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In response to a request on the "What do Freepers Do" threads, I’ve accumulated key phrases from the various posters pertaining to occupations and education achievements. I tried to put the information in categories to make it easier to find experts or other Freepers in a similar profession/occupation. Please do not be offended by my misclassifications or errors. It was prepared in a hurry, and I didn’t attempt to rank or alphabetize – except for the general category names. Please note your corrections, edits and additions.   ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE CPA - OwenKellogg CMA - OwenKellogg CFM - OwenKellogg Controller ...

Revolution brewing: Disregard laws that violate conscience Charlie Reese The Orlando Sentinel July 1, 1999. There may be a revolt brewing in America. It seems to be happening in that part of America so mysterious to the political and news-media elite -- the areas that surround, like interstellar space, the elitist strongholds in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. There was a hint in Utah a year or so ago when audience members at a school event defiantly sang a song that some federal judge had commanded that they could not sing. More recently, on the East Coast, ...

Date: Thu Jul 01 1999 15:35 bushpilot (dollar support is main reason for interest rate hikes) ID#78185: Copyright © 1999 bushpilot/Kitco Inc. All rights reserved I think that the MAIN reason for interest rate hikes, both recently and in the past has been to support the dollar and prevent a collapse. All talk about inflation is only a smokescreen to cover the Fed's real motives, and their breath holding worry about a financial collapse. I hope there is someone out there who can substantiate my theory with some facts.....note when rate hikes occured over past several years, and WHAT ELSE ...

A Visitor From The Past by Thelen Paulk I had a dream the other night that I didn't understand. A figure walking through the mist with a flintlock in his hand. His clothes were torn and dirty, as he stood there by my bed. He took off his three cornered hat, and speaking low to me he said: We fought a revolution, to secure our liberty. We wrote the Constitution, as a shield from tyranny. For future generations, this legacy we gave. In this, the land of the free and the home of the brave. The freedoms we secured for ...

Albright Takes Unannounced Vacation WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is away on vacation, without announcement and with her interim spokesman saying he had no ``information on her whereabouts.'' James Foley, who is substituting for James P. Rubin, who also is on vacation, did tell reporters Thursday that Albright was expected to be back on the job in 10 days. The daily schedule issued by the State Department press office listed Albright as having ``no public appointments.'' Questioned by reporters, Foley said he was ``confirming to you now that she's on personal leave.''

Raising the quality of teachers will do more than anything else to improve public schools, the head of the nation's largest teachers union said Wednesday. Opinion polls show that having good teachers is second only to school safety when the public ranks education priorities, said Bob Chase, president of the National Education Association. "The public is ready to acknowledge teachers as a solution, not a problem," said Chase, addressing NEA members who have gathered in Orlando for a week-long national meeting. The union has pushed for more mentoring of new teachers and national certification as ways of improving the ...

Computer export restrictions eased.President Clinton eased export restrictions on computers today, making it easier for the high-tech industry to sell more powerful systems to foreign countries.“These policies will strengthen America’s high-tech competitiveness, while maintaining controls that are needed to maintain our national security,” Clinton said in a written statement. “THESE REFORMS ARE NEEDED because of the extraordinarily rapid rate of technological change in the computer industry,” Clinton said. The industry had sought the change because current restrictions, designed to keep advanced technology out of the hands of hostile militaries, have failed to keep up with the advances in commercially available ...

PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) -- George W. Bush unveiled his high-tech agenda for Silicon Valley donors today, proposing lower taxes on the industry and relaxed immigration regulations to allow additional highly skilled workers into the country. The Republican presidential candidate lavished praise on an industry that is enjoying increasing political clout and fund-raising power. The GOP front-runner collected about $1.7 million at fund-raisers heavily attended by high-tech workers in San Francisco and here. The industry ``speaks to the spirit of America,'' Bush told about 500 supporters. ``It not only talks about new technologies that shape our lives, but it speaks ...

If GWB wins the Primary, would you vote for him? Knowing what you know at this point. Don't worry about 3rd candidates, I'll will get to that. I just want to gauge how he does with the group. Vote Here!

WASHINGTON — George W. Bush's seemingly meteoric rise to the top of a crowded GOP presidential field has left many Americans scratching their heads, wondering how the Texas governor amassed such high favorable ratings, so many endorsements and a war chest fatter than those of all his competitors combined. But to close political observers, Bush's impressive ascent is neither sudden nor baffling. Rather, they believe his rise to prominence has been slowly building for nearly five years, fueled both by his own achievements and, to an even larger degree, by outside forces. The earliest chatter about Bush as a GOP ...

She's come a long way, baby. A long way from those Arkansas days when she used to itemize her tax deductions right down to the last pair of her husband's used BVDs. (Back then, Bill Clinton's underwear wasn't considered evidence.) But those days are long gone. Now it's time for Hillary Rodham to start livin' large. Imelda Marcos style, if you will. As in, eighteen pairs of Bruno Magli shoes on a single Euro shopping spree--according to recent reports. In fact, even Paris Match took notice when Imelda Rodham availed herself of the local finery during a pit stop en ...

