I gave my gardeners, housekeeper and nanny the day off today

[Atman]

Oh, wait a minute...I'm just a regular American, not one of Bush's gated-community dwellers who seem to really want those illegals so they don't have to use any of their millions to actually PAY people a decent wage. I gotta clean my own house and pull my own weeds, like average working Americans do. Never mind.

[Coexist]

1. D'oh

that hurt.

I am in a gated community, but in order to stay home and be the live-in Nanny myself, I am also forced to clean my own toilets!!

[Lochloosa]

2. But you are going to have some great lighting soon for your

backyard parties....:party:

[Coexist]

3. HEY!! How is that going?

Good to see ya!

[ComerPerro]

4. Funny how the ACTUAL Republicans (the wealthy ones) are so much

in conflict with such a large percentage of their base.

The one or two percent need Bush's policies so they can keep exploiting America and Americans. They don't want to see illegals leave. They profit by exploiting them.

And they don't really give a shit about religion or morality either.


If only there were something that could unite them all, to distract the Republican masses from the super-rich's real agenda and whip them up into a mindless fury...


Then, one Tuesday in September, something exactly like that did happen...

[Jim Warren]

5. Homeowners No. 1 Employers of Day Laborers

The No. 1 employers of day laborers, many of whom are illegal immigrants, are homeowners — not construction contractors, not professional landscapers.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060429/ap_on_bi_ge/hiring_day_laborers_3

[rodeodance]

7. and i will have to wait to have my pool cleaned.

NOT>

[fasttense]

17. Homeowners hire as often as Tyson?

I don't believe it. I don't believe the major user of underpaid and overworked illegal labor are individual homeowners. This is probably spin from huge corporations such as Tyson to make it look like they are just like every middle class American, abusing illegal labor.

About twenty years ago, my husband remodeled our home and hired a group of day laborers to help. They were clearly not illegals. Some of them were college kids. He paid above minimum, SS and other taxes. The day labor market has been around for centuries and has not always been dominated by illegals.

But now homeowners can pay less for a day laborer:

"He hired day laborers over several months while remodeling his Hermosa Beach house. One man tiled a floor and installed a granite counter-top for $1,000, jobs that Peters estimated would cost $5,000 if he used the Yellow Pages."

So he cheats the day laborer out of $4,000. How sad that he thinks it is great.

[Atman]

22. Don't eat processed chopped formed chicken lips and assholes today!

Show solidarity with the workers who scrape the processing room floor and shovel the feathers and entrails into the McNugget machines!

[gatorboy]

28. Tyson foods shut down entire factories today...

Were not talking about a handful of Mexicans that are sweeping the floors. They're obviously a bulk of the work force. Want to help out? Stop buying from the companies completely. Not just today.

[roody]

36. Boycott that so-called food every day!

[gatorboy]

29. It is spin...And the DU is falling for it.

All I'm hearing about here is lettuce jobs and bathrooms jobs. That these are the only jobs in jeopardy. That's spin bullshit. Entire factories shut down today...Doesn't anyone get it?

[SoCalDem]

32. Um..can I get their names, please?

...."He hired day laborers over several months while remodeling his Hermosa Beach house. One man tiled a floor and installed a granite counter-top for $1,000, jobs that Peters estimated would cost $5,000 if he used the Yellow Pages."....

:sarcasm:

My son DOES tiling, and my husband's an architect, and I still have a crappy countertop held together with TAPE :(

[panader0]

6. You got me. I thought ,Housekeepers and he's a Democrat?

[jbnow]

8. Then give yourself a day off

You deserve it. (Though it is hard to give yourself a day off as your own nanny.)

[C_U_L8R]

9. Quite a few restaurants here in NYC

are closed today.

[msongs]

10. no oranges at the freeway off ramps today? or all the street corners

or all the traffic islands and turn lanes? or the driveway entrances to retail locations, homes, and schools?

oh that's sad :-)

good thing I have my own orange tree.

[Mojorabbit]

11. Wait a minute here.....I have a housekeeper

come in once a week. I am disabled and I pay her a hundred dollars for eight hours work. I don't know what I'd do without her. I used to get so depressed before she started coming to help me out. I couldn't keep up with this house. It was too overwhelming. It is not a large house but still too much for me to handle anymore. She is not an immigrant either. She is one of those americans who will do that work that they say no one will do.

[Coexist]

14. my neighbor, who is an elementary teacher by trade

cleans houses on nights and weekends to make ends meet. She is not an immigrant either.

If it works for you - GOOD for you. I wish I could afford a housekeeper. Bless your heart.

[IndyJones]

19. I used to do that, too right after college to help pay off my student

loans.

[IndyJones]

20. oops double post

[Atman]

15. Well, obviously that is different than what I am talking about

Sorry to hear you have to deal with a disability, and I certainly understand the need for in-home help in your situation!

[Extend a Hand]

27. my housekeeper is American as well

at the going rate (here) of $15/hr it's not hard to find a citizen to help out.

[MelliMel]

31. My housekeeper is not an undocumented/illegal either.

She only comes by Friday through Sunday, but she is the best.

Yep, imagine that, an American who will help clean a house. Who'd have known? I thought no Americans would take such jobs. :eyes:

[elehhhhna]

12. You'd be surprised how many "every day americans" have

live-in aliens in Texas. I know of a few in this area (Houston suburbs) but everybody in the valley has a live-in.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

13. Getting my jet waxed will have to wait for tomorrow.

The sacrifices I make...

[AlCzervik]

16. you do realize the other rich folks will talking behind your back--

"Why his jet was positively un shiny--peasant!"

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

24. It's worth it.

They'll be working extra weekends for months. :deadserious:

[IndyJones]

18. Hmmm...not working today. Does that mean no social services today, too?

Or is it the responsibility side is not fulfilled but the benefit side is still expected?

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

25. "We need more garlic!"

[Kurovski]

30. I'll wax your jet for free...

;-) Yes. It IS a "slow day".

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

34. It's a deal.

May I introduce my Jet:


"Jet"

[Kurovski]

35. No prob.

I'll do the both 'a ya's.

[Atman]

21. CNN is advertising that CNN Español is covering the protest today.

Uh...not much solidarity there, eh? Who's running the cameras? Are they using the "legals" from the home office to man the teleprompters?

[dogday]

23. Yes, I gave my staff the day off

It is a staff of 1-Me... I am taking the day off...:hi:

[tjwash]

26. Welcome to how I spend my weekends.

And I love every minute of it.

[goclark]

33. Yea for Atman!

I paid our gardener extra this week and will do the same for our House Keeping Helper.

The streets of Los Angeles are bare today ~ Best wishes to those that are brave enough to express their thoughts in our country!

No guts no glory!