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Muslim Swift workers sacked after walkout
Denver Post ^ | 9/11/2008 | David Migoya

Posted on 09/11/2008 12:00:26 PM PDT by ljco

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To: ljco

Could’nt they just schedule their break to coincide with sundown?
We have a muslim housekeeper thats been fasting. At sundown he was heading for the cafeteria not prayer.


41 posted on 09/11/2008 12:37:25 PM PDT by linn37 (Hail Me, Obama or be cast into the fiery pits of eternal damnation!")
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To: johnny7

LET THEM EAT PORK!!


42 posted on 09/11/2008 12:40:29 PM PDT by Stayfree (***********************************************If it is left, it can't be right!!)
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To: mass55th
I asked this question yesterday: Why are so many Muslims working at slaughterhouses, meat processing and packing plants around the country?

Oh,oh! I know this one! I know this one! Is it because to them there's nothing sweeter than the smell of hot blood foaming forth from a dying creature? Is it because it's the only place in the US they get to legally practice throat slitting?

43 posted on 09/11/2008 12:42:37 PM PDT by E. Cartman (GOP Convention 2008: Nothing but "The Emperor's New Clothes" redux.)
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To: ketelone

I’m sure they would love to hire only Americans...BUT since every other meat packer hires illegals they either do the same or go bankrupt.

To cure this problem ALL businesses must be forced to hire only legal workers...until that happens businesses have little choice but to hire illegals at lower wages in order to stay afloat.


44 posted on 09/11/2008 12:47:57 PM PDT by Bobalu (Obama cannot win without the kind of people that Palin appeals to.)
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To: ljco
We volunteer to work every day we show up.

If you don't want to volunteer, don't show up.

45 posted on 09/11/2008 12:48:49 PM PDT by Mikey_1962 (Obama: The Affimative Action Candidate)
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To: TheZMan

If the time off at sunset isn’t in their present agreement, they are out of luck...


46 posted on 09/11/2008 12:49:46 PM PDT by Publius6961 (Change is not a plan; Hope is not a strategy.)
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To: ljco
”We were fired because we pray."

You better pray that America remains as tolerant as it is. If were up to me I’d kick your asses back to the sand-box without a second thought. But I’m intolerant…

47 posted on 09/11/2008 12:55:50 PM PDT by ArchAngel1983 (Arch Angel- on guard)
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To: ljco

There were no negotiations (Wednesday), nothing,” said Ahmed Mohamud, a spokesman for the workers and one of those fired Wednesday. “I honestly thought we’d work this out. We were fired because we pray.”

Horse shit. You were fired because you did not report to work. You lost your job because you tried to blackmail your employee for privileges not granted to other employees. You lost your job because your attempt to redifine America was beaten back at this one place.


48 posted on 09/11/2008 1:00:28 PM PDT by SECURE AMERICA ( Choice 2008 McCain =Hero, Obama = Zero. Palin = Fresh - Biden = Stale)
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To: ljco

“We were fired because we pray.”

No, you were fired because you put your religion ahead of your job.

Now go ask your imam to cover your lost wages.


49 posted on 09/11/2008 1:01:20 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: E. Cartman
"Is it because it's the only place in the US they get to legally practice throat slitting?"

Funny you should say that. The rest of my post on the Minnesota thread yesterday was: "Are they practicing their beheading skills on critters?"

50 posted on 09/11/2008 1:04:29 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: BabaOreally
"Called the FBI . . . a few weeks later the cafe was raided and poof, no more ROPS sipping latte. . ."

Good for you!! A lot of people wouldn't want to get involved. It's amazing what John Q. Public can do to keep their country safe. Thanks for caring.

51 posted on 09/11/2008 1:07:24 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: tet68

ROFL!!


52 posted on 09/11/2008 1:09:00 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: ljco

Somolians are known worldwide as the most entitled and bullying people on the planet. They just milk leftists.


