Please forward this memo to the person in charge of unemployment information. We are sadly in need of the following information.
1. Please send a breakdown of age groups, and how many are..
a. newly unemployed
b. unemployed over 3/6/9/12 months
2. How many were working in jobs paying $10/$15/20/$25 or more an hour prior to be laid off or fired…in age groups, and gender
3. How many working in jobs quit to go back to some kind of education…
a. by age and gender
b. whether or not they were on unemployment, got part-time work, and then decided to go back for some education
4. How many were in the armed forces and now out looking
5. How many men and how many women by age breakdown using info found from answering question by age and gender
6. Why this information is not in the WSJ for reference to all.
Using unemployment findings without explaining fully who these people are, where they live, their age and gender, and their length of unemployment….is nothing but a shell game……I’ll be looking in the Business Section….
Have been watching both conventions….listening to the speakers, seeing the convention work, hearing the promise of lower taxes, and do-gooder deeds in the years to come. I’ve watched banners, people, kids, and smiles.I’ve listened to opinions, and heard the ‘4 more years’ as well as ‘no more years’.
But most of all…..I’ve seen little to impress me……And the reason for this opinion is very easy. THERE IS NO PROOF! There is no proof Obamacare will work or fail…..(it’s been spread out not to fully take effect for years…so people will either forget, or throw up their hands in defeat). There is no proof banks will remember who their customers are and become user-friendly again (why should they, their fees and mortgages keep them in he black without doing anything)
Student loans are and were sold on the false idea that money would never dry up….that students graduating would pay easily because of their higher salaries, and that colleges recommended them. So how’s that working?
Taxes go up and taxes come down….promises appear and then fade away. Yes, the answer is touted on both sides…..live within a budget. The problem is “are your paycheck taxes going to be spent on police or parties, on school rooms or school superintendents, on veterans or vague expenditures, on good roads, or gov. rallies, on welfare for the needy or welfare for the greedy, on building a better nation, or feathering a politician’s nest?
My question is…..who, on either side, is going to become the reputable person they probably started out to be? Who, on either side, is going to gallantly represent the people, Who is going to ‘go by the rules in effect’, instead of shying away from what the people voted for. Who is going to stand up to countries who cheat us on a daily basis, just because we can keep dialogue open? Who is going to finally refuse to be part of a United Nations who does nothing but hinder world progress toward helping one’s fellow-man?
SHOW ME…..that man, that party, that representative, that mayor, that councilman, that senator, and yes, that businessman…..and I’ll follow him to the ends of the earth……THAT’S WHAT AMERICA WANTS!!!
While gleaning old files, and shredding in front of the TV, I ran across this letter, attached to a policy that has been cashed in…….thought you would enjoy a little of the ‘old days’ of explanation.
I AM YOUR POLICY
You and I have purpose in this world, which,when broken down, are quite similar. It is YOUR job to provide food, clothing, shelter, schooling, medicine and sundry other things for your loved ones; you do this while I lie in your strong box.
I must have faith and trust in YOU, Mr. Policyholder, for out of your earnings will come the cost of MY upkeep. At times I may appear to be somewhat worthless to you–, but someday (and who knows when) you and I will change places.
When you are laid to rest, I will come alive and do YOUR job. I will provide the food, clothing, shelter, schooling, medicine and other things your family will continue to need — just as you are now doing. When YOUR work and toil is done, MINE will begin, through ME, your hands will carry on.
Whenever you feel the price you are paying for my upkeep is burdensome, remember, that I WILL DO MORE FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY THAN YOU CAN EVER DO FOR ME.
Mr. Policyholder, if you do your part, I will do mine.
Sometimes the light bulb comes on a little slow for me…and even then it is slightly dim for a while. I try to stay up on general day-to-day living. I read the newspaper, scan the ads, and read about what’s new. In those question and answer series, I’m NOT the one, however, who has to have the newest gadgets or drive the latest gas saving creation from the auto giants. I mean, if they have to ask me for a loan to design and make a vehicle that doesn’t go as far as my electric lawnmower, then I really can’t count on their expertise or reasoning.
So some way this leads me to the items I’m familiar with…like an iron, a desk calculator, a toaster, and of course, my computer. Other than using electricity, these items may not seem to have a lot in common. They can’t be interchanged, however they are very useful. I can clean the iron when the deposits get bad..at least for a while. I can get new tape for the calculator until it bites the dust, and the toaster will work until it decides not to. For the most part they are pretty easy to replace…..and it doesn’t cost me a paycheck.
But then there is there computer….ah yes, it runs, most of the time. I would junk my car if it ran…most of the time. I would pitch the stove top and oven if it ran, most of the time. I would ditch the lawnmower if it ran…most of the time, and I would dump the TVs if they ran…..most of the time. But what about the computer….no dumping here, no trash can here. NO! This baby is here to stay, for at least a few years.
And so I amble along thru my web page and emails. I sigh when the download takes 2 Adel songs to finish. I glare at the screen when ,the famous words “not responding'” flashes before my bloodshot eyes. But when the ‘freeze’ takes over, I am not nice to be around.
The “PREFETCH” and the “%temp%” are run and the trash can is emptied, but no one inside this tower of doom cares. The cookies are eaten and the other “sh…. I don’t know anything about is discarded…and still nothing but the freeze.
Well, let me tell you, this isn’t my first computer….I can call for help. Menus and discussions later, in the darkened gloom of my monitor, I cry ‘uncle’ and begin the search for online 24 hour repair.
