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I wish I could get away with applying to jobs not nearly as high in stature or importance with as vague a description of my past education and work experiences as Harriet Miers'. This woman, nominated by Bush to be the replacement for Sandra Day O'Connor as an Associate Justice in the Supreme Court of the U.S. of A, while having an impressive list of past experiences and positions, can't go through the relative ease of looking up the dates of past employment to submit in her official response to the judiciary committee of the Senate that is basically responsible for grilling her before being allowed to take the position.

One would only hope that a higher standard would be expected of someone that could see a lifetime tenure in the court that makes some of the most important decisions in United States Law. Sure, there are plenty of experiences to account for, and many of them date back a fair way, but anyone deemed worthy of being able to handle the responsibility that Bush wants to bestow on her should be able to figure these things out and fill out a complete description.

Someone should have been kind enough to let her know that she wasn't running for Grade 9 student council rep. If I applied to a co-op job with 'Date unknown' or 'mid to late 80's' there's not a chance in hell I'd even be considered for the job in question. Nevermind the limited experience with the kind of job environment that she would find herself in, or the questions about her ability to separate her beliefs and politics from fair unbiased case hearings.

I don't see how, unless she's trying to not get the job, you could go about returning a response to a job like that in such a casual fashion. I'm sure many will argue in favour of its honesty and candidness, and that's fair enough, but as a matter of principle and dedication to her cause and possible future job, she's sure gotten off to an extremely poor start.

Oh yea, and Saddam Hussein goes on trial tomorrow. The hope is to come across as a fair trial, and one can only hope beyond hopes that it actually goes down as such. Its fairly obvious that he was responsible for brutal crimes in his time, so a trial like this shouldn't need unfair loading of the scales to begin with.