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Today I had two scheduled job interviews and one impromptu interview.  The scheduled interviews went well.  The other one on the other hand ranks right up there with being fired for having a disability.

I found a few job listings for a Palouse Pets in Moscow, ID and decided to drop my resume off.  The jobs included a dog bather and a kennel technician.  So, considering my background in animal science and having 3 years of experience as, essentially, a kennel tech at the university I thought it would be a fairly easy job to land.

Well, that wasn’t so.  During the interview we discussed my qualifications and abilities, but soon the conversation started to focus on the fact that I have a disability.  Now, I have had this disability for over six and a half years and nothing short of extensive surgery can be done about it*.  I have no restrictions other than what I feel is needed.  The bitch conducting the interview had a real issue with my disability as it reduces usability in one hand, but does not limit functionality as a whole.  The disability is something that hasn’t stopped me from working with animals in the past, including horses.  This woman felt that I could not function well enough to handle a bunch of dogs and wants me to get permission from my doctor, whom I haven’t seen in over three years, so as to verify that I can indeed fully use my arm.  She felt I would be a liability if I were to be injured.  The disability in my right arm makes me no more likely to be injured than anyone else.  No other past jobs felt that I was a liability to the company.

This lady badly insulted me and my abilities by being discriminatory.  Furthermore she told me I had to be a dog bather before I could even think about being a kennel tech, despite my past experience.  She refused to look past my disability and let that make her decision.  Even if I were to jump through her hoops, I feel that it would be more of a hostile work environment instead of something enjoyable.  I SHOULD NOT need permission from anybody to do something I know I can handle.  Not only do I think I can handle the position, I worked for 3 years for a University taking care of kennels and managing the animals.  I have never had this problem with other job interviews, ever.  The only other place that took issue with my disability knew about it before hiring me and then decided after a month to fire me because of it.  If I had the means, I would hire a lawyer for not only wrongful termination, but discrimination and acts that go against the ADA.

Needless to say, I will NOT be doing business there ever!  If you live in the Moscow/Pullman area, I would suggest taking this issue under advisement if you have pets.  Discrimination deserves to be ridiculed and thrown aside, whether it be by sex, race, sexuality, disability, size, or any other manner.  It is despicable and those that partake in it should be rooted out and exposed for who they are.

*This surgery would take 3 months to do the basic recovery.  Note I said basic, it’s another 12-18 months to relearn how to use my hand in general.  Not including how to write, type, or most important to me playing my flute.

In light of Columbine, people are more aware and pay more attention to the rumors and threats that float around about possible school shootings, especially among high school aged students.  In St. Tammany, a potential Columbine redux was stopped before it could be executed, thanks to aware citizens who took the threats seriously. The threats were credible to start with, not just rumors, as going off half-cocked could cause the harassment of the innocent or catching the guilty too early could make them look innocent. 

Last week, deputies with the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested three 15-year-old Lakeshore High School students, each accused of plotting a shooting rampage on the first day of school, scheduled for tomorrow. The teens, two from Lacombe and one from Mandeville, allegedly were part of a group called “Day Zero” that both targeted specific students on the LHS campus and talked of random shooting.

We are very fortunate this group’s threats were taken seriously. Had they not been, the 2011-12 school year could have begun with a tragedy at the parish’s newest high school.

Remember, criminals are nondiscriminatory.  There is no area that is exempt and no magical zone is safe, it’s just like Pacific Playland.

Please note, both incidents occurred in a “gun free zone”.

Gun Free ≠ Safe

Every sperm is great. If a sperm is wasted, God gets quite irate

People flipped their shit over tanks that fell from a Greyhound bus.  Granted, gas was escaping the top of the canisters along with a foul odor.  The on-ramp to I-65 South in Nashville, TN was closed and Hazmat brought in.  The canisters contained liquid nitrogen and, you guessed it, semen. 

Coming from an animal science background, the bull semen contained in the canisters is most likely useless now that the liquid nitrogen escaped and a foul odor was emanating from them.  That is a lot of wasted money, not to mention a major set back to the breeding facility where they were headed.  Choosing sperm for such facility is not a simple task.  Each cow to be bred is matched with a specific bull for various traits to be passed on to offspring. The collection of said semen is also an arduous task and who knows if there is extra semen ready to go to cover such a loss.

It’s a shame for the poor guy that spent all that time collecting the semen.  All that time jacking off the bull just got dumped over the highway for nothing.  Hopefully the bull will still talk to him after the last venture cause it looks like they’ll be visiting each other again.

