Comments on: Reich: “No White Construction Workers”

By: 1sttofight

1sttofight — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:05:12 +0000

gmjones2001
The midget admited he said it.

Go feed your unicorn.

By: jobeth

jobeth — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:01:06 +0000

whoooo boy….here we go….naw, I am going to leave it alone.

Oh pooh…can’t help myself.

……….”but if this were authentic I bet we’d of heard more about it”

And who pray tell would we have heard it from….? The libedia?
MSNBC maybe?

again, Let it go self…just let it go!

By: JohnMG

JohnMG — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 21:50:39 +0000

This is likely a non-issue for the dems and/or Obama. If you need further proof, consider that less than 10% of the working population belong to unions, yet union contributions to Obama (in dollars alone–not volunteer canvassing, etc.) exceeded $400 million. Based on the total working population, you can do the math and see how much money that works out per each of the rank-and-file membership. Now, couple this with the fact that almost 40% of that same membership votes Republican, and you can see why this issue is more likely a smoke-screen for what is to come. Amnesty for illegals, and wholesale recruiting of this same demographic into the union(s) (where they can legally be exploited) will follow. Minority ‘businesses’ will vie for these “infrastructure” jobs where they are given ‘points’ (read preferences) toward the awarding of contracts. The whole damned outfit is corrupt. I’m telling you this from experience. I’ve been “union” for 40 years (and a contractor for 25 of those years) because if you’re going to secure work in this market (St.Louis,MO area) it’s about the only alternative.

Tell me, where else can you find where 8% of the demographic can call the shots for the other 92% of the practicioners? Only socialist countries. Hey………wait a minute!!

By: gmjones2001

gmjones2001 — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 21:44:35 +0000

Has anyone even considered the possibility that this is a doctored video?

Consider the source. Youtube?

Why is the video/audio out of sync? On the CSPAN website the videos are perfectly in sync.

Why did the poster have to mess with the video and put in all those stupid text shots?

Why right before Reich utters ‘No white construction workers’ does the video go to yet another stupid text shot so you can’t actually see Reich’s mouth?

I don’t like Reich’s views, but if this were authentic I bet we’d of heard more about it.

Thoughts?

By: Liberals Demise

Liberals Demise — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:34:27 +0000

(crickets)

By: 12 Gauge Rage

12 Gauge Rage — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:59:13 +0000

You guys and gals are making some very excellent points. I’ve only had a very limited amount of exposure to working with unions. One union had a lot of power but they weren’t very authoritative about it. The other union was everything dreadful we’ve come to hear about. I felt bad that a friend of mine was basically voted in absentia to be the new union rep. for my work center (I was military). He reluctantly accepted the position and it caused him no end of stress. Things got even more heated when another civilian got disgusted with the union and dropped out of it. The union head honchos then sent my friend to find out why one of their members just up and quit. I don’t think they were so much concerned that he had quit as much as they were angry that now they were minus a body that could pump money into their coffers. Sorry for this rambling. I couldn’t sleep but figured I could read some good lively chatter amongst everyone here. Keep up the good work.

By: Perdido

Perdido — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 05:47:07 +0000

Excellent! You drove that nail with one lick!

By: TickTock

TickTock — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 04:37:08 +0000

I think it’s entirely against the nature of the Liberal Beast to break ties with money, Groovygrl.
You make an excellent point. Look at Hillary and Slick… Now she’s Secretary of State.

And Giether (sp). The Bad TurboTax made him do it. But he will be Secretary of the Treasury, even though he can’t account for the $350 bil TARP he was handed.

One party rule is not a good thing.

By: groovygrl

groovygrl — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:57:46 +0000

I think this needs some even deeper investigation (as I adjust my tin foil hat).

At the risk of sounding like a Halliburton conspiracy nut…look at Perini Corporation and URS it’s ties to Dian Feinstein. Granted her husband divested himself of those interests a while ago but are the ties really broken? Then look at the new CEO of Perini and his former company Tutor Saliba which gets many many many many contracts for public works jobs (and private as well, but we’re not talking about that).

There’s more to this stuff than just don’t hire whitey. That’s just a distraction. This New Deal is going to be quite profittable for some Democrats and/or their friends and family. Enough to make Halliburton and Iraq look like a lemonade stand.

