Americans with no abilities act in Congress
 

AMERICANS WITH NO ABILITIES ACT (AWNAA)

WASHINGTON, DC (AP) - Congress is considering sweeping legislation, which
provides new benefits for many Americans. The Americans With No Abilities
Act (AWNAA) is being hailed as a major legislation by advocates of the
millions of Americans who lack any real skills or ambition.

"Roughly 50 percent of Americans do not possess the competence and drive
necessary to carve out a meaningful role for themselves in society," said
Barbara Boxer. "We can no longer stand by and allow People of Inability to
be ridiculed and passed over. With this legislation, employers will no
longer be able to grant special favors to a small group of workers, simply
because they do a better job, or have some idea of what they are doing."

The President pointed to the success of the US Postal Service, which has a
long-standing policy of providing opportunity without regard to
performance. Approximately 74 percent of postal employees lack job skills,
making this agency the single largest US employer of Persons of Inability.

Private sector industries with good records of nondiscrimination against
the Inept include retail sales (72%), the airline industry (68%), and home
improvement "warehouse" stores (65%). The DMV also has a great record of
hiring Persons of Inability (63%).

Under the Americans With No Abilities Act, more than 25 million "middle
man" positions will be created, with important-sounding titles but little
real responsibility, thus providing an illusory sense of purpose and
performance.

Mandatory non-performance-based raises and promotions will be given, to
guarantee upward mobility for even the most unremarkable employees. The
legislation provides substantial tax breaks to corporations which maintain
a significant level of Persons of Inability in middle positions, and gives
a tax credit to small and medium businesses that agree to hire one
clueless
worker for every two talented hires!

Finally, the AWNA ACT contains tough new measures to make it more
difficult
to discriminate against the Nonabled, banning discriminatory interview
questions such as "Do you have any goals for the future?" or "Do you have
any skills or experience which relate to this job?"

"As a Nonabled person, I can't be expected to keep up with people who have
something going for them," said Mary Lou Gertz, who lost her position as a
lug-nut twister at the GM plant in Flint, MI due to her lack of notable
job
skills. "This new law should really help people like me." With the passage
of this bill, Gertz and millions of other untalented citizens can finally
see a light at the end of the tunnel.

Said Senator Ted Kennedy, "It is our duty as lawmakers to provide each and
every American citizen, regardless of his or her adequacy, with some sort
of space to take up in this great nation!"

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"Lu Powell" wrote in message
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AMERICANS WITH NO ABILITIES ACT (AWNAA)



Here's another cite: http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28982

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Lu Powell wrote:
AMERICANS WITH NO ABILITIES ACT (AWNAA)

WASHINGTON, DC (AP) - Congress is considering sweeping legislation, which
provides new benefits for many Americans. The Americans With No Abilities
Act (AWNAA)

Well, then, there's hope for part-time work for you.


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"Lu Powell" wrote in message
...
AMERICANS WITH NO ABILITIES ACT (AWNAA)
The President pointed to the success of the US Postal Service, which has a
long-standing policy of providing opportunity without regard to
performance. Approximately 74 percent of postal employees lack job skills,
making this agency the single largest US employer of Persons of Inability.


Reminds me of one of my cousins... he worked at a letter carrier. Ok. Better
than hanging out in bars. Then, the PO offered him a promotion. He turned it
down because he thought it might be too stressful. He's still a carrier 10
years later. Now that's ambition and drive... er, walk mostly.

--
Nom=de=Plume

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nom=de=plume wrote:
"Lu Powell" wrote in message
...
AMERICANS WITH NO ABILITIES ACT (AWNAA)
The President pointed to the success of the US Postal Service, which has a
long-standing policy of providing opportunity without regard to
performance. Approximately 74 percent of postal employees lack job skills,
making this agency the single largest US employer of Persons of Inability.


Reminds me of one of my cousins... he worked at a letter carrier. Ok. Better
than hanging out in bars. Then, the PO offered him a promotion. He turned it
down because he thought it might be too stressful. He's still a carrier 10
years later. Now that's ambition and drive... er, walk mostly.



There's nothing wrong with being a letter carrier. Hell, a couple of
posters here couldn't qualify for it.



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"nom=de=plume" wrote in message
...
"Lu Powell" wrote in message
...
AMERICANS WITH NO ABILITIES ACT (AWNAA)
The President pointed to the success of the US Postal Service, which has
a
long-standing policy of providing opportunity without regard to
performance. Approximately 74 percent of postal employees lack job
skills,
making this agency the single largest US employer of Persons of
Inability.


