The Marinader
The Land of Opportunity!
OMGWTF?! UR Checking My Myspace?!
If a background check, drug test, credit check, references and previous employers weren't enough back ground checking for your new job candidate, check their Blog! Employers have now been looking further into their applicants by looking them up of popular social networking sites such as Facebook and Myspace. Even though these employers themselves more than likely do not have one, they're probably going to check yours. Applicants have been getting screwed (yes SCREWED) out of jobs because of what they do in their personal life. Yeah, so its broadcasted to anyone that has a internet connection, but really now, what you do in your personal life is up to YOU! An employer shouldn't base their hiring decision over what you do when you are not on the clock, because it DOESN'T concern them. Does being a wild partier mean you aren't best suited for the job? I mean, if you can go out and party all night, and still make it to work on time the next day what business is it of your boss to know what you did between when you left work and when you came back? I suppose now they're going to expect us to turn in video logs of our home life to make sure we aren't doing anything the "boss" disapproves of. Marinade this America, your right to a personal life has now been limited to what someone else deems acceptable!
Get the Marinade here.
Back to the Past!
Finally! I'm so happy to hear that somebody out there wants to restore the old buildings. There has been a lot of building here and a lot of tearing down perfectly fine buildings to build new ones. And this is what our mayor, " Mr. Bright", calls restoration. We don't even have a civic center anymore because he decided that a new parking deck was more useful. But I am glad to hear someone out there who can, will finally restore some of the old work that is merely rotting away.
Get the Marinade here.
Something Simmering
Legal Drinking Age 18?!
The National Youth Rights Association is pushing for a legal drinking age of 18 years of age. The petitions have been launched in several states including Florida, Wisconsin and Missouri. Their argument? Teenagers who are old enough to vote and fight for their country should be allowed to enjoy a drink or two. Yeah, it makes a little sense but really...do we really want to make it easier for children under 18 to obtain fire water? Especially since the reports point to teenagers turning more and more to hard liquor? As it makes a little bit of sense to allow teens to drink at 18, these people usually tend to have numerous friends below that age. Not to mention a lot of 18 year olds are still in school. This would bring more booze into our schools and, I'll say it once more, into the hands of children 17,16 and the chain continues on down. Perhaps this wouldn't be so bad if there was a requirement such as you must be in the military to be able to drink at this young age. This would allow more restraint to be in place with the strict military life and guidelines. It wouldn't stop children from obtaining the substance as plenty of them are fully capable of getting it now, but it would definitely make a little more sense than just lowering the age to 18. Think of it as a privilege of responsibility.
Get the Marinade here.
200 more state troopers will be placed on the roads for a "Take back the highways" initiative. My question is, why are you focusing on the roads when obviously we need to be more concerned about the death toll due to the high rise of crime? Sure there are plenty of people violating the traffic laws but this seems to be one of those copy-cat moves of Virginia's similar campaign. It makes next to no sense with the huge increase in crime to worry about these petty misdemeanors. Perhaps I'm the only one that feels this way, or perhaps only the people that tend to live in less-than-neighborly neighborhoods are only concerned with these sort of things.
Get the Marinade here.
Good Morning America How Are Ya?
Good morning America, how are ya? I will start by telling you all a little about this site. I'm sure that you cooking buffs are out there wondering "What the..I thought this was a site about marinades." Well..truth be told it is. Ever heard the expression "Let me marinade on that for a while?" That is exactly what this is all about. The news and issues that really make me sit and marinade for a bit. With each post you will get one national marinade and one local marinade. I hope to find that you all enjoy this as much as I am sure I will enjoy making it.
Unofficial Face of Web 2.0 Dies at 17
As reported by MSNBC.com the face of web 2.0 died August 3rd 2007 (A little late I know). The Internet Superstar Lonelygirl15 drew in over 1,000,000 viewers worldwide and was deffinately a deciding factor in Google's purchase of Youtube.com for $1.65 billion. Pretty amazing for a 17 year old girl no? I thought so. The article goes on to give us the details of her death..The girl fell victim to a vicious cult who drained her blood. Sound outrageous yet? I thought this was a pretty neat ordeal. The smash hit in 2006 "Lonelygirl15" was nothing more than a production by a group of filmakers from California. Youtube.com asked for more creative and substantial material to better entertain beyond the bootleg music videos and TV show clips. And they got from the makers of "Lonelygirl15". In closing, and I quote from msnbc.com "You know it just sucks, because there are so many people who made video responses to lonelygirl’s videos and you know what, they’re gonna feel stupid now because they got caught up in the drama and said everything about Bree was bull…"
but what really sucks is that they were such a big influence on youtube and didn't get squat.
Get the Marinade here.
Kids these days...
Remember when kids used to go to school, learn, hang out at the local gas station that tolerated their loitering, see a movie and the most stress that was in their life was breaking up? That doesn't seem to be the case now-a-days. Multiple mass school shootings that occured in just the past few years, it seems like there is atleast one or two that we hear about every year as of recent. Truth be told if I was still in school I'd be worried sick as to if I was going to acctually get to go home that day. There were four teens arrested just the other day for murder. The victim 35 year old Romonda Mitchell. The reason, get this, an argument over who has the better football team. I mean, I've heard about murduring someone over money, drugs, etc. but a high school football team? Is this really the generation that is supposed to take care of us? The suspects were all seniors, the youngest 18 the oldest 19. And none of them are going to get a diploma this year due to their cold blooded "temper-tantrum". What is going on in the minds of these people now-a-days? Is it really things like video games, music, and films? To be honest I don't doubt that these things influence us, but I believe the reality of things is the role models these kids have. (Not putting anyone down) Abusive parents, divorce is highly common, cheating on your spouse seems to be the new "thing" to do. But the biggest influence is celebrities. Sounds silly I know but everyone when they were younger idolized a celebrity. And kids today are no different. They want to "be-like" somebody. And these days we seem to be idolizing the wrong people. Fifty-cent, Snoop-Dogg (hey, great musicians but lets look at the facts) are just a few I can think of off the top of my head (I'm sure there are others from all other forms of music too, these are just all I can think of at the time) that we all know to be, or have been gangsters. Other celebrities talk about gang activities, shooting, packing heat, etc etc. Were these kids influenced by these things? I'm sure they were, along with all kinds of other people from this area. Crime is steadily increasing each day here and everybody seems to just go about their business like nothing has happened. I hope that this is a wake-up call to our tri-county community.
Get the Marinade here.