De-Metaphoring a Metaphor
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Discovery: Very Disco?
- watches Discovery's takeoff
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Corey Powell, senior editor at Discovery magazine
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Democracy Wonk- Working It Out
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Feedback: Change to Win?
Subject: union
Bravo to the last caller John. He was right on the money. Unions are necessary for all of our protections. The teacher asks why or how can he be recognized for his good work as if he would if we did not have a union. The truth is that he should be recognized for his good work but that should not be the determiner of how he or other teachers get paid. That sets up a very political situation where one is favored over another just because of undefined reason that can be manipulated. If teachers are paid in an objective manner based on years of service and degrees you have earned that is fair and objective.
-AP
Subject: Last word on unions, Stacey the business owner
Duh!?
Stacey the business owner complained about a union guy threatening to
unionize her workers, raise the wages, so she'd have to close her shop--all
because she undercut a union shop.
Does she not realize that EVERY competitior of her shop is trying to put her
out of business all the time--that's what capitalism is all about. Only they
don't tell her to her face.
-LM
Don't Laugh!
"Random searches, for example, depending on the size of your backpack or the size of your package is a reasonable thing."
-Freddy Ferrer, The Brian Lehrer Show, 7/26/05, around 10:23 am
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