re: Mike Rowe: Interesting Perspective on Flag Burning and the Hampton College Issue

If either party wants to understand the "uneducated white male", have Mike Rowe on speed dial.

This was one of my most posted/retweeted/messaged items in the whole election. Not just for the pushback on the insult, but also for the paean to the skilled trades. You want to talk about a hollowing out, this is it. Too many sociologists and not enough welders.

Pardon Me, But Your Slip Is Showing…

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If you’re only “vaguely offended” by this Albert, maybe it’s because you’ve seen it all before. Never mind the fact that you run a successful business. Never mind your years of training, your skill, your knowledge, your diligence, your commonsense, and every other quality that allowed you to succeed. In this political climate, none of that matters. These days, you’re just another white guy who never made it to college, voting for the “wrong candidate.”

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Right now, 5.8 million jobs currently exist that employers can’t seem to fill. Meanwhile, outstanding student loans will eclipse 1.3 trillion dollars this year, college tuition continues to rise, and once again, a new crop of deeply indebted college graduates will enter the workforce with none of the necessary skills to fill those open positions.

Closing the skills gap and making college more affordable is beyond my pay grade, but it seems like we could start by reminding the media that a college degree is not the only path to success.

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