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Omaha Steve
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Sun May-02-10 06:24 PM Original message |
Whirlpool Will Close US Plant in June; Send Jobs to Mexico |
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Omaha Steve
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Sun May-02-10 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. Look what I found |
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flvegan
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Sun May-02-10 06:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I believe it, as I was one of them. |
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SocialistLez
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Sun May-02-10 08:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
24. Same here |
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bjobotts
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Sun May-02-10 11:40 PM Response to Reply #24 |
63. This personal greed at the cost of our nation has got to stop if we are to save our national economy |
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bjobotts
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Sun May-02-10 11:44 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. Through increased tarriffs, tax penalties and incentives our gov. could make it more costly to outso |
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bjobotts
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Sun May-02-10 11:52 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. We already have the answers to all our problems but are blocked by a greedy few.. |
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melm00se
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Mon May-03-10 07:33 AM Response to Reply #68 |
76. tariffs tariffs tariffs |
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laughingliberal
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Mon May-03-10 01:58 PM Response to Reply #76 |
94. Ok, then let's just keep outsourcing and moving all our jobs to other countries |
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happygoluckytoyou
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Mon May-03-10 02:41 PM Response to Reply #94 |
97. work to be done by MEXICANS RETURNING FROM ARIZONA.... see, it all works out ! ! ! |
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napi21
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Sun May-02-10 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. Quite a while ago I sent a letter to Sharp telling them I needed a new |
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DissedByBush
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Sun May-02-10 09:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
48. Sadly, KitchenAid is a Whirlpool brand |
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pundaint
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Mon May-03-10 12:00 AM Response to Reply #48 |
69. If you've used any of the foreign-sourced KA garbage your opinion would have already changed. It's |
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The abyss
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Sun May-02-10 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
4. Recommend |
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Jakes Progress
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Sun May-02-10 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. Now their CEO will be able to afford |
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OhioChick
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Sun May-02-10 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
6. And the trend continues.... |
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CLANG
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Sun May-02-10 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
7. Whirlpool, check. |
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DissedByBush
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Sun May-02-10 10:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
53. Kenmore, Inglis, Admiral, Maytag |
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CLANG
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Sun May-02-10 11:00 PM Response to Reply #53 |
59. You're right, we're hosed. There aught to be a law! |
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msongs
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Sun May-02-10 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
8. whirlpool is just doing its bit to reduce immigration into the US lol nt |
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Blandocyte
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Sun May-02-10 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
9. MotherFukkerz |
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JNelson6563
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Sun May-02-10 09:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
36. Amen. |
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OnlinePoker
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Sun May-02-10 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
10. This is a serious question... |
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livingonearth
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Sun May-02-10 08:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. They're not interested in development of 3rd world countries... |
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rucky
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Sun May-02-10 10:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
52. It is sort of a catch 22 |
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newportdadde
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Sun May-02-10 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
11. Waiting for the DLC outsourcing folks to stop by... |
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SocialistLez
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Sun May-02-10 08:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. +1 NT |
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livingonearth
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Sun May-02-10 08:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
28. Yes, their buying power will be gone. |
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SocialistLez
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Sun May-02-10 08:33 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. They figure "the new middle class" |
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Flatulo
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Sun May-02-10 08:37 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Oh, they're well aware. The slogan in the exectutive suite is IBG, YBG, which means |
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MisterP
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Sun May-02-10 09:38 PM Response to Reply #28 |
47. that'll be a problem for a future executive, not them |
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Jim Sagle
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Sun May-02-10 09:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
37. Oh, you're just a silly old xenophobe. |
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HughBeaumont
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Mon May-03-10 08:09 AM Response to Reply #11 |
81. They'll just show up as "Ignored". |
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DemoTex
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Sun May-02-10 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
12. KitchenAid |
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PSzymeczek
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Sun May-02-10 08:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Please, Hobart! |
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Dappleganger
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Sun May-02-10 09:08 PM Response to Reply #21 |
38. Whirlpool ruined KitchenAid. |
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freebrew
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Mon May-03-10 03:19 PM Response to Reply #21 |
99. Hobart is owned by ITW. |
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Zech Marquis The 2nd
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Sun May-02-10 09:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
40. shit, I sold two Kitchenaid dishwashers today at work... |
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guyton
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Sun May-02-10 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
13. Change the rules! |
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SocialistLez
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Sun May-02-10 08:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. Preachin' to the choir |
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Scruffy1
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Sun May-02-10 10:15 PM Response to Reply #13 |
55. Well said |
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dkf
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Sun May-02-10 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
14. If they kept the plant in the US but fired everyone and hired only illegal workers what is the |
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Omaha Steve
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Sun May-02-10 08:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Illegal immigrants don't get good paying jobs with benefits |
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dkf
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Sun May-02-10 08:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. But won't they get just as bad conditions if it's located in Mexico? |
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AlphaCentauri
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Sun May-02-10 09:27 PM Response to Reply #25 |
43. Legalize the illegals and you get to keep the management and office jobs |
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dkf
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Sun May-02-10 10:32 PM Response to Reply #43 |
58. No then the only choice will be to move plants to Mexico. |
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LanternWaste
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Mon May-03-10 01:08 PM Response to Reply #25 |
92. I see quite a bit of anger directed towards management... |
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xsquid
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Mon May-03-10 07:50 AM Response to Reply #20 |
77. This is ridiculously wrong. My wife speaks |
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amandabeech
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Mon May-03-10 09:07 AM Response to Reply #20 |
84. If they have fake IDs, they don't work under the table. |
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bc3000
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Sun May-02-10 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
15. Better Mexico than China. |
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Dappleganger
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Sun May-02-10 09:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
