A Day in the Life of Joe Republican

[tim]

the problem i see with unions is that if you bust your tail working hard, you'll get the same raise as the guy thats always late and always slacking on the job.

my dad worked as a painter and he said he would be working and would come upon guys that would hide behind equipment and sleep. he said he saw it all the time. he said they rarely got in trouble and they never got fired. he said so much money was wasted because there was very litter accountability or the oversight was so ineffecient people got away with everthing.

with a private company, if you bust your tail and work hard, you have a much better chance of suceeding.

My dad worked at AVCO Aerostructures in Nashville and said the same thing. He would bust his tail and others would get to take naps without any recourse. Ask a "working" union employee what he thinks about the Union and see what answer you get.

OTOH, I see the usefulness of Unions in some instances. Kinda like the police. You don't want to see them until you need them.

 

[615 Vol]

correct me if i am wrong but i do not believe there are any union employees at nissan. i believe the average wage at nissan is around 20 an hour. i also believe it to be true that when nissan opened its plant in smyrna they assured the local gov't they would never lay anyone off. i believe they have lived up to their word. no lay offs but 100 grand buyouts.

Yeah, I thought about that after I wrote it, Nissan is not union but it was all for illustration anyway. Replace Nissan in Smyrna with Corvette in Bowling Green. :good!:

 

[KentheOrange]

Dude, the official temperature records are not taken in the middle of a tobacco field. In fact, they are controlled readings taken in the shade!! Last time I checked, there ain't much shade in the middle of a tobacco field. It's the same way on the football field (ever notice they show the temp gauge on the field before the game starts -- it's often over 100 degrees).

btw, it appears the high temp in my attic yesterday was 120 degrees, but the national weather service says it was only 85 here. how can that be?

It appears you have never heard of radiant heat. Take a look at Environmental Ergonomics - the ... - Google Book Search

Radiant heat is reflected off material such as concrete. So, unless the tobacco field was located in the middle of a stadium........

The answer to your attic question is probably all the hot air generated in your house.