Reminds me of a lesson one of my instructors told us.  You only suck too hard once while mouth pipetting semen.  He was speaking from experience.

The Husband recently started the State Sponsored Criminal Count, now I’m creating the ”It Can’t Happen Here” series.

“It can’t happen here” is a mantra everywhere.  Well, it can happen here and it does.  This series is about shootings and other criminal activities that people think, feel, or say “can’t happen here”.

The rules are short and sweet:

1. It needs to have someone stating, “I could never see that happening here” or something along those lines OR
2. Within a location such as a gun free zone i.e. a college campus.
3. Info needs to come from the news, be it internet, radio, TV or newspapers.

A form will be available to submit any incidences.  The submission form is available here.  Feel free to recommend additions or changes, I will take them into consideration.

The first addition to this series happened in Moscow, ID yesterday, August 22.  An ex-Professor at the University of Idaho shot and killed a U of I graduate student and then later shot himself.

I first heard about this via a friend on Facebook.  She is one of the nicest people in the world and recently new to the area.  I in no way use the following to demean her, but her post created the idea for the series.

Stuff can happen in Idaho, though not super often.  The last known shooting happened in 2007 where a cop was shot and killed in the line of duty. 

Other past “it can’t happen here” incidents in the Palouse area include a would be shooter on the Lewis-Clark State College campus in Lewiston, ID and Hate Crime at the WSU campus in Pullman, WA.

In both Moscow shooting cases, the shooters killed themselves, saving the taxpayers money.

Update Submission forms are here. Links are also to the right.

It is sexual assault when we do it. 

Mihamae now faces a felony count of sexual abuse.

What makes them so special?  They manage to get away with assaulting minors, yet we can not give them a taste of their own medicine?  The TSA is just a bunch of sick, diluted bullies hiding behind the government.  The abuse they dish out needs to stop now!  I applaud the woman who fought back.

Some feel that standing up and calling the people out as what they are is a fruitless endeavor as they are the “low man” on the totem pole. The husband and I feel differently because these individuals do have the ability to refuse to behave in this way. They can do their job while refusing to victimize and assault people. Their behavior reflects on them and who they are. If those who do behave themselves get caught in the crossfire so be it, they are responsible for restraining their compatriots. If they don’t like getting caught in the crossfire they can go find another job.

Airport “Security” is now feeling the need to hit up Craigslist for new recruits to A Security Theater. 

AIRPORT SECURITY

Customs and Border Protection

Immigration and Customs

You are need in our Airport! You are a vital person to help keep we the public safe, from terrorist attacks,keeping weapon off the planes.

Your our law enforcer! You work with personnel, people, and US Secret Service, If you have experience in working to protect the law and keeping the public safe.

We also need help in Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs.

We need your help Prevent terrorist attacks, reduce vulnerability to terrorism, and minimize damage from potential attacks and natural disasters.

We have great pay, sign on bonuses and we have training for the right personal. If this sound like you a job that you

can do… then Hands Down and apply!

Honestly, Pullman Airport was the last hold out that my hubby thought maybe he could use to fly.  Not any more, since I have seen TSA agents in our small town and now the Craigslist ad.

A police officer in the Seattle Police Department didn’t have his head screwed on tightly.  In his infinite wisdom, the officer left his loaded “assault rifle” on the back of his cruiser and drove away.

It was around 9 p.m. and the car was parked outside the Roosevelt Hotel, near Pine and 7th Avenue, with no police officers in sight, said Gonzales.

In addition, after an officer got back into the patrol car, it was driven away with the rifle still on the trunk.

The Seattle PD has apologized and an investigation is being conducted.

Its amazing how much flak citizens are given over ownership of guns and the police are just given  a slap on the wrist.  I doubt the officer will be punished for his ineptitude. Especially since this is the same department who shot a deaf man in the back.

Instead of educating the populace on river safety, King County has gone straight to enforcement.  The county is already stretched thin on law enforcement and now it is stretching it further to “protect” the people. 

"This Council sometimes thinks it’s everybody’s mom," said Councilwoman Kathy Lambert, who voted "no."

Life vests are not just for water craft any more.  If you want to swim or wade in the river, you have to wear a life vest, no matter how old you are.  Fishermen are exempt, though not initially. Someone pointed out that they were going to be hit up by this asinine law. How many others will be hit by this victimless law?

I’m glad I no longer live anywhere near that county.