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bart95

(488 posts)
47. well, i think you figured this guy out
Mon Apr 9, 2012, 03:58 PM
Apr 2012

on the surface, he looked like a guy who had to train his foreign replacement, became despondent and shot himself in his car.

but i think you may be correct, that he was a secret republican operative, doing it to make America fail, and therefore, make the Democratic party look bad

congrats on your insight, you should have been a psychologist, you could have exposed his motivations and perhaps stopped him from doing it, and hurting our nation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Flanagan

Kevin Flanagan was a computer programmer who worked for The Bank of America in Concord, California, USA.

Flanagan shot himself to death in the parking lot of Bank of America's Concord Technology Center (which has been put up for sale by BofA in 2011)[1] after he and colleagues were laid off in April 2003.[citation needed] The lay-offs were due to the company replacing many IT employees with guest-workers who could do the job for less pay. This change included informing the laid-off employees that the remainder of their tenure was to be spent training their replacements

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Maybe he ought to do an internship somewhere... Fumesucker Apr 2012 #1
Unpaid internships are all the rage. nt Snake Alchemist Apr 2012 #4
i agree, citizens should train their H-1b replacement, then try to find bart95 Apr 2012 #5
Yes, anyone who will work for free is clearly worth big money and will get on the fast track.. Fumesucker Apr 2012 #6
i do hope you were tongue in cheek here nt bart95 Apr 2012 #8
From what I've seen of Fumesucker in the past... JHB Apr 2012 #38
The H-1B reason doesn't work for everyone though treestar Apr 2012 #54
Foreign workers being hired and virgogal Apr 2012 #2
Demand Rises for Skilled-Worker Visas bart95 Apr 2012 #3
Why is she the one doing interviews? redqueen Apr 2012 #7
Excluding offers outside N. Texas also hurt his job search nt pinboy3niner Apr 2012 #9
i agree, good workers give up their children without question bart95 Apr 2012 #10
"good workers give up their children without question" ??? pinboy3niner Apr 2012 #13
he has a custody arrangement that does not allow him to leave the state bart95 Apr 2012 #15
A lot of time divorced people have to deal with that kind of separation treestar Apr 2012 #53
your heartfelt concern for working families is noted nt bart95 Apr 2012 #55
Working divorcees more like treestar Apr 2012 #61
Am I at a Democratic discussion board? Mimosa Apr 2012 #84
not on this thread, they don't nt bart95 Apr 2012 #86
She should ProSense Apr 2012 #11
it is a bi-partisan sellout, to be sure bart95 Apr 2012 #12
What was ProSense Apr 2012 #14
THIS Democratic role in it bart95 Apr 2012 #16
Wait ProSense Apr 2012 #17
no, flooding the job market DURING an economic crisis is his role bart95 Apr 2012 #18
Now ProSense Apr 2012 #20
Biden has been in congress or VP since 1972 bart95 Apr 2012 #21
What ever happened..... OhioChick Apr 2012 #23
Grassley/Sanders passed as an amendment to TARP, making all TARP recipients bart95 Apr 2012 #26
I do remember the TARP amendment.... OhioChick Apr 2012 #31
Again, ProSense Apr 2012 #27
i cant play anymore bart95 Apr 2012 #29
Picture that person posted as a reply is of himself participating in any immigrant/diversity issue stevenleser Apr 2012 #44
This message was self-deleted by its author brentspeak Apr 2012 #82
LOL, nice try. Try educating yourself by researching the poster first. stevenleser Apr 2012 #89
Rightwingers try to divide people Mimosa Apr 2012 #93
The Clinton Administration had a little bit to do with it.... n/t bayareamike Apr 2012 #22
And we'll just pretend that this started in 2008 and it was only the evil republicans that did this. Egalitarian Thug Apr 2012 #75
Semiconductor Engineer... ChromeFoundry Apr 2012 #19
The reason bongbong Apr 2012 #24
Oh ugh, I'd forgotten about that "dance a jig for me" business. nt redqueen Apr 2012 #28
Thought that too, and Ineeda Apr 2012 #49
According to Rick Perry, Texas has lots of jobs. DocMac Apr 2012 #25
Send that resume to Rick! treestar Apr 2012 #57
He'll have to find someone to read it to him. nt DocMac Apr 2012 #74
ROFL! nt treestar Apr 2012 #78
I would hire his wife. justice1 Apr 2012 #30
Ummmmm, noooo. I live in DFW. I have over 200 dev emails and I'm not Dice active... uponit7771 Apr 2012 #32
well, why dont you send him some of your leads? bart95 Apr 2012 #35
Because we all know that hootinholler Apr 2012 #45
The president is not an employment counselor SoCalDem Apr 2012 #33
Interesting tawadi Apr 2012 #34
My thoughts as well. SoCalDem Apr 2012 #36
so 'Grapes of Wrath' is an acceptable employment model for you? bart95 Apr 2012 #37
