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Random Politics & Religion #00
Bahamut.Ravael
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By Bahamut.Ravael 2015-05-28 12:39:02
"*** it dude, let's go bowling." Best political slogan ever!
Any politician who uses that automatically has my vote.
Ragnarok.Nausi
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By Ragnarok.Nausi 2015-05-28 12:40:08
Ha!
Where did you find such drivel?
Leviathan.Chaosx
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By Leviathan.Chaosx 2015-05-28 12:41:32
If I ever ran, I want something along the lines of:
"Give me 5 minutes and I can give you a new reality."
Something bizarre like that.
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Leviathan.Chaosx
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By Leviathan.Chaosx 2015-05-28 12:41:49
Ha!
Where did you find such drivel? Internet.
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By Lakshmi.Sparthosx 2015-05-28 12:43:55
If I ever ran, I want something along the lines of:
"Give me 5 minutes and I can give you a new reality."
Something bizarre like that.
My slogan:
Come with me and you'll be
In a world of pure imagination.
Ragnarok.Nausi
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By Ragnarok.Nausi 2015-05-28 12:44:20
Ha!
Where did you find such drivel? Internet.
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By Shiva.Nikolce 2015-05-28 12:45:34
4%!? is anyone taking bets on joe biden? also lol at warren @8%
2016 dem odds
2016 rep odds
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By Lakshmi.Sparthosx 2015-05-28 12:50:07
Chris Matthews - 0%
(lol)
Ragnarok.Nausi
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By Ragnarok.Nausi 2015-05-28 12:51:32
Al Franken - 0%
Not good enough.
Not smart enough.
People don't like him.
Valefor.Sehachan
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By Valefor.Sehachan 2015-05-28 12:52:23
What does a right wing libertarian look like?
Leviathan.Chaosx
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By Leviathan.Chaosx 2015-05-28 12:58:46
Always bet on Biden.
By Ramyrez 2015-05-28 13:06:27
You couldn't be any worse that Obama is at bowling lol...
My average was 119 when I was last in a league a few years ago.
No offense but thats terrible. >.>
What if I told you it wasn't so much a "bowling league with beer" as much as a "drinking league with bowling"?
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Bahamut.Milamber
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By Bahamut.Milamber 2015-05-28 13:09:03
What does a right wing libertarian look like? Barney, from the color scheme.
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By Asura.Kingnobody 2015-05-28 13:16:02
KN suffers the illusion that all of human greed, arrogance, and spite is in the past (or certainly not existent in the boardrooms of America, but rather, on the factory floors) and that today's corporations and businesses (large or small) -- outside of a couple of bad eggs -- would never stoop to beggaring their employees and gutting benefits to make themselves richer still. He truly seems to think that "trickle down" is a thing that actually happens. You are under the illusion that corporations (and by extent, all employers) are out to screw their employees out of everything and the only way to stop them is by unionizing the entire workforce. Case in point:
I can tell you that I am critical of my own union internally at times, and vocally. That doesn't mean I want to be rid of it (well, I do want to be rid of it, but only in the sense I wish it weren't needed, but as I trust employers not to bleed me dry as much as I trust a viper not to bite...)
But hey, anything to screw companies, right?
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By Asura.Kingnobody 2015-05-28 13:17:59
I'm actually curious; how many people here are actually members of a union?
How many members have actually had personnel responsibilities over employees who were unionized, while themselves were not part of a union?
I'm in a union, I really don't deal with them all that often, in fact I pretty much ignore them. My union president is one of the most unproductive employees in the building, she basically claims union time to justify her lack of production on a daily basis. Go figure. Times 2.
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By Shiva.Nikolce 2015-05-28 13:28:28
I wonder how many of your last umpteen posts had anything to do with politics or religion vs. bashing vic in your never ending crusade to get back at him for pulling your pants down around your ankles in front of the cheerleaders...
we all get it, you think he is a *** and you don't like him, fine. but it's not his fault you were wearing ***stained dora the explorer underoos in high school....
let it go.jpg
Bahamut.Milamber
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By Bahamut.Milamber 2015-05-28 13:30:40
KN suffers the illusion that all of human greed, arrogance, and spite is in the past (or certainly not existent in the boardrooms of America, but rather, on the factory floors) and that today's corporations and businesses (large or small) -- outside of a couple of bad eggs -- would never stoop to beggaring their employees and gutting benefits to make themselves richer still. He truly seems to think that "trickle down" is a thing that actually happens. You are under the illusion that corporations (and by extent, all employers) are out to screw their employees out of everything and the only way to stop them is by unionizing the entire workforce. Case in point:
I can tell you that I am critical of my own union internally at times, and vocally. That doesn't mean I want to be rid of it (well, I do want to be rid of it, but only in the sense I wish it weren't needed, but as I trust employers not to bleed me dry as much as I trust a viper not to bite...)
But hey, anything to screw companies, right? If the choice has to be between screwing individuals, or screwing companies, then the actual living creature comes first.
But the best way to fight unions, or prevent them in your company, is to not make things shitty enough for people to need/want to be in them. It's a reactionary measure.
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By Asura.Kingnobody 2015-05-28 13:35:37
I wonder how many of your last umpteen posts had anything to do with politics or religion vs. bashing vic in your never ending crusade to get back at him for pulling your pants down around your ankles in front of the cheerleaders... Apparently, you missed the memo.
A) I'm not surprised that Vic, an avid ***-kisser to the liberal party, is also a union member.
B) I'm also not surprised that Vic is willing to say how worthless unions are, even though he is a union member himself.
Besides:
but it's not his fault you were wearing ***stained dora the explorer underoos in high school.... Shows what you know, it was power rangers undies!
