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In article <ZuxJ8.72172$cQ3.2548@sccrnsc01>,
Paul Botts <prb25@attbispamthis.com> wrote:
>
>"Fabrikant" <benny_patrick3@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:3e499bd1.0205300837.3d4d3226@posting.google.com...
>> I have come across an article written by Michael Moore (you saw
>him on
>> TV many times).  Here are some quotes:
>
>[snip]
>
>>
>> Too harsh, you say?  Well, chow on this: a first-year pilot on
>> American Eagle (the commuter arm of American Airlines) receives
>around
>> $15,000 year in annual pay.
>>
>> That's right - $15,000 for the person who has your life in his
>hands.
>
>Pure fiction. Starting salary for American Eagle pilots is
>several times that.
>
>>
>> Until recently, Confinental Express paid a little over $13,000
>a year.
>
>Ditto, according to a friend of mine who is an airline pilot and
>applied at both these places recently.
>
>>  There was one guy, an American Eagle pilot who had four kids
>so he
>> went down to the welfare office and applied for food stamps -he
>was
>> eligible!
>>
>> Someone on welfare is flying my plane?  Is this for real?  Yes,
>it is.
>
>No, it isn't. This is an urban legend -- not a new or original
>one, either. Sometimes it's told as being about a big-city police
>officer or an FBI agent, but it's the same legend.
>
>Mr. Moore has the same commitment to accuracy as Rush Limbaugh,
>and therefore should not be taken any more seriously than the
>loud drunk at your nearest hotel lobby bar.
>
>

I don't have much respect for Moore, but before we blame him for this
nonsense, we should make certain that he actually wrote this.  Remember
who the original poster is.

	-john

February 28 1997: Last day libraries could order catalogue cards
from the Library of Congress.