Sorry but I don't think I missed your point. Also I am not playing ignorant. I didn't think those points needed recognition.

I recognize unemployment is at an all time high.
I recognize a large percentage of those are college graduates.
I believe everything you said. I pretty much agreed with your idea, sorry if I'm misinterpreting is that, jobs are hard to get these days even for college students and there is a definite issue with over qualifications.

I don't understand what I said that would induce a statement from you encouraging a response from me in the terms "You are right, and I was wrong". I re-read what I wrote and don't think that there was any blanket statement made, let alone one that has an extreme contradiction to what you said. So sorry if I'm a little lost. If you could quote the statement I made that you clearly disagree with I would be happy to discuss.

One of my points I feel like you may of missed, is that College is graduating more people in fields then there are jobs for that field. Which isn't helpful because people end up "throwing away" their degrees and getting jobs in other fields and now have to pay off student loans making it hard to get by.

I do recognize the issue with Entry Level Jobs. In programming I see job offerings all the time that say "Entry Level Position" then on it "2-4 years experience" I already have a job so I every time I see that I've started e-mailing those companies "2-4 Years expierience" !== "Entry Level" (!== means not equal, nerd joke).

Also their is a difference between Lying and omission from a Resume. I guess I shouldn't of used "Lie". My bad. Their is nothing wrong with not putting in PHD and rather just putting in BA. You don't have to put everything on a resume, I mean I've seen some with people with Dog Watching on their resume. A lot of job consultants will tell you not to make one generic and use it for everyone. Tweak it to what's important to the company you are applying for. Not lying.

My issue with this whole "99%":
1) How is picketing Wall Street helping Jobs. These people don't have a game plan, they are just screaming. Wall Street guys are huge douche bags, but at the same time I still have money in the market and my portfolio is still doing well. It's growth has definitely slowed over the past few years but it is still more then 3 years ago. Mainly I diversified. All these people who lost all their money had all their eggs in one basket. Which there is a saying for that.
2) They keep blaming Fox News / Republicans. But a republican isn't president, and for a period Democrats held House and Senate and President. During these times They still blamed Fox News / Republicans for everything. Dems had all the power at a time and didn't do shit with it. I just want to know when they are going to start holding Obama accountable. Obama is a terrible president. The problem is when I say that people think I'm defending Bush or some crap. Fuck Bush. Fuck Obama. Give me another Option. I though Clinton did a fine job. So did Bush Sr.
3) I can't get behind these people because they have no Game Plan. If they had Action Items Examples "Fire This Person", "Pass This Bill", "something" I could possibly get behind their ideas and message. But they don't so I don't even know what they want. They just go "I don't like the economy and the job situation". Nobody does. Hell even Rich do, the higher employment is, the more money Ford, Chevy, Coca Cola, other big companies make. So they are not against jobs.

To quote Lewis Black "Republicans have Bad Ideas, Democrats have No Ideas".

>> ^MycroftHomlz:

I am slightly frustrated (annoyed) that you missed my point, given that I think I made it very clear.
Not everyone who is having trouble finding a job is undereducated, not willing to explore labor jobs, educated in something that is not useful, or self-entitled.
In fact, quite the opposite. Most people I know who are having trouble finding work are unemployed because they lack industry experience, which they can't get because no one is hiring entry level positions. Thus, your reductive and simplistic rant is an naive interpretation of the current economic situation. As such, your blanket statements about people who can't find a job are simply false.
I gave a specific example that demonstrated empirically (a concrete example of) my point. To reiterate (repeat), highly educated people are unable to obtain labor jobs due to their credentials, because companies like Safeway, Wholes Foods, Walmart, etc fear these employees will not stay long enough to recoup any investment in training.
The fact that you persist in clinging on to your beliefs and cant say simply "You are right, and I was wrong. Good point, I should not have made a blanket statement" indicates to me that you are willfully ignorant (intentionally making an effort to not understand).
I look forward to your reply.
Here are the specific answers to your questions:
1) I am an experimental physicist and my wife is a biologist.
2) At research universities (Harvard, Stanford, etc), Professors hired based on research. Typically they are pioneers in their field and have numerous high profile publications.
3) My position is based on merit. As I said, I received numerous awards based on my academic and research performance.
4 & 5) non sequiturs (off topic).
6) You advice is to LIE! What is she supposed to say she has done for employment in the last 6 years? Are you kidding me?
>> ^ptrcklgrs:
1) My first question is what is your PHD in.
2) College sadly has gotten to be a for profit education system.
3) IV league schools probably only 10% of the people who go there, got in on merit.
4) I had a teacher in college who made us Buy his book... I had great teachers and I had shitty teachers.
5) I just want to be able to get rid of the shitty teachers to bring in more great teachers.
6) I undestand your issue with being over qualified and it sucks. If I were you or your wife, I would leave it off my resume and lie. If your dealing with Safeway or a big company, no one is getting hurt. I wouldn't do that to a Mom and Pop Shop.

