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Senior Citizens Don’t Deserve Jobs 2008-06-22 05:32:41 You’re out on the highway cruising along at 70 mph. It’s a beautiful evening, car stereo blaring, bugs lightly popping against the windshield. Perfect. Deciding to change lanes, you signal and move over to your left. In front of you is a Pea Green, 19-God-only-knows-how-old Cadillac–going 40 mph. As you slam on your [...] Read more:Citizens
Terrified Americans Make Lousy Citizens 2008-06-14 05:20:34 I don’t know about you, but as a citizen of the United States of America, I’ve had just about all I can stand. Our current government has shown that their regard for the people of this country is non-existent. Americans
now passively accept their fates instead of standing up for what they believe [...] Read more:Citizens
The Ebay Experiment: Part 1 2008-06-13 04:32:59 Have you ever had a nice big glass of Kool Aid right after you brushed your teeth? Or maybe had a bite of pancake with syrup and washed it down with grapefruit juice? If you have, then you know what bitter tastes like. Trust me, it’s awful–not for the faint of heart. [...] Read more:Experiment
Never Work Again And Have Complete Strangers Pay Your Bills 2008-05-28 06:23:32 Wanna know how to become a multimillionaire just by trusting weirdos? There’s no advertising involved whatsoever. There are no customers. No overhead costs. You don’t have to have a website. You don’t even need any money to start. All you need is a computer, an email address and a [...] Read more:Again
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Tornado Warnings In Southern California Today 2008-05-22 20:35:02 I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw the weather tonight. SouthernCalifornia
had been experiencing severe thunderstorms today, and as I checked the watch/warning map at Intellicast.com this is what I saw at approx. 9 PM Eastern time. (The image is clickable–keep clicking to zoom in)
I had no idea this was even [...] Read more:Southern California
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Switching To Night Shift: The Painless Way 2008-05-16 03:57:03 Night shift. Graveyard. “Shift
of the Living Dead”. What ever you call it, ya gotta be just a little bit nuts to even think about working at night. Switching
to graveyard shift takes a couple months to get used to, but if you are committed to working these ungodly hours, here [...] Read more:Night
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Need A Job? Take A Ride On The Employment Express 2008-05-01 03:49:04 Mikey777 is at it again, here to bring you only the latest stuff when it comes to looking for work. We’ve all had to hunt for jobs at one time or another, so why not make it easy? Now get your resume ready, gloss up those lips for some serious butt kissin’, [...] Read more:Express
Where Ya Goin’ With My Wallet, Doc? 2008-04-28 06:23:38 I watched a show on CNN the other night called Broken Government , which discussed the health care crisis in America today. Now I have to give props to CNN. These guys don’t hold back. They laid it all out on the table Michael Moore style, and for that I am truly [...]
Quick Tips On How To Be More Effective at Work 2008-04-22 02:12:54 Ok boys and girls, gather ’round. Today I’m going to talk about how to be more effective at work. So put your thinking caps on and sit down in the learning circle. And Jimmy…quit eating the paste. I saw that…
Physical Preparation
This one’s first, because if you’re not prepared for work [...] Read more:Quick
What Everybody Should Know About PCP 2008-04-18 01:29:23 PCP’s influence is being hand-fed to our kids at school by the very people we entrust their lives to–teachers.
They don’t even know they’re doing it.
PCP is everywhere you look. On TV. At work. Even in your own home. You’ve probably never realized it.
Young minds are being ruined by PCP even [...] Read more:Everybody
Should Sex Be Allowed At Work? 2008-07-07 02:36:05 Honestly, I think that most of us would agree that a good horizontal Mambo at work would probably boost just about every employee’s morale. The true American dream of gettin’ laid and gettin’ paid is all anyone really wants, so why not do ‘em both at the same time?
Believe me, a good game of [...]
How A Blue Collar Worker Keeps A Positive Bank Balance 2008-07-06 05:03:21 Are you having trouble keeping your bank balance in the positive? I know a lot of people out there who over draw their checking accounts at least once a month. With all the overdraft fees and returned check charges, some people could have put their kids through college.
Here’s an accomplishment that I’m truly [...] Read more:Balance
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The Ultimate Secret To A Better Fourth Of July 2008-07-05 04:23:23 Lately, I haven’t felt like celebrating the Fourth of July. Not since I’ve become an adult anyway. I miss the feeling of pride I once felt when I heard our National Anthem, and getting goose bumps during the Pledge of Allegiance. It’s not so much being a kid that I miss, but [...] Read more:Ultimate
Epidemic Destroys American Workers One Job At A Time 2008-07-03 02:01:23 “Think your fo call AOL. How can today your need be serve most bestly?” “Please for you to tell me question more infonation clearly again”. I swear I get the same person every time I call the AOL tech. service line, and this is the response I get. Why? Because [...] Read more:American
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Hussein Found Alive And Well In America 2008-06-29 23:28:44 One of my grandma’s favorite sayings was “If all your friends jumped off a cliff, would you do it too?”.
Being the smart-ass that I am, I’d always say something like “Depends on how high it is” or “If there’s water at the bottom…”
Seems like there are a lot of people “jumping off the cliff because [...] Read more:Alive
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Is The World A Big Toilet Waiting To Be Flushed? 2008-06-28 07:42:26 Why do so many people believe in the predictions of Nostradamus? Or the sayings of someone who claims to be psychic? What is the reasoning behind believing that a deck of cards is able to tell a person things about the future?
