So, those of you who are against Big Government, what do you think of this?
I'm a registered Democrat, but that's because I live in what is essentially a one party state. I don't agree totally with either party. I notice the Republicans gripe a lot about "Big Government" but neglect some very big and expensive parts of the Government. I would like to see the following come to an end: 1) Subsidies given to manipulate the market. 2) The DEA. The War On Drugs is a joke. Put its administrative power under the FDA which is run by cooler heads. 3) The ATF. The Volstead Act was repealed a long time ago. They're just revenue agents who investigate arson. Let the FBI investigate arson. 4) Federal monies for local law enforcement. There are too many cops where I live, and they can't solve crimes. All they can do is arrest junkies and beat them. 5) Compulsory education and local school boards. Screw them. They get no results. 6) Laws against marijuana. It would save billions on incarcerating stoners, and marijuana could be taxed. 7) Airport security as it is. I don't want some fat lady named Tomeka barking orders at me and looking at my penis. 8) Border patrol. Fire them all. Recruit Russians to guard the border. Make sure none of them speak Spanish. The Soviets were the best at securing borders in a large country. 9) Faith based charities should go. I don't like the idea of funding Jesus freaks. 10) Default on all loans to China. We don't need their plastic crap. 11) Break the insurance monopolies. Make them subject to the Sherman Act. Fat, middle-aged women in cubicles will cry when they lose their jobs, but they're useless. 12) Allow Mexicans to come in the US for agricultural jobs only. Do not give them a path to citizenship. Treat them as guest workers or "metics" as the Athenians called such workers. 13) Create more doctors to drive down the price of health care. We have physician assistants and certified nurse practitioners doing high level medical diagnosis and treatment, and they simply aren't qualified. 14) Have a national test for lawyers, no degree required. Make it difficult to weed most of them out. Get rid of the American Bar Association, because it is a de facto part of the US Gov't, as it helps the President choose Supreme Court justices. Also, no one can become a federal judge without going to an ABA approved law school. 15) Withdraw troops from the Middle East, Okinawa, South Korea, Germany, etc. We're not fighting the Cold War anymore. Communism is dead, just another name for totalitarianism.
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1) Govt should be out of it. Tax system would need to be rewritten. 2) Agree 3) Agree 4) Disagree. Local law enforcement is a local issue. Fed has no business there. 5) Make schools compete for taxpayer dollars. Results driven, and not just testing results. 6) Agree 7) Security as it is is only a smoke screen. 8) Make the fed actually do their job and secure it. 9) Not really sure what charities have to do with Gov other than tax exemptions which should be removed by rewriting the whole thing (see 1) 10) Cut spending and repay loans. Don't be "that guy" and default. Lets be the great country we can be. 11) Open insurance across state boarders to increase competition. 12) Goes with securing the boarder 13) Not enough doctors isn't the problem. 14) State responsibility. Fed needs to stay out. 15) National security is still important. Having a foreign presence is in our best interest.
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Thursday, May 28, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Could someone please explain the whole Jewish mom thing to me
Could someone please explain the whole Jewish mom thing to me?
I have a friend who has dated an awesome Jewish guy for over a year. They get along great and treat each other well. There is plenty of romance and it is a pleasure to watch them together. They seem like a perfect couple always having fun. Both are medical professionals. She is a second-generation Asian American with her Masters degree from the University of Michigan and can speak several languages fluently. She is a super smart Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist earning 6 figure income. I work in the same hospital where she is very well respected. The girl is healthy, loving, cheerful, and smokin'-hot gorgeous! In fact, she has often been called an "Asian trophy girlfriend" by people we know, even though she is humble about it. She is full of love, very family oriented, wants kids, and would probably make a great mom. I can't imagine why anyone would not want her as a daughter-in-law. When her boyfriend"s Jewish mom talks to her son, she always says my friend is amazing. However, when she is alone with my friend, she will say mean and hurtful things like, "My son is only having a fling and could not possibly be serious about an Asian girlfriend" and "he should not waste his life and future" and that she would never allow her son to marry a non-Jewish girl and would do everything to destroy the marriage. She also makes a lot of snide and hurtful remarks whenever her son is not around. When her son asks about it, she denies any animosity and calls my friend her precious little China doll. Her son seems completely duped his two-faced mother. This has been going one for some time and my friend is heart broken about it. She has tried everything to make the evil witch like her. I know Jewish moms are supposed to be protective of their sons but WTF? Why is this woman acting like this? What's her motive. Please explain the Jewish mom thing because we don't know how it works. .
