S and S

Yes, I'm an illegal immigrant because I'm not Native American. We stole this country unfiar and square. I don't see anything going right for the indigenous people 'till they have a president yellowfeather in office.

Not that I condone needless killing or slavery, because I don't, but every civilization on this earth migrated at some point and fought wars in the process of doing it. Even the native Americans migrated here at one point. There never was a fair war in my opinion so really your saying everyone is an illegal immigrant. It is an unfortunate consequence of war that the weaker of the two sides gets dominated, but it will never change.

Thank you, everyone - I got lots of good ideas. We'll have to try them out now.

I wasn't planning to pay again to have his resume done - that was a waste of money, and (more than a year later) hasn't resulted in even one call. I think cover letters are a really good thing to mention - I was making the same mistake recently when trying for a job. I wasn't getting any responses until I started adding cover letters (it's easy to forget that when you're applying online).

Maybe the difficult job search is to "make up for" the relatively quick and pain free visa/green card process? just kidding

His English is really good, and he does have his GED and DL. I did find a place nearby that might be able to help him with this process. I just didn't realize how much was out there! I also found a volunteer job that he might be interested in. A paycheck would be really nice, but getting work experience is even more important right now. I never knew about apprenticeship programs - great idea! Also about putting "Mr." to indicate gender.

Temp agencies, job centers, etc - lots of good ideas. I will let everyone know how it works out for us. I hope all of this information helps the others who are in the same situation. Maybe we can all keep each other updated on our progress, and let everyone know what does and does not work.

Good luck to all!

I know you were joking about the quick visa process resulting in long job process, but I can testify that makes no difference, lol. It took us 18 months to get him here and another 8 months to find a minimum wage job!

I really wish you the best of luck and hope things work out. This economy is just making things worse for all of us right now. Maybe all the advice on here can help us all.

ok, so we've been talking and our ideas for our short vacation for Oct 25-27/28th. We are thinking of these... A trip with our grandparents in the RV to Carlsbad New Mexico. A flight up north to Washington to see the west coast bcz I've never been there. A trip to Virginia (WashingtonD.C.) to see an old friend from Georgia and her fella. Or New York City-mostly Adams choice and I think thats the more expensive one. Decisions Decisions! Not entirely sure what to do !

Well, aside from considering the costs, you should ask these questions:

1) Do you want a slow, easy going trip or fast paced?

2) Would you like it to be just the two of you spending time together or is it okay to share that time with family/friends?

I think once you answer these questions you will have narrowed down your choices. That is my advice anyway.

Great pace - you'll be done in no time...So true about coffee - for me it's is a perfect "stimulant" during the long hours of hard core creative "labor"...I finally feel the sleep enveloping my overstimulated mind - working three very distinct teams at the office has me busy but excited so I can't complain but falling asleep has become a challenge...I need a paper to write, maybe that would help to calm me down, then again it could just lead towards more problems... Keep up the fabulous work, S & S!!!!

Wow, it does sound like you are busy and need the coffee just as much as I do if not more! Writing papers could be fun for yourself, but not always easy to finish without a dreaded deadline to help motivate you. I used to prefer blogging as a way to put my research down. I would do all the reading and then write a blog about what I think about it. I enjoyed the nearly instant feedback I got as well. Stopped doing it for awhile now though as life got busy

I love to write as well. I just feel drained this time from too many papers being due at once. I haven't even mentioned all the tests I had to study for in the last couple weeks. Otherwise I would have tried to do these papers sooner. It can be a lot of fun putting ideas together. I'm just super picky about my writing and hate to turn something in that I don't feel was completed to my standard.

I know what you mean - I bet your final product will be just awesome...I agree with you 100% - the initial brainstorming of ideas is always so invigorating, the blank pages inspiring and the promise of an interesting topic providing that extra burst of creative thinking...

So true about the brainstorming. I love to see the final product after you finally get it all together. So glad you are on here to keep me inspired tonight! I've typed up five pages today so far on the civil rights paper and I've only used half my notes so far, lol. Gonna be along night.

You are doing great!!! The night is definitely your most trusted ally when you reach a point of no return in your creative thought process...

