ChasingBlueSky

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  1. Pssst... I have been working in IT for over 25 years now.. I am WELL aware of outsourceing.. I am also aware of how many IT people who are living in the past.. and WILL not upgrade their skills and expect to be paid a top wage for outdated knowledge and less than adequate performance. The schools overseas are pouring out well educated and well trained people who are willing to work the long hours needed. I do NOT see that many people coming out of the schools here in this country in this field that are willing to do the job. UNTIL there is a HUGE change in the attitudes of our people we will continue to lose ground to other countries graduates in computer science... that is the bottom line. Rather than crying about how bad the companies are.... I found it better to update the old skill set to ensure I was keeping up. Trying to blame Clinton for someone elses shortcomings is ludicrous. I'm going on about 14 years in IT now. I look at a few hundred IT resumes a day and hear more stories in a week than most. Many have upgraded their skills....and still have no job. When the money becomes scarce, hiring becomes more particular. It's a buyers market if you have a job opening. I know, I have 4 openings right now and I can't find the exact skillset I want and I won't hire anything less than that. I think I had just short of 4000 resumes get sent to me last month. Also, for a bit of irony, India is having financial problems right now as well. Many of the jobs they had are now going to China. edit: Speaking of updating skill sets, I actually have a MVS/zOS job right now! _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....
  2. Sorry Jean, I'm with Bill on this one. Clinton was not good for the IT sector. He is pretty much straight on with his facts, and for many of us it was far worse trying to find a job back then then right now. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....
  3. The ironic point is that Rush is the leader of his so called drive by media. By definition it is media bias and the misrepresentation of points and that is all his show is. Again, this is why Colin Powell has said conservatives should ignore his show. I'm also asking you what you agree with on Hannity. I've asked you that two times and you have avoided that. I'm no longer in the media and do not have any connections to it. I work in technology but I know how my former industry works and I use that. I'm not sure why you think I miss the talking points from either side when I have pointed out that both sides do this. I'm fairly certain you would be hard stretched to find a news site, opinion site or talking point I haven't heard, seen or read in the last two years. However, Hannity is by far the worst of the bunch. Care to see the impact he has? Look up what the freepers do with his group of lies. No, by definition is the media comes driving in, throws out a story and leaves never correcting the shit they screwed up. I have yet to see any lies but at least I have a feeling of how you veiw things. Typical for todays media employees Again, Rush is one of the biggest "drive by" media people out there. Also, having to rely on catch phrases is the best way for him to throw a point out there without ever backing it up. His audience just nods and smiles without question. The fact that you think I'm a media employee today after my posts shows how you ignore facts. It explains a lot. You have also refused to say what you agree with on Hannity. Are you one of those people that call in and tell him he is a great American? _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....
  4. The ironic point is that Rush is the leader of his so called drive by media. By definition it is media bias and the misrepresentation of points and that is all his show is. Again, this is why Colin Powell has said conservatives should ignore his show. I'm also asking you what you agree with on Hannity. I've asked you that two times and you have avoided that. I'm no longer in the media and do not have any connections to it. I work in technology but I know how my former industry works and I use that. I'm not sure why you think I miss the talking points from either side when I have pointed out that both sides do this. I'm fairly certain you would be hard stretched to find a news site, opinion site or talking point I haven't heard, seen or read in the last two years. However, Hannity is by far the worst of the bunch. Care to see the impact he has? Look up what the freepers do with his group of lies. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....
  5. So Mr Media Guy. What think ye of THIS SITE? >http://www.propublica.org/topic/government-politics/ As far as what I have read about ProPublica it seems they try to be neutral in their research. It received some rather positive reviews when it initially came out and I haven't heard any hype about it later. I do know some WSJ articles have spun off from some of their research. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....
  6. Really? My work in the past helped get Howard Stern removed from the air in Chicago for 2 years. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....
  7. Quite so _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....
  8. When my sources are direct lies off the quotes of public officials I do not need a watch dog site. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....
  9. And what do you do when you "catch" Hannity telling the truth about something? Do you spend an equal amount of time (or any time at all) fact checking shit-spewers on the left like Keith Olberman (sp?) or do you just have a particular hard-on for Hannity and/or folks on the right? Are you after truth or is your quest more ideologically driven? I'm venturing an assumption here but I reckon you don't invest much time looking into the leftist counterparts to folks like Hannity... am I right? There are plenty that go after the left already, my work isn't needed there. I've long said that Olberman is part of the problem. If there is any main stream media entertainment reporter I give any respect to it's Rachel Maddow and the list isn't much longer after her. I'd be happy if you can prove that she does the same thing as Hannity to change my opinion. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....
  10. Have I mentioned I was in the media for 6 years? Then shame on you for not knowing Not knowing what? I'm certain I know more than you in this area just from time on the job. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....
  11. I did read what you said ((you listen, dont care for his style, but in general you agree with him)) and I still don't know how anyone that knows he is spreading lies can agree with him. You do know he tells lies and presents it as fact, right? Yes, Hannity is trash and there is nothing redeeming about either his radio show or TV show. I'd be fine if he billed himself as an entertainer and followed up The Daily Show on Comedy Central. However he is on a news channel telling bold face lies. He, and the others I listed, need to be outed for what they are. And I have been helping with that. I listen to these shows and log their lies with timestamps and then send it in to watchdog groups and fact checking sites. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....
