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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 09:05 AM Original message |
Just let them die. |
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20score (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
1. K&R. |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 11:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
124. Absolutely right! What happened to all the money that was "set aside"? |
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BonnieJW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 11:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
137. Thanks for this post. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
2. a small minority here |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:18 AM Response to Reply #2 |
64. A small minority with big sqwak boxes. We DEMS loves us some Unions! |
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MJJP21 (262 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 07:27 AM Response to Reply #2 |
92. UAW |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 08:09 AM Response to Reply #92 |
100. Telll your Daddy |
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droidamus2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #92 |
129. My only questions |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 02:14 PM Response to Reply #92 |
156. the UAW does not decide the course of action which the automakers take |
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BonnieJW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 02:28 PM Response to Reply #156 |
157. They are. |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 03:11 PM Response to Reply #157 |
160. I get what you're saying |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #156 |
163. Excuse me |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 03:26 PM Response to Reply #163 |
200. you're excused-- get your mommy to write a note to get back in. |
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nankerphelge (995 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 07:55 PM Response to Reply #156 |
182. Amen... |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
3. There are some very elitist 'I got mine' anti-labor assholes here, for sure. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 09:47 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Corporations have plenty of money to hire flunkys to spam our board |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 10:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
42. Which corporations are paying people to argue against shoveling |
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ColonelTom (415 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:24 PM Response to Reply #42 |
55. Agreed. No bailouts for anyone without significant oversight. nt |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:30 PM Response to Reply #42 |
145. You must have been in a coma during the "THANK GAWD IT PASSED" debacle. nt |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 11:12 PM Response to Reply #145 |
194. Whatever. |
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rucognizant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 10:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
43. Also, over the past 20 years......... |
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KnaveRupe (700 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 07:32 AM Response to Reply #43 |
94. Hey! Don't diss the DLC!!! n/t |
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yodoobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:13 AM Response to Reply #6 |
61. lol. No wonder they are going broke |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 11:11 AM Response to Reply #6 |
125. Got it in one. |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 04:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
176. One can only hope that they do get theirs. |
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AllieB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
4. K&R |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 12:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. the DLC is against the bailout of the auto industry? |
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HillbillyBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
5. That would not be us that would be rpuke trolls making silly |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
7. K&R |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
8. I know people disagree about bailing out the auto companies |
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moodforaday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 07:53 AM Response to Reply #8 |
98. Of course these jobs will be lost |
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Sadie5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
9. Thanks |
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TWiley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
10. I dont get it either ... Bail out the White colar repukes ... shaft the blue collar? |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
11. I'm angry at the Big 3, but this is blatantly an attempt to destroy |
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cayanne (682 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
31. It will help destroy Social Security & Medicare |
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October (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 10:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
47. Agreed. They always hurt the union workers most /nt |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
206. Bingo that is exactly what is, a destroy the unions push and I can't believe this board how |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
12. Luckily, I've only seen a couple such posts here. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 10:33 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Did all those bankruptcies in the airline industry destroy it? |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:05 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. the county where I live has never recovered from the loss of Eastern |
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October (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 10:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
52. Madhound doesn't know what he/she is talking about |
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Dystopian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:51 PM Response to Reply #17 |
58. On the flip side....At least some good came of it.... |
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unapatriciated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 07:00 AM Response to Reply #13 |
91. ask a Delta pilot about his retirement package... |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 08:27 AM Response to Reply #13 |
106. Let's look at the facts you have so wrong |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 11:39 AM Response to Reply #13 |
133. airline versus auto industry bailouts |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
143. Fact check: the airlines got BILLIONS in government handouts after 9/11. nt |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
207. It crushed the Union which is what Ronnie Raygun wanted and achieved. |
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Daemonaquila (413 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 08:22 AM Response to Reply #12 |
102. You've got it backward. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:30 PM Response to Reply #102 |
144. All of the nefarious plots you attribute to the Big 3 (reject executory contracts, |
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Daemonaquila (413 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #144 |
165. No, you just made my point for me. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
