Re: Patricks Train

tezza (tezza@atinet.com.au)
Sun, 12 Apr 1998 09:50:38 +1000

Bob wrote in message <352F8066.506539C7@fastlink.com.au>...

>Garry R. Ford wrote:

>> What a wanker you are Rod.

>> Grow up. The MUA's predecessor was on strike during WWII refusing to
>> load ships. Only when Russia was attacxked did they go back to work!

>> That's the same union and more today who are still holding Australia
>> to ransom. No one's against unions, just unpatriotic officers that
>>use their union power to blackmail all decent Australians who want to
>>make something of themselves.

>> Why should waterside workers consider themselves better than everyone
>> else and not do a fair days work for a fair days pay, make everyone
>> else pay extra for imports and earn less for exports, be held
>>hostage by a few hundred workers who are only interested in their
selfish
>> interests and not the good of all Australians.

>> If what you said is true the ACTU would have called a general strike
>> and not just given lip service to the dispute. It'd he a brave
>> President who would have said piss-off to the MUA - you must appear
>>to be giving some support even when you know the MUA is harming every
>> other unionist in Australia by its refusal to enter meaningful
>> negotiations.

>> Even the ALP knows there a problem an tired to fix up the
>>productivity problem with a $420 million "bribe" all to no avail.

> Without wanting to get political it would seem to me that Garry is
>what you would call a "Liberal Lover"! Is it my imagination or does he
>always come out in support of anything associated with the Liberals
wether it
>be good or bad ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????
>Bob

I can't abide one-eyed people of any political persuasion.