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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-19-10 05:36 PM
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73. Not complaining. Just not giving credit where no credit is due.
Detroit is not coming back to life. Not by a long shot. Unless they diversify into another industry; one that isn't the film industry taking advantage of a right to work state.

He didn't do anything, Lucky.
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  -No way does Obama deserve his current approval rating LuckyTheDog  Aug-18-10 02:13 PM   #0 
  - If it is because of the Mosque thing (which is really a community center)  Jennicut   Aug-18-10 02:15 PM   #1 
  - lol. hiring at $14/hr.  Hannah Bell   Aug-18-10 02:15 PM   #2 
  - And that's worse than laying people off...How?  LuckyTheDog   Aug-18-10 02:17 PM   #3 
  - layoffs are ongoing. $1/hr would be "better than laying people off".  Hannah Bell   Aug-18-10 02:19 PM   #4 
     - GM's plants in the U.S. are unionized  LuckyTheDog   Aug-18-10 02:23 PM   #5 
        - you haven't been paying attention to the "new" gm: right in your territory, too:  Hannah Bell   Aug-18-10 02:36 PM   #10 
           - That's a small, fairly new plant and the UAW is working to organize it  LuckyTheDog   Aug-18-10 03:02 PM   #12 
              - lol. there's more than one. and uaw is *not* "working to organize it". a gm subsidiary = gm. gm  Hannah Bell   Aug-18-10 03:14 PM   #15 
                 - OK, then  LuckyTheDog   Aug-18-10 03:20 PM   #20 
                 - you guys must own the straw factory.  Hannah Bell   Aug-18-10 03:25 PM   #22 
                    - Well, your crowd's point is to bash Obama no matter what.  geek tragedy   Aug-19-10 10:05 AM   #45 
                       - it's not about bashing obama. it's about countering the sunshine & lollipops spin.  Hannah Bell   Aug-19-10 02:38 PM   #61 
                          - Sunshine and lolipops?  LuckyTheDog   Aug-19-10 03:54 PM   #63 
                             - Yes, sunshine and lollipops...  ScreamingMeemie   Aug-19-10 04:01 PM   #64 
                                - So, what you really are saying is...  LuckyTheDog   Aug-19-10 04:11 PM   #66 
                                   - GM was in no danger of going out of business. anyone who kept up with their foreign operations knew  Hannah Bell   Aug-19-10 04:15 PM   #68 
                                   - Nope. That is just plain wrong.  LuckyTheDog   Aug-19-10 04:28 PM   #70 
                                      - lol. right, that 10% labor cost was killing them.  Hannah Bell   Aug-20-10 03:51 PM   #78 
                                         - Ummmm... GM was lost tens of billions of dollars over just a few years  LuckyTheDog   Aug-20-10 07:00 PM   #80 
                                            - ummmmm - you evidentally don't read their annual reports.  Hannah Bell   Aug-20-10 08:42 PM   #82 
                                   - Not complaining. Just not giving credit where no credit is due.  ScreamingMeemie   Aug-19-10 05:36 PM   #73 
                                      - Tell that to all those GM and Chrysler employees...  LuckyTheDog   Aug-19-10 07:05 PM   #75 
                                         - Really? I'll tell my laid off Chrysler employee brother in law that he's actually  ScreamingMeemie   Aug-20-10 01:46 PM   #77 
                                            - So, because they were laid off...  LuckyTheDog   Aug-20-10 06:57 PM   #79 
                                               - No because many hundreds of thousands of employees have lost  ScreamingMeemie   Aug-20-10 11:02 PM   #85 
                 - Oh. And the UAW really is trying to organize the facility (nt)  LuckyTheDog   Aug-19-10 07:17 PM   #76 
  - And now your blaming Obama?????/???#?@  B Calm   Aug-18-10 02:31 PM   #8 
     - I suggest you read the post again. It's short. Nice straw, by the way.  Hannah Bell   Aug-18-10 02:43 PM   #11 
  - It's The Intangibles...  KharmaTrain   Aug-18-10 02:23 PM   #6 
  - Under Obama were have officially become a third world nation  daa   Aug-18-10 02:29 PM   #7 
  - Do I think Chrysler and GM are a SUCCESS?  LuckyTheDog   Aug-18-10 03:18 PM   #18 
  - At 41 grand it doesn't matter how informed I am  daa   Aug-19-10 09:41 AM   #40 
     - Not true  LuckyTheDog   Aug-19-10 12:18 PM   #48 
  - Nice Tea Party talking points. Why do you post on a Democratic  geek tragedy   Aug-19-10 10:06 AM   #46 
