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To: Technoman
in a year without an election, cooler heads could prevail

But, who wants a drafty toilet?

Transzlation: "After we are reelected, we'll (quietly) ram something egregious through, and hope nobody remembers it nearly two years later."

they perform low-paid, unskilled jobs few Americans desire or seek

Thank you. 4 years apprenticeship, including night classroom training in blueprints, specifications, building code requirements, construction math, basic surveying, and construction economics, after working in the field by day, to become a journeyman carpenter is NOT "unskilled jobs few Americans want or seek". Same for fellow-crafts (some even more so) electrician, plumber, mason, roofer, heavy equipment operator.

Agriculture? Don't forget, chicken plants, meat packing, and canneries are also "agriculture". I worked with older nurses who did seasonal work "chicken shopping" to earn their nursing school tuition.

The only truely 'unskilled job' seems to be Congresscritter: Any con man with a gift of rabble-rousing gab, a penchant for sleaze, unlimited greed, a total disregard for the truth, and unmitigated gall can get themselves elected.

Fortunately, there are many others who run against them. Some even, against all odds, manage to get elected.

20 posted on 04/23/2006 10:58:07 AM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Islam: a Satanically Transmitted Disease, spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus.)
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To: ApplegateRanch; Technoman
"chicken shopping" = "chicken chopping"

BTW, since Congresscritter is, as above, "unskilled work few Americans want or seek":

I wonder what SAM FARR Member of Congress would think, if his constituents attempted to replace him with an "undocumented worker", who would be willing to take the job for 50% lower pay, and no benefits?

21 posted on 04/23/2006 11:06:48 AM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Islam: a Satanically Transmitted Disease, spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus.)
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