Don't you just love how nighttime is probably the best time to get the creative juices flowing. There is something in the air transcending into a productive mindset delivering unexpected results. I'm one of the sad folks who likes to stay ate in the office when everyone is gone to tackle the most challenging correspondence....

lol, I do my best writing at night too. It is more quiet and less daytime distractions. Coffee is extremely important to fuel creativity as well, I agree. I'm up to eight pages now, as an update, lol. Thanks for the continued encouragement!

It is a point that if people stopped employing undocumented workers, then they would stop coming and those already in these countries would leave. I never have understood why they feel they should enjoy the same rights as citizens in the country. Can I come to their country and get free health care and maternity leave? I doubt it.

By Salafi (dominant sect of Saudi Arabia, including royal family) "logic", Nejad is of Jewish descent anyway (Salafis teach "Shias are descended from Jewish converts"--and this tenet shows up in Saudi textbooks).

Hmmm, interesting, I'm taking a class on Islam now, but we haven't gone into much about the Salafi school of thought.

I love to write as well. I just feel drained this time from too many papers being due at once. I haven't even mentioned all the tests I had to study for in the last couple weeks. Otherwise I would have tried to do these papers sooner. It can be a lot of fun putting ideas together. I'm just super picky about my writing and hate to turn something in that I don't feel was completed to my standard.

I know what you mean - I bet your final product will be just awesome...I agree with you 100% - the initial brainstorming of ideas is always so invigorating, the blank pages inspiring and the promise of an interesting topic providing that extra burst of creative thinking...

So true about the brainstorming. I love to see the final product after you finally get it all together. So glad you are on here to keep me inspired tonight! I've typed up five pages today so far on the civil rights paper and I've only used half my notes so far, lol. Gonna be along night.

I think I'm getting writers block and this is a bad time. I have two papers due tomorrow. One explaining why black civil rights made little progress after the civil war and why it was more successful after WWII. The other is comparing white Christianity, African American Christianity, Hinduism and Islam. Somehow I have to tie in all those religions together. I wrote up the religion paper already but need to do a lot of editing. The civil rights paper is slowly being written now (I have all my notes together for it, just trying to piece it all in). On top of this I spent the weekend working on another paper explaining why the Arabs lost the 1948 war which is due on Thursday. My mind is turning to mush and the most simple sentences are becoming difficult to construct, lol. Why do all these papers have to be due at the same time???? Argh!

I get excited by just reading these topics - I so miss school...Writing papers was my all time favorite part of the learning process...I'd love to get Masters one day but I'm too terrified of GRE and I don't think I could manage with the long hours at the office..maybe one day...

I love to write as well. I just feel drained this time from too many papers being due at once. I haven't even mentioned all the tests I had to study for in the last couple weeks. Otherwise I would have tried to do these papers sooner. It can be a lot of fun putting ideas together. I'm just super picky about my writing and hate to turn something in that I don't feel was completed to my standard.

Happy Tuesday MENA

Wishing everyone an awesome day! This week will be a busy week for sure at work...happy it will go fast and not so happy that its going to be so darn busy!

Hubby finally has his license! Thank god...Is it bad that I have already started sending him out on "tasks" since about 1 hour after his picture hit the plastic on his license! And each time he says "we need" I now can hand him the keys!

Congratulations. It drove me crazy when I was the only one who could drive. In fact my husband got his license after being here three months but I couldn't get him to drive alone until he had been here about 7 months. I was so happy when I could finally get him to go by himself and save me trips.

I think I'm getting writers block and this is a bad time. I have two papers due tomorrow. One explaining why black civil rights made little progress after the civil war and why it was more successful after WWII. The other is comparing white Christianity, African American Christianity, Hinduism and Islam. Somehow I have to tie in all those religions together. I wrote up the religion paper already but need to do a lot of editing. The civil rights paper is slowly being written now (I have all my notes together for it, just trying to piece it all in). On top of this I spent the weekend working on another paper explaining why the Arabs lost the 1948 war which is due on Thursday. My mind is turning to mush and the most simple sentences are becoming difficult to construct, lol. Why do all these papers have to be due at the same time???? Argh!

