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Obama, The Democrats & Republicans, have sold us ALL out.

Subject: [Thegroup] This is over.

O.k. I give up.

This situation is not going to work out for the majority of us. Despite
differences we all lose under the current proposition. The current
proposition is government, or our elected officials. They have decided
to ignore the will of their electorate and not do as we demanded.

The President, already enhanced by the extraordinary powers granted to
him by a prior administration's influence in congress, has decided to
renege or compromise on every principle. Even those he campaigned
against. He has been silent on health care for all. But been quite
boisterous in his support of Wall Street and private enterprise.

Yet, we've given him even more than an office, we've given him a
congress controlled by his party. We've given them a popular president
who could with words get his way. Hey, if a black man can get elected
anything is possible. Now I understand what anything is. And it
involves the exact opposite of my ideal.

If the party we elected cannot fulfill the promises, when given
extraordinary alignment and power, and refuses to enforce the will of
the people we can only assume one thing, our system has become corrupt
and rotten, and it no longer functions for us in any reasonable
fashion. This is, and has been a fact. Our system is so rife with
special interests and corporate interests, that the common man will
never be heard from again. The two parties are part of the problem, and
they must be brought to task for allowing this situation to occur, only
to benefit them and their benefactors, not us.

This has been the most blatant display of avarice I have ever seen in my
life. I am really done with he Democrats, and the Republicans. They
represent nobody in this country anymore and should just not be voted
back into a relevant service if possible. People need to abandon both
parties. And not just during voting, reduce the ranks so that they have
less of a pool to draw from. Get invited to meetings, since they will
need your vote, and go buck wild on your candidate (that part of the
tea-parties was spot on, need to keep that going. It's a town hall, not
a fucking church.)

Marc was right, I was hypnotized, as I tend to get with my favorite.
But alas I was incorrect and Marc had the read right. It didn't matter
that he got a smaller percentage from Wall Street. It was that he got
any, and it is a reliable vein of support. Therefore they have him.
The mob is fickle little boots - Tiberius to Caligula

I got played. Hopefully never again.


Democrats have lost this one. The Republicans are already at 20%, and
that number continues to sink. It's imploding. The demo ranks are not
swelling, they are shrinking as well. It's time to let these old
fuckers and birds loose. Why do we have 71 year olds making laws
anyway? In the business world they love so much, they don't last past
60 if they are lucky.

It's over, for both of them.
Weak-ass-can't-win-even-when-they-do-nothing-sorry-ass-excuse-for-a-party-mother-fuckers-with-their-4-months-off
a-year-while-everyone-else-suffers.

Obama can suck it.

President Obama has officially become the biggest letdown since we defined "erectile dysfunction".

He gets a mandate from the people, 60 votes in the senate control of the House, and HE PROMISED change. He promised transparency of govt, then uses "state's secrets" to keep prior documents sealed. Not to mention the back room deals for all the bailouts and what has become the insurance reform for the insurance companies. Why are we even considering them, I always thought it was about US?!?

He promises reform of financial sectors with new programs, MHA programs to forestall foreclosures, and TARP. What has any of us gotten. After billions spent, all banks raised fees on bounced checks, increased lending rates for customers across the board and still are usurious bastards.

This Health care debate he sat back, let the GOP define it, and went along with their agenda, full knowing he will get ZERO votes from them should the final bill say anything about public anything. No matter EVERYONE IN GOVT. HAS PUBLIC SPONSORED INSURANCE. Every member of the House and Senate seem to be doing fine with this coverage. Why can't we get some?

We are all being lied to, manipulated. Big monied interests have not only fooled the stupid (the tons of birthers, racists, Plain hacks and anti-evolutionists who "Want their country back."), but they took President Obama's balls out of Michelle's purse and put them in their pocket.

I can't say we didn't try. America really tried this time. We elected a black guy, overwhelmingly. We gave him FULL CONTROL via the vote of both legislative bodies on the Hill. And we tried to move back from our racism and racist past, looking to a new future. Instead the news has given us 24/7 Palin, 24/7 Conservative thought STILL, 24/7 "make believe" movements from a fringe, 24/7 of racist comments from every nutcase with 3 teeth in their head, but have dare not aired a single progressive meme in contrast. I guess Obama said the fix is in, even though he can control the FCC and reign some of this in.

