tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1699723721822136614.post5659700674894734101..comments2023-04-27T13:52:50.616+01:00Comments on New Life in Ireland: SIPTU STFUHitchhiker42http://www.blogger.com/profile/17574465382591441135noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1699723721822136614.post-9960964030875895522011-12-04T17:14:42.350+00:002011-12-04T17:14:42.350+00:00One Thanksgiving, as we all sat around the table. ...One Thanksgiving, as we all sat around the table. My Husbands Grandmother refused the gravy. When asked "why", she said it was how she was weaned from the teat and that she has never liked gravy since.<br />Let me tell you, after an uncomfortable pause, there then ensued a river of said gravy from my brother-in-laws nose and quite a few snickers.<br />Best Thanksgiving ever!Brandiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04906816184993002538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1699723721822136614.post-59415610833152158692011-11-29T20:28:07.397+00:002011-11-29T20:28:07.397+00:00Good point Jen. People are always saying they need...Good point Jen. People are always saying they need 'more benefits' and they think the government simply waves a magic wand to make the money appear. It doesn't work that way. We have to sell bonds, raise taxes, and basically sell our debt to China to come up with the money. The people with their hands out begging for money don't seem to understand: The U.S. gross national debt as of this month is 15.03 trillion dollars. China holds 26 percent of all foreign-held U.S. Treasury securities. Holee crap! Do we really want to sell our souls to China so that Wal-Mart shoppers can have more Welfare?Hitchhiker42https://www.blogger.com/profile/17574465382591441135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1699723721822136614.post-65211214373755560442011-11-29T15:48:48.547+00:002011-11-29T15:48:48.547+00:00We have the same problem here in the U.S., though....We have the same problem here in the U.S., though. Everyone wants their handouts, but they have no idea how it actually gets paid for (um, hello, taxpayers?). I think in general, the world economy is experiencing a wake-up call. We can't continue to spend, spend, spend without some consequences.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07382826121131415775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1699723721822136614.post-18839713095040427972011-11-28T22:40:23.165+00:002011-11-28T22:40:23.165+00:00haha thanks. I went on a bit of a rant there. I ...haha thanks. I went on a bit of a rant there. I just got kinda pissed off that my time was being wasted. Honestly, I went to college, I did my homework, I got an education. It's not my fault that other people decided to party... and now they have crappy jobs flipping burgers or working in the mail room. Now they're bitching and moaning about being low-paid-workers and getting their benefits cut. Boo hoo. Aesops Fables is full of stories about ants & grasshoppers and farmers with lazy sons. You can't say you weren't warned at an early age.Hitchhiker42https://www.blogger.com/profile/17574465382591441135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1699723721822136614.post-86056374581126586172011-11-28T21:12:31.443+00:002011-11-28T21:12:31.443+00:00Well said!Well said!choc chip addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08066001921690426945noreply@blogger.com