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Tue Mar-31-09 01:17 PM
Response to Reply #16 |
| 64. The washing machine maker took off for China. |
| -Maybe Michigan needs to stop its dependency on the auto industry. Is there anything left to lose? |
eeyore |
Mar-31-09 11:29 AM |
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Why is all this rightwing crap tolerated here? nt |
Romulox |
Mar-31-09 11:30 AM |
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Did you read my post at all? |
eeyore |
Mar-31-09 11:32 AM |
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Yep. Rightwing apologia, recycled from the NAFTA debate. nt |
Romulox |
Mar-31-09 11:33 AM |
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SO what do you think should happen? Mods lock the post? Ban the member? |
MadBadger |
Mar-31-09 11:34 AM |
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I think I did what I thought should happen: called him on his RW bs. |
Romulox |
Mar-31-09 11:36 AM |
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Wasn't NAFTA supposed to be the big savior for Michigan? |
KamaAina |
Mar-31-09 01:18 PM |
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Is that a joke? We opposed it tooth and nail. nt |
Romulox |
Mar-31-09 06:14 PM |
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It was an unfunny joke on the part of the NAFTA partisans |
KamaAina |
Apr-01-09 01:01 PM |
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So economic diversity is right wing? Interesting. |
anigbrowl |
Mar-31-09 11:14 PM |
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It's liberal to restrict American manufacturing? |
Kalyke |
Mar-31-09 01:19 PM |
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Restrict it how? |
anigbrowl |
Mar-31-09 11:15 PM |
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when you go all the way to the right of the clock |
maxsolomon |
Mar-31-09 11:35 AM |
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What the hell is a "social libertarian"? |
Oregone |
Mar-31-09 11:36 AM |
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A rightwinger who was forced out of the Puke party by fundies. nt |
Romulox |
Mar-31-09 11:38 AM |
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noam chomsky |
maxsolomon |
Mar-31-09 11:39 AM |
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Yeah, my neighbor down the street would love live in that society |
Oregone |
Mar-31-09 11:46 AM |
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I think the order you put those words in has an impact on the meaning... nt |
Romulox |
Mar-31-09 06:21 PM |
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It's hard to take a "libertarian" argument seriously when it does not mention the TRILLIONS |
Romulox |
Mar-31-09 11:37 AM |
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"pounding sand down a rat hole" |
maxsolomon |
Mar-31-09 11:41 AM |
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I wonder if eeyore feels that the trillions to Wall Street are "sustainable"? |
Romulox |
Mar-31-09 11:43 AM |
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Wall Street is fucked. |
eeyore |
Mar-31-09 11:49 AM |
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If $3 trillion of taxpayer $$$ (no strings attached) is "fucked", I'm reaching for the KY. nt |
Romulox |
Mar-31-09 11:51 AM |
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Fucked as in beyond disgusting. |
eeyore |
Mar-31-09 11:58 AM |
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We have been diversifying |
blue_onyx |
Mar-31-09 12:01 PM |
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Yes, "we should try reforming the manufacturing economy towards sustainability" |
Occam Bandage |
Mar-31-09 11:37 AM |
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It's an empty platitude most frequently deployed by advocates of globalization. |
Romulox |
Mar-31-09 11:39 AM |
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No, it isn't. "Sustainability" is usually an anti-globalization, pro-environmentalist buzzword. |
Occam Bandage |
Mar-31-09 11:40 AM |
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The OP uses the language of the Left to justify the economic program of the Right. |
Romulox |
Mar-31-09 11:42 AM |
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I don't think it's that clear. |
Occam Bandage |
Mar-31-09 11:45 AM |
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The OP is suggesting free market fundamentalism as the answer to Detroit's problem |
Romulox |
Mar-31-09 11:47 AM |
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Where are you getting free markets? He's referencing times when |
Occam Bandage |
Mar-31-09 11:49 AM |
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He's talking about letting GM fail, dullard. nt |
Romulox |
Mar-31-09 11:50 AM |
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From a preposterously left-wing perspective. |
Occam Bandage |
Mar-31-09 11:53 AM |
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The OP uses the language of the Left to justify the economic program of the Right. |
Romulox |
Mar-31-09 11:55 AM |
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We heard you first time. Still bullshit. |
anigbrowl |
Mar-31-09 11:24 PM |
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Sez you. Others don't see it that way. |
anigbrowl |
Mar-31-09 11:25 PM |
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Oregon has one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation right now |
