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   Message 8,072 of 8,857   
   Way Back Jack to turdfred2@catholic.org   
   Re: Don't let Wal-Mart off the hook!   
   27 Oct 08 12:15:41   
   
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   From: here@home   
      
   On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:22:42 -0700, Rev Turd Fredericks   
    wrote:   
      
   >Way Back Jack wrote:   
   >> On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 20:24:07 -0700, Rev Turd Fredericks   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Way Back Jack wrote:   
   >>>> On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:38:38 -0700, Rev Turd Fredericks   
   >>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Way Back Jack wrote:   
   >>>>>> TRANSLATION: You cannot identify any *labor* unions whose leaders   
   >>>>>> don't "give a fuck" for whom their sheepies vote.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> So why make such an assertion?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>> My Union has never approached me, in email, in person or otherwise, and   
   >>>>> asked me to vote a certain way. It is true, if you go to their website,   
   >>>>> that they support Obama, and justifiably so, but I have never been asked   
   >>>>> to vote for him by any union representative.   
   >>>> The other asshole said that many Unions don't give a fuck; I'm saying   
   >>>> that the overwhelming majority of them want the sheep to vote for the   
   >>>> more liberal candidate, as yours did, regardless of whether they   
   >>>> twisted your arm.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Similarly, the Wal Mart people didn't twist arms.  Some other poster   
   >>>> here said that the entire WalMart story is fabricated.   
   >>> You forget that unions can't hire or fire you.   
   >>   
   >> Unions can boot you out.   
   >   
   >Not mine, unless I don't pay my dues   
      
   I've known unions who booted people out for working thru their   
   designated breaks.   
      
   >>> If your sole support for   
   >>> your family is Wal-mart and they are telling you to vote a certain way,   
   >>> there is a conflict of interest.   
   >>   
   >> Does the WalMart CEO accompany you in the voting booth?   
   >   
   >Neither does the union. And they have no recourse if I actually tell   
   >them who I voted for.   
      
   Then why all the fuss about WalMart?   
      
   Doh.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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