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Battle for Boeing stirs up virtual attacks on S.C.
The Post and Courier ^ | July 11, 2009 | Robert Behre

Posted on 07/11/2009 4:51:22 AM PDT by Peter Horry

A conservative, anti-union bastion whose people don't have much education. A magnet for destructive hurricanes. A region whose unskilled workers are incapable of building an airplane that can fly.

Does that sound like Charleston?

Now that the Lowcountry has emerged as a top competitor for a second production line of Boeing's new 787 jetliner, the area is getting increased attention from people living in Seattle and particularly in Everett, Wash., where Boeing builds its jets

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: 787jetliner; boeing
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1 posted on 07/11/2009 4:51:22 AM PDT by Peter Horry
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To: 2nd amendment mama

Ping!


2 posted on 07/11/2009 5:00:42 AM PDT by basil ( It's time to eliminate all "Gun Free Zones")
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To: Peter Horry

Oh goodie, it is the leftwing P&C posters vs the LW Idiot Union posters from Seattle. I think this is another case that exemplifies the real battle of the American Left, how to grab the scraps left after the Obamanation revolution!


3 posted on 07/11/2009 5:01:13 AM PDT by iopscusa (El Vaquero. (SC Lowcountry Cowboy))
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To: Peter Horry
... think liberals are evil ...

Sounds OK to me!

4 posted on 07/11/2009 5:02:03 AM PDT by NCjim ("Lies have to be covered up, truth can run around naked." - Johnny Cash)
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To: Peter Horry

Have you guys heard the criticizms of Europe’s A380 airbus safety record? I hear some flyers are now saying: “If it’s not Boeing, I’m not going!” LOL.


5 posted on 07/11/2009 5:09:53 AM PDT by 2harddrive (then)
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To: iopscusa
Well, in the communist world, economics is a zero sum game. You can't win something unless another party loses something.

It's the classic example of dogs tearing each other apart in a fight over the same bone.

6 posted on 07/11/2009 5:10:49 AM PDT by NoControllingLegalAuthority
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To: iopscusa

Yep, bet your bottom dollar that this is coming from the union.

Bet they said all the same things when the auto plants begin to spring up down South! Isn’t it a shame that “the highly skilled and educated union plants” are in the crapper?

Meanwhile, I seem to recall a little “man made disaster” that happened about 68 years ago. Seems that the uneducated hicks from the farms and sticks build just fine airplanes, tanks and ships.

Earth to the Boeing unions, become realistic or become extinct!!


7 posted on 07/11/2009 5:13:36 AM PDT by lowbuck (The Blue Card (American passport): Don't leave home without it!!)
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To: Peter Horry

When unions first started up they had 2 puposes.
Power for those staring them and protection for the workers that joined the union.
Now the unions exist for one reason.Power for the people that run them.


8 posted on 07/11/2009 5:20:12 AM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (Coming to You From the Front Lines of Occupied America)
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To: Peter Horry

This is just one more illustration of hatred disguised as competition.

South Carolina, with its climate, picturesque cities and character has seduced retirees from all over the US and the world. Southern folks’ inherent humility, decency and gracious manners have not prevented the invaders from leaving their brainwashed regional biases & politics behind. The ‘natives’ who had enough luck to be born in the South and the intelligence to remain Southerners are pilloried as uneducated, racist rednecks(if white) and pitiful victims (if black). Nothing tastes, works, looks or costs like it oughtta.

A new war of Northern aggression by the cultural elite.

sod


9 posted on 07/11/2009 5:20:43 AM PDT by sodpoodle (Never give up- Keep Up!!!)
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To: NCjim

We most certainly think liberals are evil.


10 posted on 07/11/2009 5:22:14 AM PDT by MBB1984
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To: Peter Horry

Old Charleston is very nice. Don’t care much for the rest of it.


11 posted on 07/11/2009 5:27:38 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Peter Horry

All workers come out of high school unskilled.

All workers were taught those skills.

Is the Union saying the people of SC are too stupid to learn?, or are they really saying they are too smart to join their Union and destroy their opportumnity for a good job.


12 posted on 07/11/2009 5:37:18 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: Peter Horry

We got the same ration of shite when NorthrupGrumman/EADS won the AF tanker bid. The production was to be in Mobile.


13 posted on 07/11/2009 5:37:32 AM PDT by Southern Partisan (One issue voter...and it ain't abortion.)
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To: sodpoodle

“Southerners are pilloried as uneducated, racist rednecks(if white)”

Southerners, white males, and Christians are among the few remaining groups that are “fair game”. You can freely post “redneck” on this site but don’t you even think of posting the dread “November” word.


14 posted on 07/11/2009 5:46:35 AM PDT by Peter Horry (Never were abilities so much below mediocrity so well rewarded - John Randolph)
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To: SECURE AMERICA

Post 8

The unions were socialist in nature from the very beginning and have done great damage to the production capability of this country.

Their efforts have always been to bleed and hamstring the industries they are associated with. If they had shown more concern for the health of the companies and the quality of their products, while ensuring the welfare of those they represented, their strongholds would not be the vast wastelands that currently exist.

I also find it interesting that the thugs that were employed against labor unions, during their inception, found “safe harbor in the unions”.... kind of reminds one of Animal Farm.


15 posted on 07/11/2009 6:04:28 AM PDT by Peter Horry (Never were abilities so much below mediocrity so well rewarded - John Randolph)
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To: Peter Horry

If you want to see stupid, uneducated and lazy, drive through union Detroit.


16 posted on 07/11/2009 6:09:37 AM PDT by sergeantdave (obuma is the anti-Lincoln, trying to re-establish slavery)
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To: SECURE AMERICA

Oh. . there is another reason. . .money for the people that run them.


17 posted on 07/11/2009 6:39:33 AM PDT by Hulka
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To: Southern Partisan

To be clear, different context.

One production line ready to go with facilities and tooling in place, with experienced workers, versus a yet-to-be-built facility and no trained work-force.

If we were talking about a second line to build the tanker, then you have a point.


18 posted on 07/11/2009 6:42:17 AM PDT by Hulka
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To: Peter Horry
"Does that sound like Charleston?"

No, it sounds like unions and the Wash Chamber of Commerce whining...

19 posted on 07/11/2009 7:51:17 AM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias...!!)
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To: sergeantdave
"If you want to see stupid, uneducated and lazy, drive through union Detroit."

But don't attempt that drive in a foreign-labeled vehicle -- especially unarmed...

20 posted on 07/11/2009 7:58:14 AM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias...!!)
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