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Fredda Weinberg
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Tue Dec-11-07 06:22 AM Original message |
I thought Oprah might be free because of the writer's strike |
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ClarkUSA
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Tue Dec-11-07 06:25 AM Response to Original message |
1. Proof? Links? Because otherwise this is bullshit. |
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Fredda Weinberg
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Tue Dec-11-07 06:27 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. How 'bout this? |
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ClarkUSA
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Tue Dec-11-07 06:32 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Provide evidence that Oprah does not allow her staff to unionize |
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Fredda Weinberg
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Tue Dec-11-07 06:34 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. You've just moved the goal posts ... don't put words in my mouth |
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ClarkUSA
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Tue Dec-11-07 06:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. No, I have not. Your conclusion is invalid and you have yet to: |
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Fredda Weinberg
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Tue Dec-11-07 06:41 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I posted the link below ... but here |
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ClarkUSA
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Tue Dec-11-07 06:49 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. You're still not proving that she doesn't employ union workers as I've asked you for proof |
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Tue Dec-11-07 09:42 AM Response to Reply #13 |
45. She would be FORCED to use union labor for all the jobs she insources because the industry is |
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SoCalDem
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Tue Dec-11-07 06:56 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. The kind of conversations that Oprah does on her show probably don't NEED writers. |
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Nailzberg
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Wed Dec-12-07 01:22 AM Response to Reply #9 |
51. It doesn't employ non-union writers, either. It's unscripted. |
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MADem
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Tue Dec-11-07 07:01 AM Response to Reply #4 |
20. The OP didn't say she didn't ALLOW them to unionize. |
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ClarkUSA
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Tue Dec-11-07 07:06 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. That's what she was implying, though... |
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MADem
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Tue Dec-11-07 07:11 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. All she said was that it wasn't a union shop. There wasn't anything beyond that until the shit hit |
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ClarkUSA
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Tue Dec-11-07 07:21 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. No fight at all... She has no real proof and I am getting tired of the anti-Oprah innuendos |
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Fredda Weinberg
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Tue Dec-11-07 07:25 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Where did I mention the arena? Sorry, but you keep dragging Obama |
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symbolman
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Tue Dec-11-07 08:33 AM Response to Reply #33 |
44. I've seen her in action, bringing staff in tens of planes for a killer |
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MonkeyFunk
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Tue Dec-11-07 07:13 AM Response to Reply #20 |
29. Or maybe The Oprah Winfrey Show doesn't employ |
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MADem
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Tue Dec-11-07 07:21 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Could be. I'll bet she has a few, though. She probably gives them a nice payday, and they don't |
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Fredda Weinberg
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Tue Dec-11-07 07:28 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Here's an insider's perspective |
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MADem
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Tue Dec-11-07 07:34 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Well, if that guy is telling the truth, that's not too swift on her part. |
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Fredda Weinberg
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Tue Dec-11-07 07:38 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Sigh ... and honestly, I was looking for a reason to like her n/t |
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MADem
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Tue Dec-11-07 07:45 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Well, I have always found her annoying. But that said, who cares what I think? |
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Nailzberg
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Wed Dec-12-07 01:32 AM Response to Reply #35 |
52. That is not a credible source. |
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Nailzberg
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Wed Dec-12-07 01:21 AM Response to Reply #2 |
50. That's a casting notice for a reality show. What's your point? |
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Fredda Weinberg
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Tue Dec-11-07 06:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Normally, I don't click through here, but is this true? |
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ClarkUSA
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Tue Dec-11-07 06:37 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Obama worked with the union to get a waiver for his event |
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Fredda Weinberg
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Tue Dec-11-07 06:42 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Sorry, but I found an authoritative link |
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ClarkUSA
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Tue Dec-11-07 06:53 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Um, I gave you a link to a news article and you're linking to an anti-Obama blog. |
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Fredda Weinberg
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Tue Dec-11-07 06:56 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. MSNBC's not good enuf? It's an AP article, for Pete's sake |
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ClarkUSA
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Tue Dec-11-07 07:00 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Your link does not prove that Oprah does not allow her writers to unionize. |
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Fredda Weinberg
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Tue Dec-11-07 07:03 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I never made the claim, so your objection is a strawman |
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ClarkUSA
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Tue Dec-11-07 07:12 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. No, you're implying that... even though it's unclear whether she even employs writers! |
