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Fuzzy my feral tuxedo kitty now has a new playmate, he is not too sure about her as yet, we call her Snickers. They like to wrestle and tussel with each other after they sometimes share their food. Being the younger of the two Snickers sneaks up on him and bites as she wants. Snickers is a part Mane Coon cat. Fuzzy never gets mad at her, just takes it in stride and gently bites back.

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Young Men Killing Their Girlfriends

2-20-2012 A young man aged 25 recently shot his 19 year old girlfriend and their one year old baby in the streets of Cleveland, he then shot himself. He had a violent sexual and criminal past. Another young man, a college athlete had a tumultuous relationship with his college sweetheart in Virginia. She was found dead after they had a bad argument. In an email he had threatened her life and said he should have killed her.

Both of these young men had anger, love and intimacy issues. One man used a gun, the other did not, but possibly his fists, and a wall. Would anger management or school programs designed to defuse emotional issues have helped either of the men and saved the young women's lives? It is possible that the schooling could have made a difference in the outcomes. In Maryland we do have anger management classes and ways to diffuse angry situations already in our school systems.

The real unknown part is their parents ability in bringing up their sons in the first place to respect other people, their opinions and feelings. Our young womens safety should be a real concern to all of us. This is a 911 parenting issue. It is extremely important that boys are brought up to be able to understand that they are not the rulers of the world, rather that it is really okay to listen to another persons feelings and that others peoples feelings are okay. Not everyone has to agree with how another person feels, but respect their right to feel something different. The entire world does not revolve around us as individuals. Rather it evolves around us as people in a community and how we treat each other as friends and family. Another imoprtant issue is more gun control and what more can we do about getting more guns off of the streets.

In a recent proclamation by President O’Bama, he address’s anger and abuse by our young adults.

In America, an alarming number of young people experience physical, sexual, or emotional abuse as part of a controlling or violent dating relationship. The consequences of dating violence -- spanning impaired development to physical harm -- pose a threat to the health and well-being of teens across our Nation, and it is essential we come together to break the cycle of violence that burdens too many of our sons and daughters. This month, we recommit to providing critical support and services for victims of dating violence and empowering teens with the tools to cultivate healthy, respectful relationships.

Though we have made substantial progress in the fight to reduce violence against women, dating violence remains a reality for millions of young people. In a 12 month period, one in 10 high school students nationwide reported they were physically hurt on purpose by their boyfriend or girlfriend, and still more experienced verbal or emotional abuse like shaming, bullying, or threats. Depression, substance abuse, and health complications are among the long-term impacts that may follow in the wake of an abusive relationship. Tragically, dating violence can also lead to other forms of violence, including sexual assault. These outcomes are unacceptable, and we must do more to prevent dating violence and ensure the health and safety of our Nation's youth.

The path toward a future free of dating violence begins with awareness. As part of my Administration's ongoing commitment to engaging individuals and communities in this important work, Vice President Joe Biden launched the 1is2many initiative last September. In concert with awareness programs occurring across Federal agencies, the initiative calls on young men and women to take action against dating violence and sexual assault and help advance public understanding of the realities of abuse. The National Dating Abuse Helpline offers information and support to individuals struggling with unhealthy relationships. For immediate and confidential advice and referrals, I encourage concerned teens and their loved ones to contact the Helpline at 1-866-331-9474, text "loveis" to 77054, or visit: www.LoveIsRespect.org. Additional resources are available at: www.CDC.gov/features/datingviolence.

My Administration continues to promote new and proven strategies to target teen dating violence. Last November, we announced the winners of the Apps Against Abuse technology challenge, concluding a national competition to develop innovative new tools that will empower young Americans and help prevent dating violence and sexual assault. As we move forward, we will continue to collaborate with both public and private partners to bring new violence prevention strategies to individuals and communities across our Nation. To learn more, visit: www.WhiteHouse.gov/1is2many.

Reducing violence against teens and young adults is an important task for all of us. This month, we renew our commitment to breaking the silence about dating abuse and fostering a culture of respect in our neighborhoods, our schools, and our homes.

Womens Contraception Health Coverage Details and Dealings in Congress

2-16-2012 According to Nancy Keenan, NARAL Pro-Choice America-This morning, a House committee held a hearing to attack women's contraceptive coverage.

