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mike r (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 12:59 PM Original message |
Resignations follow California Chamber of Commerce's endorsement of Whitman |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. Democratic and progressive-minded people must not be members. |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 02:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. I would think the exact opposite! |
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Downwinder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 02:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. In the Chamber of Commerce, normal persons have no say |
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Iowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 03:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Progressives should not contribute money to right-wing organizations... |
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kiranon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 12:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
32. Agree. And, now Chambers are trying to set up business district taxing |
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Liberty Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 10:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
25. No, we should alll join. I belong to 5 Chambers and have made an influence here. |
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Downwinder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 11:24 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Are any of your Chambers members of the California Chamber of Commerce? |
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Liberty Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 12:48 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Yes, all of them are. |
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Downwinder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 05:46 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Why don't they resign their memberships in the "California Chamber of Commerce?" |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. good for them! |
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Downwinder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
3. Does the California Chamber of Commerce receive any public funds? |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 06:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. No cash, but they sold whatever soul they had for political favors from Ahnuld. |
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mrdmk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 01:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
34. old Pete "Fucking" Wilson, motherfucker! |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. Jerry Brown is a huge endorser of small businesses |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
7. Awesome! The Chamber has outed themselves. Now treat them as a GOP organization. |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
8. My father, a lifelong Democrat, is shuddering in his grave. |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 03:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I assumed the Chamber had always had ties to the GOP. |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 07:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. My dad quelled his Democratic ardor |
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nyy1998 (984 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 06:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Usually the local Chambers have no political affiliation. |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
11. Here, the COC calls for the boycott of all small businesses that are not |
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Merlot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 10:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Sounds like a protection racket...kinda like the mafia |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 10:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. It is. Apparently, you can be reported for shopping with a non-member and |
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Merlot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 10:53 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Funny, just last night I watched "Godfather III" |
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Duval (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
12. Wish I could rec this x1,000!!! |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
13. K&R |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
16. C of C's everywhere are part of the BIG problem |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
17. HAH! Since when has ANY Chamber of Commerce....NOT been political, conservatively political? |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
18. No surprise...chambers of commerce have always supported the "business friendly" GOP |
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SoapBox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
20. Pete Wilson? Is on the board? THAT Pete Wilson? |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-10 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
21. So, self-defeatingly for us, wingnuts will take all the empty slots. Real good. n/t |
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kentestsgod (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 02:11 AM Response to Original message |
28. I admire their integrity. but... |
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wial (362 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
30. let's play rough |
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jerseyjack (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
31. Are they tax excempt? |
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kiranon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 12:53 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Agree. |
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