American Freepers - What's your job?

[Tomalak]

Free Republic has something of a reputation in many circles as being home of raving mad fanatics or rednecks like Cletus from The Simpsons. What always strikes me though is how smart, thoughtful and well-read the average Freeper is. It's not just compared to the stereotype, but to almost any news forum. Take the forums on Democratic Underground or The Guardian. You'd expect the Liberal Elite to be out in force there. But all you really see are morons who can't reason or think or handle argument.

So I want to know a bit more about the average Freeper. What job do you have? How badly wrong is the stereotype compared to what you acually are?

[deadhead]

"Greetings from Hilliard"

Have relatives in Hilliard, visited many times. Have seen the Buckeyes play twice.

As for the topic on this thread, Information Technology is the field I work in.

[Texas_Jarhead]

ma name is Cletus and I'm a redneck

[Cboldt]

Engineer, patent agent, law school graduate, product safety critic (proactive minimization of liability)

[maui_hawaii]

I am fairly young but have a long resume. I like to consider myself multi-talented :o)

Now for the list:

Finance (assistant to the regional CFO of a large multinational in the top tier of the Fortune 500, I was over all of China); banking in one of the top banks in the US; China watcher "specialist" including fluency in Chinese, (I seriously considered launching a career as a professional translator-going on 10 years experience there); I have also done lots of research on business as well as dipped into anti-terrorism.

[doug from upland]

We don't sell glass. We do a complete risk assessment of buildings and make our recommendations for how to protect the envelope as well as how to improve security. What we do helps owners obtain terrorism insurance. Unfortunately, we don't just sell the film. We manufacture it, our installers install it, and we warrant it for 20 years.

For those who do not know, glass is what causes the most damage and death/injuries in bomb blasts. Terrorists love glass. In the Bali bombing, glass was broken 500 yards from the event. We had a building protected about a block and a half from the Murrah building. Buildings all around our client's building suffered significant interior damage when glass blew in the building. Our client did not lose a pane of glass.

Last year I made a presentation to the Los Angeles World Airports board of commissioners regarding the Ontario Airport, which is the airport from which I usually fly. If a 400-lb car bomb went off in their close short-term parking, a distance of 150 feet from the beautiful glass terminal, the kill and maiming zone inside the terminal would extend to about 200 feet inside that building. The counters are 50 feet away. We protect 350 airports around the world and the majority of American military bases in the European theatre.

The company began in London three decades ago to protect buildings from the IRA bombers. Amazingly, the Bishopsgate bomb in 1992, a massive 2000-lb truck bomb, dumped 500 tons of dangerous glass on the streets and damaged 72 buildings. We protected a building down the street from the blast and had virtually no interior damage.

[Ramius]

You rock. Please tell me you're single. I'm very in need of some hope just now. :-)

[Spyder]

Physical therapist for 20 years, now doing medical transcription. Husband's a dentist, active duty Army.

[small voice in the wilderness]

Hey, I used to do that. Worked at the head table. Got tired of snouts, though. Still can't look at henry waxman. too many memories...

[EternalVigilance]

Former dictator.

signed,

SH

PS, it's hot down here...

[Nita Nuprez]

Big Bump.

[dware]

Private Investigator

[chance33_98]

Nope - unless we buy em up :)

[Exit148]

Our wonderful Alamo Girl compiled a "Freeper Profile" sometime ago, as part of her "Downside Legacy. Of course that was long ago, and all our new Freepers must have broadened the already broad range of our Freeper Family.

Click here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/562781/posts

[Tomalak]

I accept your terms. :P

[abner]

Have a sign company that I started 10 years ago.
Am owner of the US Flag Balloon. Ok, only half owner, hubby owns the other half.

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

Accountant for international firm.

[Nuke_France]

Transportation Management Engineer

[Mustang]

Take a course in grammar. Start with syntax.

That's "your job" for a successful future!

Mustang sends. :-))

[Revolting cat!]

Independently wealthy! Never woiked a day in mah life, mates! Never will!

[TomServo]

I'm a smart-ass on the Satellite of Love.