Unbelievably, the head of the committee, anti-choice Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), refused to allow a female law student to testify in support of contraceptive coverage.

The hearing featured 10 anti-choice witnesses -- eight of whom were men. And yet Rep. Issa barred this woman from telling the story of her friend: that she lost her ovary to a cyst when she couldn't afford the contraception her doctor prescribed to prevent it.

It is clear that when it comes to women's health and privacy, anti-choice members of Congress would rather listen to eight men than one woman who supports contraception. And anti-choice politicians have proposed four separate measures that would roll back access to this critical health need for millions of women. These politicians are out of touch with their constituents -- and reality. We have to stop them.

We must have the resources to defend basic health care for women. if you believe that no-cost birth control is one of the most important advances for women's health in a generation, I need you to stand with us today. We must defeat these latest attacks in the War on Women. We need help to reach our goal and protect choice at all levels of government.

I am wondering if the hearing was illegal as they did not have any pro choice presenters.I do not usually do this but, here is the web address of NARAl because I believe that women should always have a choice over their bodies. http://action.prochoiceamerica.org/site/R?i=ggJ1PmMYwaQFAnppnQo2RQ

Whitney Houston Musical Creative Genius

2-13-2012 Because she had a powerful and wonderful gift of music creativity t she gave us each time as she sang and entertained us for many years, her energy and genius will be terribly missed. Did she have to die and how do we save the rest of our top stars from the same peril?

Although no one has said she had a drug overdose or accidental one, it is assumed that is what happened to her. She could have had a heart attack no one knows for sure at this moment.Police are not giving out information at this time.

Those of us who have substance problems do not have to die from any drug overdose if they cannot get to the drugs. In some instances we are our brothers and sisters keepers as we have heard from many a pastors pulpit as we grew up. Although this is often times an extremely hard thing to do, we need to get help for them and ourselves because this can be a daunting task for all people involved. Whitney was said to have been out drinking and partying for days before she was found dead in her bathtub.What might have happened if she had had one real best friend who could have cut her off drom the alcohol or whatever she was doing in the days before her death? We will never know the answer to that question. But, it is a powerfull question that many people will wrestle with for a very long time and to contemplate.She is gone now and it is to late for any intervention from anyone.

If you have a good friend who is having drug or substance problems, do not hesitate to go to an Alcohol Anonymous group for friends, or to a health clinic to be evaluated, or to a psychiatrist for additional help for life's problems. Our problems can at times be overwhelming for many of us, and it is not a shame to go to get that help if you or a dear friend needs it. Do not hesitate to get professional help!

Finding health, happiness and harmony in life can be just as daunting, but, it all takes many of us to achieve and some of us a lifetime like Whitney Houston. May God rest her searching soul.

Ten Warning Signs of Serious Trouble With Taking Birth Control Bills

2-11-2012 Drug companies are still witholding an abundance of data from their research on birth control pills. There are more than 10,000 law suits pending in the U.S. court system against the pharmaceutical companies that involve womens health issues from taking the pills. While some of these pills certainly help some women physically, there are really bad side affects from some of them.

9. aura — seeing bright, flashing zigzag lines, usually before a very bad headache

Read the label on your birth control packages, know what you are putting into your body and be very careful. Many statements on the packages say that they are safe, but it is your right to make that decision for yourself and your body. You have a freedom of choice for yourself.

Peace Thwarted by Egyptian Police Powers

2-3-2012 As the soccer games in Said Egypt ended, violence by fans angered police and they reportedly stood back and did nothing to help the innocent fans who ran to the gates which were locked. This is not a police force that exists in harmony with anyone. It was reported later that the lights were turned out and police did nothing as fans were jammed up against the fences of the gates as many of them suffocated or were trampled to death.

According to Bothaina Kamel, the only female Egyptian presidential candidate, commented that "What happened in Port Said is a premeditated murder and revenge against Ultras because they protected the revolution … The military council is leading the counter revolution."

There appears to be no more freedom in Egypt, if you get in a jam, you have to get yourself out and the police aren’t going to help you. That is the message they are giving Egyptians at the moment.

Fans from the games began to shout "This is not football chaos, this is a military massacre," as they ran into streets after the games. These people truly want peace and it seems they will persist to regain their independent power which they have not had for years.

