FedEx TA and Right to Work changes
03-09-2011, 07:54 PM
#51
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well said. And what a relief to hear that at least one other fedex crewmember can't stand the fnc on our tvs in the aoc. Makes my skin crawl when i see pilots glued to glenn beck on the hub turn.
You are dead on balls accurate in your comments about how our military pilots are unfortunately the sad victims of this propaganda... And i am a former military guy. It's exactly true that former military pilots owe the government for their lifestyle, yet they are the biggest cheerleaders for the tea party.. Very confusing. Propaganda is tough to resist.
Fnc is basically a propaganda outlet for the republican party, and our pilots love it because they think (wrongly) that they are the target audience. Truthfully, i turn the channel whenever no one is looking.
You are dead on balls accurate in your comments about how our military pilots are unfortunately the sad victims of this propaganda... And i am a former military guy. It's exactly true that former military pilots owe the government for their lifestyle, yet they are the biggest cheerleaders for the tea party.. Very confusing. Propaganda is tough to resist.
Fnc is basically a propaganda outlet for the republican party, and our pilots love it because they think (wrongly) that they are the target audience. Truthfully, i turn the channel whenever no one is looking.
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03-09-2011, 08:01 PM
#52
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If you want to know the truth, Wisconsin was a grave tactical error, he started with the unions, when he should have announced across the board cuts.
Regardless of what you may believe, spending more than you take in is a recipe for disaster.
Not following this very simple principle is going to cause a great deal of pain in all of our futures.
The media has concentrated on the hubub and neglected the big picture.
SOP.
Regardless of what you may believe, spending more than you take in is a recipe for disaster.
Not following this very simple principle is going to cause a great deal of pain in all of our futures.
The media has concentrated on the hubub and neglected the big picture.
SOP.
03-09-2011, 08:03 PM
#53
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03-09-2011, 08:22 PM
#54
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"Only 5 states do not have collective bargaining for teachers. Those states and their ranking on ACT/SAT scores are as follows:
South Carolina - 50th
North Carolina - 49th
Georgia - 48th
Texas - 47th
Virginia - 44th
Wisconsin — WITH its collective bargaining for teachers — is ranked 2nd in the country."
South Carolina - 50th
North Carolina - 49th
Georgia - 48th
Texas - 47th
Virginia - 44th
Wisconsin — WITH its collective bargaining for teachers — is ranked 2nd in the country."
iowahawk: Longhorns 17, Badgers 1
Last edited by MD11Fr8Dog; 03-09-2011 at 08:23 PM. Reason: I guess LAG beat me to this one! ;)
03-09-2011, 08:32 PM
#55
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Check out Detroit or the Department of Justice.
03-09-2011, 08:34 PM
#56
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To recap: white students in Texas perform better than white students in Wisconsin, black students in Texas perform better than black students in Wisconsin, Hispanic students in Texas perform better than Hispanic students in Wisconsin. In 18 separate ethnicity-controlled comparisons, the only one where Wisconsin students performed better than their peers in Texas was 4th grade science for Hispanic students (statistically insignificant), and this was reversed by 8th grade. Further, Texas students exceeded the national average for their ethnic cohort in all 18 comparisons; Wisconsinites were below the national average in 8, above average in 8.
Perhaps the most striking thing in these numbers is the within-state gap between white and minority students. Not only did white Texas students outperform white Wisconsin students, the gap between white students and minority students in Texas was much less than the gap between white and minority students in Wisconsin. In other words, students are better off in Texas schools than in Wisconsin schools - especially minority students.
03-09-2011, 08:57 PM
#57
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I don't really care how Texas or Wisconsin students perform on their SAT's, I have enough to worry about with my own children.
03-09-2011, 09:00 PM
#58
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My point was about Senator DeMintts attempt to take the Wisconsin debacle and run it for some political opportunism, as he did with the Colgan Air Accident.
I don't really care how Texas or Wisconsin students perform on their SAT's, I have enough to worry about with my own children.
I don't really care how Texas or Wisconsin students perform on their SAT's, I have enough to worry about with my own children.
Opportunism is worked by both sides of the street, but the truth is as rare as the finest Orchid.
03-10-2011, 12:32 AM
#59
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Hows the migration pattern for right to work states look to you?
Right to Work States | National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
There is much more to life and politics than then singing the internationale.
Right to Work States | National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
There is much more to life and politics than then singing the internationale.
03-10-2011, 12:45 AM
#60
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Ignore me... too late (early)
Last edited by Josephus; 03-10-2011 at 12:46 AM. Reason: Failure to RTFQ
