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I heard this today. My father worked for Western Electric a subsidiary of AT&T for 39 years retiring in 1979. He worked for the Teletype Corp. making you guessed it Teletype machines. It was a union shop that paid decent wages and had great benefits. I remember times they threatened to and even went on strike. The company said you'll put us out of business, that did not happen. Technology put Teletype out of business. As far as I can tell AT&T is still around, even after they were broken up by the big bad Govt.
NPR is not what it once was Saying AT& T needs to combine with another gigantic Co to ' survive' is insane ! Thom You are so right Corp media repeats verbatim same old incomplete information day after day ...then ' passes for ' actual news'
I think history has shown that the best weapon against monopolies is to split them up. Thom implies to stop monopolies one needs to limit their growth which seems less effective to me.
Marijuana is considered as the highly used illegal drug in the U.S. Its use has been increased in adults who don’t know its future health consequences. Such drug use has increased the demand of drug testing labs in the U.S. and they are taking huge benefit of it. So, parents should be aware about rehab centers like Greenestone or others located in the area that provides essential treatment to recover from this condition completely. Also I think government should create awareness programs and completely prohibited its use.
Marc says to Matt: "…what is this about someone looking for you? I'm sure that isn't the case." Marc, he's responding to something in one of Palin's recent posts. In that post Palin describes doing another one of his bloodhound digs, this time searching for Matt's name among lists of Chicago's teachers.
(I wouldn't get too spooked, Matt. PD's basically harmless; just inquisitive and full of mischief. Right, PD?) - AIW
Matt, why delete the account?
In early March of last year I got very frustrated with some of the dynamics on this forum, said tah-tah and left for six months. Didn't delete the account; just bailed for awhile. When I finally decided to come back, it was still there waiting for me.
I'm not trying to tell you what to do. I'm just pointing out that you've got other options. After all, this is an open forum. Nobody here has the right to evict you or drive you away. But I won't promise that, should you keep the account and eventually return, we won't still be giving ya a hard time. We love pickin' on guys like you. Just ask Kend. - AIW
ChicagoMatt ~ Hey dude, don't take my off the cuff comment seriously. Whenever someone makes light of the plight of the poor and downtrodden--or freedom of speech--our fangs come out and sometimes we say things we regret. Like now. Don't go.
Also, what is this about someone looking for you? I'm sure that isn't the case. We might get emotional about things and speak harshly but that is it. Who has time for anything more anyway? I wish I had time to say more; however, right now I'm exhausted, filthy, hungry, and just want to eat, shower, and sleep.
If you really believe something is happening to you consider Karma. Remember this scripture:
Hope you stick around until I have more time. You really need to take a lesson from Kend, you need thick skin to survive on this blog. However, the effort is worth it. I recommend that anytime you speak, speak as though everyone is listening. Your family, your friends, homeless people, poor people, rich people, dead people, and God. As my mother used to tell me--"The walls have ears!! If you don't have anything good to say about someone, don't say anything at all." Good advice.
Namaste
Chi Matt -- I do not know how anyone can think you are a conservative shill. The way you describe how the 1% in the retail business treat their workers made me think that you were a deep undercover liberal shill. Again, please do not leave.
Kend -- By perfecting it, do you mean the 1% learned how to sell snake oil to bottom 47%? The Chattanooga, TN, model seems like the type of perfecting we need.
Chi Matt -- Please do not leave.
Chi Matt -- Do you realize Thom agrees with you? He wants to make the internet a common carrier. You cannot charge more for the fast lanes because you're UPS and charge less because you're FedEx. The real battleground is a the Chattanooga model. The 1% tried to make that model illegal in Kansas (I think, Kansas; it might have been Missouri). Democracy beat them back.
kgraff -- or as fast as it is a Chattanooga, TN
I have to admit it is kinda nice seeing someone else getting beat up for a change. Matt don't leave me here all alone with them. I am scared. Lol. Alice, why would companies invest their hard earned money to develop things if they can't profit from them. Yes maybe your hard earned taxed dollars helped developed but private companies perfected it. Should they not profit from it?
Alice the government invented duct tape lets say you found a way to make it hold better and where able to produce it for half the the price would you just produce it and sell it for no profit? Of course not.
No hard feeling at all. I actually enjoyed the chat, and it did open my eyes a little. Mostly the religious side of it - am I really living my beliefs? On the other hand, it also opened my eyes about progressives. Well, some of them at least.
I emailed the webmaster and asked him or her to delete my account, since there doesn't seem to be any other way to do it.
I wish I could convince you that I'm not a shill. Just a guy who likes good political discourse. (Thanks for the compliment by the way Marc - calling me educated and functional. I tried to put a lot of thought into my posts.) I think I said this before, but the pressure to be articulate when you are a teacher is higher than it is on most people.
If what Palin said about this website only getting about 5,000 hits per day is true, does it even seem worth any company's money to pay some one to come on here and talk to people whose minds are already made up? Or, does it make more sense that I am just bored at work a lot and enjoyed the blog?
