Guest Workers

Will someone tell nature that hurricane season is friggin OVER already? Today, two days AFTER the season "closed", Epsilon became a hurricane. And surface water around FloirDUH is still warm enough that something else could form - however that is unlikely. The water might still be warm enough, but atmospheric conditions are hostile. The current storm is 1,000 miles east of Bermuda, and is heading towards some rather chilly water - where it will become history, and maybe create a little rain / sleet for England. Or not.

So as soon as nature gets the memo about storm season being over, people along the gulf coast can start fixing their roof. Or for some people, rebuilding homes.

The problem is that the amount of work that needs to be done far surpasses what the current workforce can deal with. People are on waiting lists months long. In Miami, there are people who are being told "sorry, we can not fix your roof until next hurricane season". In the mean time, people will just have to deal with blue tarps and leaks. And the mold that leaks create - lets not forget that stuff!

So maybe this whole "guest worker" idea is not so bad after all. Bush is promoting the crap out of it. Of course, his guest worker idea is not his original idea - but we are all supposed to think that Bush NEVER waffles - he is always right the first time. He never really proposed the idea of "illegal immigrant amnesty" - he ALWAYS meant "guest worker".

But then again , the nation needs roofers.

And then there is this "guest worker" possibility.

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