39. No. |
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mckara
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Sun May-02-10 09:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
45. Not Really, Because of the Low Value of the Peso... |
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Cleobulus
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Mon May-03-10 03:03 AM Response to Reply #15 |
73. Uhm if you think this increases "prosperity" in Mexico, you are out of your mind. n/t |
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jody
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Sun May-02-10 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
16. What is the break-even point where job migration to Mexico will stop illegal immigration from MX? nt |
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lib2DaBone
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Sun May-02-10 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
17. where the hell is our CONgress and Mr. Obama on this? |
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blueknight
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Sun May-02-10 08:38 PM Response to Reply #17 |
32. where are they? |
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SocialistLez
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Sun May-02-10 09:55 PM Response to Reply #32 |
49. +1 NT |
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Divine Discontent
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Sun May-02-10 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
18. yep. my mom said this was on here a few months ago as a plan, how sad. Our jobs are going to Mexico |
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RainDog
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Sun May-02-10 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
19. I would support a HUGE tax on goods made outside of the U.S. |
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SocialistLez
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Sun May-02-10 08:33 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. +1 |
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joeglow3
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Sun May-02-10 09:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
42. Tariff wars have not worked so well in the past. |
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tsuki
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Sun May-02-10 11:48 PM Response to Reply #42 |
66. Works well for China and India. They have huge tariffs on imports. nt |
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Dappleganger
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Mon May-03-10 09:08 AM Response to Reply #42 |
85. Well things are so GREAT right now, aren't they! |
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amandabeech
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Mon May-03-10 09:12 AM Response to Reply #42 |
86. Well, think of the time before NAFTA and MFN for China. |
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mckara
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Sun May-02-10 09:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
46. Me Too! Tariffs on U.S. Traitor Corporations! |
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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
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Sun May-02-10 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
23. Traitors!!!!!!!! |
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usregimechange
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Sun May-02-10 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
33. Last time I buy something from them. |
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WoodyM
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Sun May-02-10 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
34. Whirlpool also makes appliances |
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safeinOhio
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Sun May-02-10 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
35. Whirlpool dishwasher |
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ElsewheresDaughter
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Sun May-02-10 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
41. BOYCOTT!!! |
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kiranon
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Sun May-02-10 09:31 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Absolutely! Are any washer/dryers made in the US? nt/ |
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SocialistLez
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Sun May-02-10 09:58 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. I hope this helps |
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rpannier
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Mon May-03-10 12:22 AM Response to Reply #50 |
71. Thanks for the link |
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kiranon
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Mon May-03-10 02:58 PM Response to Reply #50 |
98. Thanks. n/t |
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jdadd
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Sun May-02-10 10:01 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. Whirlpool..... |
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Divine Discontent
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Sun May-02-10 10:24 PM Response to Reply #44 |
56. MARION, OHIO! Still making them. Seek them out - we gotta save our jobs and inform Whirlpool we |
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Sun May-02-10 11:45 PM Response to Reply #56 |
65. Thank you for the link -- Whirlpool needs to hear from us -- and we need to |
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alp227
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Sun May-02-10 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
54. What'd they want to do, send the Mexicans back home? |
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Divine Discontent
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Sun May-02-10 10:24 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Exactly... |
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Initech
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Sun May-02-10 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
60. More outsourcing bullshit. ARGH!!!! |
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bertman
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Sun May-02-10 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
61. This decision and Whirlpool's threats against its about-to-be-fired workers to NOT |
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kysrsoze
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Sun May-02-10 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
62. Now I feel like a jerk for just having bought two new Whirlpool appliances |
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1776Forever
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Mon May-03-10 07:53 AM Response to Reply #62 |
80. Please read my post link below - 2,400 people in Marion OH will thank you! |
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proteus_lives
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Sun May-02-10 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
67. Bastards. |
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jaxx
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Mon May-03-10 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
70. Around here we don't buy anything Maytag/Whirlpool. |
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James48
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Mon May-03-10 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
72. There is something else we need to export- |
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Quantess
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Mon May-03-10 06:11 AM Response to Reply #72 |
74. Meanwhile, the US could stand to import some of that from Japan, Germany, France, Norway, etc.... |
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SocialistLez
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Mon May-03-10 09:01 AM Response to Reply #72 |
82. +1 NT |
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Vinca
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Mon May-03-10 06:50 AM Response to Original message |
75. I heard about this a couple of months ago and wrote the company |
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1776Forever
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Mon May-03-10 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
78. Terrible news! The Ohio Whirlpool plant is still open and employs 2,400 including my son |
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SocialistLez
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Mon May-03-10 09:02 AM Response to Reply #78 |
83. Thanks for this info. |
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1776Forever
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Mon May-03-10 10:18 AM Response to Reply #83 |
89. Thanks! They make Washing Machines Dryers/Ironers at Marion and Freezers in Ottawa OH - Link below |
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Dappleganger
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Mon May-03-10 10:27 AM Response to Reply #89 |
90. You should make this a separate OP. |
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Union Yes
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Mon May-03-10 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
79. K&R for the heads up, sad as it is. This infuriates me. |
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Mon May-03-10 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
87. Another nail in the coffin of the American work force. n/t |
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workinclasszero
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Mon May-03-10 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
88. Yeah I see the economy is really on the upswing. |
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blue97keet
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Mon May-03-10 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
91. Stop the northward flow of refrigerators and the southward flow of corn |
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DainBramaged
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Mon May-03-10 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
93. My next appliance (dishwasher) will be a Samsung, yes a Korean appliance |
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dmallind
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Mon May-03-10 02:13 PM Response to Reply #93 |
95. Then this is one hell of a fake.... |
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fatbuckel
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Mon May-03-10 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
96. Everybody thank Wal-mart and Lowe`s and Depot and the lot...... |
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laylah
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Mon May-03-10 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
100. Well, I emailed them. My dad worked for |
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