Comments on: Snow Jobs

By: creeper

creeper — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:26:59 +0000

Thank you, light. I proudly voted “No”. After what Ronald Reagan did to unions I wouldn’t vote to put his picture on a nickel slug.

Grant’s special in this neck of the woods. He lived upstream in Galena, Illinois before and after the Civil War.

Grant was placed in charge of the Union Army when Lincoln did an end run around McClellan. McClellan was a great organizer but he couldn’t make up his mind to go to war, so Lincoln promoted Grant. Whenever someone mentions Grant I think of Lincoln’s words when he was pressured to remove Grant after disastrous losses at Shiloh: “I cannot spare this man. He fights.”

While members of his administration were tainted by scandal, Grant himself was a scrupulously honest man. He never got rich and I imagine that $50 bill his picture is on would’ve been a lot of money to him.

Sorry for the history lesson and for derailing John’s diary. You hit a soft spot.

By: creeper

creeper — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:56:10 +0000

You’re welcome, sowsear. I hear you on the snow. I have a sister in Pittsburgh. She sends me pictures of her house. I’ve been to visit her three times but there’s nothing recognizable in those pics.

To find info on the picture I googled “blizzard+’telephone pole’”. Then went to “Images”. Poof! First one up.

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By: Docelder

Docelder — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:37:48 +0000

Maybe Bush made it snow? That way it could still be Bush’s fault. We all know Obama “inherited a mess”. Bless his little pointed head.

By: candymarl

candymarl — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:10:28 +0000

Higher unemployment figures are due to snow – in the winter no less. It snows during the winter months? Who knew?

By: candymarl

candymarl — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:40:19 +0000

Voted No. Thank you.

By: Diana L. C.

Diana L. C. — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:10:17 +0000

creeper,

That puzzled me, but I’m thinking Wall Street is doing better and trying to cover the fact that working people are not.

By: sowsear

sowsear — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:24:37 +0000

Every summer at the elementary school near here, lunch is served to all children attending the recreation program. Some children just come for lunch.

By: sowsear

sowsear — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:18:06 +0000

I thought that was about to go into a Steven Wright joke line.. Something like,”I came home and found my apartment had been robbed and someone had replaced all of my stuff with exact duplicates”.

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By: sybilll

sybilll — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:24:09 +0000

Thanks for the link so I could proudly vote Yes.

By: sybilll

sybilll — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:22:30 +0000

Someone in another forum was saying that some contract union workers do in fact get to draw unemployment if they miss 1 week’s work due to snow. If that is true, that makes me sad. Just like the parents that wanted the schools to reopen so the school could feed their children. So, no one plans for anything, whatsoever, and wants Father Government to fix everything. Pathetic.

By: Ferd Berfle

Ferd Berfle — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:18:52 +0000

But wait, there’s less:
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mortuus lark
I love this J Batchelor. You are clueless, but please remain clueless. There is no loss in you remaining clueless.

On the other hand, since I take pity on the clueless, I will give you this much.

1. There were places in many cities, where undocumented illegal aliens waited for jobs – a high uncertainty situation – and most of them get to work that day.

2. Those who cross the border into the country are faced with uncertainy of the highest kind. Not long after they find themselves employed and sending lots of money home – lots of money – including paying for the money transmittals very high fees – which they don’t care because they love their family.
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M. Lurk: The Voices echoing around your empty cranial cavity do not constitute sources of valid, verifiable information.

By: Ferd Berfle

Ferd Berfle — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:17:51 +0000

But wait, there’s less:

mortuus lark
I love this J Batchelor. You are clueless, but please remain clueless. There is no loss in you remaining clueless.

On the other hand, since I take pity on the clueless, I will give you this much.

1. There were places in many cities, where undocumented illegal aliens waited for jobs – a high uncertainty situation – and most of them get to work that day.

2. Those who cross the border into the country are faced with uncertainy of the highest kind. Not long after they find themselves employed and sending lots of money home – lots of money – including paying for the money transmittals very high fees – which they don’t care because they love their family.=========================M. Lurk: The Voices echoing around your empty cranial cavity do not constitute sources of valid, verifiable information.

By: Ferd Berfle

Ferd Berfle — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:08:58 +0000

“But Ferd, you’re dealing with a minimalist post-modern who is a work-of-art in progress”

Indeed. Perhaps it can progress elsewhere. I know some vacant lots down by the tracks where it can set up minimalist shop.