If you don't think there are some Americans who are convinced that we are engaged in a Holy War of West vs. East, or Christendom vs. Islam, then take a look at the picture below. This is the Flag Guy. I see him all the time around downtown Seattle. If you look, you'll see an American flag, a British flag and a Christian flag. I think I can make the case for the U.S. having been the 'standard bearer' of Western Culture for the past 50 years. The British flag is representative of our immediate cultural parentage, as it were, (Britain first, then Europe by extension). And the Christian flag represents the tie that binds us in the West, and also is what we're fighting to defend, according to the Flag Guy.
I know...I know, its been far too long since my last post. But I'm here now and I'll catch you up on everything. So, since getting laid-off, I have been thinking about going back to school. The thing is, I've been thinking about going back for 10 years, but the thought of it always filled me with terror because I couldn't figure out what I wanted to do. Well, I decided to go to Seattle Central and get a certificate in computer networking. My thinking is this: get certified in something that leads to working smart instead of hard. Then, that job can take me back to school for something I really want to do. So anyway, there is a program through Unemployment Insurance called the Commissioner Approved Training Plan that allows one to go to school while still recieving one's unemployment benefits, without having to do the weekly job searches. The program doesn't pay for school, it just allows one to go to school and not have to work. Sounds like a great program, huh?...
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