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Some parents (and not just Jewish ones) want their children to marry another Jewish woman/man. Basically racism with a religious flair. I would advise the girlfriend to either suffer in silence OR do something about it. They do make recorders that you can get at most electronic stores. Devious, I know but if his mom is pulling the wool over her son's eyes then playing fair and ignoring her is not likely to work. ---and just because the son hasn't said anything to his gf doesn't mean when his mom and him are alone she isn't trying to re-direct his interests.
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Kids are only considered Jewish if the mother is Jewish. Your friend being of East Asian descent can't produce a Jewish baby. This bothers his mother. Also Jewish people are very ethnocentric, regardless if they are secular or not. Tough luck, but your friend is a China doll "Goy fling" that is being used until its time for him to settle with a Jewish girl. His mom is telling the truth.
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I have a friend who has dated an awesome Jewish guy for over a year. They get along great and treat each other well. There is plenty of romance and it is a pleasure to watch them together. They seem like a perfect couple always having fun. Both are medical professionals. She is a second-generation Asian American with her Masters degree from the University of Michigan and can speak several languages fluently. She is a super smart Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist earning 6 figure income. I work in the same hospital where she is very well respected. The girl is healthy, loving, cheerful, and smokin'-hot gorgeous! In fact, she has often been called an "Asian trophy girlfriend" by people we know, even though she is humble about it. She is full of love, very family oriented, wants kids, and would probably make a great mom. I can't imagine why anyone would not want her as a daughter-in-law. When her boyfriend"s Jewish mom talks to her son, she always says my friend is amazing. However, when she is alone with my friend, she will say mean and hurtful things like, "My son is only having a fling and could not possibly be serious about an Asian girlfriend" and "he should not waste his life and future" and that she would never allow her son to marry a non-Jewish girl and would do everything to destroy the marriage. She also makes a lot of snide and hurtful remarks whenever her son is not around. When her son asks about it, she denies any animosity and calls my friend her precious little China doll. Her son seems completely duped his two-faced mother. This has been going one for some time and my friend is heart broken about it. She has tried everything to make the evil witch like her. I know Jewish moms are supposed to be protective of their sons but WTF? Why is this woman acting like this? What's her motive. Please explain the Jewish mom thing because we don't know how it works. .
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Some parents (and not just Jewish ones) want their children to marry another Jewish woman/man. Basically racism with a religious flair. I would advise the girlfriend to either suffer in silence OR do something about it. They do make recorders that you can get at most electronic stores. Devious, I know but if his mom is pulling the wool over her son's eyes then playing fair and ignoring her is not likely to work. ---and just because the son hasn't said anything to his gf doesn't mean when his mom and him are alone she isn't trying to re-direct his interests.
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Kids are only considered Jewish if the mother is Jewish. Your friend being of East Asian descent can't produce a Jewish baby. This bothers his mother. Also Jewish people are very ethnocentric, regardless if they are secular or not. Tough luck, but your friend is a China doll "Goy fling" that is being used until its time for him to settle with a Jewish girl. His mom is telling the truth.
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Thursday, May 7, 2009
I can't stand very traditional Chinese people even though I'm ethnically Chinese myself
I can't stand very traditional Chinese people even though I'm ethnically Chinese myself?
