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02-16-2008, 10:42 PM
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| Good News for a Change Dodge City woman hits a big lottery scratch ticket prize! Mickie Portenier $21,000 Super Blackjack Winner
__________________ Politicians are like diapers, they both need changed occasionally for the same reason. Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented immigrant" is like calling a drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist" The hard work of one will do more than the prayer of millions.     |
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02-17-2008, 07:01 AM
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| Congratulations, Mickie. I remember her. I think she is Garry Lee Maier's niece. Good to hear that someone who could use the money is the one that gets it.
__________________ Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clear to the bone. Imperfection is beauty. Madness is genius. It is better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring and when it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I’m already better than them. -Marilyn Monroe |
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02-17-2008, 09:47 AM
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| It's great she won the money! Holy cow! Four kids and all close. That scares me! She must be an awesome person.....congrats!
__________________ When the goin' gets tough, the tough go shopping!  |
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02-17-2008, 10:27 AM
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__________________ "Change within yourself that which you would like to see changed in the world." Mahatma Ghandi "You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You are the same decaying organic matter as everything else." You are the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world." "We are defined by the choices we make." ~Tyler~ (fight club) Eleanor Roosevelt - “It seems difficult to make humanity rise to certain heights except in crises.” |
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02-17-2008, 01:50 PM
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| It is nice to see great things happen to people who can use it. I am tired of rich people always winning the money. That money will really make a difference in her life and her kids lives. 
__________________ "Si vis pacem, para bellum" ("If you want peace, prepare for war!") |
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02-17-2008, 09:16 PM
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That's good stuff...AND she is legal!
__________________ LIBERALISM The haunting fear someone, somewhere can help themselves. "Over the last fifteen months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states..." Barack Obama |
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02-17-2008, 10:34 PM
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 I worked at National before it was National. I pushed cold cattle to start, then worked the rib saw for awhile, then moved to cut down on the loading side. Then it became National and they built the fabrication side and I worked QC and in the hamburger room. Don't tell me we won't do jobs like that.
__________________ Politicians are like diapers, they both need changed occasionally for the same reason. Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented immigrant" is like calling a drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist" The hard work of one will do more than the prayer of millions. |
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02-17-2008, 11:57 PM
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| Oh, "we'll" do them, alright - it's just that most of us that speak English command a higher rate of pay. Let's say two people apply for the same job. One speaks Spanish only and is not a legal citizen, and so will work for $8. The other speaks English and is trying to put himself through college part time. He really prefers to work for $10, but will take less. Who are you going to hire? The guy that will work for $8? It doesn't matter for his job that he has no real skills and can't speak English. $2 an hour means $80 per week (at least), or over $300 per month. Multiply that by however many unskilled jobs are at a beef packing plant and you have your answer. If I'm a business person and I can get away with it (legal or not), I'm going to hire the guy that is more than happy to scoot his happy ass in my plant's door every day for $8. I give a rat's ass if anybody can understand him. Now, I understand the flack that my management will get because they don't take orders as well (they can't understand them), but I don't really care. Maybe they should just learn Spanish and try to get along. See how it goes? It's just never ending. All of a sudden anybody that can find any other job is doin' just that. And all that's left are the non-English speaking, non-citizens.
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