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Omaha Steve
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Thu Feb-18-10 06:45 PM Original message |
Whirlpool: Keep It Made in America |
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Toucano
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Thu Feb-18-10 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. Done and done! n-t |
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Wickerman
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Thu Feb-18-10 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. Thanks for this |
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HeresyLives
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Thu Feb-18-10 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
3. Whirlpool is global. |
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Elwood P Dowd
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Thu Feb-18-10 07:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Then fuck 'em and demand our 19 million dollars back. |
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HeresyLives
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Thu Feb-18-10 07:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. You wanna kill a global American company out of spite, |
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Elwood P Dowd
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Thu Feb-18-10 07:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. You wanna' ship more jobs out of the country |
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HeresyLives
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Thu Feb-18-10 07:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Well if you read the item about Whirlpool... |
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Elwood P Dowd
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Thu Feb-18-10 07:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. They're in the process of moving manufacturing out of America and have been for years. |
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HeresyLives
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Thu Feb-18-10 08:02 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Inevitable in light of automation anyway. |
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Elwood P Dowd
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Thu Feb-18-10 08:17 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Job exporting to slave labor countries started when the economy was booming. |
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HeresyLives
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Thu Feb-18-10 08:39 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Well then you'd have automation in the factories, |
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Elwood P Dowd
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Thu Feb-18-10 08:50 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. And Whirlpool will go broke if the giant US economy crashes. |
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HeresyLives
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Thu Feb-18-10 08:52 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. No, the world will carry on. |
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Elwood P Dowd
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Thu Feb-18-10 08:58 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. You really are that naive. You really think that losing one forth of the world's economy |
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HeresyLives
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Thu Feb-18-10 09:09 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. I realize you are emotional, |
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Thu Feb-18-10 09:22 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. Deleted message |
HeresyLives
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Thu Feb-18-10 09:26 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. I'm sorry, the world is different than you think it is. |
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Elwood P Dowd
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Thu Feb-18-10 09:30 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. They would not overtake our GDP is they called in our debt. |
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HeresyLives
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Thu Feb-18-10 09:32 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Again, ignorance of reality. |
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Elwood P Dowd
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Thu Feb-18-10 09:40 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. 700 billion dollars owed to China will not lower our GDP by trillions of dollars. |
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HeresyLives
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Thu Feb-18-10 09:43 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. You owe far more than that. |
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Elwood P Dowd
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Thu Feb-18-10 09:49 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. We owe them 758 billion dollars. (nm) |
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A HERETIC I AM
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Fri Feb-19-10 02:17 AM Response to Reply #45 |
83. China can NOT "call in" our debt. Sheesh. |
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Mithreal
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Fri Feb-19-10 04:07 PM Response to Reply #33 |
105. I believe your suspicions about this one are 100% justified. |
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OhioChick
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Thu Feb-18-10 08:58 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. *Cough*.....The ignore function works great. |
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HeresyLives
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Thu Feb-18-10 09:11 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Yes, I'm sure it does. |
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proudohioan
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Fri Feb-19-10 10:27 AM Response to Reply #14 |
92. "Did you think they could stay home forever, and limit their growth?" |
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OhioChick
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Fri Feb-19-10 09:45 PM Response to Reply #92 |
111. Good post, proudohioan! |
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proudohioan
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Sat Feb-20-10 08:36 AM Response to Reply #111 |
114. Thank you for taking the time to read it. |
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proteus_lives
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Thu Feb-18-10 10:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
71. Here we go, spit-shining Chinese shoes. |
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onestepforward
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Thu Feb-18-10 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
4. Gladly signed. n/t |
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Alameda
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Thu Feb-18-10 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
5. Done....but shouldn't they have to give the money back??!!!! |
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upi402
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Thu Feb-18-10 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
6. Who can afford one even if 1/2 price? |
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dmr
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Thu Feb-18-10 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
8. Where are the rules about taking Fed money & leaving the country |
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HeresyLives
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Thu Feb-18-10 07:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Yer a little late. |
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varelse
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Thu Feb-18-10 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
12. Done |
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senseandsensibility
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Thu Feb-18-10 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
13. Thanks for all the great thread |
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kenny blankenship
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Thu Feb-18-10 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
