A feeding skimmer flies low over the water with its bill open and its lower mandible slicing the surface. The Black Skimmer has one of the most unusual foraging styles of any North American bird. The large red and black bill is knife-thin and the lower mandible is longer than the upper. The remarkable bill of the Black Skimmer sets it apart from all other American birds. Their are very few mosaics of lions and tigers from the Roman times, none show the lion on top. The Roman Empire didnt embrace lions, and yes it lost to the tiger. Art and Paintings Are you nuts kaos Those are British modern paintings you ignoramus, just biased British painters.
*[On this lovely morning, this large grouping (probably close to 100) were flying and landing.flying and landing.circling around looking for brunch and landing, whenever the lead-bird decided that that What on earth are you jibber-jabbing about. The black skimmer is the largest of the three skimmer species]* Personal note: These birds are LARGE with outstretched wings!
*[Adult Skimmers in their Winter Plumage - eyes are in the black. In a perfect world, all jobs would be based on merit.įor the actual transcript of the Pendleton Act.* With Jackson in the White House, many unfit received government jobs.įrom the passing of the Pendleton Act, America has tried to ensure that the best suited applicants receive government jobs. Spoils systems did not become a problem until the presidency of Andrew Jackson. Jefferson didn’t go as far as removing people from office, but new positions went to friends and political alliances. In fact, he once refused to give his nephew government employment because he wasn’t fit for the job.Īs the years progressed–specifically with Thomas Jefferson as president–the system started to become flawed. President Washington was known for routinely not selecting men that had stood by his side for years. The structure of the American government was not originally setup this way. “a practice where a political party, after winning an election, gives government jobs to its voters as a reward for working toward victory, and as an incentive to keep working for the party.” ( Wikipedia) This act, authored by George Hunt Pendleton, stood to change the way that government was run, the current system of “to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy.” This quote, by Marcy William Learned, would be used to coin the political term spoils system, or the patronage system. Is my mind goin on me or am I watching you jibber-jabber like some sort of jibberty box. This law stipulated that government jobs should be awarded on the basis of merit. A spoils system is defined as: a practice where a political party, after winning an election, gives government jobs to its voters as a reward for working toward victory, and as an incentive to keep working for the party. informal pejorative - Excessive or meaningless talk. The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act–also referred to as just the Pendleton Act–was set as a law on January 16, 1883.
Would you say that these people are inept and incapable? Maybe however, I can say that because of the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, it is less likely that they are there because of cronyism or loyalty. Whether you go to the United States Post Office, the city public library, or the DMV there is always a high level of ineffectiveness–a lot of standing around, waiting, and jibber-jabbing.
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