I don't live in Rhode Island so I can't speak directly to this case. Schools in horrible areas tend to put too much pressure on their teachers to cure all the ills. However, I do love the whole idea of firing a group of people. Let's expand this brave new move to other areas, shall we?First, congress. Nothing controversial there I am assuming. Let's fire every single one of them. Change the locks on the doors. We own the doors, don't we? Start fresh. Personally, I'd vote for a several of you all. I read what you write, I know where you stand, I know how you think. You'd do a heck of better job that the nut jobs we have in there now.
Second, Toyota. Even if your last name is similar to the car company - you are so out of there. I mean, even I would have a hard time trying to ruin the number one performing car company and I don't have any experience in automotives or business. Yet these guys seem to have ruined that company without trying. They are gone.
Next, the insurance people. Doesn't it seem like all we do is pay premiums for a zillion different kinds of insurance and then when we need to use it, they don't let us? I say get rid of them and start over.
Likewise, the IRS. I'd like to fire everyone there and go back and fire the ones that used to be there and have already left. Who let it get this complicated and convoluted? Fire them, burn those insane rules, and start fresh.
The cast of Jersey Shore, The Kardashians, and that Playboy Girl Next Door show. It just irks me that these people have jobs when so many good, smart people are out of work. I think I'd just feel better firing them.
Actually, I do feel better already just thinking about cleaning all this up. How about you? Who would you like to fire?
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YES YES YES!!! Quite possibly my most.favorite.post.ever! Can we fire the middle east too? :)
Great list! Except I go crazy every time I see the Nat'l Highway Safety Committee talk about Toyota. People have died and homes lost from Fords catching fire and no one brought that out into the limelight. No one apologized.
Of course we need to fire all the top AND mid level people in any of the bailout banks. And any of them that got a bonus need to be fired and denied unemployment.
We also need to fire anyone related to overseeing medicare and military health insurance. Of course. Medicaid patients get treated better than our vets.
Oh, don't get me STARTED!!!
I totally agree about congress. We need term limits.
I just want to know, when's that Rhode Island school hiring? And...could they maybe relocate to VA? Cause...no one's hiring here :)
I am a former teacher. I will remain a former teacher, at least as far as teaching in the formal education system. I would rather work for minumum wage at Walmart than teach again in the system - at least Walmart has an Employee of the Month program where hard working employees get recognized.
Our kids deserve more, and the people who have dedicated themselves to those kids do too.
Haha I love it! Let's fire the Mom in Cali who had all the dictionaries removed from a school district because they contained the words "oral sex" in them too, and while we're at it fire the school board for listening to her.
Oh and Facebook!! I don't know who's running it, but who ever had the bright idea to change it's set up 3 times in a year needs to GO, so does anyone who helped make that happen!!
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I'd fire the governor of South Carolina!
I love this post and am in total agreement!
Can I fire my teenager?
You took the words right out of my mouth..perfectly said..!!..You're Hired..!
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Great list, especially the government. Lets not stop at congress lets fire them ALL.
YEP I agree!!!! oh and I am so glad my last name is NOT Toyoda...I saw on the news his last name is with a 'D'
I love this idea. Intersting that they can get away with this at a school but if you applied it elsewhere it would not fly.
All cheating politicians! Super fun post - hope you have a great weekend!
This post is so true. I am seen great friends and family members lose their jobs. It is so hard to find work and people just keep on firing away.. I hope everyone gets a great job.. Thanks.. Have a great weekend.
I'd like to fire whoever it is that "filters" all the programming on public TV and radio airwaves.
And every celebrity who's been charged with any kind of crime or gross infidelity.
Ahahaha I love this! I'd like to fire Ben Bernanke and all the top executives over at AIG!
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Awesome post! I agree with everything you said, and pretty much all the comments too!
Yes, yes, and yes! You are a genius! Let's fire them all.
Great, about the teachers, we keep waiting for them to do that at my school, too!
I agree fire 'em all. I just read some of your old post. I love your blog. I'm following from Friday Follow. Have a great weekend!
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Have you ever read Animal Farm?
Love it!
Let's have a reality show on OUR lives. That should make for some good viewing.
definitelly a movement i could get behind.
I like how you think!
How about firing all cheating husbands? Oh, wait... would there be any left? (Cynical much?!) I love this post. Like all your writing, it's clever and thought-provoking. I'd also like to fire all the neighbors on my block and start over (conservative, right-wing nut jobs). Can I do that? ;-)
Are you trying to depress me? I don't care about Congress. Don't take away my Jersey Shore!
Yes, fire them all!
Well put, get rid of them all!
Hmmm, this is a great list you have. I will have to think on it. Usually just rude customer service folks come to mind, but I need to think broader :).
Happy weekend, Debbie!
I love this!! You are on the right track here!! Let's clean house and start over!
