jonathan.bare.to

FuckThatJob.com (sorry Mom) is
my new favorite web site. The idiocy of some job
postings/expectations/qualifications is absolutely amazing. And yes, I
have first-hand knowledge of these jobs. I've seen an awful lot of
"internships" which are clearly employers stooping really low (there are
still labor laws in this country, people) and jobs where they want to pay
you minimum wage for your Ph.D. [Fortunately, I'm not that
overqualified. ;) ]

I was also reading some of the comments over at href="http://www.craigslist.com/">CraigsList.com and some are quite
depressing. People who've been looking for work for more than a year...
That's horrible. Most of those seem to be high-tech/tech support
professionals and I'm more and more glad that I have the (yes, it's still
a little lame) Journalism degree and related experience.

Now if only... if only... if only... somebody would call... Please,
someone call.

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Really, Donald Rumsfeld is extremely wacky. He "shh'ed" a reporter today
at a news conference after telling the group that they would only get one
question when called upon (instead of getting a follow-up or two as is
usual).

For some reason, this reminds me of a goofy image I "Photoshopped" last
March. I don't really recall why I made it; it had something to do with a
thread on a discussion board somewhere and how the guy who played Cancer
Man (William B. Davis) on "The X-Files" resembles Rumsfeld.

So here it is...

Yep. Weird. Though it's strangely relevent again, seeing as how Rumsfeld
is in front of our faces on just about a daily basis.

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The U.S. Air Force says it has now dropped 25 million leaflets on Iraq (I
was going to write "propoganda leaflets" but that's not exactly what they
are).

Now, if I was driving down the road and dropped one leaflet out of my car,
I'd probably get something like a $50 fine, at least. So, I think the
people of Iraq should send the Air Force a fine of $1.25 billion.

That'll show 'em not to litter all over the desert. :p

Seriously now, have you seen these leaflets? What are we saying about the
intelligence of the Iraqi people with these moronic pictures and words?
Why do we bother to print one side in English? How much does it cost to
design, print, and "distribute" the leaflets? (Yes, it's probably a drop
in the bucket compared to the cost of a couple of GPS-guided Tomahawks.)

I just have to wonder what good these leaflets do and if Iraqis are paying
them any heed, or if the other psych-ops (radio, television, e-mail, etc.)
our troops are doing is any more effective.

It's possible I'm over-analyzing this issue. Just maybe...

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General Tommy Franks needs a bag of cough drops too. I wonder if they're
sold in Qatar.

Yeah, I'm watching far too much TV lately. But that's the danger of being
unemployed and having a TV/Tivo addiction.

I wish I had caught the full quote of the Iraqi foreign minister speaking
in Egypt yesterday. He said something about George W. Bush being a
"drunken junkie" or something along those lines. Wow, he's got W's
number...

Still, it's interesting that the Iraqi PR campaign is mostly that of
foul-mouthed words and disinformation, mostly aimed at raising support in
the Arab world for their country. I'm not saying that our government
doesn't also have a level of disinformation, but we're clearly not
leveling personal attacks on the leaders of Iraq. Though I guess the
military attacks are much more dangerous.

The embedded journalists are really bringing certain pieces of this
conflict to our homes. I'm not sure it's been a complete success. But
clearly, we have more information about the fighting than we did in 1991's
Desert Storm. Though I definitely wonder what we have not seen and how
much the unit commanders are limiting the embedded journalists from
reporting.

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Would someone at the Pentago please get CNN correspondant Jamie
MacIntyre a Halls cough drop?!?

Is he ill? Does he have some reason for his on-air wheezing? Please, I beg
you, get him a bag of cough drops.

And while you're at it, can you get Barbara Starr a makeover and new
glasses?? Maybe we should nominate her for TLC's href="http://tlc.discovery.com/fansites/whatnottowear/whatnottowear.html">What
Not to Wear. Eeek...

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"We missed."

"You said you missed." [NBC's Tim Russert]

"Well, he's still standing."

-- Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld on NBC's "Meet the Press" this
morning, after viewing a clip of the Iraqi Defense Minister giving a
briefing where coalition bombing of Baghdad can be heard in the
background.

Simply amazing. This guy really hates answering questions and talking to
the press. What a nut.

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That's right. I put ads on my blog. Deal with it. Or click on a few... or
a lot. And buy stuff after you click on them. Yeah, do that.

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"Mr. James, what did you mean when you wrote bad clown making like super
American car racers, I would make them sweat, War War?"

"Well, you know... it's LIKE when a clown is making like a car... racer...
it's sorta... like... the FCC. The CLOWN... the clown is like the FCC...
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½ and I was opposed to the FCC at the time, right?
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½ So it was like I was declaring War. WARRRR!"

-- Question and answer section of Jimmy James reading his autobiography in
the episode "Super Karate Monkey Death Car" of "Newsradio"

So, yeah, war. WARRRR! (You know, that thing in Iraq? Thanks for keeping
up with current events...)

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Still no calls and no e-mail. Well, I got an e-mail saying that a job I
applied for was already filled. That was nice anyway. Maybe when I get
home there will be some real mail... but that would likely be rejection
letters.

Sigh.

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My old job came up as number one on my weekly Monster.com e-mail.
Shocking. Mike says I should apply, but I don't think they'd appreciate it
much.

Still, I remain unemployed. I know it's early in my job search, but I'd
just like one person to call or e-mail to acknowledge that I exist. It's
the little things in life...

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Day 12 of unemployment and counting... Please hire
me. Please. Please?

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I don't know why it counts as a blog entry, but I drove about 700 miles
round trip to Boston and back. Left on Thursday and got back today. It was
fun... Dave had Friday off and we went to the old standby, Big City for
pool.

Of course, Dave gave up drinking booze for Lent. (It's sickening.) So,
there was only drinking for me, at least until Karen showed up. I suck at
pool, but that's OK.

We (Dave, Karen, Rob, Noel and I -- in my car, of course) went to the Sam
Adams brewery tour in Jamaica Plain on Saturday. Free beer for all --
well, again, except Dave. The tour was interesting; did I mention the free
beer?

Sunday was boring. On Monday, Rob invited me to Simpson's Trivia Night at
a local bar. Dave, and his roommate Fausto (if that's too hard to
remember, you can call him "Ryan") also came. The strange thing about
Simpson's Trivia Night were the weirdos who know so much about the TV show
that they not only win, but blow away the competition. Freaky.

I mean, I love the show, a lot. But these guys answered the most obscure
questions within seconds -- miliseconds.

Yeah, and then today I drove back. The trip home was a full hour less than
the trip there. That's what dry roads and a little daylight will do for
you.

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