The Armchair Politician

You have to admire KSU. They evidently try quit hard to be inept at every undertaking. Kennesaw State has been striving hard over the past few years to streamline their computing resources and other technology applications. Or, so they would have us believe. I’ll be damned if I’ve seen anything made easier.
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This entry is going into the Politics section, even though it’s not really about politics per se. However, it is very opinionated and possibly inflammatory, so where better to put it?

I had to conduct my first interview today. To be honest, I was completely unprepared. One of my coworkers pulled me aside and asked if I could do an interview–the applicant was interested in a system administration position, and my manager, who normally would do such an interview, was out. Another coworker did the “primer” interview for a few minutes while I drafted out a few relevant questions to gauge the applicant’s interest, knowledge, and past history. I wasn’t impressed.
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Well, I’ve been known to write poetry on occasion. I’ve got a few that I’ve been holding on to for a little while (since high school, actually), but I figured I might as well go ahead and post them. Let me know what you think.
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Half a month ago, I received an email from a friend entitled “Things you have to believe to be a Republican today” (contents). Of course, most of the points are amusing, but have relatively little merit. Surely nobody with half a brain would consider them valid arguments against Republicans. Regardless of the actual accusations contained, being a member of a political party doesn’t even imply you accept their political dogma carte blanche. As an example, I’m an avid member of the Libertarian Party, but I obviously don’t agree with every single one of their positions.

Anyways, in the same spirit of good-natured, childish political humor, I did a Reply-All (to the dozen or so original recipients, as well as the friend who sent it to me) containing “Things you have to believe to be a Democrat today” (contents). Of course, no sooner had it left my outbox than did I receive charges of racism.
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