America is Now the Most Admired Country Globally – Jumping to the Top of the 2009 Anholt-GfK Roper Nation Brands Index

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United States Experiences Biggest Improvement in Reputation Among 50 Countries Measured

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Anholt Attributes Change to the Election of Barack Obama

New York, October 5, 2009 – Brand America is now ranked #1 by global citizens, according to the GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media, a division of GfK Custom Research North America. Results from the 2009 Anholt-GfK Roper Nation Brands Index(NBI), which measures the global image of 50 countries, show the United States taking the top spot as the country with the best overall brand, up from seventh last year.

"What's really remarkable is that in all my years studying national reputation, I have never seen any country experience such a dramatic change in its standing as we see for the United States in 2009," explains Simon Anholt, NBI founder and an independent advisor to over a dozen national governments around the world. "Despite recent economic turmoil, the U.S. actually gained significant ground. The results suggest that the new U.S. administration has been well received abroad and the American electorate's decision to vote in President Obama has given the United States the status of the world's most admired country."

Change we can believe in.

Oh, Australia is stuck in place 9 year over year. Sorry, bro.

There must be a mistake. We all know that Australia is the best at everything.

I'm actually writing a paper about the 1948 war now. Before Zionism started there were no major problems for Jews living in the Middle East for many centuries. It only started with the creation of Israel and the loss of Palestinian lands. Considering the sentiments on both sides as a result of that war, it isn't surprising they each had a refugee problem. The main difference is the Arab Jews now have citizenship to Israel and most Palestinians (50 years later) still have no citizenship to any country. The only exception being a small percentage of Palestinians who obtained citizenship to Jordan.

The first car I financed by myself was when I was 21 yrs old. It was used, but only about 2 yrs old and it had 31k miles on it. I bought it for around $12,000. I had started building my credit about 2 yrs or so before. First thing I had done is get a $800 signature loan from the bank. I paid it each month on time for 12 months which helped me. About six month after I got that loan I started with some high interest credit cards. I kept a balance on them (not a high balance though) and paid them on time each month every month. Those two things allowed me to get a loan for that car without anyone's help. I paid on that car for about 3 yrs and then went back and bought a new one for $20,000. Because I had paid on the first car on time each month and built up my loan history, I had no problem getting the bigger loan later. It just takes baby steps.

a turncoat chowderhead

Hmm, the guy seems more and more like Hitler all the time.

I was thinking of that similarity myself.

note....Bin Laden..Nixon...Hitler...did not smoke..enuff said..you freedom haterz facists

This guy really has a twisted mind. Its like he is overcompensating now that he is Muslim. No idea how you could turn your back on your own roots to the level he has though.

The next thing you know they will ban all the foods that are bad for you because it makes people over weight which then somehow causes problems for others. I don't think anyone should be told what they can or cannot do in their home so long as it doesn't directly effect others.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad revealed to have Jewish past

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's vitriolic attacks on the Jewish world hide an astonishing secret, evidence uncovered by The Daily Telegraph shows.

A photograph of the Iranian president holding up his identity card during elections in March 2008 clearly shows his family has Jewish roots.

A close-up of the document reveals he was previously known as Sabourjian – a Jewish name meaning cloth weaver.

The short note scrawled on the card suggests his family changed its name to Ahmadinejad when they converted to embrace Islam after his birth.

The Sabourjians traditionally hail from Aradan, Mr Ahmadinejad's birthplace, and the name derives from "weaver of the Sabour", the name for the Jewish Tallit shawl in Persia. The name is even on the list of reserved names for Iranian Jews compiled by Iran's Ministry of the Interior.

Experts last night suggested Mr Ahmadinejad's track record for hate-filled attacks on Jews could be an overcompensation to hide his past.

Ali Nourizadeh, of the Centre for Arab and Iranian Studies, said: "This aspect of Mr Ahmadinejad's background explains a lot about him.

"Every family that converts into a different religion takes a new identity by condemning their old faith.

"By making anti-Israeli statements he is trying to shed any suspicions about his Jewish connections. He feels vulnerable in a radical Shia society."

A London-based expert on Iranian Jewry said that "jian" ending to the name specifically showed the family had been practising Jews.

"He has changed his name for religious reasons, or at least his parents had," said the Iranian-born Jew living in London. "Sabourjian is well known Jewish name in Iran."

