7. Union Man
(Tim Stafford/Daniel House Music, BMI)

1) A short life of trouble in a dark and dusty mine
has been my occupation, now I walk the picket line

2) I was down in bloody Harlan when they tried to organize
The miners faced starvation, you could see it in their eyes

3) The company hired some gun thugs, many miners died it’s said
They’d come to kill the Union but they lost their lives instead

4) And it’s which side are you on boys, which side are you on?
You’re either for the rich man or the Union standing strong

5) I came to New York City in the year of ‘43
We were fighting Hitler’s armies in the war across the sea

6) But they would not hire a miner to do a workman’s job
at fifteen cents an hour, your pockets they will rob

7) I’ll never trust a rich man as long as I draw breath
To keep his golden mansion he’ll starve your kids to death

8) And when my life is over, don’t mourn my passing long
Organize resistance and keep the Union strong

ch) Here’s to every miner who dared to take a stand
who lived to feed his family and died a Union man

Sadly, it does not glow with hope for the un 1% . . .

We could be screwed, badly, for a long time.

But I’ll hope Obama is gonna refocus that light, and we’ll all be surprised.

I’m giving change about two years worth, to happen.

And I think, we’ll know much sooner whether or not change for OUR better is part of the potential.

At least there IS a lantern to see by, it’s been real, real dark for a long time. *G*

I’m thinking dogpile!

*G*

Outside of service and retail jobs, this process of union busting, offshoring of jobs, and foreign takeovers has not created jobs. It’s eliminated them.

Or are you counting the southern states jobs where foreign auto making has made its mark? Hardly enough jobs to counter for those lost. And sure, cheaper labor than union wages . . . . let’s just kill the middle class.

Still. More. Again.

WWOD? (what will Obama do?)

And I’m worried, that there’s no counter info ABOUT their positions as they put forth . . . . not one word I’ve found to question their recent recitations about this whole affair.

I hated him THEN, before his ascension.

For what he did to CA.

I hate him more than Nixon, at times.

May they both be rotting in the hell of Krom’s Vengence.

Harumph.

I think it is logical to have union equity if there is a government equity stake, but the way the czar’s duties are defined seems to preclude government equity.

Who is going to twist arms to get reluctant congress members to vote for it? Not Bush, not Obama, and if not them, why should Reid, Dodd, Frank, Pelosi? It’s going to be hugely unpopular with the public, with unions, and with anti-big government types.