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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:22 PM Original message |
Is hating the New York Yankees for high salaries a subtle way we're trained to hate workers? |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. Are you being trained? |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Trained in what? |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. George Stenbrenner was the union's best friend |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. Do working class people consider pro sports people workers? |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Working class people go to Yankee games and watch them on TV |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. They also pay increasingly ridiculous ticket prices |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:30 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Salaries of the workers? That's my whole point. Hatin' on a man for making a buck |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 05:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. lol the workers. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 05:36 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I mean people who are paid to do a job |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 07:37 PM Response to Reply #29 |
41. Like all the poor traders on wall street |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 08:33 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Try buying a Duke basketball ticket. Those players don't get paid (In theory) |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Grr new IE not so great. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Right, They also go to rock concerts and movies |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
6. I have hated baseball and the players since the strike |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
7. i don't hate the Yankees |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
8. No |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
11. You must be having a very slow Friday |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
13. yes it is. |
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Ginto (439 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
15. I hate any profession where we pay people for unusual natural talent. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. You hate musicians, writers, actors and other creative types? |
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Ginto (439 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I only hate paying them exorbitant salaries. |
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jdlh8894 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:57 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. " I prefer to pay people for hard work" |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 05:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Every one who gets a salary makes more money for the person signing the check |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. When has that ever been the case? n/t |
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Meatball (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
18. I'm not sure I hate the yankees for their high salaries. I hate them because I'm a mets fan... |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
19. We hate the smugness that comes with the overly paid baseball players. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
20. WHUT? People in general don't even THINK about the Yankees, and SOME of us LIKE them. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
21. I wouldn't call it subtle at all. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
24. Nope... It's probably just an instinct that many people have when they see |
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Old Troop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
26. Hating the Yankees is a force of nature. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 05:34 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Nice avatar. Weren't the Red Sox the last team to integrate? |
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wilt the stilt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 05:44 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. They were the last-Pumpsie Green |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
30. Red Sox fan here |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 08:03 PM Response to Reply #30 |
43. Yup. |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
32. It's the inverse. |
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Ferret Annica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
33. Well, when I was a kid, Dad would beat me while I was getting the scent from a dirty Mickey Mantle.. |
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jdlh8894 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 05:54 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Mr. Diamond? Is that you? |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 07:02 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Don't have the lyrics memorized but thanks for the earworm |
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Ferret Annica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 12:28 AM Response to Reply #36 |
51. My Pleasure |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
34. Modernity requires that we adjust our thinking about who is worker. |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
37. It's symptomatic of our national disorder. |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 08:06 PM Response to Reply #37 |
44. Couldn't agree more. |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
38. Oy Vey... |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
39. No, it is the hatred of a broken funding system that creates a few haves and a bunch of have nots |
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NoGOPZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
40. I don't think it's limited to the Yankees |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
42. No. We all hate teams that make a habit of beating our own teams, and if the Yankees |
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raven42 (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 08:41 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. I guess I can't blame the Yankees for taking advantage of a |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
46. I'm rooting for the Yankees if for no other reason than the Bushies support the Texans! n/t |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 08:38 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. The Houston Texans play football. The New York Yankees play baseball |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 08:42 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. LOL!!! Sorry. You knew what I meant, right? |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
50. Yes |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
52. NO |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 04:30 AM Response to Original message |
53. I think my reason is |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 09:48 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Not a big fan of swagger but it serves a utilitarian purpose |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
55. I don't think many people think clearly about sports. nt |
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