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GeorgeGist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 03:29 PM
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How not to hire an American
 
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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 03:38 PM
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1. "Jobs Americans won't do"
Edited on Mon Jun-18-07 03:40 PM by bluestateguy
is such a dishonest argument. Plenty of Americans will pick lettuce, dig ditches and work manual labor if you pay a living wage and good benefits.

These corporate slimeballs simply don't want to do that, so they are demanding an immigration bill that will flood the market will millions of desperate workers, thereby driving wage and benefit scales down.

In addition, the bill's "path to citizenship" provisions are unfair to those legal immigrants who have been patiently waiting and playing by the rules.

The bill must be defeated. Not amended and tinkered with, but defeated.
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leveymg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 03:52 PM
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2. If you show up at a CA State Labor Dept Office, they will send you to an ag job at $12.67/hr
Edited on Mon Jun-18-07 04:14 PM by leveymg
You don't have to live in the housing provided by the farm labor contractor, but most do. If you don't speak Spanish, you won't be able to communicate with most of your coworkers. If you can't hack stoop labor with nothing between you and the blazing sun except a straw hat for 8 hours a day, then you won't last.

Are you sure you want to pick tomatoes and green beans for a living? How about laying roofing tar or asbestos removal?

Yes, there are jobs most of us avoid.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 06:18 PM
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TheFarseer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 11:20 PM
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28. wow, you came in with a bang!
I agree with you totally. I cut grass 8 hours a day. I walked through cornfields for a full day of detasseling. It's good for young people to do manual labor. It makes you want to do better and puts some money in your pocket too. Much better than sitting around with your Playstation and begging money from your parents. When we let them tell us we need illegal immigrants because we're too good to do manual labor, it's so wrong on so many levels.
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Maraya1969 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 02:27 AM
Response to Reply #11
38. They are talking about jobs with RESUMES! Not pressure washing jobs.
Besides there are plenty of people ready and willing to take hard jobs at a decent rate. A lot of kids picked corn and other produce during the summer months in our town. I remember going to a friend's work where the fumes from the glue were so overbearing I had to leave. And these people worked there full time.

There are plenty of hard and dangerous jobs that Americans can and will do. This is just pure greed by trying to get cheap labor. My extended family worked in a steal mill....hard work but it supported a family.

The list can go on and on and as someone said in this thread....what about the Coal miners? That is one of the most dangerous jobs ever and yet people still do it.

I can't believe you said that.
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 06:12 AM
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41. Welcome to DU
A lot of us on this board have done amazingly disgusting and uncomfortable jobs and would do them again if they paid us enough to live on. Some of us are desperately bored by office work and some of us want to keep moving, not be chained to a desk.

The problem is that the jobs that keep this world going carry no respect and pay starvation wages.

(Next time, hit "alert" if you spot an elitist troll posting flamebait.)
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Highway61 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 09:00 AM
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47. The market is dead folks....period
I've been in recruiting for years and made a good living at it. Those were the days when companies wanted the best and the brightest (MIT, Harvard etc.). After 9/11 it all went away. Most of the recruiters I knew are at Home Depot working. The jobs that are posted on Hot Jobs and Monster are bogus...just as the video said. They will cut cost anyway they can...how else would the CEO's make salaries in the millions (Yahoo, for instance, he stepped down yesterday with 71mil in his pocket....give me a break..that is obscene!)
Yea, there are jobs posted alright..the jobs don't exist, the companies collect resumes from outside recruiters and hold onto them with no intention of hiring anyone of them.

example...Colgate Toothpaste...FDA did a recall because Diethylene Glycol (anti freeze)was found. Well, Colgate said that the toothpaste was counterfeit. It was from Africa. All's well and good right? What they didn't tell you was all their toothpaste is made in MEXICO... (there's a country with good environmental standards and over-site :sarcasm: as well as high paid quality labor. "American" Company at it's best (CEO there will leave in July with a package over 148MIL...)http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2007/03/30/colgate_ceo_receives_194m_in_2006/

Remember the good old Hershey Bar? Made in Mexico they moved a few months ago...sorry I'm ranting, but I am angry as hell.:grr:

p.s New here.... what does n/t stand for?
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Fovea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 12:42 PM
Response to Reply #47
66. N/T = "No Text" n/t
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Maraya1969 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 02:03 PM
Response to Reply #47
70. They moved "Hershey" to Mexico??? They named an entire town
Edited on Tue Jun-19-07 02:14 PM by Maraya1969
after that candy.


