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Cowpunk Donating Member (572 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 09:20 PM
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Funniest Damn Letter I've Ever Read
Here's a bizarrely ironic, unintentionally hilarious letter to the editor I read in Sunday's Omaha World Herald. This guy is mad at union members because they don't say "how low" when the boss says bend over. I'm not sure whether this guy's sycophantic attitude derives from some kind of Stockholm Syndrome-type disorder, or plain ol' stupidity, but this is a perfect example of the kind of right-wing dementia we deal with every day here in Nebraska.
Read and enjoy:


No special rights for unions
There are both union and non-union em­ployees in my place of employment.

Non-union employees were told we had to take a pay cut, and we said OK. Union employees were asked to take a pay cut, and they said no thanks.

Non-union employees were told they had to take some furlough days off without pay, and we said OK. Union employees were asked if they would take some days off without pay, and they said, “Are you crazy? We’re union.”

And so it goes with the many different unions in Omaha. Since when does being a union member mean someone doesn’t have to live by the same general rules as the rest of us?

I missed the memo that said unions now run our businesses. If the head of a company decides a wage cut or furlough is neces­sary to keep the company healthy, everyone should have to take the wage cut or fur­lough.
James Evans, Bellevue
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RoyGBiv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 09:22 PM
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1. Laugh/Cry?

Yeah, I don't know which.

The stupid ... it burns.
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-08-09 09:00 AM
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39. Yes.
Both.
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 09:25 PM
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2. Ol' Jim is a slave & doesn't know it.
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dgauss Donating Member (217 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 09:54 PM
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7. And he resents the fact that others aren't but he doesn't know that either.
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 09:30 PM
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3. Don't worry Jim. Your employer sees your loyalty and will rewrd you.
:sarcasm: :sarcasm:
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Fuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 10:02 PM
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11. Yes, I will be rewarded. I work hard and I will move up and be a winner!
You union idiots are just leaches!
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kpominville Donating Member (323 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-08-09 01:49 PM
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44. Keep telling yourself that in the unemployment line Jimmy...
Because any employer who cares as little as yours obviously does about their employees doesn't give a damn about rewarding your work. They see your hard work as necessary for whatever pittance they deign to pay you and they expect you to be grateful you ever had a job after they lay you off.

Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you Jimmy.
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MrModerate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 09:33 PM
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4. I really wonder some times how certain people survived to adulthood. n/t
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MisterP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 09:36 PM
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5. are we sure the Yes Men didn't write this?
in all seriousness, a lot of workers think this way: the boss is the boss because of his moral virtue, and we're all on the same side
very zaibatsu
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 09:49 PM
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6. Why doesn't that moron just join the union? WTF!?!? n/t
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Hekate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 10:03 PM
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14. Whut? An' pay dues?
:argh:

Hekate
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 10:44 PM
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27. You made me bust out laughing!
thanks!
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abumbyanyothername Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 10:19 PM
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18. He is not in the bargaining unit --
either clerical or low level management.
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 10:30 PM
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21. He could be
He and his other shat-upons could form a union with an assist from EFCA. Simply turn in that card that says you want to form a bargaining unit, and wah-la! You too could bargain collectively with your employer. You could even bargain for workplace rules that prevent the employer from making folks "management" without actually being "management."
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Spinzonner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 09:59 PM
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8. Didn't the company sign a contract ?
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Morning Dew Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 10:00 PM
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9. "and we said OK."
Of course they said OK. Absent a contract, what will the non-union workers say?

James Evans = Moran.
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Arctic Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 10:01 PM
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10. Non-union employees were asked to jump off the bridge and we did,
Union employees were asked and they said, "go F*%k yerself". Why are union employees so mean?
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WeDidIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 10:02 PM
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12. Ignorance CAN be cured
Unfortunately for James Evans of Bellevue, stupidity goes straight to the bone.
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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 10:03 PM
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13. that's not funny- it's really sad
I feel bad for this gentleman - seriously. Some people think they deserve to be shit on by their employers and have no recourse to do anything about it.
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Cirque du So-What Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 10:12 PM
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15. I hear one particular RW meme occasionally
it goes something like, 'no poor man ever offered me a job,' apparently a bid to justify paying CEOs salaries that run in the tens of millions of $ annually.

I got in an argument on my local Gannett fishwrap's website with a freeper type and that line came up. I pointed out that the rich man typically doesn't pay his wages; it's the corporation. When it failed to convince him, I made a comment along the lines that he was worshiping at the pasty rump of the rich man, and my comment got removed. It was worth it.
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Lorien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 10:40 PM
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24. Send them this:
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation.html
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hootinholler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-08-09 06:36 AM
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37. That's Awesome!
Thanks for posting that.

-Hoot
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intheflow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-08-09 08:34 AM
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38. Interesting! n/t
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progressoid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-08-09 02:12 PM
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46. Yeah, I'm bookmarking that one!
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Maru Kitteh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 10:16 PM
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16. Yeah. If you're up for serious punishment read the Kearney Hub LTE's. You'll wonder how
we manage to dress and feed ourselves without burning the house down out here.
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Morning Dew Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 10:23 PM
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20. I have a sister near Grand Island - Kind of conservative out that way.
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Maru Kitteh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 10:32 PM
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22. Grand Island is even worse than Kearney. At least we have the University here, and I'm lucky.
All my neighbors are Dems. It's rather amusing during election seasons. We're in the middle of this little oasis of enthusiastic liberalism, like having our own little blue state.
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ohheckyeah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 10:17 PM
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17. I wonder if the CEO of the company took a pay cut and
Edited on Mon Sep-07-09 10:18 PM by ohheckyeah
unpaid furlough? I'm guessing not and Mr. Evans probably doesn't see a problem with that.