According to one football player Ahly's veteran midfielder Mohammed Barakat, who announced his retirement from professional football after the disaster, told the club's channel during the chaos that "People have died, we are seeing corpses now. There are no security forces or army personnel to protect us."

According to another player Star playmaker Mohammed Abou-Treika, who also retired on Thursday, screamed while describing what happened, saying, "The security forces left us, they did not protect us. One fan has just died in the dressing room in front of me."

The last time peace was almost achieved in Egypt was in 1978 when U.S. President Jimmy Carter arraigned the Camp David talks between Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin on September 17, 1978, following thirteen days of secret negotiations at the camp. Prsident Carters Motto is "We can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace. We can make these changes-and we must." Jimmy Carter Nobel Lecture.

We in the Western part of the world need to remember that Mubarek was driven out of Egypt just last February for being a cruel and repressive leader. The Egyptians have not had any real peace since then because the military took over immediately and their powers have been just as abusive if not more so than Mubareks. Their were days of dancing in the Tahrir Square and around the country. I sincerely pray that happens again for the Egyptians because they deserve much much better treatment from their government, peace has eluded them for far too long.

Personal Integrity Does it Really Matter?

1-23-2012 Lets look at three high profile people whose decisions of integrity in life has made a great deal of difference. First off Coach Joe Paterno, whose life influenced many thousands of young men's lives through his caring and football training habits he made them better people. He was also the winningest coach in football history. Yet Joe Paterno was human, and didn’t take sexual conduct matters of his former assistant to their full conclusion, which by the way he was fired for a few months ago by Penn State officials. By not taking his lower coaches actions to their final conclusion, he and other officials at Penn State University let a pedophile continue sexual actions against young boys. Yet we must remember the thousands of good actions he took when training his own students.

Secondly politician Newt Gingrich seems to practice abandonment of people close to him when they have just had life threatening sickness diagnoses thrust upon them. This is fact, he has abandoned 2 of his ex wives when they had life threatening illness diagnoses. If he has done this in the past with women whom he has been intimate with and made families with, what will he do if the U.S. is threatened by outside sources. Indeed, what will he do if his current wife has an unfortunate diagnosis by her doctor? Where is his personal integrity? Seems to me he lacks personal integrity in a major way and I do not want to put this country in his hands. These were actual personal actions by him, about his supporting the people he was intimately close to. Plus Gingrich is not an outsider to Washington D.C. politics, rather an example of what an insider really is. Those two examples are why having and using integrity really does matter in our lives everyday.

Number three is politician Mitt Romney. Does his religion really matter as far as what he believes in? Yes, it should matter to all of us. Remember when president Barack Obama was going to Reverend Whites church and the reverends words were heard by others from his church that he hated America? I remember that and as a result, President Obama stopped going to that church. I have heard black preachers get emotional and passionate with their words, sometimes they go too far and at other times they don’t go far enough to ask their parishioners to keep their own families safe from abuse or neglect. Mitt Romney is a Mormon, in the past the men have taken several wives at the same time. In fact Mitts own grandfather took a second wife at the insistence of Brigham Youngs interference in his marriage. If Americans think gay marriage is wrong, what will they think if he takes his Mormon roots seriously and wants several wives to be the norm in the U.S.

According to his online biography: Romney's family tree is rife with polygamists on the paternal side, though there is no indication of polygamy on the maternal side of his family. According to a research by The Salt Lake Tribune, Romney's ancestry harbors six polygamous men with forty-one wives. Romney, however, is a confirmed monogamist and polygamy has been absent in his family background for more than two generations.

Romneys business dealings at Bain Capital which earned him millions of dollars. a really small portion of which he claims made many jobs for workers his claim to have created 100,000 jobs at Staples and Sports Authority — were early venture capital investments. And, those jobs were worth at the time of about $10.00 an hour in salaries. According to (talkingpointsmemo.com)“When you have a ton of debt, particularly high-cost debt, you’re going to try to strip out assets as quickly as possible and extract that value,” says David Min, Associate Director of Financial Markets Policy at the liberal Center for American Progress. “My personal view is that private equity plays a helpful role to some degree, but the explosion in private equity reflects a real shift in the economy that is fortunate for the very wealthy,” says Min. Those views are from David Min and not what Mitt Romney wants the general public to actually hear during the campaign. Most of Romneys dealings were centered around private equity. So personal integrity does count even for the wealthyiest of us.

