I've been doing web application development as a consultant. If you need help with one of your projects, do let me know and I'll see how I can help you.
I imagine that you would agree with me when I say that these politicians who claim to want to help immigrants do not give two shits about them. They are only pawns in a game.
Consider this also: You don't have to do drugs to be a victim of the "war on drugs". Here are several horror stories about people's rights being violated in the name of enforcing drugs laws.
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/11/05/man-seeks-millions-after-nm-police-force-colonoscopy-in-drug-search
A man was forced to undergo a colonoscopy when police suspected he was transporting drugs. None were found.
http://www.policestateusa.com/2014/zachary-bare/
After confusing a man with a drug suspect, a police officer handcuffed an innocent man and crushed his skull under his boot.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/03/28/suit-claims-idaho-state-trooper-assumed-driver-had-weed-because-of-colorado-license-plate/
A policeman in Idaho stopped a driver with Colorado license plates and detained him in handcuffs while searching his vehicle without consent, presumably because he had Colorado plates.
I must disagree with you about the marijuana issue. I think that it is an important issue that is being ignored.
Here in the USA, we arrest 750,000 people each year for marijuana. Most people seem to know someone who smokes the stuff and would not want someone's life torn apart because someone in DC didn't what he was doing.
I have come to believe that in the future, the struggle to legalize marijuana will be seen as one of the defining civil rights issues of our time.
And oh yes, legalizing marijuana will leave the powers that be with one less excuse to otherwise violate our civil rights.
I recently took a multiple-choice C# quiz for a hiring interview. I didn't like it at all. I think that a test or quiz should give you the opportunity to demonstrate skill and knowledge. The test I took seemed to be designed to trick me with corner cases.
For example, there was a question that demanded that I know what happens if a variable in a using clause is set to null inside the using block. Why on Earth would I ever want to set the variable in a using clause to null!!! That makes no sense.
Try this one on for size. I drive a 2003 Acura TL. Several years ago, one of the headlights failed. I took it to a shop where I was told that it needed $700 worth of electrical parts from the factory. Not knowing better, I paid the bill.
Last year, I had the exact same problem with the other headlight, only now, I'm being told that it will cost over $1000. I finally did the right thing and asked for help online. I was directed to a company that had after-market parts drop-shipped to me directly from China for about $50., less than 1/20 of what the stealership wanted. The parts from that company seem just as good as the parts from the dealer, so there's one way I got gouged.
FYI, I worked for a Papa John's in Honolulu, and the manager there said the same thing; that she is expected to be on the schedule 50 hours per week, but is usually there longer than that.
This reminds me of the story I read in a/. comment about an overzealous filter that wouldn't let people at his office visit any URL with "sex" in it. There was a problem because they were using expertsexchange.com
Are you sure to really object to teaching children to say those words? Our country's founders were certainly not perfect, but they set out on a radical experiment in *limited* government where people would be free to pursue their dreams, instead of being more or less the property of the state. Today, those ideals are easy to take for granted because they have become so ingrained in western society.
I happily pledge my allegience to the US flag and for all that it stands for to me, but I fear that the powers that be want to take that away from us and make us live in a world where we take fear and servitude for granted instead; a world where we just shut up and take what they give us.
Instead of objecting to the pledging the flag, why don't you object to the mockery the powers that be have made of what it stands for?
Dude, the US Government was able to get malware planted in Iranian centrifuge controllers that were supposed to be air-gapped. I wouldn't be surprised in Windows 8 is pre-programmed to cut itself off the internet when the spooks say so.
For what it's worth, I recently moved to Colorado and I've found that their state health insurance exchange web site works just fine. I was able to browse plans available within a few minutes.
I think it goes to show that there's nothing extraordinary difficult about this web site. I suspect cronyism on the part of the federal government. How else can you explain that they paid ~ $600M for a web site that doesn't work. I think they could have handed that money to most anyone who posted to this discussion and gotten a better result.
You've raised some good points, Darinbob. However, when you say, "Many of these laborers are taking jobs that no one else wants to do", I say, "Many of these laborers are taking jobs that no one else wants to do for the wage that these laborers are willing to do them for."
I believe that the political situation revolves around two simple facts:
1)Politicians, in general, like having a large underclass of citizens who are in need of help, and thus can be enticed to vote for them.
2)Business wants to pay the lowest wage possible (just like you and I want to pay the lowest price possible for anything we buy), and bringing in people from poor countries will tend to depress wages, even for legal workers, simply because they must compete with illegal immigrant labor.
There's no reason Americans wouldn't work agricultural jobs for reasonable wages. Of course, we would pay more for food, but why should we expect that the cost of food should be held down by illegal immigrant labor?
I have sympathy for the plight of poor people from countries like Mexico where it is so hard to earn a decent living, but the politics of it makes me ill.
For immigration activists to call illegal immigrants "undocumented foreign workers" would be like if marijuana legalization activists called marijuana an "undocumented plan", or if the NRA referred to assault rifles as "undocumented firearms".
It's quite clear to me that they're pushing to destroy the working class in this country by flooding us with cheap labor and they're trying to control the language to achieve their goal.
It's hard to believe that back in the day, Henry Ford was proud to say that people who built his company's cars could afford to buy them.
You're right on target. I hear conservatives howl about "liberals", but I think that when you really get to know people, most of us just want to government to leave us alone. The ruling elites strategy must be "divide and conquer".
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Interesting. I get calls from India and it seems like the area code displayed on my caller ID is selected at random.
I've been doing web application development as a consultant. If you need help with one of your projects, do let me know and I'll see how I can help you.
I imagine that you would agree with me when I say that these politicians who claim to want to help immigrants do not give two shits about them. They are only pawns in a game.