A 7-year-old North Dallas boy emulating a pro wrestling move he learned from television accidentally killed his 3-year-old brother, authorities said Wednesday. Dallas police said they initially suspected that an adult had to have caused the 3-year-old's severe head injury, which prompted his mother to take him to Children's Medical Center in Dallas. Then they talked to the boy's older brother. "He said he pushed his brother down . . . and said he'd seen it on wrestling on TV," said Lt. Bill Walsh, who oversees investigations for police youth and family crimes division. The little boy died May ...

NEW YORK (CWNews.com) - UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said on Wednesday that the nations of the world must address the issue of increasing population, but critics say the UN's answer is increased abortion, contraception, and teen sex education. "To no small extent, your efforts will help determine the way future generations live on this Earth: their health, the range of their choices, the stability of their societies," said Annan at a luncheon for participants in a three-day conference on population issues. The meeting follows on the UN population conference in Cairo five years ago, deciding on news ways ...

My Campaign Finance Reform Proposal You may remember that the president deemed the '94 loss of Congress so tragic that anything was acceptable in order to raise cash to fight off the dreaded conservatives. The Lincoln Bedroom was let out as an incentive for donations, and White House "Coffee's" were major fund raising events. Soon attack ads were trumpeting the starvation of children and Medicare "cuts." Remember? Well, I had a thought that might help them to raise a few bucks that is in keeping with their desire to ruin everything formerly held sacred in America. I got the idea ...

MEDICARE - - -THAT *SURPLUS* AND THE TRUTH Once there was a television show called TO TELL THE TRUTH. Three people identified themselves by the same name, and contestants asked questions to determine which one was telling the truth.(NOTE: Wasn't that WHAT'S MY LINE?) We might play that game with President Clinton. He claims that he has found another $1 trillion, after discovering a previous trillion dollars, following a miscalculation of a much lower surplus that has yet to materialize and is only a projection based on a supposition that current growth will continue for 15 years. How can we ...

NEW YORK (CWNews.com) - A special United Nations General Assembly meeting on population issues, including abortion, contraception, and teen sex, began on Wednesday, after UN officials reportedly tried to set up a split between Catholic and Muslim nations on the topic. The Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute said this week that senior UN sources told them that Dr. Nafis Sadik, director of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), pressured the heads of six Muslim delegations in a late-night meeting during the preparatory conference in March. Sadik was said to have charged the Muslim diplomats with working closely with the Vatican ...

Under pressure, Yahoo! clarifies termsFearing for their intellectual property rights, irate GeoCities users had called for boycott of parent company. By Matthew Broersma, ZDNN June 30, 1999 5:17 PM PT Responding to the concerns of GeoCities users, Yahoo! Inc. on Wednesday afternoon altered its terms of service agreement to reassure its customers it does not plan to steal their intellectual property. "We added some sentences to clarify the purpose of the license," said Tim Brady, vice president of production for Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), adding that even before the change, the terms of service did not affect users' intellectual property rights. ...

Bush Gets Big Support From Silicon Valley 1.49 p.m. ET (1750 GMT) July 1, 1999 PALO ALTO, Calif. — Republican presidential front-runner George W. Bush's money-raising juggernaut roared through Silicon Valley Thursday, drawing support from a stellar list of high-tech industry titans. Bush, the governor of Texas, has smashed all previous records by raising more than $36.3 million in the first half of the year. He began the second half with a fund-raising breakfast that had been expected to bring in an additional $300,000 but seemed likely to far exceed that estimate. "This is not my first trip to this ...

Clinton: Bush 'Hostile' To Reform By SANDRA SOBIERAJ Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Texas Gov. George W. Bush, banking a record $36 million for his presidential race, would be lining up with Republicans ``unanimously hostile'' to campaign finance reform if he rejects federal spending limits, President Clinton said today. ``The American people will have to make up their minds about whether this is an important issue or not,'' the president said. Bush broke ahead of the entire 2000 pack when he announced this week that he had raised over the last four months a stunning $36 million for Campaign ...

HOUSTON CIVIL RIGHTS INITIATIVE 3935 Westheimer, Suite 201 Houston, TX 77027 NEWS ADVISORY July 1, 1999 Contacts: Edward Blum & Blll Helfand Houston Civil Rights Initiative (HCRI) Wins Unanimously at Texas Supreme Court; New Election Foreseen; News Conference Today at 3pm in Downtown Houston to Discuss Court's Decision Houston, TX - Today, the Texas Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of the HCRI, providing Judge Sharolyn Wood with the clear authority to order that a new election be held with the petition's original language. Today, HCRI Chairman Edward Blum joined by the attorneys representing HCRI will hold a news conference ...