Type 2 Diabetes

1-18-2012 According to the CDC there are nearly 6 million people who have diabetes and do not know it. Paula Deen the TV cooking star has announced that she has it herself. This ca be a debilitating disease, however, there are solutions to making yourself physically and mentally safer. The CDC is recommending action to take charge of your life by eating healthier, and living better by exercising more. But, some people are more apt to get diabetes because of hereditary factors, and really bad family habits that are hard to break.

As a society we are seeing more really obese people trying to walk down a city street or in s retail store and rocking from side to side because they are sooo overweight. Bellies literally hanging over a belt line, clothing that is too tight and showing all wrinkles, and pants way below the belt line kept up only by sexual organs are some of the ugly things we typically see on the street as a result of people being too fat for their own non-healthy lifestyle. Of course I'd like to be able to walk up to some of these people and ask if I could help them have a healthier lifestyle, but that would be invading their personal space and their life which is really none of my business. However having said that I wonder how happy they would be after about six weeks to three months of someone who was caring enough to ask in the first place?

Nearly 6 million people in the United States have type 2 diabetes and do not know it. Many have no signs or symptoms. Symptoms can also be so mild that you might not even notice them. Some people have symptoms but do not suspect diabetes.

Many people do not find out they have the disease until they have diabetes complications, such as blurry vision or heart trouble. If you find out early that you have diabetes, then you can get treatment to prevent any more damage to your body.

What most people forget is that they do have individual thought control. Now habit control is harder for sure, and if you have families that are making the same daily choices it is even harder to break the cycle of unhealthy eating, bubt, it can be done. Yes changing your eating habits is hard, but you can do it and lose weight and improve your overall health. If the people on TV can go to a weight loss center, lift weights and run, then you can too. It might be a litle harder, but there are things around your house that you can do. Take a good look at the room you are in, would it benefit you to move something? Then keep doing that, move things around, get rid of clutter, keep moving a little more everyday. If you have a dog, take them for a walk everyday and make that walk a little longer everyday. You and your dog will both feel better. Don't forget to take your elbows off of the table to eat each time.

Live and Let Live, or Does the Right Wing Have You Under Their Control

1-8-2012 Will the right wing fanatics (mostly republican) lose this political battle? They will probably lose because they have been losing since gay rights became an issue. If you are really going to live in a fair situation where you can choose what you want to do then the right wing loses their control, and that is what the fight is all about because they want the cotrol over your life and your choices.

It really should be called penis control. The right wing fanatics want the right to not let a rape victim have an abortion, They want the right to say who can be an adoptive parent or not. Right wing religious leaders want the right to impose their beliefs on everyone. That is not a universal right for anyone. Any baby who is born from an act of violence has the 50/50 chance of being just like their father. We have all seen men who are just like their fathers in many ways. Of course they don't always turn out like them, only sometimes.

This type of religious warring is enough to want to back out of religious belief all together. With the exception of knowing that prayer does do people good when they are sick and that when prayer is used for good, good things happen, why have religion in your life?

When religion makes you feel accepted and safe in a large group that is good, however if that group wants to trample on other peoples rights then that makes it bad. The one thing that can make religion right is when the it is based on universal rights for everyone who lets others live safely their best lives as long as they do no harm to anyone else. That translates into no violence or abuse against anyone unless they are making you a victim of violence. Nine times out of ten it is the violence against a woman or child by a man. Of course most of the men perpetrating the violence in the first place want total control. So how can these religious men who say they are for forgiveness and safety translate their need of control into everywoman's life?

It’s simple, they cannot do that. They want forgiveness for the rapist, forgiveness for wanting control of another person. I know that is a simple solution, but guess what that is the way it really is in life.

This coming November, you have to decide what it is that you really want out of life and vote for that person who identifies with what you think is fair for all, not just yourself. That is right you have to think of what is fair for someone else. Put yourself in a thought of an unsafe predicament for someone else, what would you want someone else to do for you? Think about this coming election in that vein of thought. Or think of the judgement of King Solomon when he wanted to slice the child in half and then he knew who the mother was when she pleaded to save his life to give him to the other woman because she did not want her son to die.

