Gideon MacLeish

Gideon MacLeish

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Reply to Open Letter To Gid in Blogging Stardock Forums

KFC, Not here to flame me? You picked up the biggest, choicest rock and launched it with all your might. As far as trying to help me, no, the individuals in question did NOT do that! As I said in my article, what you guys DON'T know could fill several cargo containers. I would speak with you more about it, but as you and Tova were both quick to point out, you guys are NOT my friends, and I was a fool to think of you as such. I will speak with my REAL friends about any issues I m

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Stopping By in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

For those who care, I haven't fallen off the end of the world. For those who don't, I still haven't. The other day, I was finishing off a mammoth problem for accounting. It was one of the hardest tasks I've undertaken, and at about 11:30PM the night before it was due, I was on the second to last step and discovered an error I had no clue where to find. I was devastated, and briefly the thought of withdrawing from the course popped into my head. Only briefly, though, because I quickly

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Reply to The GOP Will Loose if Obama Wins! in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]According to real clear politics, as of right now the only Republican who can beat Obama, Hillary, or even the pathetic John 'two America' Edwards, is Arizona Sen. John McCain. This short article is quite accurate, Obama is a phenomenon. Even in Germany, they are hailing Obama as the second coming of JFK. This is all really quite extraordinary. [/quote] And in November 1991, George H.W. Bush's poll numbers were through the roof. So much so that SNL parodied the Democratic primari

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Reply to A Broken Back in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Caeli, If you don't have money for diapers, you don't have money for pot. Period. And as for the hot checks, deliberately writing a hot check CAN be a felony.

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Reply to A Broken Back in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

[quote]gah...I don't even know where to start with this one....[/quote] Either: a) a person in serious need of assistance, or b) the second coming of Ashlee Ryder!

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Reply to When Honesty Is the Forbidden Policy in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote] you missing the point completely. Yes industrial jobs were replaced by other types of jobs. But what type did we get to replace the lost ones? all service and low payment jobs. In addition, we lost our industial base. That is dangerous and you cant put a cost on it. [/quote] Actually, TA, with the impending retirement of the baby boomers, we face a pretty severe labor crisis in this country. Because we've aborted the next generation of workers, and because of increasing dema

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Reply to Exploding Two Conservative Myths in Politics JoeUser Forums

If your friends' training was so specialized that there was no comparable position with another company, then they weren't really well trained, were they? No, you're right that a major reason companies outsource labor is lower labor costs, but that isn't the only reason. And how conveniently you forget it was a DEMOCRAT who ushered in the eras of NAFTA and GATT.

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Reply to I Hate Change! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote] hope you can understand where I am coming from. [/quote] I do, Tojuana, and I know you don't have a problem. Your family has been great to us. I sent out an email and will follow with a letter to C.

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Reply to This is Who Will Be Choosing Our President?! in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

[quote]While I am no fan of all the Republican candidates, the contrast in principles, experience, and competence is pretty stark. When was the last time the Democrats put someone decent up? You know, someone's whose real world experience wasn't being a freaking lawyer. [/quote] Oddly enough, the DNC's best qualified candidate is probably Bill Richardson. He barely made a blip on the radar screen. I'm starting to think he's really running for Veep, though.

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Reply to Exploding Two Conservative Myths in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]That is ONLY part of the problem. The lower wages and no benefits of foreign workers is the PRIME reason jobs leave this country! [/quote] Col, I'm telling you from firsthand experience that is bovine excrement when it comes to high tech jobs. Juan Valdez can't manage a firewall, and no amount of increased coffee beans per day is going to change that!

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Reply to Exploding Two Conservative Myths in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]the impact of lost manufacturing and high Tec jobs [/quote] I'm going to tell you for a fact, Col, that the reason we lose high tech jobs is because we do not have a properly trained workforce. As an IT pro, I can assure you, there is no shortage of work in the field. That is why companies outsource, because they're hard pressed to find enough American employees to do the job.

