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Agnosticsherbet

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35. They are a union members. I support unions and wouls not cross a picket line tomorrow

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Sat Dec 27, 2014, 03:52 PM

Dec 2014

manned by union members.

I would only call in the event of a life threatening emergency.

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So police go on a national, general strike, tomorrow, ALL of them nationwide... [View all] randys1 Dec 2014 OP

In our defense, we do have unique circumstances LittleBlue Dec 2014 #1

End the war on drugs-legalize them TexasProgresive Dec 2014 #31

Fully agreed LittleBlue Dec 2014 #33

And subsidize the drugs for low income FrodosPet Dec 2014 #55

Damn I should make a run to Colorado. B Calm Dec 2014 #2

Yep! LOL! RKP5637 Dec 2014 #37

1,084 miles one way for me. . . B Calm Dec 2014 #40

I'm warming the pickup up now madokie Dec 2014 #47

Yikes! How will that work? Dont call me Shirley Dec 2014 #3

It's unclear to me what you think the consequences would be. Brickbat Dec 2014 #4

Do we? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Dec 2014 #5

I think u missed the point of the thread joeglow3 Dec 2014 #14

That's a lot of negatives, and pretty hard to prove. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Dec 2014 #27

seems to me that if police didn't exist hfojvt Dec 2014 #41

Crime has been dropping for decades. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Dec 2014 #54

I called the police for the first time last year loyalsister Dec 2014 #53

When I painted my house Erich Bloodaxe BSN Dec 2014 #56

The lucrative prison industry won't like that very much. arcane1 Dec 2014 #6

Are the high way patrol also on strike? GummyBearz Dec 2014 #7

Wow, is there a bigger group of CRYBABIES on this planet? Rex Dec 2014 #8

Haven't met one yet that wasn't on a huge ego trip. B Calm Dec 2014 #11

I've met a few. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Dec 2014 #28

Agreed. The true colors are being shown, and their fetish for "respect" interferes with their duty. arcane1 Dec 2014 #15

The for-profit prison barons will not stand for this for long imo. Rex Dec 2014 #17

Is this hypothetical? cyberswede Dec 2014 #9

Well, in the vast majority of cases the cops are only there..... socialist_n_TN Dec 2014 #10

I guess the police don't work for the public anymore daredtowork Dec 2014 #12

There was movie called "The Purge" that sounds like this. Brigid Dec 2014 #18

Yes that's it daredtowork Dec 2014 #26

The 0.01% would never allow it Cirque du So-What Dec 2014 #13

Blaming the NRA for this, too? aikoaiko Dec 2014 #16

They were behind the Sony hack too!!! VScott Dec 2014 #20

And the potato famine. Glassunion Dec 2014 #36

Nothing would please pro-gun radicals more than for the police to disappear. (nt) Paladin Dec 2014 #44

Entire Town�s Police Force Went on Strike, It Backfired. No One Wants Them Back Katashi_itto Dec 2014 #19

interesting about red lights hfojvt Dec 2014 #45

"Thanks NRA and gun manufacturers, thanks a lot." VScott Dec 2014 #21

Reagan Showed us the Way. Fire them. Hire new ones. Katashi_itto Dec 2014 #22

+1 LOL B Calm Dec 2014 #23

This is the approach that I support. Skidmore Dec 2014 #25

+1, I'd support that purely to watch conservatives have a fit as they Marr Dec 2014 #38

95% of the carnage would be people doing idiotic things with their automobiles. hunter Dec 2014 #24

Yup, it's firefighters and EMTs you don't want to strike in traffic cases. nt Erich Bloodaxe BSN Dec 2014 #30

I think some would take advantage daredtowork Dec 2014 #32

I can guarantee that this is one time Republican Governors and Mayors won't be union busting�. world wide wally Dec 2014 #29

Would never happen Glassunion Dec 2014 #34

They are a union members. I support unions and wouls not cross a picket line tomorrow Agnosticsherbet Dec 2014 #35

A little side experiment. A county I grew up in decided to put a country policeman in each small jwirr Dec 2014 #39

I see no such strike being reported. Bluenorthwest Dec 2014 #42

I'm a public employee. We don't have the right to strike. yewberry Dec 2014 #43

is someone arguing we don't need police? Takket Dec 2014 #46

I don't see a dire situation occurring notadmblnd Dec 2014 #48

People don�t want to get rid of cops. They want cops to do their jobs, correctly and appropriately. NYC Liberal Dec 2014 #49

I don't want to get rid of the institution, I want to remove the people who exploit it. 951-Riverside Dec 2014 #50

Gunz BainsBane Dec 2014 #51

The point of the thread was we might miss police but the reason we would is we are armed to the randys1 Dec 2014 #52

Exactly, we cant solve our EXTREMELY serious police problem until we remove THEIR excuse randys1 Dec 2014 #58

I'll be selling pounds of weed on the street. Hookers, pimps and johns will be happy too. L0oniX Dec 2014 #57