The political debate was last night, strangely the most angering thing McCain said was not when he claimed he had such great tactical decision making, but when he started calling Obama "That one."
In case you didn't know, while 2nd person use of "one" is a respectful gender nutral pronoun, as in "taking care of One's own" using it attached to a objective pronoun such as "that" is considered dehumanization. often used as a form of prejudice propaganda.
For example, contrast these statements:
The blind person walked down the street.
OR
That one walked down the street.
A person with autism requires special attention.
OR
That one requires special attention
A devout Jewish man was praying at the temple.
OR
That one was praying at the temple.
The Shiite cleric said the time for war was over and we should make peace.
OR
That one said the time for war was over and we should make peace.
And finally:
The opposing candidate voted for that bill.
OR
Who voted for that bill? That one!
The reason for this is that if you analize each of those sentances, the person is refered to by "That" which is an object form pronoun, like in "that suit doesn't seem to fit you right" or "that house needs some work done before it will sell for full value."
Such derogatory patterns of speech such as dehumanization don't belong on the podium in a formal presidential debate, in fact they should hardly be tolerated when made by shock jocks, or in some blogger's rant.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Disappointed . . .
Not only could McCain not keep his promise for a 24 hours, and Obama quickly followed. Furthermore, Nobody in Washington was willing to admit that a perfect bill would take over a year to write, likely 5 years, and we only have a few weeks of a window of opertunity to stop this plunge in the economy, and every day we take it hurts the economy.
NO bill could be perfect. This is a fact that cannot be emphesized enough.
Truely, I would have added provisions mandating that "toxic assets" be bought paying no more than 60% of the market value, thus making banks very reluctant to use the program unless they truely have to cut their losses, and practically guarenteeing some return on investments by taxpayers. This "40% deductable" would eliminate profit for banks in using the program, and make it more an additional insurance for any US bank, than an actual program.
An additional program, I would provide is a national credit counseling service, provided to all americans for free of charge.
Additionally laws taxing loaner's income based on APR including all fees would be good incentives to intercept preditory lending habits by credit card companies.
Obviously, however, Congress is too busy thinking about what a few people think of them, and fighting ammongst themselves to satisfy both the lobbiests and the people, when neither can be done if this bill was to be made. Frankly Obama and McCain's initial view of the bill had to make understatement of the year.
The fact is, the lending market crises is a stain on America's economy, and it will take an equally harsh bleach to get it out. Washington, as usual is too afraid to admit just how bad the problem is, or the fact that it's not going to be easy to fix a problem, instead they stick to wanting impossible cures, and to deny the situation ever existed.
This doesn't change my opinion, just verifies my pesimism, but the fact that the presidential candiates could even admit they agree on one thing, has to be at least one uplooking moment on this, and maybe shines a little spot of light in an otherwise dark time for our nation.
NO bill could be perfect. This is a fact that cannot be emphesized enough.
Truely, I would have added provisions mandating that "toxic assets" be bought paying no more than 60% of the market value, thus making banks very reluctant to use the program unless they truely have to cut their losses, and practically guarenteeing some return on investments by taxpayers. This "40% deductable" would eliminate profit for banks in using the program, and make it more an additional insurance for any US bank, than an actual program.
An additional program, I would provide is a national credit counseling service, provided to all americans for free of charge.
Additionally laws taxing loaner's income based on APR including all fees would be good incentives to intercept preditory lending habits by credit card companies.
Obviously, however, Congress is too busy thinking about what a few people think of them, and fighting ammongst themselves to satisfy both the lobbiests and the people, when neither can be done if this bill was to be made. Frankly Obama and McCain's initial view of the bill had to make understatement of the year.
The fact is, the lending market crises is a stain on America's economy, and it will take an equally harsh bleach to get it out. Washington, as usual is too afraid to admit just how bad the problem is, or the fact that it's not going to be easy to fix a problem, instead they stick to wanting impossible cures, and to deny the situation ever existed.
This doesn't change my opinion, just verifies my pesimism, but the fact that the presidential candiates could even admit they agree on one thing, has to be at least one uplooking moment on this, and maybe shines a little spot of light in an otherwise dark time for our nation.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
I could never be prouder to be an American.
After all of the fighting, bickering and downright nasty politics going between the two sides these past few months, Obama and McCain decide to call off their campaigns to get key bills related to the economy passed in congress.
