A connection to the brain is preferable before you talk Joe!
And He picked up his shtick!
And He picked up his shtick!
This is a sign along US 61 just south of Zwingle, Iowa. And I am curious as to who's legs are on display here? Did Jim have this taken before his colonoscopy? Inquiring minds want to know.
It took me ten years of going to school on and off, but in 2008 I graduated. Sure, I took the Jeremy Piven "7 Year Senior" approach to graduating, but I did it. I'm proud of it, and nothing can change the fact that I have a piece of paper with Arnold's big fat signature on it. (SUCKAS) In any case, I was already on my way to a career with Clear Channel Radio in San Jose, Ca when I was laid off in May 2009. This was a day after the Sharks were eliminated from the Playoffs. So I blame them also. Thank the gods San Jose has one champion, Joey Chestnut. Back to the point, since I've graduated, my diploma has been useless.
Granted, we live in a tough world these days. Economic recession hangs over us like the firmament, right wing thugs threaten to grab imense power in a democratically elected government and the American Empire (let's not kid ourselves) perpetuates endless wars with the terrorists or the Muslims, or whoever we are scapegoating this week. It's rough, I get it. Yet I'd think a diploma would help for something. Like million's of Americans though, I've applied for hundreds of jobs, only to get two responses. The first was from a radio station in Santa Cruz that wanted to do a background check. Either I failed that, or they didn't feel like moving to an interview phase. The second was for the Apple Store. I made it through two rounds of interviews. I even got a "you nailed it," from the store manager. "Sweet," I thought. Maybe I wouldn't have to wake up at 4 am in the morning to drive to some under funded public school to take high school year book photos of kids who either hate you because you're A) Not a teenager, B) Telling them What to do, C) They hate getting their picture taken or D) They're just an asshat. Alas, I'm lucky I have a 10 dollar an hour seasonal job that can't let me live on my own. Thank goodness for my parents who allow me to live with them. (This does not help me with the women, BTW.)
Another reason my diploma is useless, people don't seem to hire based on your education, but your experience. Gee, I've worked a ton of jobs, I'm pretty damn experienced. If this was D&D, I'd easily be a level 8 radio disc jockey with at least 5 levels of clerk experience and 2 levels of Fighter (I took Fighter at level 1 for an extra feat)[Total nerd joke I know] The thing is, I'm not stupid. I'm not lazy. I'm never late and I don't complain about my job (whatever it is.) I try putting the information about my degree in different spots on my resume, hoping that might help. Nope. I even tried different font and italics. The italics just make it look tacky, watch.
Bachelor's Degree in Radio/TV/Film. Minor in Ancient History.
See what I mean. Totally not smooth.
Yes, I know we're in a recession, but am I being selfish by asking the world, the gods, the universe, the Flying Spaghetti Monster for any sort of gig that can pay my bills? I don't think so. Sure, I want the rest of my state and country to get back on their feet, but what about my feet? My shoes suck. They've got no support. So as of right now, my diploma is in a case, that is pressed into an envelope, that keeps my grandma's husbands tacky post card art that he gave me flat. (It really is tacky.) Well, I suppose I did find a use for it after all.
You want Steph to be able to start a car with a push button start. It needs to say this on the button.
You say that you want to restore America's honor? Wonderful! Let me help you! When exactly did Americans lose their honor? Did they lose it when a black man was elected President? Or did they lose it when the Republicans first voted for their own self-interest rather than for the American people? Did we lose it ten years ago, we elected a man of Bush's exemplary paragon of intellectual caliber? Did we lose it when Obama tried to save the country from total economic collapse with a stimulus, or did we lose it when Bush the Younger destroyed an economic surplus, and gave us a deficit, compounded with two unnecessary and unaffordable wars, a housing bubble, Guantanamo, and the worst economic disaster since The Great Depression? Did we lose our honor because we finally have a healthcare system that is a good beginning for the many poor who will be needing it in the years to come? Or did we lose it when businesses began to downsize, and outsourced jobs abroad for cheaper labor? Did we lose our honor because some people did not like the way President Obama handled the Gulf oil spill, which incidentally started through the criminal negligence of BP and Transocean? Or did we lose it during the Bush administration's inexcusable and atrocious response given to Katrina? Or was it when FEMA became gutted and privatized by Bush? Did we lose our honor when the Democrats saved the auto industry, or did we lose it when we stopped building things in this country, and now depend on cheap slave labor from abroad? Mr. Beck, we need to restore our honor, it's true. But you are far wide of the mark on the cause for restoring our honor. You speak of fluffy generalities like "faith, hope and charity," But your rally was funded by men who lied, cheated, stole and killed for money. I thought we turned the corner on January 20, 2009. We are trying to restore our nation's honor. You just don't want to see it!
Dear Mr. Beck:
The usual.
Young Luann, played by Rebekah, doesn't like it here and wants to go home.
A young Rebekah in her role as Luann on The Dollhouse Murders, informing us that she has come to the party.
Isn't she so adorable in this film?
Mark Levin with his ventriloquist's dummy.
I think I am now beginning to understand the problems in my country, the United States of America, where all men/women are created equal. The problem does not seem to be as much the state of our economy, jobs and infrastructure, although these are important, there are more important issues. Instead it seems that I have to be more concerned that Blacks, Mexicans and Muslims are getting too much brown in my white.
Ok, show us on the doll where Mama touched you!
Let's see how complicated Republican conspiracies can be!
Whaddya call a blowhard who talks a whole lot about things he knows nothing about! - Rush Limbaugh!
Well Limbaugh get a clue? No he doesn't one! he just opens his snout!
What it must've looked like last weekend up in Seattle.