15. We must change the laws that made it economically and legally possible for Whirlpool to do this |
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HeresyLives
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Thu Feb-18-10 08:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Well then, they'll all leave. |
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kenny blankenship
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Thu Feb-18-10 08:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Well then, they won't sell anything here |
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HeresyLives
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Thu Feb-18-10 08:06 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Limited market anyway, so it doesn't matter. |
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Elwood P Dowd
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Thu Feb-18-10 08:20 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. You really do live in La-La land. |
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kenny blankenship
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Thu Feb-18-10 08:21 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Secretly? |
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Elwood P Dowd
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Thu Feb-18-10 08:29 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. My bad. |
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HeresyLives
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Thu Feb-18-10 08:37 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. A billion in China, a billion in India. |
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Elwood P Dowd
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Thu Feb-18-10 08:47 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. The US economy dwarfs them both. Not even close. |
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HeresyLives
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Thu Feb-18-10 08:51 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I'm afraid you aren't paying attention. |
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Elwood P Dowd
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Thu Feb-18-10 08:55 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Most Chinese and Indians make less than $1.00 an hour. |
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HeresyLives
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Thu Feb-18-10 09:13 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. They have millionaires and billionaires, |
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Elwood P Dowd
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Thu Feb-18-10 09:27 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. Their middle class is not even close financially to ours. Where do you come up with such shit? |
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HeresyLives
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Thu Feb-18-10 09:30 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Yes, they have a prosperous middle class |
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Elwood P Dowd
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Thu Feb-18-10 09:38 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Those claims by China are bogus. If it were true, they would have a GDP much higher |
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HeresyLives
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Thu Feb-18-10 09:43 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Sorry, 8.7% growth in 2009 |
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Elwood P Dowd
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Thu Feb-18-10 09:53 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Sorry, per capita GDP of Communist China is $6,000. USA is $40,000. End of argument. |
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Doremus
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Fri Feb-19-10 07:07 PM Response to Reply #53 |
109. China hasn't been Communist in 20 years????? |
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OhioChick
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Thu Feb-18-10 09:16 PM Response to Reply #23 |
39. No shit.....that obvious? n/t |
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HeresyLives
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Thu Feb-18-10 09:17 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Friends try to help friends. |
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Toucano
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Thu Feb-18-10 10:04 PM Response to Reply #17 |
62. Fine. Not with any of their U.S. assets. |
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spoony
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Fri Feb-19-10 10:37 AM Response to Reply #17 |
93. Nice shitting all over this thread with your ill-informed, above-it-all apathy |
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OhioChick
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Thu Feb-18-10 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
32. K&R n/t |
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Bobbie Jo
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Thu Feb-18-10 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
36. Done....and a big thank you! |
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invictus
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Thu Feb-18-10 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
41. That's "free trade" at work. America's biggest export is American jobs. |
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HeresyLives
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Thu Feb-18-10 09:23 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Happening everywhere to everyone. |
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anonymous171
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Thu Feb-18-10 09:54 PM Response to Reply #43 |
58. Yeah, Chinese jobs get shipped to Canada all the time |
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justgamma
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Thu Feb-18-10 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
44. We make components for appliances. |
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nonconformist
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Thu Feb-18-10 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
50. K & R nt |
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HeresyLives
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Thu Feb-18-10 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
55. You can't fix a problem until you admit it exists. |
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anonymous171
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Thu Feb-18-10 09:55 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. What is the problem exactly? |
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Elwood P Dowd
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Thu Feb-18-10 09:57 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. She is a foreigner who hates American workers. |
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OhioChick
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Thu Feb-18-10 09:59 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Good question. n/t |
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Elwood P Dowd
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Thu Feb-18-10 10:20 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. Might be one of those corporate trolls. You catch them sometimes on political boards |
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OhioChick
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Thu Feb-18-10 10:23 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. Wouldn't surprise me in the least. n/t |
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proudohioan
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Thu Feb-18-10 10:22 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. Is it just me, |
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Elwood P Dowd
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Thu Feb-18-10 10:35 PM Response to Reply #64 |
72. She reminds me of a a brainwashed Clem Kadiddlehopper |
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proudohioan
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Thu Feb-18-10 10:56 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. No doubt. And now that freakazoid is on a different thread... |
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Elwood P Dowd
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Thu Feb-18-10 10:58 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. May be a creature from the 1960's TV show "The Invaders". |
