Striking Longshoremen Block Mile Long Train, Protesting Scab Labor

Had to go search for this article... the thugs are at it again in Longview.

Editor: Deep breath now Jimmy, and give me a buzz when you have a second eh?

Giving the keys to just anyone I see. You really need to understand what you are writing about. I have had FIRST HAND experience dealing with the ILWU, not just through their press releases. DJ, have you ever had to pay over $100/hr per man for an 11 man gang to work a hatch on a cargo ship only to watch 8 of them stay in the smoke shack? No you say?? I really hate ignorance more than people, but for the record there are about 20 people on the face of the planet that I don't hate, and I'm grateful to count your boss and family among them. Oh, and Bush's tax cut is nuttin compared to Obama buying me a new car and house, oh wait...

Tim King: Thought you'd like that little Bushism, nobody doubts what you are saying, unions are far from perfect, but you know how much better it was for me as a TV news shooter in Portland over Vegas, the only union market I ever worked in was PDX.  Those guys with IATSE were straight up, so my overall thought is not to defend particulars, but to state that we can't overvalue the American worker, and I know we agree on that.  You would love DJ, it's all good.  The digging question, is, what were you doing with your second hand that day on the ship? (LOL) 

Hedge Fund Managers... Huh??? I thought we were talking about the quazi-criminal I.L.W.U. and your tacit approval of their off the chart pay scale.
Since you appear to not have anything other than their press release to go by, I suggest you head over to a nearby port and watch 3/4 of the laughable "backbone of American hope" sit on their collective asses and get a paycheck that most americans can only dream of.

DJ: It's pretty clear from your comments that you hate people--except, perhaps, the rich.

Tim King: OK guys, here it is; Jim is a close friend, part of the operation here, as DJ is.  Jimmy and I have plenty of arguments, all good nature stuff, I recall Jim when you were quite a 'W' fan and thinking that his tax cut was incredible, was it $200 again?  Anyway, this is a story I put up, I believe in unions and generally have only disdain for greedy shareholders.  The people holding the cards need their 2012 Cadillac and Lincoln gas guzzlers and all that, and I know it takes a lot to send your kids to the best colleges, etc.  That however perpetuates the problems of greed.

Jimmy, I didn't know that was you on the first comment, but things spin out quickly from negativity, and I am the king of negativity right?.  You know the schedule I keep here, had the other side reached us first that part might have gone up first, but the truth is that the union reached out and it is interesting, but let's not think the world divides over people seeking a better life for their kids, (not the Purdue education  - more like food on the table and a roof over their heads)  I love you both!   

Been fortunate in my life to see many ports operate worldwide and I've see workers doing an honest days work for an honest days pay. After you've had to work with these overpaid, underworked excuse for "labor" you might understand my point but from your bunker in Salem, I question your knowledge in this subject. Where else do 10 people get paid to stand around to do the work that only requires three people? All at wages that make you realize why America has lost it's competetive edge.

DJ: Interesting take. What's your conclusion on hedge fund managers who make billions of dollars per year? How hard do you think they work compared to a stevedore or factory worker? Or the CEOs of the major corporations?  In 1970 the average CEO made about 30  times more than the average worker. By 2006, the ratio was 340 to 1. In 1970, the top 100 CEOs made 45 times as much as the average worker. By 2006 that had escalated to 1,723 to 1. Are these people doing an "honest day's work for an honest day's pay"?.

How's that for a juxtaposition, James? 

My experience is that these borderline criminals couldn't get or keep a real job if it didn't get handed to them on a silver platter. I hope they all get to see what real working people have to do in order to feed their family.

Editor: You should use your full name when making a statement like that, of course a man like you wouldn't do that now would you?  These employees are the backbone of American hope, that whole BS scab mentality is what has ruined this place, why don't you outsource that?