You got an AMEN out of me!
Wow! I gotta agree! Seriously.
I don't dare get on my soapbox, I'll get kicked out of bloggywood.
You can be President and I'll be VP.
The insurance thing bugs the snot out of me...You spend years paying for your insurance and have one claim and they jack your rates. Jerks!
Congress may be in the process of getting themselves fired. Those Rhode Island teachers are among the highest paid teachers in the nations, so you can be sure they are fighting to stay. I do like your idea of firing other large groups of people.
Totally good with firing everyone that you mentioned! Especially Congress (and the Kardashians)!
I'm am so with you on this! Time to clean house.
I just love you!!! And I agree totally!! Let's get those pink delivered TODAY!!!!
I'd like Nancy Pelosi's job. I wrangle two kids all day long. I'm pretty sure the House of Reps would be a piece of cake. Nothing like a good time out every now and again to make things happen.
Dude, I am SO ON BOARD WITH THIS it's not even funny.
The IRS? They didn't do anything wrong but enforce- fire Congress!
Do you know how the tax code is written? A congressional committee gets together and decides that some group needs a tax break or a tax hike. They spend days in a closed room talking about it, with a tax guy listening. He comes back with a piece of code: "Is this what you meant?" They read it, make changes, he brings it back... it's so awful.
Ha. Totally agree with all of it! So true. Thanks for stopping by through Friday FOllow & following. Looking forward to getting to know you through blog world ;) Happy Weekend!! Woot.
I like how you think! Nothing more to be said. You said it all, perfectly!
Absolutely!! Fire their asses! They are outa here! Wouldn't it be great if we could. And the bank presidents too!!
I love the idea of firing Congress.
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Pricilla for President!
I think the publicist should be fired for not giving me grain all day long.
Thank you to all who have noticed the negative slant towards Toyota. MMM. Wonder if that is because GM Is now Government Motors?
My husband works in the auto industry and has pulled records. There are more issues and recalls on ALL of the American made cars than what occured here. And Ford has ALWAYS had issues with it's transmissions and never had them recalled.
Points of fact:
1) Did you know there are two versions of Toyota? One made in America with AMERICAN made parts. One from Japan with all Japanese parts. There are no issues on the Japanese versions AT ALL.
2) In regards to the cars that had issues with the gas pedal and mats. This was because they put aftermarket mats in the vehicles that got caught on the pedal.
Sorry everyone. I could go on and on. I will get off the soapbox now.
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What a great post! I totally agree.
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Ahhhhh yes, MUCH better!
sounds like a good idea to me! I would like to fire my husbands whole company (except my husband. I would give him the company)
Also I'd like to fire my cul-de-sac neighbors. They suck as neighbors and I think they gotta go, LOL!
How does it count as a job when all they do is let cameras follow them around? And they get paid SOOO much!! Like, more in an episode than a lot of people can expect is six months. It's gross.
Can you please be in charge of the firing and getting things started?
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Can I fire myself and then get rehired after a little R&R? Thanks.
Sounds good to me! Great post :)
I wanted to add I think it is time to clean house ;)
Great "cut" list! Fire the whole damn bunch!!! Let's fire terrorists...they are so lame and stupid!!
Let's fire the UN...they are totally useless anyway. We in blogland could do much better, I am sure!!
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Awesome post!!!! I agree COMPLETELY!!!!
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what a great post. :)
All 435 seats in the US House of Representatives are up for election in November, so you may get your wish! I'd fire all the automated customer service lines and put real live English speaking people on them.
Bravo! BEST best BEST post ever. Other than some of my own.
May we consider Donald (Trump)?
Wouldn't you love to tell him "You're fired!"
Hear, hear!
As a teacher i feel sorry for the portion of GOOD teachers that were fired. I would love to hear more of the circumstances surrounding that. In the meantime/ Let's fire walmart employees.
I love this. Can I submit my list too?
there is too much pressure on teachers these days, when I was at school there was discipline, yes we still had our moments but we did adhere in the end, great post :)
This is indeed a great post and I agree with most of it. But, I'm still an avid Toyota Fan regardless of the one mistake made. =P
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And I feel better just reading about you writing about firing them!!! Great post. Hilarious.
GREAT idea! I especially agree with congress...all of them (OK, 99.5%) on both sides of the aisle and the middle are so out of touch and caught up in all the pork they couldn't do anything if they wanted to. I cannot speak to Jersey Shore, but the Kardahsians are useless...I actually feel sorry for poor Bruce...and the Girls..whatever!
I cannot believe the part about the teachers. As a former teacher, all I can say is WOW!
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I'm with you! Your list improved with each one!
This post most definitely has my vote too! Go get 'em TIger!
All I have to say is, can I help be on the clean up crew? Great blog, looking forward to more posts. New Follow Me Friday follower.
