If the left thinks that they’ll ‘erase’, what is it now……125-130M pissed off gun owners w/o a fight, they’re gonna be in for one helluva big shock.
The number of firearms, to say nothing of the uncounted *trillions* of rounds of ammo now in private hands…….that’s a shitstorm of firepower to try and face down no matter HOW you slice it.
I’m not sure if they’re underestimating us, overestimating themselves,
or both, but either way it’s a SERIOUS miscalculation.
I was in the United Association (pipe and steamfitters union) for a little over 15 years, till around 1992. They may have gotten some of my money via dues, but they never had my vote. I voted for Carter when I turned 18 in 1976. Four years later, I voted for Reagan.
We’re not all ‘laborers’ as the NYT may have called the ‘man of the hour’. Most are skilled craftsman. Pipefitters USED to do the design work in plants, which required thinking in 3D and use of trigonometry, etc. Welders, not so much, but they were considered artists, to do what they did. One ‘test’ they used to do was peeling the foil off two gum wrappers and fusing them together. And when their egos got the best of them, grinding a bead a little too thin to cause a ‘blow out’ in the ‘hot pass’ usually brought them back to ‘normal’.
While there ARE some disadvantages to living in a “right to work” state (FL), not being forced to join a union in order to feed/house your family pretty much balances it out.
People are generally called ‘labourers’ by the overeducated yet still underinformed out of touch liebrals who don’t have the skills or training to make a sandwich, let alone a building. This is why a plumber makes a lot more than most degree holders now, a degree used to mean something but now 90% of them are worth less than a kindergarten diploma and they’re starting to find out that they’re not qualified to do anything meaningful so they want the ones who do actual work to pay for their ‘education’…that’s theft on a scale so grand only a government could do it. As the saying goes: I’ve had times when I needed a plumber or drywaller, I’ve yet to have had any need for a ‘womyn studies’ major that can’t even spell women correctly.
“Smart” is different from “literate”. We had a number of workers who couldn’t do squat from a text, but who did amazing, complex jobs. It helps to know the difference when playing with the text of “batch records”. I suspect that they know better than the “literate” what is going on.
It’s a matter of experience. My great uncle who commanded an AEF transportation company in France in 1917-18 had an accounting degree in spite of never having finished high school. He came home to run a coal and lumber company until his passing, and never lost a dime at it even during the Great Depression and WW2.
And he could go in the forest, look at any tree of any type (pine, oak, walnut, maple, you name it) and tell you exactly how many board feet of lumber it would “make”. And he’d never be off by more than a foot at most.
And he trained apprentices. Over a dozen in his lifetime. All of whom went on to successful careers without a college diploma. (Half of them didn’t have a high school one, either.)
I’d say apprenticeship is going to be the way to go from now on. Which will be anathema to the “enlightened elite'”.
None of them wants to have the word “apprentice” on their Facebook page.
Amen. For an object lesson, go to a MENSA Gathering (if you dare). Nowhere else will you find a greater collection of the highest IQs housed in the dumbest brains. Not only terrifying, but so sad . . .
May 1, 2024 at 10:49 am
Oldarmourer
Some things you just can’t teach in a classroom, you ca nteach part of it but the hands-on experience is waht matters and you can’t teach experience. You can pass it on but that’s not the same as learning it first hand.
I wouldn’t tar everyone on MENSA with the same brush, I qualified for membership 😛
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And now Olbermann has cancelled his subscription because the NYT isn’t on Joe’s side enough.
In the end, socialists always destroy each other.
But since that’s generally after they’ve erased everyone else, that’s not much comfort.
clear ether
eon
If the left thinks that they’ll ‘erase’, what is it now……125-130M pissed off gun owners w/o a fight, they’re gonna be in for one helluva big shock.
The number of firearms, to say nothing of the uncounted *trillions* of rounds of ammo now in private hands…….that’s a shitstorm of firepower to try and face down no matter HOW you slice it.
I’m not sure if they’re underestimating us, overestimating themselves,
or both, but either way it’s a SERIOUS miscalculation.
Those owners are also generally not the kind to hide and wait, to be ganged up on and picked off one by one.
It’s worth knowing, but the denial in collectivists runs deep. They won’t believe even when they see.
that construction worker’s union has been a reliable piggy bank for leftist causes for 70 years.
likely they will continue to be so. so he can say “feck you” but his union bends him over every time they take his dues.
Warhorse
Especially back when I first started working in a union shop the monthly dues hurt! And then get mailing notices on who to vote for!!
I was in the United Association (pipe and steamfitters union) for a little over 15 years, till around 1992. They may have gotten some of my money via dues, but they never had my vote. I voted for Carter when I turned 18 in 1976. Four years later, I voted for Reagan.
We’re not all ‘laborers’ as the NYT may have called the ‘man of the hour’. Most are skilled craftsman. Pipefitters USED to do the design work in plants, which required thinking in 3D and use of trigonometry, etc. Welders, not so much, but they were considered artists, to do what they did. One ‘test’ they used to do was peeling the foil off two gum wrappers and fusing them together. And when their egos got the best of them, grinding a bead a little too thin to cause a ‘blow out’ in the ‘hot pass’ usually brought them back to ‘normal’.
Steve+Peterson
While there ARE some disadvantages to living in a “right to work” state (FL), not being forced to join a union in order to feed/house your family pretty much balances it out.
People are generally called ‘labourers’ by the overeducated yet still underinformed out of touch liebrals who don’t have the skills or training to make a sandwich, let alone a building. This is why a plumber makes a lot more than most degree holders now, a degree used to mean something but now 90% of them are worth less than a kindergarten diploma and they’re starting to find out that they’re not qualified to do anything meaningful so they want the ones who do actual work to pay for their ‘education’…that’s theft on a scale so grand only a government could do it. As the saying goes: I’ve had times when I needed a plumber or drywaller, I’ve yet to have had any need for a ‘womyn studies’ major that can’t even spell women correctly.
“Smart” is different from “literate”. We had a number of workers who couldn’t do squat from a text, but who did amazing, complex jobs. It helps to know the difference when playing with the text of “batch records”. I suspect that they know better than the “literate” what is going on.
It’s a matter of experience. My great uncle who commanded an AEF transportation company in France in 1917-18 had an accounting degree in spite of never having finished high school. He came home to run a coal and lumber company until his passing, and never lost a dime at it even during the Great Depression and WW2.
And he could go in the forest, look at any tree of any type (pine, oak, walnut, maple, you name it) and tell you exactly how many board feet of lumber it would “make”. And he’d never be off by more than a foot at most.
And he trained apprentices. Over a dozen in his lifetime. All of whom went on to successful careers without a college diploma. (Half of them didn’t have a high school one, either.)
I’d say apprenticeship is going to be the way to go from now on. Which will be anathema to the “enlightened elite'”.
None of them wants to have the word “apprentice” on their Facebook page.
clear ether
eon
Amen. For an object lesson, go to a MENSA Gathering (if you dare). Nowhere else will you find a greater collection of the highest IQs housed in the dumbest brains. Not only terrifying, but so sad . . .
Some things you just can’t teach in a classroom, you ca nteach part of it but the hands-on experience is waht matters and you can’t teach experience. You can pass it on but that’s not the same as learning it first hand.
I wouldn’t tar everyone on MENSA with the same brush, I qualified for membership 😛
Oldarmourer: But did you join?