By: O Bamanation

O Bamanation — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:20:51 +0000

This reminds me of a story out of the the Bible in 1 Samuel 8. The Israelites are asking for a King, just like the “other” countries. Samuel tries to tell them, no you do not want a King. But the Israelites were persistent. And look, we have a King, King Obama! A man who claims to be African American, but is less than 7% African American. But, he is 50% white. Look his family up on Wikipedia and other sites. Very interesting.

Back to my thoughts on the Israelites. I think we are the Israelites of today. Keep in mine folks, America is not considered or part of the End Times! That is a fact. Will we destory ourselves? Will it be through a racial riot? Will we join with another country? I don’t know. But interesting none-the-less.

The best thing I can tell everyone is to pray. Pray for God’s will and to give you the ability to be in His will. We are living in perilous times and that calls for Christians into actions. Christians are suppose to stand up, when everyone else sits down.

By: stevierayjon

stevierayjon — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:29:24 +0000

Are there any white construction workers left?

Last time I looked, almost every construction worker I saw was
from south of the border. (At least in CA. NV. AZ. TX. CO. NM.)

By: Colonel1961

Colonel1961 — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:18:28 +0000

Wow – you have good eyes. Did you cut, paste, and expand it? I’ve had to do that with a few avatars because I just coudn’t tell what they were… I like it because I thought no one would ever notice, i.e., an inside joke. Oh, well…

About 110mph in the 360 Spider F1. Someone else was driving the car. :-)

And speaking of which, what is yours – I don’t have a clue?

By: jobeth

jobeth — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:08:24 +0000

Otie, You give me hope for the future. Its optimism like yours that has made this country great. Problem is that the world has turned ugly in some areas. Let’s pray that we can get back to the world as it was a while ago, when people operated from self pride and quality. Like I can see in you.

I know you come from the NE so a lot of your view is colored by that. I was raised in MD so in my family were union members from the steel- AFL CIO (dad was a shop steward) and auto UAW not to mention relatives in WV who are coal miners.

My own sorry ex-husband had his job gotten back by the teamsters in atlantic City (before the casinos) several times. He deserved to be fired each time. (Please note he is my EX (smile)) so even if you’re white the union doesn’t always defend quality.

Yes, I live in a “right to work” state now, Fl. So I have seen it from both sides. I watched one “election” where a white co-worker of mine was running for president of our local at the hospital against a person of color. He won…except the black woman who was running the union at the time, decided to extend (illegally) the voting deadline and sent someone over to the hospital to get as many others (black) as possible to come down to cast their vote. That tipped the scale. We complained to the district rep (who was white) and he did nothing. He couldn’t…too many “minorities” to fight.

My co-worker only ran because of the heavy corruption in that local…we found it extended all the way up the ladder.

And thank you for giving me credit I don’t think I deserve. I, like many people, worked hard to attain a profession, but you know what, I worked no harder than anyone else. I had my “fights’ for rights, but again, no more than anyone else. I’ve never been a victim. I can do anything I’ve a mind to do. Like every one else.
Thanks for the great discussion!

By: bobbys

bobbys — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:47:32 +0000

I was a union carpenter building Bridges.

Im not gonna drive over any bridge built by unskilled workers. .

To put unskilled workers on a bridge job is like a death sentence.

They could only be used as flaggers and that IS a hard job.

By: Odie44

Odie44 — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:40:35 +0000

Jobeth -

I am trying my hardest to be sane in today’s political world, which could be my failure.

A good friends father was recenlty indicted in NJ for NOT using union labor, as described in his “gov sponsored contract”. This is a man who grew his company from nothing, was a union ombudsmen, but got tired of the bribes, payola, shotty craftmanship, attitude – so he went away from unions 10 years ago. Amazingly – the company is now worth $50-$60M, being he actually knows how to make a profit – but the indictment (and sentencing next week) all have to do with his failure to bow down to a glut of stupidity and shottyness, aka “union rules” and forced hiring.

I applaud your skill and the fact as a woman – I imagine it wasnt a “smooth ride” and you certianly would be more intimate with this issue, being it was your business. Perhaps you are the one thats right…