Tuesday, January 11, 2011
The "Native American Electrician Training Program"
Hmmm. Something tells me that the long arm of the federal government is involved in the "Native American Electrician Training Program."
That said, I am all for worker training programs, even at the hands of the feds. Teach a man to fish and whatnot. And I am more sympathetic to the ethnic interests of American Indians than any group that came here voluntarily. So I suppose I'm all good. Employee a Native American electrician today!
Oh, wait, that would require a need for electricians. I would need an electrician if only my own town's (Democrat) government took less than a geologic age to issue a straightforward building permit. Do you think the Borough of Princeton would pick it up a bit if I promised to hire Native Americans to do the job?
12 Comments:
By 
, at
Wed Jan 12, 09:52:00 AM:
You're off the reservation on this one.
By Jim Miller, at
Wed Jan 12, 10:21:00 AM:
How long does Princeton take to issue a permit? (I'm looking for a range, but would be satisfied with even one example.)
By , at
Wed Jan 12, 11:00:00 AM:
Questions:
Why, indeed, do we still have reservations? Are they a good thing? Do they help Native Americans?
Are not we (or ought be) encouraged to view ourselves "just" as Americans...and as quickly as possible?
What is the purpose of the Bureau of Indian Affairs? Doth this crowd actually keep Native Americans in a state of semi-poverty, ignorance, poor physical and mental health?
Just asking.
Note: I would delete the BIA and the Federal Department of Education.
Why a separate Department of Energy? What do Commerce and Labor actually do? Could not some be slammed together and mega savings be achieved?
Cheers,
Older Retired Marine
By , at
Wed Jan 12, 12:19:00 PM:
My friend needed a permit for a house here in the Bay Area. Residential construction had cratered. On submitting his plans he suggested that with the low activity, it should be a quick and simple matter to process the application.
Sounds right eh?
No, since no one had anything to do, everyone was going to have to look at it.
Let's don't forget who we work for.
M.E.
By 
Don Cox, at
Wed Jan 12, 01:01:00 PM:
"Why, indeed, do we still have reservations? "
To prevent them from busting out and trying to reconquer their original homelands?
By , at
Wed Jan 12, 02:29:00 PM:
Do "we" have reservations? If so, please let me know where the Irish and Swedish reservations are...I'd like to open a casino and get my fair share of untaxed booze.
As far as the BIA goes, screw them! The Indians can manage themselves, thank you very much and the existence of this long unneeded den of bureaucrats with sinecures should be done away with.
By , at
Wed Jan 12, 03:26:00 PM:
The reservations are generally immune from local and State laws. They give the Indians legal "refuge" from non-Federal laws. In theory, legal access is only possible by the Federal Government, hence Indian reservations can have gambling casinos, among other things. In theory, they have a certain amount of 'national sovereignty' within the United States. A lot of "Native Americans" don't particularly like the way their own tribes run the reservations, though.
-David
By Peniksen Pidennys, at
Thu Jan 13, 01:26:00 AM:
The long arm of the federal government is involved in anything that matters..
By Don Cox, at
Thu Jan 13, 04:44:00 AM:
In any federal system, there must be a conflict between the powers of the central government and those of the individual states. There is just as much argument about this in the EU as in the USA, and I expect India and China are the same.
The same thing happens all over again within each state, where county or city governments fight for power with the state government.
By , at
Thu Jan 13, 09:39:00 AM:
How long it takes to get a Princeton building permit depends upon who is asking. Different contractors have different relationships with the Borough staff and those relationships seem to matter a lot. I've had the process take only a couple of days with one builder and weeks with others. Getting the Certificate of Occupancy is a whole 'nother set of problems though.
Good luck.
By Pyrus, at
Thu Jan 13, 02:35:00 PM:
Well as my great-grandfather used to say, "Set a fire for a man and he'll stay warm for a day. Set him *on* fire and he'll stay warm for the rest of his life."
By , at
Sat Jan 15, 04:31:00 PM:
I would think that "Native American Slot Machine Repair Program" would prepare them for a more busy and lucrative career.
Hangtown Bob
