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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 09:50 AM Original message |
It is clear, the Senators who have Transplant Foreign Auto makers in their States |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. Just remember those foreign car makers are employing americans. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 09:54 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. At $14 an hour, who can afford their cars? |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 10:29 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. at $14/hour it's also better than being unemployeed |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 11:05 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. So the US Domestic auto industry should go bankrupt and throw the UAW out into the streets |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 11:06 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Do you bother reading what I posted in the message or just make assumptions from my subject line |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 11:17 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I make NO assumptions, there is NO happy medium with Shelby and his cabal |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 11:23 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Don't go assuming shit |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I think I already said I don't assume anything, especially "shit". |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. How about people first instead? |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 11:50 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I stand with my Union, first, always, sorry we disagree, I mean no disrespect. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 11:56 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Well, you can be that way, but just remember that there are others here who feel otherwise |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Oh, I understand how many 'others' on DU aren't behind the UAW |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Who said we weren't behind the UAW? |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Why is making a bridge loan to the Big 3 a threat to Southern tier jobs |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 01:25 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Why do you CONTINUE to read shit into my posts???!!1 |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 01:38 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. You know Lynne. you've got some huge chip on your shoulder today |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. I'm not even bothered reading your posts - you have major tunnel vision |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. I'm blind in one eye, hence, no chance of tunnel vision |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 02:21 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Just read what I type and try not to modify it with your own version |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 04:15 PM Response to Reply #36 |
53. LOL! |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. I'm going to disagree Lynne |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 01:28 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. If the economy wasn't tanking I'd agree with you |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 01:31 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I know- it's such a hard topic with no easy answers |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. I know the feeling - I can't wish bad karma on anyone |
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eomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 01:57 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. There's the Shock Doctrine in action. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 02:20 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. I'm more willing to take risks if we weren't already deep in the shitter with this economy |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 04:21 PM Response to Reply #15 |
54. The problem that I see is that some people think being in a union makes you into Labor Royalty. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 05:34 PM Response to Reply #54 |
63. "the big 3 loves pitting labor against itself" EXACTLY! |
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blue_onyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. How does helping the Big 3... |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 01:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
35. Let me add this |
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Nightflurry (132 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 11:31 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. UAW Workers make that too |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
48. NYT says Toyota workers make $45 an hour |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 04:09 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Great find, I bookmarked it and may throw it up in GD. |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. "Legacy Costs" are the real problem for American makers |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 05:12 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. I keep asking these Transplant supporters if they have ever talked |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 10:17 PM Response to Reply #55 |
68. And management didn't do their job of funding future liabilities. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 10:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. It will also be interesting to see their reactions to a natural disaster |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 04:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
56. Ed Schultz calls it ecomonic treason and Shelby an economic |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. So you disagree is that your point, or coming right out and saying it |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. I agree with Schultz. those who gave tax payers money to lure |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 05:37 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. Thanks I read it wrong, my apologies. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. no problem, sweets. I probably garbled my intentions in the original |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 05:47 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. I have slowly grown accustomed to ED |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. if you ever do, let us know. built in audience. :-D |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
2. More and more states are getting those plants. |
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navarth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
4. I agree with DainBramaged |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 10:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I does me bests! |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
7. How many of them got free cars from the foreign companies |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. K & R |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
19. There was poster from Alabama going on about the "competitive marketplace" last night |
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blue_onyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 12:57 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Yeah, I know the poster you are talking about |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
23. A Toyota plant in America hires as many workers as a Ford plant in America. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 01:08 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Why can't we build a GM plant in Japan then? |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 01:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
37. My American car lovin ass |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. You bet |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #26 |
40. "Japan imposes no tariffs on imported automobiles and auto parts" |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 02:20 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Oh really, I especially LOVE this part |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #40 |
60. Utter bullshit |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 01:24 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Do they have equal benefits, retirement and job security? |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #30 |
49. Their benefits according to the New York Times: |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
27. It's just Republicans and conservative Democrats being themselves. |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
28. busting the UAW will bust all workers' wages and benefits, just the beginning of the end for workers |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 01:25 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Bingo |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 10:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
69. We have a winner! |
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Idealism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
47. Can't let the Repukes get away with this crap |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. we are being held hostage AGAIN by the Japanese and their willing minions |
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Midwestern Democrat (238 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
50. They are completely shameless. IMO, relying on foreign corporations |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
59. More likely, they're just right wing ideologues |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
62. I just posted the fable of the Goose that Laid the Golden Egg. |
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