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Posted on November 27 at 11:39 a.m.
Can we just leave it up to US Auto to figure out. How can continuing to do the same things lead to a different result?
#30 Posted by pzuris on November 27, 2008 at 10:54 a.m.
The big 3 would not be doing the same thing. A Chapter 11 would allow the big three to get rid of the UAW. Get rid of a job bank of 12000+ UAW members being paid for not working, get rid of an annual 2.6 billion for pay for no work.
Remember UAW members telling you "never buy a car made on Monday". Why do you suppose the reason for that was?
As far as closing down, remember when United Airlines shut down for their reorganization under chapter 11??
Posted on November 26 at 10:42 p.m.
Edna,
Talk to the retired UAW union members here in Florida. They are aware who helped cause the problem. Neighbor is double dipper from Chrysler & GM.
Which Union were you in Edna.
I was in Electrical Workers & Laborers Unions. There was a derogatory name for you if you actually tried to do a good job, and you could be persuaded to change an attitude.
Read the 1st sentence of the 2nd paragraph of the Union website: http://www.laborers.org/
Here is another good one. http://www.ipsn.org/laborers/local_10...
And another. Notice how all the crooks stick together?? http://www.ipsn.org/carey3.html
They are old but always entertaining reading. Way towards the end is about the $125 hr for McCormick Place during trade shows. What a great country!! Nice work when you get it.
And political pull trumps unions because politicians allow unions to exist.
Unions are political piggy banks.
Just an opinion.
Posted on November 20 at 9:54 p.m.
Here is a democrat's view of Barack.
prorev.com is a 30 year old democrat source of news.
Posted on November 20 at 6:35 p.m.
Elephanttamer,
Did you ever consider that your attitude epitomizes what is wrong with the democrat party??
Just an opinion based on your most recent posts.
What suburb are you from?
Posted on November 20 at 11:42 a.m.
pzuris,
Do some research on the President Elect and look at the elections he won, and HOW he won. Look at the election he lost and how he prostituted himself so he could win later.
Politics, even with term limits, can be a very immoral undertaking
Posted on November 20 at 11:17 a.m.
Tom Kelly,
Before you start calling someone heartless, think what was happening. I have been in a similar "white truck" situation.
The car in front of me hit a dog. I stopped my car to see if it was OK. It was injured severely with many broken bones and lots of blood. It was in extreme pain. I went to my car with the thought to get something to end it's suffering. It was then that I realized that a Tom Kelly may be watching as I end this dog's suffering. Time to leave and not do the humane thing.
I had the blood stained front seat bringing a another injured dog to the vet only to have it die in route.
I have stopped many times on the San Cap road to carry a turtle off the road and place it on the shoulder to the applause of others that stopped but did nothing. Apparently, they were waiting for a government solution. Previously, numerous cars in front of me had just driven around it.
Please don't castigate others if you don't know diddly squat about the circumstances.
Plus, as you wrote, it was a cat, in the outdoors, most likely a stray. How many hundreds of birds were saved?? It would have been heartless to let this killing machine survive.
Posted on November 14 at 12:34 p.m.
What is best for America and our economy has nothing to do with the Auto Industry Bailout
It has to do with UNIONS. It is democrats using your bailout money to buy votes for democrats
(Yes there will be billions more to democrats when more Card Check companies are taken over)
The following list is of those unions and what percentage of their political contributions go to democrats. The number in front is their rank of top political contributors. Yes, government employee unions give $40 million of your tax dollars to democrats and are the number ONE political contributor
1 American Fedn of State, County & Municipal Emp $40,042,851 98%
6 Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
$28,883,334 97%
7 National Education Assn
$28,560,558 93%
8 Laborers Union
$27,123,389 91%
9 Service Employees International Union
$26,821,863 95%
10 Carpenters & Joiners Union
$26,152,749 90%
11 Teamsters Union
$25,832,517 92%
12 Communications Workers of America
$25,711,729 99%
13 American Medical Assn
$25,421,921 38% 65%
14 American Federation of Teachers
$25,199,393 98%
16 United Auto Workers
$24,632,459 98%
17 Machinists & Aerospace Workers Union
Posted on November 14 at 11:44 a.m.
The following will be the saviors of the Republic
AL
Robert E. "Bud" Cramer
Artur Davis
AR
Marion Berry
Mike Ross
CA
Joe Baca
Lois Capps
Dennis Cardoza
Jim Costa
Susan Davis
Anna Eshoo
Jane Harman
Mike Honda
Zoe Lofgren
Juanita Millender-McDonald
Grace Napolitano
Loretta Sanchez
Adam Schiff
Brad Sherman
Ellen Tauscher
Mike Thompson
CO
John Salazar
CT
John Larson
FL
Allen Boyd
Jim Davis
Tim Mahoney
Robert Wexler
GA
John Barrow
Sanford Bishop
Jim Marshall
David Scott
HI
Ed Case
IA
Leonard Boswell
IL
Melissa Bean
IN
Joe Donnelly
Brad Ellsworth
Baron Hill
KS
Dennis Moore
KY
Ben Chandler
LA
Charlie Melancon
ME
Tom Allen
Mike Michaud
MI
Bart Stupak
MN
Collin Peterson
MS
Gene Taylor
NC
Bob Etheridge
Mike McIntyre
Brad Miller
David Price
Heath Shuler
ND
Earl Pomeroy
NJ
Rush Holt
Steve Rothman
NM
Tom Udall
NV
Shelley Berkley
NY
Mike Arcuri
Steve Israel
Joseph Crowley
Kirsten Gillibrand
Carolyn McCarthy
Carolyn Maloney
Gregory Meeks
OH
Charlie Wilson
OK
Dan Boren
OR
Earl Blumenauer
Darlene Hooley
David Wu
PA
Tim Holden
Patrick Murphy
RI
Jim Langevin
SC
John Spratt
SD
Stephanie Herseth
TN
Jim Cooper
Lincoln Davis
Harold Ford
John Tanner
TX
Charlie Gonzalez
Ruben Hinojosa
Silvestre Reyes
UT
Jim Matheson
VA
Jim Moran
WA
Brian Baird
Jay Inslee
Rick Larsen
Adam Smith
WI
Ron Kind
Posted on November 11 at 11:01 p.m.
argh
You might be off the mark a little.
These "socialized" government schools??
Notre Dame, USC, Duke, Harvard, Yale, MIT, Cal Tech, Univ Chicago, Princeton, Univ Miami ........ need more ...... Stanford, Washington Univ Emory, Northwestern, Rice, Columbia
How about private high schools???? Top major city schools predominately private ( and usually cheaper cost wise than public schools)
How about a private High School in the worst neighborhood of Chicago that has 100% of its graduates accepted into college ............... every year since 1974 ........Providence St. Mel High School
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Posted on November 29 at 12:56 a.m.
All the Constitutional experts out there are completely unaware that Obama is not the president elect yet. The electoral college has not officially reported its results.
It will take place next month I believe.
On Letters to the editor: Nov. 29, 2008