Couldn't they model a program similar to it? And basically tell these people they have to work their 20 hours there. That way they could be supervised and taught skills before being released into the world to look for permanent employment.
I know this guy don't want to work. I also doubt he knows how to do anything that could get him hired anywhere! That leaves a life of crime if he doesn't get government handouts. These people have to get some kind of job training.
This is actually a little scary. Please realize I have little faith in certain segments of humanity.
This person is so adamant in his refusal to work for his EBT that ...well my mind goes to what other avenues he will explore to get money if he doesn't get it. He doesn't seem terribly educated (yo!) Since he's never worked we can assume he has no job skills. He may resort to taking what he feels he's owed. Multiply him by God only knows how many others and there's going to be a problem.
They've created an entire culture of entitlement. I don't know that just cutting them off is the answer. Giving them a job (something like Roosevelt's WPA) might be a better idea. They can pick up job skills and get used to the idea of working.
I'm also married.
Perhaps, my daughter's standards are higher. She requires someone who is gainfully employed (as is she). She wants someone who does not have a string of divorces or baby mamas. A level of education comparable to her own is desirable (as it serves neither party to have nothing in common).
A non-smoker, non-drug taker, and someone who drinks occasionally at social gatherings (and not to excess). She wants someone who is unencumbered by huge amounts of existing debt (as is she). It goes without saying he has to be a nice person with a strong sense of family and hopefully religious convictions.
She is also not interested in anyone with piercings, flamboyant dyed hair or, tatooted.
She would, she asserts, rather remain unmarried than settle for less.
AND...I am sure there are young men with equally high standards that are unwilling to settle for less than what they want. The issue is finding that person.
What a photo! Who would vote that slovenly individual into office? It isn't that he's overweight. I don't know his medical history and he could have a valid reason for the extra poundage.
BUT ... that doesn't excuse the lack of good posture. Has the man never heard of a necktie? If he was speaking publicly he could have tucked in his shirt and straighted out his jacket.
He doesn't care. That's obvious. I would not hire someone for a secretarial position who presented themselves in that manner much less vote for someone who had so little regard for how he presents himself to the public.
What is wrong with voters? Are they blind?
I felt sad reading your letter because you missed out on some wonderful experiences. I have been married for 48 years. My husband and I have known one another over fifty years and it has been an adventure.
In the event you ever change your mind and decide to take the plunge and find some lady to share your life -- I feel qualified to give you some tips on making a relationship last.
Aside from the given things that one expects in a marriage -- division of household chores, care of children or pets, common sense when dealing with household budget, companionship, and physical intimacy --there's a little something extra that makes the difference between making a marriage work and having it fail. I think it's appreciation of your spouse.
I have an entire box of small memorabilia spanning the length of our courtship and marriage. There are some items I truly cherish. On my phone is a screenshot of a letter that was delivered to the bride's room at the church by my husband's best man five minutes before the wedding ceremony began. I remember my bridesmaids going into a panic thinking he was dumping me on my wedding day. I laughed and said that I doubted it and opened the envelope.
It turned out.that he had taken the time to sit down.and as he put it "take his last chance to write a love letter to a beautiful single lady who had consented to become his wife and express his undying love." JUST WOW!!
48 years later that letter still makes me tear up when I read it and realize how much I was loved then and still am now.
I get flowers he clips from our garden.if he happens to see one he thinks is beautiful.
I could go on and on with little gestures he makes to let me know he thinks of me and I am important to him.
And it goes both ways. I discovered (quite by accident) a file in his home office cabinet containing all the letters I've written him over the years telling him how much I love him. We live in the same house and there was no reason to put it on paper but I did it anyway..
So that's how you last 48 years...none of these little things were ever expensive but they meant a lot.
Please do not deprive yourself of a loving relationship because you think there isn't anyone out there for you. Pray. God will send the right person for you.
I wish you happiness.
Well...maybe rethink that position about caring. If universities keep indoctrinating these kids we will have to deal with them and the craziness. I doubt you really want that. we can't afford for anyone to be apathetic on this issue any longer.
