Hi Everyone:
Did you know that it is still legal in New York state and other states to discriminate against a certain group of people? Not only is it legal, but companies do it all the time. The discrimination is even blatantly written in their ads for job openings online and in newspapers.
What is the discrimination I am talking about and what group of people is affected? Companies blatantly discriminate against unemployed workers. Workers who, through no fault of their own are laid off and then get discriminated against. How do companies discriminate against the unemployed? All you have to do is read help wanted ads. There they are in black and white stating, "Must be currently employed to apply." It amazes me that companies would want to eliminate an entire group of people. It also amazes me that this is legal.
But wait, New Jersey has a new law that makes discriminating against the unemployed illegal. New York state is in the process of looking into the situation and determining if a new law is needed. Oh come on! It doesn't take a genius to figure out that discriminating against anyone is wrong. But it is a double whammy for unemployed people to not be able to get a job interview because they are unemployed. That makes no sense, what-so-ever.
When I was a corporate Human Resouces executive, I prided myself in hiring unemployed people. They had more fire in their belly to do the job as best as possible. If their background and experience fit the job description and they were the best candidate, they were hired. Case closed.
Obviously, common sense dictates that discriminating against the unemployed is wrong and even stupid. I believe that a federal law should be enacted under Title VII, that includes the unemployed.
To all of you fathers, Happy Father's Day.
Til next week.
Peter
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Sunday, June 12, 2011
When Will People Learn?
Hi Everyone:
For the past 2 weeks, the news has centered around 2 politicians who made mistakes, but didn't admit to their mistakes. I feel that I would be remiss if I didn't talk about both.
The first is Rep. Anthony Weiner, a Democrat from NY. Even though sexting isn't a crime, his indiscretions have hurt his family, especially his new (maybe pregnant) wife of only 11 months. But his denying his involvement is tantamount to lying and he lied a lot about it. For his lying, which is tantamount to a cover up, he should resign.
The second is Sarah Palin, Republican from Alaska. During her current bus tour of the east coast, while in Boston, she told reporters that Paul Revere's famous ride was to warn not only his fellow colonists, but also to warn the British soldiers. What? Palin said, "He who warned the British that they weren't gonna be takin' away our arms by ringing those bells and makin' sure as he's riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we were going to be sure and we were going to be free, and we were going to be armed." Palin who is a paid contributor to Fox news, was asked by Fox News Sunday anchor, Chris Wallace, "You realize that you messed up about Paul Revere, don't you?" Palin relied, "I didn't mess up about Paul Revere. Part of his ride was to warn the British that were already there. That, hey, you're not going to succeeed. You're not going to take American arms. You are not going to beat our well armed persons, individual, private militia that we have. He did warn the British." Someone should read their US history books a little more carefully.
My question is this; how can 2 seemingly intelligent people, who happen to be politicians, make such stupid mistakes and not immediately own up to them? It took Rep. Weiner a week to own up to his sexting. But by then, the damage was done by his lying and he has no one to blame but himself. Palin on the other hand, had to be told by at least one of her staffers, after her first statement regarding Revere's ride, that she was wrong. If Palin was told, she didn't listen because her second inaccurate statement was a very feeble attempt to reinforce her first inaccurate statement. Not for nothing, Sarah Palin can't rewrite history and she should make a public statement that she was wrong both times and apologize. Palin can't blame the, using her words, "liberal media" for this graff. This is all her doing and she has no one to blame but herself and her lack of knowledge of our country's history. But to make matters even worse, Palin supporters tried numerous times to change Wikipedia's correct and accurate version of Revere's ride, to that of Palin's version. Wikipedia had to block anyone from changing the correct and accurate version. Why would people do something so stupid? Did they really think that just because Palin said it, it must be the truth? Go figure!!!
So the conclusion to this blog is that there are too many politicians who lack common sense, especially when it comes to apologizing for their own mistake. It is time for politicians to stop spinning and just speak the truth when they make a mistake. Then let the chips fall where they may with the voters. Ahhhhh, wishful thinking.
Til next week.
Peter
For the past 2 weeks, the news has centered around 2 politicians who made mistakes, but didn't admit to their mistakes. I feel that I would be remiss if I didn't talk about both.
The first is Rep. Anthony Weiner, a Democrat from NY. Even though sexting isn't a crime, his indiscretions have hurt his family, especially his new (maybe pregnant) wife of only 11 months. But his denying his involvement is tantamount to lying and he lied a lot about it. For his lying, which is tantamount to a cover up, he should resign.
The second is Sarah Palin, Republican from Alaska. During her current bus tour of the east coast, while in Boston, she told reporters that Paul Revere's famous ride was to warn not only his fellow colonists, but also to warn the British soldiers. What? Palin said, "He who warned the British that they weren't gonna be takin' away our arms by ringing those bells and makin' sure as he's riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we were going to be sure and we were going to be free, and we were going to be armed." Palin who is a paid contributor to Fox news, was asked by Fox News Sunday anchor, Chris Wallace, "You realize that you messed up about Paul Revere, don't you?" Palin relied, "I didn't mess up about Paul Revere. Part of his ride was to warn the British that were already there. That, hey, you're not going to succeeed. You're not going to take American arms. You are not going to beat our well armed persons, individual, private militia that we have. He did warn the British." Someone should read their US history books a little more carefully.
My question is this; how can 2 seemingly intelligent people, who happen to be politicians, make such stupid mistakes and not immediately own up to them? It took Rep. Weiner a week to own up to his sexting. But by then, the damage was done by his lying and he has no one to blame but himself. Palin on the other hand, had to be told by at least one of her staffers, after her first statement regarding Revere's ride, that she was wrong. If Palin was told, she didn't listen because her second inaccurate statement was a very feeble attempt to reinforce her first inaccurate statement. Not for nothing, Sarah Palin can't rewrite history and she should make a public statement that she was wrong both times and apologize. Palin can't blame the, using her words, "liberal media" for this graff. This is all her doing and she has no one to blame but herself and her lack of knowledge of our country's history. But to make matters even worse, Palin supporters tried numerous times to change Wikipedia's correct and accurate version of Revere's ride, to that of Palin's version. Wikipedia had to block anyone from changing the correct and accurate version. Why would people do something so stupid? Did they really think that just because Palin said it, it must be the truth? Go figure!!!
So the conclusion to this blog is that there are too many politicians who lack common sense, especially when it comes to apologizing for their own mistake. It is time for politicians to stop spinning and just speak the truth when they make a mistake. Then let the chips fall where they may with the voters. Ahhhhh, wishful thinking.
Til next week.
Peter
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