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robinson46176 wrote:Can't we leave our politics at the door? Much more of this crap and I am gone... I don't care what party...

AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!

robinson46176 wrote:Can't we leave our politics at the door? Much more of this crap and I am gone... I don't care what party...

"Alleluia, praise the Lord!!!"

mickyd wrote:"Alleluia, praise the Lord!!!"

#1 (politics) Taken care of!:)

#2 (religon) Work to be done!:D;)

#3 (??????) . . .

[quote="JPG40504"]#1 (politics) Taken care of!:)

#2 (religon) Work to be done!:D]

#2 More universal than politics!
Just my thoughts.

lv2wdwrk wrote:#2 More universal than politics!
Just my thoughts.

Universal??? As in health care???

It has become almost impossible to develop a thread about either wood working or tools on this forum - or am I the only one that feels that way.

dusty wrote:It has become almost impossible to develop a thread about either wood working or tools on this forum - or am I the only one that feels that way.

NOPE, you knot the only one Dusty.

dusty wrote:It has become almost impossible to develop a thread about either wood working or tools on this forum - or am I the only one that feels that way.

You can develop one, but it WILL get changed.

I thought we were discussing the merger of Black and Decker and Stanley. And yes it does have polictical/social factors that will effect our woodworking. Without competition, with out critical thinking, without selective and careful purchasing we all are enabling manufactures to past on junk in the name of modern business practices.

If you don't want to discuss these factors fine but when you ask why you can't find a tool or why this business or that went out of business and all you hear is silence. Knot that it will be because you didn't want to discuss the real reasons for things like this merger.

Sorry I think this merger and the reasons for it should concern all us woodworkers. I also believe it has far reaching effects that can even effect Shopsmith.

Now taking cheap shots at a president or a political party is uncalled for and something we shouldn't do in private let alone in on a public forum like this.

Ed in Tampa wrote:I thought we were discussing the merger of Black and Decker and Stanley. And yes it does have polictical/social factors that will effect our woodworking. Without competition, with out critical thinking, without selective and careful purchasing we all are enabling manufactures to past on junk in the name of modern business practices.

If you don't want to discuss these factors fine but when you ask why you can't find a tool or why this business or that went out of business and all you hear is silence. Knot that it will be because you didn't want to discuss the real reasons for things like this merger.

Sorry I think this merger and the reasons for it should concern all us woodworkers. I also believe it has far reaching effects that can even effect Shopsmith.

Now taking cheap shots at a president or a political party is uncalled for and something we shouldn't do in private let alone in on a public forum like this.

Yup, you are absolutely correct. This thread was started to discuss the merger; not that there is much that we can do about it but that was the original purpose.

Like so many of these threads, it was soon derailed. Sorta innocently at first and then it became blatant; like so many do.

I am as much to blame as anyone for jumping onto a thread and riding it where ever it might go. I am also guilty of derailing many of these threads but that doesn't make it right and it doesn't help the welfare of this forum.

What I should do is initiate another thread to discuss quality of tools, or whatever.....but that too will go its own way.

You can have it back, Ed. You lead the discussion on Stanley, Black and Decker, PC of whoever. I am going to stay away from it at least for a while.

I am sorry, Tom. It really was not my intention to hijack what would probably have developed into a real interesting discussion about the Stanley merger if permitted.