Hello all. I am posting this here first and depending on what kind of responses I get I might expand out to craigslist. I am looking for another blogger to join my little project here. This is, at the moment, a non-paying position. Hopefully that will change in the future.
I am looking for someone that can submit an article once a week. I would like to edit this article, but I will not silence or change your voice. Overall I am just looking for someone with an opinion that can meet a deadline. Preferred length of the editorials are somewhere around 750-1000 words, but that is not firm as of yet. You do not have to agree with all of our politics nor am I looking to censor here. The only thing that I do ask is that you have a humanistic viewpoint, whether secular or sacred, I do not care about. This is a website that as you can see by the title is based on reason and humanism, not lies and ignorance.
Near the bottom of the page is a link to a contact form if you are interested. I would like your name, contact info, and if you have links to some sample writings or just add some into the email. If you have opinions on how or why to change this site, I will gladly accept those as well. I am posting here because I would like to give my readers the first crack at this, but if I do not get any replies, then I guess I will go outside of our little circle to find someone.
Thanks!
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Time to Touch on a Few Points
This has been a very busy and exciting, as well as frustrating month for me. It has been very hard for me to find the time to sit and write like I am used to, so that is what has caused the lack of recent posts. I suppose that would matter if I had readers, but that is a delusion of grandeur at this time. =)
First I need to touch on the Health Care Overhall bill that is about to be passed in the Senate, once the Republicans run out of stall tactics and go on with doing business. As happy as I am that there will be this bill and some good things are coming out it, I am disappointed in almost everyone over this, but mostly that traitor Lieberman. He says he is standing up for what he believes but I doubt that. Whether or not he voted for the bill is not the issue, the fact that he would have broke lines and voted with the Republicans for filibusterer is sickening.
Back to the matter at hand. This bill is going to help a lot of people and screw the insurance companies. Fuck them. They do way more harm than good and hide under the veil of being helpful and welcoming. I was for abolishing the entire thing. Get rid of them as a whole and go with the system that makes sense: the single-payer system. This was never going to happen at this time though. Instead we were given the "public option" which the Republicans misrepresented and consistently LIED about until they got enough people on their side as well as a couple of the democrats that are in the pockets of the insurance agencies to vote it out. So what does this bill really mean? Not much at all. The consumer now has some protections against the beast, but that is really about it.
The fact remains that without free preventative health care, with fast food so cheap, and with so many alcohol and tobacco related deaths, our nation will continue to have an awful health record. Health care is so expensive because we spend so much on a mixture of things that we do not need as well as on things that are preventable.
I will get down from my soapbox on this issue for now. Time to move one.
Dell, the computer company, has just about the worst customer service I have ever seen. I am waiting to deal with them again sometime in the next few days and depending on the outcome with decide whether or not I will be a customer of theirs ever again. They have long wait times, a horrible system where you have to bounce around between a ton of people just to get a hold of someone that can actually answer you question, a recording system and does not work right, shipping, delivery, and contact promise times that are a lie, and overall a website that is a joke to navigate. I have been through hell and back on the phone with them for over a week and I am still in a place where I am unclear about the status of my order. Fuck their service and I ask all of you to save yourself the hassle and never purchase a Dell product again. It is nice that they are a US based company, but when all of their jobs are shipped overseas, what does it matter? You are no longer supporting Americans except the few that are still on the board.
In other news, Google.com has gotten hit with a huge fine from the French. About time. I love Google and for the most part love their business model, but they are one of the worst offenders in copyright violations and are finally getting some shit for it. There are some things that I agree with the laws and others that I do not. When it comes to copyright, I will side with the artist 99% of the time, and with the heirs and family of a deceased artist about 1% of the time. This is a time where Google needs to step back and rethink their system.
We are in the thick of the holiday season at this moment which for me means work work work. I do love working for Amazon, not just because I love my company, but also because with the amount of stuff and orders that come through our building, I feel kinda like Santa, or at least one of his elves...a manly elf though. Not one of those with a high voice and pointed shoes. I am like the elf tech support guy...hey...I wonder how I can get that job??
First I need to touch on the Health Care Overhall bill that is about to be passed in the Senate, once the Republicans run out of stall tactics and go on with doing business. As happy as I am that there will be this bill and some good things are coming out it, I am disappointed in almost everyone over this, but mostly that traitor Lieberman. He says he is standing up for what he believes but I doubt that. Whether or not he voted for the bill is not the issue, the fact that he would have broke lines and voted with the Republicans for filibusterer is sickening.
