Jack & Jill Politics

Long time ago (2006) on part of the DDG-1000 project.

Good company; can't say anything bad about them. Though having worked for large contractors and small ones, my preference is for smaller. They take better care of their people.

I think I will eventually move to a smaller company. I've heard others say the same about how they take care of you. But I will continue to let my current employer pay for my 2nd degree (100%- can't beat that). Thanks for letting me know that they (#5).

Yeah, take the benefits. LOL.

The what?

Well, IIRC, either during or after WWII, a concious decision was made that the primary export of the USA would be armament. So, the lofty idea of “common defense” is just a sales pitch, if you will, to placate the masses. And, it served as a workaround for sword to plow ,

And, an opposing argument on “no longer need a group”. One or two examples that comes to mind are unions and consumer protection agencies. Arguments were made that unions and consumer protection agencies were no longer needed.

There is good and bad in the history of unions, but, the good part was increased standard of living and benefits for the worker. When unions were dismantled standards of living started to drop. And, as customer protection agencies lost funding and laws from Congress and state legislatures tied their hands, consumers were preyed upon without any restraints.

Are you talking about the night goggle contract?

There is no way ANY Liberal could have come up with this.

Redneck Games Slideshow
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/16/rednec…

No comment.

AFTERNOON OPEN THREAD IS UP!!

What do you personally hope to gain by it?

I would prefer to live in a country that recognizes that with a population of nearly 300 million people living in relative close proximity to each other that healthcare is a matter of public health. As a parent, for example, I want to feel reasonably assured that the children who attend school with my children are vaccinated against certain contagious diseases (and, no, I don't care whether their parents are illegal aliens or not) and that their life chances are not diminished because they don't have access to quality medical care.

Via PBS. I watched a few of Carter's speeches on college campuses. He always came across as genuinely sincere. The Washington crowd did not like him and they were cruel to him and his wife. The beltway crowd joked about his work ethics and attention to details. In some ways similar to “concerns” about PBO, where the Washington types are telling him, he needs to slow down, he is doing too many things at once.

There are not enough server farms in the world if the Republicans keep this up.

Private insurance will not disappear nor will private hospitals.

Oh yeah….least in my opinion.

I could argue both sides if I felt like it….but I don't. Not for him.

Yes, unfortunately we know the history of this country and how it works. Waiting, like waiting for the promise of 40 acres and a mule, or, the black farmer settlement with USDA. or restoration of our Black Wall Street. .

Yes…we hafta follow the money.

O it is definitely Foul, but that is the point of the stats.
GOP/DEM don't matter, stats are stats…which is why you have to know how they are derived!

When I say basic arithmetic, I mean …which is more when you talk percents….do you want 10% of a hundred dollars or 2% of a thousand dollars..which is more? SEE if you know arithmetic you want the 2% cause it is more money, DOUBLE in fact…and if I said $20.00 vs.$10.00 you would get that…but just to tell you 10% vs. 2% well doesn't that sound far more disproportionate?

That is the problem with the percents…you gotta KNOW percent of WHAT? Otherwise you thinking the 10% is more and it ain't…that is what I mean about using percents vs. RAW numbers.

Not knowing math, when they quote stats, is the same as not knowing your history, when they say we are shiftless and lazy.