FUCK THEM!
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Highway61 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 02:24 PM
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74. here's the link
They closed the plant in Reading, PA and Oakdale, CA and some workers from Hershey as well, Oh, and by the way....they were UNION employees that were laid off! The continued erosion of the middle class...I will NEVER buy that brand again!

http://keystonepolitics.com/hershey-closes-reading-plant-moves-mexico

http://www.theodoresworld.net/archives/2007/06/jalapeno_chocloate_anyone.html
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Morgana LaFey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 03:38 PM
Response to Reply #47
77. Welcome to DU
How did you happen to find us? Glad to have you, but I thought uncannily coincidental you showed up just in time to comment on this thread. Just curious. And I definitely share your rage.

:toast:
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Highway61 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 06:45 PM
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84. Found an article from Air America Radio
A while back...Been reading the website ever since. GREAT people. Yahoo removed the message boards and I found I was surrounded by knuckleheads. I joined yesterday and here I am. Although I am nervous about posting as I know "Big brother" is watching...I feel at home here. God...NORMAL people. A breath of fresh air I'll tell ya...whew :)
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Morgana LaFey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 11:31 PM
Response to Reply #84
87. Oh, we just sorta ignore Big Brother -- he's quiet enough not to
disturb us.

:evilgrin:
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Ladyhawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-20-07 09:09 PM
Response to Reply #47
88. Interesting...they're closing the Hershey plant down the hill.
Moving to Mexico, is it? Lovely. :(
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Kajsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 10:21 AM
Response to Reply #11
56. Did you read the DU rules
Edited on Tue Jun-19-07 10:26 AM by Kajsa
regarding personal attacks?

Quote-- "You are an arrogant, condescending ass-wipe"-- unquote.

Please read them.

You can find the link on the homepage.

Edit-

here, I copied it for you.

3. Civility: Treat other members with respect. Do not post personal attacks against other members of this discussion forum.
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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 06:52 PM
Response to Reply #2
14. Thousands of Americans are coal miners
The work is dangerous, repetitive and boring. Yet the pay and benefits are good, so Americans line up to do these jobs in states like West Virginia (those jobs that are left anyway).
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hootinholler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 08:30 PM
Response to Reply #2
17. The jobs these people are referring to are not those jobs.
This shit has cost me personally in my industry for most of my career.

-Hoot

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robinlynne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 12:27 AM
Response to Reply #2
32. If you watch the video, you will see the opposite is ture. They are strategizing about
HOW TO GET RID of the 50 American applicants looking for each job!
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lazyriver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 07:27 AM
Response to Reply #2
43. 10-14 years ago while in college, I spent two summers and
two spring breaks laying hot tar roofing in Newark and Perth Amboy, NJ to pay my way through school. The money was good but the work was back breaking, hot, dirty, and you did it for 10 -12 hours a day, six days a week.

I spent my other spring breaks and summers waiting tables, framing houses, and laying shingle roofs. There were many other people like me doing the same things at all those jobs. There were others who worked these jobs as second or third jobs because they were putting their kids through school, paying off debt, or simply struggling to survive without having to accept welfare.

I was able to pay my way through college with minimal student loans because these jobs existed and paid well to those who don't mind busting their asses to better their lives.

Your comments make it seem obvious you've never HAD to do a job "most of us avoid". If that is the case, I hope you realize how fortunate you are.
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acmavm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 09:02 AM
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48. Your post just disgusts me. I've done crap jobs simply to have a
job. I wasn't picky either.

Hey, guess what. We won't need to learn how to speak Spanish if we PUT AMERICANS TO WORK.
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nedbal Donating Member (675 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 03:58 PM
Response to Reply #48
79. If the poster is in his 20's then it's a bad attitude, Me.. I'm a LOT older with a family...
and couldn't hack that kind of work any more. I did something close to it in my 20's
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robinlynne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 12:25 AM
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31. absolutely!
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Maraya1969 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 02:29 AM
Response to Reply #1
39. In case anyone wants to contact this lovely "Cohen Law firm" here is theinformation

Bonita Springs, FL
27200 Riverview Center Boulevard
Suite 309
Bonita Springs, FL 34134-4317
TEL: 239.390.1900
FAX: 239.390.1901



Pittsburgh, PA
11 Stanwix Street
15th Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-1319
TEL: 412.297.4900
FAX: 412.209.0672



Naples, FL
1100 Fifth Avenue South, Suite 301
Naples, FL 34102-6407
TEL: 239.430.1800
FAX: 239.430.1840
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april Donating Member (826 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 09:14 AM
Response to Reply #39
51. thanks I will
we all should ...how did they get this on video ?
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 03:55 PM
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3. I wish I could give this one multiple recommendations
because it needs to be on the front page of DU and everybody needs to see it.

