Darren Wilson's Side of the Story - Page 141

finnbow · #**1401** 12-28-2014, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by bobabode

Weren't you a member of one when you worked for the government?

Nope. I was a manager for over 30 of the 38 years and couldn't belong to the union. Federal employee union dues are a waste of money IMO, unless you get all excited about planning the annual picnic. They are prohibited from bargaining over wages and benefits (as should be true for all public employees union IMO).

finnbow · #**1402** 12-28-2014, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by sheltiedave

Does this opposition extend to police and firefighters unions, and nurses, and teachers?

Yep. It has created an unholy alliance between career (mostly Democratic) politicians who buy union support, mostly with deferred benefits packages that screw future administrations, but gets them reelected. This tactic leaves municipalities with huge pension debts or shortfalls from other forms of deferred compensation.

finnbow · #**1403** 12-28-2014, 08:09 PM

Now for a bit of levity on this exhausted and exhausting thread:

From Dave Barry's Year in Review (highly recommended):

...Domestically, the big story is in Ferguson, Mo., which is rocked by a wave of sometimes-violent protests following the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson. The shooting ignites a passionate national debate whose participants have basically as much solid information about what actually happened as they do about Malaysia Airlines Flight 370....

....In a much-anticipated decision, a St. Louis County grand jury elects not to indict Darren Wilson, setting in motion a vintage performance of the timeless Kabuki theater of American racial relations, with all parties — blacks, whites, conservatives, progressives, politicians, the media, police, protesters, racists, rioters and of course the Rev. Al Sharpton — playing their traditional roles and delivering their traditional lines, following a script that could have been written five years ago, or 10, so there is no risk that anybody will say, do or think anything remotely unexpected, or emerge in any way changed. (This doesn’t apply to YOU, of course. I’m talking about everybody else.)

nailer · #**1404** 12-28-2014, 08:13 PM

^^^
It's funny because it's true.

Pio1980 · #**1405** 12-28-2014, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by nailer

^^^
It's funny because it's true.

+1

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Boreas · #**1406** 12-28-2014, 08:42 PM

Cynicism masquerading as wisdom.

John

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Originally Posted by finnbow

Now for a bit of levity on this exhausted and exhausting thread:

From Dave Barry's Year in Review (highly recommended):

...Domestically, the big story is in Ferguson, Mo., which is rocked by a wave of sometimes-violent protests following the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson. The shooting ignites a passionate national debate whose participants have basically as much solid information about what actually happened as they do about Malaysia Airlines Flight 370....

....In a much-anticipated decision, a St. Louis County grand jury elects not to indict Darren Wilson, setting in motion a vintage performance of the timeless Kabuki theater of American racial relations, with all parties — blacks, whites, conservatives, progressives, politicians, the media, police, protesters, racists, rioters and of course the Rev. Al Sharpton — playing their traditional roles and delivering their traditional lines, following a script that could have been written five years ago, or 10, so there is no risk that anybody will say, do or think anything remotely unexpected, or emerge in any way changed. (This doesn’t apply to YOU, of course. I’m talking about everybody else.)