The gov has been having knee jerk reactions to all manner of issues.
And well, ya'll should just get used to it, and expect even more federal regulation, requirements and mandates for your business, and even private lives.
Ya'll just voted in the administration that just LOVES to regulate everything about your lives and livelihoods...
You might want to look at test results on contaminants in many of the seafood taken from the gulf.
LA Gulf seafood, is the single most tested seafood there is...and it gets A+++ rating and completely safe. It came back clean very quickly after the cleanup.
Most of the work in the immediate gulf area is either seafood, or oil production and refining....
We got the seafood back...Obama and crew have artificially held back the renewal of oil drilling...even with increased oversight.
It isn't like the US or the rest of the world is going to be able to get off oil anytime in the next couple decades at least...so, let us get back to work doing what we do for the country.....the feds shouldn't really have much at all to say about what WE do off OUR coast to begin with....
We should be also looking at ways of conserving energy. I'm not talking about BS lighting options like headache-inducing, depression-causing, carcinogen-containing fluorescents... but building and renovating buildings (homes, offices, schools, everything) to allow in as much natural light as possible during the day....
And where, exactly....will we get all the money required to redo all this infrastructure and our buildings?
The criticism of Israel is not in itself antisemitic but when you criticize Israel for minor things while ignoring the atrocities committed everywhere else it can then become antisemitic in that your clear bias speaks to motive.
Shouldn't we get new term for this, I mean, technically, aren't pretty much all of the peoples over in the middle east semitic/semites?
Frankly, as far as the US...I do wish we could just get out of there 100%....those battles and wars have been raging over there for most of history, and it isn't like we're going to stop it.
It isn't our battle if it weren't for oil....if we could get off the dependence of it...then just leave and let them do what they will over there.
Sure the area will recover, but the immediate economic impact on the people in the area is not acceptable. The economic impact in the short term is for me the biggest problem. The extraction operation cut corners and fishermen were stuck with the bill. That part is not liberal or conservative, it is simple reality. When push comes to shove these companies never pay for the damage they cause those around them.
Well, for the most part....we in New Orleans, and the rest of our part of the gulf coast are doing well.
It was a big jolt to the economy, but it really didn't take that long to bounce back....
It took a little long for all of the oyster beds to open back up, but for the most part, even the seafood industry bounced back pretty quickly.
What has hurt the economy badly and has kept it depressed...is the current administrations insistance on not renewing oil leases in the gulf.
Some rigs have moved out of the Gulf to Brazil....and many, many, many jobs here have been lost due to not letting us get back in the energy business.
Sure, you have to be careful...but it is still an intricate part of the economy down here....
And hey, if they want to help, how about letting the gulf states that take the risks...get a greater percentage of the oil revenues from the heavy taxes on the oil companies by the feds....could go a long way to restoring the coastline down here...etc.
OTOH if the US soon becomes the largest producer while it's already the largest consumer, that doesn't say much about availability for the rest of the world.
I kinda hate to say it, but who cares about the rest of the world?
When it gets down and dirty for need....well, it is ever country for itself, pure self interest......but that's really nothing new in the course of mankind.
Contracting with the DoD will require you to have certain certifications. This is known as 8570, which is the regulation number. A+ is a basic requirement for Help Desk work under 8570.
I've been doing govt and DoD contracting for a long time now, I've never once been asked for a certification....
People lived before AC, most of the world still does. Go visit some mexicans and see.
Yep, it is SOOO wonderful down there in mexico, I mean, just look at how happy all the natives there are to live in such fine standards, and the problems they have with their borders, keeping all the damned US citizens out....
When comparing Western European power usage to that in the US, bear in mind that in western Europe we often heat our homes and water using natural gas. 1 cubic meter of natural gas has the energy equivalent of roughly 10 kWh (36MJ), so this tends to make US consumption look really exaggerated.
A lot of us in the US, particularly in the South of the US use natural gas for heating, cooking, water heating, the clothes dryer....
I grew up with it, thinking it was the way most everyone did, but was surprised to find when I was dating a girl in the NE of the US, that they didn't have gas hookups at all.