These smarmy suits are what we are all up against.
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whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 04:03 PM
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4. If American workers become disqualified enough times, they get
...discouraged and then drop out of the job market and then BushCo can claim that unemployment is decreasing. So, what's the solution? How can American workers rights be protected?
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moblsv Donating Member (148 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 04:56 PM
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5. k&r
.
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silverweb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 05:00 PM
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6. Disgusting.
n/t

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General Lee Donating Member (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 05:09 PM
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7. Isn't it time for a
REVOLUTION!?!?!?!?!?!?!

I'll get the guillotines, the rest of you round up the aristocrats!
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EVDebs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 08:50 PM
Response to Reply #7
19. General...see post #18. The "law" is being ignored and loopholed
and each of these felonys are punishable to $10,000. Yet lawyers show how to keep doing it. Hmmm.
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progressoid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 05:12 PM
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8. Good God.
How do they sleep at night?
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ArbustoBuster Donating Member (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 10:17 PM
Response to Reply #8
25. They sleep on a huge pile of money.
Bastards.
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ElboRuum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 12:18 PM
Response to Reply #8
65. Only Humans Need Sleep. Not Pods.
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Dr.Phool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 05:44 PM
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9. What a bunch of disgusting bastards.
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kikiek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 06:05 PM
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10. This should be on every newscast. Unfortunately those corporations are probably part of it.
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Garrett Donating Member (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 06:27 PM
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12. Sick...
It's amazing these people are so casual about discussing this in a group....while being filmed ... and giving such explicit instructions. Sickening. They obviously don't see anything wrong with it.
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kikiek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 06:30 PM
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13. Isn't it ironic that their job is the one that a true American wouldn't do.
Edited on Mon Jun-18-07 06:31 PM by kikiek
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lumberjack_jeff Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 09:11 AM
Response to Reply #13
49. I guess I was wrong.
There ARE jobs that I wouldn't do. I wouldn't be one of the fucking assholes for all the tea in China.
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SergeyDovlatov Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 07:17 PM
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15. Umm.... They are lawyers. That is what they do
Edited on Mon Jun-18-07 07:30 PM by SergeyDovlatov
There are laws on the books. They are navigating around them to do what their clients want.

They are talking about getting a DOL approval for converting a person on H-1B (usually in high-tech) to a permanent resident. H1-Bs are limited to 3 years and can be extended to another 3 years after which a person should leave the US.

Now, if a person worked in a company for 6 years and is a good match, employer will try to retain him and get a permanent status. That is the time when the lawyers will perform the compliance requirements by playing tricks highlighted by this video.

I don't find this anymore disgusting than any other times when lawyers are finding a way to skirt the laws their clients don't like.



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kikiek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 09:20 PM
Response to Reply #15
24. You don't find it anymore disgusting that they are working to keep US citizens
unemployed? This is typical Bush shit at work. Replace the worker and lower the wage. It is disgusting and anti American, but that is Bush's "legacy" in all he has done.
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SergeyDovlatov Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 11:27 PM
Response to Reply #24
29. not exactly true
Edited on Tue Jun-19-07 12:17 AM by SergeyDovlatov
It is more about keeping skilled foreigners who otherwise will be booted out of the country after 6 years.
This was the law of the land for a long long time. That was the case long before Bush Jr. came to power.

I am actually sympathetic to H1-B to Permanent resident conversions. If you want to fight this, you need to strike at the root. Namely, H1-B visas for skilled workers.

The question I would ask, would you like to close the country to all foreigners until you reach 100% employment?
If not, what kind of immigrants would you like to come to this country and under what conditions?


