🚀 go-pugleaf

"D. Long" <dkl8321@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> "Marcus Taliaferro" <mlt@ev1.net> wrote in message
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> > Be mindful of where you tread Mr. Russotto. We "baby boomers" still have
> > considerable life left in us. I for one, am NOT ready to be put out to
> > pasture. We, the over 50 crowd, are the largest group in American
history,
> > the best educated and the most over looked. It is becoming more and more
> > difficult for over 50 workers to find employment and when we do we have
to
> > take pay cuts that put us at 15 to 20 year ago incomes. Why, because
shits
> > like you think we can't cut it anymore. I play softball with guys 1/2 my
> > age. I can hit farther, harder and more often (800 avg.), throw harder,
> > farther and run the basses better. I'm not as fast as they are, but I
make
> > up for it with EXPERIENCE.
> >
> > We were taught to stick with it. None of this switch jobs every 3 years,
> or
> > get caught up in a "RIF" because some top dog fucked up and has to
reduce
> > his working force so he can keep his golden parachute and his top floor
> > corner office. What that shit forgot was who got him to the dance in the
> > first place.
> >
> > How old are you Mr. Russotto? Where will you be in 25 years? I sincerely
> > hope you are not treated by the younger crowd then the way you treat us.
> We
> > are the most wasted asset in the USA. By your last name alone I would
have
> > guessed you to be Catholic, God fearing and family oriented.
> >
> > Yet, you want to bring in millions of unemployed workers we can't
possible
> > deal with (we don't have the jobs, neither do they) as well as the aging
> > Mexican population. How do you propose to pay for this. Who are you
going
> to
> > "RIF" here to put the younger Mexicans to work? What are you going to do
> > with the older Mexicans who can't work. Our hospitals are over run now.
> The
> > language of business is English, even if they were educated enough they
> > couldn't converse. The Mexican standard of living is 1/5 ours, how are
you
> > going to pay for bringing them up to our standard? What makes you think
> they
> > even want the USA's help? Being a bit presumptuous aren't we? Why don't
we
> > take care of ourselves before we take on another project we can't
possibly
> > solve. I believe there is plenty to fix right here in the good ole USA
> FIRST
> > don't you?
> > M
>
>     I agree with much of what you claim here, but I'm also a Boomer
> and recognize that most of the shits in Congress are Boomers too,
> that Hilary and Bill Clinton are Boomers, that the shits running the
> big corporations tend to be Boomers ... that, in fact, we Boomers
> are running this country and doing so in a way that is the source
> of embarrassment.  We Boomers have been hugely indulged
> and are hugely hypocritical -- the drug war? ... what's that about?
> Little Jason and his sister Heather are at college and drinking
> beer and smoking pot ... the horror ... the horror ....  Our
> generation has become as materialistic, as pious and self-
> righteous, as self-satisfied, as silly and stupid as any generation
> in the history of this country.  Most who run colleges, for
> example, have lost any sense of adventure, are playing safe in
> every way, are surrounding themselves with mediocrities and
> ax grinders and we-are-the-world wacko-totalitarians and
> suck-ups.  The quintessential careerists control everything.
> We have turned the country over to the unimaginative grinds who
> devoted themselves in high school to running the student
> government and organizing the junior prom -- you know, the
> bossy sniveling red hots who were hated by pretty much
> everyone, so it's our own damn fault the way things are.
>
>

Very well stated!  Absolutely right on target!