I couldn't live without gas....I mean, that is the best way to cook there is!!!
There's a reason you don't see chefs using an electric stove....
Life here without AC wouldn't be possible. It will typically run about 10 months out of the year.
Same here in New Orleans.
In fact, the other day just last week, I was startled by a sound I'd not heard in a long time....the Air Conditioner clicking OFF....
:)
But seriously, the AC basically clicks on down here in late Feb to mid March...and doesn't click off again till about the first part of Nov.
This is a city where people around here whip out the sweaters and heavy (for this area) jackets and start bitching how freezing it is when the temperature hits about 50F.
On the other hand, I like it when it gets cool...means oyster season is upon us!!
I find it quite interesting that so many here can just whip off their electrictiy usage right off the top of their heads.
I'd have thought that everyone was pretty much like me...you get an electric bill...you pay it, that you rate your 'usage' by how high your bill is each month.
I have levelized billing, so I just pay about $200-$210/mo and never look at the bill. Kinda like with gasoline or other commodity utilities in my life. I have to have them, so I just get the bill and see the amount, pay and forget about it and be on my merry way.
That was pretty much the lowest I could get when I did this, in order to qualify to set up my HSA. I didn't want one much higher, and the payments were quite reasonable, even with my pre-existing conditions.
When you have a product that actually kills kids, it's not mindless regulation to ban it.
What's next? Kitchen knives have killed enough kids over the years...guess we need to ban those.
Seriously, a few accidents happen....parents that don't keep things dangerous out of the reach of kids, or stupid kids putting anything in their mouth and swallowing it?
I think that is more Darwin's Law at work....should ban things like that that MOST adults can safely enjoy....
And I don't need health benefits for another ten years or so based on my good genes.
Err...I'd definitely NOT advise going without health benefits.
If he takes my advice from above, and starts with a contracting house that has federal contracts...he'll basically be a W2 employee of that company most likely....and put on site to work. He'll get full ( and often quite generous) benefits.
If you go indie....form a "S" corp for yourself....1099 your work for billing....and set up a HSA (Health Savings Account), load it up pre-tax for your routine medical car, and accompany that with a high deductible (I did mine at $1200/yr) medical insurance policy, something there for catastrophic emergencies....
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Seriously? Wow...you might wanna lay off the Kool Aid.
Which part of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) did you miss the Federal part?
And well, ya'll should just get used to it, and expect even more federal regulation, requirements and mandates for your business, and even private lives.
Ya'll just voted in the administration that just LOVES to regulate everything about your lives and livelihoods...
Does anyone really see this as a surprise?
If people like or subscribe to you.....they don't get their updates on their walls, etc anymore for free?
If you want to get any message out on FB, you now have to pay for it??
LA Gulf seafood, is the single most tested seafood there is...and it gets A+++ rating and completely safe. It came back clean very quickly after the cleanup.
Most of the work in the immediate gulf area is either seafood, or oil production and refining....
We got the seafood back...Obama and crew have artificially held back the renewal of oil drilling...even with increased oversight.
It isn't like the US or the rest of the world is going to be able to get off oil anytime in the next couple decades at least...so, let us get back to work doing what we do for the country.....the feds shouldn't really have much at all to say about what WE do off OUR coast to begin with....
I dunno...shows he basically is a MAN, with a dick and hormones to go with it....
And, have you SEEN what his wife looks like?
See my other post on this thread for a link...sheesh, what a troll.
Man..I'd not want to climb on top of that with the lights on either....ugh. I hope she wasn't so ugly when he married her....
Kind of understandable..I mean, have you SEEN what Holly Petraeus looks like? Ugh...
No wonder he was looking for some strange....
Shouldn't we get new term for this, I mean, technically, aren't pretty much all of the peoples over in the middle east semitic/semites?
Frankly, as far as the US...I do wish we could just get out of there 100%....those battles and wars have been raging over there for most of history, and it isn't like we're going to stop it.