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kikiek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 06:52 AM
Response to Reply #29
42. Not ones that are "imported" to replace American workers. Often the laid off American is training in
in their replacement. This form of the practice is an abuse it isn't about immigration.
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SergeyDovlatov Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 09:59 AM
Response to Reply #42
54. you avoided the question
Edited on Tue Jun-19-07 10:00 AM by SergeyDovlatov
"The question I would ask, would you like to close the country to all foreigners until you reach 100% employment? If not, what kind of immigrants would you like to come to this country and under what conditions?"

This video is about making an employee you like a permanent resident. If you object to H1-B visas and want to get rid of them, then, you eliminate the only realistic path that a skillful foreigner can start on to become an american.

There is no other legal immigration option (discounting marriage, exceptional abilities (sport/science), adoptions and refugee/asylee status)
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1monster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 12:11 PM
Response to Reply #54
64. Did we watch the same video?
This video is about making an employee you like a permanent resident. If you object to H1-B visas and want to get rid of them, then, you eliminate the only realistic path that a skillful foreigner can start on to become an american.



This video was about disqualifying any and all qualified resumes. Did you miss the part that said that if a resume met all of the qualifications for the position, then the resume was turned over to a management member to find some way of disqualifying that person.

This isn't about keeping already employed HB-1 visa workers. It's about bringing in more foreign workers on HB-1 visas and getting them green cards at the expense of the U.S. citizen worker and taxpayer.
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SergeyDovlatov Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 01:16 PM
Response to Reply #64
69. Yes we did watch the same video
Edited on Tue Jun-19-07 01:24 PM by SergeyDovlatov
This video was about disqualifying any and all qualified resumes. Did you miss the part that said that if a resume met all of the qualifications for the position, then the resume was turned over to a management member to find some way of disqualifying that person.


Yes. They are talking about disqualifying americans. We did watch the same video.

This isn't about keeping already employed HB-1 visa workers. It's about bringing in more foreign workers on HB-1 visas and getting them green cards at the expense of the U.S. citizen worker and taxpayer.


I understand how you can get this impression from watching this video. But this appearance is misleading.

In the video they are talking about how to make a foreigner a permanent resident. Getting a permanent residency is the last step in the long chain of events that happen to the foreigner who wants to immigrate to the US.

Now, under what condition a company wants to make a foreigner to be a permanent resident?
ANSWER: When a company wants to continue his employment and he/she can no longer be employed under H-1B visa (6 years max).

Moreover getting a permanent residency for a foreigner is risky for the sponsoring company, since, as soon as he gets permanent status the person is no longer bound to work for that company and can seek better employment elsewhere.

Under H-1B a foreigner is bound to work for the company indicated in H-1B visa. As soon as his employment terminated he has to leave the country or be deported. Getting a person on H-1B is similar to getting an indentured servant that has to work for you or be thrown out of the country. Getting a greencard for that person is similar to granting him freedom.

Unfortunately to grant that person freedom you have to perform the regulatory compliance dance and this video illustrates the absurdity of it.

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Fovea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 12:52 PM
Response to Reply #29
68. The offensive thing about it
is how cynically it subverts the intent of the law.

I am not against current H1-B workers seeking residency. I am against using the law in a 'race to the bottom' tool against highly skilled domestic labor.

Further, it seems like a RICO group conspiring to abet others in a fraud on applying workers. There is no good faith intent to hire, so the offer constitutes fraud, does it not? The whole killer interview technique itself is bait and switch.

But the fraud on the applying worker is not simply an injury to the applicant, it is a fraud on the applicant and the government, whose regulations they are frankly subverting.

Or am I missing something?
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SergeyDovlatov Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 02:12 PM
Response to Reply #68
73. You are right on target
Edited on Tue Jun-19-07 02:13 PM by SergeyDovlatov
I think you provide a fair assessment of situation.

Lawyers are working hard to workaround the law which, if enforced as intended will DENY any chance of a foreigner immigrating to US ever. (apart from marriage, adoption, refugee/asylee, exceptional scientist/entertainer/sportsman)

Again, as I mentioned before, this video is about getting PERM labor certification for a person who you want to keep employed after expiration of H1-B visa. (see my post #69 where I provide more extensive explanation)

Peace
Sergey




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knoxy Donating Member (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 04:36 PM
Response to Reply #24
80. I can't stand Bush
but you can't blame this on him solely.

Hillary Clinton has been in bed with Tata Consulting for years. This is not a Bush issue. It's not a Democrat or Republican issue. Lou Dobbs is no liberal. This is an AMERICAN issue. Blaming Bush won't get you anywhere. I hate the guy as much as anyone, but this is one area that doesn't solely lie on his shoulders.

