Terp I put an ad in the paper a couple of months for an entry level desktop support person. I got 47 applicants in 2 days. Of those applicants, 22 had ten years or more experience. I made numerous phone calls to these people letting them know it was an entry level position and that the salary would be below 30K - only a handful cared. One told me he's been working in the mall since 2002 and cou
2008 will be an intersting election because basically there will be no Republican Stars. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, MD is possibly the front runner in my book. But I think after 4 more years of Bush the pendulum will swing back to the Dems. The deficit will soar to new heights, and the economy will be slow and steadily growing, but not a factor in the next election. I'm basing that on nothing more than past cycles. The issues will be an ex
This is the area where I cannot agree at all with you. I was born in 1963 and have been paying into a system for 17 years that you say I should not get a penny out of. I understand and it's tough to draw a line. I drew the line where I did, because it gives everyone a good 20 years, 24 in your case to
So basically 300 climate scientists warn that winter temperatures in Alaska, western Canada and eastern Russia have risen by up to 4 C in the past 50 years - and could warm by up to 7 C. And you take the work of <TABLE cellpadding=8 width="95%" align=center bgColor=#FFF394 class="mb-Body
Why would the U.N. and other nations agree on such an action that violates Hussein's sovereignty? I don't know, but 34 agreed to invade his country isn't that a violation of his sovernty. The UN was willing to compromise at the time, They wanted to avoid another all out war, because they foresaw what
First of all the deaths are horrible. I am saddened by them. As I sit here looking at a picture of my own child on my desk, i think it's important to say that even one death is too many when it is your own child. These are not statistics we are tossing around but the deaths of innocents. May God hold them dear. As far as the sanctions go, it is impossible to lay the blame of all those deaths soley and squarely on them. The country was des
I don't believe it is. Do you honestly think we should have left the sanctions in place and Saddam in power? The oil sanctions were killing 5000-6000 children a month due to starvation from the sanctions. A. Prove that the sanctions were the cause of 5000 - 6000 childhood deaths a year. Populat
I totally agree with you, and I think that we can count the Democrats and Republicans out of moving toward the center, in fact I think the only way this will ever come to fruition is if a third party evolves, ala the Patriot party with a filthy rich leader like Perot that has all the money in the world to run against the two mainstream parties. We had our chance at it with Perot, I'm just praying that someone else comes along, and realizes we need the
Reply #16 By: CrispE - 11/6/2004 11:21:35 AM drmiler: Once again, you question whether abuses occur, even when your own party MADE THE ACCUSATIONS in many cases?! When are you going to realize that an election manipulated in any way is wrong? Blakbox.org is a non-partisan organization.<br
What i also care about is people who just cant accept defeat, that just cant believe it could have happened if cheating DIDNT occur. People who cant understand the math....that even if all these "suspicious" counties or whatever went 100% to Kerry, it still wouldnt have been enough for a win. Just to pl
drmiler - you've got to be kidding. Or this one: Link This is most likely one of the best.. April 18, 2004, 11:36 p.m. Oil-for-Terror? The claims in this article were proven unsubstantiated by the 9-11 Commission. They were thoroughly investigate and found to be a complete fabricatio
Mr. President you have won without my support and with out my vote. That is now behind us. You are my President and you have my full support. Now lend me your ear... HEAL THIS NATION. If you are truely the leader your followers claim you are, then lead us to financial prosperity, to homeland security, to a peaceful world where America is sought for stability and wisdom, not money and guns. Free us from these chains of distrust and an
reg - Kerry
A Ever here of premium spiral? Let's say there is a small group (partial employee pay -15 employees) and 2 have had significant health problems, as a result the group premium is significantly higher on average. Yes this happened at my current employeer. I sliced open my arm last year, a friend of mine f
Bush though is clearly worse On this I guess we'll just have to disagree. I consider adding millions to an entitlement program the far greater evil. Actually that last bit was part of the article I excerpted, and not me. But I find nothing in the bush health plan that says "HEY MIDDL
It was fun debateing you all for the last month or so. I hope this fine little community doesn't desolve after the votes are counted.
Link This is a great feel good article no matter what side of the debate you are on. I'm so excited about the future of American politics. My generation (x) was such a waste politically, I felt like an outcast talking politics with my friends. I got to the point where I wouldn't even listen to their arguments unless they had a voter registration card. Trying to explain to my friends the theory
The Clinton Administration published guidelines governing the use of human embryonic stem cells in the Federal Register on August 23, 2000. On April 25, 2001, a scheduled review of pending grant applications was postponed to provide President George W. Bush and his new Administration an opportunity to review the issue. On August 9, 2001, President Bush issued a long-awaited decision on stem cell research. He authorized funding of stem cell research usi
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You guys are tiresome. I have agreed with drmiler on 3 of 4 points on this issue, 1 that Kerry didn't handle this right. I've agreed that 2 this is a non issue, and that 3 it's not going to change anyones mind, but I have to agree with many military strategists, who have stated that we were risking American and Iraqi lives because we didn't invade with enough forces to prevent this kind of thing. Bush doesn't have a plan, and even staunch Re
The following excerpts all show what in my opion is mismanagement. because the site was not guarded by U.S. troops Two weeks ago, Iraqi officials told the IAEA, a U.N. agency, that the explosives vanished because of “theft and looting ... due to lack of security another large unit, the 2nd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division, moved into the area. That unit did not search Al-Qaqaa. A spokesman for the unit said there was he
I was at work. I work in a seperate building with all the servers. Someone I don't get along with very well in my company called me and told me to get over to the cafeteria in the other building and hung up on me. I was kind of pissed about his abruptness. I remember thinking how I didn't have time for this crap, I had work to do, as I walked over to their build . . . oblivious. The Cafe has glass walls and I was walking down this corridor looking
How will we ever know when the explosives were removed from Al-Qaqaa and by whom? How can we tell if they were taken away by Saddam's minions before or after he fell from power, before or after the United States troops had passed by the dump? We can't, any more than we can tell who did what in the jungles of Vietnam 30 years ago.
If each vote counted as one vote and there were no state boundrys and no electoral votes at all, if we voted as a nation with more than two parties gunning for the big prize then maybe we would finally be a true democracy, however we are not a democracy we are a republic. and to the republic for which it stands
I've been watching the polls like I watch fantasy football tickers lately and I thought the rest of you might enjoy this site. Link