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Fredda Weinberg
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Tue Dec-11-07 07:26 AM Response to Reply #28 |
34. I've been consistent and accurate. You can run, but the truth can't hide n/t |
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ClarkUSA
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Tue Dec-11-07 08:15 PM Response to Reply #34 |
48. What Orwellian-Clintonian BS... people can read this thread and know you're full of it. |
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Fredda Weinberg
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Tue Dec-11-07 06:37 AM Response to Original message |
6. Actually, it's not |
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ClarkUSA
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Tue Dec-11-07 06:44 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Workers either unionize - because they have a damn good reason to - or they don't. |
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MonkeyFunk
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Tue Dec-11-07 06:48 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I don't think Oprah employs writers |
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Fredda Weinberg
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Tue Dec-11-07 06:51 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Sorry, but you're mistaken. She employs non-union writers |
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ClarkUSA
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Tue Dec-11-07 06:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Um, Oprah's writers may be quite happy with her well above-union pay grade and uber-benefits |
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Fredda Weinberg
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Tue Dec-11-07 07:04 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I challenge you to find anything I've posted sniping at anyone |
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ClarkUSA
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Tue Dec-11-07 07:10 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Yeah, right ... I've read threads where you have posted snark |
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H2O Man
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Tue Dec-11-07 07:07 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. It's pretty lame. |
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readmoreoften
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Tue Dec-11-07 10:44 AM Response to Reply #18 |
46. Unlikely. If they take non-union work, they'd most likely lose their union spot. If they were fired |
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MonkeyFunk
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Tue Dec-11-07 07:08 AM Response to Reply #14 |
25. actually, it doesn't say that |
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Fredda Weinberg
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Tue Dec-11-07 07:24 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Here's a published article w/my interpretation |
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MonkeyFunk
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Tue Dec-11-07 07:29 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Do you know you're tiresome? |
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Fredda Weinberg
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Tue Dec-11-07 07:35 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Here ya go friend ... not tiring for me at all |
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MonkeyFunk
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Tue Dec-11-07 07:43 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. again |
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Fredda Weinberg
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Tue Dec-11-07 08:09 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. quod erat demonstrandum |
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MonkeyFunk
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Thu Dec-13-07 06:05 PM Response to Reply #43 |
67. Not if Oprah's doing it herself |
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aquart
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Tue Dec-11-07 08:08 AM Response to Reply #11 |
42. I've never heard of a union contract that PREVENTS additional benefits. |
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readmoreoften
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Tue Dec-11-07 10:45 AM Response to Reply #42 |
47. I agree. There's no law saying employers can't provide more than a standard contract. /nt |
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MADem
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Thu Dec-13-07 07:19 AM Response to Reply #42 |
56. Only if it's YOUR ox getting the old gore treatment!!! |
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Whisp
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Tue Dec-11-07 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
49. then why don't you find out before you post your little trails of suspicion. |
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tammywammy
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Wed Dec-12-07 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
53. Maybe she doesn't have any writers to begin with |
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Nailzberg
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Wed Dec-12-07 01:47 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Quit using logic in here. This is the GD for heaven's sake. n/t |
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tammywammy
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Wed Dec-12-07 01:52 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Oh, I know, common sense and logic runs a little low here sometimes |
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Elspeth
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Thu Dec-13-07 07:23 AM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Of course she has writers. As does Ellen, who is also publically strike breaking. |
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NYCGirl
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Thu Dec-13-07 10:58 AM Response to Reply #57 |
60. Full credits listed here. No writers: |
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tammywammy
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Thu Dec-13-07 05:47 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. According to the links |
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MonkeyFunk
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Thu Dec-13-07 05:52 PM Response to Reply #57 |
63. Ellen does a comic monologue each day |
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supernova
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Thu Dec-13-07 10:58 AM Response to Reply #53 |
61. That's what I thought too |
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Lurking Dem
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Thu Dec-13-07 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
58. See |
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MonkeyFunk
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Thu Dec-13-07 06:01 PM Response to Reply #58 |
66. Thank you! |
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NYCGirl
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Thu Dec-13-07 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
59. "The Oprah Winfrey Show" does not employ any writers. |
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Swamp Rat
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Thu Dec-13-07 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
64. Oprah has writers? |
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Lex
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Thu Dec-13-07 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
65. Oh, bad fumble. |
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