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15. The country has ignored Michigan for a long time

Tue Dec 11, 2012, 10:01 PM

Dec 2012

And organized labor has been steadily weakened because of it. I hope what happened today is a wake up call for the rest of the country.

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The Coup In Michigan That The Press Is Ignoring [View all] HiPointDem Dec 2012 OP

Class warfare nineteen50 Dec 2012 #11

fascist coup, harder-core than everyday class warfare HiPointDem Dec 2012 #19

Maybe it ought to be a criminal offense for a politician to limpyhobbler Dec 2012 #2

I am beyond disturbed by this gollygee Dec 2012 #3

This is insanity Lifelong Protester Dec 2012 #4

K & R !!! WillyT Dec 2012 #5

K&R woo me with science Dec 2012 #7

General Strike warrprayer Dec 2012 #8

kick DonRedwood Dec 2012 #9

Bus in the teamsters, longshoremen, pipefitters and anarchists. lonestarnot Dec 2012 #24

I read that Wisconsin union workers came to support Michigan... midnight Dec 2012 #25

My 2 cents... ReRe Dec 2012 #13

Exactly ReRe Dec 2012 #21

i don't quite get what you mean by left turn. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #22

What I meant was... ReRe Dec 2012 #26

Our little city mngr is making over 300K annually here. lonestarnot Dec 2012 #28

NPR was all over this story today. Multiple times, fyi riderinthestorm Dec 2012 #14

The country has ignored Michigan for a long time 1gobluedem Dec 2012 #15

K&R hay rick Dec 2012 #17

K&R'd. And . . . snot Dec 2012 #18

Either it's life's biggest mystery.... ReRe Dec 2012 #29

k&R limpyhobbler Dec 2012 #30