"NOYB" wrote in message
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Shouldn't you be on your way to Chicago for the AFL-CIO Convention
tomorrow?

Right after he visits Washington for a little R & R
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...8_farm16m.html



Or are you part of the 4 million members who will be leaving them?


http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050724/D8BI21R80.html




"HarryKrause" wrote in message
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Jack Goff wrote:
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I have hired a guy that is not well spoken, but is *very* intelligent,
and is one of our top performers. We have another that is not
visually pleasing, but is very effective at his job.


You're not too "well-spoken" yourself, bubba. Check the proper usage of
"that" and "who."

I have a couple of simple tests for the few people I hire from time to
time and for the writers I help clients hire.

I listen to them speak. If they speak poorly, they don't get to stage
two.

Stage two is the same test I wanted George W. Bush and Al Gore to take:
read aloud from a page selected at random from a high-school level
novel.
If they cannot read aloud flawlessly, that's the end of the test.
Typically, I pick a page from something Dickens or Melville wrote.

Stage three is a writing test. I give them a writing assignment and a
day
to complete it. If I'm not satisfied with the results, that's the end of
the test.

George W. Bush is nothing more than an affable dummy. He was a failure
in
business. The job of governor of Texas is a non-job. And he's been a
miserable, dangerous failure as POTUS.