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	<title>Comments on: Tyson drops Labor Day holiday for Eid al-Fitr</title>
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		<title>By: Velvet Hammer</title>
		<link>http://texasfred.net/archives/1580/comment-page-1#comment-12840</link>
		<dc:creator>Velvet Hammer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Tyson caves. They have reinstated Labor Day as one of the designated paid holidays. Eid al-Fitr will be a paid holiday for this year only!</description>
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		<title>By: TexasFred</title>
		<link>http://texasfred.net/archives/1580/comment-page-1#comment-12632</link>
		<dc:creator>TexasFred</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Perhaps you see equality in religon here in the US. I do not.&lt;/blockquote&gt;I personally detest Islam and ALL Muslims, but until such time as WE, The People make it against the laws of the U.S. then they are as entitled to practice their evil cult as the folks at 1st Baptist or any other church... 

The Tyson thing has NOTHING to do with religion for crying out loud, it&#039;s BUSINESS bowing to the pressure of the UNION, a UNION that is going to rape the Somali workers of their money...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Perhaps you see equality in religon here in the US. I do not.</p></blockquote>
<p>I personally detest Islam and ALL Muslims, but until such time as WE, The People make it against the laws of the U.S. then they are as entitled to practice their evil cult as the folks at 1st Baptist or any other church&#8230; </p>
<p>The Tyson thing has NOTHING to do with religion for crying out loud, it&#8217;s BUSINESS bowing to the pressure of the UNION, a UNION that is going to rape the Somali workers of their money&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: ablur</title>
		<link>http://texasfred.net/archives/1580/comment-page-1#comment-12630</link>
		<dc:creator>ablur</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I guess I didn&#039;t do a good job of clearing up my point.

Muslim has become the protected class.  Its popularity for what ever reason has made it worthy of making changes in every area of society.  Religous desires and requests by any other religon is challanged in court, ridiculed and beated with the words &quot;Seperation Of Church and State&quot;.  
Yet, the Muslim religon is embraced.  No one attacks it in the courts or points to their special status, as public funds are used to meet their every whim.

Tyson foods has simply demonstrated this fact in a business decision.  They are only reacting to the direction our country is hurling at an incredible rate.  We the people as voters and buyers can change this but the will seems broken.  The freedoms we once had by our constitution are being changed or maybe finally being properly utilized but only by the protected class, Muslims.

Equality is what makes our nation unique.  The representative republic is designed to promote and create equality.  Perhaps you see equality in religon here in the US.  I do not.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I guess I didn&#8217;t do a good job of clearing up my point.</p>
<p>Muslim has become the protected class.  Its popularity for what ever reason has made it worthy of making changes in every area of society.  Religous desires and requests by any other religon is challanged in court, ridiculed and beated with the words &#8220;Seperation Of Church and State&#8221;.<br />
Yet, the Muslim religon is embraced.  No one attacks it in the courts or points to their special status, as public funds are used to meet their every whim.</p>
<p>Tyson foods has simply demonstrated this fact in a business decision.  They are only reacting to the direction our country is hurling at an incredible rate.  We the people as voters and buyers can change this but the will seems broken.  The freedoms we once had by our constitution are being changed or maybe finally being properly utilized but only by the protected class, Muslims.</p>
<p>Equality is what makes our nation unique.  The representative republic is designed to promote and create equality.  Perhaps you see equality in religon here in the US.  I do not.</p>
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		<title>By: Tyson Foods</title>
		<link>http://texasfred.net/archives/1580/comment-page-1#comment-12627</link>
		<dc:creator>Tyson Foods</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Saturday, Texas Fred posted about Tyson Foods in Shelbyville, Tennessee, and their union&#8217;s new contract, which drops Labor Day in favor of [...]</description>
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		<title>By: RHM</title>
		<link>http://texasfred.net/archives/1580/comment-page-1#comment-12625</link>
		<dc:creator>RHM</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well said, Fred.

Ablur, here&#039;s a quote for you: &quot;&quot;Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There was never a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.&quot;

See if you can guess whether it came from Barack Obama or John Adams.