No One is Guaranteed A Tomorrow

1-3-2012 If we do not take care of ourselves who will? Our tomorrow is our own responsibility. We are all responsible for ourselves our actions and our own words! We are the safety stewards of our lives, no one else is charged with our lives.

What ever job you have is your responsibility as are the decisions you make and carry out in every aspect of your life. It does not matter what job you work at, as long as it fulfills your need.

Any one of us can have a heart attack, be involved in a car accident, or be shot by a stray bullet or take one in the chest by someone we have antagonized in some manner. Yes, there are things such as probabilities too, depending on where you live and your regular habits as to how you keep safe.

There are many people currently in power who do not face the same day to day inequalities many of us deal with in one day let alone a year or four years. Those who do not respect the individual rights of others using integrity, by law will eventually lose out. Why, because no one is guaranteed tomorrow!

TBI Traumatic Brain Injury- Concussion Costs US Consumers $76.5 Billion

Dollars a Year

12-28-11 According to the CDC the highest number of people sustaining a TBI- concussion, is boys between the ages of 0 - 4 years olds, they have the highest rates of TBI-related emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and deaths. Adolescents 15-19 have the next highest related hospitalizations and deaths, while people age 65 and older are next in line to be hurt and have related hospitalizations and deaths.

Further, the CDC says Direct medical costs and indirect costs such as lost productivity of TBI totaled an estimated $76.5 billion in the United States in 2000.3,4.

TraumaticBrain Injury (TBI) as an important public health problem. This data can help inform TBI prevention strategies, identify research and education priorities, and support the need for services among those living with a TBI. As parents we each have the responsibility to keep our children safe.

Tips To Keep Your Children Safer:

10.No screaming or loud yelling at them, because they do not understand or have the mental capacity to understand what you mean

To keep them safer, all children should be supervised when they are at play and at all times when they are awake by an adult that you trust. If you do not trust someone, do not leave your child with them. Because they are children they do not have the mental capacity to know what is right or wrong. Parents need to take their responsibility for keeping children safer more seriously.

There is nothing like holding a child tenderly while they are going to sleep,or seeing them smile at you when they feel safe and happy, keep that in mind when watching them at play.

Almost half a million (473,947) emergency department visits for TBI are made annually by children aged 0 to 14 years.

Adults aged 75 years and older have the highest rates of TBI-related hospitalization and death.

Republicans Squander Their Political Hand

12-22-11/911 -If the Republicans stance on taxes for the wealthy, payroll tax cuts for 160 million people, unemployment benefits and social security are not fixed by the end of December, the entire country could be at a high financial and economic risk . Republicans will be at the forefront of discontent by the entire nation. They are definitely at an impasse and nonfunctioning in major areas of our country business. The federal government business system is badly broken and in a financial crisis.

In a Pew Research paper, 82 percent of those polled complained about influence being bought with special-interest money.

Two-in-three voters say most members of Congress should be voted out of office in 2012 – the highest on record. And the number who say their own political member should be replaced matches the all-time high recorded in 2010, when fully 58 members of Congress lost reelection bids – the most in any election since 1948.

In fact, one of the few areas of bipartisan agreement when it comes to views of Congress is that the problem with the institution is the members themselves, not the political system. In assessing Congress, 55% of the public says they think the system can work fine, it’s the political members that are the problem. Just 32% say they think most members have good intentions but the political system is broken. The balance of opinion is virtually identical across party lines.

Independents, who have expressed great frustration with Washington gridlock over the course of the past year, are particularly critical of the Republican political Party. By a 54% to 30% margin they say the Republican Party, not the Democratic Party, is more extreme in its positions, and they are twice as likely to label the Republicans than the Democrats as the less honest and ethical party (42% vs. 21%).

About three-quarters (76%) see the size of the national financial debt as a major threat to the economic well being of the United States, the highest of five issues tested. A smaller majority (59%) sees economic competition from China as a major threat, and about as many (56%) say the same about the power of financial institutions and banks. Only about half (46%) say the economic problems in Europe pose a major threat to the U.S. economy, and 44% see government regulation of business as a major threat. The financial crisis is real and will continue to be.

