---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 22:51:07 -0000 From: atomic_play_doh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [infowars] Homeland Security Job Offer
I'm a professional software trainer and developer and below is an offer from a broker I use. The thing that surprised me was the magnitude of this thing-30,000 new-hires for the Homeland Security Department. I'm a little nervous about the new 'Homeland Security' branch of our government. Once it kicks in, and we have a new government agency with 30,000-200,000 workers keeping an eye on the citizenry...I wonder what happens when the immediate threat goes away. Will we just downsize the agency? Historically, I'd say FAT CHANCE! If anything, new enemies will be found that will justify an expansion- both in the size and powers of this agency. Back in the 70's I worked in the intelligence community as a Russian Linguist. I used to subscribe to the 2 major Soviet newspapers: Isvestiya and Pravda- which translated mean literally 'News' and 'Truth' respectfully. These two major papers tried to produce an illusion of choice in the news, but on all the major issues they agreed 100%. People I knew who had fled the Soviet Union, used to joke "there's no Pravda in the Isvestiya, and there's no Isvestiya in the Pravda" --a play on the meanings of the words Pravda-Truth and Isvestiya-News. I used to marvel that while the average Soviet knew the government was occasionally lying to them, by and large, they believed most of the major lies of the state. I marveled that people in the Soviet Union didn't just see that the government was lying about almost everything and that the supposedly egalitarian government they had, was just as feudal as their old system under the czar. Just different people in power, but those in real power lived just as extravagantly as the Czar's people and wielded their power with many times more cruelty. But just like in the novel 1984, the Soviets had a very effective means of keeping the people in line. They kept the common people stirred up with a constant enemy, which was usually the United States. The effect of this, was to remove the people's attention from real issues, like shortages of toilet paper, food and clothing. I now see a very similar pattern emerging here in the US. I surf through all the channels on my cable, and virtually every national news station has had as their channel description: -War on Terrorism -American at War -America Under Attack And it's almost as if, every major news reporting agency is reporting the same exact thing, with exactly the same slant on every major story. Every newspaper, every radio station and every TV channel seems to present the same party line, a whole lot like the way things were in the good ol' CCCP (USSR). By making the enemy into something pure evil--the common person's attention is drawn away from real issues. And I'm not just talking about terrorism. Before this, it was bootleggers. Then in the 50's it was communists. More recently, drugs. Before the war on drugs, it was pretty rare for cops to break down doors and bust into people's homes at night dressed in military style uniforms, helmets and uniforms. It was also more rare for corrupt prosecutors to steal all the private possessions of individuals and imprison them without evidence of any kind, other than the false testimony of 'snitches' who manufacture testimony to cut their own prison time. Later I lived in Korea for several years as a civilian. Walking through the countryside, North of Seoul, I would occasionally find pamphlets that the North Koreans had sent over via balloons. They were a lot like the 'have-you-been-saved' Chick pamphlets that were everywhere back in the 60's and 70's. The pamphlets portrayed Americans with grotesque caricatures-sunken eyes, large noses and drooling over the prospect of raping young Korean girls or evil businessmen stealing cartloads of money from the poor to support their evil and extravagant lifestyles. The typical North Korean (and many South Koreans) believed much of this. When faced with an American-genuine anger, fear and loathing were a natural response. Again, this attitude helps draw the focus of the common person away from disastrous government policies, and onto non-issues. The term 'KGB' in Russian is Komitet Gosudarstvennoi Byezopastni which I would translate as "Bureau for State/Homeland Security". The term KGB is often associated with evil and tyranny. However, to most Soviets, and certainly to those who served, the ostensible purpose of the KGB was to 'protect' and ensure the safety of the 'homeland'. Then the Germans had their Schutzstaffel (SS-defense corp), Sicherheitsdienst (SD-security service) and Geheime Staats Polizei (Gestapo-secret state police). The average German, and again those who served inside these organizations were proud of them and considered that these groups were 'protecting' their homeland. ------------------------------------------------ The Job Offer Please read this FULLY before replying. We are looking for at least eighty ( 80! ) instructors for a large government "Homeland Security" related project. Approximately 30,000 students nationwide will be trained over a 10 month period. The training program will address stress management and conflict resolution. Following is a partial list of the elements of this content: · Coping skills; · Judgment; · Ambiguity; · Tolerance; · Rotation and avoiding boredom; · Courtesy; · Intellectual stimulation; · Scenario resolution; · Problem elevation (use of support structure). Instructors will be initially selected for this assignment based upon resume' review of background and apparent aptitude. Selected individuals will themselves be trained in the specifics of this unique program before being sent "on the road". While this is NOT specifically a "technology project", general technical ability is desired. Here is a partial list of instructor skills & traits needed: · Discerning and discriminating ability; · Ability to perform duties while being subject to distractions; · Ability to follow sets of complex directions; · Multi-tasking ability and alertness to objectives; · Ability to perform well under demanding situations; · Ability to comprehend and reason effectively; · Ability to identify principles governing relationships between objects; · Ability to cope with conflicts; · Pattern recognition. Due to the nature of the project, preference may be given to candidates with military, law enforcement, physical security, public relations, or soft skills specific backgrounds. To be considered, you must send BOTH of the following: 1. A copy of your resume (Word 97 format) CUSTOMIZED to address this specific project, emphasizing anything relevant to the skills & traits outlined above. 2. A MONTHLY salary expectation for the duration of the project (estimated at least 10 months, plus training time). Thank you, ------------------------------------------------ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get your FREE credit report with a FREE CreditCheck Monitoring Service trial http://us.click.yahoo.com/ACHqaB/bQ8CAA/ySSFAA/xYTolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
