On Tue, 18 Feb 2014 16:27:56 -0600, Gordon Shumway
wrote:

On Tue, 18 Feb 2014 17:08:08 -0500, micky
wrote:

On Tue, 18 Feb 2014 14:26:22 +0000 (UTC), Bert wrote:

In Jeh Johnson
wrote:

I'm sure that people living in New Jersey are much more "secure" now
that an alien barge can come nowhere near them.

This nonsense has nothing to do with security.

The restriction has been in place since 1920, and is there only to serve
the interests of the labor unions.

And more importantly, their members.

No, Bert had it right -- the labor unions, period.

No. It's the members.


The "Jones Act" requires all shipping between US ports be done on US
registered ships with crews made up of US citizens.