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Skills gap by Eri June 30, 2011 7:52 am
  • These people get no sympathy from me. There is no shortage of qualified workers for mid-level jobs, only qualified young ones ... by ER 2011-06-30 10:01:48
    • When I was in high school, there were two major roads kids took for further schooling: college, or vocational ... by TB 2011-06-30 08:08:02
      • I left University at the end of my 3rd year because my husband was going overseas with the AF. ... by Eri 2011-06-30 13:30:30
        • Maybe part of it is the relatively new idea of HR as an entirely separate department in a business. ... by TB 2011-06-30 14:51:03
          • As someone who has dealt with HR departments since before the time they started to adopt this new role you ... by ER 2011-07-01 06:13:27
            • Well, to be fair, these things have been a "good ole boy club" since time immemorial. Even when the ... by TB 2011-07-01 07:24:00
              • You're right. But at least the boss has some justification to be a GOB, he is responsible for the ... by ER 2011-07-01 07:59:51
            • You're right. I hadn't actually looked at it from that angle but from the time we go our HR dept., ... by Eri 2011-06-30 22:10:00
              • Aha, we see the "Evil Chancellor" syndrome at work here! I remember my time at Foxjet. Tony Fox was eccentric ... by TB 2011-06-30 22:17:38
                • When I started out at the RI, I worked for a real boss who took care of his employees, communicated ... by Eri 2011-07-01 06:35:56
                  • I'm sure all of us have worked for "good bosses", people who understood the job and their people, and treated ... by ER 2011-07-01 08:44:29
            • Sorry some of that is wordy and grammatically goofy. I'm waiting for the exterminator and may have to get ... by Eri 2011-06-30 13:35:12
            • I can't wait for the education bubble to burst. Maybe then I could afford to go back to school. by mcfly 2011-06-30 10:37:44
            Couldn't happen to a more deserving bank by Eri June 29, 2011 6:17 am
            • You're exactly right, the customers will foot the bill. At the now-defunct bank where I used to work, there was a ... by mcfly 2011-06-29 10:25:31
              *^$)&(@#$@#!@#$$%!!!! by Eri June 27, 2011 3:07 pm
              • I'm opposed to racial profiling, after all, terrorists could pick white guys (or seniors, women, children, or the handicapped) to ... by ER 2011-06-30 10:52:48
                • Soooo..... What happens if we all followed the example of John Tyler? 'Course he's being fined 10 grand now..... Personally, I'm ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-28 23:25:11
                  • What if we all decided not to fly anywhere for a week? Put the airlines into bankruptcy, put the ... by Eri 2011-06-29 02:05:45
                    • Why Israel's air security wouldn't work in the U.S. by TB 2011-06-29 08:58:08
                      • Israeli airport security is based in reality, it would never work in the politically correct swamp known as the United ... by Lee 2011-06-29 13:27:28
                        • Frankly, I have to agree. They know it could very well happen there. by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-29 21:58:01
                  • That is certainly infuriating and inexcusable but, you sure can't accuse them of profiling. by FrankC 2011-06-28 16:09:42
                    • I wish they WOULD profile. We are the laughing stock of the world. by Eri 2011-06-28 22:28:28
                      • Sure, sure...and then some little old white lady will decide to hide a bomb in her astronaut diaper, and BOOM. ... by mcfly 2011-06-30 19:19:18
                        • Of course you favor profiling, and anyone with a brain agrees. Real liberals are against profiling based on the theory that ... by FrankC 2011-06-29 11:36:55
                          • So I'm not a "real liberal?" LOL. by Eri 2011-07-01 21:05:19
                        • And that...is what it's all about. by Lee 2011-06-28 18:24:12
                        The Great Corn Con by TB June 27, 2011 2:24 pm
                          Actual news vs Fox news headlines by BuckGalaxy June 27, 2011 1:27 am
                          • Fox uses pretty crude propaganda fit for the knuckle-draggers and mouth-breathers on the right. The more genteel and lofty ... by ER 2011-06-27 04:41:59
                            You know your prison population is too high... by FrankC June 26, 2011 12:17 pm
                            • We have a serious problem with privately run prisons. Like any free market business, they need to grow every ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-06-26 20:58:30
                              • My guess? Private prisons should be run more like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Well, not entirely. *shudders* by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-28 23:30:06
                                • Yeah, public prisons can lose money year after year and never think twice about it. Something like 8 percent of all ... by TB 2011-06-26 21:35:16
                                  • Yep, just think about the savings to be generated from the growing pool of prison labor, a resource we have ... by ER 2011-06-27 04:45:18
                                    • No end to this blame the public unions game is there? I suppose this has nothing to do with ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-06-27 01:16:27
                                      • From your link: "Some of the biggest names in the private prison industry have given $835,514 to federal candidates since 2000 ... by TB 2011-06-27 09:57:39
                                        • A little more math from that Justice Policy Institute paper. The paper declares that the two largest private prison ... by TB 2011-06-27 10:37:52
