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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 08:16 AM Original message |
Why isn't the Democratic Party standing up for the truck drivers...? |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
1. Teamsters backed Bush* in 04 |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 08:29 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. That may be true |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 09:18 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. independents have to deal with the "competitive market" |
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4bucksagallon (324 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 08:29 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Yes I agree. |
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CANDO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 03:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
26. Sorry to call you on it, Toots, but the Teamsters did not back Bush in '04 |
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BurgherHoldtheLies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
2. At least gays can't marry and women are put into their rightful place |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
3. Looks to me like something is being done |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
4. I agree now is also the time to reach out to small business owners |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 11:18 AM Response to Reply #4 |
22. We can do that by offering HEALTHCARE |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
7. Does anyone have a comparison of fuel use for trains and trailer-trucks? |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 10:24 AM Response to Reply #7 |
19. You could probably find info like that from the American Association of |
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checkmate1947 (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
8. Price to pay |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
9. Precisely how would you propose they do so? |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 09:07 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. First of all, save what is being used in Iraq for military purposes... |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 09:10 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Well, I'm in favour of withdrawal from Iraq... |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 09:16 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I disagree... |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 09:25 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. No, they wouldn't, because they *can't*. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 09:28 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. "..a few hundred thousand barrels..." |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 09:31 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Actually, it wouldn't... |
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mike923 (325 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 02:30 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. Are you trying to tell me Bush doens't set the price of gasoline? |
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Union Thug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
16. Wait until the "Free Trade Highway" opens for business. |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
18. The best lessons are those learned when we screw up. |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 10:29 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Freight transportation is NEVER going to become obsolete |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 03:18 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. No, it won't become entirely obsolete. As oil becomes more and more |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
21. Because Party Leaders have sold out to big donors. |
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iconoclastNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
24. If I were a trucker I'd be looking into making my own biodiesle |
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