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Damnit, Varus, we know you're a terrorist already. Quit advocating bank robbery.

That's the spirit varus. Encourage people to better themselves by discouraging them from ever seeking better work! Makes perfect sense.

That's not what he was pushing for (or, at least not how I interpret him). He's saying, and rightfully by the way, is that you should not be on government assistance when you're turning down jobs because you're "too good" for them. If you were too good for it, then you'd have a better job in the first place.

I want you to consider how often I deride people for being idealistic. Got that in your mind? Okay.

The sentiment you have just expressed is ludicrously and childishly naive and fails to achieve an even remotely realistic appraisal of employment.

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Also, according to your own past testimony, your career is a counterexample to this very idea.

Edited, Nov 24th 2009 4:51pm by Pensive

I don't particularly care what you did or how you turned out, because you have very little to do with all. Mentioning your historically candid disclosure of nepotism alludes to a simple point: skill and worth don't suffice to get you a job better than the one you are doing. Skill may be necessary (and honestly, it's not that either, but let's just say) but it certainly is not sufficient; the notion that "if you were too good, you'd have a better job" is the most utterly false employment condition ever uttered by a human.

Edited, Nov 24th 2009 5:08pm by Pensive

Pensive,



Actually I'd say the notion that worth is defined by what someone is willing to pay you is the most accurate employment condition ever uttered. What you think you're worth means absolutely nothing.

Told her!

Yeah, well, Noah Webster there best keep his day job.

Talking with Palin's book buyers.

Before the board pubbies jump all over the source of these interviews & the fact that they were edited (all interviews are edited. even Fox's), I want them to watch it, listen to what these people say, & think for a minute.

After watching & listening, can you understand a little bit about why we lefties find her & her followers to be a bit of a joke?

It isn't about how her & her supporters are "portrayed" in the media, it's because her & her ilk are unabashed & unapologeticly ignorant.

And what's worse is her/their egos won't allow them to see their ignorance for what it is, which we find scary. We've seen what happens when you put an idiot in charge of the country for 8 years & are reluctant to see it repeated.

Edited, Nov 25th 2009 1:52am by Omegavegeta

Summary:

I think she should be president. No, I have no idea what she stands for, but she's COOL!!

So last night, I went to the Barnes & Noble where Palin was appearing on Nov. 24th in Orlando. I arrived at 11:35 PM, and already the line was around the side of the building and partway down the next wall. So I sat down with my book and backpack, and listened to people talk about Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, etc.

At 9 AM, they started to pass out bracelets that we weren't allowed to take off (if we took it off, we wouldn't be allowed in for the signing), and the opportunity to buy the book if we haven't yet.

I went back at around 7:00 PM (The signing was at 7:30), and it was PACKED. There were some protesters outside, and it was starting to rain. Despite the weather though, there was a ton of people there. After waiting for half an hour, Palin finally appeared. When she came in, there were chants going up of "Palin 2012! Palin 2012!" that didn't stop for a few minutes. She went up to the second floor of the bookstore, gave a wave and a wink over the balcony side, and then went to the signing table. We were only allowed to bring up the books to the second floor, and everything from purses to jackets to cellphones and the bags that the books were in had to be kept on the first floor, redeemable by a ticket number that we gave up when we came down the other side of the elevator. It was all a very efficient process.

When I got my book signed, I got the opportunity to shake her hand and talk with her for a couple minutes. I asked her that with her brand of conservatism, if she'll be able to bring back to the independents and moderates that fled in 2008. She said that she is very independent herself, and that she would have no problem doing so. I then asked about the fact that it seems like the party is starting to push the moderates out, and I cited NY-23...and she was starting to develop an answer to that when I was told to move on.

She is a very likable person in person. She has a lot of charisma, and I got the impression (from the brief amount we talked) that she is a smart woman, just lacks the experience needed for national office. A lot of the people in the crowd support her for a variety of reasons...two of which that stood out was 1) she gives the conservative woman a voice that she didn't have previously and 2) she is like the average person (with her family and her own life so far), moreso than people like Obama or Biden.

Stouch Republicans are nice people, and I actually made a couple of friends sitting there (and I'm texting with one right now, in fact).

If Palin can reinvent herself...I worry about 2016.

Edited, Nov 25th 2009 7:39am by Nightsintdreams