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BillyRibs

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5. Nothing new here,

Reply to handmade34 (Reply #4)

Wed Oct 9, 2013, 02:02 PM

Oct 2013

The turn of the century Coal companies would rather pay out hundreds of thousands of dollars to the likes of the Pinkerton agency, than give anything to their workers anything.

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"I've been there forty years" handmade34 Oct 2013 #1

"I've been there 40 years" Iwillnevergiveup Oct 2013 #2

Typical "it's all about ME" response, no connection with speaker,no listening going on DebJ Oct 2013 #3

...so out of touch... handmade34 Oct 2013 #4

Nothing new here, BillyRibs Oct 2013 #5

I know, I know... handmade34 Oct 2013 #6

Kill one, warn a thousand. Ikonoklast Oct 2013 #9

........ daleanime Oct 2013 #7

The real criminals in this country are indeed the executives. Initech Oct 2013 #8

never going to eat at Mikey D's again.... WCGreen Oct 2013 #10

I only did many years in the past, RebelOne Oct 2013 #11

"I've been there forty years" KansDem Oct 2013 #12

Let them eat fries! LiberalEsto Oct 2013 #13

Rarely have gone there Iwillnevergiveup Oct 2013 #14

what a jerk noiretextatique Oct 2013 #15

Arrested for asking a question? What the HELL has become of our country? CIT13 Oct 2013 #16

She deserves a living wage Generic Other Oct 2013 #17