UPDATE

As I find out more and more about this hypothetical hiring process, it's becoming clear-as-mud to me.

Through further hypothetic discussion and research, I've found the women to men ratio will be about 2:1. That is not all, however. The hypothetical criterion also hinges on two other things;

1. Are you of woefully average intelligence?

2. Does your score on the psycho-babble portion of the test indicate that you are a mindless follower, willing to tattle on your co-workers for the smallest mis-deed?

If you answered yes to both of these questions, (and you're a Hispanic, single mother) CONGRATULATIONS!!! You're in! Hypothetically.

Here's my theory; What we hypothetically have here is three groups trying to play both sides against the middle, not realizing that there's a third side involved.

1. Management convinces union reps that this diversification looks good for P.R., AND certainly none of these new employees could threaten their cushy ass-spreadin' jobs... But neglects to mention the lack of knowledge, and therefore production, morale, etc., will also weaken the union. Management does not know the labor side of the union even exists.

2. Union reps, convinced they have kissed-up most righteously, go to labor and say, "Hey, we know there's always been a referral program, and we've gotten alot of good employees that way, but this whole diversity thing we're getting shoved up our ass by Washington...We don't like it any more than you do... And all you people who've been working here part time for years.. Let us talk to management, we'll get this straightened out...blah..blah, you should be getting your full-time offers any day now..blah...blah." Union reps are convinced that they are Management.

3. Washington, whose campaign fund is fattened by both sides, has Management convinced that a weaker union will mean cheaper labor down the line, and the whole P.R. thing don't hurt either. Meanwhile, keeping Union reps happy with "Diversity will strengthen.." and "I'm fightin' for you everyday..." talk, while all those "Richest 1%" tax cuts just keep getting passed. Washington is fighting for whomever is fattening his coffers the most. Labor who?

What does all this mean? Well, for starters, I feel sorry for the poor people who have to train the in-coming crop of former salesmen, and office workers. Second, I wouldn't buy a certain car named after bullet measurements, as I am sure there will be recalls-a-plenty. And finally, another P.O.S. politician keeps getting richer, while the people who got him there are slowly putting themselves out of a job.

Wow, maybe I should just count my blessings. Y'all have fun with that..'K?


Peace, Love, and my old '73 Caprice Classic (CHEVY)

SAB

Haven't We Dicussed This Already?

OK, so in my previous post; "Me as it relates to you", I touched on hiring practices. Basically, my point was, hire the best person for the job...(insert sarcastic chortle).

Let's say hypothetically, I apply for a job at hypothetically the largest automotive assembly plant in Belvedere, Illinois. Let's say hypothetically, I get passed the application process, and go for some skills testing. Let's just assume these hypothetic tests are cheesecake, and I ace them. Do I hypothetically get to move on to the next phase? NO. Why? Let's take a hypothetical look.

I've hypothetically talked to several people who may or may not have initiated this employment process themselves. 5 hypothetical men, 4 hypothetical women, one being my wife. All of the men have been stopped like a bad check after the application, or tests hypothetically speaking, and the women are being hypothetically pushed through like Play-Doh through the spaghetti factory.

All 5 hypo-men have lots of manufacturing/assembly experience, the hypo-women have lots of office experience. I know someone who hypo-works at this hypo-plant, who hypo-told me one hypo-man has been hired...He was a car salesman for 15 years.

Now, I know unions have quotas, Washington pressures big corp's to "diversify", and that I'm a bit miffed that I'm losing out on some of that big-fat hypothetical UAW money...But doesn't this sound a bit like reverse-discrimination? I have the qualifications, the experience, oh, and a penis.... Sorry... middle-class men need not apply...You are the most hated demographic, after all, and we can't hire you because you're the backbone of this nation's economy. We have to hire based on the latest feel-good data, keep Hillary and Barak happy for when they take over... Really...Susan Sarandon said it's gonna happen...So it must be true.

Before you ladies get your torches lit, this is not about chauvanism, or anything like that. Best person for the job, that's all. If these women were more qualified than I, or one guy who has 20 years of auto assembly experience and didn't make it passed the application, then fine, hire away. But doesn't common freaking sense tell us a guy with 20 years experience is the better hire than ANYBODY with none? This also isn't about women getiing ahead of men, or me specifically. In fact, I have always responded better to female authority figures than male, I don't know why, must be something Freudian, I just do. I was just as angry years ago, when my Mom was passed over for a promotion, because if this other guy didn't get the job, he was gonna sue for discrimination because he was a gay Hispanic. Mind you he had a tenth the experience, and about a millionth the work ethic Mom has, but he got the job. Mom's retired now, and probably thinks about that old situation way less than I do, but I saw the anger, and disappointment on her face. I over heard some of her calls to various union heads, politicians, and what-not... and it's a big part of why I am more of a conservative, why I feel we need to get back to CFS.

