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From: nobody #1 on 23 Dec 2009 18:17 MrScottly#54 wrote: > On Dec 23, 12:04 am, "TL \(at work\)" <tlmitchell99(nospam) > @earthlink.net> wrote: >> http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=9404546 > > > I won't spend my time bashing the FAA here. They do a lot of things > wrong, most of those wrongs being caused by management and not the > frontline controllers. Frontline controllers I have encountered have > always worked hard to provide great service under a very stressful > condition. > > What caught my ear was the $85 per diem. I work for a large > corporation that I always thought had a generous expense policy, and > we don't even get an $85 per diem. That's just ridiculous. > > But what are you going to do to stop them? Nothing. > > As a nation, both conservative and liberal don't like the health care > bill that is going through the Senate, and yet the damn senators are > going to vote for it anyway. As a nation I think for the most part both sides don't have any idea what's in the health care proposal. Talking about the people, they know what they're told by their version of the news programs most of which is horseshit. > > What happened to "representation"? I didn't vote for a "leader", I > voted for someone to represent me and my wants and needs. So, we have > a bill that doesn't meet the criteria for either side of the political > equation, that will cost billions, and they will vote "yes" on it > because our jackass President wants it that way, to save his promise > to the voters? > > > MrScottly#54 > > No one is getting represented because one side overcompensates on everything and the other side pretends that that they are a goddamn fence post. nobody #1
From: kridder on 23 Dec 2009 19:34 "Steve Irving" <sdirv(a)NOSPAMq.com> wrote in message news:4b323bb1$1(a)127.0.0.1... > On 12/23/2009 7:42 AM, kridder wrote: >> MrScottly#54 wrote: >> >> As a nation, both conservative and liberal don't like the health care >> bill that is going through the Senate, and yet the damn senators are >> going to vote for it anyway. >> >> What happened to "representation"? I didn't vote for a "leader", I >> voted for someone to represent me and my wants and needs. So, we have >> a bill that doesn't meet the criteria for either side of the political >> equation, that will cost billions, and they will vote "yes" on it >> because our jackass President wants it that way, to save his promise >> to the voters? >> >> MrScottly#54 >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------- >> >> "B-b-b-but we gotta pass something!" >> >> That mindset is maddening. What a bunch of slack-jawed, booger-eating >> morons populating Congress... >> >> kridder >> > > You forgot to use the words "bought and paid for"........which would > describe both sides of the aisle..... > > -- > Steve Irving BS#237 - Goat Head No argument there. kridder
From: JD on 23 Dec 2009 22:19 roach AH#123 wrote: > "TL Mitchell" <tlmitchell99(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message > news:EeadnQokNPs89a_WnZ2dnUVZ_sOdnZ2d(a)earthlink.com... >> "George Pollard" <george(a)hiwaay.net> wrote in message >> news:4b31f1ed$1(a)127.0.0.1... >>> On 12/23/2009 12:04 AM, TL (at work) wrote: >>>> http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=9404546 >>>> >>>> >>> So how was the party? >> Let's just say everything was darn fine at work for a week while the >> entire brain trust was gone. For some reason everything seems to run >> smoother when the inmates are in charge of the asylum :-) > > Years ago I worked shift work in a factory. Midnight shift saw high > production. > Day shift, all the bosses fucked everything up trying to increase > production. > 4-12 shift fixed everything fucked up during day shift, midnight shift saw > high > production. And so on... > > That's pretty much how it worked at Boeing when I was there. Given how bad they fucked things up on the 787 it sounds like it's even worse.
From: Nasty on 23 Dec 2009 22:58 JMark wrote: > kridder wrote: >> MrScottly#54 wrote: >> >> As a nation, both conservative and liberal don't like the health care >> bill that is going through the Senate, and yet the damn senators are >> going to vote for it anyway. >> >> What happened to "representation"? I didn't vote for a "leader", I >> voted for someone to represent me and my wants and needs. So, we have >> a bill that doesn't meet the criteria for either side of the political >> equation, that will cost billions, and they will vote "yes" on it >> because our jackass President wants it that way, to save his promise >> to the voters? >> >> MrScottly#54 >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------- >> >> "B-b-b-but we gotta pass something!" >> >> That mindset is maddening. What a bunch of slack-jawed, booger-eating >> morons populating Congress... > > Aye, but what of the possibility that they do accurately represent the > average American? > > > -- > JMark /I'm/ an average American. All of my friends are average Americans. All the people I interact with are average Americans. /None/ have expressed support for the bill. /All/ distrust the federal government, even the liberals. So, just who ARE the average Americans you refer to?
From: AH#104 on 24 Dec 2009 08:21
Don Quixote sed: <snip> Steve, not enough windmills in your neighborhood? |