Oregone |
Mar-31-09 11:34 AM |
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add in casinos to the bad economic strategies of the west |
maxsolomon |
Mar-31-09 11:38 AM |
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Ug, dont remind me. Yeah, that casino in Coos Bay sure turned that town into San Francisco overnight |
Oregone |
Mar-31-09 11:42 AM |
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Were you here in the mid 80s? |
eeyore |
Mar-31-09 11:42 AM |
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Yes I was |
Oregone |
Mar-31-09 11:58 AM |
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I can't deny that Oregon is in a rough economic time. |
eeyore |
Mar-31-09 12:19 PM |
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A lot of these creative industries are only possible, because there is so much... |
Oregone |
Mar-31-09 12:30 PM |
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Advocating a huge shift from a strong manufacturing economy to a service economy is disingenuous. |
ogneopasno |
Mar-31-09 11:36 AM |
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So the solution is to rely on the corporate robbers of the Service industry? |
HughBeaumont |
Mar-31-09 11:37 AM |
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How about diversifying? |
eeyore |
Mar-31-09 11:44 AM |
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Silly eeyore. If we have multiple gods, how will we know which ones to worship? |
anigbrowl |
Mar-31-09 11:27 PM |
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What will these future generations be driving? nt |
sufrommich |
Mar-31-09 11:38 AM |
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Who knows? |
eeyore |
Mar-31-09 11:45 AM |
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"Maybe nothing at all" |
sufrommich |
Mar-31-09 11:48 AM |
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Honesty, I have no idea. |
eeyore |
Mar-31-09 11:53 AM |
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there was a time before cars. |
maxsolomon |
Mar-31-09 01:09 PM |
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this is more about saving the manufacturing base than the auto industry per se... |
angstlessk |
Mar-31-09 11:38 AM |
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The washing machine maker took off for China. |
amandabeech |
Mar-31-09 01:17 PM |
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They're trying |
bluestateguy |
Mar-31-09 11:39 AM |
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It's not a foregone conclusion |
zipplewrath |
Mar-31-09 12:38 PM |
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Well they do have a great football program at big blue. |
Hubert Flottz |
Mar-31-09 11:40 AM |
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Not right now they dont |
MadBadger |
Mar-31-09 11:41 AM |
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They just need a better coach... |
Hubert Flottz |
Mar-31-09 01:02 PM |
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I'm glad you've decided for us |
blue_onyx |
Mar-31-09 11:48 AM |
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I'm not being critical, just asking an honest question |
eeyore |
Mar-31-09 12:03 PM |
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Well, you were being critical |
blue_onyx |
Mar-31-09 12:16 PM |
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Perhaps I wasn't clear... |
eeyore |
Mar-31-09 12:34 PM |
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When GM and Chrysler go under, |
amandabeech |
Mar-31-09 01:19 PM |
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First of all, the auto industry doesn't just involve Michigan, |
MadHound |
Mar-31-09 11:52 AM |
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What MadHound said. |
sufrommich |
Mar-31-09 11:54 AM |
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A manufacturing base is a fantastic thing... |
eeyore |
Mar-31-09 12:07 PM |
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Oregon's manufacturing base consists of.... |
Oregone |
Mar-31-09 12:10 PM |
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You need to come to Portland |
eeyore |
Mar-31-09 12:21 PM |
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Ive been to Portland, Ive also been to... |
Oregone |
Mar-31-09 12:44 PM |
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Which is why we need to revive ours |
MadHound |
Mar-31-09 12:20 PM |
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It might not be to the focus of your post but you just can't have |
tech3149 |
Mar-31-09 12:16 PM |
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You exactly got my point. |
eeyore |
Mar-31-09 12:25 PM |
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eeyore, several posters have given you testimony to the |
Fire1 |
Mar-31-09 01:13 PM |
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yeah. The rest of the country is cutting the auto makers loose. |
leftofthedial |
Mar-31-09 01:16 PM |
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True for Michigan and many other areas of the country - time to move on... |
polichick |
Mar-31-09 06:19 PM |
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maybe you need to get a clue |
shugah |
Mar-31-09 10:17 PM |
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"It'll be rough for a generation" .... are you planning to go there to help the |
TBF |
Apr-01-09 01:11 PM |
#78 |
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