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Edited on Fri Jul-13-07 01:45 AM by Knightly_Knews
I own a construction business. And yes, I actually work. I do not hire illegals, only "local" Americans. And I am totally against this war. So my story begins.
I was leaving a hardwood flooring job this past Tuesday, when we pulled up to a store to get a drink. This truck pulls up next to us, a drunken man gets out of the truck and walks into the store. At that time, his drunken wife approaches my van. She asks, in a slurring voice, "Do you jack up houses, our floor is sinking against one wall." I said, "Yes, we also install hardwood flooring." "Great, do you have a business card?" She said. So I handed her two. She wrote her number on it and said, "Call us this evening and let us know when you can stop by." At that time her husband came out, gave us a strange drunken look and said "I don't know who you are bu, Hi". OK so I call and tell them I would stop by their house the following day, which I did. I walk into the house, we introduce ourselves formally, and this man says "I am being deployed to Baghdad Iraq at the end of this month and I need to fix the house before I leave". I said, what will you be doing over there?. He said, "We're just giving the Marines a ride over, and going back to pick them up". Without even thinking I said, "Man, someone needs to put a stop to this bullshit war, I just know Bush is going to attack Iran before he is taken out of office." The man looked at me and said, "Good, they need to be bombed!!!". Well, I almost fucking lost it right there in a clients house. I was so pissed off that this man could possibly think this way. I couldn't believe my ears, I wanted to grab him and shake his head back and forth, to somehow shake loose the constant brainwashing that makes these men think this way. Quickly, His wife saw my face and she said, "OK, let's change this subject now!".
So, I controlled my anger, finished the meeting and gave them a good estimate. After the meeting the couple approached me and said, "We have a lot respect for you, not just because you showed up, but because you treated us with respect." I thought to myself , "Umm OK". Then they hired me to fix their house.
Yesterday I delivered the contract to this client, and later this morning I will be starting the job. I am trying to figure out how the hell I am going to finish this job without discussing Iraq with this gentleman and his wife. Not only Iraq, but Iran. How can this man possibly think what we are doing over there is the right thing to do? What can I say to him to change his mind about what our Military is doing? Or maybe I should just shut the hell up and do my job. I don't know, but I do know that I hope this man and the rest of our men and women return home soon and safe.
I am so pissed off lately, it's quite difficult to do my job and run my business. It just seems like it's all for nothing. Watching the economy slowly recede. Gas prices rising, AGAIN. Our children's futures being destroyed quickly under this corrupt, criminal regime of Dictatorship. The attitude of the 27% of our population that actually think what we are doing is a good thing. Only to add the inability of Congress and Senate to see that the Majority of us want Bush and Cheney gone and this war to stop NOW!!
So, with that said, wish me luck in completing my contract. I hope I can change this man's attitude. I commend him for serving our Country, but he actually believes he is serving the Majority of this Country right now. I have to tell him he is wrong.
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