Rev]

Don't say a word about the holy mother (Nancy) could be nominated to sainthood status along with the new messiah!

[Charlie P]

Sorry Doctor Dense that's not what it say's on snopes, didn't actually check it did you? Just believed the e-mail. Still batting 100%.