Reminds me of one of my cousins... he worked at a letter carrier. Ok.
Better than hanging out in bars. Then, the PO offered him a promotion. He
turned it down because he thought it might be too stressful. He's still a
carrier 10 years later. Now that's ambition and drive... er, walk mostly.

--
Nom=de=Plume


I know what you mean. I have had uncles who worked for the railroads in
Florida turn down promotions to supervisor and substantial pay raises
because they didn't want to give up their union membership.

Americans with no abilities act in Congress
 

On Sep 7, 10:34*pm, "Lu Powell" wrote:
"nom=de=plume" wrote in message

...



"Lu Powell" wrote in message
...
AMERICANS WITH NO ABILITIES ACT (AWNAA)
The President pointed to the success of the US Postal Service, which has
a
long-standing policy of providing opportunity without regard to
performance. Approximately 74 percent of postal employees lack job
skills,
making this agency the single largest US employer of Persons of
Inability.

Reminds me of one of my cousins... he worked at a letter carrier. Ok.
Better than hanging out in bars. Then, the PO offered him a promotion. He
turned it down because he thought it might be too stressful. He's still a
carrier 10 years later. Now that's ambition and drive... er, walk mostly.

--
Nom=de=Plume

I know what you mean. I have had uncles who worked for the railroads in
Florida turn down promotions to supervisor and substantial pay raises
because they didn't want to give up their union membership.

"By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be
the boss and work twelve hours a day." (Robert Frost)

Americans with no abilities act in Congress
 

Lu Powell wrote:
AMERICANS WITH NO ABILITIES ACT (AWNAA)

WASHINGTON, DC (AP) - Congress is considering sweeping legislation, which
provides new benefits for many Americans. The Americans With No Abilities
Act (AWNAA) is being hailed as a major legislation by advocates of the
millions of Americans who lack any real skills or ambition.

"Roughly 50 percent of Americans do not possess the competence and drive
necessary to carve out a meaningful role for themselves in society," said
Barbara Boxer. "We can no longer stand by and allow People of Inability to
be ridiculed and passed over. With this legislation, employers will no
longer be able to grant special favors to a small group of workers, simply
because they do a better job, or have some idea of what they are doing."

The President pointed to the success of the US Postal Service, which has a
long-standing policy of providing opportunity without regard to
performance. Approximately 74 percent of postal employees lack job skills,
making this agency the single largest US employer of Persons of Inability.

Private sector industries with good records of nondiscrimination against
the Inept include retail sales (72%), the airline industry (68%), and home
improvement "warehouse" stores (65%). The DMV also has a great record of
hiring Persons of Inability (63%).

Under the Americans With No Abilities Act, more than 25 million "middle
man" positions will be created, with important-sounding titles but little
real responsibility, thus providing an illusory sense of purpose and
performance.

Mandatory non-performance-based raises and promotions will be given, to
guarantee upward mobility for even the most unremarkable employees. The
legislation provides substantial tax breaks to corporations which maintain
a significant level of Persons of Inability in middle positions, and gives
a tax credit to small and medium businesses that agree to hire one clueless
worker for every two talented hires!

Finally, the AWNA ACT contains tough new measures to make it more difficult
to discriminate against the Nonabled, banning discriminatory interview
questions such as "Do you have any goals for the future?" or "Do you have
any skills or experience which relate to this job?"

"As a Nonabled person, I can't be expected to keep up with people who have
something going for them," said Mary Lou Gertz, who lost her position as a
lug-nut twister at the GM plant in Flint, MI due to her lack of notable job
skills. "This new law should really help people like me." With the passage
of this bill, Gertz and millions of other untalented citizens can finally
see a light at the end of the tunnel.

Said Senator Ted Kennedy, "It is our duty as lawmakers to provide each and
every American citizen, regardless of his or her adequacy, with some sort
of space to take up in this great nation!"
Your assault on the Postal Workers is unwarranted. Their retirement is
no better than Social Security and they don't get it in addition to.
They are over supervised and continue stress. There is no percieved
gravy train except for perhaps some Supervisors.

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On Mon, 7 Sep 2009 20:48:26 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:



"By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be
the boss and work twelve hours a day." (Robert Frost)

Hehe. He forgot about the ass-kissing and politics that goes with the
12 hours. Not always of course, but you have to know what you're
getting into. I've seen plenty sell their soul.

--Vic

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"Lu Powell" wrote in message
...