This is something that is normally unheard of in any politics, let alone in the dirty world of US Presidential politics. I think both candidates are showing that they are the "mavericks of change" that they have dubbed themselves, and are clearly not "Politics as usual"
I have never in my lifetime seen the spirit of democracy shine brighter, than when two people can set asside their differences to get what needs to be done passed through congress at the expense of their own political campaigns. This is truely a rare bright day in American politics
This is something that is normally unheard of in any politics, let alone in the dirty world of US Presidential politics. I think both candidates are showing that they are the "mavericks of change" that they have dubbed themselves, and are clearly not "Politics as usual"
I have never in my lifetime seen the spirit of democracy shine brighter, than when two people can set asside their differences to get what needs to be done passed through congress at the expense of their own political campaigns. This is truely a rare bright day in American politics
Friday, August 22, 2008
Lots of stuff hanging over my head
Well first with the good stuff on my mind.
I became a Mod at LinuxTracker.org. This makes me feel that at least some people appreciate my intelligence.
Second, I'm working on a job adjustment program. The person working with me actually likes my ideas and the way I present them in a moderate and rational manner. I'm slowly reconsidering several careers that involve public speaking, and/or journalism. There are an aweful lot out there that an independent thinker, especially considering all of my unique personal life experience to draw from.
As of the negatives:
First the stress of the election is driving me and my wife crazy.
Me and my wife like Obama, and several of the third party candidates, but are mostly backing Obama, simply because it's rare to see even a decent, let alone good primary candiate even if he pales in comparison to the excellence of one or two of the third party candidates. It's also rare to see someone with both good morals and judgement of Carter, and the ability to be a good leader and surround himself with other good leaders of Clinton.
It doesn't help that several people in my wife's family are big McCain backers, despite the fact that the guy's a complete ignoramus who doesn't understand what the average person is going through, or anything much about the information age, for that matter. (The fact that eBay was the best example of a successful Internet company he could come up with says something, and the fact that he didn't even know the name it was founded under says more.)
Second, My wife's great grandmother had to go to the hospital earlier and despite being released is still not too well. My wife and I need to head down to the nursing home to check on her.
Third it's been so hot out, I can't do anything outside. Fortunately the grass slowed it's growth to a crawl, so i don't have to worry much about cutting it, but it's still boring being around the house, my legs feel idle, and I'm loosing my endurance.
Finally I have a bad migrain, I guess there's not much to say about that one, except that it sucks.
Well I guess that's all for today, a lot of bad stuff, some good stuff, all of it stressful, but I guess I can make the best of it, and gain something from all of it.
I became a Mod at LinuxTracker.org. This makes me feel that at least some people appreciate my intelligence.
Second, I'm working on a job adjustment program. The person working with me actually likes my ideas and the way I present them in a moderate and rational manner. I'm slowly reconsidering several careers that involve public speaking, and/or journalism. There are an aweful lot out there that an independent thinker, especially considering all of my unique personal life experience to draw from.
As of the negatives:
First the stress of the election is driving me and my wife crazy.
Me and my wife like Obama, and several of the third party candidates, but are mostly backing Obama, simply because it's rare to see even a decent, let alone good primary candiate even if he pales in comparison to the excellence of one or two of the third party candidates. It's also rare to see someone with both good morals and judgement of Carter, and the ability to be a good leader and surround himself with other good leaders of Clinton.
It doesn't help that several people in my wife's family are big McCain backers, despite the fact that the guy's a complete ignoramus who doesn't understand what the average person is going through, or anything much about the information age, for that matter. (The fact that eBay was the best example of a successful Internet company he could come up with says something, and the fact that he didn't even know the name it was founded under says more.)
Second, My wife's great grandmother had to go to the hospital earlier and despite being released is still not too well. My wife and I need to head down to the nursing home to check on her.
Third it's been so hot out, I can't do anything outside. Fortunately the grass slowed it's growth to a crawl, so i don't have to worry much about cutting it, but it's still boring being around the house, my legs feel idle, and I'm loosing my endurance.
Finally I have a bad migrain, I guess there's not much to say about that one, except that it sucks.
Well I guess that's all for today, a lot of bad stuff, some good stuff, all of it stressful, but I guess I can make the best of it, and gain something from all of it.
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Linux hard to use?
I've constantly been told by people how hard to use Linux is, when I've recently been looking at my wife. My wife has very little computer experience, yet is able to do virtually everything on a Linux computer that she needs to do, and quickly learns new tasks.
Since I've introduced her to Linux, she's learned how to do many functions on the computer herself.
