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Display:
w/ all due respect, the point is that the  passionate action is bubbling just below the surface.

I'm not arguing that any of the candidates gives a shit...although Edwards' is talking the talk...it's not what I was trying to point out.

My work brings me into contact w/ these guys like those in the survey, all the time, hell, I'm one of them....carpenters, masons, stl workers, all the construction trades....I pay attention, I talk to them....they're pissed, they're scared and they're tired of getting fucked....if the pols don't wake up, it's going to get ugly, and in fact may do so anyway...there's a huge amount of pent up anger and it's going to find a vent, those who ignore do so at their peril.

hasn't happened yet, but don't think for a moment that it's to far fetched a scenario. the workers could shut this country down if they ever got their shit together...bet on it, as AG says...and they will if this continues.

my2¢

like it or not...there ain't no saviours coming...just read the fucking survey...hell take it, then draw your own conclusions.




meet the new boss, same as the old boss...

by dada on Sun Apr 8th, 2007 at 12:14:28 AM EST
[ Parent ]
the workers could shut this country down if they ever got their shit together...

Yup, they have the power, but don't know it. And right there is a talking point that I'd love to see...'cept that the politicians know it too...and know that the workers won't act. Why? Because they're one, maybe two pay checks away from disaster.

With all due respect.

Green Grass and High Tides Forever

by supersoling (colorsplash62@optonline.net) on Sun Apr 8th, 2007 at 12:24:43 AM EST
[ Parent ]
but the workers sense it. a big part of the problem is thatthey're just as unhappy with the position of their unions, who are just as much a part of the system as the other pigs. they don't feel adequately represented, they feel like they're being sold out not only by the govt. and the corporatist's, but by their own leaders...they feel betrayed on many level. my sense of the situation, which is borne out by this survey, is that they're going to start demanding change...across the board.

the powers that be have tried to focus their anger towards illegal immigrants and a whole bunch of other boogeymen and bogus crisis, as well as fear mongering tactics on many fronts. that song and dance is wearing thin...there's a great deal of untapped energy here, can it be channelled in a positive direction? I've got no answers, but it's a hell of a question, and I'd like to see it addressed.

and if you're not in the top 5% in terms of income and worth, in this
country, then it's damn likely you're only one or two paychecks away from disaster...so there's a lot of company there, blue collar and white collar.

avarice and hubris come with a very high price tag when time comes to settle the tab.




meet the new boss, same as the old boss...

by dada on Sun Apr 8th, 2007 at 12:55:47 AM EST
[ Parent ]
I'm ready to settle the tab Dada.
But no matter how close we thing the edge is, the vast, vast majority of potential revolutionaries is too busy keeping their shit survivable and will vote for the media's version of the next Jesus/Marx.

Same story, different cycle.

Here's my idea of the candidate's solutions....nursery rymes...



Green Grass and High Tides Forever

by supersoling (colorsplash62@optonline.net) on Sun Apr 8th, 2007 at 02:26:16 AM EST
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