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| The New Blue Collar; Temporary Work, Lasting Poverty And The American Warehouse | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 20 2011, 12:25 PM (382 Views) | |
| Axtremus | Dec 20 2011, 12:25 PM Post #1 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...ouses_n_1158490.html "The New Blue Collar: Temporary Work, Lasting Poverty And The American Warehouse" |
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| Copper | Dec 20 2011, 12:50 PM Post #2 |
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Shortstop
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Sure, full time employees come with all kinds of regulatory requirements who needs that? Go with the temps, avoid imperial entanglements. |
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The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy | |
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| Aqua Letifer | Dec 20 2011, 04:34 PM Post #3 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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There are many more opportunities for casual work here than back home, and doesn't have attached to it any negative stigma about gaps in work history, etc; if you work just as long as you have to, nobody cares. I hear the system is still a crippled version of what it used to be, but it's still better than anything in the U.S. |
| I cite irreconcilable differences. | |
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| Dewey | Dec 20 2011, 09:13 PM Post #4 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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The situation described in the article isn't much better even when the logistics operation actually hires the worker. I have a brother who's been locked in that hell for well more than a decade. |
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"By nature, i prefer brevity." - John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, p. 685. "Never waste your time trying to explain yourself to people who are committed to misunderstanding you." - Anonymous "Oh sure, every once in a while a turd floated by, but other than that it was just fine." - Joe A., 2011 I'll answer your other comments later, but my primary priority for the rest of the evening is to get drunk." - Klaus, 12/31/14 | |
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| Nobody's Sock | Dec 21 2011, 07:36 AM Post #5 |
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Fulla-Carp
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The original Blue Collar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV1v6FmB4P0 Give me a job, give me security Give me a chance to survive I知 just a poor soul in the unemployment line My god, I知 hardly alive My mother and father, my wife and my friends I see them laugh in my face But I致e got the power, and I致e got the will I知 not a charity case I値l take those long nights, impossible odds Keeping my eye to the keyhole If it takes all that to be just what I am I知 gonna be a blue collar man Make me an offer that I can稚 refuse Make me respectable, man This is my last time in the unemployment line So like it or not I値l take those Long nights, impossible odds Keeping my back to the wall If it takes all that to be just what I am I知 gonna be a blue collar man Keeping my mind on a better life When happiness is only a heartbeat away Paradise, can it be all I heard it was I close my eyes and maybe I知 already there Edited by Nobody's Sock, Dec 21 2011, 07:40 AM.
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| "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." | |
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| Mikhailoh | Dec 21 2011, 07:41 AM Post #6 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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Worst. Band. Ever. |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| Nobody's Sock | Dec 21 2011, 07:44 AM Post #7 |
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Fulla-Carp
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Aw come on Mik, tell us. You got jilted by some girl you were hot for back in high school, and Come Sail Away was playing.
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| Mikhailoh | Dec 21 2011, 08:07 AM Post #8 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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That song was after high school. It was in that vast wasteland of godawful mid-70's bands like Styx, Kansas, Boston Bad Company and the like. The problem was most of these bands had well trained musicians in them and STILL produced horrid screechings. |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| Mark | Dec 21 2011, 08:35 AM Post #9 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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You lump Kansas in with Boston & Bad Company? OMFG. |
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___.___ (_]===* o 0 When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race. H.G. Wells | |
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| Nobody's Sock | Dec 21 2011, 08:48 AM Post #10 |
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Fulla-Carp
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Of those three I'd rank it like this: Boston Kansas Bad Company |
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| George K | Dec 21 2011, 08:51 AM Post #11 |
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Finally
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Is that ascending or descending? Edited by George K, Dec 21 2011, 08:51 AM.
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Nobody's Sock | Dec 21 2011, 09:02 AM Post #12 |
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To you it doesn't. Boston was one of a kind. An awesome blend of music and sound engineering. Very talented musicians all around too. Brad Delp, awesome singer, RIP. Tom Sholtz , always rated very high by fellow guitar players. Come on D'oh, help me out here, they're your hometown boys! |
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| Axtremus | Dec 21 2011, 09:06 AM Post #13 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Watching old people arguing over the ranking of over-the-hill bands is tedious. |
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| Kincaid | Dec 21 2011, 09:07 AM Post #14 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I never could warm up to any of those bands. They would have been one-hit wonders if everyone had my taste. |
| Kincaid - disgusted Republican Partisan since 2006. | |
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| George K | Dec 21 2011, 09:12 AM Post #15 |
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Finally
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You don't have to read it. It's still sort of a free country.
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| John D'Oh | Dec 21 2011, 09:30 AM Post #16 |
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MAMIL
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A couple of years ago Mrs. D'Oh was organising a fundraiser for the school - one of the other mothers said 'my husband knows one of the former members of Boston- they could play at the auction!' We just said 'naaaaah'. |
| What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket? | |
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| John D'Oh | Dec 21 2011, 09:33 AM Post #17 |
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MAMIL
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One day you'll get into an argument about whether Britney Spears or The Spice Girls are the best evah, and then you'll realise that you're old too. |
| What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket? | |
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| Axtremus | Dec 21 2011, 01:26 PM Post #18 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Stop right there. Every one (except old people) know that Miley Cyrus is the best evah! |
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| Mikhailoh | Dec 21 2011, 01:29 PM Post #19 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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"Every one know...' Who knew Ax was a Wigger? Oh, wait.. Aigger? Chigger? It's too complicated. You'll just have to use proper Engrish. |
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| Axtremus | Dec 21 2011, 01:38 PM Post #20 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Srsly, you expect some one who thinks Miley Cyrus is the best evah to use "proper English?
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| Mikhailoh | Dec 21 2011, 01:41 PM Post #21 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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You said it, not me, Bubba!
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| Jolly | Dec 22 2011, 05:45 PM Post #22 |
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Geaux Tigers!
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You just like her new boobs. |
| The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.- George Soros | |
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| George K | Dec 22 2011, 05:48 PM Post #23 |
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Pictures, please? |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| George K | Dec 22 2011, 05:51 PM Post #24 |
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Nevermind They're fake, fershure: ![]() he 19-year-old singer-actress showed off some extreme cleavage Sunday at the CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute in Los Angeles. Wearing a plunging Robert Cavalli yellow dress, her buxom look led many to believe she'd had a boob job, but Cyrus says that's not the case. "Thank you for the compliment, but these babies are all mine," the former Disney star tweeted. "I wish [people would] realize you don't have to be fake to be beautiful!" |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Aqua Letifer | Dec 22 2011, 05:54 PM Post #25 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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Think about all that for a minute. |
| I cite irreconcilable differences. | |
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