Well, Goldbug, here’s why I think the outrage over Labor Day at the single Tyson plant in Tennessee is stupid:
- The union asked the company for this. Yes, it is fairly astounding to me that the holiday honoring organized labor is not going to be honored by organized labor, but an organization representing labor is obligated to represent its labor. which by some reports is a majority of the plant’s workers. “By some reports” is weasel words, yes, but even the most conservative number is around 250.
- These are not the terrorist Muslims. They’re not even from the Middle East. They are from Somalia, it’s in Africa.
- It’s a single Tyson plant. Tyson is more powerful than you can possibly imagine and they have plants everywhere. It’s not like the company has converted to Islam wholeheartedly.
If 1% of the message board idiots decrying the corrosion of Christian values actually put their money where their mouth was and got in touch with a local farmer, they could all eat terrific quality meat and make things better in their community. [We do this -- it requires a chest freezer and some meal planning, but it's so worth it.] They can rant and rave until the cows come home, but as long as they take the money they saved at Walmart and treat themselves to Hooters, they won’t be putting Tyson out of anything.
