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To: Military family member

I think this is all going to backfire on the unions and the democrats.

“Union member” now has a pretty negative ring to most American’s ears. The stereotype is the image of an under-educated, overweight, overpaid, selfish, lazy slob who would rather see their plant close and go unemployed than make a reasonable wage/benefit concession.

Which is pretty much what they putting on display in our various state capitols right now.


3 posted on 02/22/2011 12:55:22 PM PST by henkster (Before we make any more "investments" we ought to be shown the prospectus.)
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To: henkster

This is the second shutdown of a state government by Democrats.

This is a War on the Democratic Process.


4 posted on 02/22/2011 12:57:37 PM PST by Palmetto Patriot (Just exactly when is the next Election?)
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To: henkster

Pretty much nailed an accurate description.

There’s a GM plant here in Indy that GM was going to shut down, or sell to another company. The other company would have wanted some wage concessions from the UAW as part of the purchase agreement. Guess how the UAW voted?

Yep, GM is going to shut the plant. Some of the employees will probably get to relocate, but the rest will be out of a job.

The shear stupidity of the unions is a thing to behold.


8 posted on 02/22/2011 1:04:04 PM PST by AFreeBird
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To: henkster
I'd have to 100% agree about this backfiring.
Reading various articles and user comments regarding this subject shows union apologists are outnumbered about 20-1.
Heck, even on yahoo news the comments are mostly calls to fire every one of them.
All I can say is I hope the republicans don't freekin cave on this one.
It's really too bad there is no way to deem their positions abandoned and vote without them. It was all fun and games when they were the majority... now look at em; acting like children.
9 posted on 02/22/2011 1:04:36 PM PST by FunkyZero ("It's not about duck hunting !")
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To: henkster

You have accurately described what a union member IS, but I fear that the ignorant-pig-dog American voter (Obama in White House, US Senate in Dem hands) has a soft spot for union filth in their hearts. I remember even G. Gordon Liddy once saying on his radio show, “Now they’ll go on strike and engage in collective bargaining and that’s all fine and good, because it’s part of American history...” (paraphrase). I nearly fainted.


14 posted on 02/22/2011 1:09:58 PM PST by Doctor 2Brains (If the government were Paris Hilton, it could not score a free drink in a bar full of lonely sailors)
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To: henkster
“Union member” now has a pretty negative ring to most American’s ears

Well, after 10 year old kids were stopped from working 12 hour days, 6 days a week, the unions pretty much jumped the shark

Jimmy Hoffa et al not withstanding.

17 posted on 02/22/2011 1:13:29 PM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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