Well back to square one. I do not trust Democrats or Republicans (ever). I doubt I will vote a str8 demo ticket this next time and will do what the right wing nuts think they're doing, voting their interest. I'll vote for mine. It has been made clear by this President, this Congress, the Media - ALL OF IT, and big business that this is a dog eat dog world, and from where they sit, there ain't enough damned dog!

Funny, is this the same GOP who now says govt. should do nothing for you, the same GOP that called a special session of Congress to intervene in the Schiavo case? Just wondering about their consistency. Ever think about that?

-John

DIY

Lost my first programmer, who was cool, until we made everything the way he liked, then he bailed. Had other commitments. This after negotiating what was an extremely generous offer. I know when I was in my 20's the sky was the limit. Little attention did I pay to larger trends around me to make good jumps and calculated moves to my benefit.

Hired another guy to take his place. Did good work to date, but then dropped off the map for 1 week without a single word. Gets back to me, I tell him communication is key. He makes promises, and then doesn't keep them. All w/in a 24 hour period. Said life was crazy, and true enough it is. However I have a project and a deadline, so I've already been crazy.

Any wonder why people outsource with soe many seemingly "spoiled" programmers here in the US. So to make sure I stay focused, I hired another two people as backup. So we'll now finish coding our little baby.

Preferably witht he help of my guy, but at this point it is barely necessary.

Yet another Startup/VC Slide

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W O W

After I lost my job I started a start up. Now it is all consuming. I've established a great team of hard nosed coders, QA, PGM and advisors all looking to make sure this thing works. Now w'ere coding, getting ready for our first round of angel/bridge funding and I've never felt more on edge or alive. Everyone is coming outof the woodwork to help.

I am pleased.

Thunderbird and At&T U-Verse

THis product, U-verse, has great potential. Unfortunately , the tech are only trained in MS products. For Thunderbird users do this to get it working.

Go to "View Settings for this account"
Copy your from address to the reply-to address
Change the from address to the at&t.net address

Go to the SMTP outgoing mail settings and set it up for 465 SSL
Be sure to check the name and password, and put in your at&t.net address

Mail should go through fine.

Good luck,
John

To my mom, str8 from my dome

Sometimes there are no last words. There were never any I ever heard, from either my father, who passed in 1996 or my mother who passed today. No last words. It just doesn't happen like that. Where you're there and listening to the jewel that is supposed to be the ultimate nugget of truth that will haunt , terrify , inebriate or release you. Maybe, all of the feelings at once. But there is no last word.

The last words, I made happen with my Grandmother. A woman who I was immensely close to. I think she felt the same of me. Her actions dictated so. One week before her passing I asked her, "Is there anything you can say? Anything I need to know Grandma?" So regal and composed yet so frail, she replied "First you're here then you're gone. Do everything in life you want to, because there is no reason not to do everything and anything you want." Those were her last words to me. And with them the last barriers of myself were torn down. I could be myself, there was nothing holding me back. People who know me would say I never hold back, my wife knows another story. Just like my mother, she knew my other stories. She knew it all.

She died today. I didn't like how she died, but it happened, and there were no last words. We had a final conversation, which by definition is the last time I spoke with her. We talked about her treatment, the diagnosis, and how she was a little tired. She went into the hospital and did not come back. The cancer came back though, and it came back with a vengeance. This Range was not going to be 91. She would be short by 20 years, because she died today.

Machines with new and old replacement parts, kept her alive. Breathing, eating through her nose. Infernal machines and the miracles of technology never cease in their cold effort to do their job, and they did. The would probably work better with machines instead of organic beings, but we haven't figured that out yet. The best healer is us, we humans. Part of that healing are the final words, which I did not get. I never get them. Did anyone? Does anyone? I hope someone does. The machines are for the living. They do the will of others when you have no will to do of your own. They execute with precision their function, which is the projected desire of others. They forestall any hope of a last word. After all, you can't talk with a tube in your mouth.

And you can't deliver final words, last words. The healing words.