It isn't our battle if it weren't for oil....if we could get off the dependence of it...then just leave and let them do what they will over there.
Well, for the most part....we in New Orleans, and the rest of our part of the gulf coast are doing well.
It was a big jolt to the economy, but it really didn't take that long to bounce back....
It took a little long for all of the oyster beds to open back up, but for the most part, even the seafood industry bounced back pretty quickly.
What has hurt the economy badly and has kept it depressed...is the current administrations insistance on not renewing oil leases in the gulf.
Some rigs have moved out of the Gulf to Brazil....and many, many, many jobs here have been lost due to not letting us get back in the energy business.
Sure, you have to be careful...but it is still an intricate part of the economy down here....
And hey, if they want to help, how about letting the gulf states that take the risks...get a greater percentage of the oil revenues from the heavy taxes on the oil companies by the feds....could go a long way to restoring the coastline down here...etc.
I kinda hate to say it, but who cares about the rest of the world?
When it gets down and dirty for need....well, it is ever country for itself, pure self interest......but that's really nothing new in the course of mankind.
Keep believing that...as we continue the next 4 years to watch the economy tank....
Heck, I think they even had a hit or two from those sessions....?
Well, there's "surviving"....and actual "living"...comfortable life, decent work, quality of life.
I don't think most people are literal when they ask how people can live without AC....figure of speech and all that?
Hope and Change baby....Hope and Change....
I've been doing govt and DoD contracting for a long time now, I've never once been asked for a certification....
I often wonder that myself, during the dead of summer down here in New Orleans.
I"m guessing they sure smelled a lot worse back then....
Yep, it is SOOO wonderful down there in mexico, I mean, just look at how happy all the natives there are to live in such fine standards, and the problems they have with their borders, keeping all the damned US citizens out....
A lot of us in the US, particularly in the South of the US use natural gas for heating, cooking, water heating, the clothes dryer....
I grew up with it, thinking it was the way most everyone did, but was surprised to find when I was dating a girl in the NE of the US, that they didn't have gas hookups at all.
I couldn't live without gas....I mean, that is the best way to cook there is!!!
There's a reason you don't see chefs using an electric stove....
Same here in New Orleans.
In fact, the other day just last week, I was startled by a sound I'd not heard in a long time....the Air Conditioner clicking OFF....
But seriously, the AC basically clicks on down here in late Feb to mid March...and doesn't click off again till about the first part of Nov.
This is a city where people around here whip out the sweaters and heavy (for this area) jackets and start bitching how freezing it is when the temperature hits about 50F.
On the other hand, I like it when it gets cool...means oyster season is upon us!!
I'd have thought that everyone was pretty much like me...you get an electric bill...you pay it, that you rate your 'usage' by how high your bill is each month.
I have levelized billing, so I just pay about $200-$210/mo and never look at the bill. Kinda like with gasoline or other commodity utilities in my life. I have to have them, so I just get the bill and see the amount, pay and forget about it and be on my merry way.
That was pretty much the lowest I could get when I did this, in order to qualify to set up my HSA. I didn't want one much higher, and the payments were quite reasonable, even with my pre-existing conditions.
What's next? Kitchen knives have killed enough kids over the years...guess we need to ban those.
Seriously, a few accidents happen....parents that don't keep things dangerous out of the reach of kids, or stupid kids putting anything in their mouth and swallowing it?
I think that is more Darwin's Law at work....should ban things like that that MOST adults can safely enjoy....
Err...I'd definitely NOT advise going without health benefits.
If he takes my advice from above, and starts with a contracting house that has federal contracts...he'll basically be a W2 employee of that company most likely....and put on site to work. He'll get full ( and often quite generous) benefits.
If you go indie....form a "S" corp for yourself....1099 your work for billing....and set up a HSA (Health Savings Account), load it up pre-tax for your routine medical car, and accompany that with a high deductible (I did mine at $1200/yr) medical insurance policy, something there for catastrophic emergencies....
Easy Peazy....
Yeah, but how many #1 hit records have YOU written, produced, performed and published?
Dave....?