tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13824647.post3875990264027522521..comments2024-03-19T02:14:53.747-07:00Comments on The Narrow Bridge: Crotchety Old MenAnyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17251949534479867675noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13824647.post-3993865692426449432007-08-07T14:46:00.000-07:002007-08-07T14:46:00.000-07:00"Rise of the firm, the Man in the Gray Flannel Sui..."Rise of the firm, the Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, highest labor union membership in American history, 80% of the workforce health insured and pensioned...those good old days. "<BR/><BR/>Didn't we enjoy all these things in the postwar era because we reduced most of the world to rubble? Last I checked Toyota doesn't have to scrounge for scrap metal and rubber anymore. But yes, I do long for the good old days when we were the undisputed economic power and the rest of the world was living on rat meat...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13824647.post-19816623977349936752007-08-02T15:43:00.000-07:002007-08-02T15:43:00.000-07:001) The Postwar Era in employer-employee relations ...1) The Postwar Era in employer-employee relations lasted until Reagan ripped it up. Employer health insurance for example peaked in the 1980s.<BR/>2) Good point.<BR/>3) A "fugue" is a transitory state marked by dissociative and repetitive elements. <BR/>4) I am working on solutions every day: personal financial integrity, and political action to fix Social Security, healthcare, and credit laws. <BR/>5) Stop whining and get your own blog if you don't like mine! :)Anyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17251949534479867675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13824647.post-10450931212985041282007-08-02T12:12:00.000-07:002007-08-02T12:12:00.000-07:001. GK was +/-6 yrs old during the post war era.2. ...1. GK was +/-6 yrs old during the post war era.<BR/>2. Man in the Grey was about how bad those times were.<BR/>3. What is a fugue, I thought it was a piece of music? (I went to a land grant university.)<BR/><BR/>Please stop whining and work on a solution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13824647.post-74209625062880990412007-08-02T08:37:00.000-07:002007-08-02T08:37:00.000-07:00No, anonymous, he's talking about the postwar era....No, anonymous, he's talking about the postwar era. You know, the time Keillor actually lived through. Rise of the firm, the Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, highest labor union membership in American history, 80% of the workforce health insured and pensioned...those good old days. <BR/>Was it just a fugue state? Are we destined to rejoin the world in sweatshops? Are you excited about that? Maybe you own a sweatshop?Anyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17251949534479867675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13824647.post-88692566268199948202007-08-02T08:20:00.000-07:002007-08-02T08:20:00.000-07:00"He probably also has a sense of responsibility to..."He probably also has a sense of responsibility to his employers inherited from the days when employers actually cared about their employers".<BR/><BR/>The good old days....do you mean the meat packinghouse days, the kids in the coal mine days, or feudalism??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13824647.post-51722721236568126122007-08-01T20:49:00.000-07:002007-08-01T20:49:00.000-07:00from iamdooser.blogspot.com:Anya Kamenetz alerts m...from iamdooser.blogspot.com:<BR/><BR/>Anya Kamenetz alerts me of a recent article by Garrison, in which he states:<BR/><BR/> I am of a generation that believes in disaster; the younger generation does not. A Harris Interactive poll of Generation Y's feelings about work shows 92 percent want a "flexible work schedule," 96 percent want a job that "requires creativity," and 97 percent want a job that "allows me to have an impact on the world." All I can say is, Wow. Good luck. And now you know why we need illegal immigrants to do the inflexible uncreative stuff that simply needs doing right now. We've raised a generation of young people who want to be writers. Whassup? That's whassup, dude.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Hmmmm. Aren't you a writer Garrison? I don't appreciate ageism.<BR/><BR/>But I wonder, is this just a ploy? Garrison is usually quite respectable. I've always respected him, even though I dislike the majority of his work. He is held in high regard. It just seems far too obvious for him not to catch on to the fact that he's writing about himself. A creative job involving writing that impacts the world? Come on!Devinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12945488495629831429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13824647.post-18213903122247464472007-08-01T20:48:00.000-07:002007-08-01T20:48:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Devinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12945488495629831429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13824647.post-43102414823797862092007-08-01T18:05:00.000-07:002007-08-01T18:05:00.000-07:00Anya, the more I read your blog, the more I think ...Anya, the more I read your blog, the more I think that you are IN with Bankers. You give me the impression that you are simply trying to instigate a generational despute in order to divert attention away from Bankers.<BR/><BR/>Please, confirm by deleting this comment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com