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proudohioan
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Thu Feb-18-10 11:09 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Yeah, I sure do! |
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Elwood P Dowd
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Thu Feb-18-10 11:18 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. I can't believe "The Invader" is still here. |
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proudohioan
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Thu Feb-18-10 11:29 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. No, I don't, do you? |
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Elwood P Dowd
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Thu Feb-18-10 11:50 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. The Crazy smilie definitely applies to this one. |
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proudohioan
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Fri Feb-19-10 12:08 AM Response to Reply #79 |
80. Or logic, either. |
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Better Believe It
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Thu Feb-18-10 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
65. K & R |
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proteus_lives
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Thu Feb-18-10 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
67. Done! |
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Luciferous
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Thu Feb-18-10 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
68. Done |
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Rosa Luxemburg
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Thu Feb-18-10 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
69. how much are the big Whirlpool bosses getting - they don't need to lay people off or move |
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Rosa Luxemburg
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Thu Feb-18-10 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
70. how much are the big Whirlpool bosses getting - they don't need to lay people off or move |
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lib2DaBone
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Thu Feb-18-10 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
78. The quality WILL GO DOWN... no question about it.... |
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Lugnut
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Fri Feb-19-10 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
81. Done! K&R n/t |
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Triana
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Fri Feb-19-10 02:16 AM Response to Original message |
82. Signed. And I agree w/ the other person in this thread. WHERE are the rules about |
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tomm2thumbs
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Fri Feb-19-10 02:24 AM Response to Original message |
84. don't worry, they'll be delivered back to the U.S. using Mexican trucks & drivers |
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DisgustedInMN
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Fri Feb-19-10 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
85. Rec and signed. |
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pleah
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Fri Feb-19-10 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
86. K&R |
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HughBeaumont
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Fri Feb-19-10 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
87. Signed & K & R. |
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1776Forever
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Fri Feb-19-10 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
88. My son works for a Whirlpool plant in Ohio - God forbid they move them! |
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HughBeaumont
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Fri Feb-19-10 08:56 AM Response to Reply #88 |
89. Ohio has seen this story play out time and time again. Far too often. |
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thotzRthingz
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Fri Feb-19-10 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
90. and least we think so, it's not just WHIRLPOOL ... take a good look at *WHO MAKES WHICH BRANDS* |
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thotzRthingz
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Fri Feb-19-10 09:17 AM Response to Reply #90 |
91. you may notice the first brand-name on that list is AMANA (now owned by Whirlpool)... (n/t) |
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TwilightGardener
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Fri Feb-19-10 11:46 AM Response to Reply #90 |
97. Yep, last time we bought a washer and dryer, the salesman explained to us |
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Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel
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Fri Feb-19-10 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
94. Done! |
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readmoreoften
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Fri Feb-19-10 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
95. K&R |
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Blue Owl
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Fri Feb-19-10 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
96. Keep the jobs here |
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Omaha Steve
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Fri Feb-19-10 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
98. Almost 1400 views |
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proudohioan
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Fri Feb-19-10 04:02 PM Response to Reply #98 |
102. Yes, and the majority ... |
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Robb
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Fri Feb-19-10 04:03 PM Response to Reply #98 |
103. I want to just take a moment and thank you |
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RedRoses323
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Fri Feb-19-10 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
99. Done |
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reflection
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Fri Feb-19-10 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
100. I definitely don't mind signing this |
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Highway61
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Fri Feb-19-10 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
101. Done |
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maryf
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Fri Feb-19-10 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
104. done |
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icee
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Fri Feb-19-10 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
106. They'll all be leaving. It's too expensive to manufacture things |
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Joesunionreview
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Fri Feb-19-10 06:46 PM Response to Reply #106 |
108. They got you right where they want you |
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Goldstein1984
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Fri Feb-19-10 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
107. Done |
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proud patriot
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Fri Feb-19-10 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
110. signed |
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Union Yes
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Fri Feb-19-10 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
112. Dang, I'm too late to rec. Here's a kick anyway! K-N-too late to rec! nt |
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Union Yes
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Fri Feb-19-10 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
113. BTW..signed! nt |
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Yurovsky
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Sat Feb-20-10 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
115. I guess they'll just say ... |
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