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Cutatious (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 10:22 AM Original message |
Some NYC plow drivers admit slow response to storm cleanup was no accident |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
1. From pictures I saw, it looked like Bloomberg's street was plowed |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 10:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. It's always Queens. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 05:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
31. Not under Giuliani. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 05:32 AM Response to Reply #2 |
100. Staten Island too. Our neighborhood only got plowed |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
3. He said, she said. |
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Beavker (784 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 10:54 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. I think they'd be smart enough to withhold plowing |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
4. Careful of spin here, folks. No political machine does it better. |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 10:48 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I live in the Midwest, but my bullshit radar went off immediately |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 10:59 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I must have the same radar. nt |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 11:11 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Odd. The OP lives in Va. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #18 |
34. Well-financed. |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 11:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
89. Hell, even the title itself: "Some say" |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 02:14 AM Response to Reply #4 |
99. Slow Down |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
5. I'm skeptical |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
6. Oh, so reports of anonymous "guilt-ridden" workers make an ironclad case? |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
7. welcome to DU--ALWAYs check the sources |
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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
8. 'told the New York Post' |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
10. Awful. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 11:06 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. I'm shocked, shocked to find that you took this innuendo at face value. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 05:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
37. Innuendo, my ass. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 06:48 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. I stand corrected. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 05:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
36. Untruthful. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
11. Says the councilman. Hearsay. |
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Kokonoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
14. Well, NYC has only three plow drivers |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
15. Do you honestly believe this is credible? This is pure BS. 400 sanitation |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 02:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. I am not a New Yorker |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 11:06 PM Response to Reply #15 |
87. Is snow removal part of the sanitation department? |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:20 AM Response to Reply #87 |
92. Yes sanitation is responsible for snow removal. I believe it was a BBC |
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timo (890 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
17. ???? |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 11:13 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. A lot of plows got stuck in the snow |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 11:51 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Also |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 05:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
35. They were not in proper position because BLOOMBERG screwed up. |
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mascarax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
20. I read 20K sanitation workers 20 yrs ago...now it's 5800 |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
21. Unreced for union bashing. n/t |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
22. Republican telling a Republican rag |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 05:15 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. Halloran has no shield protection. |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 10:31 PM Response to Reply #33 |
96. Agreed |
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jumptheshadow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
23. Oh, come on! |
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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
25. unrec for suspect source and union bashing |
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Cutatious (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
26. Whatever the problem was, the Governor calls for an investigation |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 02:11 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Paterson can go suck an egg. |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
29. way to union-bash |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
30. I saw the story on the cover of today's New York Post |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
32. Wow. You sure are credulous. |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
38. City councilman Dan Halloran Says 5 Workers told him slowdown was ordered |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
40. Some claim workers delayed NYC snow cleanup |
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howaboutme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I agree with Bloomberg |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Any public servant who would attempt to capitalize on the tribulations of others |
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howaboutme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #44 |
64. Ain't that the truth |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 05:41 AM Response to Reply #41 |
101. It would be outrageous that Bloomberg |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. This guy |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. This is at least the third thread repeating this RW propaganda. |
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Peregrine Took (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Supposedly 5 "guilt ridden" employees turned themselves in a rethug |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. Jay Leno showed a clip of a city worker in a truck pulling a plow up the street... |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Bullshit |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. And besides your own 5 minute viewing of that video, what do you know about that incident? |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. You made accusations |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Well it sounds like you are more than willing to make assumptions as well. |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Yes, Jay Leno IS pretty much of a RW propgandist, and this |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Well, before YOU rush to judgement, you might see if you can get a clip of his monologue |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:04 PM Response to Reply #53 |
81. Uhh how could you see it on Leno |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #48 |
62. A couple of things can be concluded easily from the video. |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. You can call it whatever you want |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:04 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. And how do you know that there aren't people within the union who are |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:04 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. I didn't say I knew anything |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:04 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. Where are my accusations against union members? |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:04 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. Here it is |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:04 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. Yes, the opening post reminded me of that clip. |
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howaboutme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:04 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. Videos are reality but they can be set up too. |
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howaboutme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:04 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. What bothers me most |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:04 PM Response to Reply #63 |
71. The operator is in the loader. Both vehicles are running. |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:04 PM Response to Reply #71 |
78. I just rewatched the video |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 05:54 AM Response to Reply #78 |
103. You're kidding, right? |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 05:50 AM Response to Reply #62 |
102. +1. The guy in the loader had a clear view of the vehicle they were crashing into |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:04 PM Response to Reply #48 |
69. What kind of thundering moron would put chains on that sort of tyre? |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:04 PM Response to Reply #69 |
74. It needed something |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:04 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Operator error never occurred to you? |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:04 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. I saw the city use this type of vehicle to clear snow |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. Dan Halloran worships the white gods. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. He's |
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denverbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #47 |
59. Wow. Real libertarian nut-case. |
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howaboutme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:04 PM Response to Reply #47 |
83. Irish are bad? |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 11:44 PM Response to Reply #83 |
90. Do you have a suggestion |
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howaboutme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 11:57 AM Response to Reply #90 |
93. Politics, and thus power, seems to drive every agenda |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 10:50 PM Response to Reply #93 |
97. But how do we get there? |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:02 AM Response to Reply #83 |
91. He doesn't worship Brigit or any other Irish or Celtic god. |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #40 |
50. I do find it sort of hilarious that NYC seems to have any trouble cleaning up snow. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 11:16 PM Response to Reply #50 |
88. There's a difference in experience, vehicle types, and preparation. |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #40 |
51. "Some say" Are we really playing this stupid game? |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #40 |
52. Why are you repeating unsubstaniated RW anti-union drivel? |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #40 |
55. I smell union busting via bad publicity |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #40 |
56. Here in Upstate New York - overnight street parking is banned |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #40 |
61. More RW bullshit. Bllomberg is planning on letting more sanitation |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #40 |
65. How dare the hoi polloi expect to get work from their government when that |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:04 PM Response to Reply #65 |
84. How dare the hoi polloi expect to get work from their government when that |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:04 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. Huh? The govt can do plenty right when not controlled by plutocrats or fascists. nt |
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howaboutme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 12:41 PM Response to Reply #84 |
95. Starving the beast |
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c14444c (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:04 PM Response to Reply #40 |
79. If management orders you to withold work... |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:04 PM Response to Reply #40 |
80. I thought we uniformly encourage strikes and protests? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:04 PM Response to Reply #40 |
82. RW bullshit. |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 10:55 PM Response to Reply #82 |
86. If this was an unsourced story in the NY Post I would be inclined to agree with you. |
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jumptheshadow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
94. Educate Yourself |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
98. Part of media demonization of public employees. |
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