Re: Young Workers Struggling in Recession

Due to the recession, the number of unemployed teens in the workforce have hit an all time high. It's rated at near 28% as of October, which is the highest it has ever climibed since the amount has been recorded, and is near triple the 10% which the whole workforce in general is suffering. It seems that now many retailer and construction sector affiliated job openings are now only being reserved for those of 18 years of age or older.

This strikes me as lame, because I as teenager am always being nagged by my superiors to "get off my lazy a** and get a job," when there aren't even all that many job opening's out there which are available to me. But this situation strikes me even more as ultra super mega lame because I think about people who dropped out of school for a reason like an unplanned pregnancy who are going to have an even tougher time now that they can't find a way to financially support themselves.

Slain Child's Father: "The Monster's in a Cage Now"

Recently, a man accused and known of slaying a family was arrested thanks to a television program. Paul Merhige was accused of shooting his two twin sisters, a 6 year old girl and his 79 year old aunt. Merhige and his crime was featured on an episode of America's Most Wanted, and it wasn't the program itself that led to a call and inevitably and arrest of Merhige, but a commercial for the show, where a viewer recognized the accused.

I've always loved America's Most Wanted and this story just make me feel good inside. I like the show because it has an entertaining appeal, but it brings attention to the viewers of criminals who are on the run and over the years America's Most Wanted has been responsible for the capture of hundreds of criminals, and this story just features the ability that the show has, and I like it.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/01/05/florida.shooting.arrest/index.html?eref=rss_topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_topstories+%28RSS%3A+Top+Stories%29

Response to Ellen Johnson's Post: Google sues work-at-home scams

http://ellen-ellen-blog.blogspot.com/2009/12/google-sues-work-at-home-scams.html?showComment=1262402398217_AIe9_BEyozgGMsoNGZApaycxlmxtNi58ROYWSPZfvLpmJXhKa9GFOEzSr9belQ9BD9VUYgi50CD78Y9Ldb16z7kKqJYy1XPm5FVxCPqPNR56OId5XfS0-d5vjjGERSiBsGuE3y0Q-TxLlqEX49wVPl9M8iq1w-fPIcogwt3GWfNaZ21x9mtsaoHz38ZR3RDcLMMJFEAjY4ZxUJRp0t4R7hXy1QZR1IVjPYMzsVKhwFqQSdapNHRebdoywfEPGor5K9v-1oC0uJlM#c2252809431997627386

Google has take action against certain get rich quick schemes that have used Google's coloring and letters. These programs have promised to garner people money but then charge the user a hidden fee, all whilst using Google's name.It's estimated that 95% of these work-at-home programs that use Google's name are scams.

Ellen goes on to explain her feelings about how she's proud of Google for acting on these schemes, which I can agree with. We both feel that by using Google as a cover, these scammers can build a trust with the people who sign up for them because Google is such a highly reputable company that people will believe that the program is reliable, and then they suckle the money from there on. So hopefully these actions by Google will be able to stunt these scams in the works.