53 posted on 09/11/2008 1:17:41 PM PDT by Chickensoup ('08 VOTING for the SUPREME COURT that will be BEST for my FAMILY and voting for SARAH PALIN!!!)
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To: TheZMan

Dislike for muslims aside, there’s entirely too much thoughtless hatred and too little selflessness nowadays. I would expect the same standards to be applied toward Hindu, Buddhist, Catholic, Jewish, and Mormons as is applied to Christians in general.

Sunday has been a day of rest for practicing Christians for many years. Christians have been told in the courts to take a hike for the past thirty years. Our laws obay Mammon not religions.


54 posted on 09/11/2008 1:20:11 PM PDT by Chickensoup ('08 VOTING for the SUPREME COURT that will be BEST for my FAMILY and voting for SARAH PALIN!!!)
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To: TheZMan

Hypothetical situation. If Christians had to pray 3 times a day the country would revolve around having 3 breaks a day.
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Hypotheticals don’t count, name one modern business practice or business law that originated purely as an accomodation of Christian religious practice. The only thing I can think of is the old blue laws about what can be sold on Sunday and they are fading out, even South Carolina has loosened the blue laws and probably will wind up eliminating them. I certainly can’t imagine a business making provisions so that Christians can pray at a certain time.
It is true that holidays are observed for Easter, Christmas etc. but some people have to work those days whether or not they are Christian. Are Muslims going to work on their “holy” days if they are emergency workers? All this insistence on special accomodations for their prayer times etc. is just the nose of the camel.


55 posted on 09/11/2008 1:30:12 PM PDT by RipSawyer (What's black and white and red all over? Barack Hussein Obama)
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To: mass55th
I worked a P/T job at a country club. I had to hand paychecks out to the banquet staff on Saturdays. Well, the banquet waiters were are Arabs. I noticed on their paychecks that EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM lived in the same apartment complex. Many were roommates.

I jotted all this information down and called the local FBI office with it. I did get a call back saying all were “legit.” But I take some comfort in knowing they all got on the government’s radar.

OBTW-Not one of these peace-loving Muzzies ever looked me, a female, in the eye, when handed his check.

56 posted on 09/11/2008 1:32:19 PM PDT by Scarpetta (e pluribus victim)
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To: mass55th
I worked a P/T job at a country club. I had to hand paychecks out to the banquet staff on Saturdays. Well, the banquet waiters were are Arabs. I noticed on their paychecks that EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM lived in the same apartment complex. Many were roommates.

I jotted all this information down and called the local FBI office with it. I did get a call back saying all were “legit.” But I take some comfort in knowing they all got on the government’s radar.

OBTW-Not one of these peace-loving Muzzies ever looked me, a female, in the eye, when handed his check.

57 posted on 09/11/2008 1:32:29 PM PDT by Scarpetta (e pluribus victim)
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To: mrsmel
"if ICE would check to see how many are illegal"

They already did that. Don't you remember the big ICE raids on all of Swift's plants back in Dec, 2006?

They got rid of all the illegals and replaced them with these Somalis and Burmese who entered the US a "political refugees".

58 posted on 09/11/2008 1:44:37 PM PDT by Ben Ficklin
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To: ljco

“We were fired because we pray.””

No, you were fired because you’re a JERK!
When we don’t show up for work in the USA we get FIRED!

Welcome to America!

Now, SHUT UP.


59 posted on 09/11/2008 1:53:24 PM PDT by AuntB ( "During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: ljco
"There were no negotiations (Wednesday), nothing," said Ahmed Mohamud, a spokesman for the workers and one of those fired Wednesday. "I honestly thought we'd work this out. We were fired because we pray."

Dang...reality sucks bro...rules actually mean what they say...go back to suckin' on yer pork rinds...

And, BTW, you were fired because you chose to pray instead of work, not because you pray.
60 posted on 09/11/2008 1:57:39 PM PDT by rottndog (Government is a necessary evil, but as with all evils, the less of it the better.)
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