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Allan from Fallbrook
Participantmarion: I have to agree with Nost on this one. I saw the same behavior on another thread from you. Any perceived insult is greeted with an immediate and overwhelming tirade.
Was there anything in his post that is considering race baiting? Similar to John’s pointing out in another post that Jesse Jackson has exploited his relationship with MLK, Jr. and being treated as though this were some sort of blasphemy.
If there is going to be any intelligent discourse, this sort of nonsense (and, yeah, it is nonsense) needs to stop.
Look at that points he is making and then, if you disagree, respond with a well reasoned counter argument or facts (remember the blog’s caveat about bringing data?) that dispute his points. Anything else is just noise and the insults are truly grade school.
Participantmarion: I have to agree with Nost on this one. I saw the same behavior on another thread from you. Any perceived insult is greeted with an immediate and overwhelming tirade.
Was there anything in his post that is considering race baiting? Similar to John’s pointing out in another post that Jesse Jackson has exploited his relationship with MLK, Jr. and being treated as though this were some sort of blasphemy.
If there is going to be any intelligent discourse, this sort of nonsense (and, yeah, it is nonsense) needs to stop.
Look at that points he is making and then, if you disagree, respond with a well reasoned counter argument or facts (remember the blog’s caveat about bringing data?) that dispute his points. Anything else is just noise and the insults are truly grade school.
Participantmarion: I have to agree with Nost on this one. I saw the same behavior on another thread from you. Any perceived insult is greeted with an immediate and overwhelming tirade.
Was there anything in his post that is considering race baiting? Similar to John’s pointing out in another post that Jesse Jackson has exploited his relationship with MLK, Jr. and being treated as though this were some sort of blasphemy.
If there is going to be any intelligent discourse, this sort of nonsense (and, yeah, it is nonsense) needs to stop.
Look at that points he is making and then, if you disagree, respond with a well reasoned counter argument or facts (remember the blog’s caveat about bringing data?) that dispute his points. Anything else is just noise and the insults are truly grade school.
Participantpeterb: I mentioned something similar to this on another thread when I said I thought we’d see a return to 1930s style WPA-type projects (i.e. infrastructure related goverment spending on a very large scale).
The US infrastructure is in a dire state, and it will probably take massive amounts of government spending (a la what occurred during FDR’s reconstruction programs, WWII, or the Japanese government programs of the 1990s) to turn things around.
Participantpeterb: I mentioned something similar to this on another thread when I said I thought we’d see a return to 1930s style WPA-type projects (i.e. infrastructure related goverment spending on a very large scale).
The US infrastructure is in a dire state, and it will probably take massive amounts of government spending (a la what occurred during FDR’s reconstruction programs, WWII, or the Japanese government programs of the 1990s) to turn things around.
Participantpeterb: I mentioned something similar to this on another thread when I said I thought we’d see a return to 1930s style WPA-type projects (i.e. infrastructure related goverment spending on a very large scale).
The US infrastructure is in a dire state, and it will probably take massive amounts of government spending (a la what occurred during FDR’s reconstruction programs, WWII, or the Japanese government programs of the 1990s) to turn things around.
Participantpeterb: I mentioned something similar to this on another thread when I said I thought we’d see a return to 1930s style WPA-type projects (i.e. infrastructure related goverment spending on a very large scale).
The US infrastructure is in a dire state, and it will probably take massive amounts of government spending (a la what occurred during FDR’s reconstruction programs, WWII, or the Japanese government programs of the 1990s) to turn things around.
Participantpeterb: I mentioned something similar to this on another thread when I said I thought we’d see a return to 1930s style WPA-type projects (i.e. infrastructure related goverment spending on a very large scale).
The US infrastructure is in a dire state, and it will probably take massive amounts of government spending (a la what occurred during FDR’s reconstruction programs, WWII, or the Japanese government programs of the 1990s) to turn things around.
ParticipantDavid: Start with the local SBA office. That is the best place to begin, especially when it comes to the various “set aside” designations: 8(a), HUBZone (Historically Underutilized Business Zone), DVBE (Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise), etc.