I cannot stand this "Gimme what I want 'cause I'm a left handed quadropolegic lesbian" society we have created. Every demographic group (except mine) has a group of lawyers just waitng to sue the pants off anyone who doesn't hand them a life on a silver platter. So, you get what I'm experiencing right now, I can't get a nice job with good pay and benefits, because some freaking liberal decided my demographic is too well represented in this hypothetical factory, or a certain liberal puke senator from around here wants to make sure he's got his demographic hypotheticals covered. Common Freaking Sense, people... we need a whole lot more of it, from northern Illinois, to Washington D.C. .... Hypothetically speaking.


Peace, Love, and Mom's Lugen Fits-of-rage

SAB

Yeah, so I'm busy....Jeez.

OK, so it's been a month since last I blogged. Baseball season has started, real baseball, Pony League, not the steroid-induced, spoiled little rich-bitch baseball. I help coach my son's team. So that's taking up alot of time, I also don't think you understand how much more my wife likes me when I'm doing stuff around the house...especially this time of year. I also just got done with a rather nasty bout of "Everything Out of My Digestive Tract...I Don't Care Which Way You Go".
Yes..Two fun filled days of Technicolor Yawns, and The Trotskies....MMMMMMMM. :) Ever "released" a quart of orange Gatorade all at once? Tastes EXACTLY the same as it did goin' in. Why does the doctor tell me to keep drinking fluids, when they're just gonna come back out? What am I, a radiator?

Anyway, my wife and I were watching Dateline's "To Catch A Predator" XXXVI, or whatever number they're on now, and it got me to thinking. WHAT THE F@#K IS WRONG WITH THESE IDIOTS?!?!?!?!? OK, so maybe you missed the first one or two of these shows, but there's been like ninety of 'em now! I would think by now, Chris Hansen would have single handedly OBLITERATED cyber-sex predators from the face of the Earth. BUT NOOOOOO.
These morons just keep coming out of the woodwork, like it's their freaking job. I understand that some of these guys are "not well", but come on.... Does being a few shingles short make you that dumb? Just for a sec, let's set aside the obvious reasons not to be a sexual predator. Let's just look at one... NBC. You don't need cable or DirecTV to get NBC, so really, no excuse not to have seen one of these reports. Many people (obviously, other than you freaks) watch NBC, including, possibly... Your boss, your Mom, Your P.O., or the detective that's been after you for a year and a half for the rape of your under 13 niece. And they have caught some real "pillars", Teachers, Homeland Security guy, a Rabbi (are ya' kiddin' me?), and on the next one, some DUMBASS brings his kid along! I WANT TO HURT THAT F@#KER ON SO MANY LEVELS.
Pardon my liberal (yech) use of the blotted out F word tonight, but really, you're with me on this, right?

Zac Moussaoui gets life in the pokey, and says "America, You lost." OK, I'm not the one who's going to Sing-Sing to get a little Ding-Ding from Bubba. I'd have to say that's a win for me. By the way Zac, those cell-mates of your's may be low-down, dirty, vicious criminals... But they're AMERICAN, low-down, dirty, vicious criminals...HAVE A BLAST BUDDY!!!!

Gas prices keep going up, my wallet keeps getting lighter, and somewhere, an Oil-Magnate rests his head on a pillow stuffed with Ben Franklins. I wish it were as easy as blaming it all on the oil companies, or W, or OPEC, but it's not. It's our own fault, mostly. We refuse mass-transit, car-pooling, and anything else that would cut-down on gas usage. Don't get me wrong, the old "Suppression of Technology" thing isn't helping either. The feeble attempts at hybrids, and alternative fuel vehicles so-far are laughable at best. I'm no tree-hugger, ya' know, and I'm just as guilty as the next guy, of using too much gas, but guess what...That pillow's gonna be stuffed just as tight tomorrow night, if we don't cut down on consumption. By the way, again, you know that e-mail that runs around, about how we should boycott Exxon/Mobil, then they have to drop their prices, then everyone else drops their prices, etc.? Yeah, won't work. Look, if we DID get a mass boycott of E/M, all they'd have to do is drop their price maybe a nickle lower than Citgo, BP, et al, and we'd all go rushing back over there. Next day, price is back up, you're still buying from E/M, and the pillow is about to burst. The only thing we can do, that will REALLY work, is drop our consumption, period.

Well, that's about all for now. Sorry it's been so long, I have to admit, I've been playing too much Counter-Strike. Man, it's like a drug... " I can stop playing any time I want.....Really" Yeah, right. Do they have CS anonymous?
"Hi, my name's Stu"
"Hi Stu"
"I discovered recently...that I'm...a.... a"
"It's OK, Stu, you can say it, we're all friends here"
"I'M A COUNTER-STRIKE-A-HOLIC...weep, weep...sob, sob...whimper"

Never guess what I'm gonna do now.....

Peace, Love, and "BOOM...HEADSHOT!"

SAB