Mary Carey seems to have nice set of platforms:
http://www.marycareyforgovernor.com/
I particulary like the unemployment / jury duty thing. (OK, the lapdances too…) But is there a down side? Would jurys that are unemployed be significntly biased in any direction? For example, in a case of wrongful termination, perhaps it’s not such a good idea to have a jury of laid-off people?
At first glance I like that idea, too.
I mean, if you’re swamped at work, you are probably likely to defer your service as long as you can. I would guess that if you were unemployed you’d have less of a need to get out of serving.
Sure, there would be some cases like you mentioned. However, there isn’t necessarily any mention of doing away with calling employed people.
The unemployed could certainly be a primary pool to draw from, but it wouldn’t necessarily have to be exclusively them.
I’ve never heard 'em referred to that way before. Platforms, huh?
Oh yeah, I liked this too:
I mean, who wouldn’t pay to see Hot Bipartisan Action! Close-up lobby-on-pol shots!
C’mon, there’s got to be something I can do to change your mind about giving us a lower rate for electricity.
[sub]Cue bow-chicka-wow music.[/sub]
[sub]Is that a power surge in your grid?[/sub]
If I lived in CA I would vote for Mary Carey. But, not before I donated valuable time to her campaign. It’s a Horatio Lynn Alger story.
Nope. I was wrong. I’m a one issue voter.
Y’all do know that if you don’t do a job search you can’t collect unemployment don’t you?
Hard to look for a job and serve on a jury.
Looking for a job isn’t anywhere near as time consuming as having a job, in my experience.
True, but it’s often much less flexible. It’s easier for an employed person (in most cases – there are of course exceptions which might be worth another thread) to take time off than for an unemployed person to tell a recruiter “well, I can’t interview at 2:00 because I’m on jury duty.” If anything, I’d think that being on unemployment might reasonably be among the hardships which allow one to defer jury duty.
I would think that recuiters would have to allow for jury duty and be more flexible with scheduling interviews, if Ms. Carey gets elected and accomplishes this goal.
I’ve been looking for work off and on this year, and although I’ve had few interviews they seemed flexible scheduling them.
Five grand for a date with a porn star and all you can be sure of is a political discussion? Sheeze, inflation these days.
Yes, yes, I’m sure you can find other issues of, uhm… importance to you.
On a serious note, she says it will save money:
Perhaps I’m wrong, but I thought that the pay for jury duty was a flat and extremely nominal rate, or at least it was in my experience though I’m not Californian. I don’t see how it would save the government millions of dollars. Wouldn’t the unemployed be paid the same as everyone else?.
I assume she means that the standard unemployment benefits will be considered compensation for jury duty.
When I read the title of the thread, I had an epiphany: I’ll solve my unemployment problem by becoming a full-time, professional jury member! The only problem is…
…jury duty here pays $15/day plus 15 cents/mile of travel, one way - if you’re chosen to be on a jury.
Lousy state took three days of my time selecting a jury - they didn’t choose me - and I got stiffed!
I think excluding the employed from jury duty would cause horrible problems for the right to a fair trial and to a representative jury. OTOH, if we need to sacrifice some due process for lap dances…
btw, do a google on “Mary Carey” and “jumping jacks”
whew!
Friar, have you been defrocked or something? I mean, that was just depraved.
I’ve never actually been frocked to begin with L tho I am ordained by mail-order (not by Universal Life Church, however.)
Depraved? Maybe I better google that to make sure nothing else comes up- the site I saw just featured wholesome all-American nekkid bouncage.
Anyway, I plead being a victim of the duality of human nature, you know- the Jungian thing.
Perhaps it’s time you got on board, became part of the team.