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Old 04-16-2009, 05:50 AM   #1
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Crunch/BSSB, you make us that lean left look bad with this BS.


A far as the tea party, Matt Allen was all excited about it... what was accomplished? Anything? Attention? If the right was that organized in Oct, Obama et al would have lost... so what happened?
So is protesting and activism a soul right of the left? You guys mad that someone else can hold a sign?
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Old 04-16-2009, 08:30 AM   #2
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So is protesting and activism a soul right of the left? You guys mad that someone else can hold a sign?
Union guys are prancing around all the time holding signs. Most of them are Right wing.
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Old 04-16-2009, 08:37 AM   #3
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Union guys are prancing around all the time holding signs. Most of them are Right wing.
Teachers?

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Old 04-16-2009, 08:53 AM   #4
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Teachers?
It was a joke. Hence the

The AFL-CIO is the largest Union in this country and it leans significantly Democratic.
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Old 04-16-2009, 09:03 AM   #5
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It was a joke. Hence the

The AFL-CIO is the largest Union in this country and it leans significantly Democratic.
I didn't even pick up on it. I haven't had my coffee yet.

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Old 04-17-2009, 01:56 PM   #6
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Union guys are prancing around all the time holding signs. Most of them are Right wing.
If you are serious, you haven't spent much time around union workers...
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Old 04-17-2009, 02:17 PM   #7
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If you are serious, you haven't spent much time around union workers...
If you're asking me this, you didn't spend much time reading the rest of the thread.

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Old 04-17-2009, 03:25 PM   #8
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If you're asking me this, you didn't spend much time reading the rest of the thread.
I see, that's what happens when I am busy at work...I haven't been around much as work is REALLY picking up..glad to see some of these big pharmaceutical companies freeing up some construction money!
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I see, that's what happens when I am busy at work...I haven't been around much as work is REALLY picking up..glad to see some of these big pharmaceutical companies freeing up some construction money!
That's because Obama is giving them mega bucks to play with.
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Old 04-19-2009, 02:31 PM   #10
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I see, that's what happens when I am busy at work...I haven't been around much as work is REALLY picking up..glad to see some of these big pharmaceutical companies freeing up some construction money!
After laying off half their staff (As is the case down in Groton)

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