[lbo-talk] Salon's Advice Columnist: No Sob Sister!

[Dick Grippon]

It's far more common to pat yourself on the back for getting your act 
together when you did so based on the hard work and effort of millions of 
other people. you had squat to do with anything, it was a labor movement 
and a civil rights movement that did it. you just rode on their work and 
then called it your own hard work.

At 02:26 PM 10/21/2005, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
>
> > you had money for an attorney, shrink, and numerous other things, asshole
> >
>
>If someone cannot get a free or low cost legal consultation in this country,
>there must be something seriously wrong with that person.  There are many
>legal clinics run by bar associations, NLG, or simply attorneys offering a
>free initial consultation or working pro bono (I found one in the case I was
>referring to) - especially in cases involving employment discrimination.
>You could obtain a legal advice for $30 or less or nothing at all in most
>situations.
>
>Also, have you ever heard of workman's compensation?  It is a federal
>program that pays for treating occupational injuries, you know.  FYI:
>http://www.dol.gov/esa/owcp_org.htm
>
>It is all too common to blame others or the circumstances for not being able
>to get one's act together, but I am too old for such canards.
>
>Wojtek
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