Individuals can only ever act upon the micro SoCalDem Apr 2012 #39
but the issue of this thread, is the micro asking the leadership bart95 Apr 2012 #40
How dare you say such a thing. It interferes with the OP's insistence on blaming Obama for it. stevenleser Apr 2012 #46
I was wondering what the President was doing about increasing business for me treestar Apr 2012 #59
I feel like this couple has more emotional investment CJCRANE Apr 2012 #41
a page borrowed from the GOP playbook? bart95 Apr 2012 #42
She strikes as being like 'Joe the Plumber' CJCRANE Apr 2012 #43
well, i think you figured this guy out bart95 Apr 2012 #47
I'm talking about this particular couple. CJCRANE Apr 2012 #52
yeah, they're probably talking about a different H-1b issue bart95 Apr 2012 #58
He's trying to be the next Joe the Plumber. FSogol Apr 2012 #50
the comparisons to 'Joe the Plumber' are absurd bart95 Apr 2012 #63
Absurd? FSogol Apr 2012 #66
non-sequitur bart95 Apr 2012 #67
Just like all of your anti-immigrant/anti-Democratic party posts. FSogol Apr 2012 #68
You forgot his "The only bigotry is against white males" posts. nt stevenleser Apr 2012 #69
Thank gawd, I missed that one. FSogol Apr 2012 #70
Not that one, 'those' as in plural. And... stevenleser Apr 2012 #71
No sympathy from me. RiffRandell Apr 2012 #48
Exactly. Maybe companies aren't interested in racist assholes FSogol Apr 2012 #51
This is not a good job to be looking for treestar Apr 2012 #56
Com'on, facts and evidence have nothing to do with this OP. It's about bashing Obama and immigrants stevenleser Apr 2012 #62
Only several thousands going back 14 years, but I'm sure that isn't indicative of anything either.nt Egalitarian Thug Apr 2012 #76
That post proves nothing treestar Apr 2012 #79
really? thats not what Obama said bart95 Apr 2012 #80
Perhaps companies don't want to get involved with an obvious racist? Why isn't Rick Perry.... Tarheel_Dem Apr 2012 #60
Not for this OP it wouldn't. This OP has no intention of calling out a White Republican Governor. stevenleser Apr 2012 #64
I kinda figured that. Had it been me, I would've dismissed this person instantly after...... Tarheel_Dem Apr 2012 #72
are you shrugging at me?! them's fightin' gestures... PUT UP THOSE DUKES!11!! dionysus Apr 2012 #110
Obama's fault for not dancing that jig BklnDem75 Apr 2012 #65
His resume' is posted at LinkedIn justice1 Apr 2012 #73
what a fraud bigtree Apr 2012 #77
Looks like Dick Durbin is 'in cahoots' with this 'fraud' bart95 Apr 2012 #81
all of that has NOTHING to do with this woman and her idle husband bigtree Apr 2012 #85
but the wife was making the exact same claim that Durbin was making bart95 Apr 2012 #88
with no evidence presented at all that foreigners in N Texas took her husband's job bigtree Apr 2012 #92
sounds like you just called Bernie Sanders a liar bart95 Apr 2012 #96
the man was offered work and was prevented from accepting because of his personal situation bigtree Apr 2012 #99
what region did Bernie Sanders specifically mention, or exclude in his testimony? bart95 Apr 2012 #103
still dancing bigtree Apr 2012 #105
neither of us have a cam in their home, a bug on their phone or a keylogger on their computers bart95 Apr 2012 #106
that's the same (deliberate, I think) disconnect from facts bigtree Apr 2012 #107
i noticed you declined to mention your interest on this matter bart95 Apr 2012 #108
I'm not playing your fucking dishonest game bigtree Apr 2012 #109
i dont think profanity improved your arguement bart95 Apr 2012 #112
game playing bigtree Apr 2012 #113
Many Americans are jobless, desperate and you call an unemployed man idle Mimosa Apr 2012 #98
nothing to do with this woman and her husband bigtree Apr 2012 #101
is this what the party's come to? bart95 Apr 2012 #83
just because you're willing to dance for this woman bigtree Apr 2012 #87
tell that to bernie bart95 Apr 2012 #91
Bernie never said that N Texas jobs in this man's field were filled by foreign workers bigtree Apr 2012 #94
so you're making the case that the phenomenon he's describing, would not affect the job market bart95 Apr 2012 #97
still dancing . . . bigtree Apr 2012 #102
The government danced to Bill Gates tune re: H1b Visas Mimosa Apr 2012 #100
no proof that has ANYTHING to do with this woman and her husband bigtree Apr 2012 #104
Did you just call yourself a racist?... SidDithers Apr 2012 #111
Looks like Socialist Senator Bernie Sanders was duped by this couple bart95 Apr 2012 #90
It's a lie that Sen. Sanders talked about foreign workers in N Texas bigtree Apr 2012 #95
what region was he talking about then? bart95 Apr 2012 #114
. bigtree Apr 2012 #115
Buh bye. geardaddy Apr 2012 #116
Adios pinboy3niner Apr 2012 #117
Back to Freeperland. UnrepentantLiberal Apr 2012 #118
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