By the way, I can't find the letter at your link.
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Cowpunk Donating Member (572 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-08-09 06:07 PM
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54. The World-Herald's website is F-ed up.
Previous editions are only available to subscribers. If you are a subscriber, it's still a pain in the arse. First you have to log in, then go to the site map, then find the customer service features, then click on e-edition, then find the date and page you want. In this case it was Sept. 6th, page B-6.
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patrice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 10:20 PM
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19. Non-union employees can ask the defintion of "necessary to keep the company healthy" too.
And decide whether to comply or not based upon that definition.
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Lorien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 10:36 PM
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23. So, he's a patient at Bellevue. No surprise there.
Though they must be treating him for insanity, since there is no treatment for profound stupidity.

;-)
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Maru Kitteh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 11:52 PM
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33. The lady knows her Nebraska, lol.
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depakid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 10:41 PM
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25. Sounds like he's eager to embrace third world socioeconomic status
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 10:43 PM
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26. The GOP and powers that be in the corporate world know that in a few short years
the boomers will all be retiring and it will be an employees market. Then gettting concessions will be impossible as they will be begging for employees. So get concessions is now or never. I SAY NEVER!!
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intheflow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 10:46 PM
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28. How ironic he's from Bellevue.
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RagAss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 11:06 PM
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30. The Last Bastion of Nuthouses !
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Subdivisions Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 11:00 PM
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29. What a completely clueless rube. n/t
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Justicekthx Donating Member (27 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 11:26 PM
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31. LOL
I once saw a Union bumper sticker that said "A working man voting Republican is like a chicken voting for col.Sanders".I think this guy is one of the Chickens the sticker was talking about hehe.
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asdjrocky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 11:28 PM
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32. Sometimes the stupid hurts so bad I hug my knees to my chest and howl.
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Froward69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-08-09 12:09 AM
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34. This is why I try
to not say a word to those I meet driving around Nebraska, Kansas, Utah, Wyoming, Oklahoma or Texas..

They are all around me as I live in Colorado.:scared:
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-08-09 12:14 AM
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35. You gotta go down and join the union
You gotta go down and join the union
You got to join it by yourself
Ain't nobody here can join it for you
You gotta go down and join the union by yourself

(Yes Jim, it is that simple)
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texasleo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-08-09 03:59 AM
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36. lol
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-08-09 09:07 AM
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40. Hysterically funny--and pathetically sad. Please, for the love of comedy, can we see some ot the loc
responses?

Did Evans LISTEN to his shop steward or anyone from the union? I'm guessing that he wouldn't give them the time of day.
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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-08-09 09:22 AM
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41. The stupid is strong in this one
Guess what bud, the union members have a contract. Also, the CEO and upper exec types have contracts. But you, Mr James Evans of Bellvue, do not have a contract, so they can do any damn thing they want to you. If you don't like the way you're being treated, don't blame it on workers who are smart enough to vote on a contract for themselves, get off your ass and help your department/division get a contract of their own, I'm sure there is a union out there that would be happy to help you by sending an organizer to your workplace. :crazy:
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-08-09 09:53 AM
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42. wow, just wow..
that's a very specific type of water carrying tool type mental disorder going on there.
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Vinnie From Indy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-08-09 01:43 PM
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43. I continue to marvel at the stupidiity of so many of my fellow Americans
Please let me continue his rant...

Non-Union were told we had to handle toxic, cancer causing chemicals with no safety clothing or breathing apparattus, and we said OK. Union employees were asked to handle the same chemicals with no safety gear and they said they wouldn't do it.

Non-Union employees were told that we would have to work 12hr shifts, 6 days a week with no breaks and half the money and we said OK. They told the union employees that they would have to work 12hr shifts, 6 days a week with no breaks and half the money and they said they would sue the owners for breaching their work contract.

I could go on and on, but the insanity is pretty self-evident.
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-08-09 03:10 PM
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53. These are the same folks who show up to astroturf the town meetings.....
....against all their own interests. They still think that someday, they will be invited into the inner circle of wealth and power, so they dare not anger the Gods.
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amb123 Donating Member (764 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-08-09 01:52 PM
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45. THEN JOIN THE UNION, IDIOT!
:rofl:
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dugaresa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-08-09 02:30 PM
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47. some people like being walked on and this guy is one of them
union men and women don't like being doormats for management.
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-08-09 02:38 PM
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48. Brownshirts like that suck. No logical explanation - they just suck.
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truebrit71 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-08-09 02:39 PM
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49. That just HAS to be a joke...how can anyone THAT stupid remember how to breathe?
:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
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ddeclue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-08-09 02:41 PM
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50. Umm because THAT's EXACTLY WHY UNIONS EXIST MORAN!
so that you don't have to eat the shit that management is passing off as caviar.

:rofl:
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-08-09 02:42 PM
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51. Please share the local replies, too. I need a few laughs. nt
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Cowpunk Donating Member (572 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-08-09 06:36 PM
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56. I will if I can find any.
Our lame-ass newspaper doesn't allow comments on their website. If any responses show up on the editorial page, I'll post them here.
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-08-09 03:06 PM
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52. Because you're an idiot, Jim
Keep bending over and dropping your shorts for your masters.
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VOX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-08-09 06:27 PM
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55. "If the head of a company wants child labor to make a profit, then all children should work."
"If the head of a company wants an 80-hour work week to make a profit, then everybody should work 80 hours."

"If the head of a company wants an 16-hour work day to make a profit, then everybody should work 16 hours a day."

Damn it Jim, you're a moronic wingnut, not a doctor! :grr:
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