I think you're misrepresenting what I'm saying... again... it is more of a pattern than anything else... which is what the main article was picking up and other editorialists have deduced from this administration.
I had no expectations of his response. I was shocked I got a personalized response from the congressman.
Well, I wasn't the one that wrote the letter, and yes, it was genuine. She writes something very infrequently, and she was in enough of a tizzy over it to actually do something.
As mentioned, we wrote to the congressmen in our district and the president (since it is ia federal matter). It made no sense to go to local politicians or at the state level. It didn't belong there.
The only thing we expected back was something saying that the letter had been received. Waiting a month to be a good citizen is acceptable, and anything longer is disappointing - but I can live with that.
The president can do what he wants. My wife was excersizing her duties as a citizen. The point my original post was making is that this president seems to deal with the American public through lackeys and he doesn't have the same visibility as other presidents in the past. President Clinton had a number of press meetings and I think George Sr. did as well. I was commenting on a pattern, and that is probably what some of the other moderators picked up on.
As for the letter back, it was articulate and said basically, "I don't agree with you, but I am on several committees to go over the matter. Thank you for your concern." - and that's fine with me. I don't have to vote for him on that hot button ticket if I don't want to. The reply back was a full page and seemed to center around my wife's letter.
Did I expect that from the president? No... but I remember sending letters to the White House as a kid and hearing back a lot quicker.
And for grass roots, isn't writing a letter part of grass roots? It isn't always about petition drives.
It's a pain to use that thing, too... wife actually broke out the pen to mail the president about the redesignation of overtime for professional occupations. She heard back from our congressman within a week but hasn't heard squat back from G.W.
Considering G.W. runs a press conference once every six months, before an invasion, or after he beats up on some third world country, you expect better treatment?
Security through obfuscation, just like the ports.
... imagine what would happen if we unionized and tried to stave off the inevitable like the steel industry? Tarriffs slow the bleeding, but sometimes the limb has to just go.
Until the global markets are completely level, the U.S. will bleed jobs. We wanted this, but we thought we would come out ahead. We might have been wrong, but ideologues sometimes are.
I think we'll always need developers and IT stuff here at home - there will be many Detroits instead of Silicon Valley.
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My tips, family style...
1. Chase kids around house.
2. Chase kids outside house. Don't read books, don't take the Palm outside, don't take the laptop outside... Play with them.
3. Chase kids while walking dog.
4. Walk dog and kids around block.
5. Take kids for a hike at a park near your house.
6. Take dog for walk when kids tire themselves out.
7. Don't drink soda.
8. Don't drink diet-soda.
9. Drink water.
10. Eat moderately. Note: Do not eat what kids eat. You will burn up sick days.
11. Go out once a week and bike/run someplace you haven't seen before.
12. Take kids to park instead of a mall.
13. Take kids to a mall instead of a store.
14. Take kids to a store instead of sitting at home.
15. Attach bike trailer to go places if you are in an urban environment.
16. Attach bike trailer to go places if you live in the country and just "ride around."
17. Eat light at work, snack often, skip lunch.
18. Walk at lunch if you don't do any of 1-17 above.
If you're a Libyan national, you have a fighting chance...
I think you're misrepresenting what I'm saying... again... it is more of a pattern than anything else... which is what the main article was picking up and other editorialists have deduced from this administration.
I had no expectations of his response. I was shocked I got a personalized response from the congressman.
Well, I wasn't the one that wrote the letter, and yes, it was genuine. She writes something very infrequently, and she was in enough of a tizzy over it to actually do something.
As mentioned, we wrote to the congressmen in our district and the president (since it is ia federal matter). It made no sense to go to local politicians or at the state level. It didn't belong there.
The only thing we expected back was something saying that the letter had been received. Waiting a month to be a good citizen is acceptable, and anything longer is disappointing - but I can live with that.
The president can do what he wants. My wife was excersizing her duties as a citizen. The point my original post was making is that this president seems to deal with the American public through lackeys and he doesn't have the same visibility as other presidents in the past. President Clinton had a number of press meetings and I think George Sr. did as well. I was commenting on a pattern, and that is probably what some of the other moderators picked up on.
As for the letter back, it was articulate and said basically, "I don't agree with you, but I am on several committees to go over the matter. Thank you for your concern." - and that's fine with me. I don't have to vote for him on that hot button ticket if I don't want to. The reply back was a full page and seemed to center around my wife's letter.
Did I expect that from the president? No... but I remember sending letters to the White House as a kid and hearing back a lot quicker.
And for grass roots, isn't writing a letter part of grass roots? It isn't always about petition drives.
Here's a Google result on it...
/ ov ertime.htm
http://jobsearch.about.com/cs/careerresources/a
It's a pain to use that thing, too... wife actually broke out the pen to mail the president about the redesignation of overtime for professional occupations. She heard back from our congressman within a week but hasn't heard squat back from G.W.
Considering G.W. runs a press conference once every six months, before an invasion, or after he beats up on some third world country, you expect better treatment?
Security through obfuscation, just like the ports.
Bah.
Luck of the draw. It was an admittedly obscure reference, but, no dice.
It's a tough crowd. The use of the word 'cassingle' probably didn't help matters, either.
I think the last single from Soho was "Hippy Chick" back in 1990.
I'm surprised they are going to have that kind of uptime.
8, 3, whatever..... blech.
So are we off to find Dale Earnhardt?
Can't wait for the sponsors to jump on this one.
Care to elaborate?
Here's a thought, using technology as a tool.
You expect tools to use tools?
Based on this story
right here, this would be illegal since its P2P.
Jerks.
A felony? Why not a misdeamenor? WTF?
I can leave a CD at my buddy's house and no one cares....
Time to write to Congress again... third time this week....
I miss his columns. They were so insightful...
... imagine what would happen if we unionized and tried to stave off the inevitable like the steel industry? Tarriffs slow the bleeding, but sometimes the limb has to just go.
Until the global markets are completely level, the U.S. will bleed jobs. We wanted this, but we thought we would come out ahead. We might have been wrong, but ideologues sometimes are.
I think we'll always need developers and IT stuff here at home - there will be many Detroits instead of Silicon Valley.
Let me comment... There's the phone.... ARRRRRGHGHGHG!
(no carrier)
North Korea has a Starbucks? :-P
T.
So the ink tastes better than champagne? Or can we start reloading the cartridges with champagne? Would the readability be affected?
These are questions I would like answered but I can't find anywhere in the article...
True, but who's using it?
No Java.NET adopters? :-P
ducks...
hehehehehe..... if you only knew what you were both getting into...
... except just a hair smaller...
Should any of this surprise anyone? Mankind has been interested in small things forever... take my wife...
My synergy meter went off the charts on that review... Can someone abridge it to a TPS coversheet, please? :-)
Where I work, we are overhead and are treated as such. Yeah, we do important things, but if we can't bill our IT work, we're foam on the business ale.
T.
There's a fine line between flamebait and humor...
hehehehehe...