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GT Davis

Editorial

Are We Not Angry Enough?

Every day we witness the anger voiced here on this site. We witness it at work and sometimes when we are at play with the outside world. Many of us carry the burden more than others. A friend of mine who I work with has head aches and nose bleeds because of his stress from the workplace. Suicides occur, but mostly divorces and sometimes termination happens.

The other day I was watching the news while doing my cardiovascular workout and the television volume was turned all the way down. They were talking about a gas station in California who was charging 5 dollars a gallon. Mind you I couldn’t hear what they were saying so I was watching the expressions on their faces. You know what I saw? The customers were smiling while being interviewed about the gas prices. Smiling! How can this be?

Home foreclosures are record breaking. Manufacturing jobs are virtually gone. Outsourcing mostly the blame. People training their replacements. Gas prices also record breaking. Pensions taken away. It goes on and on and on.

When is the straw going to break the camels back here? How long are we going to take the attack on the middle class while corporate America takes more from us and those companies we made successful by our hard work and loyalty.

The point I am trying to make is the overwhelming odds we are facing in today’s world and we are accepting this new way of life. We continue to serve “the man”. Not even a whimper is heard from the public. Where are the unions in this time of need? They should be leading us. They should be attacking corporate America and the politicians who assist them.

I hear idle threats of a nationwide strike. I hear threats of wildcat strikes. Boycotting oil. That’s wonderful but how do we organize? Does anyone truly believe because we say we want to do something were all going to come together to accomplish that task? I don’t see it happening. We don’t have the ability. So what then? What about our unions? I see a few cases of picketing or informational picketing on the news. What needs to happen is all unions must turn their energies to a common goal of protecting the middle class whether unionized or not. To picket unfair labor practices where ever it happens whether their unionized or not. To picket individual politicians who support anti-labor laws or corporations who practice unfair labor. To picket executives of those companies who are bad for the middle class and labor. We must take our actions to the door steps of the decision makers who effect our way of life.

In order to accomplish this, we must make our concerns known to our union representatives. This is the first step. Call or email your union officials that the time is now for action. We demand action! We need many voices in order for them to be heard. I don’t want to hear “it’s not going to change anything”. We have a choice here. It’s time to get angry. Not just sitting by the computer and blowing steam on the blogs angry, but grab the collar and shake sense into people angry. Get out into the streets and yell, “ I’m angry and I’m not going to take it any more” angry.

It’s time to wake up people! How much worse does it have to get before we act? At some point there will be no return to the good life. So lets do it and let’s do it now! Not tomorrow or next week but now!

GT Davis

Humor

You May Be A Redneck Pilot If...

... your stall warning plays "Dixie."
... your cross-country flight plan uses flea markets as check points.
... you think sectionals charts should show trailer parks.
... you've ever used moonshine as avgas.
... you have mud flaps on your wheel pants.
... you think GPS stands for going perfectly straight.
... your toothpick keeps poking your mike.
... you constantly confuse Beechcraft with Beechnut.
... just before impact, you are heard saying, "Hey y'all, watch this!"
... you have a black airplane with a big #3 on the side.
... you've ever just taxied around the airport drinking beer.
... you use a Purina feed bag for a windsock.
... you fuel your wizzbang 140 from a Mason jar.
... you wouldn't be caught dead flying' a Grumman "Yankee."
... you refer to flying in formation as "We got ourselves a convoy!"
... there is a sign on the side of your aircraft advertising your septic
    tank service.
... when you are the owner of Red Neck Airlines and pilot of Redneck One.
... you subscribe to The Southern Aviator because of the soft paper!
... you have ever incorporated sheetrock into the repair of your aircraft.
... you have ever responded to ATC with the phrase "That's a big 10-4!"
... you typically answer female controllers with titles like "sugar" or
    "little darlin'."
... if she responds with the words "Honey" or "Big guy" then she may be a
    redneck to.
... you have ever used a relief tube as a spittoon.
... you glance down at your belt buckle to help you remember your N-number.
... you have ever tried to impress your girlfriend by buzzing her
    doublewide.
... the preprinted portion of your weight and balance sheet contains "Case
    of Bud."
... your go/no-go checklist includes the words "Skoal" or "Redman."

May 06, 2008

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Although it is true that only about 20 percent of American workers are in unions, that 20 percent sets the standards across the board in salaries, benefits and working conditions. If you are making a decent salary in a non-union company, you owe that to the unions. One thing that corporations do not do is give out money out of the goodness of their hearts.

Molly Ivins

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