Since I've been gone for a while I, try and catch you up and still make this brief. I started a new job - I'm working as a Small Business Consultant - helping Small Business Owners, the self employed and individuals get the type of insurance coverage they need and deserve. I started on Tuesday and it's been a trip. the first day or 2 were mind numbing, but after I got throught that and got the the selling part, I really liked it. I think that I can make a lot of money, and more importantly, make a difference and help some people. You'll hear more about this from me later.
Also,I've started back up on my weight loss goals. I really want to get down under 250 by GAC next year. It won't be easy, but I think that I can do it. I just have to make the decision to not be a fat tub of lard any more. I want to be around for my children and if I keep getting fat, there is no way that's gonna happen. In terms of Blogging/Twitter/etc - My goal is to blog here at least 2 times per week about what's going on in my life and tweet 2x/day If you are a reader of mine and want more, I'll give you more, but now here you go That's all for now - Since Its halloween, I'm taking Opie and Simba trick or treating and I'll be back with picturesSee ya later
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
for that guy in LA who says interracial marriage is wrong
here's what you get from it - if that's the definition of wrong, i don't wanna be right
Interracial couple denied marriage license in La. - Yahoo! News
NEW ORLEANS – A white Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have.
Keith Bardwell, justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish, says it is his experience that most interracial marriages do not last long.
"I'm not a racist. I just don't believe in mixing the races that way," Bardwell told the Associated Press on Thursday. "I have piles and piles of black friends. They come to my home, I marry them, they use my bathroom. I treat them just like everyone else."
Bardwell said he asks everyone who calls about marriage if they are a mixed race couple. If they are, he does not marry them, he said.
Bardwell said he has discussed the topic with blacks and whites, along with witnessing some interracial marriages. He came to the conclusion that most of black society does not readily accept offspring of such relationships, and neither does white society, he said.
"There is a problem with both groups accepting a child from such a marriage," Bardwell said. "I think those children suffer and I won't help put them through it."
If he did an interracial marriage for one couple, he must do the same for all, he said.
"I try to treat everyone equally," he said.
Bardwell estimates that he has refused to marry about four couples during his career, all in the past 2 1/2 years.
Beth Humphrey, 30, and 32-year-old Terence McKay, both of Hammond, say they will consult the U.S. Justice Department about filing a discrimination complaint.
Humphrey, an account manager for a marketing firm, said she and McKay, a welder, just returned to Louisiana. She is white and he is black. She plans to enroll in the University of New Orleans to pursue a masters degree in minority politics.
"That was one thing that made this so unbelievable," she said. "It's not something you expect in this day and age."
Humphrey said she called Bardwell on Oct. 6 to inquire about getting a marriage license signed. She says Bardwell's wife told her that Bardwell will not sign marriage licenses for interracial couples. Bardwell suggested the couple go to another justice of the peace in the parish who agreed to marry them.
"We are looking forward to having children," Humphrey said. "And all our friends and co-workers have been very supportive. Except for this, we're typical happy newlyweds."
"It is really astonishing and disappointing to see this come up in 2009," said American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana attorney Katie Schwartzmann. She said the Supreme Court ruled in 1967 "that the government cannot tell people who they can and cannot marry."
The ACLU sent a letter to the Louisiana Judiciary Committee, which oversees the state justices of the peace, asking them to investigate Bardwell and recommending "the most severe sanctions available, because such blatant bigotry poses a substantial threat of serious harm to the administration of justice."
"He knew he was breaking the law, but continued to do it," Schwartzmann said.
According to the clerk of court's office, application for a marriage license must be made three days before the ceremony because there is a 72-hour waiting period. The applicants are asked if they have previously been married. If so, they must show how the marriage ended, such as divorce.
Other than that, all they need is a birth certificate and Social Security card.
The license fee is $35, and the license must be signed by a Louisiana minister, justice of the peace or judge. The original is returned to the clerk's office.
"I've been a justice of the peace for 34 years and I don't think I've mistreated anybody," Bardwell said. "I've made some mistakes, but you have too. I didn't tell this couple they couldn't get married. I just told them I wouldn't do it."
via news.yahoo.com
Are you kidding me - Glad this guy wasn't in Wisconsin 12 years ago or I would have been in a heap of trouble
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Back to work
I need to get back to work on a lot of things - this blog, my life, losing weight, having fun, and being a productive member of society. I think I'm back on the right path - I got a new job. Sweet. Now if I can get my car fixed and start getting the rest of my life in order...life will be good
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Friday, October 2, 2009
the trials and tribulatons of interviewing
So today i stat a big interview blitz - and it's off to the races with the family running late - nothing like your kids to put you in perspective when you're trying to get somewhere on time.
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