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Gustavo Arellano
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1 month ago
in ASK A PIG! on The District Weekly
I personally thought Ask a Pig was funny, but to state the history of the column as a way of somehow justifying its publication is mystifying. Oh, and you misspelled my last name, Pig. You'd figure you'd at least learn that about me since, you know, we worked at the Weekly.
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9 months ago
in “YOU MEAN THE SKY MIGHT GO BACK TO BEING BLUE?!?!” on The District Weekly
It's too simple to characterize this as Evil Big Business against the People. My father and thousands of other immigrant independent contractors are now going to be out of a job because their trucks don't qualify under the new regulations and, unlike the big businesses that have the cash to buy new trucks for their workers, they can't afford it. Such regulations will also drive shipping away from the ports and to other places. End result: a dip in the local economy at a pretty precarious time.
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Andy
Sorry, I don't buy that argument that we should allow dirty old diesels running around because the folks driving them would be out of a job.
What should've happened is forcing the shipping companies to hire the drivers as employees, certify and background check 'em, and give them CNG trucks to haul stuff throughout the L.A. basin.
Would our stuff cost more? Yes. Would it lead to more domestic competition? Yes. Would the big business/shipping/Chambers of Commerce be against it? Yes.
But nobody's got the balls to do the right thing. Our health is subsidizing cheap imports. Crazy.
What should've happened is forcing the shipping companies to hire the drivers as employees, certify and background check 'em, and give them CNG trucks to haul stuff throughout the L.A. basin.
Would our stuff cost more? Yes. Would it lead to more domestic competition? Yes. Would the big business/shipping/Chambers of Commerce be against it? Yes.
But nobody's got the balls to do the right thing. Our health is subsidizing cheap imports. Crazy.
Let me tell you a story, once upon a time a well dressed and distinguished Pig came to a restaurant and....
Waiter- can I take your order,
Pig- let me have a Feces hamburger
A what? Reply the waiter,
Pig- a hamburger made fecal matter,
Waiter - well..... Mr. Pig.....
Pig - ok ok just bring me a plate full of shit, but make sure you don't use any anions; it gives me a stinky breath.
Now quiz time!!!
Whets the moral of the story?
a) The fish will be dead by his own mouth
b) Convictions are more dangerous enemies of the truth than lies.
c) If you are in to plagiarism make sure you know the last name of the author
d) All of the above