tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123697.post112767951731089451..comments2023-10-17T06:08:27.032-05:00Comments on Grantian Florilegium: Solidarnoscgileskirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546229381528820614noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123697.post-1127850439687660862005-09-27T14:47:00.000-05:002005-09-27T14:47:00.000-05:00The book REAGAN'S WAR--The Epic Story of His 40 ye...The book REAGAN'S WAR--The Epic Story of His 40 year Struggle and Final Triumph Over Communism by Peter Schweizer gives some great details on how Reagan watched the Solidarity movement closely and went out on a limb to support the Poles. Boy, I am glad the Soviet Bloc, the Iron Curtain, and the Evil Empire are all gone. This world is still with devils filled, but at least a few of them got it in the neck.<BR/>BenAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151496978820396884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123697.post-1127743624541914442005-09-26T09:07:00.000-05:002005-09-26T09:07:00.000-05:00As a Canadian, I have mixed feelings when it comes...As a Canadian, I have mixed feelings when it comes to the notion of trade unions. Especially because I come from a "car town."<BR/>Our country is already so socialistic and one of the major contributors to that is the Canadian Auto Workers union. <BR/>My sister works at Chrysler as a line supervisor and therefore is not in the union. She is also not considered management and therefore doesn't receive their wages nor much of their support. Essentially, she's caught in the middle between the two. <BR/>If one of the guys on her line came to work drunk and she wrote him up, mangagement would likely fire him only to rehire him a month later with a higher wage because of pressure from the union.<BR/>In Canada, the union gives workers the right to sleep on the job, leave early and come in late, drink, smoke pot, oggle women...the list goes on and on.<BR/>When I read about Marx and his desire for "worker" rights, I just laugh. Neither he, nor those who have followed in his footsteps, really care about the working class. It seems to swing one of two ways: either extreme oppression or extreme laziness.<BR/>I'm thankful for your post about "Solidarity." I do believe, in spite of the rant above, that a union can be a good thing. It is nice to see that in some quarter of the world it worked.<BR/>Even still, they crumbled once they came to power.<BR/>The hymn that just sprung into my mind gives me solace:<BR/>"My hope is built on nothing less,<BR/>Than Jesus' blood and righteousness."<BR/><BR/>God blessIan Hugh Claryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14686705614603192797noreply@blogger.com