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Mon May-01-06 09:13 AM
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I gave my gardeners, housekeeper and nanny the day off today |
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Oh, wait a minute...I'm just a regular American, not one of Bush's gated-community dwellers who seem to really want those illegals so they don't have to use any of their millions to actually PAY people a decent wage. I gotta clean my own house and pull my own weeds, like average working Americans do. Never mind.
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Mon May-01-06 09:14 AM
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that hurt.
I am in a gated community, but in order to stay home and be the live-in Nanny myself, I am also forced to clean my own toilets!!
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Mon May-01-06 09:16 AM
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2. But you are going to have some great lighting soon for your |
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backyard parties....:party:
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Mon May-01-06 09:17 AM
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3. HEY!! How is that going? |
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Mon May-01-06 09:17 AM
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4. Funny how the ACTUAL Republicans (the wealthy ones) are so much |
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in conflict with such a large percentage of their base.
The one or two percent need Bush's policies so they can keep exploiting America and Americans. They don't want to see illegals leave. They profit by exploiting them.
And they don't really give a shit about religion or morality either.
If only there were something that could unite them all, to distract the Republican masses from the super-rich's real agenda and whip them up into a mindless fury...
Then, one Tuesday in September, something exactly like that did happen...
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Mon May-01-06 09:17 AM
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5. Homeowners No. 1 Employers of Day Laborers |
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The No. 1 employers of day laborers, many of whom are illegal immigrants, are homeowners — not construction contractors, not professional landscapers.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060429/ap_on_bi_ge/hiring_day_laborers_3
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Mon May-01-06 09:19 AM
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7. and i will have to wait to have my pool cleaned. |
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Mon May-01-06 09:40 AM
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17. Homeowners hire as often as Tyson? |
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I don't believe it. I don't believe the major user of underpaid and overworked illegal labor are individual homeowners. This is probably spin from huge corporations such as Tyson to make it look like they are just like every middle class American, abusing illegal labor.
About twenty years ago, my husband remodeled our home and hired a group of day laborers to help. They were clearly not illegals. Some of them were college kids. He paid above minimum, SS and other taxes. The day labor market has been around for centuries and has not always been dominated by illegals.
But now homeowners can pay less for a day laborer:
"He hired day laborers over several months while remodeling his Hermosa Beach house. One man tiled a floor and installed a granite counter-top for $1,000, jobs that Peters estimated would cost $5,000 if he used the Yellow Pages."
So he cheats the day laborer out of $4,000. How sad that he thinks it is great.
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Mon May-01-06 09:45 AM
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22. Don't eat processed chopped formed chicken lips and assholes today! |
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Show solidarity with the workers who scrape the processing room floor and shovel the feathers and entrails into the McNugget machines!
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Mon May-01-06 03:28 PM
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28. Tyson foods shut down entire factories today... |
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Edited on Mon May-01-06 03:29 PM by gatorboy
Were not talking about a handful of Mexicans that are sweeping the floors. They're obviously a bulk of the work force. Want to help out? Stop buying from the companies completely. Not just today.
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Tue May-02-06 07:50 AM
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36. Boycott that so-called food every day! |
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Mon May-01-06 03:33 PM
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29. It is spin...And the DU is falling for it. |
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Edited on Mon May-01-06 03:34 PM by gatorboy
All I'm hearing about here is lettuce jobs and bathrooms jobs. That these are the only jobs in jeopardy. That's spin bullshit. Entire factories shut down today...Doesn't anyone get it?
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Mon May-01-06 04:08 PM
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32. Um..can I get their names, please? |
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...."He hired day laborers over several months while remodeling his Hermosa Beach house. One man tiled a floor and installed a granite counter-top for $1,000, jobs that Peters estimated would cost $5,000 if he used the Yellow Pages."....
:sarcasm:
My son DOES tiling, and my husband's an architect, and I still have a crappy countertop held together with TAPE :(
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Mon May-01-06 09:18 AM
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6. You got me. I thought ,Housekeepers and he's a Democrat? |
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Mon May-01-06 09:22 AM
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8. Then give yourself a day off |
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You deserve it. (Though it is hard to give yourself a day off as your own nanny.)