So my parents are immigrants from mainland China (Shanghai), and they are as stereotypically Chinese as you can get. When I was a kid I was forced to play the piano and would get locked out of the house late at night if I messed up a song too many times in a row. In the 2nd grade, I was really happy because I got an A on a test. I came home, told my parents, and they asked me if it was the highest grade in the class. I said no, one girl named Margaret got a score 2% higher than me. I got yelled at, told I was useless trash, I brought shame to the family, etc, that one day Margaret would grow up to be successful and I wouldn't. They never even MET Margaret before, but after that every time I said i got an A they would immediately follow it with "What did Margaret get?" and if Margaret got the SAME grade as me, 100%, they would still be annoyed that I didn't do better. There was an advanced class in my elementary school that you had to score higher than 90% on every subject to get into. My math scores were high enough, but my English scores were weaker since my parents spoke a different language at home and I didn't socialize in school. I didn't get placed in the advanced class, and my mom would go to the school and yell at the people on the main office. Then she would come home and yell at me, and even hit me for it. Margaret DID get into the class and so my parents would always say I embarrassed the family by being dumber than Margaret, even though they had never even MET Margaret. I got hit and even beaten for my grades through high school. Meanwhile, my parents would call their friends to ask what grades their friends' kids got, and if their friends' kids got higher scores than me I'd get yelled at too even if we weren't in the same class. But if the friends' kids didn't got lower scores, my parents would laugh about it together and say how stupid someone else's kid was. I even got yelled at once because my dad's friend's kid received an award from her elementary school. I said she was a year younger than me and they didn't have that award the year before when I was at the school, and my dad said that if I were really a good student, they would have MADE UP an award to give to me. I got slapped and even beaten for my grades a lot. My mom sent me to school once with a 102 degree fever because I "couldn't miss a day of school" and yelled at the school nurse because the school nurse wouldn't let me go back to class and affect the other students. Traditionally Chinese people act like this all the time, when I was little all the Chinese parents were equally crazy. I hate Chinese people so much that if I see Chinese parents with a kid, I feel sorry for the kid. I want to adopt a little kid from China one day to defend her from being raised by crazy Chinese people. Anyone else have crazy Chinese parents that they hate? Yes I am aware that not ALL Chinese people like this, but I'm saying it's part of the culture to be crazy. I don't hear Americans holding superstitions involving red ink or words that sound alike or call each other over the phone to compare their kids' grades and then yell at their kids for being useless and being a shame to the family when hanging up.
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oh my god, you poor sod! most parents would be proud of you...
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While it's true that Chinese culture is harsh when it comes to parents' appreciation of work and good grades, you have to know that--like all regular parents--your parents love you. I suffered throughout high school, where math was simply not my forte subject, and my parents were constantly on my back about it. However, when I got older, I realized that the pressure they put on me had helped me appreciate myself more. I learned to know myself when I had truly done my best and what grades to consider "acceptable". I thank my parents today for the way they were on my back because they helped me reach the success I've found today. Push through it and just do YOUR best. I know your parents' approval may be important to you but you must appreciate yourself first :)
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I despise most old white people and I'm white so your issue isn't unique. I feel similar to you when these old people harp on the good old days where they trusted the government and they believe they should honor your debts and stuff like that. Seriously, trust the government I shouldn't even have to point out the stupidity in that one and the banks and our whole economic system as a whole are such a scam that only a brainwashed old person would just randomly give all your money to some bank regardless of how much your getting ripped off under some misguided notion of "honor". If the old people I'm talking about had any honor they wouldn't have allowed thugs in business suits to take over our economic system and set up a debt slavery system, not to mention the things like Tonkin Bay. How many peoples lives were ruined by Vietnam? I'm actually torn on whether I'd rather see the stuff your talking about or obnoxious stupidity of the old white people.
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So my parents are immigrants from mainland China (Shanghai), and they are as stereotypically Chinese as you can get. When I was a kid I was forced to play the piano and would get locked out of the house late at night if I messed up a song too many times in a row. In the 2nd grade, I was really happy because I got an A on a test. I came home, told my parents, and they asked me if it was the highest grade in the class. I said no, one girl named Margaret got a score 2% higher than me. I got yelled at, told I was useless trash, I brought shame to the family, etc, that one day Margaret would grow up to be successful and I wouldn't. They never even MET Margaret before, but after that every time I said i got an A they would immediately follow it with "What did Margaret get?" and if Margaret got the SAME grade as me, 100%, they would still be annoyed that I didn't do better. There was an advanced class in my elementary school that you had to score higher than 90% on every subject to get into. My math scores were high enough, but my English scores were weaker since my parents spoke a different language at home and I didn't socialize in school. I didn't get placed in the advanced class, and my mom would go to the school and yell at the people on the main office. Then she would come home and yell at me, and even hit me for it. Margaret DID get into the class and so my parents would always say I embarrassed the family by being dumber than Margaret, even though they had never even MET Margaret. I got hit and even beaten for my grades through high school. Meanwhile, my parents would call their friends to ask what grades their friends' kids got, and if their friends' kids got higher scores than me I'd get yelled at too even if we weren't in the same class. But if the friends' kids didn't got lower scores, my parents would laugh about it together and say how stupid someone else's kid was. I even got yelled at once because my dad's friend's kid received an award from her elementary school. I said she was a year younger than me and they didn't have that award the year before when I was at the school, and my dad said that if I were really a good student, they would have MADE UP an award to give to me. I got slapped and even beaten for my grades a lot. My mom sent me to school once with a 102 degree fever because I "couldn't miss a day of school" and yelled at the school nurse because the school nurse wouldn't let me go back to class and affect the other students. Traditionally Chinese people act like this all the time, when I was little all the Chinese parents were equally crazy. I hate Chinese people so much that if I see Chinese parents with a kid, I feel sorry for the kid. I want to adopt a little kid from China one day to defend her from being raised by crazy Chinese people. Anyone else have crazy Chinese parents that they hate? Yes I am aware that not ALL Chinese people like this, but I'm saying it's part of the culture to be crazy. I don't hear Americans holding superstitions involving red ink or words that sound alike or call each other over the phone to compare their kids' grades and then yell at their kids for being useless and being a shame to the family when hanging up.
