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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 08:16 AM Original message |
Les travailleurs de la France, marcheront! ..... Even bigger strikes are coming. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
1. I've heard the people are nicer in Greece anyway |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 08:54 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. "Metamucil -- If you don't drink this, you'll die." |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 08:57 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I'm glad somebody got the reference! |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 09:04 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I never could figure out why they'd use Barbara Bush as their spokesmodel. |
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greytdemocrat (614 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
2. Excuse me |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 08:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. How incredibly.....ignorant. |
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greytdemocrat (614 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 09:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Sooo... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 09:14 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. People have told me that there is indeed a shortage of public bathrooms in France |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 09:17 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Try to find them HERE. (The woman "heard"? And there ARE elevators, but not "many"? Oh, brother.) |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 09:35 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I'm talking about someone who was afraid to fire her gardener |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 10:00 AM Response to Reply #10 |
20. there are bathrooms on the bottom floor of the Louvre! |
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greytdemocrat (614 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 10:26 AM Response to Reply #10 |
21. LOL!! |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 12:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
30. It can be difficult to find accessible public toilets. Aren't many out on the streets |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 09:15 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Turmoil vs. Workers' Rights. Hmmmm...which side to be on....Hmmmm.... |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 09:17 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Absolutely - protest is our only way to fight the owners. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 09:40 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Me too. I wish we had the fortitude to take to the streets here. |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 06:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
39. I wouldn't say it's fortitude we lack... |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 09:37 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Guess you would have been one of those Brittish sypathizers back in the Revolution Days. |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 09:51 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. yes I do think it is Justified..to bad too many is this country are too gutless to stand for |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 09:59 AM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Yes, yes -- that's right. If people don't like something, they should just shut up and take it. |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 10:33 AM Response to Reply #8 |
22. It is indeed justified. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 11:02 AM Response to Reply #8 |
23. 2 years here 5 years there, pretty soon your out |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 10:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
42. Totally justified |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 08:52 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. How special for you. |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 09:00 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. You See... The French Don't Want To End Up Like Us... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 11:44 AM Response to Reply #2 |
25. It's a slippery slope to the bottom that has to be stopped before it starts. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 12:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
26. Deleted message |
Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 12:45 PM Response to Reply #26 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 12:56 PM Response to Reply #33 |
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Binka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 12:59 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Yes We Have Baby |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 12:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
28. That is for partial retirement, full is going from 65-67. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 12:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
29. Much better to get nickel-and-dimed into the US' current straits, I suppose. (nt) |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-10 04:59 AM Response to Reply #2 |
53. the age for full retirement is 65, same as here. 60 v 62 is age for retirement |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
14. K&R Solidarity nt |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
24. K&R! //nt |
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Primitive Mind (37 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
27. What would you propose? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 12:44 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. 1 side says let people retire earlier, give jobs to others. Another side says let them work longer |
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Primitive Mind (37 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 03:19 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Economics... |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 10:41 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Several fallacies. Workers won't pay more if others take early retirement. |
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Primitive Mind (37 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-10 04:42 AM Response to Reply #41 |
51. There are different ways to look at it |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-10 03:18 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. But they won't "tax those workers more to pay for the longer retirement." |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 11:59 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. The protests in France have very high participation by young people |
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Primitive Mind (37 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-10 04:57 AM Response to Reply #47 |
52. Odd that... |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-10 11:39 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. The subject was productivity, not consumer product availability |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-10 12:06 AM Response to Reply #36 |
49. How about all 'western' countries leagalize cannabis, and tax it? |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 11:09 PM Response to Reply #27 |
43. That "People are living longer TP" is pretty much BS. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-10 05:00 AM Response to Reply #43 |
54. +100. the rich have always lived longer than the poor or middle. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 11:56 PM Response to Reply #27 |
46. No they aren't--not by very much anyway |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-10 05:20 AM Response to Reply #27 |
55. really? |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
31. K&R |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
37. K&R. |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
38. That's great news. Don't back down. Beat that Chicago school of crime to a pulp. n/t |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 11:17 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. +1000 nt |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-10 02:39 AM Response to Reply #38 |
50. I hope they keep going until the Chicago boys are in gulags. |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
40. K&Rnt |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
45. K & R nt |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-10 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
48. Vive la France! Don't give the bloodsucking ruling class an inch! |
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