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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 09:30 AM Original message |
How can any Democrat not support the TWU strike? |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
1. There's nothing to guarantee that a 'Democrat' is either a democrat or ... |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 09:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. You're right. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 09:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Absolutely, which is why 51% of the labor force |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 09:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. There are lots of so-called Dems.. |
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savemefromdumbya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
3. should be a nation-wide strike |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 09:38 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. It wasn't really that bad and people seem to be pretty cheerful about it |
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deadmessengers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 09:55 AM Response to Reply #10 |
21. Yeah, if you live in Manhattan |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 10:10 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Co-workers are coming in by PATH & LIRR and commuter van |
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savemefromdumbya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 11:52 AM Response to Reply #10 |
36. Glad to hear that |
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deadmessengers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
6. It's against the law, for one thing |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 09:38 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Taylor was a NY Republican. |
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deadmessengers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 09:45 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Lincoln was a Republican, too |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 09:52 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. "The judge can drop dead in his black robes." |
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Spinzonner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
7. How can any Democrat who believes in the rule of law |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 09:41 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. "Rule of Law"---I haven't heard that phrase much since Clinton.... |
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expatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 09:42 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. The law is unjust and anti-worker. This strike is an act of... |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 09:42 AM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Forward this to the DNC. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 10:04 AM Response to Reply #7 |
22. This is just to force this thing into arbitration |
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chelsea0011 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
8. The news has been lax about the sticking points to the negotiations. |
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expatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
9. I am a very strong backer of unions and the right to organize and support |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
12. Hear, hear! |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 09:42 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. And the rest of the workers in this country! |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
15. Oh that's right. I left of three zeros in my posts |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
18. Uh, listened to Fox? Closet freeper? |
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Nashyra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 10:11 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. As a Union Member |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 10:18 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. . |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
26. I don't blindly support anyone or anything. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 10:23 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. No, but keeping your eyes open is. |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 10:37 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. True. Still, those attacking the Union seem freeper scale uninformed |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
29. I am sticking with the union! |
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Clutch Cargo (156 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
30. They had my support until they broke the law n/t |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 10:56 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. When the going gets tough, time to turn tail and run? |
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Clutch Cargo (156 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 11:03 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. My nice comfy pay scale |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 11:06 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Will you join your union if you can? |
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Clutch Cargo (156 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 11:16 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Yes. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-20-05 10:58 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. At what point are you willing to break the law? |
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