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We had another one of those
"black" days at the office earlier this
week. It was on Tuesday
morning that we appeared at the office, wondering
how many of us would still be there in the afternoon.
Yes, it was the day for our department's piece of
the restructuring. So it will be called Black
Tuesday. Our company is
having to reduce its workforce by about eight
percent or slightly more than 600 employees.
Thankfully some three-quarters of this reduction is
coming from employees eligible for early retirement. Our
department took a "big hit." We lost
some 22 percent of our people. Six were able
to take early retirement and five were
outplaced. Some good friends were ushered out
the door on "Black Tuesday." These
were good employees and I wish them Godspeed in
finding new employment. I
will have to say that our company is more than fair
to outplaced employees. It offers a liberal
severance program (two weeks for each year of
service) and the services of a local out-placement
agency for a limited time. Should
I weigh-in on the Trent Lott controversy?
As a conservative, I feel I must at least say
something. The first
thing I would like to say is the fine senator let
his elephant mouth overload his mockingbird
ass. He was apparently trying to funny and
pampering to an old man and must have gotten caught
up in the moment. Trying to make Senator Strom
Thurmond feel good on his special day. I bet
it's an invitation to speak he wishes he had turned
down. Do I think Senator
is a racist? No. I have met the man and
spoken personally to him (here in Winston-Salem, NC)
and believe he is a good conservative leader for
this country. Are the
liberals in this country like a bunch of sharks
swimming in the water smelling a little blood? Yes. Let's
face it. The Democrats got their tail kicked
in the November elections just past and are seizing
on this opportunity handed to them on a silver
platter. There is no way they are just going
to let it go away. There is political hay to
made and you can bet your last dollar they are going
to keep it swirling just as long as possible. Once
again, the media is making chicken salad out of
chicken manure. They are busy digging up his
past. Might I remind them and everyone else,
this is a very different country than it was
in 1950. Many of us have probably changed our
views on a variety of issues, especially race
relations. The guy
screwed up and he is paying dearly for it.
Give him a chance to wipe the egg off his face.
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