As a testament to her technological limitations: she still plugged the speakers into the microphone jack when she hooked them up. This is not an insult, just a typical computer newbie mistake. In fact, I still do it occasionally, the difference being that I realize it, and fix it as soon as I hear that the sound does not work.
Yet, with this limitation, Linux is easy to use. In fact, it is probably easier than Windows. She has no problem finding and using the word processor or web brower, and I'm even managing to teach her how to handle the automated updates.
Any company that uses "linux is difficult to use" as an excuse is obviously just covering up that they don't want to admit to shareholders that they waisted thousands or sometimes millions of dollars on software, when they could have probably spent less on Linux service contracts.
Of course, I may be biased, considering that doing something "just for fun" and then getting paid to provide services for it sounds like an ideal job for me.
Since I've introduced her to Linux, she's learned how to do many functions on the computer herself.
As a testament to her technological limitations: she still plugged the speakers into the microphone jack when she hooked them up. This is not an insult, just a typical computer newbie mistake. In fact, I still do it occasionally, the difference being that I realize it, and fix it as soon as I hear that the sound does not work.
Yet, with this limitation, Linux is easy to use. In fact, it is probably easier than Windows. She has no problem finding and using the word processor or web brower, and I'm even managing to teach her how to handle the automated updates.
Any company that uses "linux is difficult to use" as an excuse is obviously just covering up that they don't want to admit to shareholders that they waisted thousands or sometimes millions of dollars on software, when they could have probably spent less on Linux service contracts.
Of course, I may be biased, considering that doing something "just for fun" and then getting paid to provide services for it sounds like an ideal job for me.
"You are not spam"
Blogger recently posted "You are not spam, You knew this, and now we do too" about their recent bug in their spam reporting system. They then gave a full explination and what ammounted to an appology for inconvience.
Blogger, I'm glad someone can finally take a humorous approach to admitting system defect, while not demeaning the issue. This is a good example of the good customer relations that more companies need.
For years companies have been bitching and moaning every time they have to report a bug, or even denying it ever existed to prevent lawsuits. It seems someone got it right for the change!
I guess I can't be cynical all the time with a few companies run by good people.
Blogger, I'm glad someone can finally take a humorous approach to admitting system defect, while not demeaning the issue. This is a good example of the good customer relations that more companies need.
For years companies have been bitching and moaning every time they have to report a bug, or even denying it ever existed to prevent lawsuits. It seems someone got it right for the change!
I guess I can't be cynical all the time with a few companies run by good people.
Monday, June 16, 2008
Church and life
A week ago, I started attending a new church: Christian Central Church, Disciples of Christ. It seems to be surprisingly hard to find open and friendly churches these days.
My wife is going to be baptized soon. Something she's been wanting for much of her wife, but arguements between her parents/step-parents has prevented. Both of us are going to be getting
There is an overly regressive pattern in churches in my area that people shouldn't think in church, you shouldn't treat Non-Christians as your equal, not to mention the whole eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth fire and brimstone Old Testament style teaching.
Frankly the hypocrisy makes me sick, and it is everywhere not just locally, but on the Internet as well. I know that I should try and not judge people for it, but it's hard. Usually I try to treat such people with the same respect I would anyone else, but I feel they are dragging the name of Christ and Christianity through the mud. It is so hard to turn the other cheek when they treat me like a sinner for doing what I believe is the right thing. I know that when I give them a tung-lashing for it; doing so only makes me a sinner in the same way. I instead have to simply set a good example and find the chances to point out when they do things right. I guess I just need to learn to be more meek at times.
As of my life outside of church (as "secular life" is an oxymoron to me but I won't go into it.) My job has encountered some bumps but I'm still doing OK.
My garden and yard are taking a beating while my foots injured I had to call my father over to mow the lawn and finished a chickenwire fence for my peas. I need to go through and thin them later, as well as do some minor weeding.
I only remove actually harmful weeds from my garden, things that do actual damage to the crop at the stage it's in. Anything else is a self-planted cover crop IMO. God made a wide variety of plant types: if you learn what types coexist, at what stages of growth, you can actually let nature provide you with plants that will fight off less desirable invaders while securing up the soil and reducing water loss to sunlight.
My wife has been doing well, and her stress level is way down. She had decided to quit the local MR/DD work program and just wait until she can find a job through BVR. The fact that the poor economy has lead MR/DD to have little to no work for them largely has to do with this, as instead of getting cabin fever at home where she feels safe, she gets it there instead.