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Mon May-01-06 09:27 AM
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9. Quite a few restaurants here in NYC |
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Mon May-01-06 09:28 AM
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10. no oranges at the freeway off ramps today? or all the street corners |
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or all the traffic islands and turn lanes? or the driveway entrances to retail locations, homes, and schools?
oh that's sad :-)
good thing I have my own orange tree.
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Mon May-01-06 09:28 AM
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11. Wait a minute here.....I have a housekeeper |
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come in once a week. I am disabled and I pay her a hundred dollars for eight hours work. I don't know what I'd do without her. I used to get so depressed before she started coming to help me out. I couldn't keep up with this house. It was too overwhelming. It is not a large house but still too much for me to handle anymore. She is not an immigrant either. She is one of those americans who will do that work that they say no one will do.
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Mon May-01-06 09:30 AM
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14. my neighbor, who is an elementary teacher by trade |
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cleans houses on nights and weekends to make ends meet. She is not an immigrant either.
If it works for you - GOOD for you. I wish I could afford a housekeeper. Bless your heart.
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Mon May-01-06 09:42 AM
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19. I used to do that, too right after college to help pay off my student |
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Mon May-01-06 09:42 AM
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Edited on Mon May-01-06 09:43 AM by IndyJones
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Mon May-01-06 09:33 AM
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15. Well, obviously that is different than what I am talking about |
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Sorry to hear you have to deal with a disability, and I certainly understand the need for in-home help in your situation!
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Mon May-01-06 03:24 PM
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27. my housekeeper is American as well |
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at the going rate (here) of $15/hr it's not hard to find a citizen to help out.
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Mon May-01-06 04:05 PM
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31. My housekeeper is not an undocumented/illegal either. |
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She only comes by Friday through Sunday, but she is the best.
Yep, imagine that, an American who will help clean a house. Who'd have known? I thought no Americans would take such jobs. :eyes:
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Mon May-01-06 09:29 AM
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12. You'd be surprised how many "every day americans" have |
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live-in aliens in Texas. I know of a few in this area (Houston suburbs) but everybody in the valley has a live-in.
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Mon May-01-06 09:30 AM
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13. Getting my jet waxed will have to wait for tomorrow. |
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Mon May-01-06 09:36 AM
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16. you do realize the other rich folks will talking behind your back-- |
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"Why his jet was positively un shiny--peasant!"
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Mon May-01-06 02:53 PM
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They'll be working extra weekends for months. :deadserious:
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Mon May-01-06 09:41 AM
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18. Hmmm...not working today. Does that mean no social services today, too? |
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Or is it the responsibility side is not fulfilled but the benefit side is still expected?
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Mon May-01-06 02:57 PM
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25. "We need more garlic!" |
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Mon May-01-06 04:03 PM
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30. I'll wax your jet for free... |
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;-) Yes. It IS a "slow day".
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Mon May-01-06 05:33 PM
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May I introduce my Jet: "Jet"
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Mon May-01-06 05:38 PM
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I'll do the both 'a ya's.
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Mon May-01-06 09:43 AM
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21. CNN is advertising that CNN Español is covering the protest today. |
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Edited on Mon May-01-06 09:43 AM by Atman
Uh...not much solidarity there, eh? Who's running the cameras? Are they using the "legals" from the home office to man the teleprompters?
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Mon May-01-06 09:46 AM
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23. Yes, I gave my staff the day off |
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It is a staff of 1-Me... I am taking the day off...:hi:
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Mon May-01-06 03:21 PM
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26. Welcome to how I spend my weekends. |
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And I love every minute of it.
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Mon May-01-06 04:12 PM
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I paid our gardener extra this week and will do the same for our House Keeping Helper.
The streets of Los Angeles are bare today ~ Best wishes to those that are brave enough to express their thoughts in our country!
No guts no glory!
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