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Sorry Alex, but the U.S. Constitution has not worked for over 200 years 
otherwise there would have never been an African slave trade nor would there 
ever have been a need to declare slavery unconstitutional!  There would have 
never been a need for the EP nor would there have been a civil war which ended 
slavery.  If the Constitution worked for over 200 years, there would have never 
been a need for the Civil Rights movement and you know why there would have 
never been a need for all these things?  Because the people would have already 
been practicing what was in the Bill of Rights and Constitution from the 
beginning.  But because the U.S. Constitution was not being practiced as it was 
written and intended is precisely why all these other events in history have 
taken place!

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Unfortunately this is a widespread norm. I have lost count of how many middle 
eastern headhunters call me on positions they want filled and you go to their 
website most cases they all sponsor. Do a search on H1 L1 visa advocating 
attorneys and you will find pages of hits, but none for the US citizens whose 
jobs were taken. I had that happen on my very first position. This was just 
before 9/11! Now all I get is short contracts and out of state offers. If I 
could just share an email sent to me.

   THREE THINGS  TO THINK  ABOUT: 
1. COWS 
2. THE CONSTITUTION 
3. THE TEN  COMMANDMENTS 

COWS  Is it just me, or does anyone else find  it amazing that our government 
can  track a cow born in 
Canada almost  three years ago, right to the stall  where  she sleeps in the 
state of  Washington? And 
they tracked her calves to their stalls, but they are unable to locate 11 
million illegal aliens wandering 
around  our country. Maybe we should give them all a cow. 

THE CONSTITUTION They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq. Why 
don't we just give them 
ours? It was written by a lot of really smart guys, it's worked for over 200 
years and we're not using it 
anymore. 

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments 
in a  courthouse...You cannot post "Thou Shalt Not Steal,"    "Thou Shalt Not 
Commit Adultery" and "Thou  Shall Not Lie" in a building full of lawyers,  
judges and politicians   --  it creates a hostile work environment!


     
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 Steve,
  
 I think you are right on. I have not been to Common for many years, and feel 
that it has turned into a politcal arena, and not the technology benfit it was 
once. 
  
 Ric Weide
 email: rcweide@xxxxxxx<mailto:rcweide@xxxxxxx>
 Tel: (678) 575-2620
  
  
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 All -

 I have not been to a COMMON conference in quite a while, but I had heard 
that 
 the next conference is being held in Miami. As I was looking at COMMON's web 

 site yesterday, I happened to click on the link that shows the candidates in 
the 
 next board of directors election ( 
http://www.common.org/about/candidates.html<http://www.common.org/about/candida
tes.html> 
 ). 

 As I read the candidate's statements, I noticed that one candidate (Rajan 
 Narayanan) is a senior VP for a company named Mindtree that promotes the 
 outsourcing of work to India ( 
http://www.common.org/about/rajan.html<http://www.common.org/about/rajan.html> 
). 
 That, of course, immediately pushed one of my hot buttons. This candidate 
 apparently earns his salary by taking jobs from North Americans and giving 
them 
 to workers in India. If this is not the case, I would surely like to see his 

 employee list!

 In fact, a quick visit to his employer's web page to view current job 
openings ( 
 http://www.mindtree.com/crs/opngs.php<http://www.mindtree.com/crs/opngs.php> 
) confirmed what I already suspected - 
 that Mindtree probably does NOT hire technical people in the United States!  
Of 
 73 positions being advertised, only ONE is in the USA - and it is for a 
"Manager 
 of Business Development" in Schaumburg, Illinois.

 It's no secret to anyone who subscribes to midrange-L or midrange-jobs how I 

 feel about outsourcing American jobs overseas. Does anyone see anything 
wrong 
 with the message that COMMON seems to be sending with this nomination? 

 COMMON purports to be an education provider, and it has programs designed to 

 work with schools to bring young programmers into the midrange community. It 

 even has a group calling itself the YIPS (Young iSeries Professionals). 
 Ostensibly, this education is intended to benefit the iSeries community in 
North 
 America. The last time I checked, COMMON was still based in Chicago, 
Illinois, 
 and not in Bangalore, India. 

 I have heard that not many people vote for the board candidates because only 

 those with individual memberships and the member representatives for a 
company 
 are entitled to vote. It is my understanding that with people moving around 
in 
 the industry and within their companies, COMMON has had trouble figuring out 

 exactly who the member reps actually are. 

 If I am allowed a little conjecture here, a candidate with a large IT labor 

 force could actually "buy" a seat on COMMON's board by telling his employees 
to 
 purchase individual memberships and that the company would provide 
 reimbursement. Also, the prospect that COMMON's membership list could then 
be 
 available to an outsourcing firm really bothers me. 

 I am planning to buy a membership so that I can stand up for what I believe. 
If 
 you also see a problem with COMMON's direction, I urge you to join COMMON 
and 
 vote too. 

 By the way...I'm sure that Rajan appreciates IBM for their ongoing 
investment in 
 India.  See 
http://news.com.com/IBM+to+pour+6+billion+into+India/2100-1014_3-6080346.html?t
ag=st.ref.goo<http://news.com.com/IBM+to+pour+6+billion+into+India/2100-1014_3-
6080346.html?tag=st.ref.goo>  
 or http://tinyurl.com/eengr<http://tinyurl.com/eengr>

 On that note, I'm wondering why IBM doens't just pull up and move their 
 headquarters to India!  They could get rid of hundreds (or thousands) of 
 overpaid executives in Armonk and Rochester and replace them with far 
cheaper 
 workers in Bangalore...

 Thanks for your time,
 Steve Landess
 Austin, Texas
 (512) 423-0935

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