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Old 09-24-2010, 05:45 AM
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I will uabashedly tell you I despise FoxNews and every single smug faced, self-righteous conspiracy theorist dickhead that works for them. (And most of their viewers as well.)


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Old 09-24-2010, 07:57 AM
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I have little patience with the MSM these days, look at all the coverage they gave to that nut case pastor in Florida. The Chattering Class blow everything far out of proportion. I recall when I used to watch CNN, Wolf Blitzer would decry the attention being paid to some whack job, then turn about and spend 20 minutes going over the same whack job.
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Old 09-24-2010, 08:12 AM
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Like or love that reporter, he does a lot of good here in Detroit. He does his "problem solvers" bit and is regularly chasing down contractors who screwed customers.
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Old 09-24-2010, 09:00 AM
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.. If a pidgeon shits on a clean statue it is somehow Obamas fault. If an alien spaceship should show up and start shooting death rays about, it'll be because the Democrats failed to secure the stratosphere. ...
Are you trying to say it wouldn't be their fault?



The low paying jobs I had as a young man were filled with beer and drugs. The better, higher paying places - weren't.

Brock Yates mentions in one of his books that workers in a Chrysler plant in Youngstown liked to fool around, and were seen slapping trim on one handed, behind their backs, etc...

And my bud that worked in the Twinsburg stamping plant has some great stories about the drugs drinking drawing straws to see who was staying till closing time to clock out etc...

My dad worked a job in NYC. The HVAC guys on the roof had written right into their contract that they could have one beer with lunch. An enterprising local started selling these giant cans of beer to them.

By the end of the job the roof was littered with them

All that said piss tests are unfair to working men and I'll tell you why - an office guy and a warehouse guy hits a j at a weekend party.

Two weeks later, who's at risk of getting fired? The piss test is mandatory for a workplace accident. What's the chances of the office guy having a reportable accident vs the warehouse guy?

There is no way that it's a factor two weeks later. But the warehouse guy gets fired because he smushed a finger. And no workers comp!

A swab test reads back 2-4 days and is much more fair to the warehouse worker.

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If an alien spaceship should show up and start shooting death rays
wrong thread and the aliens are shooting disable rays not death rays
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Old 09-24-2010, 09:34 AM
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The low paying jobs I had as a young man were filled with beer and drugs. The better, higher paying places - weren't.
Excellent point.

Not only that but when I took a minimum wage guy and moved him to a $25 an hour guy he inevitably became a more responsible dedicated worker.
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Old 09-24-2010, 09:44 AM
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You simply have more to lose.

That doesn't matter to everyone though.

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I know I worked in lot's of factories as a high school and college kid during the summer and this sort of thing was a way of life in all factories, especially on Fridays.
And then those damned Liberals came along with their socialist OSHA and their nanny state workplace safety rules and their fascist drug testing.

Damn Liberals to Hell!!!

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Old 09-24-2010, 10:03 AM
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All that said piss tests are unfair to working men and I'll tell you why - an office guy and a warehouse guy hits a j at a weekend party.

Two weeks later, who's at risk of getting fired? The piss test is mandatory for a workplace accident.
Check your facts.

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Old 09-24-2010, 10:04 AM
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The low paying jobs I had as a young man were filled with beer and drugs. The better, higher paying places - weren't.
So, maybe...... a raise?

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