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Reply #60 - 03/08/16 at 09:15:17

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 02/26/16 at 19:40:49:

This whole notion that Everyone is supposed to get the degree and the cushy job.. how nutty is that?

I fell for the scam.
Honor roll, Second Honors, Dean's List, I was there.
When I realized what was really going on I dropped... err took a "hiatus" from college. I since went back and finished two Associate's programs but I'm making far more money based off what I learned on the job than some with Bachelor's degrees, and even some with Master's.

Now, to offer some insight into my statement, I've made some recent conclusions while arguing with myself. Money isn't everything, but it certainly makes things easier.
Money equals freedom.
The only reason I keep coming to work every day is for the money. If I had the money I'd take the time off, travel a little, maybe buy a touring bike and drive across the country. I can't do these things because I don't have the money.

To touch on the war mongering, my favorite quote from the movie Lord of War:

Simeon Weisz: I don't think you and I are in the same business. You think I just sell guns, don't you? I don't. I take sides.

Yuri: But in the Iran-Iraq War, you sold guns to both sides.

Simeon Weisz: Did you ever consider that I wanted both sides to lose? Bullets change governments far surer than votes. You're in the wrong place, my young friend; this is no place for amateurs.

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Re: About the "entitled" generation AKA millienial
Reply #61 - 03/08/16 at 16:53:43

Pointing out the holes in that would take too long.
Short version.
Both sides are in debt.
Control is centralized.
The sellers of weapons are also giving marching orders to the black ops folks, finding, recruiting, and providing material support for rebels.
Maybe I am the only one who remembers the team captured in Iraq, dressed up as locals and the absolute attack to get them back, because That would have opened too many eyes had Saddam been able to show the world what was happening.

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Reply #62 - 03/09/16 at 19:30:08

I remember that Justin. They were agent provocateurs. Stirring the pot with both factions because they were "contractors" ... I also remember no WMDs and the hell that conflict has played on the energy sector. UK rulers weren't too happy with the outcome, they're still pi$$ed off that their cash cow ain't giving up the milk.

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Reply #63 - 03/09/16 at 20:56:38

'Rat and JOG2: Before we bring manufacturing back to the US, you should check and see if we have enough of a supporting infrastructure. Skilled workers, manufacturing machines and tooling to make more, skilled manufacturing supervisors and managers etc. etc... The vast majority of American youth seem to be convinced that the path to success is via a degree (in some thing) and an office. Heaven forbid that they get their hands dirty, or acquire a skill such as machinist, welder or mill wright. Shocked

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Reply #64 - 03/09/16 at 21:22:44

Im in agreement with you old.indian

I took a lot of entrepreneurship courses a few semester back, and one of them had us build a business from scratch, positioned here in the U.S., over the course of the semester. One of the major components was actual case study data on what you have already mentioned plus a heck of a lot of financials and stuff.

My findings scared the crap out of me. We are now at least 2 generations removed from a manufacturing base. And one generation removed with the technological knowledge and skilled workers to perform most of the manufacturing that foreign workers are performing at peek production and exporting to US!

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Reply #65 - 03/09/16 at 21:40:02

not my kids. they like DIRT.

boy 1 is a helicopter mechanic; education HS and Army

boy 2 works as a welder/cutter; education HS and College

girl 1 is a nurse; education HS and College

girl 2 is in college, got an associates in culinary science in HS and is now pursuing a business degree

boy 3 is in HS and still hasn't figured it out

They all know how to setup camp, dig gardens, wrench, RIDE and work hard, and be lazy a$$es too Wink

I'm back in college, I sit in classes with our current youth, and you would be surprised how hard they work at their studies. The majority KNOW about hard work, but the ones I notice the most "slacking" are the "privileged" class who have a trust fund waiting. They put in as little effort as possible. The others are from blue collar households, and they bust their a$ses to study WHILE working to support themselves and/or their families.

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: About the "entitled" generation AKA millienial Reply #66 - 03/10/16 at 07:17:35 Best news I've had in a while, DR. Now, let's just hope goob policy doesn't make realizing those plans impossible.
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