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Tag Archives: Competition
Siblings
When the promised and much-touted GI Bill of Rights proved logistically inadequate to my college ambitions and my father was opposed and unhelpful to them; I turned in desperation for help from my then grown siblings. I’d done the math … Continue reading
Posted in Dirty Words, Economics, Personal History, Plain English, The Twentieth Man, Veterans
Tagged Ambition, Brothers, College, College Tuition, Competition, education, Family, Family Dynamics, Fathers, Finance, GI Bill, GI Bill of Rights, Hope, Siblings, Sisters, Truth, Veterans
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The Way of the World
Two little kids fighting over their Happy Meal toys.
Posted in Capitalism, Humor, Observations
Tagged Business, Children, Competition, Food, McDonald's Corporation, McDonald's Hamburgers, McDonald's Happy Meals, Society, Toys
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Bean Counters and Paper Shufflers
Everyone has an ego that seeks power and control. The Bean Counters and Paper Shufflers (mid-level bureaucrats stuck-for-life in midst of the government hierarchy) are no exception. These bureaucrats can distribute only so much in government goods, services and benefits … Continue reading
The Chosen
After being separated from the U.S. Army on November 2, 1971 I began my long and futile search for viable employment. It was but a few months afterward that I’d heard American Motors was doing some hiring. I went down … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Economics, Expository Writing, Government, Human Sacrifice, Observations, Personal History, Plain English, Politics, The Twentieth Man
Tagged Competition, Economics, Employment, Industry, Job Applications, Labor, Labor History, Milwaukee, Society, Surplus labor, Unemployment, Work
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I Will Never Forgive You
As I have pointed out elsewhere, feminism per se, an otherwise laughable, hysterical radical-fringe cult ideology, the Feminist Movement as promulgated by the commercial mass media, and especially Affirmative Action applied to (mostly) white women, was the Poison Pill inserted … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Churning Lawyers, Economics, Expository Writing, For Feminists, Government, Human Sacrifice, Justice, Mass Media, Plain English, Politics, Religion, Suicide, The Twentieth Man
Tagged Affirmative Action, Business, Competition, Culture, God, Justice, Labor, Law, Mass Media, Politics, Propaganda, Society, Truth
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state-of-the-art Slavery
Slavery has not gone away. Much depends on how you interpret “involuntary servitude”. Amendment XIII Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Economics, Expository Writing, For Feminists, Government, Human Sacrifice, Plain English, Politics, Suicide
Tagged "The United States of America", Competition, Culture, Economics, History, Humanity, Justice, Labor, Law, Politics, Slavery, state-of-the-art Slavery, Unemployment, Work
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We are a Nation of Immigrants
We are also a nation of suicides – do the math.
Posted in Capitalism, Economics, Expository Writing, Government, Human Sacrifice, Plain English, Politics, Suicide
Tagged "The United States of America", Business, Competition, Economics, History, Humanity, Labor, Logic, Suicide, Truth, Unemployment, Work
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The Accountant
This pertains to the husband of The Hobbyist. Presumably, an accountant is relatively smart. Also presumably, an accountant is formally educated if not to say college degreed and licensed for his profession. Presumably, an accountant can count past ten without … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Dirty Words, Economics, Expository Writing, For Feminists, Human Sacrifice, Plain English
Tagged Accountancy, Accounting, Competition, Dickhead, Dickheads, Economics, Feminism, Feminist Economists, Finance, Hobbies, Hobbyist, Labor, Logic, Marriage, Money, Public Schools, The United States, Unemployment, Wisdom, Women, Work
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