I'm probably going to be useless around the house for the next week, which is a shame, because I recently got a few new garden tools that I wanted to try out, including a nice garden mattock, which is the first cultivation tool I've found that can actually break through the grass roots in my back yard.
I also need to use the trimmer edge the patio and put fine mulch between the bricks to prevent regrowth, and then use the trimmer to remove the grass around a tree in the front yard where I want to add another flower bed next year.
Than there is a whole bunch of other work to be done both indoors and out. Including incredible amounts of weeding in the back yard, fixing a few chairs, and a complete overhaul of my old futon.
My wife is going to be baptized soon. Something she's been wanting for much of her wife, but arguements between her parents/step-parents has prevented. Both of us are going to be getting
There is an overly regressive pattern in churches in my area that people shouldn't think in church, you shouldn't treat Non-Christians as your equal, not to mention the whole eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth fire and brimstone Old Testament style teaching.
Frankly the hypocrisy makes me sick, and it is everywhere not just locally, but on the Internet as well. I know that I should try and not judge people for it, but it's hard. Usually I try to treat such people with the same respect I would anyone else, but I feel they are dragging the name of Christ and Christianity through the mud. It is so hard to turn the other cheek when they treat me like a sinner for doing what I believe is the right thing. I know that when I give them a tung-lashing for it; doing so only makes me a sinner in the same way. I instead have to simply set a good example and find the chances to point out when they do things right. I guess I just need to learn to be more meek at times.
As of my life outside of church (as "secular life" is an oxymoron to me but I won't go into it.) My job has encountered some bumps but I'm still doing OK.
My garden and yard are taking a beating while my foots injured I had to call my father over to mow the lawn and finished a chickenwire fence for my peas. I need to go through and thin them later, as well as do some minor weeding.
I only remove actually harmful weeds from my garden, things that do actual damage to the crop at the stage it's in. Anything else is a self-planted cover crop IMO. God made a wide variety of plant types: if you learn what types coexist, at what stages of growth, you can actually let nature provide you with plants that will fight off less desirable invaders while securing up the soil and reducing water loss to sunlight.
My wife has been doing well, and her stress level is way down. She had decided to quit the local MR/DD work program and just wait until she can find a job through BVR. The fact that the poor economy has lead MR/DD to have little to no work for them largely has to do with this, as instead of getting cabin fever at home where she feels safe, she gets it there instead.
I'm probably going to be useless around the house for the next week, which is a shame, because I recently got a few new garden tools that I wanted to try out, including a nice garden mattock, which is the first cultivation tool I've found that can actually break through the grass roots in my back yard.
I also need to use the trimmer edge the patio and put fine mulch between the bricks to prevent regrowth, and then use the trimmer to remove the grass around a tree in the front yard where I want to add another flower bed next year.
Than there is a whole bunch of other work to be done both indoors and out. Including incredible amounts of weeding in the back yard, fixing a few chairs, and a complete overhaul of my old futon.
Twisted ankle
about a week ago I twisted my ankle.
It still hurts pretty bad when it flairs up every night. I have to stay off of it until friday, and then have to continue wearing a brace most of the time for a few more weeks after that.
The doctor said it was a strained tendon. One of the outside tendons on the left foot. Tomorrow, I have to go get a brace she prescribed.
It still hurts pretty bad when it flairs up every night. I have to stay off of it until friday, and then have to continue wearing a brace most of the time for a few more weeks after that.
The doctor said it was a strained tendon. One of the outside tendons on the left foot. Tomorrow, I have to go get a brace she prescribed.
Finally another update. Linux related this time!
Well I got my computer together and installed Linux.
I did a little tinkering to try and get the graphics card to run 3D, but alas it given me nothing but trouble so I put it in 2D mode now, and will either do so "when I get around to it" or just buy a better card which has good drivers.
I checked the web sites of various drivers, and it turns out they are making rapid progress on stablizing the issues I was experiencing.
Also the open source driver project for the card I plan to get, the RadeonHD 2x00 (R500+), just got near complete spec data when AMD released the info publicly. It also seems that the card's regular driver has fewer bugs. I also noted the workarounds for fixing the bug I had encountered. I could implement it last resort, if the bug wasn't fixed when they claimed it was (they already had the bug reappear once before.)
On a more positive note, I got Wine running FireFox perfectly on Linux. It's the first step. I'm also going to set up Windows on a Virtual machine.
I possibly may run two versions in VM due to repetitive issues with Windows XP 64bit edition and the fact that I hate Vista with a passion. I may end up getting Vista and just modding the setup until it runs like a hybrid of Windows 2003 server and Windows XP.