"nom=de=plume" wrote in message
...
"Lu Powell" wrote in message
...
AMERICANS WITH NO ABILITIES ACT (AWNAA)
The President pointed to the success of the US Postal Service, which has
a
long-standing policy of providing opportunity without regard to
performance. Approximately 74 percent of postal employees lack job
skills,
making this agency the single largest US employer of Persons of
Inability.


Reminds me of one of my cousins... he worked at a letter carrier. Ok.
Better than hanging out in bars. Then, the PO offered him a promotion. He
turned it down because he thought it might be too stressful. He's still a
carrier 10 years later. Now that's ambition and drive... er, walk mostly.

--
Nom=de=Plume


I know what you mean. I have had uncles who worked for the railroads in
Florida turn down promotions to supervisor and substantial pay raises
because they didn't want to give up their union membership.



He would have remained union. He just couldn't take the "stress" of a desk
job. lol

--
Nom=de=Plume

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"Tim" wrote in message
...
On Sep 7, 10:34 pm, "Lu Powell" wrote:
"nom=de=plume" wrote in message

...



"Lu Powell" wrote in message
...
AMERICANS WITH NO ABILITIES ACT (AWNAA)
The President pointed to the success of the US Postal Service, which
has
a
long-standing policy of providing opportunity without regard to
performance. Approximately 74 percent of postal employees lack job
skills,
making this agency the single largest US employer of Persons of
Inability.

Reminds me of one of my cousins... he worked at a letter carrier. Ok.
Better than hanging out in bars. Then, the PO offered him a promotion.
He
turned it down because he thought it might be too stressful. He's still
a
carrier 10 years later. Now that's ambition and drive... er, walk
mostly.

--
Nom=de=Plume

I know what you mean. I have had uncles who worked for the railroads in
Florida turn down promotions to supervisor and substantial pay raises
because they didn't want to give up their union membership.

"By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be
the boss and work twelve hours a day." (Robert Frost)


huzzah

--
Nom=de=Plume

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In article 3ea0c1ce-ae0b-4bee-b8b7-642df4b51373
@l34g2000vba.googlegroups.com, says...

On Sep 7, 10:34*pm, "Lu Powell" wrote:
"nom=de=plume" wrote in message

...



"Lu Powell" wrote in message
...
AMERICANS WITH NO ABILITIES ACT (AWNAA)
The President pointed to the success of the US Postal Service, which has
a
long-standing policy of providing opportunity without regard to
performance. Approximately 74 percent of postal employees lack job
skills,
making this agency the single largest US employer of Persons of
Inability.

Reminds me of one of my cousins... he worked at a letter carrier. Ok.
Better than hanging out in bars. Then, the PO offered him a promotion.. He
turned it down because he thought it might be too stressful. He's still a
carrier 10 years later. Now that's ambition and drive... er, walk mostly.

--
Nom=de=Plume

I know what you mean. I have had uncles who worked for the railroads in
Florida turn down promotions to supervisor and substantial pay raises
because they didn't want to give up their union membership.

"By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be
the boss and work twelve hours a day." (Robert Frost)

My dad turned down several promotions to supervisor. He knew that the
union had a habit of taking the real hard workers, making them supers,
then finding a way push them out the door...

--
Wafa free since 2009

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JustWait wrote:
In article 3ea0c1ce-ae0b-4bee-b8b7-642df4b51373
@l34g2000vba.googlegroups.com, says...
On Sep 7, 10:34 pm, "Lu Powell" wrote:
"nom=de=plume" wrote in message

...



"Lu Powell" wrote in message
...
AMERICANS WITH NO ABILITIES ACT (AWNAA)
The President pointed to the success of the US Postal Service, which has
a
long-standing policy of providing opportunity without regard to
performance. Approximately 74 percent of postal employees lack job
skills,
making this agency the single largest US employer of Persons of
Inability.
Reminds me of one of my cousins... he worked at a letter carrier. Ok.
Better than hanging out in bars. Then, the PO offered him a promotion. He
turned it down because he thought it might be too stressful. He's still a
carrier 10 years later. Now that's ambition and drive... er, walk mostly.
--
Nom=de=Plume
I know what you mean. I have had uncles who worked for the railroads in
Florida turn down promotions to supervisor and substantial pay raises
because they didn't want to give up their union membership.
"By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be
the boss and work twelve hours a day." (Robert Frost)

My dad turned down several promotions to supervisor. He knew that the
union had a habit of taking the real hard workers, making them supers,
then finding a way push them out the door...



More bull****.

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Idiots All

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H the K wrote:
JustWait wrote:
In article 3ea0c1ce-ae0b-4bee-b8b7-642df4b51373
@l34g2000vba.googlegroups.com, says...
On Sep 7, 10:34 pm, "Lu Powell" wrote:
"nom=de=plume" wrote in message

...



