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Sunday, April 22, 2012
9 comments:
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Skoonj said...
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I give all my slaves pizza. Then, its BACK TO WORK, SLAVE!
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4/22/12, 12:52 PM
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vanderleun said...
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If my slaves ask for pizza I say, "Sure. Let me slip you in the oven!"
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4/22/12, 1:04 PM
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Alear said...
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I've worked, separately, for both the Teamsters and the AFT. I state categorically that the leaders I'd met for both operations are some of the most despicable people I've ever met.
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4/22/12, 1:48 PM
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Anonymous said...
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My father-in-law was a carpenter and concrete finisher for a good many years in the 50's and 60's in our home town of Cut Bank in north-central Montana. One day in 1953, a Carpenter's Union organizer came to town from Great Falls and tried to get My father-in-law and his crew to join the union. They all got out their shingling hatchets and told him to get out of town, not just no, but right now. That organizer was not seen again in any of the towns on the Montana Hi-Line. (BTW, the Montana Hi_line is those towns along U.S Highway #2 between Cut Bank and Havre, about a 135 mile stretch).
Scottiebill -
4/22/12, 2:15 PM
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Anonymous said...
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Americas unions have been poisoned by the same thing that is choking the rest of our nation AFFIRMATIVE ACTION has watered down the quality of the membership and filled the ranks with un - qualified but minority members . Walk into any government building in any city , and more often than not you'll be greeted with a racially diverse person who could not hold a job in a pie factory . Yet they breed like rats , and realize that there is safety in numbers . They are not simply going to admit the obvious , and go away , so what will our nation do ? We will merely continue our spiral into the sewer of history . sad ; ( >
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4/22/12, 6:15 PM
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Anonymous said...
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I've posted this before, but can't remember exactly where:
In the first half of the 20th century, unions brought about significant changes and crucial benefits to many American workers. They stimulated a steady rise in the standard of living by bringing reason and sanity to counter corporate greed and abuse of workers. In general, they made life better for everyone.
In the second half of the 20th century, unions created an unproductive adversarial relationship between management and labor which created huge numbers of administrative positions which union members had to pay for through their dues and consumers had to pay for through increased prices. In general, they priced US industry out of the world market and triggered a slow but steady decline in product quality.
By the beginning of the 3rd millennium, unions had become parasites which victimize the society at large and force manufacturers to relocate to countries with lower tax and labor rates just to remain viable. Today’s unions have degenerated into little more than corrupt special-interest groups interested in nothing more than self-preservation through extortion, intimidation, and political terrorism.
Their primary goal is exorbitant wages and benefits for members so that they can fund political machines geared toward promoting their own interests and longevity, especially for their bloated and top-heavy managerial structure. Worker loyalty is guaranteed by the ridiculous wages, golden retirement packages, and other compensations they extract from employers through shake-down tactics.
They began by acquiring and ensuring more rights and privileges for American workers and society in general than any governmental, societal, or religious authority ever created by men. But as with all good things, the wealth and power attracted devious, greedy, corrupt, and unethical tyrants who preyed upon their own members and tyrannized anyone who resisted their insidious machinations, turning a benign benefactor organization into a bloodsucking malignant tumor.
el bocopro -
4/22/12, 7:23 PM
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Anonymous said...
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A dedicated UAW worker was attending a convention in Las Vegas
and, as you would expect, decided to check out the local brothels nearby.
When he got to the first one, he asked the Madam, "Is this a union house?"
"No," she replied, "I'm sorry it isn't."
"Well, if I pay you $100.00, what cut do the girls get?"
"The house gets $80.00 and the girls get $20.00."
Mightily offended at such unfair dealings, the man stomped off down the
street in search of a more equitable, hopefully unionized shop. His search
continued until finally he reached a brothel where the Madam responded,
"Why yes sir, this IS a Union House."
The man asked, "And if I pay you $100.00, what cut do the girls get?"
"The girls get $80.00 and the house gets $20."
"That's more like it!!!" the UAW man said. He handed the Madam $100.00,
looked around the room and pointed to a stunningly attractive blonde. I'd
like her for the night."
"I'm sure you would, sir," said the Madam, then gesturing to an 85 year old
woman in the corner, "but Ethel has Seniority."
Casca -
4/22/12, 7:40 PM
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Anonymous said...
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el bocopro, I don't know what planet you grew up on, but on this one your story would be much more accurate if it started out, "In the first five minutes of the 20th century, unions brought about significant changes and crucial benefits to many American workers." I am not aware of any time when unions gave more than lip service to the welfare of it's members and didn't use anything other than rank thuggery to achieve it's self-serving goals.
GrinfilledCelt -
4/22/12, 11:47 PM
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Rodger the Real King of France said...
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Celt wins the Chevy Monza
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4/23/12, 2:16 PM
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