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DainBramaged
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Fri Dec-21-07 12:56 AM Original message |
Congress removes funds to support the * plan to allow Mexican truck drivers across our borders |
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Faux pas
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Fri Dec-21-07 03:33 AM Response to Original message |
1. Great news! This goes beyond road safety, I believe it's a huge |
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DainBramaged
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Fri Dec-21-07 06:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Absolutely |
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B Calm
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Fri Dec-21-07 04:14 AM Response to Original message |
2. Great news! About time this congress does something right! |
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Perry Logan
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Fri Dec-21-07 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
4. Congress does the right thing--and within three posts we have someone bashing Congress. Not good. |
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Orsino
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Sat Dec-22-07 09:00 AM Response to Reply #4 |
60. Well, before we break out the champagne... |
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pampango
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Fri Dec-21-07 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
5. While Europe celebrates tearing down borders, we celebrate building them up. |
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DainBramaged
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Fri Dec-21-07 07:38 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. OK, so you want uninspected, unregulated and uninsured trucks pounding the highways |
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pampango
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Fri Dec-21-07 08:04 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. No and I expect that the French do not want uninspected, unregulated, and uninsured |
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DainBramaged
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Fri Dec-21-07 01:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Don't assume anything with me. |
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pampango
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Fri Dec-21-07 02:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Agreed. I don't make assumptions about you and you don't jump to conclusions about me. |
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DainBramaged
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Fri Dec-21-07 02:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. If you love the European systems so much............... |
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pampango
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Fri Dec-21-07 02:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Love it or leave it, huh? n/t |
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DainBramaged
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Fri Dec-21-07 06:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. You brought it up so go help the workers assimilate |
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pampango
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Fri Dec-21-07 06:37 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Thanks for the offer, but I think the Europeans can handle it without much |
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Tejas
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Fri Dec-21-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Of course not, you're too busy making assumptions |
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pampango
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Fri Dec-21-07 03:25 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I am not European trucking expert, but I would bet that the trucks |
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rockymountaindem
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Fri Dec-21-07 10:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
52. Western Europeans are afraid of losing jobs to E. Europeans |
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DainBramaged
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Fri Dec-21-07 06:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
28. Why do you think you can hijack this thread for your own agenda |
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pampango
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Fri Dec-21-07 07:05 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Sometimes we can learn from how others deal with problems similar |
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Fri Dec-21-07 07:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
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A HERETIC I AM
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Fri Dec-21-07 03:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. Where do you get the idea that the Mexican trucks that are (will/would) participate in this program |
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pampango
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Fri Dec-21-07 05:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. The idea may come from the fact that the US is bigger and stronger |
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A HERETIC I AM
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Fri Dec-21-07 08:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
40. Pampango, i am fairly sure where you are coming from, i just want to know Dainbramaged's POV |
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Romulox
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Sat Dec-22-07 12:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
77. Bogus argument: Europe still has borders. Egyptians or Chinese, e.g., cannot "move freely" in EU. |
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senseandsensibility
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Fri Dec-21-07 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
8. I am glad to hear this |
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rndmprsn
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Fri Dec-21-07 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
9. good for them... |
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pampango
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Fri Dec-21-07 10:04 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I read that there was a college student of Korean ancestry who killed 30 people |
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DainBramaged
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Fri Dec-21-07 01:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Not in my thread, this is about unsafe trucks |
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Tejas
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Fri Dec-21-07 03:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. your total disregard for public safety |
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pampango
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Fri Dec-21-07 03:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. My son could be on of the next 30, God forbid, but that does not |
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High Plains
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Fri Dec-21-07 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
17. So, should we now expect Mexico to ban US trucks? |
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Tejas
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Fri Dec-21-07 03:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. nope. n/t |
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DainBramaged
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Fri Dec-21-07 06:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. You really have it wrong. And we don't cruise the highways in Mexico |
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spoony
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Fri Dec-21-07 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
24. Excellent news. |
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pampango
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Fri Dec-21-07 06:33 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Now anyone with a differing opinion is an "anti-union propagandist"? |
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Fri Dec-21-07 06:41 PM Response to Reply #29 |
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pampango
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Fri Dec-21-07 07:24 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. I try to state my opinion not call anyone names or put a label on them. |
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brentspeak
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Fri Dec-21-07 07:33 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Pampango is a DLC cheap-labor advocate of sending American jobs overseas |
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DainBramaged
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Fri Dec-21-07 08:11 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Let him hire the illegals I want jobs for Amercans not cheap ass investors |
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pampango
