http://www.1115.org/2008/11/13/news-from-an-alternative-universe/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:49:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.1115.org/2008/11/13/news-from-an-alternative-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-77040 kiel Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:24:18 +0000 http://www.1115.org/2008/11/13/news-from-an-alternative-universe/#comment-77040 Not really, no. It would be nice, though, if the powers that be held the fatcats that be up to the fire--and public outcry supported/driven by media outcry would help...some... Not really, no. It would be nice, though, if the powers that be held the fatcats that be up to the fire–and public outcry supported/driven by media outcry would help…some…

]]> http://www.1115.org/2008/11/13/news-from-an-alternative-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-77039 tom Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:43:40 +0000 http://www.1115.org/2008/11/13/news-from-an-alternative-universe/#comment-77039 you think we're in this together?!?! you think we’re in this together?!?!

]]> http://www.1115.org/2008/11/13/news-from-an-alternative-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-77037 kiel Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:40:48 +0000 http://www.1115.org/2008/11/13/news-from-an-alternative-universe/#comment-77037 What a galling comment. UAW workers are taxpayers -- and they are helping to bail out the Wall Street bigwigs. A more valid question would be: Are Wall Street execs buying US cars (and lots of them) with their ginormous bonuses? But frankly, as long as the media pursue an us-against-them storyline, rather than a we're-all-in-this-together storyline, all that will develop is further animosity. What a galling comment. UAW workers are taxpayers — and they are helping to bail out the Wall Street bigwigs. A more valid question would be: Are Wall Street execs buying US cars (and lots of them) with their ginormous bonuses? But frankly, as long as the media pursue an us-against-them storyline, rather than a we’re-all-in-this-together storyline, all that will develop is further animosity.

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