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11. Gees! Whatta maroon!

Reply to abelenkpe (Original post)

Wed Jun 6, 2012, 03:45 PM

Jun 2012

Thanks for post. We need to know what people are writing. But I cannot Rec this thread. Sorry, my friend.

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Wisconsin Recap: Thanks to Obama, American Left Lies in Smoldering Wreckage [View all] abelenkpe Jun 2012 OP

He's been president 4 years. Unions have been losing for 40 years Scootaloo Jun 2012 #1

Ask Stoller abelenkpe Jun 2012 #7

What needs to be done for unions to regain their effectiveness? Scootaloo Jun 2012 #16

meeting their needs is precisely the point. they haven't been. that's not a fault of the union HiPointDem Jun 2012 #44

I just googled him. pennylane100 Jun 2012 #13

He used the same time machine that allowed him to fake that Hawaiian birth announcement. Orsino Jun 2012 #68

Wow. TheWraith Jun 2012 #2

Yeah I know abelenkpe Jun 2012 #3

Look at his other pieces -- Obama was the sole cause of blame for Blue_Tires Jun 2012 #6

Well, he has a point. Liberal Veteran Jun 2012 #8

That's exactly the headline the GOP wants us to believe. Avalux Jun 2012 #4

Good question abelenkpe Jun 2012 #9

It must be a lot of fun for paid 'liberal' bloggers to write something like this, Avalux Jun 2012 #21

How can we find out? abelenkpe Jun 2012 #27

I think Stoller is probably just a disgruntled ideologist... Avalux Jun 2012 #28

Oh, god...He was one of the "Primary Obama" assclowns just last year Blue_Tires Jun 2012 #5

Yes yes.... abelenkpe Jun 2012 #15

blaming the president is too simplistic fascisthunter Jun 2012 #10

Gees! Whatta maroon! longship Jun 2012 #11

I totally understand abelenkpe Jun 2012 #18

One thing. ananda Jun 2012 #12

Bummer abelenkpe Jun 2012 #37

cal is busy defunding pensions. HiPointDem Jun 2012 #45

ugh that should be illegal! nt abelenkpe Jun 2012 #48

Stoller's an idiot. AverageJoe90 Jun 2012 #14

Yep :) nt abelenkpe Jun 2012 #49

Post removed Post removed Jun 2012 #52

Well, Rahm did give progressives the middle finger. HooptieWagon Jun 2012 #17

They should have struck. Counting on politicians is a fool's errand. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2012 #19

Well, that's three minutes of my life I'll never get back GarroHorus Jun 2012 #20

Obama may have done many bad things, but accusing him coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #22

Actually Greenspan's Sekhmets Daughter Jun 2012 #29

I was trying to be facetious about Greenspan. Of course, his monetary coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #30

Thanks for the Sekhmets Daughter Jun 2012 #31

Beep-beep-beep, look out. Load of RW propaganda coming thru... FSogol Jun 2012 #23

I cannot tell you how often abelenkpe Jun 2012 #24

unions are beyond rescue. Sekhmets Daughter Jun 2012 #32

That's what I feared abelenkpe Jun 2012 #35

Unions have outlived their usefulness Sekhmets Daughter Jun 2012 #40

+1 HiPointDem Jun 2012 #46

General strike? Don't see it happening. n/t FSogol Jun 2012 #47

Nonsense WilliamPitt Jun 2012 #25

Outsourcing, coupled with Sekhmets Daughter Jun 2012 #26

That's quite a title Stoller has got going there Cali_Democrat Jun 2012 #33

It could have been worse. Liberal Veteran Jun 2012 #34

OMG abelenkpe Jun 2012 #36

Naked Capitalism is a Shit Hole of Stupidity banned from Kos Jun 2012 #38

I find the comments attached to their posts abelenkpe Jun 2012 #41

While you were banned from Daily Kos for a good reason brentspeak Jun 2012 #53

The sentiment and language in the title of this OP is absolutely WRONG and total CRAP ! RBInMaine Jun 2012 #39

decreased strike activity HiPointDem Jun 2012 #42

Reagan? nt abelenkpe Jun 2012 #50

what? HiPointDem Jun 2012 #51

Was wondering if the decrease in strikes had anything to do with abelenkpe Jun 2012 #65

gotcha, yes, the timing is simultaneous. HiPointDem Jun 2012 #66

Tough to strike in front of closed, empty factories. People honk at you, call you homeless. n/t jtuck004 Jun 2012 #54

There were fewer of those 40 years ago when this trend began. Gee, maybe there's a HiPointDem Jun 2012 #56

Have you ever read the book "Who Stole My Cheese"? jtuck004 Jun 2012 #57

yes, it's another one of those books feeding people corporate-think disguised as self-help. HiPointDem Jun 2012 #59

Hey, whatever it takes to get people to pull their head out of their ass. n/t jtuck004 Jun 2012 #60

i say pull your head out to people who believe winning comes from the politics of concession & HiPointDem Jun 2012 #61

Read my post in SMW today? I'm guessing not. jtuck004 Jun 2012 #62

i don't even know what smw is. if you want someone to read something, you should link it. HiPointDem Jun 2012 #63

You're right. I arched and shouldn't have. I apologize. SMW is Stock Market Watch on DU, jtuck004 Jun 2012 #64

Spare me... blue neen Jun 2012 #43

"Scott Walker is THE Republican, the politician who made his governorship a referendum on jtuck004 Jun 2012 #55

Replacing good Dems like Howard Dean.. ananda Jun 2012 #58

+1000 nt abelenkpe Jun 2012 #67