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Mendez, I dont think being a lawyer is the job for you. You have to understand what you are reading.

bill of IN 7:04PM November 18, 2009

Uh duh...attorney is on the list, same thing as a lawyer.

Anonymous of ID 1:21PM November 13, 2009

I believe that a lawyer should be on this list! I job shadowed a lawyer and he like, spent the whole time behind his desk! I always thought that the way lawyers were presented on tv - always on a case in court or whatever - was how real life lawyers were. But apparently, lawyers mostly research past cases. I happen to hate research, and realized that that is not the correct job for me.

Lilith Mendez of ID 10:27PM November 09, 2009

Is a teacher overrated??

rachelle of WA 7:31PM November 09, 2009

sassy,
couldn't agree with you more. the worst part is that all the morons that voted for that numb-skull will never admit it was a mistake. I'm not talking about the rich folk who voted for him. that made sense at least - they were voting in their own best interest - it wasnt in the best interest of the country but at least its logical to vote for someone that will protect your own interests. What I dont understand is the average blue collar chump who voted for him - kinda jobless now aren't you? Eight years of W was a total disaster. Don't get me wrong, people who work hard and make a lot of money deserve to be able to be wealthy if thats what they want. And we certainly need personal responsibility - we dont need a nation of drones who depend on the government for everything. I dont think his father was a terrible president. At least he was intelligent. Cheney was a very damaging president - oops I mean Bush : )

patriot of GA 6:30PM November 04, 2009

bigger and worse than ever buying up the towns, useing the economy to take benifits from employees, dissrespectful sweat shops should be despised, but they are admired instead for the greed they display...free enterprise stranslation screw all the people all the time for as long as you want and be admired, fat greedy bastards...we used to talk about the Rusians, were are worse, we have no back bone, we fought the brittish we had a civil war on "PRINCIPLE" and now corporate america is kicking our ass, the frech have more guts any day of the week, ronald baby got rid of the unions and now we deserve what we get...the fall of the roman empirewe hope!!

carol duarte of CA 12:35AM October 31, 2009

You have more money than God and your life is NOW on easy street. But you sure f......up the economy for everyone else. Have you realized people are losing their homes after many years paying the mortgage. There are NO jobs....Georgie. Maybe you should of been stabbed in the back....only kiddin.
Well...it would of at least got your attention that somethings going wrong.... dud...ya think, George.
Wonder if the White House has native wall colors?? Woohoo
No offence to anyone who thinks I am being ...well you know. I'm not.

sassy of FL 11:09PM October 30, 2009

There are so many schools out there, telling you that you will earn 40,000+ per year doing this. Don't believe it. All the on-site jobs have outsourced to private companies who have upped the standards of accuracy and performance and pay about 8 cents per line. You really have to work hard to keep up with your line counts and if you are lucky, you might just exceed them by some, which at most puts you to the equivalent of around $15-16 per hour and even less. There are so many rules you have to follow and keep track of, it's mind boggling. Off-site work-at-home jobs that sound glamorous are isolating and stressful. I don't recommend it.

B. Janssen of WI 6:13PM October 30, 2009

I worked for a large drug store chain,the hours 24-7,customers thought they should get everything for free,add the photo shop people who want to copy professional pictures and drug seekers at the pharmacy and wow stress for pennies on the dollar for you!!!!

linda of SD 6:03PM October 30, 2009

Believe me, the job of President is highly over rated. Oh sure, you get your name in lights and get free mail service for the rest of your life, but EVERYTHING that goes wrong is your fault. If one of your subordinates messes up, you go down for it. Plus it very difficult to hire good people in the first place. Most are money or power hungry little SOBs who will stab you in the back if cornered. Stay clear!!

George Bush of TX 4:57PM October 30, 2009