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13 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Tacoma fishing store b... · 2 replies · +8 points

Didn't know bottom feeders would hit a fly.

13 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Waste Management worke... · 8 replies · +4 points

If there were a long line of qualified applicants for these jobs I suspect Waste Management would have broken the union long ago. If the relationship between labor and management, in general, was not mutually beneficial one or both would have failed by now. The employer benefits by having a contract that specifies exactly what their labor cost will be for the next term as well as having a pool of trained workers from which to pull. The employees benefit by having a good wage and benefit package and adequate working conditions. During contract negotiations both sides have the right to bargain for what they think is fair - capitalism at it's best in my opinion. What I don't understand is the amount of anti-union rhetoric I read on this site coming from what I presume to be regular middle class folks. I realize times are tough but is dissparaging your hard working neighbor going to make anything better?

13 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - WSP: Man throws wife f... · 0 replies · +10 points

Dam it. Damned it. Dame it...oh never mind.

13 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - WSP: Man throws wife f... · 5 replies · -26 points

Yet another reason why it's important to always where your seat belt.

14 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Man\'s foot amputated ... · 0 replies · -2 points

This is why they can't have nice things in Kentucky.......even the chicken not that good anymore.

14 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Many willing to cut Af... · 0 replies · +2 points

Amen sister!

14 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Many willing to cut Af... · 2 replies · +64 points

It's becoming painfuly obvious we've asked too much, for too long, from our brave soldiers. I doubt he started out as mass murderer, we made him that way. Unfortunately, that's of little comfort to his innocent victims. Now can we bring all of our good troops home before we make more Sgt. Bales?

14 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Ignoring false robocal... · 1 reply · -12 points

And your analogy is quite a stretch in any era.

14 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Washington teacher sho... · 0 replies · +3 points

Well said!

14 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Third person arrested ... · 2 replies · +4 points

It's a pawn shop. I'm pretty sure they keep a gun handy....not to mention the cops they were exchanging fire with. Real criminals just don't care if they die. Arming everyone with bazookas would have little effect.

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