Can someone at the other end of the phone line really predict [...] Read more:Toilet
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34 Rockin’ Reasons Why Work Sucks 2008-06-25 04:53:06 My EntreCard logo clearly says “Because Work Sucks”. But what sucks about having a job? Have you ever thought about why your hate for work runs ever so deeply? I mean really thought about it. Well mikey777’s here to let the world know why work sucks for all of us! Here are just [...] Read more:Reasons
Work Graveyard Shift And Sleep Like A Newborn 2008-07-21 03:33:36 Lock the door and throw away the key. You’re gonna need your sleep if you want to work graveyard shift. Dr. Graveyard
, aka Mikey777, is here to give you what you need in style, so listen up!
Tip #1–Get Rid Of Your Insomnia Box
What the hell is an insomnia box, you ask? It’s [...] Read more:Newborn
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Helpful Tips For Destroying All Competition At Work 2008-07-20 04:49:14 Competition at work can be an ugly mess. There’s fighting, crying, and in some cases eyeball scratching by even the most timid co-worker, if he/she sees that their job is being threatened. You have to eliminate the competition before they get you first, and I’m gonna tell you just how to do it.
If [...]
The Best Advice For Dealing With Favoritism At Work 2008-07-18 20:50:53 No matter where you work, or what kind of job you have, everybody runs into the favoritism at work issue every now and again. We don’t like it, but it really is a fact of life. Fighting favoritism at work can be tricky, so here are a few tips to help you deal [...]
How A Shift Worker Saves Money At The Grocery Store 2008-07-16 03:18:47 Living paycheck to paycheck is quickly becoming the norm for today’s working class American. It really is hard to save any money with prices skyrocketing out of control. Here are some lessons I’ve learned (the hard way, of course) to save money when it comes to the wonderful world of grocery shopping.
Set A [...] Read more:Grocery
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Politicians Try To Get The Working Class Vote 2008-07-12 17:52:04 “It’s a man’s world. We’re just living in it.”
I heard this quote in a movie once. It was set in like the 1850’s. Stupid movie.
John McCain is gonna set things straight. McCain promises women equal pay for equal work. Of course, that wasn’t his stance a while back. He’s [...] Read more:Working Class
First Half Of 2008 Looks Grim For American Workers 2008-07-12 03:17:33 America is on a steady decline as far as the job market is concerned. The numbers are in, and it ain’t looking good, boys and girls.
If you work at McDonald’s or are a Master Slurpee Technician, count your blessings. Some industries aren’t so lucky.
The middle class, blue collar workers are the [...] Read more:American
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American Privacy Lays Dead Beside Chivalry In Moral Graveyard 2008-07-11 03:45:26 Well boys and girls, ol’ Dubya is at it again. He’s really proud of himself, too (what else is new?).
Yesterday, George Bush signed a bill into law that will allow the American
government (intelligence community) to eavesdrop on phone calls and communications made by alleged terrorists. Also, the telecommunication companies are completely faultless [...] Read more:Graveyard
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Why We Should Elect Judge Judy For President 2008-07-09 04:49:47 Before John McCorrupt and Barack OhmyGodwhatamidoing, there was an honorable person, more fitting to lead this country. Her name? Judith Sheindlin, aka The Femme Fatale of Justice, The Woman In Black, and Hell In Robes. Yes folks, it’s Judge
Judy for president!
Those of us who have seen her show on day time [...] Read more:Elect
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Illegal Workers Rewarded For Ignoring The Law 2008-07-08 03:53:56 So I’m cruising through the pages of the Washington Post this evening, and I find an article that just blows my mind. The title alone was enough for me to be able to jump right over that big writer’s block in front of me. The headline reads “Advocates Speak Up for Illegal Day [...] Read more:Workers
Get A Job Interview Without Leaving The House 2008-08-05 04:04:41 Now that we’re in the information age, searching for jobs has evolved into a much simpler process than when I was young, yet many people are using the same old methods for trying to find a quality job. And they aren’t getting good results. Here are some tips for obtaining a job interview [...]ShareThis Read more:House
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American Workers Pay For Exxon’s Record Profits 2008-08-01 05:21:39 You know what seems odd to me? People blame America’s weakened economy on a plethora of issues, such as the housing market drop, the weakening US dollar, or the fact that the job market has plummeted for the seventh month in a row.
These issues do play a role in our economic downturn. I [...]ShareThis Read more:American
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Win $500–Enter The Night Shift Heroes Contest 2008-07-31 03:16:08 If you or someone you know work the night shift, you know how that feeling of under appreciation can wear on morale. Let’s change that!
Thanks to a reader of Voice of The American Shift
Worker by the name of Gayle, I’m proud to introduce this contest devoted to night shift/graveyard workers called: Night
Shift [...]ShareThis Read more:Contest
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Bush Trades Child Safety For Toxic Toys 2008-07-29 04:51:25 All right, boys and girls. We all know without a doubt that our current president, George ‘Dubya’ Bush, is a moron. And that’s putting it lightly. A recent article published by the Washington Post has got me thinking that he’s not only stupid, but evil as well.
Sure Bush has done some things [...]ShareThis Read more:Child Safety
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