[BureaucratusMaximus]

Like unloading railroad boxcars. It’s unbelievably hot inside those things. Hot. Dirty. The boxes are heavy. I didn’t know I wasn’t willing to do that work, because I didn’t have Dubya around to tell me only a Mexican would be willing to do it.

Gee...in my world its called, "doing what you have to do to support yourself". And if I had to, I'd plant and pick crops as well...whatever it took, to keep a roof over my head and food in the fridge.

When the hell did people become too good for manual labor?

[Pelham]

It’s not that Americans became “too good for manual labor”, it’s more that people in Bush’s social circle can’t imagine anyone doing it.

They, their children, their friends- they know absolutely no one who makes a living doing hard physical work.

This is true for the majority of the political hacks we elect to high office.

[cripplecreek]

When the hell did people become too good for manual labor?

Irritating isn't it. A few years back the local liberals sought HUD money to build an "art community". They said that we needed to get rid of our blue collar history as if it were shameful.

Personally I'm proud of my blue collar history.