911-No one sees the current situation as a win win. By the time these ideological political “Gods” get to an agreement the battle will have been lost and the 99 percent of American people will pay through the nose again. If the federal officials like John Boehner don’t do something constructive my prediction will be a civil riot, the likes of which no one has seen in America since the Civil War of 1812. The occupiers have drummed up considerable support from all factions all across the country, they have marched on Wall Street, they have closed waterway ports in California, and garnered support by being camped out in parks all over the country. People are angry, they are stretched to the limit, and unhappy with the lack of integrity of our leadership.

911-You have heard of a person called Robin Hood in folklore, look to see many real ones in the future.

Fundamentals of Fairness

12-13-11 Where is the fairness in the bankers of Americas largest financial corporations actually scoping out ways to take advantage of the people by way of improvising inherently illegal and unfair bad mortgage loans?

That is fundamentally unfair and illegal, they should be punished severely for their actions. While the Occupiers continue protests around the entire country, they have closed down three California ports in protest. Boston police has made the occupiers leave their encampment.

We need to turn this situation totally around 360 degrees. Lets us support lawyers who are on the side of the people to give fundamental fairness back to the people. One such person in Boston is Attorney General Coakley, she is the chief lawyer and law enforcement officer of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In addition, her office is an advocate and resource for the Commonwealth and its residents in many areas, including consumer protection, combating fraud and corruption, protecting civil rights, and promoting meaningful economic recovery. In other words she is the perfect person to sue the pants off of the major banks and their corporate officers. That is exactly what she is doing and has filed the necessary paperwork to follow through.

The frustration of the occupiers is in the facts that corporate America has been taken over by greed and illegal actions against normal citizens trying to make a decent living, provide for their families, and pay their mortgage on time. The bottom line is finding a good job in order to stabilize families and to pay the regular bills that everyone has. Chants have popped up like “Banks got bailed out, we got sold out!” People like Newt Gingrich got paid $25,000 dollars a month from Freddie Mac for consulting fees for nine years straight. His story and the organizations story differs on facts.

Because of the mega banks foreclosure mess, there are still thousands of people who because they were laid off, can’t pay their high mortgages anymore. Some bankers are actually telling them not to make payments, but declare bankruptcy, let the house go, save your money and in two years you can buy another house that will probably cost less money at better mortgage rates.

No one really wants to do that, they would rather find better jobs and be able to pay their bills. Of course those banks involved will have to prepare to lend out money when the time comes. It realy is time for fundamental fairness.

In a recent report sent out by the Federal Housing Finance Administration relating to Freddie Mac lawyers for Default -Related Legal Services was stupid enough to try to swindle mortgage deals. FHFA looked the other way when they knew the legal firms were committing illegal practices against the borrowers.

Allegations and evidence of foreclosure abuses began to be filed in 2005 and continue through today. There were reports to Freddie Mac in 2006, and the media didn’t pick up on the abuses until 2008. Where were the media, were they asleep at their computers? The report also states that FHFA did not get reports until 2010. This smells really fishy to me, I mean someone seems like someone was more than likely getting paid off to let these abuses run rampant through both agencies, This is scandalous behavior for anyone in any agency. I personally believe that most of the banking crisis began when financial mortgage lenders introduced the balloon mortgage.

With winter months coming on us fast, the organizers of the occupation movement are planning for the spring. If you are foolhardy enough to believe they will stop after the winter months, you will be quite surprised when spring hits and the movement peaks. It really is time for fundamental fairness and reform of the entire mortgage banking industry, including such large corporations as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to begin major changes and firing the culprits even some lawyers who were involved in illegal deals.

The Business and Labor Bureau of Massachusetts protects the public interest through fair, firm and transparent investigation, to report and enforce actions while providing certainty and equality in the marketplace. The Bureau works to develop clear rules and parameters for the business community and stake holders to follow.

Why can’t all states use their Consumer Protection Divisions tools of investigation and enforcement actions to protect consumers from fraud, deception, and other unfair business practices. Why can’t other states do the same thing to protect their tax paying residents?

Come on people, challenge the status quo, get mad and do something progressive, be positive, not angry and get something done today, plan for tomorrow. Join your local occupier movement and get crackin!

