Who are the job killers? Americans out of work. That's who.

When Republicans talk about killing jobs, they are speaking of jobs of little substance. Jobs that pay a marginal amount and short lived. Jobs without benefits. Many jobs that pay minimum wage and only attractive to undocumented workers. All in all jobs no trained or skilled worker would desire. And you can bet your life these jobs would not be alluring to the defenders of such jobs. No self-respecting congressman would ever think of taking such jobs. Oh? Why not?

Americans out of work are looking for steady career jobs. Jobs with health and retirement benefit. Jobs that would require training and skill. Jobs with longevity. Jobs that will carry them through to a reasonable retirement. Jobs that will build a strong middle class. However, those kind of jobs have been sent away. Far away to China, India, Mexico, and other so-called “Off-shore” places. And who sent them there? The same folks who are yammering about killing jobs. Our friendly Republican congressmen and women. Aided with the help of our friendly US Chamber of Commerce. Yes. Are you surprised?

So instead of long-term jobs with long-term benefits, our skilled and willing work force is served up with long-term unemployment. Nonetheless, this is the reward they receive. Pink slips. Termination due to jobs moved off shore. Go flip burgers. Good luck buddy. Have a nice day.

“Job Killer” is just an empty slogan just to distract all of us from the real point. Mostly regulation and rules. Regulations that protect Americans from unnecessary hazardous work. Regulations that protect the air we breathe and the water we drink. Regulations that protect us from bank and loan fraud. Job Killer is just a hollow GOP war cry in order to take back control of the Whitehouse and all of congress. In turn, American workers get meaningless low paying jobs. Mining coal. Building pipelines. Jobs on land and sea oil rigs. All short term contract work. Usually hard and dirty work and with no thanks. Just let go with no unemployment benefit at the end.

Americans didn’t struggle and finish colledg just to serve the interests of Big Oil and Coal owners and their shareholders. That would be the opposet of the American Dream. Quite the reverse for sure. Americans struggled and got training to build America up. Not let it down. American want long term well paying careers. Workers loyal to a company that is loyal to American workers. God bless American workers. God bless America.

Letter to our local newspaper

Letter to the Editor: More of the same. Larry Shepard, Broken Arrow. Recent ads on TV tell us oil for the tar sands of Canada is a safe and clean source of energy. Would you also believe that Jack the Ripper only tickled his victims? They are strip mining vast tracts of boreal forest and turning it into a lunar landscape dotted with pools of toxic and hazardous wastes. Take a look at National Geographic March 2009 issue. It is not pretty. The proposed route of the Keystone pipeline is being obtained by eminent domain, not by the purchase of the right of way. So they are taking the land they want, not paying the people who own the land. Our governor told us jobs would be created. She did not say they are only temporary, mostly diggers and welders who will be gone once the pipeline is finished. Nor did she say the product going through the pipeline needs high pressures to get it to flow, with good chances of blowouts and spills all along its track. The company owning the pipeline does not have a good clean-up record, but it may still need to hire someone to clean up its mess. None of this is leading us down the road to a sustainable energy future. It is only giving us more of the same with more problems and a higher environmental cost. Letters to the editor are encouraged. Send letters to letters@tulsaworld.com