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Here here!!
I completely agree with you!!
Are you running for President anytime soon??
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Awesome idea! Also would fire the cast of the Real Wives of Everywhere! Stupid excuse for a TV show!
I want to fire all doctors abusing the healthcare system and insurance!
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I think you covered it. ;)
Brilliant post! I would have to fire the folks at NBC. The olympic coverage has been so choppy and the Tonight show fiasco proved they have not a single clue. Thanks for supporting Friday Follow. Have a wonderful weekend. Rita @ http://one2try.blogspot.com/
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I heard about that school. I think it's a really strange move. I like the idea of firing everyone in government!
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now that's a blog post - you're hired!
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I wish we could get rebates for all the insurance premiums that we pay. Or tax deductions for them. And I totally agree about the tasteless, brainless shows on TV. Why are these people being paid???
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I am so with you. I will get the pink slips printed up and we can all get together and start filling them out.
For some reason I have a soft spot for the Kardashians. Then I read this post. Soft spot GONE. Loved this!!
FUNNY! I'm visiting from Friday Follow....
Equating teacher with these corporate heads is like apple and oranges, but you know that. Firing all the teachers? What about the one who hire them all? Anyway, great site I'm a new follower and hope to get in on the next giveaway.
I heard about that Rhode Island school situation, that is crazy. And they do put too much pressure on teachers to fix all the problems.
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whoa sistah -- i smell mutiny with-out "callous disregard" .
i love this post -- as do, obviously many many others.
looks like you got a fire goin under some behinds here eh?
woo hoo !!!
i know one person round here who aint fired -- that would be YOU!!
keep it up -- you sure have a following here.
wow-
happy weekend - you rock !
Debbie for President!!! I think every single American would totally vote for you! You are one smart lady!!
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Great post! Good for you. Let's fire them all! Ha!
I like your choices for people to fire.
ha. great post!
GO.. GO.. GO.. This would be the braviest idea to make. I am waiting for the realization of firing them all. Nice blog.. I am following you now.. Take care..
Wow! I want to google search the story of that school...
haha I had to laugh at Sandy Hop's comment... "Can we fire the middle east too?"
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You are preachin' the truth!
Amen. And Amen.
Well said, and all so completely true!!!
Another great idea! I agree - let's fire them all, and go back and fire them again! I am not an American, but the government thing is pretty much universal.
Debbie, you need to run for President!!!
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Totally loving this list, you're awesome!
Awesome as always! I'd like to fire the people at my local grocery store. I know it doesn't affect a huge mass of people...but it affects us local yokels. ;-) The people there are very rarely friendly...or even speak to you most of the time...they are too busy talking to each other! ;-)
How ironic that the people who are responsible for scrapping our current health care system and starting fresh and new also need to be fired. I agree with every single one of your suggestions...particularly with Toyota, as a Prius owner. Who else?? I wouldn't mind firing the cast and crew of Survivor. So. Over. It. And perhaps everyone on Wall Street. And while I wouldn't fire the CEO's of Citibank, I would demote them to data entry clerks. Ahh...I, too, feel better already. Thanks for that!
I LOVE firing people...let's see - you've got a good list going, but I'd like to see more reality show 'stars' fired, UGH!
Did you hear about the guy who intentionally (suicidally) flew his plane into the IRS building in Texas or something? I mean... I'm not promoting tragedy, which it certainly was. But, well... I can't help but have a certain amount of empathy for the guy, yanno?
I agree. Let's just fire them all! :-) Pretty amazing that they fired all of the school staff at one time. Bold move. Hope it works out for them.
Oh, man, that mass-teachers firing in Rhode Island was great. Those teachers were making $72k+ per year while 50% of their students are failing all of their classes, and the drop-out rate is over 50%. And all this in a town where the median income is $22k.
The sandspur? Teachers refused to lengthen their teaching day an extra hour or two for extra hourly compensation at the rate of $30.00 bucks an hour.
I first read about this brave superintendent on Mike Shedlock's blog -- he's got a great econblog -- and now here it is again. Yaay. Spread the word, girl.
The unions are cutting off their noses to spite their faces. I'm glad someone is finally handing them the scissors.
Err, sorry, I sort of hijacked your comment section!
Anyway, here's the link to Mish's blurb. It's eye-opening: http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2010/02/central-falls-rhode-island-fires-every.html
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I totally agree with your list. Except- instead of firing the good teachers, how about firing the educrats and unions that protect the rotten teachers?
We can take back OUR congress by voting every single incumbent out in 2010 and 2012- they have absolutely zero common sense and I am done with them and their special interest agendas.
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Oh, I love it! I think I'd like to fire all the bureaucrats and the people who work at the Unemployment + Benefits Office.
