” Gee, sure does look like UAW does not own any stock. Or have an actual person from the union on the board. Just sayin’ ”

You are correct. However, through their VEBA trust they have indirect power. Much more important, is Obama’s control over Government Motors. Obama is in the UAW’s back pocket.

If you add the two factors together, as of now, the UAW controls GM.

Gee, sure does look like UAW does not own any stock. Or have an actual person from the union on the board. Just sayin’

” “a socialist is in favour of political equality of human beings, workers’ control of industry, etc, and Obama is not.”

Last I checked, Obama was not handing the car industry over to the workers (although they might not screw it up as badly as the management did…) ”

Thank you for your most excellent comment, because actually Obama did hand over management to the workers. At Obama Motors, I mean Government Motors, I mean GM, the UAW I believe indirectly owns GM stock and has a guy on the board.

Saving GM and Chrysler had a lot to do with getting taxpayers to save the UAW’s generous pension plans.

Last I checked, Obama was not handing the car industry over to the workers (although they might not screw it up as badly as the management did…)

” And frankly, anyone who conflates socialism, communism, and fascism without a logical explanation of why should be barred from the internet, and polite society, for life. ” :)

So I should be barred for LIFE from the internet. The people I associate with, do not qualify as your polite society, so a lifetime exclusion is a welcome blessing. In fact my friends tend to go to church, support their wives and kids, cling to their guns and Bibles, and kill a beer or two watching the super bowl. You know the type, real riff raff.

But, seriously what is the difference between President Obama and a Socialist ?

Please tell me a good punch line.

OHH!,,,,,, to change the subject. I know you guys are big Global warming nuts,,,sorry,, Climate Change Believers. I spent the weekend helping a bunch of nice folks dig out their cars in State College, Pa, from Friday night’s blizzard. South of us it was much worse. Just when the heck is this here global warmin supposed to kick in, cause up here in red neck country, we need a break ? So far our Groundhog is smarter than your idiot Al Gore.

but no one calls me honey. I don’t get the walgreens and cable reference

Alan SWEETY it’s pretty much a given nobody calls you honey . I geuss you get your tissue at Walgreens. Don’t go blind.

Ok, I’m so stealing this after another month of a week.

Not to be pedantic, but I believe there is a huge disparity in in this country between the haves and the needs. Your post reminded me of this. An AIG trader getting a bonus after losing millions versus a family in foreclosure. We’d best be careful, the anger is out there. Just hasn’t turned too much… yet.