Interesting piece in a local blog: http://rochesterturning.com/2006/12/30/come-the-revolution-a-regular- joe-freaks-me-out/
( -or- http://tinyurl.com/y2w9ea ) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - But I had a suddenly serious conversation recently with someone who had just survived a major layoff at his company. About “the revolution”. This guy is one of the most down to earth folks I’ve met recently. He talks like he’s salt of the earth, but underneath he’s very well-read on history. “Hey chief,” I said to him, “anything exciting happen recently?” He said exciting was one word for it, then proceeded to fill me in on the layoffs. I commiserated, and we joked about how what they ultimately want is just a CEO to hold press conferences, and a CFO to collect the money. I know this guy isn’t a flaming progressive like me, he’s more an independent, used to like McCain for prez until recently, etc., so I usually tiptoe around any politics. But this day I decided to be brave and said, “I just wonder what’s going to become of the middle- class. I mean, where’s our country heading?” He grunted. I pressed him. “What do you think?” He shook his head, “You don’t wanna know what I think.” “C’mon.” “It’s not pretty.” “Try me.” ... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Ed Leafe -- http://leafe.com -- http://dabodev.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
