WebsterMark wrote on 11/22/12 at 04:57:52:



Wowwweee man you must really think you're really the best of humanity dont you ...

Tell me from your self righteous perch, can you even see the little workers working the machines, baking away and injecting the slop inside the twinkie and packing it and boxing it ... can yo ueven see them or are they too small ?

So what does your self righeous brain tell you about those people.

Cool.
Srinath.

Investment firm buys Hostess, puts CEO in who has never had any roll in bakery operations. Gives him and top execs three raises in five year period.. Asks employees for cuts in wages and benefits, they (Union)accept, avg pay goes from 48K a year to 34K a year.. Management continues to bungle and still gives themselves another "Merit" raise, then asks employees for another cut.. Big supprize they say no.... Most employees say they have been looking for better jobs for awhile..

 To any rational thought process, how is this the Unions fault? Talks like a duck, smells like Bain capital.. Somebody gets rich, labor takes the pain..

Retread wrote on 11/22/12 at 06:59:51:


I think you meant "role", but worked out as a good pun tho.  Nuk nuk nuk!

This is the truth, 400 people in the US make more money than the rest of the population combined. You can find it. Thats only supposed to happen in 3rd world countries. Not taking care of the elderly is only supposed to happen in 3rd world countries. Not having decent schools is only supposed to happen in 3rd world countries.

Top 400 do not have more wealth than the rest of the population. Sounds nice, but not true. Not taking care of the elderly? What are you talking about? Are you saying the US Government doesn’t spend enough or are you saying the general person doesn’t take care of the elders in their family? Could it be that the slow creep of government is beginning to remove the historical function of the old to take care of the young?
Who doesn’t have decent schools? Go look at where the ‘bad’ schools are, look at the funds spent on them, and tell me whose fault it is? I know you’re not some 13 year old kid Midnight, but for crying out loud, grow up…

3rd world country - India I can vouch for taking care of the parents (they live with you till they die - that's the system, In fact no one ever moves out @ 18 - or any age or atleast in the modern day 1 of the kids does not) and schools, darn are we good at creating little book worms ... but most of that we pay on the spot for ... no tax payer funded, you're expected tp pay for the year (or month if you prefer @ the begning if the month) and guess wha thappens when the school isn't good - you get to another school ...

Anyway I know you dont meat it that way ... the system here is tax payer funded, and we deserve the best of that type of system.

Cool.
Srinath.

IDK what you mean by "Parent Involvement". If you mean Mom & Dad need to make sure Johnny can do the work by sitting down & teaching it, then why send them to school? If you mean MOm & Dad need to be involved in the school, when was the last time you stopped into a school?
Its not appreciated in any school Ive been in. I felt like an invader & they hated me for my being there, couldnt even stop in a classroom to check up on the teachers in action, hadda have an appointment.. cant sneak up on a teacher & see what theyre doin that way,,


My daughter made good grades, every7 year, every class, rarely anything less than a B, & Whats This? English, junior year, grades slipping,, Her classes, ALL of her classes( That teacher) had people failing left & right. Turns out SHE had decided she would sponsor the Key Club & stopped being a teacher. I had to go the office TWICE & make them admit the grades of the students werE Her fault & Their fault. Was she fired? Nooo,, were her bosses, who would immediately halt a childs participation in extracurricular activities if Their grades fell  off, but they didnt manage to notice their teacher Failing, now was she responsible enough to resign her post in the key club when it was clear she couldnt do that And be an effective teacher,,,

& If you dont believe what Charlotte Izerbyt says about the DELIBErate Dumbing Down of America, then read some John Taylor Gatto stuff,, pretty parallel..Our goobs are getting Exactly what they want from the school system,.,

http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/newsgraphics/2012/0115-one-percent-occup...

Interesting chart.