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« on: February 15, 2010, 06:36:48 PM »
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« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2010, 07:09:23 PM »
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« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2010, 07:09:48 PM »
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« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2010, 07:16:47 PM »
So why do you guys love Cleveland so much?
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« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2010, 07:18:19 PM »

The same reason you love FDR the Racist so much.
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« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2010, 07:31:15 PM »
Quote from: Mr Shankly on February 15, 2010, 07:18:19 PM

The same reason you love FDR the Racist so much.

So you don't like Cleveland?
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« Reply #6 on: February 15, 2010, 11:51:54 PM »
Depends on what all the strikers are doing.  I'll happily support Cleveland's actions against the thuggish and racist American Railway Union in the Pullman Strike.  That said, the monopolistic and paternalistic Pullman Company doesn't get any sympathy from me either.
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« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2010, 01:07:35 AM »
Generally no, but there are exceptions.
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« Reply #8 on: February 16, 2010, 03:42:13 AM »
The Republicans today don't dare dream of an election as good for them as the resulting 1894 election.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1894
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« Reply #9 on: February 16, 2010, 11:46:55 AM »
no,but private enterprise shouldn't be allowed to hire pinkertons, or goons to beat up workers either.
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« Reply #10 on: February 16, 2010, 02:01:30 PM »
Sure, how dare those bastards refuse to serve their benevolent masters and work for their prosperity ?
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« Reply #11 on: February 16, 2010, 05:17:38 PM »

I do.
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« Reply #12 on: February 16, 2010, 08:11:10 PM »
Quote from: Northeast Representative Antonio V on February 16, 2010, 02:01:30 PM
Sure, how dare those bastards refuse to serve their benevolent masters and work for their prosperity ?

More like how dare those bastards use force and intimidation to keep others from working.  That's where the Pullman Strikers went wrong.


They'd need the Democrats to split into two parties as they did then to do it.  For instance, in California if the Democrats and the Populists had been united, instead of the Republicans winning six of teh seven seats of the delegation, they'd have had no seats whatsoever.
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« Reply #13 on: February 16, 2010, 11:52:16 PM »

Back then the GOP was the more progressive party (in relative terms).
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« Reply #14 on: February 17, 2010, 07:34:06 AM »
No, of course not.  But if they are doing anything to harm the business they are striking from (or any other damage of property that isn't theirs) the business and local, state or federal officials can do what they need to do to make it stop.
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« Reply #15 on: February 17, 2010, 08:34:20 AM »
Quote from: True Federalist on February 16, 2010, 08:11:10 PM
Quote from: Northeast Representative Antonio V on February 16, 2010, 02:01:30 PM
Sure, how dare those bastards refuse to serve their benevolent masters and work for their prosperity ?

More like how dare those bastards use force and intimidation to keep others from working.  That's where the Pullman Strikers went wrong.

And so ? Let's kill them for that ?
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« Reply #16 on: February 17, 2010, 09:21:56 AM »
No, but some prison time may be appropriate.
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« Reply #17 on: February 17, 2010, 03:29:21 PM »
Quote from: Northeast Representative Antonio V on February 17, 2010, 08:34:20 AM
Quote from: True Federalist on February 16, 2010, 08:11:10 PM
Quote from: Northeast Representative Antonio V on February 16, 2010, 02:01:30 PM
Sure, how dare those bastards refuse to serve their benevolent masters and work for their prosperity ?

More like how dare those bastards use force and intimidation to keep others from working.  That's where the Pullman Strikers went wrong.

And so ? Let's kill them for that ?

No, for attacking the troops who were sent to keep the strikers from attacking the strikebreakers who were willing to work for the wages the strikers thought were inadequate.  What were the troops supposed to do?  Let themselves be beaten and killed by the strikers?  Let them terrorize others with mob tactics?
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« Reply #18 on: February 17, 2010, 04:16:43 PM »
Sure, but only if I'm the one doing it.
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« Reply #19 on: February 19, 2010, 10:02:29 AM »
No.  but striking should be illegal and those who strike should be arrested by local police jailed and fined very heavy.  if troops are needed to help then I gues that is okay but I really worry when the feds think they have the right to dictate to local areas what to do.

Shooting them would be wrong unless they are violent but when the first rock or bottle gets thrown at police police should have the right to defend themselves and open fire.
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« Reply #20 on: February 19, 2010, 10:04:08 AM »
The Federal government has no authority whatsoever to interfere with a strike in favor of either side in the dispute.
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« Reply #21 on: February 19, 2010, 11:10:20 AM »
Quote from: Scam of God on February 19, 2010, 10:04:08 AM
The Federal government has no authority whatsoever to interfere with a strike in favor of either side in the dispute.

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This shouldn't even be asked.


You know if it wasn't for the unions I could see  big corporations using these type of tactics.
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