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oh my god, you poor sod! most parents would be proud of you...
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While it's true that Chinese culture is harsh when it comes to parents' appreciation of work and good grades, you have to know that--like all regular parents--your parents love you. I suffered throughout high school, where math was simply not my forte subject, and my parents were constantly on my back about it. However, when I got older, I realized that the pressure they put on me had helped me appreciate myself more. I learned to know myself when I had truly done my best and what grades to consider "acceptable". I thank my parents today for the way they were on my back because they helped me reach the success I've found today. Push through it and just do YOUR best. I know your parents' approval may be important to you but you must appreciate yourself first :)
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I despise most old white people and I'm white so your issue isn't unique. I feel similar to you when these old people harp on the good old days where they trusted the government and they believe they should honor your debts and stuff like that. Seriously, trust the government I shouldn't even have to point out the stupidity in that one and the banks and our whole economic system as a whole are such a scam that only a brainwashed old person would just randomly give all your money to some bank regardless of how much your getting ripped off under some misguided notion of "honor". If the old people I'm talking about had any honor they wouldn't have allowed thugs in business suits to take over our economic system and set up a debt slavery system, not to mention the things like Tonkin Bay. How many peoples lives were ruined by Vietnam? I'm actually torn on whether I'd rather see the stuff your talking about or obnoxious stupidity of the old white people.
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Friday, May 1, 2009
Could I still teach English abroad if I majored in registered nursing
Could I still teach English abroad if I majored in registered nursing?
I'm going into my junior year of university and I plan on majoring in registered nursing. I have a huge interest in East Asia so I was thinking of teaching English in maybe Japan or Hong Kong after I get my Bachelor's, although I wouldn't mind South Korea or China. Anyway, I just want to know, if I went away for a year or two to teach English would that effect my skills and what I remember as a nurse? I plan on going as soon as I finish my degree so I'm just worried that I'll forget a lot of what I learned in university and I'll end up needing to go back to school. So, does it seem feasible to major in nursing and go away to teach English for a year or two? If so, would doing self-study while I'm away help me to remember? Or should I just give it up and travel after I get my career going? I realize that there isn't really a concrete answer that can be given to this type of question but I would just like some opinions. Thanks. :-)
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Why not teach in China. With the trading going on between China and the USA we need more English speaking Chineese. Speaking from having clients in China, either I need to learn Chineese or they need to learn English.
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I'm going into my junior year of university and I plan on majoring in registered nursing. I have a huge interest in East Asia so I was thinking of teaching English in maybe Japan or Hong Kong after I get my Bachelor's, although I wouldn't mind South Korea or China. Anyway, I just want to know, if I went away for a year or two to teach English would that effect my skills and what I remember as a nurse? I plan on going as soon as I finish my degree so I'm just worried that I'll forget a lot of what I learned in university and I'll end up needing to go back to school. So, does it seem feasible to major in nursing and go away to teach English for a year or two? If so, would doing self-study while I'm away help me to remember? Or should I just give it up and travel after I get my career going? I realize that there isn't really a concrete answer that can be given to this type of question but I would just like some opinions. Thanks. :-)
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Why not teach in China. With the trading going on between China and the USA we need more English speaking Chineese. Speaking from having clients in China, either I need to learn Chineese or they need to learn English.
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