Comments on: I Am A Man

By: nonplussed

nonplussed — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:42:26 +0000

That said, engineers have been severely hosed by H-1Bs. The consultants advising companies on how to avoid hiring Americans are beyond despicable! The continuing BS from Gates, Dell (who I once worked for), HP and the rest that the people who once worked for them, when they did very well, btw, are no longer good enough, is absolute crap! There are literally thousands of qualified American engineers who are unemployed or underemployed while they are bring in H-1Bs who they can hire at 3 for the price of 1 American. It is total Bullshit!

I like immigrants & I heartily endorse the words on the Statue of Liberty, but I used to like being an engineer, too! I also liked making enough to live comfortably on.

By: nonplussed

nonplussed — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:33:17 +0000

I have to point out that our sailors didn’t have it any better in that era. In fact they were alloted less cubic foot per man than a federal prisoner. This is typical of the accommodations on a modern destroyer type combatant of that era. The older men of war or the submarines were much worse. On my first ship, a WWII vintage destroyer, 15 men lived in space where there wasn’t 18″ between the racks and they were made of canvas lashed to aluminum frames.

Not saying the way they were treated was right, just pointing out the prevailing nautical standards of the time.

By: cbl2

cbl2 — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:06:46 +0000

is going on in other countries, too…….conscription workers.

Iraq

and don’t forget 3+ years ago Bush’s last minute flip flop on signing UN Convention against sexual slavery - not just to protect Saudis and Kuwaitis in their crimes against children - it was determined the language of the Convention could be interpreted to include conscription

and they say he doesn’t do ‘nuance’

By: dmac

dmac — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:04:09 +0000

elliot– : P

!you know it! : )

ha.

and tula, i was serious at my 14–not being allowed to change employers, no matter what, seems that policy/law is in direct conflict with the indentured servants’ act or whatever it’s called.

bbl

By: TeddySanFran

TeddySanFran — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:00:32 +0000

I want a government that favors the working people!

By: Tula Connell

Tula Connell — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:59:32 +0000

Very nice of you, Elliott.

I just saw this item on McCain at one point opposed making MLK’s birthday a holiday:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/polit.....cated.html

By: Elliott

Elliott — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:50:02 +0000

(packing that spunky bullhorn?)

Thank you Tula, your posts are inspirations.

By: tw3k

tw3k — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:49:32 +0000

Shades of the Ownership society. I guess that Signal International is a stakeholder in Bush’s word view.

…if you own something, you have a vital stake in the future of our country. The more ownership there is in America, the more vitality there is in America, and the more people have a vital stake in the future of this country. - President George W. Bush, June 17, 2004

By: dmac

dmac — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:42:26 +0000

tula says-”After working for a year in essentially bonded servitude—the current guest worker program forbids workers to change employers, no matter how bad the conditions”

i thought that having ’indentured servants’ was illegal…i can’t think of the law……wonder why that isn’t being used.

many of these peoples’ families sell their land, relatives take loans against businesses and their homes to pay for their family member to come to america.

they are ruined, affecting all of them and the fate of some affects their entire village.

many lose the land that is their sole source of income and migrate to the city and are forced live in slums/camps.

the ones that are here illegally are sent back, often owing money to their employer, and they are broke, unable to pay back the loans that were taken out to pay for their trip here.

is going on in other countries, too…….conscription workers.

another great post, tula.

(i’ll be in and out, packing, going out of town.)

By: oldtree

oldtree — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:22:33 +0000

If we can’t end slavery, humanity isn’t worth keeping around. We can hope that the species survives and evolves into something worthwhile. It is not showing any signs that it will regret rubbing itself out.