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Fri May-25-07 07:51 AM
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| 17. Finally, milk on the table for the children again, just in time for the ethanol impact |
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Now that the corn crop is being used to power Hummers, Suburbans, and SUVs, the price of food globally will rise significantly.
This is so overdue, and part of the Bush legacy is that the way minimum wage got raised was as an attachment to his War of Lies.
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| -First minimum wage increase in more than a decade. |
kansasblue |
May-24-07 11:21 PM |
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We can't subsidize Amtrak, but it's okay to give money to AA and CAirlines. nt |
MookieWilson |
May-24-07 11:22 PM |
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I think we should be helping Amtrak. |
pnwmom |
May-24-07 11:25 PM |
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I absolutely think we should subsidize Amtrak. But every year they argue over a pitance... |
MookieWilson |
May-25-07 01:37 AM |
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that did seem a little strange. Auto industry is hurting too. nt |
kansasblue |
May-24-07 11:25 PM |
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Well whoopty fucking do. |
Dr.Phool |
May-24-07 11:25 PM |
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Because that made it veto proof. |
pnwmom |
May-24-07 11:26 PM |
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Think about it |
nadinbrzezinski |
May-25-07 03:30 PM |
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technical they were seperate. But the deal was made to get |
kansasblue |
May-24-07 11:27 PM |
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That really isn't true |
sandnsea |
May-24-07 11:30 PM |
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In the House, it was 2 bills. In the Senate, there was only 1 bill |
pnwmom |
May-25-07 02:58 AM |
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I agree with you pnwmom. |
avrdream |
May-25-07 04:36 AM |
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That's basically how I feel, too. |
pnwmom |
May-25-07 02:19 PM |
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Only a one year timber extension |
sandnsea |
May-24-07 11:27 PM |
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Sounds like 30 pieces of silver to me. |
Kagemusha |
May-24-07 11:36 PM |
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What if you were an adult making $5.15 an hour? |
pnwmom |
May-25-07 03:02 AM |
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The Democratic Congress couldn't have passed a minimum wage raise on their own? |
Bluebear |
May-25-07 04:16 AM |
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Bush would have vetoed it. He's the "decider," remember? |
pnwmom |
May-25-07 02:07 PM |
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So that more American kids can die in Iraq? That a serious question? |
Kagemusha |
May-25-07 07:39 AM |
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I don't think it would be an EASY decision for someone actually at that |
pnwmom |
May-25-07 02:10 PM |
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A Republican's gonna chew them out over voting against the minimum wage? |
Kagemusha |
May-25-07 02:50 PM |
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What if you were the mother of a young man coming home in a box? |
enough already |
May-25-07 08:03 AM |
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I asked my representatives to vote NO. However, I don't think it |
pnwmom |
May-25-07 02:13 PM |
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See, to me the decision would be easy and obvious. Dead kids vs a raise? No contest. nt |
Bluebear |
May-25-07 02:30 PM |
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I know pnwmom cares. This is about how "other people" might perceive it. |
Kagemusha |
May-25-07 02:52 PM |
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Thank you Kagemusha, |
pnwmom |
May-25-07 03:26 PM |
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I think they're fools to think anyone believes they give a damn about min wage. |
Kagemusha |
May-25-07 03:55 PM |
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I guess you have more confidence than I do in people being |
pnwmom |
May-25-07 04:09 PM |
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maybe they don't think defeating the bill would prevent the dead kids |
orangepeel68 |
May-25-07 04:26 PM |
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Reminds me of those old game shows on TV |
bluestateguy |
May-24-07 11:39 PM |
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LOL |
Forkboy |
May-25-07 08:15 AM |
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Finally, milk on the table for the children again, just in time for the ethanol impact |
L. Coyote |
May-25-07 07:51 AM |
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If there were still Republican majorities, this never would have happened |
skipos |
May-25-07 07:59 AM |
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How many young Americans will die for those "gains"? |
enough already |
May-25-07 08:01 AM |
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Poverty and Peace are my two pet issues in America today.... |
Totally Committed |
May-25-07 08:12 AM |
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Most of the increase doesn't take effect until after the 2008 elections! That is unbelievable to me. |
dunn |
May-25-07 12:03 PM |
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It also means they could have gotten a better deal after the elections. |
eppur_se_muova |
May-26-07 02:01 PM |
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Dems caved, dammit |
auburngrad82 |
May-25-07 12:05 PM |
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Insulting. This paltry increase is the bone they throw to us when torture, habeas corpus, |
rhett o rick |
May-25-07 01:04 PM |
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DU GrovelBot |
May-25-07 02:52 PM |
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