  12. Have I mentioned I was in the media for 6 years? _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....
  13. So you know his points are an extension of false claims but you agree with him anyhow? Maybe I'm reading that wrong but that doesn't seem logical. I'm guessing you agree with his anti liberal rantings more than anything else? The problem I have is that his talking points are the same that get turned through Drudge, TNR, Rush, Bill'O, et al on a news channel and they are repeated ad nauseam in the hopes that they become truth (this is not to say other media sources do not do this). There are some people that can discern the bullshit from the truth if they know the source material, but we know that is not their target audience. Many of the examples in that link were very damning as to how far they will go to lie to push their agenda. Luckily there are Republicans like Colin Powell now speaking out against the idiocy that is conservative talk radio. He has asked to ignore them. Despite the RNC talk about the fairness doctrine coming back into play, I would like to see real conservative talk return to the air. Meanwhile these sources are nothing but destructive entertainment posing as news. I would be very happy to see the end of these major syndicated voices and have them be replaced by local/regional educated voices...and the same goes for the syndicated liberal junk as well. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....
  14. See how many you can spot! Then notice they are formed on misinformation from a "fair and balanced" source. http://mediamatters.org/items/200812170007 _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....
  15. Just another pro tip to everyone: Update your Adobe Flash software. As this software becomes even more popular to deliver banner advertisements on the web, the more people are finding exploits in it. In the last year there has been at least three separate exploits that allowed malware to be delivered to a computers via legitimate websites (even some as big as CNN, Yahoo). Also, switch to Firefox and learn how to use the plugin "NoScript" to your advantage. Trusted sites are no longer trusted sites and haven't been for a while. Also to back up Eric, AVG-Free is one of the best pieces of software you can install on your computer to protect yourself, especially at that cost. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....
  16. Yeah, yeah; facts, evidence, truth, blah, blah, blah. You're no fun at all. Then there is the FBI stating they have no evidence, complaints or anything criminal on the Representatives behavior. Funny little thing about lack of proof and how people prefer to want the scandalous to be true. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....
  17. Just an FYI, he was a reporter assigned to the Sadr region where he had family. He has lost multiple friends and family from the war. And people, violence or not...shoe or whatever....it was about the message and nothing else. It's a message the entire world got to see. It was an embarrassing moment for the host country but it's an image that is far more damaging to the US. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....
  18. The room and people were cleared to be in the room. The USSS knew he had no weapon on him, as did Bush. The level of violence this reporter could do would be minimal no matter what. Shooting that reporter would have been the biggest mistake they could have made. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....
  19. This is now going to get a lot more interesting http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/ConductUnbecoming/story?id=6431739&page=1 _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....
  20. Currently live in Chicago and have been here for nearly 36 years. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....
  21. Exactly, No one ever said the sky was falling. I will predict though the far left will turn on him, followed by the media. I'm sure many will disagree with his Supreme Court picks, those may be the bones thrown to the left to slow down the whine-o-meter...... I see no basis for such predictions, just the slow steady beat of the conservative party trying to paint a picture of this country and Obama that fits their narrative for the next election. If it's repeated enough over the next 4 years I'm sure there will be people that believe stuff about which way he leans and which way the country leans after FoxNews repeats it enough. I tried counting the amount of times of "center-right" on Fox a few days back and lost track at 70 in one day. kinda like what the left has done for the last 8 years? Um. Obama isn't in the White House and won't be for over 5 weeks from now. Bush has been for the 8 years. We have plenty of direct examples to bring up. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....
  22. Exactly, No one ever said the sky was falling. I will predict though the far left will turn on him, followed by the media. I'm sure many will disagree with his Supreme Court picks, those may be the bones thrown to the left to slow down the whine-o-meter...... I see no basis for such predictions, just the slow steady beat of the conservative party trying to paint a picture of this country and Obama that fits their narrative for the next election. If it's repeated enough over the next 4 years I'm sure there will be people that believe stuff about which way he leans and which way the country leans after FoxNews repeats it enough. I tried counting the amount of times of "center-right" on Fox a few days back and lost track at 70 in one day. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....
  23. Considering that Obama was the one that pushed through the ethic reform bill that had Rob in a panic to snag as much money by Dec 31st? Also, you can read the transcripts of Blago a bit upset that all he was going to get was appreciation from Obama. There is no doubt that this is a damn dirty state for politics. I think we have averaged at least one politician coming under charges every year dating back to the 70s. There are a few good ones, however, and that conclusion is a large leap to take from step one with nothing else but conjecture to back it up. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....
  24. So can we post stories of media members that are not claiming the sky is falling? Let the guy get in office, then come back to me. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....
  25. Right on time...thanks for proving the point. As were the people spouting off Obama the moment someone from IL was mentioned. Round and round we go. But lest us not forget that most internet arguments go as such: Argument Type 1 "A." "Not A." "A!" "Not A!" Argument Type 2 "A." "A!" "A!" "Fuck you! A, you asshole!" Argument Type 3 "A." "Not B." "WTF? A." "Not B!" _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....