I don’t really have anything “World Important” to blog about today. What is important to me at the moment is securing any sort of employment at all that I can continue owning and operating a vehicle and at least living a little close to the lifestyle I’ve become accustomed to. I’ve been scrambling to apply to any and every job opening within a thirty mile radius. If anyone out there has any tips at all, they’re greatly appreciated.
Posts for: #Rant
Economic Musings
- Democrat
- (n.) A corporate slave.
- Republican
- (n.) A corporate slave.
I think we’re entirely missing the point when the discussion is turned to “Democrat Vs. Republican”. Citizens shouldn’t be forced into believing there are no alternatives. Life really isn’t “Black or White”, so why do so many feel that our government is exactly that? The answer is fairly simple; Corporations puppet both sides. When a Republican wins, corporations win. When a Democrat wins, corporations win. Eventually, if this government is going to be stabilized and sustained, it will require the creation and popularity of a third party- a party for the people. I believe this party should be explicitely barred from receving campaign contributions from non-individuals. The person chosen by this party as a presidential candidate should advocate balance in government, treating individuals as if they were more important than corporations. This is something that nearly everyone in government can readily admit does not happen often, if at all.
Unemployment Rates by State
I’ve blatantly ripped off a table of unemployment rates sorted from least to most. It’s a pretty handy moving guide for the time being.
Enjoy.
| Rank | State | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NORTH DAKOTA | 3.3 |
| 2 | NEBRASKA | 4.1 |
| 3 | SOUTH DAKOTA | 4.2 |
| 4 | NEW HAMPSHIRE | 5.1 |
| 4 | VERMONT | 5.1 |
| 6 | IOWA | 5.6 |
| 7 | MINNESOTA | 5.7 |
| 8 | WYOMING | 5.8 |
| 9 | UTAH | 6.0 |
| 10 | OKLAHOMA | 6.1 |
| 11 | VIRGINIA | 6.2 |
| 12 | KANSAS | 6.3 |
| 13 | HAWAII | 6.6 |
| 13 | NEW MEXICO | 6.6 |
| 15 | MARYLAND | 6.7 |
| 16 | LOUISIANA | 6.8 |
| 16 | MASSACHUSETTS | 6.8 |
| 16 | MONTANA | 6.8 |
| 19 | MAINE | 7.0 |
| 20 | WISCONSIN | 7.1 |
| 21 | ALASKA | 7.3 |
| 22 | DELAWARE | 7.4 |
| 23 | PENNSYLVANIA | 7.6 |
| 24 | ARKANSAS | 7.7 |
| 25 | TEXAS | 7.8 |
| 26 | COLORADO | 7.9 |
| 26 | WEST VIRGINIA | 7.9 |
| 28 | MISSOURI | 8.0 |
| 28 | NEW YORK | 8.0 |
| 30 | ALABAMA | 8.1 |
| 30 | OHIO | 8.1 |
| 32 | CONNECTICUT | 8.2 |
| 33 | IDAHO | 8.4 |
| 34 | WASHINGTON | 8.5 |
| 35 | ARIZONA | 8.7 |
| 35 | TENNESSEE | 8.7 |
| 37 | OREGON | 8.9 |
| 38 | INDIANA | 9.0 |
| 38 | NEW JERSEY | 9.0 |
| 40 | KENTUCKY | 9.1 |
| 41 | MICHIGAN | 9.3 |
| 42 | SOUTH CAROLINA | 9.5 |
| 43 | GEORGIA | 9.7 |
| 44 | ILLINOIS | 9.8 |
| 45 | FLORIDA | 9.9 |
| 45 | NORTH CAROLINA | 9.9 |
| 47 | DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA | 10.4 |
| 47 | MISSISSIPPI | 10.4 |
| 49 | RHODE ISLAND | 10.8 |
| 50 | CALIFORNIA | 11.1 |
| 51 | NEVADA | 12.6 |
Taken from: http://www.bls.gov/web/laus/laumstrk.htm
Jekyll
I’ve completely fallen in love with Jekyll as a blogging platform. I might create a few more websites or write my own Jekyll template, depending on free time and my mood in the next two weeks. If I’m able to find employment that gives me a moment’s peace, I’ll definitely forge forward with the awesomeness that is a Jekyll tutorial, because I think everyone should get to know this stuff. It’s fun, flexible, and worth investing a little time to research. I’ll drop a link to it in another post some time today.
Frantic
If anyone happens to know where I can find an oasis of jobs, just drop me a line if possible. It appears that there really aren’t a whole lot of options out there. It’s getting a little frustrating, seeing as how I have bills and shortly will not have a means of paying them.
Anyway, any and all help available is greatly appreciated: [email protected]. Thanks.
Complicated complications
Well, lack of funds has forced me to run more than I usually would from just one machine. I’m operating a few services on one cloud-based instance and I think it’ll get me through. It’ll be a gigantic pain in the ass to whitelist everything I need to for Cloudflare, but in the end I think it’ll pay off a great deal. It’ll keep the DDoS-happy kids away, at least.
Rebirth
I’m going to take up blogging again, occasionally anyway. I don’t see myself finding anything incredibly important to say. Still, I might as well exercise my right to voice opinions. That hasn’t yet been wrenched away from us. That said, expect a ton of retarded nonsense blog posts from yet another vehement ecclectic.
