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2 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

Because industry makes people billionaires and millionaires.  Being a civil servant doesn't pay that well. A public servant is paid more egalitarian.  This lowly lock operator makes more than 1/2 a US Senator makes! 😆 

 

Anyway, Washington, Jefferson, Madison, & Monroe were land owning elites which at the time were the only one's allowed to vote. Jefferson left in debt. 

Big overtime puts you in the super wealthy club.  You should run for congress. I will vote for you.  

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48 minutes ago, Gugny said:


How does one who only works one week/month get OT?

I work 12 hour shifts. It comes out to equal 4 weeks a month.  I have to have 80 hours every two weeks (pay period).

 

Do the math. We run 24/7/365. We have 13 people at the site.  2 management (M-F Days). 1 Mechanic (M-F Days). 10 Operators (SwingShift).  That leaves almost 77% of the remaining hours left outside M-F 8am-4pm to fill with 10 operators... 

 

There has to always be at least 2 operators on at all times which comes out of the pool of 10 operators.  5 shift leads and 5 operators. 

 

We all have leave to fill, sometimes someone may take a deployment overseas like in Iraq, Afghanistan, or even Poland they are offering now. We need to fill those shifts and have a body in both those spots. Also, if someone calls in sick. 

 

10 people,  2 on at all time, 24/7/365, of course including holidays.  It has been that way since 1960. 

 

EDIT: Also, we aren't allowed to work more than 12 hours without 12 hours off. That limits the pool if your shift relief calls off sick. Someone else is grabbing the OT.

 

 

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3 hours ago, Limeaid said:


Some at work are pushing for national Pride day to replace 4th of July because "negative connotations it has".

Yea the day we became the greatest and most free independent nation on earth has negative connotations lol

 

those people should see how they like Russia … our government lets them have that stupid opinion 

 

Other governments don’t 

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3 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

Yea the day we became the greatest and most free independent nation on earth has negative connotations lol

 

those people should see how they like Russia … our government lets them have that stupid opinion 

 

Other governments don’t 


“Not being Russia,” doesn’t make this a great country. 

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5 minutes ago, Gugny said:


“Not being Russia,” doesn’t make this a great country. 

Ummm we literally Change leaders every 4 to 8 years… peacefully 

 

Have freedoms and rights that nobody else in the world has en mass…

 

The bill of rights is absolutely the greatest piece of paper ever written… There is no other 9 other amendments without the second

 

We saved the world twice in both world wars

 

We toppled dictatorships in the Middle East… There was literally 100,000 Iraqis in downtown Baghdad waving American flags when we came… saddam Was throwing cinderblocks off buildings and crushing women’s heads… Ask a Victim of saddam if they wanted america there… You bet your ass they did

 

We give out more aid around the world than any other country

 

And we are a bastion of hope for the poor around the world

 

It’s easy to gang up on America because it’s the trendy thing to do

 

I wouldn’t  trade my place for anybody and I think God every day I was born in America

 

Canada Mexico Great Britain France Germany has nothing on America

 

 

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8 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

Ummm we literally Change leaders every 4 to 8 years… peacefully 

 

Have freedoms and rights that nobody else in the world has en mass…

 

The bill of rights is absolutely the greatest piece of paper ever written… There is no other 9 other amendments without the second

 

We saved the world twice in both world wars

 

We toppled dictatorships in the Middle East… There was literally 100,000 Iraqis in downtown Baghdad waving American flags when we came… saddam Was throwing cinderblocks off buildings and crushing women’s heads… Ask a Victim of saddam if they wanted america there… You bet your ass they did

 

We give out more aid around the world than any other country

 

And we are a bastion of hope for the poor around the world

 

It’s easy to gang up on America because it’s the trendy thing to do

 

I wouldn’t  trade my place for anybody and I think God every day I was born in America

 

Canada Mexico Great Britain France Germany has nothing on America

 

 


We change leaders peacefully, eh?  
 

Let’s just agree to disagree. 

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3 minutes ago, Gugny said:


We change leaders peacefully, eh?  
 

Let’s just agree to disagree. 