Dang if I don’t find one….and they seem to even have a little pity on me. I like Simone…she’s from Miami, and she does her best to dry my tears and promise me things will be better….IF I buy the ‘we’ll fix it 24/7 package”. I hesitate at the cost, she reminds me of the corrupt SOB who has come to live in my house, we discuss using it on two computers, and the decision is made. If she can fix my computer and make it almost as good as it was when I bought it…..she and I will be dear friends. (Now I’m no dummy, cause this baby is a whole 5 years old….and I realize in computer land, this guy is about to be cremated) but I say yes.
And lo……it happens. A mystery person takes over the doomsday machine and 3 hours later, I am sitting in front of a nice mannerly machine that will actually do what I ask it to do….corrupt files gone, virus gone, stupid hidden files, gone, and especially stuff I don’t know about….GONE. I am a happy girl. For one year they promise to give up their first-born, if they can’t keep my computer running and me happy….and, when I move to the other computer, I can move the service there.
For 3 days now all was well……and lo again…….. I had to call. A virus visited me in the middle of the night and froze me up again….plus messed up my games. Now mess with the web page, but don’t mess with Scrabble Blaster, if you know what I mean.
I called, they fixed, end of story. The afternoon sunshine glistens in my star-crossed eyes as I use my old, no ancient computer to write this saga. Ain’t life grand!
Lesson learned here…….Irons and TVs come and go, but my computer damn well stick around for a while. Although I am skating on thin ice here….cause I have come to the conclusion that compouters…….no computers are made to be like my iron or toaster…I repeat MADE to be like my iron and toaster. There are many ways to fix the problems, but we end-users are not allowed to know them. The menus to keep us satisfied are tightly held secrets, known only to the people I pay $180 a year to.
slide was found at my granddaughter’s house and is in temporary confinement to be shown off to friends. He’s called Slide because he slides down the glass cage. I told them to give him his freedom so he could visit his mom and dad again….good luck slide
Ever wonder how the ‘founding fathers’ would look at the presence of AK-47s in our homes? I’m sure they would look at the proud owners and ask quizzically, “why?” Now before you fly into a rage and demand your rights….let’s just look at this little scenario and wonder why ourselves.
How many people on our block have the same equipment? How many times have they used it in the last week, or month? Is it kept locked up for the safety of others in the home? How quickly can one get to this machine, if the need arises?….1 minute, 5 minutes, 20 minutes? How much longer does it take if it is 4AM?
Did all your neighbors start with guns and musket balls, as was the norm when the ‘fathers’ created our ‘rights’? Did the right to bear arms include cannons and flaming oil shot from catapults? Hey.don’t get upset, I’m just ask’in……
If we need to hunt for a living or for sport, do we do so with a revolver, and a gun using hundreds of rounds a minute? If we use pelts and skins for beauty and survival, do we like them with bunches of holes?
Well, these questions and answers can call for good discussions in many households as well as government buildings.
Defense, yes.But, of course, it is my right….but to what extent. The ‘founding fathers’ did not fathom 47s…..they did not imagine clips that allowed killing indefinitely. They really had no idea what type of weapons the future would hold, and to what end their rules would be expanded.
So here we are…way past the point of no return. California is expected to sell 100,000 rifles this year. Can’t imagine how many more of what, both on the legal and illegal market. Remember too, there are different rules for different states and even cities. Paperwork by the ton to try to keep records of all who apply and are back-ground checked. And yet, we die, we maim, we hurt the innocent,by mistake….and yes, it is our right to have the equipment to do so. I’m sure if 99% of those shot in the US were guilty of something where they NEEDED to be shot,we wouldn’t having this discussion however that is not the case.
I’m just asking for a fair playing field…..when it comes to guns and pain in America. How about let’s go back to the musket ball. It’s killed plenty of people, so no one can deny it isn’t a weapon. Our country became our country ….. and let’s see, isn’t that the reason we were allowed to carry arms in the first place. Seemed to have worked to help a bunch of mismatched men and women come together to be the USA!
So let’s just go with the gun/musket ball plan. Good guys and bad guys alike. Hunting for sport will be more fair to the animals. One shot, reload, one shot, reload…..in fact, I think it would help one really think about the situation he was in, as he was in the reloading part. Maybe, when thinking it over, it would be better if everyone were to just quit, go home, and solve the problem in a more sensible and humane manner.
Dueling would be good too…..again, planning the time and place and thinking over the problem vs the pain could deter some snot nosed idiots to go on to duel another day. That would also make it safe for those not involved, thereby solving other problems.
I cringe when listening to the 6 o’clock news… I am sad people cannot solve problems without shooting one another. No, in this day and age, I am appalled! Does it sound more stupid to have a place to go kill one another, than the way it is now? People don’t allow the death penalty in their state, but it sure seems to be fine to kill one another in the street. The people we are killing are not enemies of the state….they are us. Sure there are countries making plans for another 9/11, however, today we have watchdogs in place to make it very difficult to do so. I know, we can argue all night about how good the defense is, but not now Other countries survive without the daily bloodshed we have here……you wouldn’t hear a word from me, if those who had guns, used them in only a matter of defense of their home. It is an argument heard time and time again…to defend my home and family. However, how many of us shoot intruders on our street, in our town….weekly…..monthly…..yearly?
Just say’in…..just talk’in…..just think’in….just wonder’in. why……
I saw you today…..a new couple in the neighborhood…very nicely feathered, very comfortable together. They didn’t cause too much of a fuss with the older residents. I think they plan to share this California address permanantly. The finches and I welcome you…Mr/Mrs Crow…remember share and share alike.
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