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By Asura.Kingnobody 2015-05-28 13:39:51
If the choice has to be between screwing individuals, or screwing companies, then the actual living creature comes first. Except people keep failing to show these so-called policies where companies are actually actively seeking to "screw the little people" in all positions.
But let's go down this route a bit. Give examples of companies screwing people over. Let's take this one step at a time.
But the best way to fight unions, or prevent them in your company, is to not make things shitty enough for people to need/want to be in them. And then what? After the "shitty" conditions go away, do unions automatically disappear?
But then again, any argument you would have would be in the past, not in the present. Unions are ineffective today because there is no "shitty conditions" in the workplace, unionized or not.
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By Lakshmi.Sparthosx 2015-05-28 13:43:42
There's no shitty conditions in the workplace? Hmmm.
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By Asura.Kingnobody 2015-05-28 13:44:09
Show evidence.
Instead of "Well, I think there are because Mother Jones said so!"
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By Asura.Kingnobody 2015-05-28 13:46:31
Oh, I'm sure you are going to say "Part-time retail employees aren't getting paid CEO wages, that's shitty conditions right there!"
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By Shiva.Viciousss 2015-05-28 13:51:23
I never said my union was worthless, I said I don't interact with them because I don't need to. I also never said my union president was worthless as a union president, she just sucks as an employee. But hey, your empty, inaccurate insults continue to entertain.
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By Lakshmi.Sparthosx 2015-05-28 13:51:36
Amazon recently ran into trouble for appalling working conditions in their warehouses. Stuff like denying breaks, forcing people to work in inadequate weather, threatening to lose your job even if you're injured/sick etc.
So basically WalMart. Go look up Walmart or something. Convince me you're a rational actor who can do more than parrot ideology.
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By Asura.Kingnobody 2015-05-28 13:52:58
I never said my union was worthless, I said I don't interact with them because I don't need to. I also never said my union president was worthless as a union president, she just sucks as an employee. But hey, your empty, inaccurate insults continue to entertain. I keep forgetting, union members aren't there to work for the company they are employed with, they are there to collect the check and be as unproductive as possible.
But hey, at least you admitted that for us.
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By Shiva.Viciousss 2015-05-28 13:59:27
No, I didn't admit that, I didn't even imply it. I only said that one member is worthless when it comes to one of her responsibilities, and you interpret it as all of them. I'm not responsible for your constant, inaccurate interpretations.
Bahamut.Milamber
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By Bahamut.Milamber 2015-05-28 13:59:46
If the choice has to be between screwing individuals, or screwing companies, then the actual living creature comes first. Except people keep failing to show these so-called policies where companies are actually actively seeking to "screw the little people" in all positions.
But let's go down this route a bit. Give examples of companies screwing people over. Let's take this one step at a time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Tech_Employee_Antitrust_Litigation
http://www.law360.com/articles/83571/starbucks-hit-with-another-flsa-overtime-suit
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/16/us-walmart-lawsuit-idUSKBN0JU1XJ20141216
http://www.lieffcabraser.com/Case-Center/Wells-Fargo-Overtime-Pay-Class-Action-Lawsuit.shtml
http://www.rigganlawfirm.com/Employment-Law-Blog/2015/April/8th-Circuit-Rejects-Private-Agreement-Between-Em.aspx
http://www.rigganlawfirm.com/Employment-Law-Blog/2012/May/Enterprise-Agrees-to-Settle-Class-Action-Overtim.aspx
Let's not get into placing entries into employee handbooks regarding discussion or disclosure of compensation or wages.
But the best way to fight unions, or prevent them in your company, is to not make things shitty enough for people to need/want to be in them. And then what? After the "shitty" conditions go away, do unions automatically disappear?
But then again, any argument you would have would be in the past, not in the present. Unions are ineffective today because there is no "shitty conditions" in the workplace, unionized or not. Uh, what? Here's a rather non-thorough search of the OSHA database, since they apparently don't allow a global wildcard:
https://www.osha.gov/pls/imis/establishment.search?p_logger=1&establishment=A%25&State=all&officetype=all&Office=all&p_case=all&p_violations_exist=yes&startmonth=01&startday=01&startyear=2015&endmonth=05&endday=28&endyear=2015
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By Ramyrez 2015-05-28 14:01:15
You don't accept evidence. It's been proven time and again. Any time evidence is presented that you don't agree with, you call it "blogs, not news" or say it's "bias". Even if it's a non-partisan, non-affiliated research group as I've posted in the past.
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By Asura.Kingnobody 2015-05-28 14:04:29
Lakshmi.Sparthosx said: »Amazon recently ran into trouble for appalling working conditions in their warehouses. Stuff like denying breaks, forcing people to work in inadequate weather, threatening to lose your job even if you're injured/sick etc. *Googles it* Only sources I see from this is from Mother Jones, Gawker, and Salon, 3 media outlets that are as anti-corporation as Ramy is. I did find an article from Business Insider, but they referenced the 3 sources above. It did go beyond it and analyzed (holy crap, an article that actually did research and analyzed the situation?) why such the negativity, but you will probably ignore it.
Here is another article that you would probably have a field day just on the title alone, but will ignore it when you actually read the article itself.
Lakshmi.Sparthosx said: »So basically WalMart. Go look up Walmart or something. Convince me you're a rational actor who can do more than parrot ideology. Obviously you love using Walmart as the go-to corporate punching bag for anything against corporations.
But let's go further into this: What do you expect to pay people, both in wages and benefits, when the average retention rate is less than 6 months for no-skilled labor? When the average retention expectancy is less than a year?
Sure, they could offer their longer-term employees better benefits ( they do, actually), but hey, anything to go against corporations, right?
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By Shiva.Nikolce 2015-05-28 14:04:44
I, for one, was surprised osha found any workplaces to scrutinize...
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