| Lo Fun Fact #1 |
| "Lolita Files" is my real name. It is not a pen name, as incredible as that may seem. There are plenty of Files family members and people who have known me for years capable of validating this. As for the "Lolita" part, my mother named me after the movie based on Nabokov's book, although she saw or read neither. To this day, she has no idea what a "Lolita" is. |
| Lo Fun Fact #2 |
| I love fried chicken and fabulous shoes. If you ever want to get on my good side, send Popeye's or Mr. Chicken (my favorite spot in Cleveland) and a pair of
Christian Louboutins. |
| Lo Fun Fact #3 |
| Never show up unannounced or without a Pepsi (preferably Pepsi Jazz Caramel Cream). Better yet, how about not show up at all? |
| Lo Fun Fact #4 |
| I hate the telephone. Don't get mad if I don't call you. I don't call anyone. Don't call me asking why I don't call. Just don't call, okay? |
| Lo Fun Fact #5 |
| I love the internet!!! I love communicating through the internet!!! You can e-mail me and odds are I'll e-mail you right back (if I'm not in the middle of a major project). Makes up for my hangup about the phone, doesn't it? See, I'm not so bad after all!!! |
| Lo Fun Fact #6 |
| I can't stand IMing. Please don't IM me. You will get the cold shoulder. I don't like giving people the cold shoulder, so please don't put me in that position. |
| Lo Fun Fact #7 |
I have four five six wonderful, slap-happy dogs, a bird (some kind of dove/pigeon mix), and a cat, all of whom I love to pieces. If you meet me and ask me about my dogs, bird, and cat, we'll be instant friends. If you meet me and ask me why the f*ck I have four five six dogs, a bird, and a cat, see the above fun fact for how I will respond. |
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| The Urine Test |
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 |
I got this in an email and had to share it. It came from the Oregon News-Review.
Here's what it says:
I have a question, not only for Douglas County, but for the entire state of Oregon. Like a lot of folks in this state, I have a job. I work, they pay me, I pay my taxes and the government distributes my taxes as they see fit. In order for me to get that paycheck, I am required to pass a random urine test, which I have no problem with.
What I do have a problem with is the distribution of my taxes to people who don't have to pass a urine test. Shouldn't one have to pass a urine test to get a welfare check, because I have to pass one to go earn it for them?
Please understand, I have nothing against helping people get back on their feet. I do, on the other hand, have a problem with helping someone sit on their butt. Could you imagine how much money the state would save if people had to pass a urine test to get a public assistance check?
Leonard Wilson
What are your thoughts?
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posted by R. Fitzgerald @ 8:00 AM   |
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According to the GAO, we've just wasted 1.4 trillion on an unjust war. Why doesn't this guy complain about that? When one honestly puts government kickbacks to corporations, the military industrial complex and giant companies like Wal-Mart cutting their employee hours so they must go get state or county funded health care...when someone honestly puts those items against Americans sitting on their butts, the disparity is awesome. Right wing radio breeds this kind of nonsense. This guy says in his article that he wouldn't mind if these people were truly trying to get on their feet but you know he really would...
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We complain about what affects us most.
The war, walmart, and gov't kickbacks, doesn't hit home with him. While it may affect him in taxes, it doesn't have the punch this does.
He more than likely does have a problem helping the welfare recipients he's complaining about, but I still think it's a point well taken. I know there are way too many people kicking back smoking on a phat joint while they are waiting on the mailman to arrive.
Does making them give a urine sample push them to do better? I'm not so sure about that, but if they had to drop unannounced to keep those benefits, they might be less likely to lay in the cut and just chill.
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I doubt if enforcing a urine test will help. Although there are of course many more important topics to be discussed, this person does have a point. I just got off the phone with a friend of mine who is about to put their brother on a bus and send them back to their hometown. Their brother has been freeloading off them for months, but managed to find funds to support their habit...he can't get another job at this time here because he has some of that "ooh wee" (as Martin would say) in his system.
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According to the GAO, we've just wasted 1.4 trillion on an unjust war. Why doesn't this guy complain about that? When one honestly puts government kickbacks to corporations, the military industrial complex and giant companies like Wal-Mart cutting their employee hours so they must go get state or county funded health care...when someone honestly puts those items against Americans sitting on their butts, the disparity is awesome. Right wing radio breeds this kind of nonsense. This guy says in his article that he wouldn't mind if these people were truly trying to get on their feet but you know he really would...