Title of "story" linked in OP = "Walkers Wisconsin: 2 Times Convicted DUI & No Degree Earns $81,500" The "story" did nothing but whine and the posted I quoted claimed "corruption" - neither has anything concrete to point to, to suggest this guy shouldn't have his job. Again, it looks and smells bad but the attacks being used are lame.
AGAIN, if you got past the title and read it...
"So now Wisconsin has Brian Deschane to lead the way overseeing environmental and regulatory matters and dozens of employees at the Department of Commerce. Oh, it doesnt matter that he has no experience in environmental issues,"
That is the big deal. The other is just icing on the cake.
Same BS going on in DC mayors office right now. At least the people being called out are either quiting/fired in DC.
I did read it moron. It doesn't matter - the attack is the headline and the "corruption" the poster claimed. Yes, no shit he has no experience - hence the bad smell/look. But again, it doesn't mean he shouldn't have his job. If you would have read my post you'd see that I had ZERO experience in this field when I started working at my current company years ago. So just because someone has no experience doesn't mean they shouldn't have or get a different position.
you'd see that I had ZERO experience in this field when I started working at my current company years ago. So just because someone has no experience doesn't mean they shouldn't have or get a different position.
I fear your point is lost on them. We could do this kind of shit all day long for just about every politician.Police union leader cited for drunken driving
I bet he makes more than $81K.
blah blah, he has a degree... blah blah blah.... Then as a lawyer with a degree he should have known better than to drive impaired - no?
I fear your point is lost on them. We could do this kind of shit all day long for just about every politician.
This kind of 'hit job' tactic on Walker is commonly used by the left...identify the target, find some 'dirt' on the target without regard to how far you have to reach (even target's children are fair game in their twisted world), magnify the 'dirt', embellish with strong personal bias, feign 'moral' indignation, and then shake tiny fists in self-righteous outrage.
It's really quite pathetic....I somehow expected more from the Party of Intellectualism.
wooshAnd I guess you missed the part...
""So now Wisconsin has Brian Deschane to lead the way overseeing environmental and regulatory matters and dozens of employees at the Department of Commerce. Oh, it doesn’t matter that he has no experience in environmental issues,"
Doing a swell job brownie.
So the moment a person gets a DUI in this country they are no longer eligible for a job now? Really?
So his dad put in a good word for him. He had an interview and got hired. If he does a bad job then I hope he gets fired. But then again he may do a spectacular job. Who knows. I don't rate someone's job performance because they had a DUI. Do you know how many American US soldiers have DUI and or similar or lesser offenses? Yet they still are out there getting killed in a foreign country "for us" as we speak. Yah, that was a bit of hyperbole, but I used it to illustrate that people do stupid shit every so often that is unrelated to their job, but are still capable of doing their job and well.
But the kid got a $60K job a year. Woohoo! That's going to buy the farm.
You know what the say when it comes to looking for work. It's not what you know, it's who you know. It's all about networking and always has been.
So his dad put in a good word for him. He had an interview and got hired. If he does a bad job then I hope he gets fired. But then again he may do a spectacular job.
No the DUI is what the right wingers think this is about. He got the job with NO experience and after his daddy gave 100k+ to the Gov election. Then got a 26% raise 2 months in so he makes over 80K a year with no experience or education in that that field, let alone he runs his group.
The DUI part is dumb, unless this was a hazard driving job. Jobs should be given for experience/education, not because of slimy politicians. See DC mayor’s office right now for the same type of BS going on.
So the moment a person gets a DUI in this country they are no longer eligible for a job now? Really?
So his dad put in a good word for him. He had an interview and got hired. If he does a bad job then I hope he gets fired. But then again he may do a spectacular job. Who knows. I don't rate someone's job performance because they had a DUI. Do you know how many American US soldiers have DUI and or similar or lesser offenses? Yet they still are out there getting killed in a foreign country "for us" as we speak. Yah, that was a bit of hyperbole, but I used it to illustrate that people do stupid shit every so often that is unrelated to their job, but are still capable of doing their job and well.
But the kid got a $60K job a year. Woohoo! That's going to buy the farm.
You know what the say when it comes to looking for work. It's not what you know, it's who you know. It's all about networking and always has been.
This is what GOP wants for America as a whole.
I don't consider the DUI issue to be relevant to the true scandal here. The question you should be asking is, was this guy the most qualified applicant? Was he even in the top 100? I wouldn't bet my life savings on that one.
And does it matter? Again, you fail to realize how the real world works and has always worked. It's not WHAT you know it is WHO you know. Damn, I still thought they taught that lesson in high school at least.
Yes, being qualified helps. It helps a bunch, but it won't always get your foot in the door to a new job. Networking, connections, and banging on doors DOES. So this guy used a connection to get a job. Again, boo fucking who. It doesn't matter to me and it shouldn't matter to anyone else. The only people it should matter to are his direct supervisor and who ever is in the chain of command in charge of the supervisor above. They are the one who are to evaluate his performance and make sure he does the job. Not you and not me.
No he did not use a connection.
His daddy gave 100k+ and then the guy got a job he has no exp/edu doing. This is not knowing someone, its slimy poltics at best.
And does it matter? Again, you fail to realize how the real world works and has always worked. It's not WHAT you know it is WHO you know. Damn, I still thought they taught that lesson in high school at least.
Yes, being qualified helps. It helps a bunch, but it won't always get your foot in the door to a new job. Networking, connections, and banging on doors DOES. So this guy used a connection to get a job. Again, boo fucking who. It doesn't matter to me and it shouldn't matter to anyone else. The only people it should matter to are his direct supervisor and who ever is in the chain of command in charge of the supervisor above. They are the one who are to evaluate his performance and make sure he does the job. Not you and not me.
Meh, networking is over rated. I apply online and get engineering jobs pretty easily... good resume, qualifications, and interview skills are key.
Any decent company worth working for will pick a qualified person over someone who isn't and just knows someone. If not, then that's one sh*tty company to work at.
No the DUI is what the right wingers think this is about. He got the job with NO experience and after his daddy gave 100k+ to the Gov election. Then got a 26% raise 2 months in so he makes over 80K a year with no experience or education in that that field, let alone he runs his group.
The DUI part is dumb, unless this was a hazard driving job. Jobs should be given for experience/education, not because of slimy politicians. See DC mayors office right now for the same type of BS going on.
I lived in WI for 15 years, though both Dem and GOP governors and one major recession. None of the governors then pulled this kind of HS. In fact the biggest scandal when I was there was state legislators using state provided long distance calling cards for personal calls (ie, calling your wife on the company phone).
This is a pretty big deal in a state which had a well-deserved reputation at least a century long of having a squeaky clean government.
Most governors (of both parties) appoint a few well paid hacks, but they are shunted to empty jobs of no real significance. Underground tanks and ground water pollution are not such an area, but is an area where a lax, corrupt official can save builders a fortune in the short term and cost the state and public much more in the long term.
Ground water pollution is enormously expensive to clean up. The law makes the property owner responsible but frequently the clean up costs exceed the value of the property/owner's resources and the state or fed have to step in and pay the cleanup bill-ie, YOU AND I FOOT THE BILL. That is why it is critical to OUR interests that jobs like this be filled by someone who knows WTF he/she is doing.
This isn't a GOP or DEM thing, per se, it's more of a cynical exploitation of government for personal, political purposes. One thing is for sure-crap like this is definately not done by someone making the public's interest paramount.