Reaction to being Fired- Part II

by Administrator 19. January 2010 16:37
So, assuming you read the first article, now we’ll get down to the WHY. In America, (I might add it is most definitely not like this in other industrialized countries) virtually all of the power in an employee/employer lies with the employer. Case in point: Forty-hour work week. Gone. ... [More]

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Reaction to being Fired

by Administrator 18. January 2010 06:49
Read Part Two here I got canned at my job a few weeks ago. I’ve never been fired before .The bastards did it to me at the beginning of the holidays. I can get a job in any environment. But no one hires around the holidays. That meant, I knew from the onset, I would be out of work for... [More]

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In Chains in America

by Administrator 11. February 2009 04:56
It's 2009. And it's time to speak the truth plainly. We, in theUnited States of America have been lied to. His name is Horatio Alger. "Work hard, get ahead" means kill yourself working so that someone else can gain. There's a telling scene in MIchael Moore's "S... [More]

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Revolutionary Road and Life in 2009 America

by Administrator 26. January 2009 04:51
Anyone who's seen "Revolutionary Road" probably feels a little shook up. You can read about it in the Movie Review section if you haven't.  There's a line in the movie which I'll paraphrase, "In Paris they really live life- not like here". It's ab... [More]

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Oscar snubs - The Academy blows it big time.

by Administrator 22. January 2009 08:15
Okay, let me say that 2008 was a truely exceptional year for movies- the mega-hits Ironman Dark Knight, Eastwood's superb Gran Torino, Doubt, Revolutionary Road, The Reader, Bejamin Button, Slumdog Millionaire- these are all really good films, and many of them deserve a major award. So wh... [More]

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Ten celebs who should be picking up my garbage - My New Year's list.

by Administrator 26. December 2008 05:13
Okay, here's the disclaimer. Unless we personally know a celebrity, we don't know a thing about what that person is really like. What we, the general public know, is the image that celebrity puts forth. Celebrities know this. They invest millions in style consultants, publicists, managers ... [More]

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Survivor Product Placement

by Administrator 5. December 2008 08:01
Last night 12/4/08, I was watching Survivor when Jeff Probst proclaimed that the victor in the next challange would get to see a video message from a loved on at home. Fair enough. The he announces that they will watch said vido on the the new Samsung Instinct phone by Sprint. Are you f*ing kiddin... [More]

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