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Tuesday,------- The redheaded step children will host Obama here at MCIE!
Surprise visit!
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Hopeful
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BuffaloJoe
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Yeah it could be McCain/Putnin! 😱
Pain at the Pump
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I'm not certain of the seniority situation of the Kansas City maintenance workers, but if all of those people who are scheduled for furlough(from KC) would have a guaranteed job in the American system, then the case could not be made for "those persons" losing ther jobs(outsourced)
From what I can gather from the contractual information, relocation is hardly outsourced !
From what I can gather from the contractual information, relocation is hardly outsourced !
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<_< ----- Pain: None of the people loosing their job's here are protected! Why do you think they're picking on us? ( At least one of the reasons!) :down: And don't construed this wrong. I don't expect this visit to change anything!
Pain at the Pump
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I was unaware of the lack of "protection" for the workers at Mci, but thanks to your information, i (now) know !
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The Goose
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I'm sure you people are painfully aware of this but that turkey doesn't give a tinker's damn about MCI or any other working person. The problem lies in the fact that McCain isn't any different.
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Turkey? The only turkeys I see around here are on this board, a whole flock of'em!
WHY DON"T YOU GUYS RETIRE
At first he said he was in St. Louis when they introduced him after wife's act...I mean speech....perhaps he was having flashbacks of his landing in STL with the deployed rear chute in the tail cone...
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Actually, if you value your right to strike, there IS a difference.
McCain has gone on the record as a strong advocate of binding arbitration for airline employees.
Disclaimer: I am not even sure how I will vote yet, so this is not a partisan political post. However, if I were a single-issue voter, and voted only as an airline employee, I would not vote for McCain.
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The Goose
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The pro-labor stance of the democrats is quite helpful to us, but as you say this isn't a single issue election.
My comment was about the typical sell-out of the people for a minority group's gain that we've seen over the last 8 years ('minority' meaning corporate Amerika).
Republicans will continue the sell-out of the people to corporate Amerika; Any Democratic President will do the same; the "proletariat" (The working class) can't afford to/won't support the elite ruling class in the manner to which they've become accustomed.
In these ways, there isn't a dime's worth of difference. Everything else is fluff to give the electorate (us) something to occupy ourselves with in the time leading up to November's election. I would prefer a "None of the Above" box on the ballot. That would be a guaranteed win every time.
Ben Franklin's observation was very astute "Those who would give up essential Liberty for a little temporary safety deserve neither Liberty nor safety". The two major parties have exploited this to the max; one promises "safety" (the ability to strike an employer), but at what cost to the balance of our Liberties? The other would allow the balance of those Liberties but take away the right to strike.
The platforms have been carefully crafted to take advantage of any American's fears. Be aware of this before voting.
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McCain thinks that $5 million/Year earnings is Middle Class. If that's the case I am being short changed.
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/ge...s1327is.txt.pdf
I dont consider myself a single issue voter either but when someone takes such a hostile position against my economic interests, something where politics plays a pivotal role, even more so than moral issues, there is no way I could ever support him.
A vote for McCain is a vote against ever seeing our pay and benifits restored. So if the idea of having someone who is of mixed race being the President is so repugnant that some workers would rather have someone who is as hostile to workers as McCain is then they should go ahead and give him their vote and they will get the President they deserve.
