Andy9o8 0 #1 February 21, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-nLS6FJtSM Lansing, Michigan Mayor Virg Bernaro goes after Fox News anchor for suggesting that unionized auto workers take cut in pay (discussion then expands to health benefits) as part of keeping GM & other auto companies afloat. Basically, he says that he's sick of the working guy getting pressured to take pay & benefits cuts, while Wall Street & auto company execs, elected officials and news anchors all get plenty of pay & good benefits. Fair, balanced & unafraid! We report! You decide! (Apologies to those who'd like a more detailed summary; you really have to hear the back & forth to make a judgment.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
labrys 0 #2 February 21, 2009 QuoteBasically, he says that he's sick of the working guy getting pressured to take pay & benefits cuts, while Wall Street & auto company execs, elected officials and news anchors all get plenty of pay & good benefits. If the working guy in question isn't going to have any income at all if his industry fails he's pretty much fucked. If the union guy thinks auto industry execs are earning too much he should petition his union to do something about it. If he thinks elected officials earn too much he should vote for a change. If he thinks news anchors earn too much he should stop watching television. But what are the odds that the average working guy could stop watching tv? Better odds he'll win the lottery, huh?Owned by Remi #? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Halfpastniner 0 #3 February 21, 2009 Is that guy deaf? BASE 1384 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeForsythe 0 #4 February 22, 2009 What part of you are not competitive (the big three auto) doesn't he understand? So as usual, stand your ground and lose EVERYTHING…………not smart.Time and pressure will always show you who a person really is! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1969912 0 #5 February 22, 2009 Quote Is that guy deaf? Yeah, that Mayor seems to be deaf. Or just a wanker. "Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ." -NickDG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheAnvil 0 #6 February 22, 2009 What a dumbfuck. He dodged every question posed and made a fool of himself. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CazmoDee 3 #7 February 22, 2009 $70 an hour!!! Plus bennies!!! Holy ShitI'm behind the bar at Sloppy Joe's....See ya in the Keys! Muff 4313 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nataly 38 #8 February 22, 2009 OMG - I had to listen to this like 3 times.. I *really* don't understand his answers in relation to the question!! It almost looks like this is some edited footage, where the mayor was *actually* being asked something different. Can't help but feel a little sorry for the guy.. Either he's a dumb fuck, or he actually didn't hear the newsguy properly. It really looks like he's answering a completely different set of questions!! Unbelievable!"There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1969912 0 #9 February 22, 2009 Andy needs to try harder next time "Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ." -NickDG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pirana 0 #10 February 22, 2009 QuoteOMG - I had to listen to this like 3 times.. I *really* don't understand his answers in relation to the question!! It almost looks like this is some edited footage, where the mayor was *actually* being asked something different. Can't help but feel a little sorry for the guy.. Either he's a dumb fuck, or he actually didn't hear the newsguy properly. It really looks like he's answering a completely different set of questions!! Unbelievable! Well, he is the Mayor of uh, . . . uh, what the hell was he the Mayor of again?" . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #11 February 22, 2009 Very misleading title to this thread. At no time did the mayor 'rip the anchor a new one'. This is just another case of someone hearing what they want to hear and disregarding the rest. It is also another case of someone demonstrating their Fox News derangement syndrome. _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
likearock 1 #12 February 22, 2009 Quote$70 an hour!!! Plus bennies!!! Holy Shit To be fair, I believe that the $70 an hour includes the bennies. That said, the mayor looked like an idiot and the Fox anchor came off as the only rational one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #13 February 22, 2009 First - doesn't he sound like Vezzini in the PRincess Bride? Second - who here thinks the mayor of Lansing is gonna suggest his most significant voting bloc would take the position that the bloc and his key campaign contributors should bear any burden? Third - The mayor acted like a dick. I think he ripped himself a new asshole. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallingOsh 0 #14 February 22, 2009 Quote Andy needs to try harder next time Agreed. This thread back fired pretty quickly. Edited: After watching that again, it's fuckin rediculous. He made a complete ass of himself. "GM helped create the middle class in this country.... We've lost something like 2.3 million jobs to China because of the unfair trade." It couldn't possibly be because of wages and benefits demanded by the UAW, right? Dick. -------------------------------------------------- Stay positive and love your life. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GQ_jumper 4 #15 February 22, 2009 How about the union auto workers stop asking for insane salaries to do a job that a retarded circus clown could do. They dug their own grave on that one. They don't even have a hard job and they demand all kinds of breaks, bennies, and incentives for doing it. What a bunch of crap. They don't know what a hard days work is and its looking like thy are going to have to learn the hard way when their greed lands them out of work.History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid. --Dwight D. Eisenhower Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jclalor 12 #16 February 22, 2009 To be even fairer the 70 dollars an hour is, Hourly pay ( average pay is about 28 dollars an hour), bennies, health and pesion cost for people who have retired. To think an auto worker is making 70 an hour ( 150,000 a year) with bennifits is just silly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #17 February 22, 2009 And Toyota pays (average) $25 / hour. The UAW is killing the Big 3.Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airdvr 200 #18 February 22, 2009 QuoteTo be even fairer the 70 dollars an hour is, Hourly pay ( average pay is about 28 dollars an hour), bennies, health and pesion cost for people who have retired. To think an auto worker is making 70 an hour ( 150,000 a year) with bennifits is just silly. True. The $70 figure includes all the retirees pensions and bennies. At this point it's moot. The Big 3 can't sustain those figures. Classic case of a union that cooked the golden goose.Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jclalor 12 #19 February 22, 2009 I agree, when the big 3 go belly up I wonder what tune the UAW will be singing then. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 0 #20 February 22, 2009 Ah. So we're all agreed. Excellent. Oh, well. Back to Bonfire and "Peeing With A Boner." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #21 February 22, 2009 Quote Ah. So we're all agreed. Excellent. Oh, well. Back to Bonfire and "Peeing With A Boner." What, you still haven't figured out the "Flying Superman", yet? Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 0 #22 February 22, 2009 Quote Quote Ah. So we're all agreed. Excellent. Oh, well. Back to Bonfire and "Peeing With A Boner." What, you still haven't figured out the "Flying Superman", yet? Flying like Superman is the dirty little secret we've all figured out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GQ_jumper 4 #23 February 22, 2009 Quote Quote Quote Ah. So we're all agreed. Excellent. Oh, well. Back to Bonfire and "Peeing With A Boner." What, you still haven't figured out the "Flying Superman", yet? Flying like Superman is the dirty little secret we've all figured out. I like to refer to it as "the lean!"History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid. --Dwight D. Eisenhower Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #24 February 22, 2009 Quote Quote Quote Ah. So we're all agreed. Excellent. Oh, well. Back to Bonfire and "Peeing With A Boner." What, you still haven't figured out the "Flying Superman", yet? Flying like Superman is the dirty little secret we've all figured out. So that WAS you who sent me that cease and desist letter. I did honor it. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeForsythe 0 #25 February 22, 2009 I like THIS resonse.Time and pressure will always show you who a person really is! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
