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August 25, 2013 at 9:07 AM in reply to: OT: On the killing floor; immigrations impacts on wages #764781
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Participant[quote=SD Realtor]Warning this is disturbing to watch. I guess it really is not of any importance though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjOnygvEYrE%5B/quote%5D
Eh… I have recieved worse that than…
Pretty common these days…
CE
Participant[quote=CA renter]
And I may be wrong, but weren’t you part of the group who liked to refer to BG and I as the “anvil sisters,” because we have differing points of view — with both of us having worked in the public sector. And if I’m misguided, please clarify things for me so that I can get a better understanding of privatization and how it will save taxpayers money **in the real world** (vague theories and opinions don’t count). I follow these things very closely, and have never seen any evidence to support your claims, but you seem to think that you know more about it than I do…so please show us the evidence that supports your claims.[/quote]Nope… Not me… I am not in that group. I think you are quite reasonable in most other areas. I will make no bones about the fact I think BG is nerotic. I don’t like her and never have. But you do get a bit zealous, when discussing unions, and your mind is not open on this subject…
I am quite capable of being a jerk… This is just not that time.
Missed that bit of theater when they called you Anvil sister… funny though…
CE
Participant[quote=CA renter]CE,
Opinions are fine, but you assert yours as if they are factual. They are not. You have yet to offer up any data, evidence, or logic to back up your claims, no matter how many times I’ve asked for anything factual or logical that would in any way prove your point.
The reason my posts are long is because I present facts, data, and logic (and there are plenty of facts and data to be found if you would only bother to look, which you don’t for some reason). Apparently, you find facts bothersome. Perhaps we should debate using only “opinions,” then?
The reason you consistently refuse to debate is because you can’t. There is nothing to back up what you’ve claimed, so you choose to make personal attacks, instead. You lose.[/quote]
Bullshit. I have NEVER made a personal attack so do not claim as such. Arguing with you is pointless so I choose not to… again if you read some to the “facts” that you proclaim I believe many readers would say that they are counter points to your claims.
Cutting and pasting articles from the web pretty much counts as opinions.
As far as personal attacks go… In the past I said that I believe you are misguided… But at least your heart is in the right place.
CE
Participant[quote=CA renter]Yet another good article about the failures of privatization. Some very informed and intelligent commenters have made some excellent points as well.
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“Some of America’s leading news analysts are beginning to recognize the fallacy of the “free market.” Said Ted Koppel, “We are privatizing ourselves into one disaster after another.” Fareed Zakaria admitted, “I am a big fan of the free market…But precisely because it is so powerful, in places where it doesn’t work well, it can cause huge distortions.” They’re right. A little analysis reveals that privatization doesn’t seem to work in any of the areas vital to the American public.”
https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/05%5B/quote%5D
And the rest of us are uninformed clods?
I am not going to engage you in a debate. You tend to go all “borish girl” on us. I am not going to post “facts” as you request either. In fact I read some of the articles that you listed and I think they present pretty good counter arguement against your points and really are more op-eds than studies…
You should read your source material more chartiably.
As to privatition… I am all for it. Why? Because you get rid of unions. If the private sector fails you cancel the contract and you have the option to figure out if you can do it better internally or if another company can.
Simply… You have options.
With a union you have no options.
My company has struggled with these issues for years so yeah… I have experience with this.
CE
Participant[quote=CA renter][quote=The-Shoveler]It’s very simple really,
When the City files BK, it does so in Federal court.
If the Federal court over rules the State Law saying that “public employee pensions cannot be diminished or impaired”
Well I guess that’s where the real battle begins.
Interesting times.[/quote]
Employee compensation (including pensions), are priority claims. The only question is how they will determine the limits of the priority claims for a municipal BK, as opposed to limits for a business BK. Bondholders do not have priority claims.[/quote]
Priority claim is what is at stake in Detroit. I know in CA that Pensioner are a priority claim. That being said I hope your right.
Why?
Simply because when you stiff your bondholders no one will lend you money. When no one will lend you money… You have to learn to live within your means. That means work will be outsourced to companies that are far more effiencent in getting the task complete then a goverment backed union employee.
And… No more can kicking local goverments that are beholden to the political will of union backed voters.
So I look at this as an upside.
