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I Don't Owe Unions A Damn Thing
Bob Parks: Black & Right ^ | 3/6/11 | Bob Parks

Posted on 03/06/2011 7:23:14 AM PST by bocopar

We don’t live in a communist country where jobs are assigned according to intellect or bulk. Police and firefighters weren’t drafted. If you chose to be one, I applaud you but that being said, that doesn’t mean you get to tell us how much you get paid because you chose a job that potentially puts your life in peril. If it’s not worth the risk, I wouldn’t blame you at all if you walked, but this job safety-guilt trip sh-- is starting to fall on deaf ears.

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To: bocopar

My argument against union Firefighters is to let them know that 16-?? aged men and women here volunteer and fight fires for free. I know it’s a concept that drives them nuts. Their argument holds no water here....I however gladly spent money at their two fundraiser dinners in the last two weeks because I feel they do deserve it....however I will not donate to any of the FF PD give me charity accounts.


21 posted on 03/06/2011 8:12:23 AM PST by TheRevolution1776 (Time to abolish and start over. Draw the line.)
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To: KansasGirl

@ #16

This is one of the things being addressed in Scott Walker’s full budget bill for 2011-2013 - allowing people without a teaching certificate, but who hold a bachelor’s degree to teach in public schools. The teaching cert, as you probably well know, is tied to having a degree in education.


22 posted on 03/06/2011 8:12:36 AM PST by chickadee
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To: EGPWS; bocopar
Don't be silly about military pay being low ~ when I was in you started out at less than $100 a month. It was probably lower even when you were there.

They start out far higher these days!

23 posted on 03/06/2011 8:20:42 AM PST by muawiyah (Make America Safe For Americans)
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To: bocopar

The unions always try to use scare tactics and outright lies. One of the biggest is that without unions, businesses are just going to start firing people regularly with no cause. Unions will save your jobs. Baloney. I worked for a union at a major corp, and when the they started cutting down, everyone in my union lost their job. As did many non-union people. The fact is, if you are a good worker and important to the company, you will probably keep your job. If your job is not important, you will probably lose it. That is in a non-union business that wants to survive. The bottom line: unless you’re working for government, unions can’t, and shouldn’t, protect your job.


24 posted on 03/06/2011 8:21:39 AM PST by driftless2 (For long-term happiness, learn how to play the accordion.)
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To: EGPWS
Ironically, the armed forces are low paid, non-union, and not a peep out of them as to complaints.

Right, and it really is a very dangerous job unlike being a LEO which is not even as dangerous of an occupation as being a garbage man.

25 posted on 03/06/2011 8:23:33 AM PST by Prokopton
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To: youngidiot

I judge them by what they do and based on that we all should hate them more than we do. After Obama was elected I felt like disowning my father who is in a union I was so angry but the best way to attack unions is not with anger but with reason. They don’t believe in basic ideas of liberty such as a right to work. They tell members how to vote and suck out dues to push liberal politicians and causes. They want to leave work and then get paid to protest. All of that is contrary to my definition of America. I don’t want America to look like Greece and if we give in we will become exactly that.


26 posted on 03/06/2011 8:24:51 AM PST by Maelstorm (Better to keep your enemy in your sights than in your camp expecting him to guard your back.)
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To: bocopar

That was beautiful. These people act like the world owes them everything and crap on you if they don’t get it.


27 posted on 03/06/2011 8:29:03 AM PST by creeping death
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To: Pete-R-Bilt

ping


28 posted on 03/06/2011 8:33:37 AM PST by B4Ranch (Do NOT remain seated until this ride comes to a full and complete stop! We're going the wrong way!)
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To: bocopar

We need to ignore the “haters”. Great article! =)


29 posted on 03/06/2011 8:35:43 AM PST by NoGrayZone (Hell really is a bottomless pit of fire. Which side of the line are you going to choose? Palin/West)
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To: bocopar

Getting off the ‘gravy train’ is hard to do for Union and ‘some’ government members.