"Lu Powell" wrote in message
...
AMERICANS WITH NO ABILITIES ACT (AWNAA)
The President pointed to the success of the US Postal Service,
which has
a
long-standing policy of providing opportunity without regard to
performance. Approximately 74 percent of postal employees lack job
skills,
making this agency the single largest US employer of Persons of
Inability.
Reminds me of one of my cousins... he worked at a letter carrier. Ok.
Better than hanging out in bars. Then, the PO offered him a
promotion. He
turned it down because he thought it might be too stressful. He's
still a
carrier 10 years later. Now that's ambition and drive... er, walk
mostly.
--
Nom=de=Plume
I know what you mean. I have had uncles who worked for the railroads in
Florida turn down promotions to supervisor and substantial pay raises
because they didn't want to give up their union membership.
"By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be
the boss and work twelve hours a day." (Robert Frost)

My dad turned down several promotions to supervisor. He knew that the
union had a habit of taking the real hard workers, making them supers,
then finding a way push them out the door...



More bull****.

Honesty and hard work are not words found in the union handbook.

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"nom=de=plume" wrote in message
...
"Lu Powell" wrote in message
...

"nom=de=plume" wrote in message
...
"Lu Powell" wrote in message
...
AMERICANS WITH NO ABILITIES ACT (AWNAA)
The President pointed to the success of the US Postal Service, which
has a
long-standing policy of providing opportunity without regard to
performance. Approximately 74 percent of postal employees lack job
skills,
making this agency the single largest US employer of Persons of
Inability.


Reminds me of one of my cousins... he worked at a letter carrier. Ok.
Better than hanging out in bars. Then, the PO offered him a promotion.
He turned it down because he thought it might be too stressful. He's
still a carrier 10 years later. Now that's ambition and drive... er,
walk mostly.

--
Nom=de=Plume


I know what you mean. I have had uncles who worked for the railroads in
Florida turn down promotions to supervisor and substantial pay raises
because they didn't want to give up their union membership.



He would have remained union. He just couldn't take the "stress" of a desk
job. lol

--
Nom=de=Plume

Bull****

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"Jim" wrote in message
...
Honesty and hard work are not words found in the union handbook.


That's pretty despicable. It certainly isn't true and anyone with half a
sense of right and wrong would know that.

--
Nom=de=Plume

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"Lu Powell" wrote in message
...

"nom=de=plume" wrote in message
...
"Lu Powell" wrote in message
...

"nom=de=plume" wrote in message
...
"Lu Powell" wrote in message
...
AMERICANS WITH NO ABILITIES ACT (AWNAA)
The President pointed to the success of the US Postal Service, which
has a
long-standing policy of providing opportunity without regard to
performance. Approximately 74 percent of postal employees lack job
skills,
making this agency the single largest US employer of Persons of
Inability.


Reminds me of one of my cousins... he worked at a letter carrier. Ok.
Better than hanging out in bars. Then, the PO offered him a promotion.
He turned it down because he thought it might be too stressful. He's
still a carrier 10 years later. Now that's ambition and drive... er,
walk mostly.

--
Nom=de=Plume


I know what you mean. I have had uncles who worked for the railroads in
Florida turn down promotions to supervisor and substantial pay raises
because they didn't want to give up their union membership.



He would have remained union. He just couldn't take the "stress" of a
desk job. lol

--
Nom=de=Plume

Bull****


?? Are you calling me a liar? I'm sorry if you don't like the facts, but
those are the facts. He was offered an inside job, but thought it would be
stressful.

--
Nom=de=Plume

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nom=de=plume wrote:
"Jim" wrote in message
...
Honesty and hard work are not words found in the union handbook.


That's pretty despicable. It certainly isn't true and anyone with half a
sense of right and wrong would know that.



flajim defines right-wing garbage:


Two Firefighters Killed in California Wildfires
by James Parks, Sep 4, 2009



Firefighters across the country are mourning the loss of two heroic Los
Angeles firefighters who were killed while battling the wildfires raging
in Southern California.

Tedmund Hall and Arnaldo Quinones, both members of Fire Fighters (IAFF)
Local 1014, died Aug. 30. It appears the two were in a truck searching
for an escape route for corrections personnel and inmates of an area
prison camp when their truck went over the side of a dirt road and fell
800 feet into a canyon.

Services for the firefighters will be Sept. 12 at Dodgers Stadium.