Gingrich Not Likable, nor Does He Have the Integrity it Takes to be President

12-5-11 Newt Gingrich is no conservative. He is known for his stupid and uninformed quick talking points. He regularly practices grandiose rhetoric and does not care if he makes sense or not, as long as he gets attention.

Note his recent talking points about young black people not knowing what work is unless it is in the form of crime. He said “really poor children” have bad work habits and no knowledge of how to make an income “unless it’s illegal."That statement is negative and inflammatory at best. He could be an optimist, but, instead of helping people he puts them down and grinds them further down. If he is elected as President, he will do the same things and say the same things.

In some respects that may ring true, however, there are millions of black mothers and fathers who are enraged because they are now angry at him for pointing out a truth that they do not have the power to change. When you are stuck in a circular and insulated path to crime it is extremely hard to get out of. Some kids get shot and killed because they have tried to get away from the gangs. Some parents have been killed because they tried to protect their kids from the gangs and that is just a tip of the story.

Gingrich is ethically compromised because of his dealings with Freddie Mac he described himself as a historian while he collected millions of dollars as the company was making illegal mortgages the norm. He was on a retainer fee over $25,000. a month from 1999-2002 at Freddie Mac. Further, the Washington Post reported that It also is worth noting that during the 2008 campaign, Gingrich said that then-candidate Barack Obama should return campaign contributions from the executives of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Apparently, enriching your personal bank account is a different matter.

According to a report from the AP "If you want to put people in jail, let's look at the politicians who created the environment, the politicians who profited from the environment," Gingrich is shown saying in an ad that an insider is not what people want. Now that is hypocrisy at its highest point don't you think?

Gingrich is not an outsider to the Washington D.C. political crowd, rather he is an undisputed insider who has gained finically and personally for the past twenty years. He of all people is one who needs to go back to work at a nine to five job that does not involve politics.

World AIDS Day December 1, 2011

World AIDS Day of remembrance is a sad day for millions of people around the globe. It is also a sad day because no matter how much you tell some people to be sexually safe and to always use a condom, they may not listen. It is also even sadder when African American church pastors refuse to accept the reality that their people are getting more AIDS than anyone else and they won’t speak up in their own pulpits to protect the parishioners, outreach program managers and families who pay their salaries and suffer in silence from the stigma attached to AIDS.

I say “preachers wake up to reality!” If you do not, you will not have many members to preach to in this slowing economy. It is always the preacher who gives the normal feelings of security, and safety to their members and is supposed to be the guiding light to their flock. In many states they are just not doing their jobs for their congregation and they have special needs that have to be fulfilled to their members more than other denominations. Because of the many years of oppression, segregation, and alcoholism problems that their women have had to put up with, these preachers need to stand by their strong sometimes older women who in most realities hold the family together against all odds.Preachers tend to your flocks.

Geographically, the distribution of AIDS diagnosis rates per 100,000 for adults and adolescents in 2007 was highest in metropolitan areas with a population of more than 500,000. Southern States (Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia) experienced the highest burden of disease, followed by the Northeast.

HIV continues to have the greatest prevalence in the United States among African Americans and men who have sex with men (MSM)1. At the end of 2006, blacks accounted for 45 percent (24,900) of people estimated to be living with HIV in the U.S., whites accounted for 35 (19,600) percent, and Hispanics for 17 percent (9,700).

Protect your sisters and brothers, tell them to always use a condom when having sexual relations, always.

99% of Us Pays 99 % of Taxes Verizon Pays $0 Taxes

11-29-11 According to the Union Communications Workers of America It's actually even worse than that. Through a variety of loopholes, Verizon has achieved a negative tax rate -- from 2008 to 2010 it received nearly a billion dollars in rebates from the federal government.

Verizon is cheating the tax system while the rest of us -- the 99% -- pay the price. The Communications Workers of America in sending a clear message that Verizon's tax dodging is unacceptable. Where do you stand, with the middle class,or the 1%.

While Verizon avoided paying its fair share of taxes, its top executives were raking in $258 million in salary and benefits over the past four years. At the same time, Verizon was seeking to cut benefits for its workforce -- pushing a new contract that would eliminate sick days for workers hurt on the job, cut health coverage promised to retirees and force workers to pay thousands per year in healthcare costs.