There was no attempted coup on January 6 if that’s what you’re referring to

 

Citizens without weapons cannot overturn a government

 

Was it a bright spot for America? No

 

But you’ve clearly never seen a violent revolution If you think that’s what that was

 

Donald Trump literally stepped down and Joe Biden came in the office the day every president does… No matter the shenanigans

 

We’ve had 47 presidents transfer power

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6 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

Ummm we literally Change leaders every 4 to 8 years… peacefully 

 

Have freedoms and rights that nobody else in the world has en mass…


That was true until the 2021 insurrection. The next one could be worse.

 

Those freedoms and rights have been under threat, as seen most recently by the Supreme Court rulings.

 

And blacks were not legally treated the same until the 1960s.

 

You can’t celebrate the good without acknowledging the bad.

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3 minutes ago, PastaJoe said:


That was true until the 2021 insurrection. The next one could be worse.

 

Those freedoms and rights have been under threat, as seen most recently by the Supreme Court rulings.

 

And blacks were not legally treated the same until the 1960s.

 

You can’t celebrate the good without acknowledging the bad.

Citizens without weapons cannot overturn a government.. There was not a mob of armed men at the capital

 

And Donald Trump never once told people that take up arms and go after the government…

 

Joe Biden assumed office the same day every president does

 

It was not an insurrection… Insurrection would’ve had thousands of people dead in the streets

 

Literally the power was transferred.. And America went on As always

 

Joe Biden is my president

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8 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

There was no attempted coup on January 9 if that’s what you’re referring to

 

Citizens without weapons cannot overturn a government

 

Was it a bright spot for America? No

 

But you’ve clearly never seen a violent revolution If you think that’s what that was

 


No weapons, eh?

 

Interesting. 
 

Please … tell me more of your fictional version. 

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2 minutes ago, Gugny said:


No weapons, eh?

 

Interesting. 
 

Please … tell me more of your fictional version. 

So there was 10,000 armed people killing people at the Capital that day?

 

The only person killed was Ashley Babbitt at the capital by capital police

 

I’d like to know your fictionalize version where 5000 people were shot And the government overtaken

 

Capital police Literally were opening doors for some people … 

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1 minute ago, Buffalo716 said:

So there was 10,000 aren’t people killing people at the Capital that day?

 

The only person killed was Ashley Babbitt at the capital


Only one, eh?

 

Please … go on!  This G-rated version is great!

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8 minutes ago, Gugny said:


Only one, eh?

 

Please … go on!  This G-rated version is great!

There were a few heart attacks… And yes only one person was actually physically killed at the capital.. Veteran Ashli Babbitt

 

Do you get your news from Al Jazeera

 

And the report of the police officer getting beaten to death was already verified to be false

 

One person physically killed by violence veteran Ashli Babbitt

 

It was a sad day in American history…. Definitely not an insurrection

 

You would need 40000 troops, Air support, Ground missiles, tanks … to Overthrow the United States government

 

It was a sad day… Nothing close to having the government overtaken

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21 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

There was no attempted coup on January 6 if that’s what you’re referring to

 

Citizens without weapons cannot overturn a government

 

Was it a bright spot for America? No

 

But you’ve clearly never seen a violent revolution If you think that’s what that was

 

Donald Trump literally stepped down and Joe Biden came in the office the day every president does… No matter the shenanigans

 

We’ve had 47 presidents transfer power

The 12th Amendment... If done right by the offending POTUS can render the 2nd useless.  The pen is mightier than the sword!

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3 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

The 12th Amendment... If done right by the offending POTUS can render the 2nd useless.  The pen is mightier than the sword!

And to make my case clearer that there was no insurrection

 

Insurrection is a legal term … Under federal law it’s a crime to incite or engage in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the U.S. or its laws. 

 

To be clear the law differentiates between a mob and an insurrection which is different 

 

And out of the 700 people who faces charges for January 6 not one has been charged with rebellion or insurrection

 

Government agrees it was not an insurrection 

 

 

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6 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

And to make my case clearer that there was no insurrection

 

Insurrection is a legal term … Under federal law it’s a crime to incite or engage in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the U.S. or its laws. 

 

To be clear the law differentiates between a mob and an insurrection which is different 

 

And out of the 700 people who faces charges for January 6 not one has been charged with rebellion or insurrection

 

Government agrees it was not an insurrection 

 

 

I don't think you're getting the process and what I said about the 12th.  Next time we may not be so lucky.

 

Think about it for a little bit.

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