There are some great Senators and Reps out there pushing for bills on immigration that target more than illegal immigration - they target American companies attempting to circumvent the system (as this law firm is). Support them!
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kikiek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 05:04 PM
Response to Reply #80
81. We do need to support them.
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Poll_Blind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 08:18 PM
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16. WOW! About one post every two months comes up like this that...
...I wish I could reach out and force people to watch. That is simply incredible.

Incredible!

PB
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EVDebs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 08:45 PM
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18. DOL's ETA Form 9035 wording is a hoot
http://www.foreignlaborcert.doleta.gov/pdf/h1bcl.pdf

Page 6 of 10 starting with (A)...I know of plenty of displaced US workers.

The hilarious 'attestation's, made under a supposed penalty of perjury, make it easier than ever to simply fire your current workforce of US citizens and then outsource your labor pool with H1B visa holders.

The old days required an 'attestation' that you weren't displacing any current US workers, but apparently the DOL got wind of this little problem and now makes discrimination in hiring US citizens easier than ever. You'd think that discriminatory hiring on basis of nationality wouldn't be used AGAINST US citizens, but we live in an insane world now, don't we ?
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EVDebs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 08:56 PM
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20. Invitation to fraud
Edited on Mon Jun-18-07 09:09 PM by EVDebs
Invitation to fraud

By MATT WICKENHEISER, Staff Writer

http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/immigration/060926im22m.html

"The U.S. Department of Labor's role in approving visas for skilled foreign workers is a rubber stamp that exposes the system to fraud, according to internal audits and a Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram investigation...

This certification process could hurt American workers and raises national security issues, critics and auditors suggest, by not providing enough review of the need for foreign labor in the United States...

The Labor Department "has minimal human intervention during the review process and the certification approval is simply a rubber stamp, as long as the (labor condition application) is complete and free of obvious errors," the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of the Inspector General said in its 2003 report, "Overview and Assessment of Vulnerabilities in the Department of Labor's Alien Labor Certification Programs. And that rubber-stamp program is a magnet for those who want to defraud the system, the auditors suggested in the same report, as evidenced by continued findings of fraud in the system by their office."


So...what's new ? Old hearings on this in '05

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1428181&mesg_id=1428289

and Congress did NOTHING !




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Robert Oak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 09:02 PM
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21. Dailykos diary also
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HCE SuiGeneris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 09:03 PM
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22. I couldn't watch the whole video I was so pissed off...
Who is this company in the clip?
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Robert Oak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 10:30 PM
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26. diary
on dailykos I wrote all of the details and people dug further.

If you think that's bad just the originals were really a horror show because there were no validating comments...

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Robert Oak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 09:08 PM
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23. TY Everybody
This is so outrageous ...is that a real ID name?
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zalinda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 10:57 PM
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27. Any one send this to Dobbs?
Isn't he the one who is leading the charge for American workers?

zalinda
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file83 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 12:24 AM
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30. The empire is crumbling. Oh well!
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robinlynne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 12:29 AM
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33. This video is exceptional. Can you tell me (us) where it came from,and the context?
Who was in the audience? Where and when, etc?
I ask, in order to try to pass this on and get people to see it, besides us.
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chalky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 12:48 AM
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34. Lawrence M. Lebowitz of Cohen & Grigsby
http://www.cohenlaw.com/attorneys-81.html

Don't know who he was speaking to, but here's a page from their website.
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robinlynne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 12:49 AM
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35. listed in "The Best Lawyers of America", no less. a criminal.
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robinlynne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 12:50 AM
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36. oh shit. This man went to my college.
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SergeyDovlatov Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 02:15 AM
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37. In case somebody cares how it works, here is a brief summary
Edited on Tue Jun-19-07 02:19 AM by SergeyDovlatov
How a foreigner can become a permanent resident.

