Posted on 03/06/2011 7:23:14 AM PST by bocopar
We don’t live in a communist country where jobs are assigned according to intellect or bulk. Police and firefighters weren’t drafted. If you chose to be one, I applaud you but that being said, that doesn’t mean you get to tell us how much you get paid because you chose a job that potentially puts your life in peril. If it’s not worth the risk, I wouldn’t blame you at all if you walked, but this job safety-guilt trip sh-- is starting to fall on deaf ears.
(Excerpt) Read more at black-and-right.com ...
Your last sentence says it all. Put that money into their retirement plan and don’t expect someone making 1/2 of what you make to pay for your pension...Its all taxpayer money..
Sheesh. No one said all blogs are bad. We just don’t like blog pimps. Even if the blog is really good, we don’t appreciated it being pimped on FR.
Networking is not the same as blog pimping. :-)
When you live in *little town USA* your firemen and women are all volunteers. They respond with taxpayers giving them money. Less than a minute after having the alarm go off in town, you hear them on the road with their red lights flashing. The towns pay for the upkeep of the trucks..
I work and continue to work as a tutor. I’ve seen all the horror stories from the other end, the student.
Especially when the student enrolls at the local college and finds that her studies put her about 2 years behind where she should be.
Nothing surprises me anymore. At least with tutoring, if the student isn’t doing well, then you don’t get paid.
I loved the challenge of crafting lesson plans just to see what was possible. The student who was 2 years behind took 4 months of steady work to catch up. In a month she managed to pass (albeit barely), her exam, and within the 4, was earning a high B in her new courses.
I still believe she could have consistantly earned A’s, but the gap between 1 and 2 standard deviations is hard to overcome. I smiled when she told me after all our work that she was earning good grades without having to put as much effort into it. I told her that’s really my ultimate goal, making you more effective as a student.
In the end some hospital will thank me for saving a nursing student, and that makes it all worthwhile.
I just donated $50....in your names!
Re: post 144 should read they respond WITHOUT taxpayers giving them money...
What other names of mine are you referring to? :-)
Congrats for donating to FR, btw. FR is truly community supported. It is sad how some folks like to use this wonderful place paid for by our dollars to promote their personal stuff and make money off it. Sad and low. :-)
If they are teasing you into clicking on them by posting excerpts, yes.
You're blurring the issue, your local blogs are not at issue here.
Blogpimps excerpting their material in order to get hits are scum.
They use FR as a free advertising platform. That is scummy. Period.
DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis is one person so that should be name not names, but at least you did something worthwhile today instead of just defending pimps!
I got a chuckle from one poster shortly after Obama was elected. He had to lay off some workers so he checked the parking lot for Obama stickers. They got laid off first...smart business man...
I just stated the haters of your blog.
DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis has a blog?
Who knew?
I don’t have a blog, what are you talking about? You make no sense.
My sister had the same attitude, she was constantly tweaking and improving. Said she loved the moment when a student's face would light up because he finally got it.
You sound like a natural, and your attitude and effort are commendable. In a merit-based system, there's no doubt you'd be rewarded for your efforts.
At least with tutoring, if the student isn’t doing well, then you don’t get paid.
Precisely, the ultimate merit-based teaching method. ;-)
These local Tea Party blogs ARE NOT posted to FR. I could NOT find out about local TP’s if not for them.
I have directed many to FR. It’s a give and take. B&R is one guy I fully support. I have many outside of FR I support.
I don’t see any harm in bringing the Conservative voice to as many people as I, 1 little nothing, can bring forward.
If only you could see me at my towns festivals.....a “one (wo)man Tea Party band”.
Standing alone doesn’t bother me, which is why I keep it up.
I was referring to B&R.
These other blogs have nothing to do with the discussion.
The Lone Hater rides again, accompanied by her faithful friend(s) Tonto-eaker-gunner-oldlady!
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