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[truth_seeker]

As an Orange County, CA conservative of many years standing, I must comment. For several days, I have watched the huge super ships gather, off the shore along Los Angeles and Orange counties.

Here a conservative might say: keep government out of it, entirely. Let the parties work matters out, after they both feel the pain of their current positions. Free markets, minimal regulation, etc. That is my first instinct.

Another side of me remembers Reagan, basically firing the air traffic controllers. I would like to "fire" the union workers, who want to featherbed.

A friend of mine is a liberal, Northern California style. As he grows older, he gets wiser, but he has been brainwashed.

We both look out at the ships, and came to agree that Bush should try to help matters along. And within hours, Bush did just that.

The lesson I learned is that liberals and conservatives often CAN discuss, and sometimes even agree on important matters.

[Thebaddog]

Dop these jumokes really make $100,000 on the average? And what is the issue with bar codes again?

[OldFriend]

No doubt the prima donnas with the $100,000 salaries are soo sorry they have to go back to work.

[ladyinred]

Let's see now, the leftist's complain that Bush does nothing about the economy, in fact, only cares about the war. When he does something to stop the union from sending the economy into a worse nosedive, they complain. Hmmm, isn't this what we all thought the agenda was to begin with?
Can't fool freepers you idiots!

[CIB-173RDABN]

A month before elections, the union works begin a work slow down forces management to lock them out.

Anyone else see a connection? They shut down on our ports, this hurts our economy (something the Democrats really want to do), forces the President to get involved.

Now the Democrats can go to all their union buddys and say see what happens when you have a Republican in the White House, we would not do this to you.

This is so transparent.

[GSWarrior]

So we have ships backed up in port, waiting to be unloaded. In the haste to unload these ships, security procedures are neglected....
This could be a scary scenario.

[Senator Pardek]

LOL - am I the only one who sees the ironic sub-story to this?

These monkeys, to a man, support that luddite economic protectionist crap, while it's free trade that puts 100 large food on their tables...

[Northeast]

So lemme see if I have this right:

The Union scum get locked out because of a work slow down. Then they complain that they were locked out, didn't go on strike.

George involkes Taft-Hartley to keep the ports open (Essentially telling the port folks to open the ports and let the labor unions get back to work).

And the unions are pi**ed because the President got them back on the job?

Do I have that right?

[Clara Lou]

As far as the unions are concerned, it's perfectly fine for the economy to suffer while the union works for its own benefit. I don't have any respect for unions. The only people who benefit are the people running them.

[nightdriver]

"They worked together to threaten the union," International Longshoremen and Warehouse Union Communications Director Steve Stallone told United Press International."

Of course the union doesn't threaten anybody anytime! OOOOHHHHH, NOOOOOOOOO!

[nonliberal]

Bush should bust up this goonion.

[Spirited]

Did anyone else understand that it is not the workers who did not wish to settle, but the Union.

I heard today that the ultimate ownership or management involved is vested in Carlyle Group. Anyone confirm or deny? That would make a difference.

[Howlin]

union incensed

Put me down as PLEASED AS PUNCH.