If you wanna' know the easy way - ask a lazy man: On Fighting Management

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I'm not Irish - I'm of Slovak and Polish descent.  The "If you wanna' know title" comes from an Irishman I worked with.  He didn't particularly care for me.  But those were different times - we were from different generations - and I didn't yet understand what it was like to be 40 years old and concerned about job security.  They say hindsight is 20/20.  Next time I see the S.O.B. I'm givin' him a hug.

Oh - and regarding the Mollies - my brother and I painted a basement in Wilkes-Barre, PA where the WW2 vet that hired us informed us was a meeting place of the Mollies.  I never verified this - I was just a kid.  But the stories of the robber-barons - throwing dead miners on front porches - and company scrip were commonplace - as the people were still alive to tell us kids what it was like back in the bad old days.  The days before the miners got together to fight back against the robber barons.

The robber-barons' houses are still there - on River Street - some part of Wilkes College (University Now) in WB PA - geez - as a youngster painting the places for summer work - I was amazed at the opulance the rich had - as opposed to the double-blocks those of my socio-economic strata grew up in.  Heck - their showers were bigger than the rooms we lived in.

I still can remember like it was yesterday.

I'd been hired as a young early-twenties electronics kid into a large corporation.  There were some experienced guys there that resented me.  They would train me - at my much lower salary - and eventually I would present a threat to their employment - and salary.

At the time I thought they were just picking on me.  In hindsight - I understand completely.

How did they fight management in a place where the corporation rules - in the nineties?

Easy.  A bunch of the old-timers - that is - the guys who kept the place running - and I mean REALLY kept the place running -

...went to lunch at some Mexican place up on Route 1.  The strangest thing happened.  They all got food poisoning.  Bad.

It was so bad they couldn't work for a coupla' days.

The place fell apart.

Management - received this message loud and clear via the accounting department as customers (unserved) went ballistic and threats for nonpayment for non-services non-rendered mounted.

Concessions may have been made.

I guess it all depends on the leverage your group has to influence the bottom line.

Just some thoughts.
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*pic borrowed from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Maguires

Red Tar In The Gulf From Asphalt Volcano & Beneficial To Sea Life

Read entire article HERE.

"What BP, Halliburton, and other co-conspirators intentionally drilled into was an Asphalt Volcano. Sounds scary doesn’t it? It really is not. In fact, after you read the above link you’ll know that the Gulf of Mexico is literally coated in oil, tar, and methane hydrate at the bottom. The study went on to find that massive aquatic life has specifically adapted to living off of the hydrocarbons. That in fact these asphalt volcanoes are a natural part of the ocean ecology, and their eruptions actually benefit the sea life over the long duration of time."
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Note: Who the hell knows what is going on - they won't let the press in - so that means they are a pack of liars - "they" being BP and the US Federal government. All we know is what they are telling us - so it is up to us to sift through the disinformation and misinformation looking for contradictions etc... All I can say is I had some reasonably priced shrimp scampi the other day. Prices have not budged - and the way they are treating this whole thing - is not the way one would treat the collapse of a food chain.

I've had participants and supporters of this blog suspect this oil thing is a hoax from day one. "News" reports from American media are not news - they are propaganda. This whole thing stinks whether it is real or memorex. Either way it demonstrates the sorry state of affairs in Corporate American media today. We need our airwaves back.

Our FCC is a bunch of yes-men, do-nothings and cowards. Resign - get out - or just play Russian roulette with six live rounds - but whatever you do - please - since you can't lead and just follow fascists - why not save your family's reputation and get out of the way?

FCC=Fucking Corporate Cronies

Computers Seized at Home of Gizmodo Reporter Who Wrote About iPhone, Gawker Media Says

Read entire article here:

"“It is abundantly clear under the law that a search warrant to remove these items was invalid. The appropriate method of obtaining such materials would be the issuance of a subpoena,” Ms. Darbyshire continued."

Here is another story on subject.

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Note: It's obvious that those controlling our fake media must shut down bloggers or the truth will continue to come out.

Should Corporations share your First Amendment Right to Free Speech?: Antiques and a Job Description

World War I Aircraft Engine Manufacturer?




World War II Aircraft radio equipment manufacturer?*




World War III ?


*This old headgear purchased as an antique - I've been told it is from German WWII aviation radio - has throat mikes. Let me know if you can ID it further - if I'm in error - I'll take the picture down.