Fuck all anti-union conservatives everywhere. That is all. nt

[Zorra]

[RKP5637]

1. Yep, agree!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[mailman82]

3. Fuck Yeah!

[backscatter712]

2. A-fucking-men!

They're would-be slave-owners and slave-masters.

The hate I have for those sons-of-bitches has no bounds.

[RKP5637]

4. A real problem is many Americans just don't get it that many of the rights they

do have in a work environment only exist because of what the unions did.

[Zorra]

5. Absolutely. And this goes so way beyond just the work environment.

Without the long term support of labor unions, Democrats would have been powerless to bring about every single good thing about this country.

[RKP5637]

19. And sooo many in this country, even some democrats, would like to knock out the union pilings

that have supported the democratic party.

[Zorra]

32. It boggles the mind why any Democrat would want to break the power of unions.

The nation’s union membership rate continued a decades-long slide last year, falling to 11.8 percent of the American work force in 2011, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced in a report on Friday.

The top 1% takes 43% of the pie while the bottom 90% gets only 36%


"Bwaaahaaahaaa! We told them the wealth would trickle down!"

In effect there are increasingly two economies, a wealthy “top” economy doing very well, and a “bottom” economy for roughly the bottom 99% facing income stagnation, with dwindling wealth and resources.

Only the wealthy few have had income growth in the last 30 years

This next graph [5] shows rapidly increasing income growth for the top 1% in the past ten years. It also shows that for the entire bottom 60% there has been very little growth in per household income over the last 30 years, well under 1% annually.

Union membership: Declining steadily since Reagan.

Workers: Declining income equality since Reagan.

The wealthiest Americans: Markedly increased income since Reagan.

"Bwaaahaaahaaa! We told them the wealth would trickle down!"


WAKE UP AMERICA!!!

[RKP5637]

34. It is a brainwashed lethargic ambivalent citizenry for the most part. Many have

no idea of the battles fought to provide what they have left today. It's a society woefully lacking a comprehensive education.

[pampango]

7. Too many today want to tear down workers who have a "good deal" rather than demanding the "good deal

for themselves.

The GOP politics of creating envy of other workers who have it a little better than you is done in a way that is supposed to motivate you to drag those workers down to your level rather than provide bring you up to theirs. Unfortunately, conservatives have been quite good at selling that brand of politics.

[RKP5637]

18. Exactly!!! They are promoting the race to the bottom and far too many are

climbing aboard the train while waving the flag and cheering on the destruction of their own future.

[woo me with science]

11. This is the problem of Third Way infiltration.

During the debt ceiling debate, Obama chose not to correct the malignant Republican talking points about the need for austerity. Instead, he chose to give speeches about pea eating and to cement all the right-wing lies about our economy and what is needed to fix it.

This strike is an opportunity for Democrats to CORRECT the union bashing narrative that has taken hold in this country. The President has a bully pulpit and the resources to take control of this narrative and educate the country.

What they choose to say and do here, and how passionately and persistently they say and do it, will convey a lot about the depth of the infiltration we face.

[RKP5637]

16. My fear is I think I already know the answer, but will wait and see with an optimistic mind

for the best.

[woo me with science]

21. "Obama’s top spokesman said the president has not taken sides.."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021313140

Here we go again.

[daleanime]

26. "Take no side....."

Means your taking the wrong side and don't want to talk about it.

[RKP5637]

27. This is what torques me, the R's are allowed by default to take the upper hand, then by the

time the WH responds, and gets beyond the compromise bit, the republicans have cemented in the nations' mind whatever they wish. This, is just one more example.

[TBF]

14. The past 30 years have been very conservative

rule in this country - and that includes the current administration. Not that they aren't better than the competition, but we are still sitting in the center at best and that just lends itself to being pulled right.

Labor history is not taught in schools, and the many of the hard-core labor members who worked in manufacturing jobs were laid off years ago. Those jobs aren't coming back, but our unions ought to be in the retail and other service spheres. Instead folks seem to be just watching as wages go lower & lower. The longer it continues the harder the fight will be to bring them back up.

K&R for the OP.

[RKP5637]

15. I was never in a union, because of the nature of the job I had, but I've always

appreciated the unions and have always recognized the tremendous job they did of improving working conditions and wages for everyone. I just don't get it, so many Americans are so nonchalant as everything slips and is taken from them.

I have no idea anymore what it will take to wake this country up. I thought 8 years of Bush was doing it, but apparently not. I feel quite uncomfortable in the US, I really question what the future holds. Way too many are politically naive and gullible, and far too many think TV ads are giving them the correct information, for example. And way too many are proud of their ignorance.

Joseph Goebbels would have loved the US today, he could have done anything he wanted and many Americans would goggle it right up.

[TBF]

30. Agree -

a line in my family traces themselves back to a Puritan who came here in 1635. Frankly, at this point, I wish he had stayed in England. Not that Europe is perfect, but at least with social issues I think I'd be much more comfortable somewhere like Sweden. This country is becoming quite frightening.

[RKP5637]

33. My heritage goes back to europe too, I think similarly. Depending on the

results of the elections the US could be a frightening place. Already here we don't even have democrats that are running for office anymore, for the most part, in Nov.

And the moderate republicans were voted out in the recent primaries. All we have left now, for the most part, are right wing loony teabaggers. And, the state is projected to go, seriously, 99.7% for Romney/Ryan. They all really wanted Santorum for president in the primaries, but now have to settle for Romney/Ryan as their saviors.

We have a major congressional election coming up and the republican is running unchallenged in this huge district.

[TBF]

36. In my congressional district we have a Repug

and a LaRouchie democrat who wants to impeach Obama. What a choice. No one wants to put serious money into the races here until we get better dem turnout so it's a catch-22. I'm convinced we might have a chance with our new state democratic chairman who is Hispanic to reach labor. If we can get them organized and voting we'll have a shot at doing much better.

It is frightening to see a lot of young people reaching out to the Ron Paul campaign - they like what he has to say about MJ and ending the wars. Unfortunately his economic policies and views toward women are just as bad if not worse than the repugs. Greece is being threatened with fascism and similarly we will be here as well.

[Odin2005]

6. Fuck all so-called "Liberals" that bash unions, too!

[wilsonbooks]

8. Yes indeed!

[pasto76]

12. which is -a lot- of people

[RKP5637]

22. +++ 1,000,000 +++ n/t

[LaydeeBug]

9. kick

[woo me with science]

10. Fuck Republicans in Democrat suits. nt

[RKP5637]

24. We have some democrats in this state, what's left of the

democratic party, that are so right wing they are right wing of some of the R right wingers.

[xchrom]

13. Du rec. Nt

[porphyrian]

17. ! n/t

[Fuddnik]

20. With a chainsaw!

[sufrommich]

23. Does that include people driving non union made cars? nt

[SidDithers]

25. DU rec...nt

Sid

[BrainMann1]

28. Here in Texas it's bad.

Some of us don't have any idea that the work environment can be all company and you have to put up with anything they say. When faced with this they just hide thier faces.

[librechik]

29. well said!

and the elephant they rode in on!

[KG]

31. piss on rahm emmanuel

[Starry Messenger]

35. Without unions this country would be dead.

A fucking toilet.

[Edweird]

37. Indeed. Especially the New "dem"/DLC/Third way pieces of human garbage.

I have a white hot hatred of them that burns with the power of a thousand suns. They are the worst kind of two-faced lowlife scum.