They can also put you in touch with your local state agency responsible for the parallel state programs. California has a state designation for minority, woman owned, disabled vet, etc.
The Federal government is required by law to spend fixed percentages of their contract dollars on various designations, so research is key.
I work with quite a few government contractors in the military and federal markets and gandalf is right: You need to be careful with whom you work. A lot of the large players have figured out how to game the system using these designations to their advantage, so research the markets, the players and the history.
ParticipantDavid: Start with the local SBA office. That is the best place to begin, especially when it comes to the various “set aside” designations: 8(a), HUBZone (Historically Underutilized Business Zone), DVBE (Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise), etc.
They can also put you in touch with your local state agency responsible for the parallel state programs. California has a state designation for minority, woman owned, disabled vet, etc.
The Federal government is required by law to spend fixed percentages of their contract dollars on various designations, so research is key.
I work with quite a few government contractors in the military and federal markets and gandalf is right: You need to be careful with whom you work. A lot of the large players have figured out how to game the system using these designations to their advantage, so research the markets, the players and the history.
ParticipantDavid: Start with the local SBA office. That is the best place to begin, especially when it comes to the various “set aside” designations: 8(a), HUBZone (Historically Underutilized Business Zone), DVBE (Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise), etc.
They can also put you in touch with your local state agency responsible for the parallel state programs. California has a state designation for minority, woman owned, disabled vet, etc.
The Federal government is required by law to spend fixed percentages of their contract dollars on various designations, so research is key.
I work with quite a few government contractors in the military and federal markets and gandalf is right: You need to be careful with whom you work. A lot of the large players have figured out how to game the system using these designations to their advantage, so research the markets, the players and the history.
ParticipantDavid: Start with the local SBA office. That is the best place to begin, especially when it comes to the various “set aside” designations: 8(a), HUBZone (Historically Underutilized Business Zone), DVBE (Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise), etc.
They can also put you in touch with your local state agency responsible for the parallel state programs. California has a state designation for minority, woman owned, disabled vet, etc.
The Federal government is required by law to spend fixed percentages of their contract dollars on various designations, so research is key.
I work with quite a few government contractors in the military and federal markets and gandalf is right: You need to be careful with whom you work. A lot of the large players have figured out how to game the system using these designations to their advantage, so research the markets, the players and the history.
ParticipantDavid: Start with the local SBA office. That is the best place to begin, especially when it comes to the various “set aside” designations: 8(a), HUBZone (Historically Underutilized Business Zone), DVBE (Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise), etc.
They can also put you in touch with your local state agency responsible for the parallel state programs. California has a state designation for minority, woman owned, disabled vet, etc.
The Federal government is required by law to spend fixed percentages of their contract dollars on various designations, so research is key.
I work with quite a few government contractors in the military and federal markets and gandalf is right: You need to be careful with whom you work. A lot of the large players have figured out how to game the system using these designations to their advantage, so research the markets, the players and the history.
July 12, 2008 at 11:05 AM in reply to: Shouldn’t we know the sexual turn-ons of the candidates? #238119ParticipantRus: I wouldn’t categorize it as spurious, but that is probably splitting hairs. His commentary included castigating “atrocities”, both within his unit and with other military units throughout Vietnam. It was part of a well-thought out statement about the Vietnam War at large, so I wouldn’t say his comments were spur of the moment or off the cuff.
CNN had an interview with a former member of Kerry’s unit (he actually took command following Kerry’s exit) and he was of the same mind regarding the comments: http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/20/kerry.military/index.html
Rus, I don’t disagree with you regarding war and militarism in general. I have lost quite a few of my friends, and have other friends in Iraq and Afghanistan right now. That being said, offering a sweeping indictment of militarism doesn’t offer much in the way of solutions in terms of confronting the challenges of Iran or North Korea or China or Russia. I am not advocating a military solution to any or all of these, but would ask how do you handle a bellicose regime like Iran’s that is simply not interested in diplomacy or negotiations?
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