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milkyway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 04:05 PM Original message |
How many people complaining about the TWU would trade jobs with them? |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. I didn't read of anyone else having to spend the night on a cot |
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tatertop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. I cannot disagree with any of that |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. No way in hell. I'm perfectly happy where I am. |
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Bob3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
4. I almost got in a shouting match with a guy who was angry |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 05:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. I have "driven" a transit bus around the yard and |
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NorthELiberal (125 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 07:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. "typical angry white guy" |
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Bob3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-23-05 09:41 AM Response to Reply #20 |
41. sorry - I should have said typical Angry New York Post reader |
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Ron Mexico (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
5. I agree with everything in your post except for |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-25-05 03:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
45. You mean: "are those people minorities?" let's see: |
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reformedrepub (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. Finally |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
7. You're right on. |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
8. I worked on a railroad for 31 years |
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DFWdem (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
9. Talk about your racist tripe |
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milkyway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 05:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. How is it stereotyping by suggesting the TWU is mostly minorities? |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 05:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. i think it's because |
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milkyway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 05:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. That's what I thought also, but I didn't want to say it. It seems if you |
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marlo (53 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-23-05 06:28 AM Response to Reply #18 |
39. I'm glad you brought it up Milkyway |
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NorthELiberal (125 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-23-05 06:54 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. When you say....... |
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NorthELiberal (125 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 07:48 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. I deeply acknowledge that minorities even today in NY...... |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 05:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. oh please |
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NorthELiberal (125 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 07:30 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. I was at the picket lines.......... |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-25-05 03:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
46. This is how: |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
10. I agree 100% with your stand...and the truth be told, if the TWU in NYC |
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reformedrepub (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 07:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. good for twu |
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NorthELiberal (125 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 08:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. I tried going to NYPDRANT.COM...... and there is a domain |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 09:44 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. It is actually www.leolounge.com. Scroll down and click on NYPD |
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NorthELiberal (125 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 07:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. This is getting disgusting...... |
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Nutmegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
11. Damn straight! |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
12. thanks for posting the survey |
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Balbus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
13. Racism appears to be alive and well on DU today. |
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Rainscents (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
25. You forgot to add... And they only makes between $30,000 to $42,000 |
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seaglass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
26. I don't see it as racist as much as anti-Union. My husband is |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 09:54 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Sad they don't realize that if it weren't for unions none of them would |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
29. Without touching the rest of the post, I do wonder about this line. |
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AllieB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 10:20 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. The Cost of Living is exorbitant in NYC |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 10:27 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Do you have any details of the real statistics? |
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incapsulated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 10:59 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Average salary twu worker: $47,00 Average earnings: $55,000 |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 11:07 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Per Wikipedia, the 2000 census puts the median income at $38k per |
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incapsulated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 11:21 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. For the whole country |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 11:26 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Per the link you posted it seems to be for just NYC. |
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incapsulated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 11:29 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Yes, it's just NYC |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-23-05 12:05 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Hmmmmm. If that's true then my point is valid that they definitely aren't |
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milkyway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-23-05 12:25 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. I see your point, but I was not saying the transit workers were in a lower |
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AllieB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-23-05 10:23 AM Response to Reply #37 |
42. No, they're lower middle class by NYC (and New England) standards |
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catmother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-25-05 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
43. i'm a former new yorker. lived there the first 48 years of my life. |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-25-05 03:23 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Race card? My, My, what sharp memes you have. grandma.... |
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catmother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-25-05 03:45 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. are you looking for an argument? i made mention of the irish |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-25-05 03:57 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. "race card" tells me more about you than I need to know. |
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catmother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-25-05 04:04 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. i don't know what you've been drinking or smoking but your |
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Ksec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-25-05 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
48. This hatred of Unions is bogus |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-25-05 04:00 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. media manufactured mostly - but they were making inroads. |
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