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Fri Dec-21-07 09:02 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. I realize that you have me on "ignore" but I do have to give you credit |
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pampango
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Fri Dec-21-07 09:00 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Why do people whom you don't agree with have to be labelled |
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ChromeFoundry
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Fri Dec-21-07 09:22 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. Loves the Outsourcing of US Jobs..... |
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pampango
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Fri Dec-21-07 09:49 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. I didn't see a "brown people" reference in the thread. Did you? n/t |
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ChromeFoundry
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Sat Dec-22-07 09:01 AM Response to Reply #48 |
61. Didn't Bother Looking.....Already Know What to Expect From You |
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OhioChick
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Fri Dec-21-07 09:37 PM Response to Reply #36 |
46. Agreed. n/t |
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B Calm
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Fri Dec-21-07 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
25. I just forwarded this message to all my 18 wheeler peers, and many |
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bullwinkle428
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Fri Dec-21-07 06:54 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. I work in an industry that supplies the trucking business, and |
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brentspeak
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Fri Dec-21-07 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
37. Good news, for once |
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OhioChick
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Fri Dec-21-07 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
39. Glad to Hear. |
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A HERETIC I AM
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Fri Dec-21-07 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
43. As an obviously proud Union man, are you as upset about Canadian Truckers? |
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DainBramaged
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Fri Dec-21-07 09:21 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. As long as there were Teamsters behind the wheel |
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A HERETIC I AM
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Fri Dec-21-07 09:43 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. So the overwhelming majority of the trucks that come across from Canada every day |
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B Calm
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Sat Dec-22-07 12:50 AM Response to Reply #47 |
54. Why don't Canadian truckers have cabotage regulations? You |
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A HERETIC I AM
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Sat Dec-22-07 08:39 AM Response to Reply #54 |
59. Actually, no. Cabotage for them would be a BAD thing. |
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B Calm
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Sat Dec-22-07 09:34 AM Response to Reply #59 |
63. No way would it cost American jobs! That doesn't make sense. |
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A HERETIC I AM
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Sat Dec-22-07 10:05 AM Response to Reply #63 |
69. Please try and understand what "Cabotage" means. |
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A HERETIC I AM
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Fri Dec-21-07 09:49 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. One other thing... |
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DainBramaged
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Sat Dec-22-07 01:36 AM Response to Reply #49 |
55. You are simply anti-Union disguised as a "member" here |
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Nailzberg
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Sat Dec-22-07 01:44 AM Response to Reply #43 |
56. International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents Canadian haulers n/t |
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A HERETIC I AM
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Sat Dec-22-07 08:10 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. How many of the Canadian Haulers that come across the border each day are Teamsters? |
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B Calm
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Sat Dec-22-07 09:39 AM Response to Reply #57 |
66. Local drivers or over the road drivers? |
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A HERETIC I AM
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Sat Dec-22-07 09:59 AM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Either |
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Snotcicles
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Sat Dec-22-07 10:20 AM Response to Reply #57 |
70. Well now you for one should know at least all of the Allied ones are. And as far as taking |
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A HERETIC I AM
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Sat Dec-22-07 10:48 AM Response to Reply #70 |
71. Yes, of course, many Car-Haul companies are Teamsters.. |
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Snotcicles
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Sat Dec-22-07 11:00 AM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Things are ok up here but wages are dropping like a hot potato. |
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Nailzberg
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Sat Dec-22-07 03:27 PM Response to Reply #57 |
79. I have no idea, and I don't care. |
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Elwood P Dowd
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Fri Dec-21-07 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
50. I see the same couple of fake free trade and outsourcing supporters are here as usual. |
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A HERETIC I AM
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Fri Dec-21-07 10:23 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Just for the hell of it... |
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Elwood P Dowd
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Fri Dec-21-07 10:30 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. The Canadian truckers make a living fucking wage!!! |
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A HERETIC I AM
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Sat Dec-22-07 08:29 AM Response to Reply #53 |
58. Blah blah blah |
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Kajsa
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Sat Dec-22-07 11:25 AM Response to Reply #58 |
74. Where are US jobs outsourced to? |
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Snotcicles
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Sat Dec-22-07 12:17 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. My guess is to which ever offers the lower cost. It won't |
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Kajsa
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Sat Dec-22-07 04:40 PM Response to Reply #76 |
80. I completely agree with you, Snotcicles. |
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Snotcicles
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Sat Dec-22-07 11:36 AM Response to Reply #51 |
75. Well I for one am more concerned about area standards like wage and benefit |
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Romulox
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Sat Dec-22-07 12:53 PM Response to Reply #50 |
78. Why does the Democratic UNDERGROUND attract so many *neo-liberal* posters??? |
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Kajsa
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Sat Dec-22-07 04:43 PM Response to Reply #78 |
81. Excellent question, Romulex! |
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QC
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Sat Dec-22-07 04:47 PM Response to Reply #78 |
82. Why do you hate brown people? n/t |
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doc03
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Sat Dec-22-07 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
62. Safety is an issue but I think |
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lonestarnot
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Sat Dec-22-07 09:36 AM Response to Reply #62 |
65. Whatever, it is a viable issue. |
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VP505
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Sat Dec-22-07 09:42 AM Response to Reply #62 |
67. Its not just truckers |
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doc03
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Sat Dec-22-07 10:50 AM Response to Reply #67 |
72. I agree, but the Repugs will |
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lonestarnot
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Sat Dec-22-07 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
64. Union! YES! |
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