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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.

Today in Twitter 2008-08-05

  • Welcome back to the blogorrhea, @kbanas. #
  • Breakfast was two granola bars and 52oz of Barq’s Root Beer. I feel like a little less caffeine today since my head is still not right. #

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Today in Twitter 2008-08-04

  • I pasted the StupidFilter FAQ about “your mom” into its demo box and it said it was “not likely to be stupid.” BIAS http://rurl.org/wrk #
  • My head feels like a bowling ball, precarioisly perched on my shoulders. Shift my weight a bit and it could hit the floor with body in tow. #
  • @andrhia Great article. LOL at quote about “the g-d grids.” #
  • @hotdogsladies OH SNAP HE CALLED YOU GRUBER #

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Today in Twitter 2008-08-01

  • Trying out Opera for Winders 9.5. I swear by Opera Mini on my phone, I feel like I should give the desktop version a shake. #
  • @chowbok Also: If you can’t buy and prepare it yourself, you don’t deserve to eat it. OTOH, I bet Tesco is thrilled. #
  • @remnil Next you should use Safari to hit up http://tinyurl.com/5cerao #

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Today in Twitter 2008-07-31

  • retweet @zaren MacBook Air anti-theft measure: “Hold onto it real tight.” #
  • @zaren My brother turned his iBook logo red white and blue a couple years back. I had a smiley face in my PowerBook logo for a brief spell. #
  • @zaren They should just back off and let Pootie Tang handle this. He is a role model for the children. #

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Today in Twitter 2008-07-30

  • @ninavizz Try the A-Team theme: erases the stuck song then usually goes away EZ, as long as yr not thinking of the french version w/lyrics. #
  • @mitten “Fifth Quarter” sounds like sporting event to me. A challenger to The Arena is entering the arena? #
  • So do people on Twitter hate Spirit airlines as much as everyone on the web? #
  • Can someone start a twitter feed to annotate Merlin Mann’s twitter feed? Sometimes I could use a little backstory. #
  • @briancors So you’re moving your home, not your office? Seemed early to be going back to UMMA. #
  • @hotdogsladied It’s working, you’re down to 12 and within struck-by distance of Arrington. #
  • Bah, I wrote his name wrong. Like he would’ve seen it anyway. #
  • I thought @hotdogsladies was looking at his twitterholic ranking. He’s still #11 on the NowPublic one. #

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Today in Twitter 2008-07-29

  • Great EnvRep story this morning on Amtrak’s sudden-ish popularity: http://rurl.org/wbv Definitely more popular than the last time I rode it. #
  • If this is the real GH4 setlist… well, am I the only one who wants to play “Soul Hero?” http://rurl.org/wch #
  • disemvowelment.com thinks “f u cn rd ths u r wrd” should read “of _u_ can road this _u_ are word”. I m lttl dssppntd. #

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Today in Twitter 2008-07-28

  • Cuil might just be the best new name for a search engine since WiseNut. And by “best,” I mean… #

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Today in Twitter 2008-07-27

  • No facing seats on our car, so I grabbed one & turned it around. F-U, Amtrak, I am a creature of FREE WILL & Alpha and Omega & all that. #
  • @pfanderson They made a Parent Trap 3? How many separated twins are there in the Disney universe? #

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Today in Twitter 2008-07-26

  • Chicago Virgin Mega closed a year ago? Damn. #

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