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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 02:50 PM Original message |
Holiday job cuts gain momentum |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. My husband tells me of a time when he was young |
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KayLaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 02:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. OMG. |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 03:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. That's horrible |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 03:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. There've always been Scrooges -- I was fired by a publisher |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 03:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. i was shitcanned on my birthday one year |
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Fierce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 03:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Are we twins? |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 04:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
26. In France the unemployed and prisoners go on strike for Christmas bonuses |
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anotherdrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
3. "closure of 20 hospitals in New York" huh? why in hell would this be happening? n/t |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 03:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. wow -- jinx |
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Tight_rope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 04:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. Maybe people are using less crack...after all who can afford it! |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
6. wonder why 20 hospitals are closing in NY and why that would impact Pfizer |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 03:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. it all depends upon |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
7. 2 Christmases ago I found out I was losing my job |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
11. here's a NY Times article on the hosptial closings |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 03:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. fuck people -- this is a $720 million WINDFALL for existing PRIVATE hospitals. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 03:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Hospitals? Are for "people?" What country are you living in? |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 03:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. teehee... thanks for the reality check... |
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Tight_rope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 04:49 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. Key word - "Middle-Class"..it answers itself...there's is no more middle class |
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CAcyclist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 03:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Well, not exactly a windfall |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 04:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. the increase in revenues |
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anotherdrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 06:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
28. meanwhile public health prof and the preparedness crowed are ignored |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 06:50 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. it's class warfare... always has been... |
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anotherdrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 07:14 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. at the least the closed buildings should be kept in a state of semi-readiness |
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ClintonTyree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
15. I worked at Eastman Kodak Company for 29 years....... |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 03:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. hey! i come from an Eastman family too -- Kingsport |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 03:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. That's the deal. |
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LosinIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 04:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Clinton, my man, another Kodak alumna here! |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
21. Glad to see I'm following the trend |
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phusion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
22. About 1200 laid off here in Albuquerque... |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
24. As long as they tell them "Merry Christmas" instead of |
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JudyM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
31. The only good news is that a lot of the job cuts here in DC are aimed at Rethuglicans. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 08:00 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. I guess a lot of Rethugs *were* pink-slipped in early November! |
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JudyM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 10:41 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Won't be much longer, now. WooHoo! |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 02:20 PM Response to Reply #31 |
42. and that's terrific news for the rest of us! |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
32. 3,000 opted for the payout option at the Ford plants here. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 12:32 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. good questions -- so they "cash out" -- now what? |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
36. I was let go after I worked myself almost to death for an incompetant |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 12:51 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. THAT's bad! |
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borlis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
38. My husband lost his job last Tuesday. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 02:12 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. i'm so sorry. i want the 90s back too! recession is the Republican state of nature |
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4_TN_TITANS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
39. Last day of work today.... |
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atfqn (154 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
40. All of this reminds me of that saying. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
43. The class war continues and the middle class is again taking it in the gut. |
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