>> ^bareboards2:

I know the miracle of the fishes and the loaves, but the miracle of coca cola and sandwiches???

It was liking watching Bewitched.

I know the miracle of the fishes and the loaves, but the miracle of coca cola and sandwiches???

Some people are worth less than others. These kids cannot easily be made to consume McDonalds, shop at wal-mart or drink a cool refreshing coca cola, so no one cares. Stupid thing is, the organizations who help the poor people like this have such a bad rep, than people don't want to give them money. I would give money to help an adult take care of these kids, no problem, but I don't want to give money to X corporation of save the poor children, because the money would be wasted on people who didn't earn them ( in the organization) and not go to the people who need them. It's like record labels, really.

And out of sight, out of mind. Very sad.

>> ^bareboards2:

According to the longer documentary, there have been three deaths in 20 years. Because people got careless, not because the cables or equipment broke.

>> ^ant:
I wonder if they ever had accidents.



Thanks.

According to the longer documentary, there have been three deaths in 20 years. Because people got careless, not because the cables or equipment broke.


>> ^ant:

I wonder if they ever had accidents.

Super pessimistic indeed. But I'm not really one to point fingers, in my probably equally pessimistic opinion I have seen worse then that hanging on the walls of museums. >> ^DarkenRahl:

I'm so sick of reality talent shows that feature panels of people who burst into tears as the music swells and we're all supposed to feel right with the universe and then go buy Coca-Cola.
The technique is interesting for the 2 seconds he's throwing dust. The lead-up is less than exciting and the product is not worth hanging on a wall, in my (super pessimistic) opinion.

I'm so sick of reality talent shows that feature panels of people who burst into tears as the music swells and we're all supposed to feel right with the universe and then go buy Coca-Cola.

The technique is interesting for the 2 seconds he's throwing dust. The lead-up is less than exciting and the product is not worth hanging on a wall, in my (super pessimistic) opinion.

nope, we didn't even think to look at diet drinks, but in regular US coca cola, pepsi and dr. pepper there's about 35mg (or micrograms, maybe. been a while and i don't keep soda in the house)... dr. pepper may be a little higher, i think grape soda was a little lower.

they don't list the values on the cans in the netherlands, i was just wondering if thats because they just dont have to or because they don't put sodium in their drinks. >> ^dag:

I thought that sodium was only high in diet soda.
BTW, cane sugar is also used in soft drinks here in Australia - mainly because we have lots of cane farmers and few corn farmers - so it's cheap. It would probably be cheaper in the US today if there weren't massive government subsidies to corn farmers.
>> ^peggedbea:
hey, this is something my dude and i were wondering about while we were in the netherlands last year...
in the US most sodas are made with hfcs, but in europe they mostly use real sugar... so we were reading all the soda cans there and none of them listed the sodium content but here they always list the sodium content and it's pretty well known that sodas are high in sodium...
so do they not put the sodium in sodas in europe? or do they just not have to list the sodium content on the nutrition labels?
does the sodium content have something to do with the hfcs content? or are they just adding it to our sodas over here to make us thirstier so we'll drink more soda?

Coca Cola must love all this high impact advertising.

Quick! Vote some Democrats in, they'll fix things lmao. What's next, the United States of Coca Cola

*quality *fascinating. They should drop a Coca-Cola bottle out of the plane and watch them go ape-shit.

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Job market is fine. If you can find a job, it's easy to immigrate. If you can't it's a lot harder.
>> ^direpickle:

>> ^gwiz665:
Live in Denmark. Drink beer on the street. Enjoy life.

What're Denmark's immigration rules? How's the job market?

>> ^gwiz665:

Live in Denmark. Drink beer on the street. Enjoy life.


What're Denmark's immigration rules? How's the job market?

I wonder what bullshit denial story QM and the other neo-conservatively aligned will come up to refute this.

"Terrorism is bad! And.. and.. the United States ISN'T bad.

Therefore, nothing the state does is Terrorism!
Tea Party Justice! Palin 2012. Coal, guns and coca cola FOREVER!"