Hello everyone, I have been really busy with school, work, and life and haven't been able to stop by. How is everyone?
Quote from: Dr Goofy on December 10, 2009, 12:55:31 AM
Hello everyone, I have been really busy with school, work, and life and haven't been able to stop by. How is everyone?
Everyone is fine, except Fomenter. There was some unpleasantness concerning CoG.
How have you been?
CoG is dead. You are stuck with us now.
Feeling fat and sassy, thank you.
Getting clear of them semester OK?
I has delicious beer and am ok.
Glad you're not dead. How's life?
GOOFY HELP WE'RE TRAPPED IN THIS FORUM SAVE US
Quote from: Triple Zero on December 10, 2009, 07:03:11 AM
GOOFY HELP WE'RE TRAPPED IN THIS FORUM SAVE US
And then we were zombies.
I have been real good just procrastinating to much for my last class of my major, still have some gen eds and crap though.
The CoG dies all the time but never dies fully, kinda like the black knight. Some members just never give up.
Life has been good minus the 12in of snow that has trapped people(including me) in for 3 days.
How to free zombies trapped in forum? I think I leave them there until I prepare more for z day.
Non- zombies trapped in forum well then I would take you out for a night of drinking and shenanigans.
Quote from: Dr Goofy on December 10, 2009, 12:55:31 AM
Hello everyone, I have been really busy with school, work, and life and haven't been able to stop by. How is everyone?
The atmosphere vomited white shit all over my house and yard.
I'm probably going to lose my job in about 7 months.
The stupid van won't start.
But, at least, tonight I get to sleep and not think about it for 7 hours.
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on December 10, 2009, 04:08:48 PM
I'm probably going to lose my job in about 7 months.
Lemme guess...funding cuts.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 10, 2009, 04:10:30 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on December 10, 2009, 04:08:48 PM
I'm probably going to lose my job in about 7 months.
Lemme guess...funding cuts.
In a round about way. The program that pays for roughly 50% of my salary was on the chopping block last year along with another program (that my agency also ran for the State). Well, basically the Legislators told the Office of Substance Abuse to pick between the two programs. Fortunately they picked the one that pays my salary. The caveat was the funding was only for one year and that OSA would have to find the funding for following years.
So fast forward to today, and OSA has to cut spending, which makes it highly unlikely they'll find the cash to keep my program running.
Which is too bad, because this is the program that helps kids with addiction get treatment when their insurance doesn't cover it. (And of course, insurance hardly ever covers it). The other program that got cut last year was the drug court case management program.
So this means that kids who get caught with drugs are going to go to jail AND there will be no money to help them get clean.
So they're throwing out the baby, the bathwater, and the whole goddamned tub.
Oh well.
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on December 10, 2009, 04:15:57 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 10, 2009, 04:10:30 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on December 10, 2009, 04:08:48 PM
I'm probably going to lose my job in about 7 months.
Lemme guess...funding cuts.
In a round about way. The program that pays for roughly 50% of my salary was on the chopping block last year along with another program (that my agency also ran for the State). Well, basically the Legislators told the Office of Substance Abuse to pick between the two programs. Fortunately they picked the one that pays my salary. The caveat was the funding was only for one year and that OSA would have to find the funding for following years.
So fast forward to today, and OSA has to cut spending, which makes it highly unlikely they'll find the cash to keep my program running.
Which is too bad, because this is the program that helps kids with addiction get treatment when their insurance doesn't cover it. (And of course, insurance hardly ever covers it). The other program that got cut last year was the drug court case management program.
So this means that kids who get caught with drugs are going to go to jail AND there will be no money to help them get clean.
So they're throwing out the baby, the bathwater, and the whole goddamned tub.
Oh well.
Fuck dude. Fuck. Not with BWHN on the way. :( Not cool.
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on December 10, 2009, 04:15:57 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 10, 2009, 04:10:30 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on December 10, 2009, 04:08:48 PM
I'm probably going to lose my job in about 7 months.
Lemme guess...funding cuts.
In a round about way. The program that pays for roughly 50% of my salary was on the chopping block last year along with another program (that my agency also ran for the State). Well, basically the Legislators told the Office of Substance Abuse to pick between the two programs. Fortunately they picked the one that pays my salary. The caveat was the funding was only for one year and that OSA would have to find the funding for following years.
So fast forward to today, and OSA has to cut spending, which makes it highly unlikely they'll find the cash to keep my program running.
Which is too bad, because this is the program that helps kids with addiction get treatment when their insurance doesn't cover it. (And of course, insurance hardly ever covers it). The other program that got cut last year was the drug court case management program.
So this means that kids who get caught with drugs are going to go to jail AND there will be no money to help them get clean.
So they're throwing out the baby, the bathwater, and the whole goddamned tub.
