Comments on: American Axle Strike: All of Us Are on the Picket Line http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/28/american-axle-strike-all-of-us-are-on-the-picket-line/ Firedoglake weblog Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:29:31 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: dmac http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/28/american-axle-strike-all-of-us-are-on-the-picket-line/#comment-1363418 dmac Sat, 29 Mar 2008 03:45:14 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/28/american-axle-strike-all-of-us-are-on-the-picket-line/#comment-1363418 <p>sander0–tautology, a new word to me.</p> sander0–tautology, a new word to me.

]]> By: dmac http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/28/american-axle-strike-all-of-us-are-on-the-picket-line/#comment-1363416 dmac Sat, 29 Mar 2008 03:43:02 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/28/american-axle-strike-all-of-us-are-on-the-picket-line/#comment-1363416 <p>tula-just heard–gm is closing a plant-sorry, didn’t hear the name, sounded like heimline, due to not being able to get parts from american axle.</p> <p>i’m finding it hard to believe. all set up.ready to close. like they can’t find a part from somewhere they already had lined up. even i know how to back up not having eggs. what a bunch of assholes.</p> tula-just heard–gm is closing a plant-sorry, didn’t hear the name, sounded like heimline, due to not being able to get parts from american axle.

i’m finding it hard to believe. all set up.ready to close. like they can’t find a part from somewhere they already had lined up. even i know how to back up not having eggs. what a bunch of assholes.

]]> By: clamberite http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/28/american-axle-strike-all-of-us-are-on-the-picket-line/#comment-1363241 clamberite Sat, 29 Mar 2008 01:51:49 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/28/american-axle-strike-all-of-us-are-on-the-picket-line/#comment-1363241 <p>Well here I am again a day late and 2 hours after the last post but I must respond even if the only viewer is me. Why don’t the foreign companies relocate here? They swould save on shipping and fuel and any tariffs and whatever; Why not. Wel the answer is the one question that we all need to know to understand the whole mess. The reason they don’t relocate here is that they would have to obey our rules and pay our costs and wages. If they did that they couldn’t comepete here. Get this-THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN COMPETE HERE IS IF THEY ARE LOCATED OVER THERE. READ IT AGAIN. It is the economy of the foreign country that is competing against our country’s economy. (forget all the other bullshit like wage structure and environmental rules, the big picture is their economy versus ours.) Like any other form of competition, the entity with the lowest cost structure will prevail. They will always win until we become as third world as they are. It is the economy stupid.</p> Well here I am again a day late and 2 hours after the last post but I must respond even if the only viewer is me. Why don’t the foreign companies relocate here? They swould save on shipping and fuel and any tariffs and whatever; Why not. Wel the answer is the one question that we all need to know to understand the whole mess. The reason they don’t relocate here is that they would have to obey our rules and pay our costs and wages. If they did that they couldn’t comepete here. Get this-THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN COMPETE HERE IS IF THEY ARE LOCATED OVER THERE. READ IT AGAIN. It is the economy of the foreign country that is competing against our country’s economy. (forget all the other bullshit like wage structure and environmental rules, the big picture is their economy versus ours.) Like any other form of competition, the entity with the lowest cost structure will prevail. They will always win until we become as third world as they are. It is the economy stupid.

]]> By: SanderO http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/28/american-axle-strike-all-of-us-are-on-the-picket-line/#comment-1363032 SanderO Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:53:23 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/28/american-axle-strike-all-of-us-are-on-the-picket-line/#comment-1363032 <p>I am back from walking the dogs and preparing some pasta sauce.</p> <p>I am not wise, but I learned to ask a lot of questions.</p> I am back from walking the dogs and preparing some pasta sauce.

I am not wise, but I learned to ask a lot of questions.

]]> By: DWBartoo http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/28/american-axle-strike-all-of-us-are-on-the-picket-line/#comment-1362982 DWBartoo Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:18:21 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/28/american-axle-strike-all-of-us-are-on-the-picket-line/#comment-1362982 <p>You are a wise person, Sander.</p> <p>And, as I hope you know, I appreciate that.</p> You are a wise person, Sander.

And, as I hope you know, I appreciate that.

]]> By: QuakerGirl http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/28/american-axle-strike-all-of-us-are-on-the-picket-line/#comment-1362980 QuakerGirl Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:16:00 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/28/american-axle-strike-all-of-us-are-on-the-picket-line/#comment-1362980 <p>SanderO - Language is twisted. It is Alice in Wonderland with up being down and in being out.</p> SanderO – Language is twisted. It is Alice in Wonderland with up being down and in being out.

]]> By: QuakerGirl http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/28/american-axle-strike-all-of-us-are-on-the-picket-line/#comment-1362974 QuakerGirl Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:11:09 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/28/american-axle-strike-all-of-us-are-on-the-picket-line/#comment-1362974 <p>Yes. Should have put snark in there. I get very caustic on this subject when people in policy making positions come from great privilege. They haven’t a clue what living from paycheck to paycheck with no rich daddy safety net.</p> Yes. Should have put snark in there. I get very caustic on this subject when people in policy making positions come from great privilege. They haven’t a clue what living from paycheck to paycheck with no rich daddy safety net.

]]> By: SanderO http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/28/american-axle-strike-all-of-us-are-on-the-picket-line/#comment-1362965 SanderO Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:06:54 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/28/american-axle-strike-all-of-us-are-on-the-picket-line/#comment-1362965 <p>You’re joking of course.</p> <p>Most of these people consider talking on the phone and making deals and networking as work.</p> You’re joking of course.

Most of these people consider talking on the phone and making deals and networking as work.

]]> By: QuakerGirl http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/28/american-axle-strike-all-of-us-are-on-the-picket-line/#comment-1362962 QuakerGirl Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:05:02 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/28/american-axle-strike-all-of-us-are-on-the-picket-line/#comment-1362962 <blockquote><p>When the candidates look into the faces of American Axle workers, slogging through the snow in a cold picket line, they need to understand those are the faces of all America’s workers.</p></blockquote> <p>McCain has a message for these workers slushing around the nasty weather protesting their company moving off-shore. McCain’s message to them is, Get a job!</p> <p>Retrain, again. That’s the problem. They need to retrain. There is a shortage of teaching nurses. </p> <p>McCain never had to earn a living. He needs a job.</p>

When the candidates look into the faces of American Axle workers, slogging through the snow in a cold picket line, they need to understand those are the faces of all America’s workers.

McCain has a message for these workers slushing around the nasty weather protesting their company moving off-shore. McCain’s message to them is, Get a job!

Retrain, again. That’s the problem. They need to retrain. There is a shortage of teaching nurses.

McCain never had to earn a living. He needs a job.

]]> By: SanderO http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/28/american-axle-strike-all-of-us-are-on-the-picket-line/#comment-1362958 SanderO Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:01:16 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/28/american-axle-strike-all-of-us-are-on-the-picket-line/#comment-1362958 <p>sustainable growth = tautology</p> sustainable growth = tautology

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