This weekend

[yesthattom]

I'm flying home to see C. Then back to training. I can't wait to see her!

Comments

[cyan-blue.livejournal.com]

Have a good trip!

[figmo.livejournal.com]

Awww....

[aillecat.livejournal.com]

G has some insane training (indoctrination?) eh?

I've been considering applying for jobs there... how do you think they would deal with disability issues? (high performance, but the need to accomodate by telecommute) thats the only thing holding me back.

[aillecat.livejournal.com]

I might add, that there is a law that covers this, so its not like most people saying "I'd just *like* to telecommute"..... its called the Americans with Disabilities Act.

[yesthattom.livejournal.com]

Well, IANAL so I'd have to say I don't know.

Note: You just called yourself a true libertarian yet you are going to let a anti-libertarian law like ADA help you? Are you trolling me?

[yesthattom.livejournal.com]

The training is extra long in my group. Most others don't do this.

[aillecat.livejournal.com]

sorta, see, the ADA says that the person MUST be able to perform the duties of the job to the same standard.

Like everyone, I am not 100% this and that, and neither are *you*

[yesthattom.livejournal.com]

Hmm... according to lp.org, "Not only did Mr. Gramm vote for the racial quotas imposed by the 1991 Civil Rights Act, he also supported the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which outlaws discrimination against the 'disabled' and includes those infected with AIDS. Like the Civil Rights Act, the ADA is an affirmative action measure, creating government privileges for one group at the expense of others."

Note the quote marks arounds "disabled"... obviously the LP wouldn't do that if ADA was really requiring that the person can do the duties of the job. How can someone be able to do the job and still be disabled? Sounds like a totology to me! What's next? A law saying that water has to be wet?

So obviously the ADA is forcing companies to do things against their will, spending money where they otherwise wouldn't have to. Obviously this is some kind of neo-liberal "tax"... it's not bad enough that the government wastes money on helping the disabled, but now forcing companies to do it too? If these people were worth hiring, wouldn't market forces push companies to do this without a law?

Oh, and the little swipe at people with AIDS is lovely. Nothing like a little homophobia to make ones point.

No, obviously none of that is true. Just like all LP arguments sound good on the surface but fall apart with any analysis. Luckily the LP has the benefit of never having won a real election, thus can always claim that if someone would only implement their policies it would work great. It's like an ugly virgin telling people they're JUST SURE they'd be great in the sack if only someone would lay them.

I assert, sir, that you are a liberal with delusions of libterarianism. Please refer to the original cartoon that started this.

[aillecat.livejournal.com]

OK Tom, next time you call me "Sir", I think we shall not talk for a long time. Your other slurs and unreasonable comments I usually overlook, but that one goes too far.

For someone who talks about homophobia, you are certainly one to be quite rude and obnoxious and insensitive to a transperson.

[naughty-halo.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I bet she's excited!!!

[yesthattom.livejournal.com]

I didn't mean "sir" as a sign of disrespect and I apologize. I meant it more to be formal. Mea culpa.