tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568012403545767309.post5223305348863549165..comments2009-11-10T09:36:38.656-05:00Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920751737319212802septafail@gmail.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568012403545767309.post-84810971829598025292009-11-10T09:36:38.656-05:002009-11-10T09:36:38.656-05:00Must be tough to be stuck somewhere...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568012403545767309.post-8750190494086525882009-11-10T04:31:46.251-05:002009-11-10T04:31:46.251-05:00Nice work, Albert -- great shots! I&#39;m so glad the strike has ended; I don&#39;t think I could take the ongoing whining I&#39;ve been hearing since last Tuesday.<br /><br />Justin - don&#39;t be so hard on Angie. She&#39;s not as bad as you might think. Unfortunately, there are a ton of folks out there who have been conditioned to subconsciously side with management whenever a union goes out on strike. Most of it has to do with not understanding the situation on the ground for the people doing the work. Most people talk as if SEPTA employees are rolling in cash, which makes it obvious to me they don&#39;t realize how substandard the SEPTA deal has been up to this point.<br /><br />What people need to come to terms with is that until SEPTA allows for binding arbitration (like several other major transit agencies already have), the strikes are a given. But when those strikes occur, there&#39;s a lot more than just working people to blame.howardhttp://nonbreakingspace.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568012403545767309.post-50802194124472791962009-11-09T15:06:05.008-05:002009-11-09T15:06:05.008-05:00your vitriol is astounding, angie. and since you know all the workers at septa, you obviously have the right to categorize them ALL as mean and nasty. let&#39;s hope you even had any respect for them before, because we all know people of color and working class whites deserve none when they are &#39;lazy, stupid, and overpaid,&#39; as you have drawn the contrasts elsewhere. additionally, making cheap shots at brown&#39;s weight really shows me that you&#39;re in it to win it.<br />maybe your family and friends wouldn&#39;t be in their situations if they fought for themselves, but it appears to me, that you and they are just as scared to demand better, and you&#39;re ready to accept whatever terms the owners of capital and funny capital decide to run past your sensors as &#39;logic.&#39; the logic of domination only works if people who will be most negatively affected accept it. <br />as i&#39;ve said before, if you want better, fight for it and stop bitching about those ready to demand it for themselves. closed mouths don&#39;t get fed.justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02254898146272470377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568012403545767309.post-36848914341948166212009-11-09T07:41:29.556-05:002009-11-09T07:41:29.556-05:00Well, i&#39;m glad they get their bonuses and pensions.<br /><br />I&#39;ll definitely think about that next time a loved one loses their jobs.<br /><br />I&quot;ll also be sure to NOT thank them when I get off the bus (i&#39;m going to hold out as much as I can before I take one of those now) because they definitely have lost ANY respect I had for them.<br /><br />Rendell might have said that SEPTA diverted funds and that it won&#39;t affect the tax payer...but I don&#39;t buy it. Unless these moneys were coming from the higher ups (like Willie Brown up there, AKA Mr. I Look Extremely Constipated from eating too much) I don&#39;t buy that this isn&#39;t going to affect us. <br /><br />A lot of train bridges/tracks need to be taken care of, let&#39;s hope we don&#39;t hear from a major accident caused by non-maintenance of the already-crumbling structure. <br /><br />Thanks TWU! Thanks Willie Brown, I hope that extra money brings happiness!CraftyAngiehttp://www.squirrelsgolikethis.comnoreply@blogger.com