Labor Day

American Minute ran an interesting article on the origins of Labor Day.  It will be in the archives: http://www.americanminute.com/
The short version is Pres. Cleveland wanted to make the voters happy in the aftermath of nationwide railroad strikes.  He lost the election anyhow, but we got a holiday.


Learn a trade.  High demand trades pay better than most white collar jobs, and they do not force you into crippling student loan debt!  As an added benefit, they can't be outsourced to foreign lands.

Here is one of millions of hits (no kidding) that a search on learning a trade turned up: http://www.uncollege.org/skilled-trade-get-paid-to-learn/

Wage Slave

I've been a corporate wage slave. Captain Capitalism has a couple of blog entries on it. Check it out: 

http://captaincapitalism.blogspot.com/

There are worse jobs than corporate drone. I've had a few, but none as bad as this:

Modern day slavery for clothing in the Western World - The story behind the hanger - Truthloader https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV-59-tfp5s

I've got nothing to complain about, and everything to be thankful for. I live in a place and time where I can Go My Own Way.