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Didn't know we were talking about Nazis in SA. I'm not too up on the history of that, knowing just the bare basics, but wasn't that in international effort to capture people wanted for war crimes and not a free lance bounty hunter chasing a suspected (at the time) rapist? I'm not sure, but I also believe the respective countries where these incidents took place had differrent attitudes towards the "chase". My apologies if I am wrong.

I've been to Newfie-land several times and always enjoy the trip. The people there have the greatest sense of humor. What other state/province/country makes up jokes about themsilves?

Not everyone wants to be in a union. Sounds like they are trying to protect worker's rights. Exactly right. A worker has more to fear from pro-union people if he votes against the union (or resfuses to sign a petition) than he ever would from an employer if he voted in favor of a union. Oh yes, employers are SO benign. Try Googling "Haymarket riots". Kallend, we could sit at our computers for years posting links to sites listing violence by both sides. As far as Haymarket, correct me if I am wrong, as I remember from a paper I wrote concerning that in high school, it was the protest organizers who were ultimately found responsible for the violence that led to a police officer being murdered. As a said before, the only thing I would fear from an employer is loss of a job. Piss off a union enough and you could very well lose your life.

Don't know much about the breed, sorry. I had to give up a Welsh Springer for adoption due to circumstances beyond my control. I made sure he went to a good home, which happened to be in Arizona to be trained as a therapy dog. I know it's a lot of hard work. I know not every dog is cut out for it. But just knowing he was helping people and kids made giving him up a lot easier to handle.

During WWII my grandad went to join up and help fight. The government felt his skills were needed more stateside than overseas so instead of taking him into the military they put him to work with a crew installing and maintaining oxy & acetylene piping in factories. He was paid a buck an hour and worked 10-12 hrs a day, 7 days a week. He would get a day off every other weekend. At the end of each and every day as they left the workplace there would be a man standing by a car. Give him a dollar and he checks your name off a list. If you came to work the next day and your name didn't have a check next to it, you didn't get to work. Give the man two bucks and he lets you work. Do we really want to go back to those days?

Ok, I see. Privacy is only important when you think it is important. Glad we have that straight. As far as calling people Nazis, I think you should study a little history and find out just what a Nazi is. Bush may have done some really stupid things, but he is far from being a Nazi. What the unions want, according to the article, is to be able to have a sign-up sheet to collect signatures. Easy to tell who is against the union; they didn't sign. Some privacy. As I have stated before, you are free to think how I vote, but how I actually voted is nobodys business but mine. My experience has been that when voting is done on union issues, people say one thing and quite often vote another. Nothing wrong with that, it's their right. Doesn't benefit privacy??? You have got to be kidding! What the unions propose totally eliminates privacy! If you chose to work as a member of a union, that is your right. If a company choses to negotiate with a union, that is their right. But your rights don't extend to telling someone else that they have to join a union or work for a certain wage. If I want to work for minimum wage that is MY business, not yours. If you live in a RTW state and don't like it....move or try to get it changed. I was a teamster member, I didn't like it, so I chose not to be a union member. If you don't like that, tough. Go cry to your union boss about it. I am responsible for my own happiness, not yours.

Oh Sweet Jesus Does she realize that chipmunks aren't real monks? (Do not, I repeat...DO NOT let this woman breed!)

Soooo...let me see if I get this straight. According to what you have said, repubs want workers to have a choice between joining a union or not joining a union at a particular shop. Dems want all workers at that shop to be union members and be forced to pay union dues, regardless of their personal wishes. Repubs want union voting to remain as a secret ballot, protecting a workers right to privacy. Dems want those votes to be made publicly, in a way that all can see who is and who isn't backing the unions. Repubs want jobs in non-union plants to remain secure and affected as little as possible by strikes at union plants. Dems want union influence to go all the way to non-union shops, i.e. union goes on strike, non-union shops are severly affected. So how is it that you figure Repubs are against workers rights and Dems are for workers rights? It seems that Dems are more for union influence than for worker rights. Unions aren't neccessarily a bad thing. But the more they intrude upon the rights of those who don't wish to be a member of a union the worse their public image becomes. Personally, I'd rather make $12.50/hr in a non union shop than $20.00/hr in a union shop. Sure I'd take home less money. But I would know that I earned it through an honest days work and not because the shop was intimidated or mandated to pay me a higher wage. After all the whining Dems did about Bush's "illegal" wiretaps, I am surprised those same people are complaining that his administration is doing something to protect the privacy of the citizens.

Those symptoms could describe almost everyone here! And I'll be the first to admit I'm one of 'em.