1. Get admitted to a grad school in US. Student visas almost automatic in this case
2. Get interviewed by companies visiting grad schools and drop out of school
(at this point you are competing with americans on the merit, not as a foreigner)
3. if you get yourself a job, you need to make sure that your employer really likes you and wants to keep you after your work visa expires (H1-B 6 years max)
4. If employer wants to keep you, he needs to sponsor your green-card and that is exactly the time when he employs the lawyers such as the ones shown in this video. (and those lawyers are not cheap. let me tell you)

So, what part of this process do you disagree with?
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C_eh_N_eh_D_eh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 08:31 AM
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46. The part where the employer skips over workers in his own country
and picks you, because you won't insist on expensive things like a health plan. And step 4 will never happen, because these people don't want you to become a full citizen, for the same reason. When your visa expires, you'll be swapped out for the next guy to come over the border.
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EVDebs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 09:18 AM
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52. Also the employer deliberately weeds out older US workers
in favor of younger H1b visa holders. Mass firings of US workers, to be replaced by H1b holders were the norm back in 2002, mostly for jobs that Indians will be trained for and then the jobsite will be transferred to 'backoffice' in India. The training takes place here.
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shance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 12:50 PM
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67. It's like they are admitting they are totally disregarding equal opportunity
This is an interesting video, not in a positive way.
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SergeyDovlatov Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 09:41 AM
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53. not applicable in the context of this thread
"CND writes: When your visa expires, you'll be swapped out for the next guy to come over the border."

That is not applicable in this case. This video is about step 4. H1-B to perm resident conversion. Listen carefuly what the lawyer says in the beginning: "PERM process".

I understand that you guys want to feel outraged and, I agree, the video does make your blood boil if you don't have a full understanding how the system works. To me, it just shows the absurdity of immigration laws.

I went through this process myself and so 100s of the people I know. I challenge anyone to continue this discussion and, I believe, in the end you will be able to appreciate the point I am making.
I am also interested to hear how do you think it is possible to fix immigration laws to avoid absurdities such as in this video that people had to jump through to get a permanent residency status.

Peace,
Sergey

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kristopher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 02:06 PM
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72. It also happens at stage one
While this video segment is about conversion of temp status to perm status, it also happens in the initial recruitment stage. You don't really think that in a country of 300,000,000 people there weren't qualified people who were willing to do your job, do you?

You're here because you bring increased competition to the labor pool and exert a downward pressure on wages. No offense meant to you personally, but that's the way it is.
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SergeyDovlatov Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 03:28 PM
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76. Yes and No
Edited on Tue Jun-19-07 03:41 PM by SergeyDovlatov
You're here because you bring increased competition to the labor pool and exert a downward pressure on wages. No offense meant to you personally, but that's the way it is.


I agree with you here. However, I don't really know the solution to this apart from closing the country to immigrants altogether.

Wait. Let me revise that. I am here because I want what is best for me and my family and to bring my unique abilities and perspective to the country I admire (foreign policy notwithstanding). ;)

The explanation you offered is indeed one of the reasons why I was allowed into this country, but it wasn't my motivation. ;)

You don't really think that in a country of 300,000,000 people there weren't qualified people who were willing to do your job, do you?


Yes. There are plenty of qualified people, but they are already employed by our competitors and to lure them to come work for us will require offering more money, better benefits, etc than salary and benefit package of the company they are currently working for.

it also happens in the initial recruitment stage.

No (discounting H1-B abuse and fake companies which whole goal of existence is to bring foreigners in).
Well, let me take my "no" back and replace it with maybe (since I know how it works only in a few companies, I can only infer how it works in others).

In the company I work for, when a person comes for an interview his immigration status is unknown to interviewers and we are prohibited from asking it. We need to make a hire/no-hire decision on the merit (which includes whether a person has a good command of english language which gives american an advantage over a foreigner).

After a person is given a "hire" and agreed to take a position and happened to be a foreigner, HR and legal department will take care of the compliance paperwork to get him H-1B visa



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Ganja Ninja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 06:10 AM
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40. United we stand.
:patriot:
:sarcasm:
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SteelPenguin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 07:27 AM
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44. I've met a couple of them before
You know how when you meet some people you think they're nice and they're really just playing you and they're scum?

That's not these people.

No these people were "off". Broken. They seemed really weird to me. I don't know how to describe it. Kind of like when you have your kids with you and they meet one person and talk to them and tell them about their toys and their day, and other people they just stare at? These are people some adults might not find anything wrong with, but kids will just stare at them.

Some might describe it as soulless. I dunno.
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kikiek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 07:50 AM
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45. Funny until it is your job they start looking at. There aren't any that are safe if the current
Edited on Tue Jun-19-07 07:52 AM by kikiek
administration has their way. The only equal opportunity they believe in is lower wages and multiple jobs to get by for all. It isn't a joke.
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april Donating Member (826 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 09:13 AM
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50. how American makes me sick
maybe we should send this to Keith Obermann..
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Kajsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 10:11 AM
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55. This makes me sick to my stomach.
Words fail to describe how I feel
about this.