14. I think what they really want to die are the suits in upper management |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
15. I say let them die: and start new companies. Same workers new leadership and vision. |
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1gobluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 09:52 AM Response to Reply #15 |
117. Your argument might have more weight |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #117 |
164. Awwww...are we feeling snarky for typos? |
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PugNot (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 08:45 PM Response to Reply #15 |
185. I agree, let 'em die |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 10:44 AM Original message |
The whole entire system is fucked up. I don't wish any one any ill.. |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
18. I have already picketed for you more than once. |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 12:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Well, I work in one of those "right to work" states. Which means, no, I have a pay check. |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 12:47 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I work in a right to work state too. |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 03:15 AM Response to Reply #29 |
72. wish i could rec your post. |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 08:18 AM Response to Reply #29 |
101. spouse is retired union Ironworker |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 08:25 AM Response to Reply #29 |
104. A Day in the Life of Joe Middle-Class |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #104 |
158. Thanks! |
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asteroid2003QQ47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
16. Bail them out but take them, and redistribute the stock. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
19. Great post |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
20. Corporatists |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
21. For some reason, people on this board hate American cars. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:21 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Bullshit. |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:55 AM Response to Reply #22 |
62. Good! |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 04:40 AM Response to Reply #62 |
82. I love my little ford focus. |
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ExPatLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #82 |
152. Donuts to dollars that Focus was made in Mexico... n/t |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
35. Toyotahondanissanmazda is god here, woe is me for owning a Domestic |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:00 AM Response to Reply #35 |
63. You have my undying sponsorship. |
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Froward69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 08:48 AM Response to Reply #63 |
107. Just a dumb question... |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #107 |
142. Actually, both my children sit in the backseat. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 09:07 AM Response to Reply #63 |
109. NIce car, now show us your lables |
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Bluzmann57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #35 |
134. I have never owned a foreign car |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #134 |
150. A typical conversation on DU regarding American cars |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 03:53 PM Response to Reply #150 |
167. There are so many things wrong with american cars |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 05:36 PM Response to Reply #167 |
178. Whatever. Blame the whole industry for one car from SEVEN years ago |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #178 |
198. Why are you making excuses for Detriot building |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #198 |
209. If you wanted a gas millage car, why the hell did you buy it????? |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #209 |
211. I own 2 Fords: 1999 Ford Ranger and a 2001 Ford Escape. They have |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 06:03 PM Response to Reply #211 |
212. That didn't asnwer my question? |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 09:26 PM Response to Reply #212 |
213. I was just saying |
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rucognizant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
54. Because they are hateful! |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 11:52 AM Response to Reply #21 |
136. Dog owning driver of a Chevy truck here. No wonder I get such a ration 'o crap. |
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ExPatLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #21 |
149. The problem with that is that most "US cars" are not even made in the US any more. n/t |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
23. Thank you. |
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1gobluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 09:56 AM Response to Reply #23 |
118. Just wait until there is a major drought |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #23 |
146. Hey, why not. |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
24. I'd really like to see a link of any DU'ers or threads spouting off "greedy union" stuff please. |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:32 PM Response to Reply #24 |
153. Well I was going to link you to one I had yesterday but when I went to it it was deleted, how |
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hogwyld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #153 |
201. Wow! I didn't realize the auto workers |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
25. Most Posters Here Blame the Auto Companies' Management |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
28. It's "funny" at now that all these SOUTHERN no-name cities are in distress, NOW we're concerned... |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
30. K&R'd--Economic injustice continues to be the biggest problem we face in the US. |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
32. If we don't stick together we have won nothing w/this election. Support Unions. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
33. When did union members and their families become human shields for incompetent management to hide... |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 10:52 PM Response to Reply #33 |
51. If your nose isn't stuck up Bob Nardelli's ass, then you hate union workers. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:00 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Telly! |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
34. I just don't think a bail-out will work without serious attention to systemic problems. |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 09:55 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. Excellent reply LeftyMom. And every one of the points you listed are directly attributable |
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tclambert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 08:55 PM Response to Reply #34 |
187. They really are addressing all of that. They got smacked in the head with a 2 x4 |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
36. If we bail them out, should/would there be some conditions? |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 08:54 AM Response to Reply #36 |
108. THere should be the condition of getting rid of all the head up their arse |
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tclambert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 08:39 PM Response to Reply #36 |
184. Yes, make it a loan. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
37. Excellent Post! The reason for the union worker hate is that here are a lot of DINOS on DU. |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