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Reply to I Hate Change! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote]You have written many blogs about people not treating you fairly but yet you will turn around and treat someone else that has done nothing but try to help you out unfairly. [/quote] The original plan was to live between the two, it wasn't until we discovered that I had underestimated the cost of gasoline for moving badly, and that it was going to be less practical than I had hoped to do so. This wound up being literally over the last two weeks. You're right, and I can't

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Reply to Once Again, I am NOT Fair OR Balanced! in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]I'm kind of disappointed that none of them seem interested in filling the gaping voids left by both major parties this year[/quote] The LP national convention is not until May, and, while I can't tell you why the Green and Constitution parties are sitting things out, I CAN tell you why the LP hasn't pushed hard...yet (from an insider's view). Two words: Ron Paul. As long as he is in the GOP race, the party will remain silent. There's a lot of discussion within the party,

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Once Again, I am NOT Fair OR Balanced! in Politics JoeUser Forums

Every once in awhile, I will get a comment about how I attack the left more often than the right. This apparently comes from the confusion with one dimensional political charts that define everyone as left, right, or center. Because I am not Democrat or Republican, I must be centrist. Nothing could be further from the truth. I have said many times before that I am neither fair nor balanced. The truth is, I'm a reformed leftist. As in HARDCORE leftist. I was a firm believer in

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I Hate Change! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

In about 8 1/2 hours, I will walk out of this office for good. I will unload my truck, head home, and we will load it once again and head up to a new house, new college, and Monday, to a new job. It's a process I've undergone many, many times in my life. Although most of my other moves have been somewhat more tumultuous, I have to say, orchestrating a "smooth" move isn't any easier. We've had the school squared away for two months, the job squared away for one month, and the house squ

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Reply to A Nation or A Neighborhood in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

[quote]yes , there are poeple who say :it is not our problem, and we dont care. [/quote] TA, Ever hear the oft used phrase, "You can't legislate morality"? Leftists use it all the time regarding abortion, etc. It applies here as well. We have a moral responsibility to care for the poor, to lift up the downtrodden and make society better. You will get no argument from me there. The question is, whose responsibility is it to carry it out? It is not the federal government

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Reply to When Honesty Is the Forbidden Policy in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]ok Daniel .... it is not his job. I am sorry i thought it was since he is the president. I guess i am wrong. sorry daniel. but if it wasnt his job, why did he give orders? [/quote] TA, We are not a dictatorship. The President does not have ultimate authority, nor should he. The responsibility for mobilizing an evacuation rested chiefly in the hands of Mayor Nagin. If Nagin needed extra assistance, he should have gone up the chain...first to the mayor, then the President.

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Reply to How do I hate my life? Let me count the ways... in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

[quote]Even I was amazed at the outpouring of generosity, and i 'know' (or thought i knew) many of these benefactors. Hang in there, the relationships you can form here can change your life, and I don't mean in a material way. (Ask Gid for another example.)[/quote] LW's right. The holiday season is a sucky time of year in general. I find it interesting, after ad nauseum's explanation of Eid to note that so many major religions have a "giving" holiday this time a year. It's not

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Reply to You'll be Seeing Less of Me! in Misc JoeUser Forums

[quote]What happen in Dec.? [/quote] Last year. The whole incident with the yard, the car, and the city marshall. It cost me $250 in bail money, the rest in fines and fees to haul things off. What I'm finding about Lefors is that they have a hide their head in the sand mentality, where they want to pretend that there is no problem. Over the last year, they've cost me one job with outright lies, they've made all manner of false accusations against us, and worst of all,

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Reply to It's Now Global Cooling in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote] The saying in Maine goes if you don't like the weather....give it a minute. [/quote] Actually, Will Rogers initially said that about Oklahoma, but every place I've ever lived has appropriated it as their own. I've heard the saying repeated as a "local" phrase in Texas, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, Illinois, Indiana, Colorado, and now Maine

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