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/11/05/man-seeks-millions-after-nm-police-force-colonoscopy-in-drug-search
A man was forced to undergo a colonoscopy when police suspected he was transporting drugs. None were found.
http://www.policestateusa.com/2014/zachary-bare/
After confusing a man with a drug suspect, a police officer handcuffed an innocent man and crushed his skull under his boot.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/03/28/suit-claims-idaho-state-trooper-assumed-driver-had-weed-because-of-colorado-license-plate/
A policeman in Idaho stopped a driver with Colorado license plates and detained him in handcuffs while searching his vehicle without consent, presumably because he had Colorado plates.
I must disagree with you about the marijuana issue. I think that it is an important issue that is being ignored.
Here in the USA, we arrest 750,000 people each year for marijuana. Most people seem to know someone who smokes the stuff and would not want someone's life torn apart because someone in DC didn't what he was doing.
I have come to believe that in the future, the struggle to legalize marijuana will be seen as one of the defining civil rights issues of our time.
And oh yes, legalizing marijuana will leave the powers that be with one less excuse to otherwise violate our civil rights.
I recently took a multiple-choice C# quiz for a hiring interview. I didn't like it at all. I think that a test or quiz should give you the opportunity to demonstrate skill and knowledge. The test I took seemed to be designed to trick me with corner cases.
For example, there was a question that demanded that I know what happens if a variable in a using clause is set to null inside the using block. Why on Earth would I ever want to set the variable in a using clause to null!!! That makes no sense.
Gouged in ways you can't imagine?
Try this one on for size. I drive a 2003 Acura TL. Several years ago, one of the headlights failed. I took it to a shop where I was told that it needed $700 worth of electrical parts from the factory. Not knowing better, I paid the bill.
Last year, I had the exact same problem with the other headlight, only now, I'm being told that it will cost over $1000. I finally did the right thing and asked for help online. I was directed to a company that had after-market parts drop-shipped to me directly from China for about $50., less than 1/20 of what the stealership wanted. The parts from that company seem just as good as the parts from the dealer, so there's one way I got gouged.
FYI, I worked for a Papa John's in Honolulu, and the manager there said the same thing; that she is expected to be on the schedule 50 hours per week, but is usually there longer than that.
This reminds me of the story I read in a /. comment about an overzealous filter that wouldn't let people at his office visit any URL with "sex" in it. There was a problem because they were using expertsexchange.com
Oh yes!
I pledge allegience,
to the flag
of the United States of America
and to the republic
for which it stands:
one nation
under God,
indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.
Are you sure to really object to teaching children to say those words? Our country's founders were certainly not perfect, but they set out on a radical experiment in *limited* government where people would be free to pursue their dreams, instead of being more or less the property of the state. Today, those ideals are easy to take for granted because they have become so ingrained in western society.
I happily pledge my allegience to the US flag and for all that it stands for to me, but I fear that the powers that be want to take that away from us and make us live in a world where we take fear and servitude for granted instead; a world where we just shut up and take what they give us.
Instead of objecting to the pledging the flag, why don't you object to the mockery the powers that be have made of what it stands for?
Hara-kiri and seppuku are synonymous. They are two different ways to say the same thing, but seppuku tends to be used in more formal speech.
Can anyone here explain it?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2442195/Why-want--Harry-Reid-dismisses-funding-childrens-cancer-research-separately-rest-government.html
Dude, the US Government was able to get malware planted in Iranian centrifuge controllers that were supposed to be air-gapped. I wouldn't be surprised in Windows 8 is pre-programmed to cut itself off the internet when the spooks say so.
I don't know what will ultimately come of it.
Please don't feed the trolls. Thank you.
Start Button? No, you have to go to move the cursor to a Hot Corner, clicks Settings, Power, Shut Down.
Where can I contact you in regards to the message in your .sig?
I think it goes to show that there's nothing extraordinary difficult about this web site. I suspect cronyism on the part of the federal government. How else can you explain that they paid ~ $600M for a web site that doesn't work. I think they could have handed that money to most anyone who posted to this discussion and gotten a better result.
I believe that the political situation revolves around two simple facts:
1)Politicians, in general, like having a large underclass of citizens who are in need of help, and thus can be enticed to vote for them.
2)Business wants to pay the lowest wage possible (just like you and I want to pay the lowest price possible for anything we buy), and bringing in people from poor countries will tend to depress wages, even for legal workers, simply because they must compete with illegal immigrant labor.
There's no reason Americans wouldn't work agricultural jobs for reasonable wages. Of course, we would pay more for food, but why should we expect that the cost of food should be held down by illegal immigrant labor?
I have sympathy for the plight of poor people from countries like Mexico where it is so hard to earn a decent living, but the politics of it makes me ill.
For immigration activists to call illegal immigrants "undocumented foreign workers" would be like if marijuana legalization activists called marijuana an "undocumented plan", or if the NRA referred to assault rifles as "undocumented firearms".
It's quite clear to me that they're pushing to destroy the working class in this country by flooding us with cheap labor and they're trying to control the language to achieve their goal.
It's hard to believe that back in the day, Henry Ford was proud to say that people who built his company's cars could afford to buy them.
You're right on target. I hear conservatives howl about "liberals", but I think that when you really get to know people, most of us just want to government to leave us alone. The ruling elites strategy must be "divide and conquer".
I quick Google search says you fail it.
http://www.insightcrime.org/news-briefs/venezuelan-homicides-reach-record-high-in-2013
Of course, you realize that today's politicians prefer to think of SS as a program to transfer wealth.
I have followed some of the stories about people going to jail for insulting the king.
The short version is that he sometimes pardons people jailed for insulting him, but after they've been arrested and in jail for a while.