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Re: Michelle Obama Tells Inner-City Students What 'Rich Kids All Over the Country...Know'

patvickers — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 13:11:49 -0000

Yes. Graduating from Princeton and Harvard Law is so minimal, as is lowering childhood obesity rates. I'm sure her accomplishments pale next to all the amazing things you've done in this life. It's a shame that she didn't have loftier ambitions and became a school Librarian instead, or a b movie actress. Now those are major accomplishments.

Re: Michelle Obama Tells Inner-City Students What 'Rich Kids All Over the Country...Know'

patvickers — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 12:44:26 -0000

And she is encouraging them to change that. Why does that bother you?

Re: Michelle Obama Tells Inner-City Students What 'Rich Kids All Over the Country...Know'

patvickers — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 12:43:51 -0000

Rich kids aren't successful. Their parents are. Malia and Sasha are not successful. they may be some day but right now they are rich kids.

Re: Michelle Obama Tells Inner-City Students What 'Rich Kids All Over the Country...Know'

patvickers — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 12:42:44 -0000

While affirmative action might have helped Mrs. Obama get into Princeton she had to graduation on her own. The same for law school. After law school she worked at the Sidley and Austin law firm from 1988 to 1991, as an assistant to the mayor of Chicago from 1991 to 1993. She didn't marry Obama until 1993 so I don't think he got her the job at the Mayor's office. He had just graduated from Harvard then. You may not like her but her resume is outstanding and you saying it was given to her shows how inadequate her accomplishments make you feel.

Re: Michelle Obama Tells Inner-City Students What 'Rich Kids All Over the Country...Know'

patvickers — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 12:02:49 -0000

Mrs Obama graduated from Princeton which is predominately white. She spoke at the Topeka public school, University of Arkansas, George Washington University, Virginia Tech and North Carolina A&T. All of those schools are predominately whte. What is wrong with the first lady doing her best to encourage black students to get a good education and be able to support themselves?

Re: Michelle Obama Tells Inner-City Students What 'Rich Kids All Over the Country...Know'

patvickers — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 11:44:56 -0000

54% of wealthy kids graduate from college while only 9% of kids from poor families graduate.

Re: Michelle Obama Tells Inner-City Students What 'Rich Kids All Over the Country...Know'

patvickers — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 11:40:47 -0000

She was raised in a working class family and made it to Princeton. When she met Obama she was making a great deal of money as an attorney in a very large firm. She didn't get there by not lifting a finger. She got there through very hard work.

Re: Michelle Obama Tells Inner-City Students What 'Rich Kids All Over the Country...Know'

patvickers — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 11:39:07 -0000

Bring Our Girls Back was an attempt to make the world aware that these girls had been kidnapped and get the president of Nigeria to admit it happened. The girls have not been returned, so getting the word out did not work in the end. How is the attempt BS? Why would you ridicule someone taking part in a campaign to tell the world about kidnapped girls that cost no lives or dollars? As far as why people faint, they do it at Glen Beck rallies all the time. I suspect the first one was real, probably someone skipped meals and were overcome by the lights. After that people are probably faking it to get in the news.

Re: Funky Winkerbean - 2014-08-17

patvickers — Sun, 17 Aug 2014 11:15:38 -0000

Sounds like Les wrote something so terrible they will kill the project and he will still get paid.

Re: Funky Winkerbean - 2014-08-17

patvickers — Sun, 17 Aug 2014 11:12:17 -0000

Because those who know they are hallucinating are usually fictional.

Re: Coulter stumps for 'crap-a—' GOP

patvickers — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 16:57:02 -0000

If there was an illegal immigrant the suite wasn't empty was it. The problem you have Michael is humor requires a solid understanding of the language.

Re: Another month, another blog eulogy. Okay, here goes…. I met Robin Williams, for real, in the basement of Catch a Rising Star in the winter of 1982….

patvickers — Mon, 11 Aug 2014 21:53:09 -0000

Thank you! and Nanu Nanu!

Re: And now, a new segment, You Help the Author….

patvickers — Mon, 11 Aug 2014 21:50:06 -0000

How about selling a house? Peter and I did a refurb on a foreclosure that needed quite a bit of work. After about six months of patching, fixing and painting we put it up for sale. It was slow but finally a Realtor called. He was a young guy, only 24, and his best friend from high school had driven by our little house and wanted to see it. We set the appointment. The Realtor didn't bother to show up but his client did and loved the place. The next day the Realtor called back and made an offer that was not good considering he wanted 3 % for making two phone calls. Peter explained that we wanted a specific amount out of it so the Realtor added a few thousand for himself and told his best friend from high school that he got him a great deal. A month later we show up at the Realtor's office for the closing. He shared an office with the attorneys who did the closing and with a mortgage broker who was also the Realtor's mother. The attorneys charged the buyer over $3000 for a closing that probably took them 2 hours and $400 in fees to complete. The mortgage broker talked the kid into a no money down loan, even though he had more than 10% to put down and his best friend took another few thousand for his commision. The buyer was really happy though. He knew Peter and I weren't ripping him off because all those other people were there to protect him from us. The thing was, we were probably the only ones at the table who were not ripping him off. Afterwards I just wanted to go home and take a shower. The moral of the story is, when you buy a home a lot of people get a piece and claim it is to protect you but they they are really only out for themselves. Do you own research and when your Realtor shares an office with a closing attorney and a mortgage broker RUN!

Re: In case you missed it, here is my segment from the show…IN TWO PARTS!

patvickers — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 11:51:39 -0000

As always, we have it on Tivo and will watch during dinner tonight. The good news is Amazon emailed today telling me my copy of "Shrink Thyself" has been shipped. Can't wait! Now I just need to get it autographed.

Re: Eight months after I originally got the news….

patvickers — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 18:44:46 -0000

Congratulations! It will make a great movie.

Re: And now, something I LOVE about Twitter….

patvickers — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 21:28:07 -0000

I'm guessing you don't keep donuts at your desk for the CBS techs. People who aren't pretty girls and don't have donuts never get the good techs.

Re: I do not believe that a blog should be used to trash a business, but no one should go through what I been through….

patvickers — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:21:54 -0000

Sorry you had to go through that. Stories like this are all too common. I spent years on the phone helping people with technical problems and later training other to do the same. I always enjoyed the work but many find it humiliating and stressful. Their customers pay the price. I used to write articles for an E-zine on how to be a better support analyst. I've often thought I should write an article telling people the tricks to getting support analysts to give them good service. I'm not sure anyone would read it because people feel (and rightly so) they shouldn't have to trick someone into doing their job.

Re: Wabash Post-Game Report....

patvickers — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:35:11 -0000

I think that hour and forty minutes went better than you realize. Sure a few of the jokes flopped but that is true for every routine I've seen. I heard a lot of laughter and saw a lot of smiles, throughout the evening. My favorite part was where you taught us to write a joke and then invited us to try them out. I think everyone had fun with that and a few people wrote very funny jokes. My husband and I talked about it all the way home. While it's true I'm Cathy's sister and one of your fans, I think most people there were fans and probably feel the same way.