If you answered Adams, the 2nd President of these United States, you are correct. And the reason he said it is because the U.S. is not a &quot;direct democracy&quot; where simply the majority wins. In fact, the founding fathers were scared to death of the mere premise of the majority always calling the shots. That model always ends in Tyranny. The U.S. is a representative republic. There is a HUGE difference.

&quot;Does our pledge of allegiance to the flag say to &#039;the democracy for which it stands,&#039; or does it say to &#039;the republic for which it stands&#039;? Or do we sing &#039;The Battle Hymn of the Democracy&#039; or &#039;The Battle Hymn of the Republic&#039;?&quot; - from the below reference to Walter Williams.

Here&#039;s an article by the great Walter WIlliams explaining the difference and filled with quotes from the founding fathers. By the way he is a long-time guest host and good friend of Rush Limbaugh...lest you assume I&#039;m injecting any dreaded liberal ideology into the discussion. :)

http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=4080

Sorry if I got off topic. Boycott Tyson and take them off your Xmas card lists, but know that the constitution is intact and, if anything, stronger because Tyson is permitted to make their own business decisions. 

Cheers,

RHM</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well said, Fred.</p>
<p>Ablur, here&#8217;s a quote for you: &#8220;&#8221;Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There was never a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.&#8221;</p>
<p>See if you can guess whether it came from Barack Obama or John Adams.</p>
<p>If you answered Adams, the 2nd President of these United States, you are correct. And the reason he said it is because the U.S. is not a &#8220;direct democracy&#8221; where simply the majority wins. In fact, the founding fathers were scared to death of the mere premise of the majority always calling the shots. That model always ends in Tyranny. The U.S. is a representative republic. There is a HUGE difference.</p>
<p>&#8220;Does our pledge of allegiance to the flag say to &#8216;the democracy for which it stands,&#8217; or does it say to &#8216;the republic for which it stands&#8217;? Or do we sing &#8216;The Battle Hymn of the Democracy&#8217; or &#8216;The Battle Hymn of the Republic&#8217;?&#8221; &#8211; from the below reference to Walter Williams.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s an article by the great Walter WIlliams explaining the difference and filled with quotes from the founding fathers. By the way he is a long-time guest host and good friend of Rush Limbaugh&#8230;lest you assume I&#8217;m injecting any dreaded liberal ideology into the discussion. <img src='http://texasfred.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><a href="http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=4080" rel="nofollow">http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=4080</a></p>
<p>Sorry if I got off topic. Boycott Tyson and take them off your Xmas card lists, but know that the constitution is intact and, if anything, stronger because Tyson is permitted to make their own business decisions. </p>
<p>Cheers,</p>
<p>RHM</p>
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		<title>By: TexasFred</title>
		<link>http://texasfred.net/archives/1580/comment-page-1#comment-12624</link>
		<dc:creator>TexasFred</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ablur, I&#039;ve known you for a real long time and I have never said this before but dude, I gotta call BS on that... I still don&#039;t see where the Constitution was toppled...

&lt;blockquote&gt;The very fact that a company of this size would succumb to the whims of a minority and toss aside something that has been a standard for a long time amazes me. It shows the slippery slop effect. The majority is losing their nation.&lt;/blockquote&gt;This is business, albeit BAD business, not government... We&#039;re talking a bunch of union hacks that see the dollars they can scam off of the Somalis, it&#039;s THAT simple, and Tyson succumbed to the UNION, simply because if some UNION crook yells STRIKE Tyson is screwed... 

The constitution and religion is NOT the problem nor the threat... 

And WE can all boycott the bastards and put em &lt;em&gt;out&lt;/em&gt; of business, just like the UNION can kill em with labor problems, if only it were that easy with government.

