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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jlallen who wrote (10282)	6/19/2001 10:25:51 AM
From: Mr. Whist	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 59480

Re: "And, BTW I thought flappy said he was a union member? Ergo, by definition he doesn't have a real job and could not possibly be a "working man." JLA" The pilot who flies you from Boston to Miami ... he or she is likely a union member. Next time ask for a non-union pilot when you fly. They're far superior. The nurse who works the ICU ward ... she likely is a union member. The guy who busts his tail down at the factory, serves on the school board and coaches your kid's Little League team ... he also is a union member. So you have contempt for all these people? I'd say your elitist slip is showing here, Lug. So here's what you do: Next time your house catches fire, you make sure that the firefighters who respond are non-union. You certainly don't want firefighters who believe in collective bargaining dousing the flames at your mansion. Next time you need to call 911 because of chest pains, you make sure that the paramedics are non-union before you let them into your home. You certainly don't want "non-working people" on your private property. So you keep bashing unions and then go fishing for laffs among your pals on your own private thread. You're just making an ass out of yourself when you do.

To: jlallen who wrote (10282)	6/19/2001 12:19:12 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 59480

And, BTW I thought flappy said he was a union member? Ergo, by definition he doesn't have a real job and could not possibly be a "working man." LOL! Actually, your brush is a bit too broad. While featherbedding, etc. does take place behind the union label, real work gets done, too. Although sometimes you wonder how. I'm back (for the third time) at Lockheed-Martin. They are union. I'm an engineer- -a non-union salaried professional employee. In the manufacturing areas, if I need to have something- -anything- -moved, I have to get a union guy; I can't do it myself. If I need to have an oscilloscope set up and adjusted, I have to get a union employee to do it- -in spite of the fact that most of union "electronic technicians" couldn't do it if they had a guide dog. I generally let them fumble around for a few minutes, the quietly take over and do it myself. Gotta get the job done somehow.