Archives: 2008 April

Job hunting can now be done online and it’s so easy you can just relax in front of your computer instead of going out in your business attire and dropping in at every company. Clicks, double clicks, and your trusty resume are the only requirements for this. Here are some useful guides in finding a job using the Internet.

Use the basic search engine search:

Don’t ever underestimate the power of search engines. Most companies nowadays post their job vacancies online for more publicity and also to gain more applicants who have the necessary qualifications they need. They also do this in order to speed up the prospective employee hunt process.

Take advantage of this and search for job vacancies with the search engine of your choice. Necessary keywords should be the state or city you want to be employed in and the word job opportunities. You could also put the specific line or specialty in the keywords as well.

Utilize job search websites:

There are many helpful websites dedicated for job seekers to make their hunt easier. Take job search websites for example, such as careerbuilder.com and careers.org. These websites operate with the employers and the job seekers. Basically employers will post their job vacancy on that website with the necessary information for the position and the job seeker will apply. If the employer thinks you are worthy of an initial interview, they will send an e-mail or call you. No sweat, isn’t it?

These websites usually require free registration in order for the users to upload their resume and provide necessary information.

Join local online communities:

The ever loyal to President George Bush one General David Petraeus is named as the next U.S. Central Command Chief, in a statement by Robert Gates, US Secretary of Defense.

General Petraeus, age 55, will replace the outspoken and talented Admiral William Fallon. Admiral Fallon retired last month after a running dispute with the Bush administration over perceived policy differences on Iran hit the fan with a Fallon interview article that was published in Esquire Magazine.

In the article Fallon stated that he thought having dialogue with Iran would be more constructive at relaxing tensions with Iran rather than continuing with the Bush approach of issuing a series of threats. This line of thinking did not go over at all well with the Bush Whitehouse.

In addition, there were rumors that Fallon had clashed with Petraeus over whether to draw down troop levels in Iraq. Even thought Fallon was his boss Petraeus had the full backing of the Bush Whitehouse on carrying out the surge policy in Iraq. Petraeus was probably effective at making an end run around Fallon and communicating directly with Robert Gates and President Bush on this issue.

Petraeus is probably best known to most Americans from his appearances on national TV and the C-Span Channel in testifying before the US Senate about conditions in Iraq. Petraeus testimony said almost exactly what the Bush administration wanted to hear about the surge and the “improvement” in conditions in Iraq. Petraeus appeared with Robert Gates with a multitude of colored charts showing how well the surge was working.

Some might say that Petraeus’s testimony was a bit too accommodating to the Whitehouse. But what is an ambitious General to do when placed in such a situation? His testimony was politicized from the get go as he became in effect the President’s waterboy before congress. Petraeus had the credibility that the President’s civilian cabinet members and staffers did not have.

The Clinton campaign staff disorder, infighting, and frictions shows a lack of leadership ability by non other than the presidential candidate that the staff is expected to promote to victory, one Hillary Clinton.

Yes, I know it has been a long and difficult political campaign and that Hillary has been busy attending fundraisers and at making speeches. However, for the campaign staff to have disintegrated as described in The New Republic  article clearly shows a lack of leadership ability right from the top.

As an old New York saying goes “the fish stinks from the head”. The Clinton campaign will be a stinking mess if Hillary loses in Pennsylvania or even if she has a close victory. This is not a game of horseshoes and these days close doesn’t count much for Hillary Clinton.

The United States will have suffered eight years of poor leadership by the time George W. Bush leaves office. We can not afford at least four more years of poor leadership from someone who can not even properly manage a campaign staff, much less a government.

12 good reasons to get out of Iraq that every American should consider.

TomDispatch is a website that has provided the best read on what has and is actually going on in Iraq that I have come across on or off the Internet. Tom Engelhardt is a gifted writer and as editor of TomDispatch often uses the services of other gifted and informed writers to discuss the Iraq war and the nature of the American Empire.

Most of his guest writers have actually been to Iraq or still work there and have the type of information that you just don’t see in the mainstream, read that as controlled even if it is by their own editors, press.

It is amazing to me as to just how far Iraq has fallen off the radar screen. After five years it is almost like the war has just faded away when in truth the really hard part is just about to get under way. American troops fighting in an Urban environment are what the military planners were fearful of in 2003. Now it is becoming a reality and American troops KIA are likely to be on an upward track as long as we take on the Iraqi militias. As the following article makes very clear there is no exit plan for Iraq because the Bush administration never planned to exit.

The following is taken from today’s TomDispatch. It is a long article but well worth reading as is every issue of The TomDispatch.

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Unraveling Iraq: 12 Answers to Questions No One Is Bothering to Ask about Iraq
By Tom Engelhardt

Those of you who visit Article Discovery Politics regularly (thank you very much) will likely notice that I’m doing an extensive makeover of the look and feel of the blog. I hope that you like it.

A prominent new feature is the gallery of so called leaders and perhaps a few, very few, genuine far sighted people who are real leaders and can see beyond making cheap political shots of the day and focus on issues that affect our current quality of life and prospects for a better future.

While uploading the leaders photographs I couldn’t help but wonder how people allow such vicious, manipulative, aggressive human beings take control of their government and of their lives. Unfortunately, in American society and in societies around the world, all too often it is the worse sort of power hungry people who take over the governing of the average person’s life.

In being overly aggressive and engaging in unnecessary wars, like little kids playing dangerous games, our “leaders” tragically end and forever alter many lives of the very people they have pledged to serve along with the countless lifes destroyed of people named as the enemy. Rarely have wars solved any problems. Often they have made life much worse for millions of people.

Sorry, politicians of the world, until you can show me better results from your “leadership” that’s the way I have to call it. Not that the mess the world is in is all of your fault. Most people are just too busy trying to make a living, take care of their families, and to just get by than to become heavily involved in the political process.