I did a little tinkering to try and get the graphics card to run 3D, but alas it given me nothing but trouble so I put it in 2D mode now, and will either do so "when I get around to it" or just buy a better card which has good drivers.
I checked the web sites of various drivers, and it turns out they are making rapid progress on stablizing the issues I was experiencing.
Also the open source driver project for the card I plan to get, the RadeonHD 2x00 (R500+), just got near complete spec data when AMD released the info publicly. It also seems that the card's regular driver has fewer bugs. I also noted the workarounds for fixing the bug I had encountered. I could implement it last resort, if the bug wasn't fixed when they claimed it was (they already had the bug reappear once before.)
On a more positive note, I got Wine running FireFox perfectly on Linux. It's the first step. I'm also going to set up Windows on a Virtual machine.
I possibly may run two versions in VM due to repetitive issues with Windows XP 64bit edition and the fact that I hate Vista with a passion. I may end up getting Vista and just modding the setup until it runs like a hybrid of Windows 2003 server and Windows XP.
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Less important recent news
In less important news than my new job . . .
Washing Machine fixed
My father, who owns my house, finally got the pipes headed to the washing machine's water drain fixed. They also fixed the vertical drain pipe that goes to the basement run. I'm getting half the clogs in all the drains of my house now. (Lowsy rusted up old drain.)
However, now I no longer have an excuse to have my parents do my wash, and I have piles of laundry to do.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
How can any video game lover not like a game designed for video game lovers! I mean the whole concept of pitting characters from different games against each other in an unrealistic fighting game is the kind of genius that only someone who actually knows how video game players think would love. This is the game for any Nintendo fan on your list who owns a Wii.
On a related note, some microwave ovens interfere with WiFi.
My Birthday
April 23 was my bithday, I got a microwave from my parents, now I can microwave things without them tasting like Pizza. Woks are suppose to leave flavor in food, Microwaves, aren't. As of a reference to an earlier comment on Super Smash Bros Brawl. This microwave doesn't interfere with my Wii's wifi like my old one did.
My garden.
I'm slowly getting plants planted in my garden, no thanks to the frost conditions that went through late April. So far I have peas planted, next are peppers and tomatoes. Last years potatoes got bug ridden then rotted, so I decided to leave them and use them as fertilizer. I was surprised how effective the method was at converting the starved soil from the chemical-fertilizer loving former owners turned into high-humus soil. However, I still need to monitor the insect level. Root eating pests to insect eating pests are currently at a 2 to 1 ratio, and the biodiversity of insect eating insects
(two varieties) is very low. At least the earthworm level has returned to a healthy level.
Bucket fixing:
When I went out this spring onto my patio I quickly looked down and noticed I left two buckets out. This led to them inevitably having their bottoms warp and invert. I had to get out my propane torch and heat up the bottom until the metal softens enough, and slowly work on it with a sledge or ballpin hammer (depending on your liking, I go for the sledge, mainly because I have one.) It is a pain, particularly when you forget your gloves and burn your hand on the heated bucket. However, an hour later, I had two fixed buckets, no thanks to an annoyingly cool torch that I had bummed off my dad who never used it. I definitely need a better one of those.
Fun visit from my sister-in-law
My wife had the wonderful idea of giving her 7 year old half-sister some hair glitter. Of course, anyone can guess who's hair it went in first, not the sister, not my wife, but mine. It was actually quite nostalgic of when my sister and her friends used to do things like that to me.
Cats are too smart
Me and my wife's cat has learned a new trick. She climbs up on the speaker near the window-ledge we keep her favorite toy on, and paws up towards it. Other tricks she's learned include, if she wants your attention she'll attack your leg when you walk by, lying belly side up on the side of the hallway, walking in front of the TV while you play video games, and jumping on your lap while you do anything, and jumping on your place in bed when you get up. She is, however, very cute, and we can keep her from doing "tricks" when she's not suppose to by simply using a squirt bottle filled with water. Best cat advice I've ever gotten.
Washing Machine fixed
My father, who owns my house, finally got the pipes headed to the washing machine's water drain fixed. They also fixed the vertical drain pipe that goes to the basement run. I'm getting half the clogs in all the drains of my house now. (Lowsy rusted up old drain.)
However, now I no longer have an excuse to have my parents do my wash, and I have piles of laundry to do.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
How can any video game lover not like a game designed for video game lovers! I mean the whole concept of pitting characters from different games against each other in an unrealistic fighting game is the kind of genius that only someone who actually knows how video game players think would love. This is the game for any Nintendo fan on your list who owns a Wii.