Oh well.
But there's plenty of money to pay Wackenhutt to keep the little buggers in prison. :mad:
Welcome to the post-American century, fuckbats.
aww Rev, sorry to hear that! Ugh, disgusting.
Thanks, and this is the last I'll say cause I don't want to be buggering up Dr. Goofy's thread, the silver lining is that of the 3 jobs that would be impacted by this, I've been informed that mine is the one they are trying really hard to save. In the meantime I've already applied for a new job that is closer to home. Maybe this will work out for the best.
Quote from: Cramulus on December 10, 2009, 04:25:46 PM
aww Rev, sorry to hear that! Ugh, disgusting.
Ain't it, though? Instead of helping kids who have fallen into the cracks, we're hammering them down as cheap labor for Wackenhutt, to be rented out to call centers and Toys-R-Us (guess who stocks those shelves, kids? You betcha! Prison inmates.)
The program that might HELP is cancelled, and Wackenhutt gets paid both as a prison AND as a temp agency, and if the little buggers don't play along, they don't get "good time".
By the way, guess who the largest single lobbyist in America is?
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on December 10, 2009, 04:29:09 PM
Thanks, and this is the last I'll say cause I don't want to be buggering up Dr. Goofy's thread, the silver lining is that of the 3 jobs that would be impacted by this, I've been informed that mine is the one they are trying really hard to save. In the meantime I've already applied for a new job that is closer to home. Maybe this will work out for the best.
Good Luck!
Also, HI GOOFY!
HI SUU!
And wow i hate the economy. Sorry to hear RWHN
GOOFY! How is ya's?
RWHN, that fucking bites, man. I hope the new job sitch works out!
TGRR, don't get me started! *shakes fist*
I am an idiot who needs shot but what can you do?
Aw, I doubt that very much--but end of the semester shit is always tough. The fact I'm thinking of going back to school means I've forgotten a lot of that, more's the pity.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 10, 2009, 04:30:38 PM
By the way, guess who the largest single lobbyist in America is?
who is?
Quote from: Mistress Freeky on December 14, 2009, 08:27:56 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 10, 2009, 04:30:38 PM
By the way, guess who the largest single lobbyist in America is?
who is?
Shit, I knew this... They were on the news the other day...
Ah! NFIB, right?
The prison guard/prison industry lobby.
Quote from: Jenne on December 14, 2009, 08:41:31 PM
The prison guard/prison industry lobby.
I thought AARP was bigger. They basically claim everyone over the age of 60, don't they?
Quote from: Iason Ouabache on December 14, 2009, 09:05:30 PM
Quote from: Jenne on December 14, 2009, 08:41:31 PM
The prison guard/prison industry lobby.
I thought AARP was bigger. They basically claim everyone over the age of 60, don't they?
Talking muscle, here. AARP is significant, but comes in way behind the private prison lobby.
Ever wonder why there's harsher and harsher time for non-violent offenses? Because non-violent offenders can be pimped out by Wackenhutt, and they get paid on both ends...once to house the inmates, and once for renting them out (and if you don't play along, you don't get good time).
If they put the money behind the parole departments that they do the prison guard/prison lobby, then the rescidivism rate would probably be non-existent. But you won't hear any politician saying this.
Quote from: Jenne on December 14, 2009, 09:17:07 PM
If they put the money behind the parole departments that they do the prison guard/prison lobby, then the rescidivism rate would probably be non-existent. But you won't hear any politician saying this.
Not the point. Parole officers don't send big fucking
bribes contributions to congressmen.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 14, 2009, 09:22:00 PM
Quote from: Jenne on December 14, 2009, 09:17:07 PM
If they put the money behind the parole departments that they do the prison guard/prison lobby, then the rescidivism rate would probably be non-existent. But you won't hear any politician saying this.
Not the point. Parole officers don't send big fucking bribes contributions to congressmen.
...which is why you won't hear politicians talking about it. For all they are anti-crime and pro-education, so to speak.
Quote from: Jenne on December 14, 2009, 09:24:46 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 14, 2009, 09:22:00 PM
Quote from: Jenne on December 14, 2009, 09:17:07 PM
If they put the money behind the parole departments that they do the prison guard/prison lobby, then the rescidivism rate would probably be non-existent. But you won't hear any politician saying this.
Not the point. Parole officers don't send big fucking bribes contributions to congressmen.
...which is why you won't hear politicians talking about it. For all they are anti-crime and pro-education, so to speak.
You have to run it through the Orwell Filter.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 14, 2009, 09:09:20 PM
Quote from: Iason Ouabache on December 14, 2009, 09:05:30 PM
Quote from: Jenne on December 14, 2009, 08:41:31 PM
The prison guard/prison industry lobby.
