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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 06:50 PM Original message |
CNN: "Older Men" being asked to volunteer to work at the Nuclear Plant... |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. Grim implications, on many levels. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 07:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. True...Our Elderly are already being harrassed here in US...so to the "Front Lines" for them in any |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 08:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. Amen. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
2. In other words |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 07:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Makes more sense to me than asking kids |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 07:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. In Japan their "kids" are not at WAR...but, think about the US and where Our Kids are ...these days? |
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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 07:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Your preference would be... |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 07:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. No, it makes sense - if you're 55 years old, and it takes 30 years |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 07:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
26. Definitely...send the Old into Nuke Disasters and the Young to die in Wars in the ME. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 08:22 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. You see it. Which is why it is a given that these cuts will go through all the proposals by |
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ChicagoRonin (250 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 07:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Or the most rational decision |
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Very_Boring_Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 07:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. It's one of those no-win situations. Somebody has to do it, the goal now is to minimize the damage |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 07:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. who do you think they should ask ? |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 07:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Anyone physically capable of performing the work |
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Very_Boring_Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 07:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. And these older people are capable of performing the work, so what is your problem? |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 07:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. If so, then great! |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 07:09 PM Original message |
I don't read it as that |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 07:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. dupe |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 08:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
30. That's me. |
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Mariana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
6. They're also less likely to father children in the future. nt. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 07:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. Larry King...Donald Trump.....Hugh Hefner...etc. etc. etc. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 07:59 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. pool boy.... lawn guy..... physical trainer |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
12. Do they have robots? |
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Very_Boring_Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 07:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. I think that is a really good point |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 07:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. I've been wondering that, because I thought the Japanese were on the leading edge with robots. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 09:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
35. I agree. But until they have robots they shoud ask for volunteers. |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
13. Women and Children in the lifeboats, first. deal. n/t |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 08:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
28. That's a "sexist view." All people are the same...including women and children and men who fight. |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 08:47 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Oh spank me gently I'm old. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
15. Japanese people tend to live very long lives I hope the government plans to pony up |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
18. They should send the lying SOBs from TOPCO management |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 07:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I like the way you think. Villains first. |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
19. That's so sad:( n/t |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
23. True heroes. In Japanese culture, it is believable |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
32. in this situation i see nothing wrong to ask older men to volunteer. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
34. Sound thinking. |
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