On a related note, some microwave ovens interfere with WiFi.
My Birthday
April 23 was my bithday, I got a microwave from my parents, now I can microwave things without them tasting like Pizza. Woks are suppose to leave flavor in food, Microwaves, aren't. As of a reference to an earlier comment on Super Smash Bros Brawl. This microwave doesn't interfere with my Wii's wifi like my old one did.
My garden.
I'm slowly getting plants planted in my garden, no thanks to the frost conditions that went through late April. So far I have peas planted, next are peppers and tomatoes. Last years potatoes got bug ridden then rotted, so I decided to leave them and use them as fertilizer. I was surprised how effective the method was at converting the starved soil from the chemical-fertilizer loving former owners turned into high-humus soil. However, I still need to monitor the insect level. Root eating pests to insect eating pests are currently at a 2 to 1 ratio, and the biodiversity of insect eating insects
(two varieties) is very low. At least the earthworm level has returned to a healthy level.
Bucket fixing:
When I went out this spring onto my patio I quickly looked down and noticed I left two buckets out. This led to them inevitably having their bottoms warp and invert. I had to get out my propane torch and heat up the bottom until the metal softens enough, and slowly work on it with a sledge or ballpin hammer (depending on your liking, I go for the sledge, mainly because I have one.) It is a pain, particularly when you forget your gloves and burn your hand on the heated bucket. However, an hour later, I had two fixed buckets, no thanks to an annoyingly cool torch that I had bummed off my dad who never used it. I definitely need a better one of those.
Fun visit from my sister-in-law
My wife had the wonderful idea of giving her 7 year old half-sister some hair glitter. Of course, anyone can guess who's hair it went in first, not the sister, not my wife, but mine. It was actually quite nostalgic of when my sister and her friends used to do things like that to me.
Cats are too smart
Me and my wife's cat has learned a new trick. She climbs up on the speaker near the window-ledge we keep her favorite toy on, and paws up towards it. Other tricks she's learned include, if she wants your attention she'll attack your leg when you walk by, lying belly side up on the side of the hallway, walking in front of the TV while you play video games, and jumping on your lap while you do anything, and jumping on your place in bed when you get up. She is, however, very cute, and we can keep her from doing "tricks" when she's not suppose to by simply using a squirt bottle filled with water. Best cat advice I've ever gotten.
Well I haven't been around much
I finally got around to posting more, I figure more posts may release my tension.
Anyways, I finally got myself a job, which makes my life a lot better, however I'm having to wait for the forms to go through the department of redundancy department. Actually it's not as bad as you might think. Primarily the delay is due to a recent merger between two districts of Goodwill in my area.
I guess it means I'm going from unemployment to underemployment. Hey work is work, even if it consists primarily of scrubbing toilets, cleaning floors and windows, picking up trash, and landscaping. I like that the job requires a jack of all trades, and moreover that they promote from within.
Still the anxiety is killing me.
Anyways, I finally got myself a job, which makes my life a lot better, however I'm having to wait for the forms to go through the department of redundancy department. Actually it's not as bad as you might think. Primarily the delay is due to a recent merger between two districts of Goodwill in my area.
I guess it means I'm going from unemployment to underemployment. Hey work is work, even if it consists primarily of scrubbing toilets, cleaning floors and windows, picking up trash, and landscaping. I like that the job requires a jack of all trades, and moreover that they promote from within.
Still the anxiety is killing me.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
How backwards Ohio is
I guess I'd share with you some things I ran across recently, that will give you an idea why Ohio is so screwed up when it comes to people with disabilities.
Just recently, when flipping through recently passed Ohio state laws I noticed that they recently removed the words "lunatic" and "imbecile" from several places in the Ohio state code, replacing them with more modern terms.
Well, I do applaud the effort to get something well overdo done, let's examine how overdue it is.
Those words went out of medical use long before even I was born. Additionally, decades ago, they were deemed hate speech by the courts.
Somehow somebody wasn't paying much attention for the past few decades.
Just recently, when flipping through recently passed Ohio state laws I noticed that they recently removed the words "lunatic" and "imbecile" from several places in the Ohio state code, replacing them with more modern terms.
Well, I do applaud the effort to get something well overdo done, let's examine how overdue it is.
Those words went out of medical use long before even I was born. Additionally, decades ago, they were deemed hate speech by the courts.
Somehow somebody wasn't paying much attention for the past few decades.
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