One day I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport . We were driving in the right
lane when suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi
driver slammed on his breaks, skidded, and missed the other car by just inches! The driver
of the other car whipped his head around and started yelling at us.

My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean, he was really friendly.
So I asked, "Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to
the hospital!"
This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call, "The Law of the Garbage Truck."

He explained that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage,
full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment.
As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they'll dump it on you.
Don't take it personally.
Just smile , wave, wish them well, and move on.
Don't take their garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home, or on the streets.
The bottom line is that successful people do not let garbage trucks take over their day.

Train hit by tornado. Occurred in Illinois earlier this year -- camera is on rear
locomotive. Watch, especially to the left -- watch the trees bend, debris
in the air, and you can actually see the tornado pass from right to left.

Brothers and Sisters,

Please see the attached Alert. Pass the word, too!

Thanks...Fraternally,

Tim Smith, State Chairman
CSLB/BLET/IBT Rail Conference

Link to PDF Here

Scare Tactic Recycled: Unionizing Kills Jobs

Anti-labor forces this week are reprising an old argument about the Employee Free Choice Act: Making it easier for employees to join unions will cost employees their jobs.

The latest entry in this fusillade of propaganda comes from something called the Alliance to Save Main Street Jobs—an alliance that happens to include that bastion of "Main Street," the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
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