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01-16-2007, 08:26 AM

Bill Baka wrote:
:: Roger Zoul wrote:
::: Bill Baka wrote:
::::: Gooserider wrote:
:::::: "Tom Keats" <tkeats2005@hotmail.com> wrote in message
:::::: news

lreoe.57e.ln@bud.garden.local...
::::::: In article <45aae71f.31804750@news.supernews.com>,
::::::: mister1900mister@hotmail.com (Random Waftings Of Bunker Blasts)
::::::: writes:
:::::::
:::::::: I wonder what the assailants' Free Republic handles were.
::::::: Sounds to me like a case of punk-ettes looking for
::::::: peurile, bullying kicks, beligerently blocking a bike
::::::: lane, and waiting for the next victimizable cyclist(s)
::::::: to come along, to pick-on.
:::::::
::::::: It's old hat stuff. Except cases of inter-female
::::::: bullying are now being more publicized.
:::::::
:::::::
::::::: cheers,
::::::: Tom
:::::::
::::::
:::::: Well, except for the racial aspect. If three white teenagers beat
:::::: two black cyclists while spouting racial slurs, this would be the
:::::: lead story on every networks' newscast, and the assailants'
:::::: photos would be splashed on every newspaper and magazine in the
:::::: country. But the victims were white so this story will remain a
:::::: local one, and a minor local one at that.
::::::
::::::
::::: You've noticed that aspect? I am now a minority in California,
::::: being white, yet discriminated against because of it.
:::
::: So, who has discriminated against you, Bill?
::
:: Working in electronics I would now have to be Chinese or East Indian
:: or willing to move there to train more replacements for the few
:: remaining high tech jobs. Not me, all American born engineers.
:::
::::: Affirmative action
::::: just means that my job will be given to a less qualified person
::::: 'of some color'. It has gotten out of hand.
:::
::: Are you sure that person, who goes your job, will be less qualified
::: than you? Also, many new hires, of any color, are less qualified
::: that old hounds and work for less pay. Watch out that you don't
::: get replaced because you're an old dog.
:::
:: I'm an old dog who knows a lot more than the kiddies they bring in at
:: half the price. I've had to train (and once fire) guys with Ph.d.s
:: who really almost did not know which end of a screwdriver to hold.

Why in the world did they have you training them? Obvious mismatch.

:: It would have been fun with the soldering iron on the bench.
:: Big degrees, no real bigger brains.
:: The new world order, remember?

Not really.

:: Bill Baka

01-16-2007, 08:26 AM	#29 (permalink)
Roger Zoul Posts: n/a	Re: Two cyclists attacked and beaten in Portland Bill Baka wrote: :: Roger Zoul wrote: ::: Bill Baka wrote: ::::: Gooserider wrote: :::::: "Tom Keats" <tkeats2005@hotmail.com> wrote in message :::::: newslreoe.57e.ln@bud.garden.local... ::::::: In article <45aae71f.31804750@news.supernews.com>, ::::::: mister1900mister@hotmail.com (Random Waftings Of Bunker Blasts) ::::::: writes: ::::::: :::::::: I wonder what the assailants' Free Republic handles were. ::::::: Sounds to me like a case of punk-ettes looking for ::::::: peurile, bullying kicks, beligerently blocking a bike ::::::: lane, and waiting for the next victimizable cyclist(s) ::::::: to come along, to pick-on. ::::::: ::::::: It's old hat stuff. Except cases of inter-female ::::::: bullying are now being more publicized. ::::::: ::::::: ::::::: cheers, ::::::: Tom ::::::: :::::: :::::: Well, except for the racial aspect. If three white teenagers beat :::::: two black cyclists while spouting racial slurs, this would be the :::::: lead story on every networks' newscast, and the assailants' :::::: photos would be splashed on every newspaper and magazine in the :::::: country. But the victims were white so this story will remain a :::::: local one, and a minor local one at that. :::::: :::::: ::::: You've noticed that aspect? I am now a minority in California, ::::: being white, yet discriminated against because of it. ::: ::: So, who has discriminated against you, Bill? :: :: Working in electronics I would now have to be Chinese or East Indian :: or willing to move there to train more replacements for the few :: remaining high tech jobs. Not me, all American born engineers. ::: ::::: Affirmative action ::::: just means that my job will be given to a less qualified person ::::: 'of some color'. It has gotten out of hand. ::: ::: Are you sure that person, who goes your job, will be less qualified ::: than you? Also, many new hires, of any color, are less qualified ::: that old hounds and work for less pay. Watch out that you don't ::: get replaced because you're an old dog. ::: :: I'm an old dog who knows a lot more than the kiddies they bring in at :: half the price. I've had to train (and once fire) guys with Ph.d.s :: who really almost did not know which end of a screwdriver to hold. Why in the world did they have you training them? Obvious mismatch. :: It would have been fun with the soldering iron on the bench. :: Big degrees, no real bigger brains. :: The new world order, remember? Not really. :: Bill Baka