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ablur, I&#8217;ve known you for a real long time and I have never said this before but dude, I gotta call BS on that&#8230; I still don&#8217;t see where the Constitution was toppled&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>The very fact that a company of this size would succumb to the whims of a minority and toss aside something that has been a standard for a long time amazes me. It shows the slippery slop effect. The majority is losing their nation.</p></blockquote>
<p>This is business, albeit BAD business, not government&#8230; We&#8217;re talking a bunch of union hacks that see the dollars they can scam off of the Somalis, it&#8217;s THAT simple, and Tyson succumbed to the UNION, simply because if some UNION crook yells STRIKE Tyson is screwed&#8230; </p>
<p>The constitution and religion is NOT the problem nor the threat&#8230; </p>
<p>And WE can all boycott the bastards and put em <em>out</em> of business, just like the UNION can kill em with labor problems, if only it were that easy with government.</p>
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		<title>By: ablur</title>
		<link>http://texasfred.net/archives/1580/comment-page-1#comment-12623</link>
		<dc:creator>ablur</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Our Constitution was designed as a tool of democracy where the voting majority determines the direction and decision of this nation.  This nation as a majority is Christian.  According to poles 86% of Americans Identify themselves as Christian.  Yet, this country has nearly abolished all aspects of Christianity.  We have now, through the constant preaching of globalism and multiculturalism, find minority groups being embraced and lifted up here in America.

The very fact that a company of this size would succumb to the whims of a minority and toss aside something that has been a standard for a long time amazes me.  It shows the slippery slop effect.  The majority is losing their nation.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our Constitution was designed as a tool of democracy where the voting majority determines the direction and decision of this nation.  This nation as a majority is Christian.  According to poles 86% of Americans Identify themselves as Christian.  Yet, this country has nearly abolished all aspects of Christianity.  We have now, through the constant preaching of globalism and multiculturalism, find minority groups being embraced and lifted up here in America.</p>
<p>The very fact that a company of this size would succumb to the whims of a minority and toss aside something that has been a standard for a long time amazes me.  It shows the slippery slop effect.  The majority is losing their nation.</p>
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		<title>By: TexasFred</title>
		<link>http://texasfred.net/archives/1580/comment-page-1#comment-12612</link>
		<dc:creator>TexasFred</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:42:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;“Our country and its constitution has been flipped on its head.”&lt;/blockquote&gt;Well, I honestly don&#039;t see how this is an dissolution of the Constitution... Ablur, can ya give some example on that??

It IS a crock of crap in my opinion but it&#039;s business, their business, and WE, as CONSUMERS, have a way of making our feelings known, hit em where it REALLY hurts, get this message out to every email in America, I sent it to MY list. 

Post the story on your blog, even if you only have a few readers, a few readers KNOW people and can send it out on their email list and post it on their blogs... 

Flipped the Constitution?? I don&#039;t think so... Insulted many America 1st folks?? Oh HELL YEAH!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>“Our country and its constitution has been flipped on its head.”</p></blockquote>
<p>Well, I honestly don&#8217;t see how this is an dissolution of the Constitution&#8230; Ablur, can ya give some example on that??</p>
<p>It IS a crock of crap in my opinion but it&#8217;s business, their business, and WE, as CONSUMERS, have a way of making our feelings known, hit em where it REALLY hurts, get this message out to every email in America, I sent it to MY list. </p>
<p>Post the story on your blog, even if you only have a few readers, a few readers KNOW people and can send it out on their email list and post it on their blogs&#8230; </p>
<p>Flipped the Constitution?? I don&#8217;t think so&#8230; Insulted many America 1st folks?? Oh HELL YEAH!!</p>
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		<title>By: AEGeneral</title>
		<link>http://texasfred.net/archives/1580/comment-page-1#comment-12611</link>
		<dc:creator>AEGeneral</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:14:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Tennessean here, too. I just e-mailed everyone in my address book about this. And Tyson is now alongside Citgo on my boycott list.

Anyone know if any fast food restaurants use Tyson? If so, I&#039;ll have to expand my list.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tennessean here, too. I just e-mailed everyone in my address book about this. And Tyson is now alongside Citgo on my boycott list.</p>
<p>Anyone know if any fast food restaurants use Tyson? If so, I&#8217;ll have to expand my list.</p>
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		<title>By: Joe</title>
		<link>http://texasfred.net/archives/1580/comment-page-1#comment-12610</link>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It seems to me that Tyson is free to decide what they want to do with their holidays, but they are not free to choose the consequences of their decision.  Boycott?? Well I think so.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It seems to me that Tyson is free to decide what they want to do with their holidays, but they are not free to choose the consequences of their decision.  Boycott?? Well I think so.</p>
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