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"Lu Powell" wrote in message
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"nom=de=plume" wrote in message
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"Lu Powell" wrote in message
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"nom=de=plume" wrote in message
...
"Lu Powell" wrote in message
...
AMERICANS WITH NO ABILITIES ACT (AWNAA)
The President pointed to the success of the US Postal Service, which
has a
long-standing policy of providing opportunity without regard to
performance. Approximately 74 percent of postal employees lack job
skills,
making this agency the single largest US employer of Persons of
Inability.


Reminds me of one of my cousins... he worked at a letter carrier. Ok.
Better than hanging out in bars. Then, the PO offered him a promotion.
He turned it down because he thought it might be too stressful. He's
still a carrier 10 years later. Now that's ambition and drive... er,
walk mostly.

--
Nom=de=Plume


I know what you mean. I have had uncles who worked for the railroads in
Florida turn down promotions to supervisor and substantial pay raises
because they didn't want to give up their union membership.



He would have remained union. He just couldn't take the "stress" of a
desk job. lol

--
Nom=de=Plume

Bull****


?? Are you calling me a liar? I'm sorry if you don't like the facts, but
those are the facts. He was offered an inside job, but thought it would be
stressful.

--
Nom=de=Plume

You were the one who stated my uncle would have been able to take a
promotion to supervisor and remain in the union. That was simply untrue.
Rather than call you a liar, I replied with "Bull****". Either way, you
didn't speak truthfully.

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"nom=de=plume" wrote in message
...
"Jim" wrote in message
...
Honesty and hard work are not words found in the union handbook.

I wondered why I didn't see you in my posts. Now I realize why. You're
plonked. I retired with 37 years as a Teamster. Nice pension. Paid
insurance. All gotten by going to work, working hard, and being honest.

Well, most of the time. ;-)

I'm only human.

Why is it the people who dis unions so bad were never in them? Maybe
wouldn't work and play well with others? Just a guess.

Steve

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"Lu Powell" wrote

You were the one who stated my uncle would have been able to take a
promotion to supervisor and remain in the union.

Mike, a friend of mine, was a postman. I asked Mike one day, when there was
a lot of postal workers going postal why they did it. He said it's like no
other job. When you're finished with THIS pile of mail, do THAT pile. You
never catch up.

Supervisors were usually not selected, but only lazy employees who chose to
take the job because no one else wanted it. Supervisors were assigned or
chose the task of pushing workers harder for increased productivity, hence,
they were the objects of the occasional assaults. Particularly when the
employees under them knew that they couldn't do half the work another worker
could do, and were only supervisor because no one else wanted the job. And
that's saying nothing about your uncle, his abilities, or his motives. Just
what a long time postal employee told me.

Steve

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"Lu Powell" wrote in message
...
Reminds me of one of my cousins... he worked at a letter carrier. Ok.
Better than hanging out in bars. Then, the PO offered him a
promotion. He turned it down because he thought it might be too
stressful. He's still a carrier 10 years later. Now that's ambition
and drive... er, walk mostly.

--
Nom=de=Plume


I know what you mean. I have had uncles who worked for the railroads
in Florida turn down promotions to supervisor and substantial pay
raises because they didn't want to give up their union membership.



He would have remained union. He just couldn't take the "stress" of a
desk job. lol

--
Nom=de=Plume

Bull****


?? Are you calling me a liar? I'm sorry if you don't like the facts, but
those are the facts. He was offered an inside job, but thought it would
be stressful.

--
Nom=de=Plume

You were the one who stated my uncle would have been able to take a
promotion to supervisor and remain in the union. That was simply untrue.
Rather than call you a liar, I replied with "Bull****". Either way, you
didn't speak truthfully.



Huh? I never said anthing about your uncle. I was talking about my cousin.
See above.

--
Nom=de=Plume

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SteveB wrote:
"Lu Powell" wrote

You were the one who stated my uncle would have been able to take a
promotion to supervisor and remain in the union.

Mike, a friend of mine, was a postman. I asked Mike one day, when there was
a lot of postal workers going postal why they did it. He said it's like no
other job. When you're finished with THIS pile of mail, do THAT pile. You
never catch up.

Supervisors were usually not selected, but only lazy employees who chose to
take the job because no one else wanted it. Supervisors were assigned or
chose the task of pushing workers harder for increased productivity, hence,
they were the objects of the occasional assaults. Particularly when the
employees under them knew that they couldn't do half the work another worker
could do, and were only supervisor because no one else wanted the job. And
that's saying nothing about your uncle, his abilities, or his motives. Just
what a long time postal employee told me.

Steve




The USPS has possibly the worst middle management of any large
industrial company.




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