The Road to Citizenship - Immigrants and unions get on the same bus

In These Times ^ | 9-23-03 | David Moberg

[webstersII]

"A lot of union members just 'go with the flow' and don't stop to think what their leadership is doing to them and the United States."

Follow the money. These people pay dues to the Union. That's all that counts.

[raybbr]

I know about the sheeple part and the money part. I just don't understand why the rank and file of these unions supports this. I mean; I am truly baffled why the union memebers don't see this as detrimental to them?!?!

[HadEnough]

My wife was member of the teamsters with the local transit company. Each and every election the Union mails a letter to the membership with the following start:

"If you don't vote for XXXXXX, YOU WILL LOSE YOUR JOB!"

Of course, my wife can't help but be politically aware living with me so SHE knows that this threat is crap.

However, the Union rank and file probably take this threat seriously and vote for the suggested moron.

Of course all Americans could avail themselves of the Library, Internet etc and become fully aware of the slippery slope they are rapidly sliding down. However, that would require giving up some TV, movies, DVDs, CDs, porno, sports, computer games, PS-2 games etc. A bit much to ask of people already brain dead from public schools and an entertainment overdose..

[vikingcelt]

"Were I not a law abiding citizen I might actually advocate some serious "civil disobdience" against this "freedom ride."

There no longer is any reason to be a law abiding citizen as far as I'm concerned. The rule of law is no more. As far as the laws of the United States go, I figure they no longer apply to me. Since they do not apply to illegal aliens, they do not apply to me. All the laws I need to abide by are in the Ten Commandments. Our own government has effectively liquidated the rule of law by not stopping this travesty and by giving a slap in the face to every Black and White American who rode together in the real Freedom Rides to procure the rights of Black Americans. Their divide and conquer strategy has worked. Soon there will be enormous civil disobdience in this country. Our own government is spitting in the face of its citizens and expecting us just to take it. I for one refuse to just take it.

[JustPiper]

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