                                          • You have a reading comprehension problem. I've seen studies about costs and there is conflicting data on what is ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-06-27 15:20:14
                                            • I hate to keep having to drive things home with a goddam steam hammer, but don't you think the institutions ... by TB 2011-06-27 15:40:47
                                              • You're still using steam? ;-) by mcfly 2011-06-27 17:18:46
                                                • A lot of my posting is powered by steam. Hadn't you noticed? by TB 2011-06-27 17:46:28
                                  • Do you mean convicts watch A&E? by ER 2011-06-26 12:33:15
                                    • It appears that the ads are aimed at the dependents of convicts. I can see the contradiction of the ad being ... by FrankC 2011-06-26 14:22:21
                                    NATO's surreal world by TB June 26, 2011 8:13 am
                                    • NATO definitely has its problems, but Obama has succeeded in using them to further American policy at minimum risk to ... by ER 2011-06-27 05:41:22
                                      • I'd tend to agree. I'm not really sure we (or the Europeans) should be in Libya. As I said months ... by mcfly 2011-06-27 17:15:18
                                        • "They don't want people like me on board." Yeah, I know what you mean about them. You don't really disagree with ... by ER 2011-06-27 20:32:11
                                          • I think the key to the "meeting half-way" deal is where exactly the "half-way" point is. Go over a few political ... by TB 2011-06-28 07:05:27
                                            • You gotta admit TB, you'd put the halfway point on the liberal's one yard line. Maybe in the end zone. ... by mcfly 2011-06-28 11:15:08
                                              • Your response corroborates my comments perfectly. TB, if you post here just to enlighten us barbarian Liberals on the subtler points ... by ER 2011-06-28 08:17:50
                                                • No, my response does not "corroborate" your comments. My response made the reasonable point that your post was, to ... by TB 2011-06-28 08:55:14
                                                  • I never said I had no political opinions, or even that I was a strict middle of the roader, I've ... by ER 2011-06-28 09:30:00
                                        A little bit of healing for Joplin by Eri June 25, 2011 8:52 pm
                                        • That's really cool. I was thinking 600 "orphaned" pets is an awful lot. I hope everyone in the area who ... by TB 2011-06-25 21:01:35
                                          • I know. I thought about that, too. Some people may have had more than one pet, of course. ... by Eri 2011-06-26 00:01:10
                                          Plan B on the debt ceiling? by TB June 25, 2011 2:26 pm
                                          • Funny. Obama is supposedly so helpless and ineffectual, a typical, whining hand-wringing liberal. But the cons are always ... by ER 2011-06-27 04:54:02
                                            • Now you're not only phoning it in, you're digging it out of the bottom of the barrel. Pardon the mixed metaphor. by TB 2011-06-27 10:13:10
                                              • TB, you have to wear red coats and march in straight lines. I get to hide behind trees and ... by ER 2011-06-27 10:22:59
                                                • Yeah, but cripes, bring some ammunition next time. by TB 2011-06-27 10:26:02
                                                  • No, TB. I don't argue with telephone spammers, I just lift the receiver off the hook and walk away for ... by ER 2011-06-27 10:31:57
                                                    • You know, you can train a monkey to do that. by TB 2011-06-27 10:46:54
                                                      • Train a monkey to do what, making spam phone calls? by ER 2011-06-27 11:15:35
                                                        • No, no, you're not going to drag me into a dozen more posts trying to explain the first one. ... by TB 2011-06-27 11:45:24
                                            • Thank God! The GOP lunatic fringe in Congress can not unilaterally hold the entire world economy hostage to their ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-06-27 01:22:41
                                              • How many congressmen do the American people have to elect before they stop being a "fringe?" by TB 2011-06-27 10:01:14
                                                • You are literally insane if you think it is reasonable to let the government default on its debt. You ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-06-27 15:22:51
                                                  • No, you have to be insane to think it's fine to borrow money just to pay the interest on money ... by Lee 2011-06-28 15:46:20
                                                    • Not raising the debt limit is not automatically a default. Here's a clue: Just because my bank won't raise my ... by TB 2011-06-27 15:56:33
                                                      • The US credit rating is on the brink of being downgraded by moodys because of the tea party idiots who ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-06-27 17:21:54
                                                        • Yeah, and running our debt to over 100 percent of our GDP (last CBO prediction I saw) will have no ... by TB 2011-06-27 17:52:47