As the Human Torch would say “Flame On!”
CE
Participant[quote=Hobie]Sure there were problems with labor costs but in the mid-late ’80’s Toyota Celica had a ‘betty’ to announce if your door was a-jar. No American car had this. The wow factor coupled with a affordable price point garnered consumerism attention and money.
Market forces prevail and the cool factor of the hip, airplane cockpit gauges took hold. Detroit countered with the Pinto and Gremlin. or K car even. C-mon. The Japanese skunked us. We did not learn and they took, and continue, to take huge market share.
Simply put, with or without unions, Detroit had viable competition that is winning by delivering a better product.
Relax the enviro constrictions on manufacturing and relax the constraints of energy production and Motor City will return as we will always need lots of new cars/trucks.[/quote]
Man… As much as I like to bash unions… Hobie is completely correct. Unions were just the “knob turners” that put the product together. The management and marketing staff refused to understand thier markets and the companies suffered for it. Unions merely compounded the problem. Let’s distribute the blame correctly here.
If McNamara had continued to head Ford the Japanese and Germans may have been ran out of North America. He understood what forgein product represented to the consumers and moved quickly to match it.
Detroit with be an interesting experiment in urban reconstruction.
CE
June 26, 2013 at 11:14 PM in reply to: Calif. utility to retire troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant #763262Participant[quote=sdduuuude][quote=CDMA ENG]Damnit!
Now I am going to have to pee in my wetsuit to stay warm! Surfing Old Man’s at San O was great with the 10 degree warmer water coming out of the heat exchangers…
😛
Building the last mile of Cellular since 0’10.
CE[/quote]
It’s taken you three years to go a mile ?[/quote]
Dear Sir,
You have going no where for years!
I would say I am making progress!
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CE
June 20, 2013 at 3:42 PM in reply to: San Diego City Council passes prevailing wage ordinance for city contractors #763102Participant[quote=bearishgurl]
SD Squatter, it this actually newsworthy or is it an attempt to incite folks to jump on the bandwagon in the race to the bottom?
[/quote]Some economists call that race “Free Market Forces”.
As the Human Torch from the Fanatastic Four would say “Flame On!”
CE
Participant[quote=FormerSanDiegan]We have purchased 4 houses over the years. Not a single one closed within the time frame originally agreed upon (usually 30 days). There’s always something.
I wouldn’t walk away immediately just because my loan lock expired (regardless of the length of escrow, you should have had a loan lock longer than 21 days anyway).
If the house is a good deal financially, I would try to make it work. If the rate difference between 21 days ago and now (up a bit) makes it no longer a good deal, then it was a marginal deal to begin with.
You gotta look at the big picture.[/quote]
Note worthy advice.
Thanks.
CE
ParticipantWe have already had this dicussiong about this in the last one.
Knives and parents should be registered.
But I will say this. I takes a lot more to kill with a knife than a gun.
CE
Participant[quote=dumbrenter]We should have mandatory registration of all knives over 4 inches long, clubs, baseball bats and dog owners.
Any dog owner letting their dog off the leash in a public area should prosecuted by a government appointed panel.[/quote]OH Oh… and parenting… Parenting too…
I think more lives have been screwed up from bad parents than any other single items so lets throw them into the arguement as well…
CE
Participant[quote=Allan from Fallbrook][quote=SD Realtor]Chill out Allan… roll a couple fatties and then go operate a crane…[/quote]
SDR: I prefer Xanax. That and some nice Enya music.[/quote]
Why the crane?
ParticipantI was listen to this story on KNPR today… This guy didnt graduate from high school… Didnt graduate from college… and yet he had all these fancy titles and security clearances… WTF was our goverment thinking when they selected this guy to work on intel…
You don’t want your story leaked? You don’t hire knuckleheads like this one…
This guy’s story doesn’t quite fit and I do not think his motives are altrustic…
Ughhh another wikileak… with the same mode of characters as the last time.
CE
June 7, 2013 at 1:43 PM in reply to: Calif. utility to retire troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant #762493ParticipantDamnit!
Now I am going to have to pee in my wetsuit to stay warm! Surfing Old Man’s at San O was great with the 10 degree warmer water coming out of the heat exchangers…
😛
Building the last mile of Cellular since 0’10.
CE
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