Sunday, September 06, 2009

The Annual Labor Day Blog Post ™

Lowell, Massachusetts was named after the wealthy Lowell family. They owned numerous textile mills, which attracted the unmarried daughters of New England farmers. These young girls worked in the mills and lived in supervised dormitories. On average, a Lowell Mill Girl worked for three years before leaving to marry. Living and working together often forged a camaraderie that would later find an unexpected outlet.

Read full Labor Day article here

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Speaking of labor:

Honest Abe sez: “Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital and deserves much the higher consideration.”
(from his First Annual Message to Congress, December 3, 1861)

Then again, in his Second Annual Message to Congress (December 1, 1862), the Great Emancipator said: “I cannot make it better known than it already is that I strongly favor colonization.”

Oh well...

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Bonus link:

Almost vegan in the National Football League

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One last vacation photo:


Michele and I take a break along the Oregon coast

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Poem for progressives

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