38. Kick and Nom to save my Father's pension. |
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NEOhiodemocrat (624 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 08:23 AM Response to Reply #38 |
103. Thank you |
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MaryEllen9399 (310 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #103 |
210. also my father in law's and Aunt's as well nt |
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Samantha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 09:36 PM Response to Reply #103 |
215. I back a bailout for the auto workers 100 percent |
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Steerpike_Denver (114 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
39. As Bernie Sanders said, |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
40. I don't think "DU" is representative of Dem Party, anymore. So I wouldn't take what you read here |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
44. I think we need a hard and fast litmus test that must be passed in order to be a Democrat. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
45. I Fail To See Why Their Being Union Means A Rat's Ass Thing. It Doesn't. |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:00 PM Response to Reply #45 |
204. No surprise here, weren't you the Thank God it passed guy, all for the banks getting their coin? |
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electricD (93 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
46. I typed this into another post yesterday |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
48. K and R |
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mirror wall (282 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
49. One thing for people who are opposed to giving bailout money to the auto industry is,,, |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
50. Those So-Called Dems are Anti-Union Trolls |
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greengestalt (126 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
56. Don't pidgenhole me |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 09:58 PM Response to Reply #56 |
193. "Pampered workers"??? |
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IsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
57. K&R |
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StreetKnowledge (921 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:00 AM Response to Original message |
59. The Management is responsible for their past mistakes |
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spag68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
60. Unions |
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DUlover2909 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
65. I would never blame a union for a bad business model. That's managements fuckup. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
66. Where were you in the 80s? |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 04:12 PM Response to Reply #66 |
170. As a PATCO survivor, I would rec your response if possible. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #170 |
177. I'm not religious but, AMEN. |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 08:53 PM Response to Reply #66 |
203. Where was I? Picketing - marching - writing congress - buying American |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #203 |
208. I know, it's like living a Kafka novel. n/t |
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ksimons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
67. not a good sign when all sides don't see a need to work together |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 04:02 AM Response to Reply #67 |
79. Thirty years of concessions ain't enough for ya? |
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jpljr77 (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #79 |
132. OK, I'm sorry. But what exactly is the average hourly wage of GM union autoworkers? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:44 PM Response to Reply #132 |
154. you don't know shit. new hires start at $14/hr, & the average wage for non-administrative |
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jpljr77 (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #154 |
159. Someone here doesn't know shit, that's for sure. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 11:53 PM Response to Reply #159 |
195. Here: 2007 contract. |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:04 PM Response to Reply #159 |
205. Your numbers are lies. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 02:36 AM Response to Original message |
68. K&R. |
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camera obscura (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 02:38 AM Response to Original message |
69. Agreed totally. |
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Undercurrent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 02:44 AM Response to Original message |
70. The anti auto company |
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HPD (93 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 03:14 AM Response to Original message |
71. As a Detroiter who recently lost his job due to struggling Big Three |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 04:03 AM Response to Reply #71 |
80. American cars |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 04:31 AM Response to Reply #80 |
81. Agreed & Well Said |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 05:01 AM Response to Reply #81 |
84. LOL! I think you've found a good use for GITMO! ny |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 03:13 PM Response to Reply #84 |
161. Thanks |
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Daemonaquila (413 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #71 |
168. No, not "Buy American" - MAKE AMERICAN |
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demodonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 06:49 AM Response to Reply #168 |
197. I needed a grease gun. Read what happened HERE: |
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bigbrother05 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 03:32 AM Response to Original message |
73. Noticed the RW shills on Sunday shows |
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kerry-is-my-prez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 03:32 AM Response to Original message |
74. I'm with you 100% and my Dad was a business-owner who hated unions. |
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ermasdaughter (40 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 03:34 AM Response to Original message |
75. I could not agree more. |
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HPD (93 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 03:40 AM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Clarify. |
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davidthegnome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 03:50 AM Response to Original message |
77. Hmm |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 03:57 AM Response to Original message |
78. First, it doesn't matter a good goddamn what anyone on DU says, because it's not the folks on DU |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 04:40 AM Response to Original message |
83. Yes, we have some bitter people who don't have the empathy typical of progressives. |
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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 05:08 AM Response to Original message |
85. Great post |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 04:35 PM Response to Reply #85 |
175. When I look at this graphic in your sig... |
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obiwan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 05:40 AM Response to Original message |
86. Damn right they would survive. |
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flashback (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 05:46 AM Response to Original message |
