[MinuteGal]

I also love the way that "one" (should be the "major") of the reasons for the layoff is tucked away in the very last paragraph of the article. The writer is undoubtedly ticked he couldn't blame "right-wing, maniacal conservative whackos" for the situation.

On the other hand, I'm also ticked at the multitudes of industry captains and employees alike in this country who still haven't figured out who and what is eating away at their businesses and livelihoods. They don't organize to fight back against the leftists, globalists and environmentalists. They even contribute to their causes and vote for their stooges.

They accept Jesse Jackson's blackmail against their companies. The restaurant industry meekly accepts the anti-smoking edicts even though it may shut down countless establishments. I could go on. But they just whine and accept their fates.

I guess when the axe falls, they finally do find the energy to turn the wrestling and Ophra programs off their tubes and manage to fill out their unemployment compensation forms.

Hard to feel sorry for them.

Leni

[cajun-jack]

another major reason truck sales are down is because many owner operators have been forced out of business due to the 4.3 cent per gallon tax that klintoon & owlbore put on everyone...avg big truck burns 100 gals per day...that is $43.00 per day additional operating expense...which over the course of a month will approximately equal a truck payment....so, the owner is losing over a $1000.00 a month...buy 10 gals of gas per week for a toyota....43 cents no big deal...100 gals for big truck is 43.00 a very big deal. All the pubbies voted against it's implentation, but when fuel prices started going up, all the pubbies voted to keep it....just too dang much money for them to get their hands on to let it go..

[sam_paine]

Hard to feel sorry for them.

I've got to agree reluctantly with you there. Reap what you sow, baby. But if I'm not mistaken, GW runs the EPA now, and in a time of economic crisis, seems that he could relax a reg here or there, like the suckerfish, or the increased steel tariffs to save some jobs, eh?

Or could he at least publicly connect the dots that the EPA is responsible for these new welfare recipients?

[Dust in the Wind]

For a little info on some who do have an organization, you could click here. . .