:puke: --- says it all.
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K in FL Donating Member (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 10:39 AM
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57. Here's one example of Employers' abusing the sysyem...
My nephew owns and operates a Tile Company in Florida. Although it is a small business, he tries to keep two full time American workers busy. He pays them barely a living wage starting @ 10 dollars per hour. Two tile companies in the area employ illegals from Guatemala. These companies bid jobs far below what my nephew can afford and remain in business. Out of necessity, these illegals live four families to a house. To top that off they send half their menial wages back to their homeland. While they have children who are considered American citizens, they get food stamps and medicaid. How does any of this help our economy?
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curlyred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 11:46 AM
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63. they do not get food stamps nor do they qualify for medicaid
15 posts, huh?
Nice little anecdotal story but bullshit nevertheless.
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iamahaingttta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 11:13 AM
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58. Umm... you know... we consumers
could refuse to buy anything made by companies that behave in this way.
And do it loudly!
For example, I will never buy another Hershey product again.

If we would treat the companies that treat their workers like shit as the pariahs that they are, they'll either get the message, or go out of business.

Just sayin'...
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getmeouttahere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 11:44 AM
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62. Seems to me that's the ONLY answer, imaahaingttta....
I have serious doubts whether amerkins will take the time and make the sacrifices necessary to pull off these kinds of boycotts, but in my view its the only power we have left. Even Dem politicians (with a few exeptions like Kucinich) won't stand up for the average Joe, but if we stop purchasing their products maybe we can change things. I'm open to suggestions, but I don't see any other way.

First step, stop shopping at Wal-Mart with their cheap chinese crap and low wages/no benefits!!! There are alternatives out there, folks, you just have to seek them out.

One example, for purchasing non-sweatshop, union-made clothing is:

www.justiceclothing.com
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AzDar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 11:15 AM
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59. Kick!! n/t
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 11:25 AM
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60. I am heartsick
and enraged.

The things I want to do to this presenter in this video and the people on this dais aren't printable here. :grr:
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HCE SuiGeneris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 11:32 AM
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61. Sent the following letter to the firm that made this video...



Resume submission to http://www.cohenlaw.com/

Kimberly A. Connell
Human Resources and Office Manager
412.297.4920
kconnell@cohenlaw.com
vCard


RE: The following link contains some very revealing information on how you conduct business http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCbFEgFajGU

As I am an American, it would appear that I have no chance of qualifying for a position within your company, or those with which you consult. Your strategy depicted in this video of your marketing seminar is truly disgusting. Thank you for contributing to the demise of this country. May you rot in hell.

XXXX X.
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Highway61 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 03:00 PM
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75. Excellent
Edited on Tue Jun-19-07 03:00 PM by Highway61
Although it will fall on deaf ears as these folks don't give a rat's ass. As long as they get a paycheck, they would sell out their own mother. I am sick of the "all about me" attitude. Maybe should send to MSNBC Keith would be interested...no? I already sent off to Randi Rhodes...


whoops...spelling
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HCE SuiGeneris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 05:28 PM
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82. KO sounds like a great idea...
Welcome to DU Highway61 :hi: :kick:
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Vilis Veritas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 02:06 PM
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71. Human resources.
We are resources. Not people.

Peace.
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Morgana LaFey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 03:46 PM
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78. I don't know whether to cry, break things or throw up
Or maybe all three.

What I DID do was send this to anyone who's EVER BEEN IN my email address book. I've sent it to people I don't even know who they are anymore. I urge all of you to do the same.

I'm seriously sick at heart to see something like this.
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Kajsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 05:37 PM
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83. Morgana, I did the same thing.

I've sent it to everyone I know.

This needs widespread distribution!

If every one person passes it on to 5-6 people,
it'll get around.
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BadgerKid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 07:03 PM
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85. Version from informationweek.com
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rosesaylavee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 07:04 PM
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86. Kick
Late to the thread with a kick for the Tues eve folks. Everyone should see this.
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old_techie Donating Member (37 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 08:09 AM
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89. original Cohen & grigsby videos posted
Edited on Tue Jun-26-07 08:10 AM by old_techie
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