Too many movies maybe, but it is an expectation. Nobody wants to be on the other side of the planet, but commerce has driven us a far away from our old neighborhoods. We've made new neighborhoods now, and words final or otherwise are given over the phone, either attached to a wire or through the air. The words are digitized then reformed, repackaged, re-routed, delivered, confirmed. It almost sounds like they are right next to you, but they aren't. They can't hold up a phone or dial out, they are sleeping. Waiting for more sleep.

She loved to sleep. Sleep and eat were my mom's favorite hobbies. That an pining over my fatter, who she loved till today, and who she will love right now. I think they are hugging, and hoping we do the right thing. Who am I kidding. That *I* do the right thing. I wish I knew what that was, because there is my heart and my head. Who rules? Why now? Where are my last words.

We had words all the time she and I. We would parry , dodge and curse. Hurl insults, and hurl laughter at each other as if we were married or even something deeper, like we had known each other for so long it was too long. Somehow I think , she has always been there. So familiar, yet so distant. She and I made that happen. She sought refuge in derivatives of drugs, I sought a way out. We both got our wish. I loved her, even if it was hard for me to admit it. It hurt too much.

I am happy I didn't have last words. she probably would have angered me then I'd not only have to live with no last words, but yet another regret package that would never go away. Funny, how you get those as you grow older. You don't want them, but they come with the package of life. Regrets are free at least, and you have ultimate control for the most part of creating new regrets. Thankfully I had no new ones with my mom. I loved her. I loved making her laugh, and I loved arguing with her. I loved telling her I loved her, no matter that my brain thought that it was a bad idea. But my heart, which is my mom, I loved.

All the love in the world wont give me last words. But then again, I find, I didn't need them in the first place. Her first words to me were the last ones; "I love you!".

I love you mom. I love you Myrna Lee. Rest In Peace.

-John

VC funding, it does a business good!

I've heard the nightmare stories about VC funding. Here is a "feel good" video to lighten the mood around the masters of funding. I assume the moral of this VC fantasy is have heart, be persistent, don't give up and most of all believe in yourself.

http://www.nvca.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=180:ventureality&catid=41:press-center

Now, if I could only find *my* angel. They can come with or without glasses btw!

I'm home, lost my job...

These days it seems the bad news keep on rolling in. First you get laid off , in some company's effort to save money. The torrent of feelings range from confused, since your employer will never disclose how they came to choose you over others, to sheer anger - why you?

It doesn't stop there. The anxiety is compounded by a job market which has hundreds of people applying for admin assistant jobs. The competition is fierce and it is an employers market. This is not the 90's, that's for sure.

So you bunker down, send out resumes, put on the positive spin, positive attitude and redo your resume to stand out. Remember to take your address off your resume less people make up your mind for you that a job is too far away. Stir and wait for 5 months for two responses after sending out nearly a hundred resumes. Simmer, and stir again...

Screw this! If you got laid off, the time is now. You and your other unemployed friends need to take your little goodbye packages and DO SOMETHING. What exactly? Only you can answer that. But you need to understand some truths about yourself first:
1. Someone, for some period of time, made money from your efforts and brainpower.
2. Someone who hired you thought you were a good risk, and you benefited from that trust.
3. In this job market there is no king. Everyone is blind.

So, become your own King. You've had an idea? Go for it! You've nothing to lose. And looking for work, when there is simply little hiring is not a good use of time. Think outside the box. Yeah it's cliche but it works. Don't believe me? Try some of these ideas on for size:
1. If you provided a service in your company, do that same service on the outside as a consultant. It's easy to create an LLC so look up, or post or network to find people who may have used your prior companies services and offer to consult (i.e. work) for them. This is especially good if you have IT infrastructure skills.
2. Come up with an idea and try to sell it. Create a prototype, get a demo, create buzz attracted a few customers, sell to the highest bidder.
3. Services, services, services is where it is at. That is where money is made. Don't believe me? Ask an attorney. That is what they do and do well, provide professional services. It is a great way to make money.
4. Don't focus on a product, focus on the services that can be provided around a product. You will find there are may opportunities around established businesses in providing services to those businesses.
5. Keep your head up. And if you have a good idea, work it until it either works or fails.

Have faith in yourself. Others did, why shouldn't you?

Good luck!