Just got laid off

flair1981 said:
Penguinsfan, i was hoping Moore didnt distort things in this film like he did in Bowling For Columbine. But I see now how he did on some things after reading up on it a while ago. But he did make good points over all and I see where hes coming from. In his other movie he really pissed me off with that cartoon that was in it. I just wish he wouldnt edit things the way he does. But still my thoughts on the economy are from my own experiences not Moores. Good news though, I talked with the road dept. and I may be getting hired next week! It just needs to be aproved by the county. They are slow.....
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I understand what you mean on your experiences with the economy. As I said, my local economy really sucks ass and it's because the people of the community foolishly counted on the steel industry being there forever and completely slept through numerous changes in the economy. I think Fahrenheit 9/11 was actually a worse movie, in terms of being a hatchet job on the truth. Of course, there were a few good points. I am as pro-gun as anyone on the planet and I'll even say there were a few good points made in Bowling For Columbine. The world is a tough place and shit happens, so even the most outrageous piece of propaganda may have elements of a legitimate argument on some level. Hope that job with the road departement works out for you.
 
flair1981 said:
A good friend of mine missed it by 9 days! He had put in 31 years and these pukes wouldnt budge. He cried all day over it. It was sad. Anything new yet Twins172_up?
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Yes when a person gets liad off close to his retirement time they are normally to old to get another position in the same field and it fucks you for life. This is terrible 31 years of service and little pension to show for it.
 
true,He tried looking for work but after a year of no one wanting him ( due to age ) hes gave up. He just sits at home now and is very sad and depressed. He did get medical coverage at 80% for $25.00 a month at the closing, but those bastards cut that earlier this year for not only him but for all living persons on their company plan. Hes had to drop it because for him and his wife it was going to go to $246 a month...just for himself only was going to be $172 a month. This company BTW was Levi Strauss..Boycott the fuck out of them! Our plant was one of the only ones left on the west side of the Mississippi. Fucking bastards! I hope they lose their asses!!
 
today is my last day here..they are giving me my vacation days which comes up to about a week...so i will be getting another check from them which is good....i met with another division of the same company...this is the food service part..he said to check with him on tuesday to see if he have a part-time position open for me...i hope it comes through...wish me luck
 
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