What I said in the other thread about the social studies book is true. It's published by Riverside.
I wish there was a blog for educated conversation. All the blogs seem to be extremist views from one end of the spectrum or the other, singles and dating places, or teenagers talking about suicide.
Anyway, again, good luck to you all. I really do wish the best for all of you. If, in the future, another person with different views (I am NOT a Conservative) comes along, don't immediately disregard them as brainwashed/ignorant/shill. Maybe they really do just see things differently.
Palsimon -- I saw a description of US problems by Michael. I did not see any recipe. I saw a bunch of links to blog responses, even at least one by you. I think Michael should have mentioned the key cause of our problems is reagonomics.
I think the movetoamend.org and similar movements is the key to turning things around.
AIW -- In my opinion, they are taught that since it makes everything tidy for lawyers. Democracy is so messy. Imagine letting the unclearn determine what is constitutional.
GENORDELL -- I can't find anywhere that Thom mentions Burdicks 1958 novel in this blog. Therefore, how can he be wrong?
Gee Matt, how come you have to bail just when things start heating up! Yeah I suppose we give conservatives a pretty hard time here... just goes with the territory when they post on a progressive forum like this.
We might appear to be a "handful of people agreeing with each other", at least on the surface. But anyone inclined to dig a little deeper into this stuff would see that is hardly the case. We've had our share of disagreements among the regulars here. To be truthful, I often envy those fascists for being so in lockstep! If we progressives could become even half that unified, we'd be much more effective as a political force. I've heard it said many times that any attempt to unify us on the left would be like trying to herd cats. That has more than a ring of truth to it, I'd say.
Anyway Matt, no hard feelings at least from this end. Yeah you pushed my buttons, but that's par for the course. I know we get ornery here, maybe sometimes more than necessary. It's just that we hear the same old conservative talking points all the time: for drowning guvmint in a bathtub, for privatizing everything that once comprised the commons; for "drill baby drill", for "Stand Your Ground", for shit like "Doctor Tiller the baby killer" and so-called "abortion clinics" and "legitimate rape", and the "attack on Christianity" and "politically correct" and "Bomb-bomb Iran" and "corporations are people my friend" (while some humans are tagged as "aliens"! tsk...) and on and on it goes. And I think that many of us have reached the saturation point with that garbage. Because no matter how much you guys constantly complain about "liberal media" and "liberal bias" ad nauseam, actual statistics tell a different story. The airwaves are overwhelming dominated by right wing yahoos like Limbaugh and Beck, along with lesser-known members of that tribe, all beating the corporate fascist drum. It's hard to get away from it because it is everywhere, and we are tired of it. Makes us kinda grumpy. But please understand, it's nothing personal. - Aliceinwonderland
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Thanks for the notice, Marc. Here's hoping that whatever it is will be a big bonus if not cause for celebration.
I'm still chuckling over your "USDA BS" from that other thread. Guess Matt's cover's been blown, eh? HAH! Thanks for doing the honors... By the way, I wonder whose payroll these shills are attached to. What comes to mind are litters of piglets, sucking off the tits of Big Oil, Big Pharma, Corporate Agriculture (the farmers from hell)... oh if only I was a cartoonist!! (SIGH) - AIW
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You'll never believe this, but I'm not a shill. I just thought I was adding to the debate. It's not much of a debate if it's just the same handful of people agreeing with each other.
But, I can see I'm not wanted. Plus the fact that one of you are looking for me in real life is kind of creepy.
So good luck to you all. And I mean that sincerely. I really did enjoy my time here.
I'll delete my account as soon as I figure out how.
Aliceinwonderland ~ Yes and no. We've had our hands full recently. Nothing to be concerned about; just regular life adjustments. Hopefully, in the end, it will be a big bonus. Anyway, as long as you are enjoying our "friend" I'm happy. If you don't hear much from me in the next few days don't worry--I've just got my hands full. I'll be back blogging before you probably notice I'm absent. I just don't want anyone to worry. See you in a few days!! Namaste, Comrades!!
Marc, I see nothing to argue with here. But please know, that was just one of my rants. I'm savvy enough to know I'm wasting my breath if I try getting through to someone like Matt. I don't expect Matt to change. I just wanted to vent because that shit gets to me. Makes me crazy. Long as I feel better afterwards, it's not a total waste regardless of how entrenched or clueless Mr. Teabrain's argument happens to be, or his mind set...
But don't worry Marc, it didn't spoil my day either, nor am I in any way depleted. Not any more than after a nice big dump, if ya know what I mean. Anyway I hope Oakland was as sunny and pleasant as Coos Bay was today. Hardly a cloud in the sky. Namaste… - AIW
If that were truly in today's textbooks--and I personally don't believe it is--it would just go to show what the significance of the Dallas textbook depository alibi really signified--a completely criminal rewriting and misrepresenting of American history.
Folks, I don't know about you, but I can clearly testify that this statement is 100% USDA BS.