87. What about foreign cars built here? |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 06:37 AM Response to Reply #87 |
90. Coming here for cheaper labor. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #90 |
127. And to protect themselves from the US imposing import quotas. |
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Blue Gardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 06:24 AM Response to Original message |
88. Thank You |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 06:35 AM Response to Original message |
89. k&r |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
93. K & R! |
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Daemonaquila (413 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
95. There must be no bailouts for automakers. |
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natrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 08:25 AM Response to Reply #95 |
105. maybe your right but where was this discussion before giving the 700 billion to bank crooks |
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Daemonaquila (413 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 03:43 PM Response to Reply #105 |
166. The discussion WAS being had - and unfortunately the wrong side won. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 09:48 PM Response to Reply #95 |
191. what new industry do you imagine is going to come about? |
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lelgt60 (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
96. I'm against the bailout of existing senior management |
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MattSh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
97. OK, lets say we bail out the BIG 3. |
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lelgt60 (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 07:55 AM Response to Reply #97 |
99. Yes - the taxpayer gets the bill - that's how we help each other out |
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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
110. Congratulations union members around the country are reading this post this morning |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
111. How many of you folks had a job where there was a place to take the dead bodies? |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
112. It's not the workers I blame |
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yourguide (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
113. I dont think anyone on this board is anti union. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
114. The GOP is opposed to helping out the car companies in order to 'kill off' the unions once and for |
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Butch350 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
115. Let the auto makers file Bankruptcy...BAIL OUT THE WORKERS!!! |
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madhawk (54 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
116. forms |
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cooolandrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
119. They'll learn with time it's better to give than to receive, especially karmically. |
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kirby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
120. You are missing the point... |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #120 |
174. Chevy Volt, Ford Escape Hybrid, Ford Focus, Jeep Patriot |
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kirby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #174 |
180. Those are not all hybrids or high mpg vehicles... |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
121. Will you guarantee that Detroit won't end up right where it is now 6 months after a bail-out? |
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Mark E. Smith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
122. Amen. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
123. Well, you know who's really responsible, don't you? |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
126. No bailout = wishing thousands of union families end up destitute? |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
128. Totally agree. And how about the bloated upper-middle level |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
130. Did the Big 3 workers care when their UAW brothers/sisters suffered? Did they care |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
131. You can of course point us to... |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
135. Yes this is a nation of predators who feed off of their fellow Americans. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
138. The union contracts have to be renegotiated |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:37 PM Response to Reply #138 |
147. Here's the "renegotiation"--MEDICARE and the PBGC picks up the check. Happy? |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:39 PM Response to Reply #138 |
148. The Union contracts HAVE been renegotiated. Many times, |
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Daemonaquila (413 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 04:15 PM Response to Reply #148 |
172. Too much, actually. |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
139. Amen. Sad,isn't it? nt |
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MessiahRp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
140. I'm for a bailout of the big three |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
141. I don't understand it either. |
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montanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
151. AIG spent almost half a million |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
155. How does keeping afloat a failed company help workers long-term? |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 03:13 PM Response to Reply #155 |
162. delete |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 04:15 PM Response to Reply #155 |
173. do you know the winning lottery numbers too while you are at it??? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 05:54 PM Response to Reply #155 |
179. Why not ask that question re: AIG??? nt |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 09:31 PM Response to Reply #179 |
188. I did. I do. |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
169. I don't know why you are surprised... |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
171. this is too old to Rec, but allow me to kick it |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 07:47 PM Response to Reply #171 |
181. Me Too !!! |
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shaniqua6392 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
183. I wish everyone would wake up!! |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 08:51 PM Response to Reply #183 |
186. You can't get through to people whose jobs at Starbucks are secure |
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BeatleBoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 09:36 PM Response to Reply #186 |
189. Right On! |
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shaniqua6392 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 05:57 AM Response to Reply #186 |
196. I guess they don't mind making $7.00 an hour with no benefits. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
190. I Didn't Support the Wall Street Bailout |
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BeatleBoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 09:55 PM Response to Reply #190 |
192. You're right about one thing |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
199. I agree - but it's not going to happen so we should make the best out of this |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
202. I'm UNION!!! |
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GrantDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 09:34 PM Response to Reply #202 |
214. I'm UNION!!! |
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