malaise
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Sun Jan-25-09 07:13 PM
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Who's watching 60 Minutes |
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Watching these people who have lost their jobs is heartbreaking.
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Sun Jan-25-09 07:15 PM
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malaise
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Sun Jan-25-09 07:17 PM
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5. And these are just DHL workers |
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Sun Jan-25-09 07:16 PM
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2. just one sample of a community in distress |
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so many more communities in the same situation. It's horrible.
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Sun Jan-25-09 07:16 PM
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3. I wonder who they voted for in 2000 and 2004 |
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Edited on Sun Jan-25-09 07:18 PM by ikojo
and whether those votes were made right in 2008? They are reaping what laissex faire capitalism, championed by Democrats AND Republicans, has wrought.
The guy who said "we are losing sight of what my son died for" is wrong...wars are fought to further corporate domination. His son died for that.
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Sun Jan-25-09 07:17 PM
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6. Who cares really who they voted for? I wonder how they are going to survive. |
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Sun Jan-25-09 07:19 PM
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9. Those votes had consequences |
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It doesn't lessen my concern for them but I doubt they see the connections.
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Sun Jan-25-09 07:25 PM
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22. I could easily lose my job and I have never voted for a Republican...ever. |
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I guess I really don't know what else to say. This sucks and no one knows for sure how these people voted. I don't blame them for their fate.
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Sun Jan-25-09 07:47 PM
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27. I've never voted repub in my life |
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but I've still paid the consequences of their policies.
and yes, I've voted in EVERY election since I was old enough to vote.
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Sun Jan-25-09 07:18 PM
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7. Republican and Christian Hotbed |
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Ohio's Republican Bible Belt.
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Sun Jan-25-09 07:20 PM
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10. True but my humanity still can't |
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bear their suffering. At least one recognized that the country had become Ground Zero and he wanted America back. Yes they should not have cheered on Bushco, but it's still painful.
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Sun Jan-25-09 07:21 PM
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13. they'll never even know it if the media keeps stonewalling.... n/t |
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Sun Jan-25-09 07:17 PM
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4. Tragic, and this is just one story of so many around the country. nt |
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Sun Jan-25-09 07:19 PM
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8. Man, I'm bawling my eyes out here |
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Sun Jan-25-09 07:22 PM
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14. A wonderful job by 60 minutes - it brings the situation home and it is heartbreaking |
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it makes me glad to have a job thats likely secure for the next 3 years anyway.
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Sun Jan-25-09 07:26 PM
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I'm getting $75 per week unemployment and jobs are scarce here
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Sun Jan-25-09 07:20 PM
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11. Big long story.. and not a peep of politics.. ORGANIZE YOU FOOLS |
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Pitchforks & torches fellas... Storm your reps offices Get INFRASTRUCTURE at the top of the economic package... How are your school buildings..roads..electric grids..hospitals...bridges??
pushpushpush...
How irresponsible of the media not to connect the dots for these desperate people..
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Sun Jan-25-09 07:22 PM
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The media are part of the problem.
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Sun Jan-25-09 07:22 PM
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16. Heck look at the response my question |
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about who these people voted for got...oy vey!
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Sun Jan-25-09 07:31 PM
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25. I agree with you. As I was watching the segment, my thoughts were... |
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"Yeahh...I wonder who they voted for the past 3 Elections".
Will their answer determine whether or not I would help them?...NO Will their answer determine whether or not I feel sorry for them? You damn Right....A large share of you idiots have brought all of us down.
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Sun Jan-25-09 07:23 PM
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17. The car companies are organized and they are barely holding on |
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Edited on Sun Jan-25-09 07:24 PM by stray cat
no simple fix on the horizon. Organization alone doesn't create jobs or new employers.
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Sun Jan-25-09 07:21 PM
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12. This is the result of 8 years of Bush |
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policies. It's going to be repeated over and over in hundreds of communities throughout our country over the next year. Let's hope the repubs in the Senate can't block Obama's plan to prevent this from happening more than it already has.
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Sun Jan-25-09 07:25 PM
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20. It's not only Republicans who believe in complete |
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unfettered free trade, Bill Clinton championed NAFTA, GATT, the WTO and PNTR (permanent normal trade relations) with China. Some of the people Obama wants in treasury are champions of deregulation.
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Sun Jan-25-09 07:23 PM
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19. I'm glad they exposed the COBRA scam |
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It's a useless 'benefit' that people who have lost jobs simply can't afford. The prices charged under COBRA plans are truly shocking.
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Sun Jan-25-09 07:25 PM
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21. True but my mom was disabled and uninsurable with huge medical bills |
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without COBRA she would have been unable to leave an abusive husband.
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Sun Jan-25-09 07:26 PM
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23. It comes on in about 35 minutes here, i'll be sure to watch. n/t |
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Sun Jan-25-09 07:45 PM
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26. The middle class does not hold the solution either |
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Even Obama mentioned in the inaugural address that we may have work less hours to save the job of our co-workers. In theory pay cuts and hour reductions may indeed help, but it's not the fault of the American worker for the situation we are in. It's kind of like telling us, "we threw you all enough crumbs, fight it out amongst yourselves". The obvious disgusting truth is that a handful (in proportion) of thieves took an inordinate share of the pie. A CEO who got away with, say $75 million, could have taken a healthy $10M and the rest would have saved thousands of middle class jobs. Now, we will take the pay cuts that they should have. We will work less hours if we're lucky enough to work at all. And we will, once again, take on the cost of repairing our union. The thieves will ship their ill-gotten gains to the Bahamas or elsewhere and them and their heirs will never know an hourly wage or a 40 hour work week.
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Sun Jan-25-09 08:21 PM
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28. More info at this link |
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I checked your thread. :hi:
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