You go girl! Fire them all! Did you know that in many states you could have a doctorate in anysubject area, say Chemistry, teach at a university but are considered unqualified to teach at a high school. Yet, public school systems consider qualified someone who only has 6 to 12 hours in their "subject" area?
I'm with you on the overhaul, esp. congress, insurance etc....
I do live in RI and firing those teachers was the best possible move. Unfortunately the teachers are paying for a decision made by their union. I'm sure there are lots of dedicated teachers in the group that was fired and up to half of them can be hired back. I hope they are. In the meantime, the teachers need to stand up to their union and tell them they ARE willing to work an extra 25 minutes a day, have more planning time, and more training. It's the union that said NO. Shame on the union and shame on the teachers for not standing up to them. The citizens of RI are tired being ruled by unions. And now we've made that loud and clear.
*applauding* well said! although... i do secretly like "keeping up with the kardashians" sshhhhh, don't tell anyone!!!!!
could i have your permission to highlight this post on my blog? i would for sure give you all the credit in the world :)
Great idea! I'd like to fire the politicians as well. All of 'em. What a bunch of monkeys. Well-paid monkeys, at that. If an honest word were to come out of someone's mouth I think earth might just explode in shock.
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I would love to go with you to fire the Jersey Shore crew. Seriously. That Snookie and The Situation make me want to spit bullets. Jimminy Crickets.
I agree! Especially with firing congress! Have a great week!
Can I just give you a big Hell Ya!!
Hey Debbie, I just returned from vacation and am glad I found this post. I couldn't agree with you more!!!! I think a clean sweep is a good thing sometimes. I only wish it could be done more often. Congrats to the school in RI.
Hope all's well with you and your family. Have a great week,
xo
GREAT! I'd fire my whole staff (well, maybe half,) but they, too, are "union", so we wouldn't be able to do it!
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I still can't figure out why the Kardashians are "famous". I mean, what did they do?
Great insight into serious issues! Meanwhile, I've never seen the Jersey Shore... have you? I just asked someone the other day who the Kardashians (sp?) are. I KNOW I'm not living under a rock (I'm a blogger for GOd's sake!!), however, I try to keep my trash list down to a minimum. A few weeks of The Bachelor is ENOUGH trash to fill my soul for a good 9 months!
Awesome post! Couldn't agree more! Most all the comments have covered the other groups I'd fire. ;)
I want to fire the jerks who keep putting non English speaking employees behind the intercoms at fast food service chains.
I understand the need to have english/spanish speaking employees at the window so they can take care of all the customers, but don't just limit the service to someone who can't communicate to the customer without having their own translator standing nearby. It works both ways. Someone should have recognized this by now. That means you, Management.
The voters in my state (Rhode Island BTW) continues to re-elect the same losers election after election and then they have the nerve to bitch about them later.
The voters in my state (Rhode Island BTW) continues to re-elect the same losers election after election and then they have the nerve to bitch about them later.
I'd like to fire all the "customer service" reps I encountered during my last phone call to AT&T. I'd like to fire the jerk who upped the APR on my credit card even though I'm a good customer. I'd like to fire the lady I have to deal with at the bank who never answers her phone and has a voice mail message that is 5 minutes long. There I feel better too! Thanks Debbie!!
Credit card companies. Now I know they just came under new rules. Us consumers are still taking a beating from there deceptive business practices and there fine print rules.
Fire all the bankers and CEO's of those awful swindler companies. I also agree with your whole list, although I don't watch any of those shows. How about the media execs that only show one side, usually the liberal one, of any issue? They need to go and fast.
HALLELURYAH! (That's my very poor Medea impression)
LOVE IT!!! I'm totally on board - great ideas!
***Ally
Can't disagree with any on that list (other than possibly the teachers since I don't know the details and my mom was a teacher in a rough area and I know how tough that is) -- please fire them all!!!
Ummm... Paris Hilton? For crying out loud, WHY ON EARTH IS SHE A CELEBRITY?
What has she done?
This just made me laugh out loud. Couldn't agree with you more about the Jersey Shore thing - I mean, really. "The Situation"? I'm so very scared of them all. And not in a good way.
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Love this post! My husband own his own web business and he's fired alot of people over the last year. But he has no regrets about it and has even said - why did I even hire them!? Most people want to find a job and get paid to do nothing. Or they act like they know what they're doing yet they have no idea! I'm with you....if you aren't doing what you're paid to do x 10 then GOODBYE! :) Oh thanks for commenting on my blog :)
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Here, here! I so agree with ALL of your choices. Love this post, nice to know that I am not the only one with these concerns. Don't these people in their positions realize that they are doing the general public more harm than good? Obviously not!
BRAVO!!! Well said... I would just like to add the professional sports players who make WAY too much money for PLAYING.A.GAME!!!
Let's start over with their salaries, folks, it is a game, it's not brain surgery.
OK, off my soap box. Thank you.
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