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el_bryanto

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25. Hmmmm. Well I guess there's a few questions here

Tue Apr 17, 2012, 12:32 PM

Apr 2012

But first of all -my issue is that Romney never needs to work, and the stuff he does to earn his money is societally destructive. And that's the key thing; most American's aren't in that position. You either go to work or you go hungry. Working because you gotta work is a whole different lifestyle from working because you want to work.

I guess my other question is that the line between being a taker and a giver is pretty nebulous in a lot of cases; like say people who work in Human Resources. Are they takers? or Givers?

it is somewhat more clear in Romney's case, I admit.

Bryant

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If I hear one more rich fuck talk about the dignity of work... [View all] tk2kewl Apr 2012 OP

I would amend this slightly el_bryanto Apr 2012 #1

Hanging a picture doesn't count as swinging a hammer tk2kewl Apr 2012 #5

a lot of workers can't do those things Enrique Apr 2012 #7

that's fine... tk2kewl Apr 2012 #14

those things you added is what I was thinking of Enrique Apr 2012 #21

Hmmmm. Well I guess there's a few questions here el_bryanto Apr 2012 #25

For a moment of digression... tk2kewl Apr 2012 #30

ah yes... takers v. givers tk2kewl Apr 2012 #32

LOL maddiemom Apr 2012 #47

Wow liberalmike27 Apr 2012 #42

no one let r.money finish his statement the whole statement leftyohiolib Apr 2012 #2

and it's really not just the work Enrique Apr 2012 #3

you are right my friend tk2kewl Apr 2012 #9

A cowed worker pscot Apr 2012 #31

The wealthy fuckwads who spew this shit hifiguy Apr 2012 #4

George Carlin was right. Initech Apr 2012 #11

Stewie Griffin got it right hifiguy Apr 2012 #13

99 to 1 tk2kewl Apr 2012 #16

Maybe he is attacking trust fund babies. dkf Apr 2012 #6

Come on, he's "indolent and unproductive" because of his parents. sinkingfeeling Apr 2012 #8

How about pulled items in a warehouse, hedgehog Apr 2012 #10

yep tk2kewl Apr 2012 #20

There are three things you don't want to watch being made - law, sausage and software TrogL Apr 2012 #12

awww come on... tk2kewl Apr 2012 #15

You've obviously never been in an Agile scrum TrogL Apr 2012 #24

been at it for quite a while tk2kewl Apr 2012 #26

A couple of my favorite descriptions of Agile tk2kewl Apr 2012 #27

"...Doesn't just mean doing more work with fewer people" abelenkpe Apr 2012 #28

yep... that one fits perfectly with this thread tk2kewl Apr 2012 #29

+1000 nt abelenkpe Apr 2012 #18

That's being very disrespectful. Baitball Blogger Apr 2012 #17

Not if you're dressed for it pscot Apr 2012 #33

Silly. Only corporate raiding counts as dignified work ecstatic Apr 2012 #19

Post removed Post removed Apr 2012 #22

Romney is a bum on the plush abelenkpe Apr 2012 #23

Well said Fry Pan Jack. tk2kewl Apr 2012 #34

I put myself through college Mz Pip Apr 2012 #35

but those rich kids need to be smart enough to keep the proles down and their bank accounts secret tk2kewl Apr 2012 #36

Add to that how many double or even triple shifts they had to pull as well. n/t Cleita Apr 2012 #37

or 2nd or 3rd job... tk2kewl Apr 2012 #48

How would he lsewpershad Apr 2012 #38

Hey, Ann says she and Mittens lived "on the edge!" Bake Apr 2012 #39

I know what "a donkey on the edge!" looks like, but what is an elephant on the edge? tk2kewl Apr 2012 #40

I think of the movie "Clockwork Orange" when I hear that expression. . . DinahMoeHum Apr 2012 #41

If work is so dignified why did they ship our jobs overseas? McCamy Taylor Apr 2012 #43

They never do low level office work ether. Tabasco_Dave Apr 2012 #44

Most work... Johnny Noshoes Apr 2012 #45

yeah, try being a roofer in over one hundred degree heat newspeak Apr 2012 #52

Hey I totally agree. Johnny Noshoes Apr 2012 #60

These so called "job creators" guitar man Apr 2012 #46

what is dignity anymore... ? handmade34 Apr 2012 #49

nice collection tk2kewl Apr 2012 #51

Even simpler... Javaman Apr 2012 #50

How many of these jokers Glaisne Apr 2012 #53

the list go on... tk2kewl Apr 2012 #54

I did industrial temp work when I was an unemployed Ph.D. Lydia Leftcoast Apr 2012 #55

I attended but did not matriculate from a small naval architecture school... tk2kewl Apr 2012 #56

To them - "dignity of work" is code for "let's bring back slavery". Initech Apr 2012 #57

slavery IS unregulated capitalism taken to it's logical end tk2kewl Apr 2012 #58

I'm ready to bring on the revolution at this point. Initech Apr 2012 #59

There's no dignity in "work" or "jobs". Sisyphus has a job, doing work. saras Apr 2012 #61

Well said! valerief Apr 2012 #62