[zeugma]

I have cleaned toilets for a living. I've mopped floors, emptied wastebaskets, and performed a lot of other work that Rush and many other would claim are 'benneath' an American's dignity. This is a crock of --it. You have to start somewhere. I no longer have to perform such work, but see no shame whatsoever in it. Bush lost my vote long ago, but this wouldn't help if he still had it.

[Marysecretary]

My mother cleaned fraternities for a living and she did a great job. The students all loved her. My grandmother did the same. There's no shame in doing menial labor. Somebody has to do it. The problem with it is that the pay is poor. But, even though mom's pay was poor, she still managed to save money for two trips back to Norway and one for my dad. He died before he could go. He had never been back since he got my mother in 1938. We always ate well, dressed nicely (second hand but good quality) and never felt we were poor. My husband cleans house for one of the professors for a lot more money than my mother did. Somebody has to do it and you can take pride in anything you do if you do it well and to the best of your ability.