     - UH auto manufacturing capacity 17 million  daa   Aug-19-10 02:18 PM   #52 
  - You get judged on what happened  zipplewrath   Aug-18-10 02:32 PM   #9 
  - Yep!  SammyWinstonJack   Aug-18-10 03:10 PM   #13 
  - Well said. I remember being so very enthusiastic about Obama.  metapunditedgy   Aug-18-10 03:31 PM   #23 
  - +1  Nite Owl   Aug-18-10 03:47 PM   #30 
     - +2  daa   Aug-19-10 02:20 PM   #53 
  - It's all about the economic pain caused by unemployment.  tritsofme   Aug-18-10 03:14 PM   #14 
  - "But we're not staring directly into the face of oblivion anymore."  Poboy   Aug-18-10 03:14 PM   #16 
  - who is this "we" the op speaks of?  Hannah Bell   Aug-18-10 03:20 PM   #19 
     - Alrighty then  LuckyTheDog   Aug-18-10 03:22 PM   #21 
        - You can add "false dichotomies" to the strawmen above with that post. n/t  metapunditedgy   Aug-18-10 03:34 PM   #24 
        - Where is the "false dichotomy"?  LuckyTheDog   Aug-19-10 08:16 AM   #35 
        - Or you can just be happy with your President  bigwillq   Aug-18-10 03:36 PM   #26 
  - >But we're not staring directly into the face of oblivion anymore.  Bluebear   Aug-18-10 03:15 PM   #17 
  - Well  LuckyTheDog   Aug-18-10 03:39 PM   #27 
     - Nobody here said they wished that McCain had won, so this is ridiculous.  Bluebear   Aug-18-10 05:27 PM   #33 
     - That WAS the other choice back in 2008  LuckyTheDog   Aug-19-10 08:15 AM   #34 
     - Are you happy about the thousands of union workers who were layed  ScreamingMeemie   Aug-19-10 02:22 PM   #54 
        - Had GM and Chrysler gone belly-up...  LuckyTheDog   Aug-19-10 02:31 PM   #57 
           - Newsflash...  ScreamingMeemie   Aug-19-10 02:35 PM   #60 
           - gm was in no danger of going belly-up -- anyone who looked at their overseas profits knew that.  Hannah Bell   Aug-19-10 02:41 PM   #62 
              - Still no solutuons?  LuckyTheDog   Aug-19-10 04:13 PM   #67 
                 - solutions -- to WHAT? I just told you, GM was never in danger of going under.  Hannah Bell   Aug-19-10 04:17 PM   #69 
                    - See my response above  LuckyTheDog   Aug-19-10 04:29 PM   #71 
                       - you have no response above.  Hannah Bell   Aug-19-10 05:16 PM   #72 
                          - Pasting it here (from above)  LuckyTheDog   Aug-19-10 06:58 PM   #74 
  - Obama has "saved the auto workers"...  bvar22   Aug-18-10 03:34 PM   #25 
  - Very good observation  geek tragedy   Aug-19-10 09:59 AM   #43 
  - What awesome job has he done?  Lucian   Aug-18-10 03:41 PM   #28 
  - I know, I know  LuckyTheDog   Aug-18-10 03:44 PM   #29 
     - I don't recall him running on any of those promises. nt  Javaman   Aug-18-10 03:51 PM   #31 
     - Maybe not, but I gotta admit  Fla_Democrat   Aug-19-10 08:32 AM   #39 
     - Well said Lucky...  tallahasseedem   Aug-19-10 08:20 AM   #36 
     - He's kicked some serious ass. Everything against a unified "No!" vote. n/t  deacon   Aug-19-10 08:29 AM   #38 
  - Well, at least we agree on the subject line.  Barack2theFuture   Aug-18-10 03:52 PM   #32 
  - In a way, the kitchen sink was thrown at the economy to get it where it is.  deacon   Aug-19-10 08:26 AM   #37 
  - A variety of trickle down solutions isn't the kitchen sink.  TheKentuckian   Aug-19-10 02:29 PM   #56 
  - Depends on where you stand  MadHound   Aug-19-10 09:47 AM   #41 
  - Maybe you should get more perspective and tone down the drama.  geek tragedy   Aug-19-10 10:02 AM   #44 
     - Spoken like one who isn't in the field of education  MadHound   Aug-19-10 11:48 AM   #47 
     - The "war on public education"...  LuckyTheDog   Aug-19-10 12:19 PM   #49 
     - I wish. Teaching has always been my back up  EFerrari   Aug-19-10 02:32 PM   #58 
     - "the fact of the matter."  geek tragedy   Aug-19-10 12:58 PM   #51 
     - Guess you are not a teacher  daa   Aug-19-10 02:25 PM   #55 
        - +infinity!!  Ishoutandscream2   Aug-20-10 08:54 PM   #84 
  - I think the reason for low polling is the twisted public information  BlancheSplanchnik   Aug-19-10 09:55 AM   #42 
  - Many unemployed people would disagree. Right or Wrong.  KansasVoter   Aug-19-10 12:20 PM   #50 
  - "GM and Chrysler would be out of business by now "  ScreamingMeemie   Aug-19-10 02:33 PM   #59 
  - I'm right here with ya!  JNelson6563   Aug-19-10 04:03 PM   #65 
  - Thank you (nt)  LuckyTheDog   Aug-20-10 07:01 PM   #81 
  - K&R!  Liberal_in_LA   Aug-20-10 08:46 PM   #83 
 

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