tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784029783103338222011-11-27T16:24:18.885-08:00It wasn't susposed to happen. Not to me. But here I am looking for a job...and looking,...and looking......http://www.blogger.com/profile/10146726085327874522noreply@blogger.comBlogger201100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-478402978310333822.post-74195636673543484092010-12-20T14:45:00.000-08:002010-12-20T14:45:23.805-08:00

This post is not about being homeless or poor.  The only possible tie in is that I hope this man will be homeless now. Officials in Florida on Monday filed an obscenity charge against the author of a self-published, nationally carried how-to guide for pedophiles. See what I mean.  Polk County sheriff's deputies arrested and took Philip Ray Greaves II into custody while he was in Colorado at

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President Obama announced the parameters of his "deal" with Republicans to extending the Bush era tax cuts, acknowledging that he still strongly opposes the extension of cuts for the very wealthy, but that letting that get in the way of cuts for the middle class would be wrong. "As much as the political wisdom may dictate fighting over solving problems, it would be the wrong thing to do," to

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 Sorry, Nothing Available With Santa.  This is Boxcar Bunny  The Senate held two procedural votes on separate Democratic measures designed to extend the George W.-era tax cuts for middle income wage earners. The first vote being for those earning under $250,000 and the second one being for those making under $1 million per year. Both failed to get the needed 60 votes, both only received 53.

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"The reforms we seek would bring greater competition, choice, savings and inefficiencies to our health care system." --in remarks after a health care roundtable with physicians, nurses and health care providers, Washington, D.C., July 20, 2009Has President Obama Earned Another Term?Quinnipiac released a brand new poll that says Americans think President Obama does not deserve to be given a second

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Rent to own is the bomb. What I mean by that is it has been a bomb for me and my family - a bomb as in it sucks. My wife would shake her head at me and tell me to choose another word (sucks being a vile, sucky word for her), but sucks it does and has for the past three plus years.I originally thought, on that peaceful fall day three plus years ago, it would be a good idea after we lost our house

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I keep looking for signs that the economy is on an upward slant. I wait for the news from wall street to brighten, for the sun to come out and for the birds to sing. I wait for smiley faces to great me when I open my bank statements.I am still waiting.I read today that the value of many homes that used to be worth $1 million in the Salt Lake area has dropped from 30 to 40% percent since the real

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My wife has taken extreme measures to make sure that we are not profiled by police officers due to the new and controversial immigration guidelines in Arizona. The problem is that we don't live in Arizona. Also, you should know that she is as blond as a polar bear in a snowstorm wearing a blond ski parka. At noon. On Blond Day.I myself, if I were to be so politically incorrect as to compare my

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By personal decree, I am supposed to write about why I am poor and what I am doing about it - my own personal mission/blog statement.I can't imagine being a poor man in any other age and having a mission statement - or even having the ability to say anything except by mob or by gang or by planting potatoes in squiggly lines in protest.I would probably be one of the first to die with Robin Hood in

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Its a Political Full Moon. Be Afraid...In fact, I really want to like him. Years ago I heard him interviewed on PBS as the great Democratic hope, and I liked the guy. He has since become the poster child for elitism and snobbery. And I know snobby. He ran on the ticket of change, but his tactics are increasingly old fashioned and self serving. I have been reading the new health care bill and I am

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Sarah Palin? She looks good, she makes fun of Obama, she was funny in the Movie Date night, but I keep thinking what her neighbors the Russians must think of the lady who spies on them from her kitchen window.Are we so enchanted with Mrs. P from her book tours and clever sound bites that we overlook her lack of knowledge and experience?She makes fun of Obama, too. Gotta like that. Most can't do

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Only Slightly better than Obamas PlanFor its latest trick, The federally created senior citizen health care plan won't pay fair market value for prescription drugs. Effective April 16, Walgreens drugstores across the state won't be taking any new Medicaid patients, saying that filling their prescriptions is a money-losing proposition — the latest development in an ongoing dispute over Medicaid

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Please consider these photos as friendly suggestions!Dear homeless people.First, let my start off with a pleasantry such as, "Hi", or "How are you?". I am having to post this open letter because there doesn't seem to be any type of address on file for any of you.I will get to the point. Would you please leave the nice areas of the neighborhood? You are making the rich people nervous and

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Okay, I don't really care if it is Obama Care or Devil Care, as long as I can get my families teeth fixed.My wife has had to take out a credit card that specializes in dentist bills. Ain't that great! Only in America can some pauper see a need to fill, fill it and get rich, and that's just what happened.The picked on American dentist wasn't getting all the money that was owed them in quick-enough

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So, my wife and I thought seriously about me going back to school to get a degree so that I can teach - officially - since I have been teaching for years. There are some programs I looked up on the Internet, and there might be a pell grant I can apply for.Makes sense. I like to teach. I like it a lot, and I am good at it. When I have taught in the past it was performance and Musical Theatre

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Employers unexpectedly cut 20,000 jobs in January, and the unemployment rate fell to a five-month low of 9.7 percent, suggesting some labor market improvement starting to take root.And where would that be?KEY POINTS: * The Labor Department said the economy lost 150,000 jobs in December, compared to 85,000 previously reported, but November was revised to a gain of 64,000, up from 4,000. Christmas

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Fix That Resume! A sandwitch board can get attention. So can a stellar resume - even if your experence isnt outstanding.Before you start work on your resume, review free resume samples that fit a variety of employment situations. These sample resumes and templates provide job seekers with examples of resume formats that will work for almost every job seeker.Don't just copy a resume example that

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Its February! It's February! Don't you know what that means?It means that another arbitrary day has come that we can use as a proverbial measuring stick to see how our efforts thus far have paid off and how that haven't. No hangovers physically or emotionally - just a day to see where we are, and where we want to be. There will be time later to get drunk. Naaaaaw.We're here to access potential

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Except I don't get the cool hat.Okay, here's a job I wasn't expecting to have. I'm the chauffeur for the family.When Kid One needs to go to basketball practice, I'm the man. When Kid Two just has to get to the library, its "Lets go dad. you're not doing anything'. I need the car during the day for job hunting, so I get to take mom to work and pick her up. School starts at 8am and gets out at 1pm

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I signed up for unemployment insurance last week or so. There is a week for nothing to wait, so if you have friends who are being laid off, let them know to apply for unemployment sooner rather than later because of the waiting week. I was on hold for over an hour, but when I got to the guy, he was helpful and friendly - I would hire him to answer my phones. If I had phones.I am supposed to hop

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I am looking for a job.I was fired/quit a decent job a year ago due to a conflict with my employer. I took on a job with much lesser pay at a retail outlet and worked there for 8 months. It wasn't my favorite work environment, it wasn't my favorite type of work, but I apparently sucked enough at it that they laid me off just after the new year. This new year as a matter of fact.It wasn't really a

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