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American as Apple Pie

by Al
written by Al

A boy mowing the lawn is about American as apple pie. For a great many of us it was the first job we had when we were growning up.

Earlier this week, we were treated to the story of Frank Giaccio, an eleven year old from Falls Church Virginia, who wrote President Trump saying that it would be his “honor to mow the White House lawn.”

The president took him up on his offer and Gaiccio did the job telling Fox News, “So far it’s pretty much the best day of my life.”

Nice story. Hard working, self starter, showing ambition and drive. A story that should make everyone happy.

Not so, Steven Greenhouse, former labor reporter for the New York Times.

Here’s what Mr. Greenhouse had to say, “Not sending a great signal on child labor, mimimum wage & occupational safety >> Trump White House lets a 10-year-old volunteer mow its lawn.”

Sounds like the rantings of yet another loony lefty with a bad case of Trump Derangement Syndrome.

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Racism

by Al
written by Al

Here’s a comment I made yesterday on an article about racism:

I went to high school with a guy from the Philippines. He was one of the most popular guys in the school. He was involved in all sorts of school activities and everyone loved him. I only wished I could have been half as popular as he was. To hear him now, you would think that his life back then was a living hell. I’m sure there was the occasional jerk that made rude comments or did something discriminatory against him but I never witnessed it. Most people treated him just the same as they did anyone else, both good and bad.

There was a recent discussion on one of the local bulletin boards about changing the names of some streets in the area that were named after Confederate generals. At one point two different black women chimed in. One said she had lived in the area for thirty years and said in all that time she never felt discriminated against. A second black woman had just the opposite story; claiming that she and her family were constantly harassed.

Up until a year ago I did a lot of running. Occasionally, while I was running, some jerk would drive by and make a rude comment or give me the finger. The thought came to me at one point that if I were a woman, I’d probably feel like I was just sexually harassed. If I were black, I would feel it was a racist attack. As a middle aged white guy, I just took it as some low-life loser making a rude comment.

I’m sure some people are truly discriminated against, but I suspect that a lot what is assumed to be discrimination is just people viewing reality though their own filters.

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Rude People

by Al
written by Al

I try not to eat doughnuts on weekdays, but since it’s Labor Day, and I have the day off, I decided to treat it like a weekend day and made a trip to my local Dunkin’ Donuts.

Today, I drove into the drive-thru and pulled up behind a woman, probably in her mid to late forties, placing her order.  As is often the case, it was a large order and every item was customized.  I’ve never understood why people with complex, special orders can’t just go into the store to place their orders instead of slowing down the line for the rest of us while their orders prepared.  It’s just rude.

But the rudeness didn’t stop there.

After placing her order, she pulled up to the drive-thru window and while waiting for the order to be prepared, took a half full McDonald’s shake and proceeded to pour the gooey, disgusting, congealed mess out of the drivers side window and onto the pavement below.

What the hell is wrong with people.  Granted, it will eventually wash away, but in the meantime every car going through the drive-thru will be splashing it on to their cars and tracking the sticky mess all over the pavement.   On top of that, the workers at the drive-thru window will have to put up with the smell of souring dairy product as the day goes on.

Two questions:

How does a middle aged women go through life thinking the world is her personal garbage can?

Even if she doesn’t give a damn about dumping her crap outside for environmental reasons, is she not the least bit ashamed that people who view her actions will think of her as nothing but a slovenly, disgusting pig?

My guess is she doesn’t even have a clue she did something wrong.  Her parents were probably pigs and I’m sure shes raising her children as pigs.

I know, I’m probably being a little harsh, but this sort of thing just drives me crazy.

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