A spokesman for the Israeli embassy in London said it would not be drawn on Mr Ahmadinejad's background. "It's not something we'd talk about," said Ron Gidor, a spokesman.

The Iranian leader has not denied his name was changed when his family moved to Tehran in the 1950s. But he has never revealed what it was change from or directly addressed the reason for the switch.

Relatives have previously said a mixture of religious reasons and economic pressures forced his blacksmith father Ahmad to change when Mr Ahmadinejad was aged four.

The Iranian president grew up to be a qualified engineer with a doctorate in traffic management. He served in the Revolutionary Guards militia before going on to make his name in hardline politics in the capital.

During this year's presidential debate on television he was goaded to admit that his name had changed but he ignored the jibe.

However Mehdi Khazali, an internet blogger, who called for an investigation of Mr Ahmadinejad's roots was arrested this summer.

Mr Ahmadinejad has regularly levelled bitter criticism at Israel, questioned its right to exist and denied the Holocaust. British diplomats walked out of a UN meeting last month after the Iranian president denounced Israel's 'genocide, barbarism and racism.'

Benjamin Netanyahu made an impassioned denunciation of the Iranian leader at the same UN summit. "Yesterday, the man who calls the Holocaust a lie spoke from this podium," he said. "A mere six decades after the Holocaust, you give legitimacy to a man who denies the murder of six million Jews while promising to wipe out the State of Israel, the State of the Jews. What a disgrace. What a mockery of the charter of the United Nations."

Mr Ahmadinejad has been consistently outspoken about the Nazi attempt to wipe out the Jewish race. "They have created a myth today that they call the massacre of Jews and they consider it a principle above God, religions and the prophets," he declared at a conference on the holocaust staged in Tehran in 2006.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/...ewish-past.html

You won't need pics until the interview anyway, so take some when you go back. We only gave them about 8 of ourselves, and the CO didn't even look at them. Hubby got his visa the next day, so it's not the end of the world. Best wishes!

So USCIS approved your application without pics. I know when i filled it is on there site they wanted pics for proof.

Other than passport photos, we didn't send any photos in for the USCIS application and the approval went fine. I'm not sure where you got your information.

great, this means i'll probably get more spam from asia.

that should prove to be entertaining

Interesting, though I suppose this shift was going to happen sooner or later.

For some people, it has nothing to do with falling in love, finding your soulmate, or even shopping around for a better piece of meat.

It deals with missing the security and guidance offered by the USCIS that they dreadfully miss. Here you have very professional and knowledgeable people of the highest standings guiding you with prudence on what you can or cannot do.

I kind of miss that guidance and understanding myself, don't you? The excitement of walking out to your mailbox waiting for a letter is all gone. Hell, now, it's just bills and unsolicited #######. The suspense of not knowing whether your spouse will be here tomorrow is also gone, could be he/she would be deported the next day due to some hangup, so you make the best of that day.

All we have left now is memories of how the USCIS kept us apart for months while they played around, but at least, that is something to hang unto.

Dealing with the USCIS in some aspects was a game to see if you could outwit them, but you need an IQ of at least two to do that. So you study and read all the regulations and have fun trying to figure out which idiot wrote those.

Guess some people just miss dealing with the USCIS and want to go through all again and maybe even again. Also some people also starve or beat themselves to death to keep them purified.

Anyone here miss dealing with the USCIS?

If I met a gal and kept on looking, just kept on looking. Should be angry at my gal, she stole my heart, and when she had to go back, left a big painful hole in my chest. Kind of view the USCIS in that respect, but also kind of miss their guidance and have renewed faith in our government looking out after me. Like sh!t!

Now they tell me about the cow................

I totally understand where you are coming from. My husband was here for 8 months before he found his first job and that was only because the local mosque helped him. Not to mention that job was as a waiter and he only made about $150 a week because of slow business and they wouldn't give him more than two tables. Oddly enough he got a call back last week from one of the many, many jobs he applied for months ago. It is telemarketing, but still better pay than the waiting job was. We were so surprised they called back after three months, but we are glad he is working this new job now that is closer to home. As for education, it hurt my husband to be a college graduate as everyone said he was over qualified so it goes both ways. The whole process of finding a job is really frustrating, but hang in there and keep trying. Much like the visa process, it happens eventually, you just never know when.