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Replying to: mikefm58 (Jan 10, 2009 6:20 am) Regards, OW |
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Replying to: gagrice (Jan 10, 2009 7:12 am) Regrds, OW |
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but still Wal*Mart is the evil enemy? Umm...how can you avoid Chinese-made products anymore, anyway? Might as well join 'em if ya can't beat 'em, eh? Word is it that unionization is starting to spread in to hospitals in southern Arizona. Yikes, the worker telling me this had to see my jaw drop down, but our "right to work state" of AZ is changing a bit. Seems the lowly hospital worker is tired of being pushed around and wants "representation" with worker-employer issues and wants unionization. News about dues...and well-represented hospital workers. Now that's progressive! Great news. 
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Replying to: iluvmysephia1 (Jan 10, 2009 8:35 am) Great stuff! Regards, OW |
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Replying to: gagrice (Jan 09, 2009 7:55 pm) Can't buy it. All I see is a bunch of dirty hippies with their ripped and faded blue jeans, long hair, love beads, peace signs, tie-dye shirts, and granny glasses! They drive around in their VW buses and smoking pot and listening to their Beatles albums! I see mass suicide when reality sets in. 
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Replying to: lemko (Jan 10, 2009 10:29 am) I guess you are right. That is where we got those hippies Bill and Hillary Clinton. Oh, and Obama's buddy Ayers was big during that time. I worked through the period, and did not know about Woodstock for months after it happened. The UAW was at their peek membership. Most of them are now retired wondering how much longer GM will carry them. I think It is worse now. I walk into a place and see someone covered with tattoos, spiked hair and piercings and I turn around and walk out. I still have not gotten over men with ear rings. |
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I'm with you on the earrings thing for men. Who decided that this was a desirable look for dudes, anyway? It seems the rock-n-rap stars would participate no matter what the temperature, but when MJ and all the significant athletes had to chime in I knew we were in for a long barf-bag ride with that idea.
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Replying to: iluvmysephia1 (Jan 10, 2009 11:59 am) Talk like a pirate day isn't until September. State of the auto industry from a union perspective (taxes, trade policy, health care and energy) : Did the Four Horsemen destroy the auto industry? (Delaware County Daily Times) |
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Replying to: steve_ (Jan 10, 2009 12:22 pm)  Yep, keep them perky high-quality cars off our soil. Force everyone here to buy higher priced/less desireable US made cars.  The best is force the transplants to use domestic parts(the same junk used in my Yukon Denali that keep failing) instead of the good parts produced elsewhere. When all cars/parts are made through robotics to get the highest quality and the US has not been at the forefront to get this achieved first, good-bye industry. You can tax and manipulate all you want but if the product is not competitive and does not sell, oh well.... HIT THE ROAD, JACK! Regards, OW |
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Replying to: steve_ (Jan 10, 2009 12:22 pm) Is he trying to explain why many wealthy car buyers would rather spend $55K or more on a 5-series BMW or E-class Mercedes than $45K on a Cadillac? I don't get it. Every so often, someone will suggest that the U.S. adopt its own VAT - either to raise more revenue or to reduce reliance on the income tax. But anyone who pays attention to tax policy here knows that the states are fiercely protective of their power to levy sales taxes & will never willingly share that with the Federal government. I'd also like to see Mr. Galley cite a source for his assertion that the Japanese manipulate the yen to give their auto exports a big cost advantage.
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