I recently became unemployed. A friend asked me what it is I want to do. I want to be (as LBJ said) " G-D King of the World." This said, I realize I am not Barack Obama, I am not George Bush, or even Harry Truman. This said, I believe I am very capable of doing things that lead up to this.
What is community service? It is being of service to the community. It isn't doing what my friends want, doing what I want, or even doing what the majority of the people want. It is about doing what is right. Hopefully doing that one gets it right in the minds of enough of the people enough of the time that they can effectively govern.
The reason we call our government a REPUBLIC is because we send representatives to make the hard choices. If it were a democracy, we would all punch a button regardless of how poorly informed or radicalized we are.
Friday, June 4, 2010
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
The internet
Ever since Al Gore invented the internet back in the seventies, people have found uses for it and others have searched for ways to exploit it.
Last October, my wife and I went on vacation in California. We stayed at a bed and breakfast. The facility certainly wasn't the BATES MOTEL; at the same time, we would have had a better experience at the Best Western or Quality Inn in town for a little less money. My gripe here is not with the facility. It is with the rating sites. It took an act of congress including a copy of my receipt to publish negatively on bedandbreakfast.com/. Then she published a rebuttal (OK so she gets her turn.)
THEN she started publishing reviews of the place in her unique flowery style claiming to be several other people. When I complained, it got me nowhere. The problem is that she paid for advertising and the site was willing to let her get away with anything. This said, she also did this on TripAdvisor too.
How to tell if a positive review is bogus: Look at the number of reviews the REVIEWER has posted. If it is just one: question it. On the main sites I use I have over five. Someone may get mad and post a negative review when they are mad. People only post positive reviews if they just post reviews or booked through the site they did the review on. A single glowing review usually indicates that the management of the facility had their hands in it one way or another.
Last October, my wife and I went on vacation in California. We stayed at a bed and breakfast. The facility certainly wasn't the BATES MOTEL; at the same time, we would have had a better experience at the Best Western or Quality Inn in town for a little less money. My gripe here is not with the facility. It is with the rating sites. It took an act of congress including a copy of my receipt to publish negatively on bedandbreakfast.com/. Then she published a rebuttal (OK so she gets her turn.)
THEN she started publishing reviews of the place in her unique flowery style claiming to be several other people. When I complained, it got me nowhere. The problem is that she paid for advertising and the site was willing to let her get away with anything. This said, she also did this on TripAdvisor too.
How to tell if a positive review is bogus: Look at the number of reviews the REVIEWER has posted. If it is just one: question it. On the main sites I use I have over five. Someone may get mad and post a negative review when they are mad. People only post positive reviews if they just post reviews or booked through the site they did the review on. A single glowing review usually indicates that the management of the facility had their hands in it one way or another.
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