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[hopey]

<i>he stil dresses that way, speaks with a slang, has tattos all over and a police record he will not get very far. He has been looking for a job for over 2 years, so what did that life with a gang serve? Nothing!! He would have been better off saying no to the gang and not caring what others want or think and believe in himself.</i>

Gee. I hear this and I think of a bunch of different reasons maybe he hasn’t found a job.

* inner-city life generally does not prepare a person for a corporate job, as far as workplace skills are concerned

* maybe he has skills, but is having the same problem many, many other people are having in this economy of simple supply and demand

* maybe he is striving to find a workplace that will accept him regardless of his mode of dress or the color of his skin — my current workplace sincerely does not care one whit about what we wear to work, with a dress code of “wear clothes. try to make sure they’re not too ripped up. oh, and shoes.” When you work in the tech industry and working 15 hour days during crunch time to get product out the door on time… why does it matter what you wear while cranking out code? This city was built on the tech industry. The tech industry doesn’t care about dress codes. Get used to it.

* maybe his skillset is fairly unique and he is having trouble finding his “niche” — been there, done that, it sure does suck!

I realize that I shouldn’t really be “feeding the troll” as the saying goes, but I just cannot believe the incredible intolerance, judgemental attitude, and entitlement being displayed in this discussion.

[barmargia]

Lattemom, I don’t even know where to start with your tirade…oh, yeah, let’s start with it’s KWANZAA or KWAANZA. I would go on more but your ignorance makes my head hurt and my stomach turn. Oh, but by the way I am Christian, and I’m pretty sure that Christian teaching is for tolerance, so you might want to double check your religion.

[Anonymous]

I liked life much better without the politcal coreect crap that goes on today. More is celebrated for Quanza, and other faiths from third world countries than Christian holidays, they have all but just been banned becuase god forbid that mention GOD!! Being told to say Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas at our kids school was outragous, we are Christians not from Africa!! People come to the U.S. and never learn to speak English, to survive we would all have to learn to speak Spanish, or any other language. It is pure ignorance.

Wearing baggy pants wi sloppy dressing. Wearing tennis shoes in a professional office like real estate, a bank, or anyother professional office other than an office located in Harbor Island in a machine shop is sloppy, sorry but is shows you don’t care, regardless if your boss allows you to it is not professional. The whole dress code of professional dressing has been gone for years now and I rarely see a man in a suit and tie or a woman in heels and a skirt or dress downtown and that was the norm back 7 years ago when I worked, we cold not show our elbows as we had to wear a jacket with our suits or skirts/dresses.

I will never be sold that Pit Bulls are kind dogs, they are a very aggressive breed. As for the jerk who owned those pit bulls in the lastest local attack he deserves alot more than a $1,000 fine which he probably won’t pay. He will simply get another dog train it to be mean and another innocent person or animal will get bitten.

As for the Spanish people, at our daughters school there are a huge number of Spanish families and I will say they are the most friendly, down to earth and eager learners of English to better themselves and well as the kids life. I would love to live in Montana or Idaho, that way my husband coukd go derr, and elk hunting all his wanted. We would love another mount on the wall!!

[beachdrivegirl]

3)While 58% of voters familiar with Hillary Clinton have a positive view of her, 41% give her negative marks, for a net favorability score of +17. By contrast, Obama’s net favorability score is +47.

4)Clinton’s popularity within her party does not translate as easily across party lines as Obama’s does, or indeed as Giuliani’s and McCain’s. Only 58% of the total sample of respondents had a very or somewhat favorable impression of her, compared with 82% for Giuliani (including 7 out of 10 Democratic voters), and 70% each for Obama and McCain — both of whom showed strongly among independents

5)McCain’s unwillingness to make the “anyone but Hillary” argument endangers one of the most substantial rationales he makes for his candidacy: the idea that he, alone among the Republicans, can beat Clinton in the general election. But McCain firmly believes he can accomplish that without engaging in the kind of politicking that was on display, say, between the Clinton and Barack Obama camps this past weekend.

–Three more points all from TIME magazine on why Democrats need to think about electibility.

[Anonymous]

Ken (or anyone else that has had this problem and may have a remedy) – All these junk emails that I am receiving, I’ve noticed, are not sent to me. In the “To” line, it is not my name or email address. How could this be happening?

[Anonymous]

beachdrivegirl – As a die hard Republican, I do not agree with your assessment that Republican’s won’t vote for Clinton. I think that is more likely than a Republican voting for Obama.

