I have heard of contractors carrying weapons, but i have also heard that if they get caught with a gun they get fired and lose their bonuses. If i were there i think i would run the risk and pack a gun anyways. Money isnt everything. I'll take breathing!
Miler, I was recently offered a job by a sub contractor for Halliburton doing IT work in Iraq. (i have no idea how they found me, i didnt apply for the gig) They ABSOLUTELY FORBID the carrying of any firearms of any employee. They told me that i would have my own bodyguard who was an employee of Wackenhut (the Government's preferred private security company) watching my back when i was working in the field. I asked the recruiter if any of the
My god doc....How BIG is your plate? : : I swear you're a superhero with all the stuff you got going on. Med school, Wife, Kids, Foster kids, JU, cheese metal worshipping. Do ya have x-ray vision too?
I thought you left us Jade? I'm glad you're still around though. The Utah JU coalition is back up to 4....YAY!
i think they would have thrown a few revolutions over the years. But hey...That's just me!
And you thought the Great Salt Lake smelled bad at low tide! I hear you Doc. Go play with your wife. Do something totally silly and enjoy every minute. You have worked a long time and you're almost across the finish line my friend. Take a moment to rest up for it!
Damn KB...You are the one who needs a paid vacation. I know how it is (well minus the three kids). My bosses either vacation, or find some other reason for me and my co workers to do their jobs for them as well. Just remember one thing ok? You're working for those little ones futures. The harder you work, the better it will be for them so they don't end up like us
I was hoping for some input from the female perspective, but i guess it ain't gonna happen... Ah well.
Baker, I'm no socialist. All i am suggesting is that we find a way to take care of our fellow americans, and i think that maybe we can fix the existing system to do so without further taxation. Nothing more. In fact if we look hard enough and stop the partisan bickering, maybe we could find a way to do it and REDUCE taxes! I don't know if anybody in DC has ever thought of that. Maybe you should go back and read some of the articles on my blog and ask yourself again if i'm
Guy, I loathe the idea of Hil in the big chair as much (if not more) than you do. I'm thinking more along the lines of a Bill Richardson, or perhaps even George Clinton (minus Funkadelic of course) rather than her. I just dont see her like i see bubba. She's just too liberal. Ok, lets change GOP to.....FAR right? happy now? Shingo1 makes a g
Damn Guy, even i saw that....
I think it's because everybody would want to do it their own way MasonM. Guy, YES you can fix a problem. With your VOTE! You can hassle your reps and senators into sponsoring rational legislation to stop the fleecing. If they dont budge, take steps to get rid of them! American way remember? Baker, National Socialism was a right wing philosophy. This is a subject that i have done a lot of research on because i have
Actually Guy, I think that it would be regulated by the same rules they use for cigarettes. But i don't think Gid's original beef was for smoking it. It was for using hemp to make fuel, paper, cloth and stuff like that. Which is a damn good idea. If we had thought of this and NOT changed the laws over the years, the whole gulf issue would be a NON issue. We wouldn't need as much of their oil. But unfortunately OPEC, american and british oil now has their claws so deep in our wallets and governme
Uhm.....Guy? It has been proven that charities have overhead. UP to 60% in fact. And i do agree with you on the two things. I just think that a third is a noble undertaking.
Guy, they can tell by the damage done to her Gastrointestinal system. I have a sister who is bulemic and thats how they diagnosed her. The damage is permanent as well. It doesn't heal over. I'll see if i can find some info about it and post in a seperate thread.
I guess its the side of me that wants to think we can make our country a better place Baker. I do agree with you to a certain extent about butting out. But if we all butt out where does that leave us when it comes to the desperatley needy? I'll tell you, in a world of shit is where! (sorry for the profanity Gid) When we deny the next generation of what they need (IE: food, and a fair shot at bettering themselves) we erode our own infrastructure. We raise yet another generation of folks who rely
*BUMP* Always wanted to do that... : :
You cannot be serious Gid... It's the DEMOCRATS fault? Try the Petrochemical industry. And WHO gets a lot of $$$ from them? The GOP! We don't support the libertarians for a number of reasons. For instance their schitzophrenic philosophy. Compound that with some of the half baked (no ganja pun intended) stuff you guys come up with, and not ever having a viable contender for any top office and you have your answer. I thin
Guy, they havent released the autopsy report yet. If you had followed the case a little closer, you would know that! Gid, i dunno about the tobacco issue. Like i said many times, i'm no liberal. I may be a dem but that doesn't mean i agree with everything they do. I only know that i think we need to take care of some of the less fortunate who truly deserve the help. Not subsidize the lifestyles of those who choose not to work. I also agree with you on the lip service thingie. When i mad
How so Guy? She was a bulemic who had the blood cut off from her brain because of binging and purging.
I'm sorry Gid, I just don't buy your arguement here...I also take issue with your classification of the GOP. go to their site and read their basic tenets. They ARE for smaller federal government and more state control. As far as your point of KEEPING vs Putting it back in your pockets. That's 6 of one, half a dozen of another. I believe that the vast majority of those needing assistance do not want to be in the position to ask for it
Well then Gid, is our whole basis of this country a lie then? Remember tired, poor huddled masses? I'm not saying that it should be a law that we pay everybodies rent and fill their pockets. Ive been to socialized countries where that is the standard, and i don't like it. The thought of giving 60% of my income to support others doesn't sit well with me. But if we allow the far right to dictate terms that disallows any government assistance, we
So if i understand this correctly, you are saying that we shouldn't be obligated to better the world around us and help our fellow man? I am all for reducing the welfare rolls as much as the next guy, But if we offer no assistance to those who desperately need it we are no better than a third world country. This is why i'm a dem guys. We have an OBLIGATATION to better our fellow man. If we do not, we are all screwed. The trick i gues
Thanks everybody!
The real kicker here is that in the end we broke up for "economic" reasons. She's a pastry chef and couldnt make the kind of money in SLC as she can where she is. Also, I would have to quit my job if i were to move out there. (in that part of California, good IT jobs are few and far between.) We havent completely given up hope, but we decided that with all my traveling it was hard enough to maintain the relationship when we lived in the same city. Add
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