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THE PHILLIES WIN! THE PHILLIES WIN!



 
 
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Old November 5th, 2009, 01:15 PM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly
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Default THE PHILLIES WIN! THE PHILLIES WIN!

....well, at least according to Nancy Pelosi...

Sheesh,
R
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Old November 5th, 2009, 05:21 PM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly
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Default THE PHILLIES WIN! THE PHILLIES WIN!

On Nov 5, 6:15*am, wrote:
...well, at least according to Nancy Pelosi...

Sheesh,
R


Idiot.
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Old November 5th, 2009, 11:07 PM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly
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Default Mr Palin earns every dollar . . .

On Nov 5, 4:15*am, wrote:
...well, at least according to Nancy Pelosi...

Sheesh,
R


.. . . of the $100k plus no-show, oil field job I fixed up for him
while I was on that industry watchdog committee. My pastor said it was
OK. Like my dress?

Sarah
WhackJob front runner
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Old November 6th, 2009, 12:38 AM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly
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Default THE PHILLIES WIN! THE PHILLIES WIN!

Uh...No!
The Yankees won!
Yanqiui Si Philly non!
Go Arod

Fred
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Old November 7th, 2009, 02:22 PM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly
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Default Mr Palin earns every dollar . . .

On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:07:49 -0800 (PST), DaveS wrote:

On Nov 5, 4:15*am, wrote:
...well, at least according to Nancy Pelosi...

Sheesh,
R


. . . of the $100k plus no-show, oil field job I fixed up for him
while I was on that industry watchdog committee. My pastor said it was
OK.


Yeah, she tried to get him a job at the U of C Hospitals, but all the "gimme"
jobs had been taken by wives...

Like my dress?


Well, it does make your ass look big...maybe if you removed your head, you
betcha...

HTH,
R
OTOH, ya gotta give some credit to BP, what with having the foresight to give a
job to the guy who was married to the girl who, a coupla years later, would
become the mayor of Wasilla...

Sarah
WhackJob front runner

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Old November 7th, 2009, 03:22 PM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly
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why are the dem's so scared of sarah?
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Old November 7th, 2009, 11:28 PM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly
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Default Mr Palin earns every dollar . . .

On Nov 7, 6:22*am, "~^ beancounter ~^" wrote:
why are the dem's so scared of sarah?


Mostly because people like you who want to overthrow our democracy and
install a whackjob religion theocracy will vote for her mainly because
your consumption of junk foods and drug addict Rush poop has addled
your minds.

Dave
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Old November 7th, 2009, 11:43 PM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly
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Default Mr Palin earns every dollar . . .

On Nov 7, 5:22*am, wrote:

The "no-show" job was a bribe. Plain and simple. Alaskan corruption is
right up there with Mississippi corruption. But then maybe you don't
read the papers about BP which right in your backyard has been getting
away with safety violations at its operations in all the Gulf states.
Violations that have killed American workers. Of course if a person
didn't give a **** about American workers I guess they might consider
bribing an industry watchdog committee member an exhibition of
"foresight."

Dave
These folks aren't conservatives, they are TORIES,

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Old November 7th, 2009, 11:50 PM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly
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Default Mr Palin earns every dollar . . .

On Nov 7, 4:43*pm, DaveS wrote:
On Nov 7, 5:22*am, wrote:

The "no-show" job was a bribe. Plain and simple. Alaskan corruption is
right up there with Mississippi corruption. But then maybe you don't
read the papers about BP which right in your backyard has been getting
away with safety violations at its operations in all the Gulf states.
Violations that have killed American workers. Of course if a person
didn't give a **** about American workers I guess they might consider
bribing an industry watchdog committee member an exhibition of
"foresight."

Dave
These folks aren't conservatives, they are TORIES,


I love it when a shot across the bow goes right through the wheel
house.
Frank Reid

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Old November 8th, 2009, 02:07 AM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly
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Default Mr Palin earns every dollar . . .

On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:50:22 -0800 (PST), Frank Reid © 2008
wrote:

On Nov 7, 4:43*pm, DaveS wrote:
On Nov 7, 5:22*am, wrote:

The "no-show" job was a bribe. Plain and simple. Alaskan corruption is
right up there with Mississippi corruption. But then maybe you don't
read the papers about BP which right in your backyard has been getting
away with safety violations at its operations in all the Gulf states.
Violations that have killed American workers. Of course if a person
didn't give a **** about American workers I guess they might consider
bribing an industry watchdog committee member an exhibition of
"foresight."

Dave
These folks aren't conservatives, they are TORIES,


I love it when a shot across the bow goes right through the wheel
house.
Frank Reid


Well, if he hadn't fired before he checked where he was aiming, he wouldn't have
a hole in his own glass wheel house...

Not that facts have anything to do with it, but Palin went to work for BP about
the same time he got married (about 20 years ago), and before Sarah was even on
the Wasilla town council, much less on any "watchdog committee." I'd say that
Sarah Palin's state political career may well have negatively affected Todd
Palin's oilfield career rather than helped it as, IIRC, he was moved to a
non-management position while she was on the "watchdog committee," and knowing a
bit about the industry, I'd say it's likely he was sorta looked at, at least by
the "rank and file," as "Mr. Sarah" rather than "Mr. Palin." He was never more
than, IIRC, a production supervisor or superintendent (basically, a "blue
collar" mid-level manager) and from all I've heard, he basically worked his way
up to it (and it isn't all that far a trip). Anyone with the least bit of
familiarity with the industry would hardly call his employment history and
"rise" to such a position in 20 years unusual.

As to "safety violations," I know a fair number of people in all phases of the
petroleum industry, from roustabouts and tool pushers to upper management and
company owners, and pretty much universally, they support the industry's
treatment of them. And it certainly isn't in the self-interest of the big
multi-nationals like BP to ignore safety. Much of the supposed "violations" are
"worker-choice" rather than "management directed" - look at the mess/explosion
at Texas City with the tower start and blowdown system. Even if you assume
"management" doesn't care in the least for any of the workers (which I know not
to be true), it simply isn't in the company's interest to blow up the company's
facilities. Last I heard, even the steelworker's union wasn't accusing BP of
anything - it was just a series of mistakes, some made by contractors, that led
to a tragic accident. Plus, many are OSHA reg violations that "management" has
little control over in actual daily practice, such as personnel failing to wear
appropriate (and provided) safety gear, just as it is in a lot of the
construction industry. For example, I've personally seen gang boxes of fall
arresters and harnesses sitting unused on both wellsites and jobsites, due to
workers not wanting to wear them rather than "management" not providing them.
They are literally ordered to use them, they wear them until company safety
and/or OSHA leaves, and off they come.

HTH,
R
 




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