I thought AARP was bigger. They basically claim everyone over the age of 60, don't they?
Talking muscle, here. AARP is significant, but comes in way behind the private prison lobby.
Ok, that's fucked up. Especially from the corporation=organism viewpoint, since keeping the little living component cells (monkeys) in little boxes (like mitochondria, they used to be separate organisms once) sounds like a typical organic survival strategy.
But, what exactly is a private prison? I don't think we have those over here. At least, I;m not sure, but I assume they are government-run here.
Quote from: Triple Zero on December 14, 2009, 09:52:28 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 14, 2009, 09:09:20 PM
Quote from: Iason Ouabache on December 14, 2009, 09:05:30 PM
Quote from: Jenne on December 14, 2009, 08:41:31 PM
The prison guard/prison industry lobby.
I thought AARP was bigger. They basically claim everyone over the age of 60, don't they?
Talking muscle, here. AARP is significant, but comes in way behind the private prison lobby.
Ok, that's fucked up. Especially from the corporation=organism viewpoint, since keeping the little living component cells (monkeys) in little boxes (like mitochondria, they used to be separate organisms once) sounds like a typical organic survival strategy.
But, what exactly is a private prison? I don't think we have those over here. At least, I;m not sure, but I assume they are government-run here.
It's precisely what it sounds like...a prison run by a private company, which takes in inmates from the court system for profit.
And it's every bit as bad and abuse-prone as it sounds.
Quote from: Triple Zero on December 14, 2009, 09:52:28 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 14, 2009, 09:09:20 PM
Quote from: Iason Ouabache on December 14, 2009, 09:05:30 PM
Quote from: Jenne on December 14, 2009, 08:41:31 PM
The prison guard/prison industry lobby.
I thought AARP was bigger. They basically claim everyone over the age of 60, don't they?
Talking muscle, here. AARP is significant, but comes in way behind the private prison lobby.
Ok, that's fucked up. Especially from the corporation=organism viewpoint, since keeping the little living component cells (monkeys) in little boxes (like mitochondria, they used to be separate organisms once) sounds like a typical organic survival strategy.
But, what exactly is a private prison? I don't think we have those over here. At least, I;m not sure, but I assume they are government-run here.
Some prisons are subcontracted to private companies which fill the administrative and security positions. Many also own the actual facility. So yes, even prison is a For Profit business here in the States.
:horrormirth:
Quote from: Doctor Rat Bastard on December 14, 2009, 10:02:18 PM
Quote from: Triple Zero on December 14, 2009, 09:52:28 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 14, 2009, 09:09:20 PM
Quote from: Iason Ouabache on December 14, 2009, 09:05:30 PM
Quote from: Jenne on December 14, 2009, 08:41:31 PM
The prison guard/prison industry lobby.
I thought AARP was bigger. They basically claim everyone over the age of 60, don't they?
Talking muscle, here. AARP is significant, but comes in way behind the private prison lobby.
Ok, that's fucked up. Especially from the corporation=organism viewpoint, since keeping the little living component cells (monkeys) in little boxes (like mitochondria, they used to be separate organisms once) sounds like a typical organic survival strategy.
But, what exactly is a private prison? I don't think we have those over here. At least, I;m not sure, but I assume they are government-run here.
Some prisons are subcontracted to private companies which fill the administrative and security positions. Many also own the actual facility. So yes, even prison is a For Profit business here in the States.
:horrormirth:
Do they make a pill for commercialsm yet? :x
mine is end of the major and I have procrastinated out the wahzoo
AIPAC are doing pretty well.
They managed to get the Jewish daughter of a Holocaust survivor swear her alleigance to Israel's interests before being allowed a post in Obama's government. They were afraid she was insufficiently pro-Jewish because she had worked for J Street, a liberal advocacy group seeking peaceful resolution to the Israel/Palestine conflict.
http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/12/04/haaretz_says_us_officials_face_pro_israel_background_check
Also, they've managed to get the Senate to vote on Iran sanctions that they wrote
http://www.aipac.org/694.asp#24473 and http://peacenow.org/entries/apn_urges_senate_to_oppose_irpsa
I'm pretty sure when it comes to foreign policy, AIPAC are the king of the hill.
Every time I see this thread, I wonder how exactly one "Popes" in.
I imagine yellow and white helicopters, abseiling cardinals in 'combat' vestments, entire fleets of pope-mobiles with huge guns on them. Shit like that.
It makes me giggle, and feel kinda sad that we got Ratty this last time round. We should have made Bruce Willis or someone the pope.
I am the pope what can I say? I also can't spell.
You know once you get a life you miss not having one. I miss coming on here and other sites but am having fun
Quote from: Dr Goofy on February 07, 2010, 03:48:01 PM
but am having fun
That's the important part.
We Doktors must keep our priorities straight.