[ale] OT: Response to the State of the Union

[James P. Kinney III]

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On Fri, 2003-01-31 at 10:09, ChangingLINKS.com wrote:
> Time to start your own business? You will just have to get good at selling and 
> marketing your talents.
> 
> Drew
> 
> On Friday 31 January 2003 08:45, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> > On Fri, 2003-01-31 at 01:52, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> > > Oh brother.  Can you guys get a job
> >
> > That is the essential issue here. Get a job. As most of the ALE list is
> > aware, there are many of us who have lost our jobs in the past year. For
> > some, it has been more than a year since the regularity of the income
> > meets the regularity of the monthly bills.
> >
> > As much of a bile-soaked issue as current presidential politics feels to
> > every one on this list, it is related to this group at a very
> > fundamental level. With out the income to support my Internet
> > connection, my access to my ALE community goes away.
> >
> > My last full-time pay check was September 29 2001. I have children to
> > feed and clothe and educate. At the moment, I see nothing that is being
> > done at the federal level that even hints that they are cognizant of the
> > situation that I and others on this list face. I used to be a taxpayer.
> > Now, my income is below the level at which paying taxes is required.
> >
> > So ANOTHER bunch of rich, spoiled, pampered ASSHOLES is going to muck
> > things up even more by picking a fight with a moron who has nothing to
> > lose by getting a black eye, or even killed, thus propelling martyrdom
> > in the Middle East into an acceptable profession. Which I have no doubts
> > will get exercised in this country for decades to come. The
> > short-sightedness of business has taken over the political system of
> > this country as well.
> >
> > We, the people down here at the bottom, are screwed.
> >
> > BAH!
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