Money is the least of our problems. More money can always be generated for colleges which don't push communism.
Are you saying God built the device In the sense that He brought it into being by an act of Divine Word? That would, of course, be quite different than a device that was built by man.
I have read nothing to date which suggests the "med bed" was called into being by Divine Word.
I see no inconsistencies in my statements. There is a difference between that which is created by God directly and and that which is created by man.
My position is that if something so miraculous existed (I'll be generous and say the inventor had "Divine Inspiration") and that item was being purposely withheld from His people -- I believe God would create circumstances that would cause such an item to become available. God moves in strange ways so I could not predict how the problem would be solved. But I believe He would do so.
However, since we have seen no actual evidence of the existence of this item, nor have we seen any individuals with documented before and after records -- I think rumors can at best be considered exaggerations of a device that may have some beneficial effects.
ATTEND CAREFULLY:
I do believe in miracles. I was the recipient of one as a child. The records probably still exist somewhere stuffed in the basement of a Catholic hospital. So yes, God cares.
Thing is -- I don't know WHY some people get miracles and others don't. I've been asking myself that question my whole life. I WISH I had an answer for you, but I don't. That's one of the questions that keeps me up at night a lot.
BUT...I believe that if this thing existed and works as claimed -- God would make sure His people had access to it.
If this is an exercise -- I think it's one that is doomed to fail.
From my viewpoint (and I am quite old -- so it's going to sound as if I am heaping criticism on the young because they're young -- but I promise you that isn't it...)
This present group of people are really very different than we were. We had our share of brats -- every generation does. BUT there just seems that there is a generalized -- how to put this? It's as if they're all spoiled rotten and think they are the center of the universe. So they have no respect for anyone.
We knew we had "rights". But we gave so many of them up to make our parents happy, or to fit in to social expectations. Despite what you may have read about the period of my youth, most kids weren't out protesting. They were either in Viet Nam, or in college getting a degree and hoping to make a better life for themselves.
This generation wants socialism because they actually believe the world owes them something. That attitude -- they're too old (and probably spoiled by mommy and daddy) to change.
So all this exercise seems to be doing is making the sane people suffer while trying to "educate" a group of kids that would be better served with a stint in boot camp. Don't laugh. In my day when brats got in trouble the judges gave them the choice of prison or enlistment. You'd be surprised how many of the brats came back from the army as model citizens.
Agreed. But my question is why are they even allowed to run. The fact that they are Communists (for example) means they don't agree with the constitution and should be an automatic disqualification.
Edited to add: As I said-- I am a practical person. We are attempting to lock the barn door AFTER the horse has been stolen. We need to pass some kind of provision to ensure that only candidates who are in agreement with the government the office they are applying for to represent can be eligible to run.
I do not think God, in His Infinite Mercy, would allow something like that to go on for an extended period of time without bringing forth a "solution" to make it available to all His people.
With that thought in mind, I think the capabilities of such a device (IF IT EXISTS) are greatly exaggerated.
She's dead and.that's unfortunate. I hate to see anyone die from stupidity.
Nothing can be done for her. BUT more importantly, where is the child? If the Irish Police have her they can send her back to family in the United States. But if the creepy Muslim boyfriend has the child...well they don't respect age limitations. I hope the US embassy is involved with respect to that child's welfare.
It bothers me for one reason only.
The site of the Twin Towers is in New York and that's sacred ground.
I don't care about the rest. But that day when our people died -- that means something. And I am so upset that the Muslims have conquered it.
How close are you to your nephew? I'm going to suggest that you have an "uncomfortable conversation" with him for the sake of the child.
It sounds like the child has developmental delays. I don't know what state you live in -- but I can't imagine that they don't have early intervention programs. These are cost free and the child will get an evaluation. They will create an IEP to work on goals to help the child progress through various therapies. In my state, these are free. It sounds from your description that speech therapy is a definite possibility.
If this is your nephew's first child he may not realize the child is behind developmental goals. PLEASE bite the bullet and address the issue. The earlier the child gets help in the form of therapy the better off he/she will be.
May Almighty God be with you when you have that conversation. God bless you.