The Horse Is Dead, Already

Update:   And remember, kids, they’re not  anti-American.  No, this is not Pyongyang.  Sadly, it’s the very building where I got married.  Until today, I never knew that the road back to the Third World passed it.

Original Post:   There can’t possibly be more than a 10% chance that there will be a U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement  before 2010, and that assumes that the Democrats lose control of Congress in 2008.  The window has closed.  So why on earth must we be subjected to this?  Answer:  it obviously makes some people feel good to do it.

South Korean activist groups said Tuesday that nationwide mass rallies against a free trade agreement (FTA) between South Korea and the United States are scheduled for late Wednesday.

More than 300,000 people are to participate in the street rallies, which will take place in 13 cities in South Korea, the Korean Alliance Against the Korea-U.S. FTA said.

It added that major protest rallies are expected in Seoul and Kwangju, where about 50,000 people are expected to participate.

While the alliance said they will stage peaceful protests, police worry they may turn violent.

If ever there was a case of people getting precisely what they deserve, this is it.  Korea is the big loser in the failure of the FTA.