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lonestarnot

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67. Are you sucking up?

Wed Sep 3, 2014, 11:15 PM

Sep 2014

How many picket lines have you been lucky enough to implement and sit? How many times have you been on strike? No one needs to point me anywhere. I know my way around very well thank you. So as the President of the United States, you actually think it would be ok to join a union? A union of what, 1? Woudn't collect many dues. I never ride a fence, not ever.

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Pic Of The Moment: Obama On Labor Day: "I'd Join A Union" [View all] EarlG Sep 2014 OP

And Ronnie the union buster was the president of a union ehrnst Sep 2014 #1

he also said that if one went on strike he'd find comfortable shoes and join the line leftyohiolib Sep 2014 #2

Exactly !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SamKnause Sep 2014 #3

Yes. Talk is so cheap you can even afford it in a Right to Work state RufusTFirefly Sep 2014 #4

Two months before the midterms and Obama would join a union. WorseBeforeBetter Sep 2014 #5

YUP! Plucketeer Sep 2014 #9

You mean go where he was ASKED NOT to go by the people striking NYC Liberal Sep 2014 #16

wow everyone of them said that? every person there asked him not to come leftyohiolib Sep 2014 #17

And what do you think it would have accomplished, hm? NYC Liberal Sep 2014 #19

NOBODY thinks of the President as Superman, that's ridiculous demwing Sep 2014 #31

what it would have accomplished is when he now says he'd join a union leftyohiolib Sep 2014 #60

from YURBUD who said it better than i could leftyohiolib Sep 2014 #61

Cheap words from the Corporatist prez! blkmusclmachine Sep 2014 #41

But wait a minute, wait a minute...? MADem Sep 2014 #6

Cuz it's talk, not concrete action. grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #14

yep. By this point in his presidency he should be able to say, "I don't have to blow smoke up your yurbud Sep 2014 #20

I rec your post! BrotherIvan Sep 2014 #23

Well put. PeteSelman Sep 2014 #26

The president had unlimited power. .. yurbud Sep 2014 #32

I am sure we'll see it right after the mid-terms. SomeGuyInEagan Sep 2014 #46

Precisely:) grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #53

This message was self-deleted by its author MADem Sep 2014 #81

Yeah, the first "talk" we've heard from a POTUS since FDR....but it's "just" talk. MADem Sep 2014 #64

What happened to card check? grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #66

Well, LMGTFY... MADem Sep 2014 #68

No, they'll find a way to Whine about what the President says to Union Workers on Labor DAy.. Cha Sep 2014 #24

Sad, but true. nt MADem Sep 2014 #38

Which is sad? Jakes Progress Sep 2014 #56

This: MADem Sep 2014 #62

You seem to have forgotten the text of the post Jakes Progress Sep 2014 #69

Click the link. Or don't. That's what most people do. It's not that hard. nt MADem Sep 2014 #73

Read your own words. Or don't. Most people do. It's not that hard. Jakes Progress Sep 2014 #75

Look, you can take your game to someone who wants to play it. MADem Sep 2014 #82

You play it. You just whine when you do it. Jakes Progress Sep 2014 #85

Only if you take campaign blather seriously. Jakes Progress Sep 2014 #55

Aren't you a bundle of sunshine. The personal insult at the end is an especially notable touch. nt MADem Sep 2014 #63

I tell you to be happy and you find that an insult? Jakes Progress Sep 2014 #70

Try reading what you wrote. You didn't tell me "to be happy." MADem Sep 2014 #72

Try reading what I wrote. I told you to be happy. Jakes Progress Sep 2014 #77

No, you told me to be a cheerleader. But hey, thanks so MUCH for these two little "exchanges." MADem Sep 2014 #83

Never did. I said you could cheer union busting if you wanted. Jakes Progress Sep 2014 #86

Yep. And that's exactly it. BlueCaliDem Sep 2014 #79

Twice as hard/half the credit! MADem Sep 2014 #80

"Saint Ronnie of Raygun" BlueCaliDem Sep 2014 #84

kick Kali Sep 2014 #7

Would Hillary say this? SoapBox Sep 2014 #8

she would say anything necessary. She wouldn't do the deeds to make it believable. yurbud Sep 2014 #21

If history is any guide, yes. MADem Sep 2014 #39

FDR would be pretty pissed off to see our economy now. EEO Sep 2014 #10

Why so few recs? Scootaloo Sep 2014 #11

I think people don't believe Obama on this. I know I sure don't. blkmusclmachine Sep 2014 #42

The vast majority of people do. Only a handful don't. BlueCaliDem Sep 2014 #78

So work harder on card check instead of costly trade agreements and war. grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #12

he's already in a union, the 1% club nt msongs Sep 2014 #13

^THIS!^ blkmusclmachine Sep 2014 #43

Naked Capitalism: "Obama Phones It In for Labor Day" RufusTFirefly Sep 2014 #15

because always “fighting,” means always needing more money leftyohiolib Sep 2014 #18

He can join a union any time. He won't. GETPLANING Sep 2014 #22

Wah Wah Wah.. so much whining for the encouragment President Obama gives to Unions and Cha Sep 2014 #25

I WISH there WAS a union for I.T. employees! VanillaRhapsody Sep 2014 #27

There is definately a concerted effort to drive down wages for anything IT related... Veilex Sep 2014 #29

It used to be....less than 15 yrs ago....a person graduating with a B in Computer Programming after VanillaRhapsody Sep 2014 #35

*sigh* Veilex Sep 2014 #36

Exactly! VanillaRhapsody Sep 2014 #37

so start a union hopemountain Sep 2014 #47

yeah it is THAT easy.... VanillaRhapsody Sep 2014 #65

wrong. whom ever said it's easy? hopemountain Sep 2014 #87

IMHO... Veilex Sep 2014 #28

Lame bullshit Teamster Jeff Sep 2014 #30

I did join a union. FOR PUBLIC-SCHOOL TEACHERS. And we won't forget Arne. WinkyDink Sep 2014 #33

Race To The Top blkmusclmachine Sep 2014 #45

LOL. TransitJohn Sep 2014 #34

give me a fuckin break... KG Sep 2014 #40

All this guy does is talk. It's almost like he is a fake and his strings are being pulled... EEO Sep 2014 #44

i watched that speech and the people there and he was sincere nt hopemountain Sep 2014 #48

No that was your man Bushes. lonestarnot Sep 2014 #50

You mean the guy that Jakes Progress Sep 2014 #57

You are my President Mr. President! lonestarnot Sep 2014 #49

Earl G. lonestarnot Sep 2014 #51

Such crap. Jakes Progress Sep 2014 #58

+1 OnyxCollie Sep 2014 #59

Are you sucking up? lonestarnot Sep 2014 #67

What are you saying? Jakes Progress Sep 2014 #71

I will be watching and counting. That's all I have time for in response to your blather tonight. lonestarnot Sep 2014 #74

You have time for oblique and vague. How about thought? Jakes Progress Sep 2014 #76

Good. Cleita Sep 2014 #52

I wish the leaders of Britain's Labour Party were as outwardly pro-union Anarcho-Socialist Sep 2014 #54