[StBernard] Expanding higher ed access for low income students

[Westley Annis]

Westley,

Two things.  First, I'd much rather have the throwing arm of the son
(Payton) instead of Daddy's.  Second, I never realized you have a thing for
Reese Witherspoon?  She is cute.

For me, it's actress Jeri Ryan...and for you guys who ever watch "Star Trek:
Voyager" you know what I'm talking about.  She plays the human/borg
character "7 of 9".

John Scurich


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> Wendy,

>

> A couple of things.

>

> 1) Those service times have been around forever.  I can still remember for

> Popeyes, three minutes in the lobby and 30 seconds at the drive-thru.

When

> you have employees that care, those times are very possible. (I still get

> the urge at times, when I walk into a Popeyes to tell them to just step

back

> and let me fix my own damn order.  At least I'll get it right and in half

> the time).

>

> 2) I can't say my parents pushed me to exceed, I did that on my own.  It

> probably accounts for the majority of my conservative leanings.  If I

could

> achieve what I have on my own, there is no reason no one else can do the

> same.

>

> It's just like the old saying, you can lead a horse to water, but you

can't

> make him drink.  Some people, for whatever reason, simply have no desire

to

> propel themselves forward.

>

> I work hard, put in more than 40 hours a week, and don't have a steady

> paycheck.  However, I'm putting three kids thru Catholic school (one in

high

> school right now), I attend 99% of all school functions for my kids, I can

> take them to doctor when needed, we have a nice house, and if I want to

take

> a day off, I can do it and not have to answer to anyone else.  Some of

those

> items you can't put a price on, which is why I work for myself.

>

> 3) I think a lot of people, especially Liberals (sorry), take Thomas

> Jeffersons words out of context.  "All men are created equal"  Yes, all

men

> are created equal in the sense that everyone is "endowed by their Creator

> with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and

the

> Pursuit of Happiness."  Notice the period at the end of happiness?  That's

> it.  It stops there.

>

> If everyone were created equal, every female would look like Reese

> Whitherspoon and every male like Brad Pitt.  I would be able to throw a

> football like Archie Manning and you would be able to ice skate like

Dorothy

> Hamil.  I know it doesn't hold true for me and I'm pretty certain it

doesn't

> hold true for you.

>

> I can understand the fast food stores getting less "core hours", but how

> much of that is due to more processed foods?  Before I started at Popeyes,

> they used to cut the onions for onions rings in the store, by the time I

got

> there, they were coming pre-cut.  That one change had to cut at least one,

> if not two, hours from the daily schedule.

>

> What changes did Taco Bell make over the last 20 years that changed how

food

> was actually prepared in the store?  I bet that had to account for most of

> the drop.

>

> And why shouldn't a managers bonus be based on profit?  What good is

selling

> a taco for 39 cents if it 40 cents to make it?  You're still losing a

penny

> a taco.

>

> And yes, I know if people change jobs too much, it can hurt them.  It's

one

> of those issues where the person needs to weigh the pros and cons.

>

> My brother-in-law works offshore.  There is such a demand for people that

> each company keeps leap-frogging the other in pay and there are employees

> who are jumping at almost every pay hike.

>

> I told my brother-in-law, since he is making good money, he likes the

> company he is working for, he gets a raise every time his company

leap-frogs

> the other company, that it is prudent for him to just stay where he is.

> When a downturn offshore occurs, and the companies have to start laying

> people off, he should be at the bottom of the list for who to let go.  The

> company is probably around the size of Boasso America and I think the boss

> has the same mentality as Walter.  Be good to those who are good to you.

>

> Westley