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This one, however, _is_ real. Funding was essentially stopped when the Dems took over Congress. Note that the biggest advocate is the Governor of Montana, a blue-dog Democrat. Nancy Pelosi seems to _hate_ those. Montana's Coal Cowboy, Lesley Stahl Reports On An Ambitious Fuel Plan - CBS News

People felt much the same way about Stalin and Hitler. These leaders also created similar cults of personality about them, and pushed "big-government" ideas featuring "change", "hope", and "justice". In their time, they too were seen as saviors. They also willingly associated with...

Today marks the beginning of the worst disaster for America since the loss of China in 1948.

Who says I support the "union culture"? I just want the facts straight, is all. Nothing in life is black/white simple. Everything's a lighter or darker shade of gray. And, yes, I do expect worse is coming. Same as there'd be worse if the media took a similar interest in, say, IBM...

I've actually been to Black Lake... It's main purpose, near as I can tell, is to serve as a sort of shrine. During the 1950's and 1960's, the UAW and other labor groups around the world saw unions having a much _larger_ socio/political role in the future, a la Europe, not a smaller one as...

My point is that in an institution this size this kind of thing is gonna happen, bailout or no. I can understand that the public wants to know. Just keep it in perspective, is all I ask. I'm sure worse will be exposed before it's all over.

I know. Nothing like this _ever_ happens outside union plants. No one ever steals time, nobody is ever lazy, and there's no corruption of any kind. It's only in union plants that we find cases like this one.

CNN weighs in-- What's on the line for the UAW - Dec. 19, 2008

Yep, I know _exactly_ what you're talking about. And how frustrating the whole thing was for _everyone_. This situation-- which, thank god, was finally resolved on most plants (I've heard) in the last contract, and was resolved in mine in mine prior to its 1990 opening, is the result of too...

I won't argue with a single point you've made here, save one. Yes, I've got a good deal-- it's why I work there, and I'll unashamedly admit I'm also looking for the best deal possible in my next job. (Again, that's why I'm here.) Yes, the lazy people that you find everywhere take advantage of...

That was a lot of years and many, many concessionary contracts ago.

I'm not currently on layoff; I'm on disability from my motorbike accident, getting about 60% pay. It starts out a little higher than 60%; I forget exactly and my most recent experience is hazy due to the happy-pills I sometimes was taking. I think it's something like 80% for something like the...

Most of it is from personal experience and intensive training I received as a leader at the Saturn plant, back when it was new circa 1990. This training, conducted jointly by management and the UAW and whose content had to be approved by both sides, cited the figures RE percentage of labor in...

You realize, of course, that by the same measure that a UAW worker makes $75 an hour a Mac Donald's worker probably makes $15 and a Wal-Marter better than $20? I've seen the math from which this figure is derived; it includes stuff that _no one_ else adds in, like the SSI co-payment by the...

I can attest that it's real-- my copy arrived Wednesday. Even worse, by pure coincidence I'd actually shipped a package on the date listed. But, a couple things made me suspicious. One was that they said the package had been returned to my "local office" instead of specifying a location. Another...

Quote: Originally Posted by Rabbit View Post All human freedom begins with property rights, so that every time property rights are eroded, freedom is eroded. Uhm, if you think about that for even a few seconds, you'll realize how silly that sounds. Sure, every time property rights are eroded...

I believe, due to Obama's extreme leftist policies, that this election marks the worst day for human freedom since the fall of China to the Communists in 1948. John Edwards would've been even worse, and Hillary Clinton just as bad. All human freedom begins with property rights, so that every...

For what it's worth, I bookmarked this thread to send to an unemployed young man, only to find that it's gone. Yes, it was off-topic. But it was darned useful, too. I've never seen the info collected in one place like that, minus all the ripoff driving school ads.

That's I never voted for Neil Bush for any office. Just like I never voted for Billy Carter, either.

You can't get one with a manny, near as I can tell. This link won't take you direct to the page-- I couldn't make that work. But go there, and click on "transmissions". Chevrolet | 2008 Express Van - Specifications | Chevy Van