Thursday, March 10, 2011

Comcast and me...on the deep end!


So much patience...I don't know how they do it!   About 4 years ago, Jeff and Donna gave me a gift that keeps on giving TiVo which I just enjoyed so much.    I couldn't get over the technology of it.   I could miss my programs and still watch them.   Unbelievable!

And then Comcast decided no more analog...just digital TV.   Well, that screwed up the works.   Two different servicemen from this company came to look..and didn't know what it was all about.    One just asked if he could use my microwave to warm up his lunches.   Anyway, everyone I know got a different bill for this service...and I'm tired arguing.   My friend Virginia says I have no fire in my belly.

Perhaps she's right.
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Monday, March 7, 2011

Are all Unions getting busted?

It sure is a sad state of affairs especially in the state of Wisconsin.   My Father was a very staunch union advocate....he was president of his local union.  If not for this, he never would have had a vacation.   I recall when I was about  6 or 7 my father said goodby to us at the railroad station.   We were going for 2 weeks to Atlantic City, but without my father.   I remember looking out the window watching him wave to us...and my tears streamed.

If unions are removed from our society...then we have no middle class.   I'm thinking of school teachers who really do their best to bring our children to be the very best they can be.

The world, as we knew it, will never be the same as it was.  It all has to do with cheap imports who employ people at a fraction of what our union workers are earning.    And the workmanship is surprisingly good.   Go to any Dollar Store and you'll know what I mean.

It concerns me much the world we're leaving to our children.    There used to be a popular song.....Look For The Union Label.......well, let's start  doing that again.   I'm going to try!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO7VUklDlQw