30 posted on 03/06/2011 8:36:51 AM PST by TribalPrincess2U (They don't need to do another 911. They have BHO and the Fleebaggers.)
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To: bocopar

A friend of mine is a union electrician. He’s currently out of work and employment has been sporadic for the past three years. We were at a church supper recently and I asked him how much of a difference there was between union and non-union electricians. “$17/hr, he says, but the union provides benefits like health insurance, pensions, etc.” I asked him how much that amounted to on an hourly basis. “Oh, about $6/hr.” Why the $11 difference then? “Because we are UNION electricians!” Ahh, says I.


31 posted on 03/06/2011 8:37:33 AM PST by Ol' Sox
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To: bocopar

I hope you don’t mind, but I posted your piece on my FB.


32 posted on 03/06/2011 8:39:29 AM PST by NoGrayZone (Hell really is a bottomless pit of fire. Which side of the line are you going to choose? Palin/West)
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To: NoGrayZone

“Hater”? For questioning someone who excerpts from their own site?

The article may be good, but what is the reason for excerpting?

Ah, to drive traffic to his site from FR.


33 posted on 03/06/2011 8:44:10 AM PST by Theo (May Rome decrease and Christ increase.)
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To: Theo; bocopar
"“Hater”? For questioning someone who excerpts from their own site?"

Yes, hater. He has his own blog site, which I have been following for years and posted it correctly in BLOGGERS/PERSONAL......THAT is what the category is used for!

"The article may be good, but what is the reason for excerpting?"

Hence the BLOGGER/PERSONAL forum. If you don't like it, don't read it. No one here is forcing you to.

"Ah, to drive traffic to his site from FR."

No. It's called sharing information. You said yourself the article was good. Why are you so "offended" he shared it with fellow FReepers?

34 posted on 03/06/2011 8:50:53 AM PST by NoGrayZone (Hell really is a bottomless pit of fire. Which side of the line are you going to choose? Palin/West)
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To: bocopar; Theo; humblegunner; Eaker; Allegra; Bean Counter; TheMom; TheOldLady; Salamander; 50mm; ...
"Sorry if this caught you off guard. I’ve done this here for years with no complaints from even the site owner."

The site owner has been busy of late, having weighty problems to deal with, not the least of which is his health. (Take just a moment for another prayer for JimRob's well-being.)

He has however, a dedicated team of Blogger Overlords who are ready and able to deal with such matters.

Gentlemen (and Ladies?)
35 posted on 03/06/2011 8:51:49 AM PST by shibumi (I am The Nexus One - I want more life, Baby I aint done!)
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To: Theo; bocopar
Ah, to drive traffic to his site from FR.


36 posted on 03/06/2011 8:56:52 AM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR to pimp your blog!!!)
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To: shibumi; bocopar

It’s called BLOGGERS & PERSONAL for a reason. It was properly posted. What is your problem?


37 posted on 03/06/2011 8:57:25 AM PST by NoGrayZone (Hell really is a bottomless pit of fire. Which side of the line are you going to choose? Palin/West)
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To: bocopar

38 posted on 03/06/2011 8:59:42 AM PST by Eaker (The problem with the internet, you're never sure the accuracy of the quotes. ~ Abraham Lincoln, 1865)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis; bocopar

And what exactly have YOU been doing to spread the Conservative word? B&R has been posting for YEARS, using his own money, and any monies we can give to help support him to spread the word.


39 posted on 03/06/2011 9:01:09 AM PST by NoGrayZone (Hell really is a bottomless pit of fire. Which side of the line are you going to choose? Palin/West)
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To: Theo; NoGrayZone
"Hater"? Now that's a new one I think...

Us folks who oppose bloggers pimping their sites for hits have been called jerks, fascists, liberals, trolls, Pelosi-lovers, and Soros plants,...and now 'haters'. Heh heh... :-)

40 posted on 03/06/2011 9:01:54 AM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR to pimp your blog!!!)
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