It is possible that you personally know Republicans and they have stated that they won’t vote for Clinton, but would vote for Obama, but I think the majority of Republicans who do vote for the other side would only do so if it is a McCain/Clinton race.

[andrea]

Well getting through all 4 pages of this thread was worth the effort once I got to that which is the sanity and clarity of JoB’s words (and JanS too!). I think I literally gloss over ‘other’ people’s postings…until I see your names and then I join back in. Oh and welcome home JoB…glad your Cujo’s did so well while you were gone :)

[Jerald]

Camp Long also has picnic shelters and that wonderful meadow and ponds close by. But I think the adult beverage thing will be a problem most places. Do you have a friend with a bigger home/yard who could help? Another thought is C&P Coffee — I think they might rent out the place for parties and I know they can have alcohol there.

[barmargia]

actually more like Mayberry circa 1950 something

[beachdrivegirl]

I understand that most of people posting here on this blog our supporting Clinton. I just dont see how they believe as Democrats that is what is in their best interest. If Clinton wins the primary and it is a McCain/Clinton race. McCain will win. 1) Republicans will vote for Obama over McCain. They will not vote for Clinton over McCain. I know personally Republicans that are sending donations which is very unlike the. In the past they were spending $1000’s for the Republican Party.

2) Clinton does not have the financial support and backers to win this election. She has alreadyhad to dig into her own pocket for this race.

If we as democrats want change during the next presidency we need to get past who we like more and take a look at electability.

and on a side note-the only reason why the numbers look as close as they do presently isnt b/c it is what the people want it is b/c of the superdelegates. who are slowly coming to their senses.

[Jerald]

I still think Lattemom would be more comfortable living somewhere else, like Yakima — oh, wait, some people there speak Spanish. Let’s see, maybe somewhere in Idaho or Montana…

I’m sorry, I can’t always resist. It’s like calling “woof woof” to a pitbull on the other side of a fence just to get it riled up.

[barmargia]

I was just being sarcastic, I’m not really offended by “hehehehe”.

[Anonymous]

Maybe everyone could try and use the standard “LOL” in lieu of “hehehehe” and no one would get offended.

[JoB]

every dog has to have her day:)

i try not to be smug about all of this because the primaries haven’t happened yet and we really don’t know who will be running until they do…

but i am so happy America seems to be actually thinking again.

And more than that.. America seems to be talking again.

If nothing else.. that is a good thing.

[barmargia]

LOL, okay fair enough then. Chuckle away :)

[JoB]

but i chuckle a really long time…

you guys should see me pecking away at my keyboard laughing and chuckling most of the time…

i really am having too much fun:)

[JoB]

sorry..

joB said as she danced around the room letting off fireworks and wishing for some doves to release:)

[JoB]

ken.. thanks for the tip about wasp traps… i looked at them a couple of weeks ago and passed. i will go back to get some and put them out immediately.

anyone composting… make sure compost bins are well covered if you live near raccoon habitat or you might be inviting more guests to your yard than you want. i learned that some years ago.. the hard way…

[Anonymous]

Very true. That one scares me more than Hillary, though, so I’m not allowing myself to think like that.

I do have to admit, I’m jealous of all of you who are excited and supportive of your candidate.

Not as much fun this time around on this side.

[barmargia]

LOL…I don’t think they were banned, but maybe not so many in a row :)

[JoB]

and where am i supposed to get my fun now?

[JoB]

i use spam blocker in outlook… and it does work… it catches most of the spam.

but.. and here is the big problem.. you really have to sort through what it blocks for a very long time because i found too many important messages in there.

that said.. it took me less than an hour to sort through the 400+ messages that were put in my spam filter…. and another 2 hours to go through the remaining 400+ messages.. some of which were spam.

so.. it sved me half the time.

i use outlook because it is easy ken… i know it’s not the best… but on a bad brain day i can still use it:(

my hubby has had his email filtered through google gmail for some time now and loves it… so i am probably going to follow soon.

i am a very slow adopter:)

[Anonymous]

Ken – I can’t thank you enough for looking into this for me! Anything you come up with will be great!

Lattemom – Thank you for the advice earlier because I think it’s working. Each time I get a new junk email, I put the address into my “blocked” section and I think I’m receiving less and less!

[Anonymous]

Oh, JoB…. I think that “hehehes” were banned.

[JoB]

OMG… you are going to start those romance rumors again and my hubby is not amused by them…

but.. i did notice that i hadn’t seen him when i read to catch up.. nor cinnamon either.

maybe they are off somewhere together…

hehehehehehe