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  1. layoutshooter

    Paterno should be canned.

    So far there are ONLY allegations. NO one has been convicted of anything. Before anyone is "canned" should there not be a conviction first? Fire "Pappa Joe" and THEN find out that nothing happened? Deal with what is found as things play out.
  2. layoutshooter

    Detroit Lions Only NFL Team To Lose Money

    They now have an ATTITUDE!!
  3. layoutshooter

    The Cain Mutiny

    What difference does it make? We now have a president who has NO idea what a foreign policy was, had NO experience in that field, had NO budget experience and NO leadership or even management experience. Besides, IF the lack of experience is NOT an issue when Barry ran , it is not one for Cain...
  4. layoutshooter

    Give The People The Right To...

    She sounded like a two year old learning church chants. I think you may find that there are many economists that believe that FDR deepened or even caused the Great Depression with his reckless spending. Just as today's reckless spending is hurting the economy. The HUGE percentage of our debt we...
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    Russia warns against Iran attack

    This is ONLY the beginnings of the "new" problems with Russia. US troops have increased their "training" with troops from Georgia and several other former Soviet States. We have also had a few US soldiers killed in Saudi Arabia in the last few months. There has been a build up of "fuel"...
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    My Rant

    Without some sort of action people will be killed. I am of the understanding that companies are no longer allowed to administer basic English tests. I go into factories and the "safety signs" now are displayed in "multiple" languages. The cost of doing such is substantial. Of course the...
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    My Rant

    I would be the first witness he called too!
  8. layoutshooter

    My Rant

    Yeah, I know what you have been up too!
  9. layoutshooter

    My Rant

    I LOVED being a "Gandy Dancer". I started off on the track labor gang. Spiking rail, etc. Then learned track machine operator and finally moved up to switchman. I wish I could have stayed. I kept getting laid off. Bad times in Detroit in the early '70's.
  10. layoutshooter

    My Rant

    YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. Let's see, in high school I dug ditches and cleaned bulldozer tracks at a land fill. I worked at Great Lakes Steel. I drove a school bus, cleaned schools, worked at a State Park, fought fires, ran on ambulance crews. Worked in management positions at both Cabela's and Gander...
  11. layoutshooter

    My Rant

    I guess, but thank you.
  12. layoutshooter

    My Rant

    This would NOT have been a "accident". Not knowing basic words is dangerous. Sad part is that my wife and I would have been likely found to be a fault, NOT the person who could not understand "MOVE NOW"!!
  13. layoutshooter

    My Rant

    The National Security Agency. I served with the Army Security Agency for 3 years. 1970-73.
  14. layoutshooter

    My Rant

    Not on that loading dock last week. Good think Mrs Layoutshooter was paying attention. NOTHING bad happened, but it easily could have.
  15. layoutshooter

    My Rant

    Nope, you read wrong, sorry. I got out of the army in June of 1973. Hired on with the "agency" in June of 1976. There have also been many times when I worked more than one job or worked a job and did volunteer firefighting/EMT etc.
  16. layoutshooter

    My Rant

    And pageants are important? How many have ever been killed in one? 200? 300? over the years? Who gives a flip about silly stuff? What is your fixation with Spanish any way? Besides, that was London, not Great Lakes Steel. Pageant, that is a FUNNY one! :p
  17. layoutshooter

    My Rant

    You knew which way to turn? Just asking, NOT arguing. I have worked in to many dangerous jobs to not see how this WILL be a problem. Tone? In Chinese? Good luck. I don't believe that all the injuries and deaths that a half a zillion languages spoken in dangerous occupations are going...
  18. layoutshooter

    My Rant

    When I hired on at Great Lakes Steel, in 1973, I had to pass a written test. That test had on it basic math and ENGLISH. IF you could pass the test AND the interview, IN ENGLISH, you could get hired. Fail either, you could not. IF I owned a factory I would do the same. That IS how it was done...
  19. layoutshooter

    My Rant

    It puts the entire crew in danger. People WILL die. People WILL be hurt. Again, is it worth that?
  20. layoutshooter

    My Rant

    How radical is it when I was working on the railroad at Great Lakes Steel? When I shouted a WARNING in ENGLISH that a track crew was about to be hit by a train, they KNEW what I said and could move. Now, imagine the same circumstance with a crew where there are several languages spoken. Dead...
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