                                                          • You keep making up bullshit. Everyone knows we need to address the debt. Just not by destroying America's ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-06-28 01:31:25
                                                            • Look at the chart. The curve is heading asymptotic. Your side controlled Congress from 2007 to this year, ... by TB 2011-06-28 07:16:10
                                                              • Your squirming is so pathetically obvious. Again, we all know the debt needs to be addressed. Blame the ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-06-28 08:49:32
                                                                • If "we" all know the debt has to be addressed, then why are the people in Washington continuing to spend ... by Lee 2011-06-28 15:54:36
                                                                  • There is no default. That's like saying you default when you hit the maximum limit on your credit card. ... by Lee 2011-06-29 13:35:53
                                                                    • Market operate on emotion as much as anything else. Investers will not like it and will stop buying our ... by podrock 2011-06-29 13:49:12
                                                                      • You have to ask yourself one question. Do we continue to give the idiots in Washington more and more ... by Lee 2011-06-29 14:28:06
                                                                        • I recall a surplus that was destroyed by two wars and a tax cut. Billions simply lost in the ... by podrock 2011-06-29 14:51:17
                                                                          • "I recall a surplus that was destroyed by two wars and a tax cut." Not strictly accurate. The projected deficit ... by TB 2011-06-29 18:44:09
                                                                    • You just can't bring yourself to address the point? You keep changing the subject and talking about how horrible ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-06-29 08:47:20
                                                                    • Maybe ruining the nation's credit rating is precisely the point. The whole plan may be to wreck the economy ... by ER 2011-06-28 09:51:14
                                                                      • "After all, the only plan they seem to have is to cut spending and lower taxes. Jobs and the economy ... by TB 2011-06-28 10:01:31
                                                    • ROFLMAO! President Obama has not ignored the debt ceiling or taken any action in that direction yet, but here ... by Eri 2011-06-25 21:13:56
                                                      • Yeah, "good for him." Think of how effective he could be if he just disbanded Congress. I've seen a lot ... by TB 2011-06-25 21:28:20
                                                        • Here's another example. There are others where regulatory agencies like the EPA are doing end runs around the legislative process. Government by ... by TB 2011-06-26 08:17:29
                                                          • Tom, you're ranting. You're offended that Liberals have any power in government whatsoever. This is still a Republic ... by Eri 2011-06-26 00:03:27
                                                            • I'm offended that anyone has as much power as our government does. Again, if a Republican president did half of what ... by TB 2011-06-26 06:26:25
                                                              • Bush took as many, if not more, liberties than Obama has and many of his were at the expense of ... by Eri 2011-06-26 08:35:41
                                                                • Bush goons hauling you off? Illegal president? Heh. Reminds me of how much I miss Lindy. And P.S.: ... by TB 2011-06-26 08:41:41
                                                                  • I know what whining sounds like. I have two cats who do it until I give up and feed them ... by Eri 2011-06-26 12:09:11
                                                        Where is the hyperinflation? by TB June 25, 2011 11:37 am
                                                        • A good article, although I confess I have trouble following it. I too have been waiting for the other ... by ER 2011-06-27 06:21:59
                                                          A taste of GOP governance by BuckGalaxy June 24, 2011 5:06 pm
                                                          • Damn. I was working my way down this page, putting a snarky post on every political thread, but I'm ... by ER 2011-06-27 06:25:38
                                                            • Of course, per you, when Fox News does it, it's just reporting. If you aren't red in the face, ... by Eri 2011-06-25 21:15:05
                                                              • Not "per me," Eri. As I must have mentioned literally dozens of times, I don't like or watch Fox ... by TB 2011-06-25 21:22:44
                                                                • I haven't seen you going off on a tangent when Fox goes after someone or misinforms on the issues. ... by Eri 2011-06-26 00:06:26
                                                                  • How would I know? I don't watch it. I don't routinely read the websites for Fox, CNN, or ... by TB 2011-06-27 10:15:34
                                                              • Maybe that's what happens when the media goes on the attack for their political bosses. After the shitstorm the ... by TB 2011-06-24 19:42:55
                                                                The Secretary of State Project by TB June 24, 2011 10:07 am
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