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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-11 10:49 PM
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If your pension sucks, makes yours better, not theirs worse.
I just posted this on FaceBook after seeing the Jon Stewart repeat:

If you pension sucks compared to to a union pension, here's an idea... don't drag the union guy down! Pull yours up instead! Demand that yours be as good as the union guy's pension! Union pensions are only "adequate", it's because the wealthy have raped away private-sector pensions, not because unions are living high on the horse! ... DEMAND BETTER, NOT WORSE!

Grrrr... stupid teabaggers


Watching those Republican idiots on TV makes me want throw things through the screen and into the studio where those wealthy fuckers squat! :argh:

My dad's "generous" union pension after 30 years is $2,100 a month, of which $400 goes for health insurance. Yay.

Man, it's like a fire hose that sprays $100 bills, isn't it???
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Bozita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-11 11:03 PM
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1. "My neighbor has a cow and I don't. I want his cow to die."
Old Russian joke.
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-11 11:11 PM
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4. "When he retired, my unionized neighbor got a cow and I didn't"
"Therefore, I'm going to express my anger by shooting the cow".
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Evolve_Already Donating Member (154 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-11 11:07 PM
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2. Isn't THAT the truth
Is it some kind of psychosis that tea-baggers suffer from? I really do not get it.

Sign after mispelled sign not wanting their fellow American to succeed. Isn't SUCCESS what folks like Rush and all the other bootstrap folks would like you to believe in?

Good for your pops he receives a solid pension.
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-11 11:25 PM
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6. Well, those dirty union hippies didn't EARN those pensions, after all
I guess my dad was just suppose to keep working with arthritis, an artificial hip, a rebuilt shoulder, and a replaced knee. You know, working construction as a union operating engineer. Climbing in and out of heavy machinery all day. No problem!
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Codeine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-11 11:09 PM
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3. Drives me nuts.
If someone has a good deal because they're in a union and you don't because you're not the answer seems PRETTY FUCKING SIMPLE!!
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Evolve_Already Donating Member (154 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-11 11:30 PM
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8. My comment is totally non sequitor, but...
Good golly that piercing looks painful. I wince each time I see it.

Maybe I'm just a wuss. Piercings look great on women, but still...da plane, da plane.
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Codeine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-11 11:32 PM
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9. Nipples hurt ten times more.
Honestly thought I was about to pass out.
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-11 07:28 AM
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10. Do nipple piercings have any benefit besides ornamental?
Are they, um... fun?
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Codeine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-11 11:08 AM
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11. Enhanced sensitivity.
That can be a plus and a minus, though. Pleasurable sensations are magnified, but pain is also dialed up; banging into stuff can hurt.

They can also help "pull out" tiny or near-inverted nipples. I barely had nipples before the piercings.
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Generic Other Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-11 11:15 PM
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5. One of those who seeks to bring us all to the bottom posted on this pro-union thread
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-11 11:26 PM
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7. I didn't see anybody protesting in the streets against the tax cuts for unearned income.
:shrug:

I think he expects too much.
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Raschel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-11 11:37 AM
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12. They ridicule the left for elitism, but they are the ones who look down their noses at blue collar
workers. They don't believe labor should get paid as well or better than white collar jobs.
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