Public Employees, No Public Support

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Friday July 06, 2012 · 9:26 AM PDT

2012/07/06 · 09:26

I would like to make something clear upfront, the issue of public employee compensation is volatile and toxic. I would also like to mention that I am a member of a Union, CWA. People love and support their public servants but do not generally approve of the sweet deal they have in comparison to the private sector, just like people generally love their congressperson but hate congress(check those rates or re-election.) Walkers easy election and the big wins for reform in California in addition to DEMOCRATIC governers(don't forget Rahm in Chicago is prepared to go to all out war) pressing hard on pension reform and the alienation of perhaps their strongest constituency should tell you all you need to know, change is coming and it is up to the public sector unions to either be a leader in change or leave it up to the people, which in these economic times will destroy them.

Vandred

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Friday May 25, 2012 · 8:15 AM PDT

2012/05/25 · 08:15

This may be a newsflash to many here...women do in fact lie about rape. Rape is a crime where men are not afforded due process due to anyone accused of any other crime in the US. If a man in the US is charged with rape, it is a forgone conclusion that he will be convicted, especially if he is a minority. These numbers can be obscured with absurdities like including theoretical "unreported" rapes in the calculations but that is absurd on its face. The rules of due process go out the window when one is charged with rape and we have a justice system that makes it safer to plea bargain and ruin your life but have a possibility of getting out one day in lieu of going to prison for life with the stigma of "rapist" for a crime you did not commit.

I guess you're wondering, why would someone write such an article here of all places?I am a man who lives in fear that he could easily be accused of rape and have little no no possibility of making out ok. At the bare minimum I would be out thousands and thousands of dollars and she would be out......nothing.

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