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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 08:52 PM Original message |
OFA Asks Supporters to Write a “Letter to the Editor” Praising Federal Worker Pay Freeze - FDL |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. Please... Somebody... Take A Shot At Defending This... |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 09:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Nobody ??? - Not A One Of You ??? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 09:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Defending the Federal pay freeze or OFA's attempt at getting people to cheerlead it? |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 10:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. Huh? So the money taken from federal workers will be given to the states for .... what? |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. triangulation is no fun unless everyone does it!! come on...it's the new dance craze! |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 09:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. And I Thought Disco Sucked... |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 10:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. +1 nt |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. Anybody going to defend it? I'm sry I just can't . |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 09:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Not here. |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 09:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. They Can't... |
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flpab (210 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 09:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. I am a federal employee |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
8. K&R and someone did actually try to defend it |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 09:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Not Really So Far, But... I Think # 9 Was An Attempt, If I Read It Right... |
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OhioBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 10:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. I don't think it is about States Rights |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 10:17 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. Ok... I'll Buy That... And In The Past, The Federal Government Used To Bail-Out States... |
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OhioBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 11:04 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. I agree with you that we as the working class need to |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 11:12 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Agreed... But Going After Our Own FIRST ??? |
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OhioBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 11:32 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. I think it is the symbolism |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 11:47 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. here: |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:02 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Damn... GMTA, And I Didn't See That... |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:48 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. LOL! |
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Still a Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
11. The Obama proposal preserves step increases and bonuses |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 09:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. And Yet... He Went After Middle-Class Workers And Union Members Before Wall Street Suits, No ??? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 09:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. No. GM's shareholders (aka, Wall Street) were wiped out |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 10:02 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. That Was Under Bush, And I Was Talking More About Bankers And Fund Managers Than Shareholders... |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 10:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. It is not one bit even handed when the top 1% is making more than the bottom 50% and he's willing... |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
14. Wow, now there's a shot to the chops. n/t |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
15. OFA people at the state level have discretion about sending out stuff like this |
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TheWebHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
17. I'll defend it |
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ChimpersMcSmirkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 10:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. It's a winner. My brother is a federal worker and while not super pleased, |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 10:12 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. That's a pretty small sample you have there. n/t |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 10:22 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. And the situation is ..... ? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 10:10 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Aren't the Feds the biggest employer in the country? |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 10:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
31. Will you also be defending Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid cuts? |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 10:22 PM Response to Reply #17 |
32. If you poll likely voters they'd probably be in favor of letting unemployment benefits expire, too.. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
19. Yeah. Here's my letter: |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
22. Just how much more BULL are we dems willing to take?? |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
23. Just how much more BULL are we dems willing to take?? |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
30. That's not what the email says. |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 10:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Is The E-Mail Misquoted ??? |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 10:48 AM Response to Reply #34 |
46. No, you are just repeating FDL's distortion of what it says. |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
37. It's a very sad day in America. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
41. The Obama De-Stimulus: |
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crazyjoe (921 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
42. I'm in, I will send a letter to my local paper. |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:53 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Because we could go a week without war and get the same result? |
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crazyjoe (921 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 12:56 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. huh? |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 03:10 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. We spend about the same amount in Iraq and afghanistan in a week |
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crazyjoe (921 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 03:41 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. how is not getting a raise this year "pulling them down"? |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 03:48 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. they got paid way less than their private industry counterparts |
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DimplesinMI (281 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 05:40 AM Response to Original message |
45. Are they on Crack? |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
47. OFA has been a DLC/Obamabot tool |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 03:11 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Same thing happened to my gf |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
50. Not ONE "ignored" reply |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
52. Do they want elderly people to write to President Obama urging him to cut Social Security benefits? |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
54. I quit O F A this year because of shit like this. I even had an invitation to the inauguration for |
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