Back to the matter at hand. This bill is going to help a lot of people and screw the insurance companies. Fuck them. They do way more harm than good and hide under the veil of being helpful and welcoming. I was for abolishing the entire thing. Get rid of them as a whole and go with the system that makes sense: the single-payer system. This was never going to happen at this time though. Instead we were given the "public option" which the Republicans misrepresented and consistently LIED about until they got enough people on their side as well as a couple of the democrats that are in the pockets of the insurance agencies to vote it out. So what does this bill really mean? Not much at all. The consumer now has some protections against the beast, but that is really about it.
The fact remains that without free preventative health care, with fast food so cheap, and with so many alcohol and tobacco related deaths, our nation will continue to have an awful health record. Health care is so expensive because we spend so much on a mixture of things that we do not need as well as on things that are preventable.
I will get down from my soapbox on this issue for now. Time to move one.
Dell, the computer company, has just about the worst customer service I have ever seen. I am waiting to deal with them again sometime in the next few days and depending on the outcome with decide whether or not I will be a customer of theirs ever again. They have long wait times, a horrible system where you have to bounce around between a ton of people just to get a hold of someone that can actually answer you question, a recording system and does not work right, shipping, delivery, and contact promise times that are a lie, and overall a website that is a joke to navigate. I have been through hell and back on the phone with them for over a week and I am still in a place where I am unclear about the status of my order. Fuck their service and I ask all of you to save yourself the hassle and never purchase a Dell product again. It is nice that they are a US based company, but when all of their jobs are shipped overseas, what does it matter? You are no longer supporting Americans except the few that are still on the board.
In other news, Google.com has gotten hit with a huge fine from the French. About time. I love Google and for the most part love their business model, but they are one of the worst offenders in copyright violations and are finally getting some shit for it. There are some things that I agree with the laws and others that I do not. When it comes to copyright, I will side with the artist 99% of the time, and with the heirs and family of a deceased artist about 1% of the time. This is a time where Google needs to step back and rethink their system.
We are in the thick of the holiday season at this moment which for me means work work work. I do love working for Amazon, not just because I love my company, but also because with the amount of stuff and orders that come through our building, I feel kinda like Santa, or at least one of his elves...a manly elf though. Not one of those with a high voice and pointed shoes. I am like the elf tech support guy...hey...I wonder how I can get that job??
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Just a Quick One to Start Off the Month
Happy December everybody, fellow writers and readers alike. This is the beginning of month number three for my little project here which, even if I have no readers or people who give a shit, I feel better getting to speak to my small, no wait, exclusive audience.
Today I read an article that sums up a lot of what I think and things that I wish to make better in this world while I am here. It is on the website "Art of Manliness" (artofmanliness.com) which is one of the most excellent web sites that I have found in recent times. If you have not read it, do it, sign up for it's RSS feed (...and mine while you are at it) and take the time. Women, this web site has stuff for you as well!
Anyway, here is a link to the specific article:
Amusing Ourselves to Death
I will say that some of the skills and thoughts that I found here and all over this site I use in daily life. I think I actually do feel more manly, but in a good way, not in the alpha-male sort of way. There are skills that all men should know. I grew up in a house where my father worked hard and knew a ton about a lot of things, but unfortunately he worked all of the time and did not have time to show me as much as I would have liked. A lot I figured out on my own, but some came from the AoM site.
I will stop gushing and wish everyone a happy holiday season, whatever religion/social class/creed/ethnicity/nationality you may be.
Today I read an article that sums up a lot of what I think and things that I wish to make better in this world while I am here. It is on the website "Art of Manliness" (artofmanliness.com) which is one of the most excellent web sites that I have found in recent times. If you have not read it, do it, sign up for it's RSS feed (...and mine while you are at it) and take the time. Women, this web site has stuff for you as well!
Anyway, here is a link to the specific article:
Amusing Ourselves to Death
I will say that some of the skills and thoughts that I found here and all over this site I use in daily life. I think I actually do feel more manly, but in a good way, not in the alpha-male sort of way. There are skills that all men should know. I grew up in a house where my father worked hard and knew a ton about a lot of things, but unfortunately he worked all of the time and did not have time to show me as much as I would have liked. A lot I figured out on my own, but some came from the AoM site.
I will stop gushing and wish everyone a happy holiday season, whatever religion/social class/creed/ethnicity/nationality you may be.
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