I watched the show once. Waste of time.

Hey! Maybe we can make the field up from 22 cars and 22 bikes!

Sounds like your doing a good job already. His natural curiousity will lead him, just make sure he has what he needs to follow it.

The way I see it, Dog went to Mexico and broke their laws to bring back a bail jumper. The Mexican Government has followed set protocol to extredite Dog, who jumped bail in their country. Our laws concerning bringing bail jumpers to justice don't carry past our borders. For him to go to Mexico and bring that guy back against his will is kidnapping.

Easy...........cut open the belly and chest cavity......everything in there.........Take it out. Now butchering.........that takes some more skill and tools like a band saw and meat grinder. I'm pretty sure it isn't deer season........well ANYWHERE in the US right now. Could always shoot it then call the game warden to help gut it. I'm sure they would be more than willing to lend a hand.

Because it ain't nobody's Goddamn business how I vote! Whether someone thinks they can guess how I voted is moot.

Not everyone wants to be in a union. Sounds like they are trying to protect worker's rights. Mant/mosts staes are right to work, meaning you cannot be compelled to join teh union in order to work there. Those states that are closed shop and have unions in them enjoy far better benefits than their counterparts and if a person wants to, they can suck up and become management. 22 states have RTW laws. That is less than half, not even close to most. Also, railway and airline industries are exempt from these laws. That means even in a RTW state, one can be forced to join a union to work in those industries. Which is why I wrote many/most. I was unaware of the numbers. Be curious to see a cite that details which are RTW and not if ya have one handy. I am aware of teh federal railway unions too. All I was saying is that these stats are out of te picture as far as being relevant in this issue. So if you are correct, 28 states have closed shop laws. Let me ask you this, do you think union shops pay better than non-union and have better seniority protections? The internet is full of resources to answer those questions. Giving you links to those resources is not in my job description, sorry. And the guy whose responsibility it is to give you those links is on his lunch break. Speaking of breaks, my coffee break is coming up. I've only got ten minutes to take a dump before my break starts!

I can tell you all from experience that there are two kinds of racers. There are cheaters, and there are losers. Gordons not my favorite, but you can't count him out at any track, especially Daytona. Starting at the back can hurt, but usually doesn't. He is in a riskier position to get caught up in someone elses wreck for one thing. Another problem is if it goes a long stretch without a yellow. He can get caught up in a slow pack and end up lapped before he knows it. Not likely, but can happen. I'd put my cash on the #20 car. Yeah, I know he's got an attitude, but he is a racer, not just a driver.

As my daddy used to say, "People in Hell want ice water, too".

Who is your pick to win Daytona? The drivers listed are the four favorites according to the odds makers in Vegas.

I can agree with that. The only thing one has to fear losing by pissing off their employer is their job.

Not everyone wants to be in a union. Sounds like they are trying to protect worker's rights. Mant/mosts staes are right to work, meaning you cannot be compelled to join teh union in order to work there. Those states that are closed shop and have unions in them enjoy far better benefits than their counterparts and if a person wants to, they can suck up and become management. 22 states have RTW laws. That is less than half, not even close to most. Also, railway and airline industries are exempt from these laws. That means even in a RTW state, one can be forced to join a union to work in those industries.

Not everyone wants to be in a union. Sounds like they are trying to protect worker's rights. Exactly right. A worker has more to fear from pro-union people if he votes against the union (or resfuses to sign a petition) than he ever would from an employer if he voted in favor of a union. Oh please, if you were at a workplace, a union drive came up and you decided not to vote for it, fellow workers gave you shit, all you would have to do is to go to management and they would likely fire the union driver. From that statement it is quite obvious that you have never worked in a union shop and let the union leaders know you would rather the shop be non-union. Unions are, historically speaking, not very tolerant of dissenters.

Gimme a rocket powered SkyCycle and a ramp. I'll jump that hole! Best throw in a bottle of rum...I'll need all the balls I can get.

The Japanese also switched to an operating model that allows them to make relatively small runs of many models, thereby capturing not only the large market areas but also the niche markets. The "Big Three" have stayed with the status quo, only recently having followed the lead of the foreign owned manufacturers. Methods of maunfacturing also have had an influence. While U.S. and European manufacturers are still relying on human inspections to find defects in parts before they are installed, the Japanese, led by Toyota, have pefected manufacturing techniques that produce a superior part that needs no or very little human inspection. Studies have shown that even the best human inspectors are only 99% efficient in catching flawed parts. Fact is, the Americans have lagged behind Japan auto companies in almost every area. I hope someday they will take the initiative to surge ahead.

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