According to Consumer Reports:Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest carrier, is no longer the clear top dog in overall satisfaction with its subscribers, a position it held in most years since 2003. Sprint has pulled even in overall satisfaction, and T-Mobile is close behind. Two or even three of those top carriers are statistically tied in satisfaction in a majority of the 23 cities in which we rated service.

Without a doubt, Verizon represents not just the 1%, but the top tenth of the 1% of the country, yet it aggressively seeks to shift its obligations onto the rest of us. The CWA is standing up to Verizon's destructive corporate greed and making them pay their fair share. I can't imagine anything more unfair to workers and residents.If you want to have your say about this click here. www.CWA-Union.org/taxdodgers

I Wanted to be In the Room With the Supercommittee

11-23-11 I Wish I had Been in the Room With these Leaders vs How Complicated is it to Compromise. Yes I really do wish I had been in the room where the “super committee” was having their talks. Why do I wish that, because all of the people involved were of high ranking in our national politics, they were all heads of large committees in our government, and yet in the end they could not come to grips with what our financial problems currently are. I would have liked to have seen and heard how they conducted their meetings.

In July of this year Congress passed a bill to reduce the deficit and avoid default on our economy., it was called the Budget Control Act.

However, now because they did not pass any compromise measures according to WIKI :The agreement specifies an incentive for Congress to act. If Congress fails to produce a deficit reduction bill with at least $1.2 trillion in cuts, then Congress can grant a $1.2 trillion increase in the debt ceiling but this would trigger across-the-board cuts ("sequestration") of spending equally split between security and non-security programs.

What this does is lets Congress put off discussion and agreements until December 23rd which is when their timeline nears its end, but they have until December 30 to vote on a Balanced Budget Amendment. Just because they vote on it does not mean it is required by law to pass so that they could send it to the states for implementation either. At the moment we are at an impasse and critical thinking needs to be addressed. How they make their decisions are paramount to how this country will be able to function for the future. Maybe the leaders need a push to get professional help in these critical days ahead in making these daunting decisions. Remember , a “real man/woman knows it is a strength to ask for help“.

Many states leaders are taking up the slack in their own budgets to make sure residents get their critical services needed. But every state has different needs, where Californians worry about roads being washed away from their coastline and massive fires, east coast Marylanders worry about hurricanes, nor-easter and winter storms that wash away massive acres of properties, create downed electrical wires, lack of cell phone communication services and the destruction of peoples lives in the meantime. Hopefully the big communication giants like AT&T and Verizon will be able to keep their services running from their side of the issues.

Disaster responses need to be made better to address concerns earlier to reduce the numbers of people in harms way. If Washington leaders cripple the states emergency services we will all be out of luck. If they cut Medicare too much, seniors will not be able to get care in an emergency because services will have been cut. I for one remember the Superdome in Texas where many seniors actually died waiting for emergency responses after hurricane Katrina. I remember seeing the squalor in the streets and inside the dome.

Somewhere there is a silver lining, afer tehse meetings I am sure of it, but not sure where it is at the moment. We all need to take one day at a time, because we can only control ourselves, not someone else so we have to rely on ourselves and our friendsand families. That may mean going back to school to learn about disaster preparedness, or medical transcription, or more about computers. We all are in this together even if we can’t make the big decisions, we need to do something positive to help ourselves in our own time.

Congressional Supercommittee- Time is Up

11-21-2011 F Failure -The United States Congress Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction needs professional help to show them how to come to a consensus to help America go forward instead of backwards. There are professional companies that help organizations to come to healthy consensus to move forward in a productive manner.Their teams have extensive experience in training and organizational development. Teams show how components of a successful team executes; vision, mission and goals, leadership, team performance, communication and motivation. Not a bad idea for our congressional leaders in office at this point to take advantage of these types of services offered. We certainly would get our moneys worth from such available professional training.

However, since the committees time has come to an end as of tonight, the government agencies may be the ones best benefitted by professional help for the future.

According to WIKI :on the United States Congress Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. The committee is an unusual construct in the American federal legislative system, created after weeks of difficult negotiations, although it has a partial precedent in the Base Realignment and Closure process. Senate historian Donald Ritchie found inexact parallels between the Joint Select Committee and various joint committees, and with the exception of the 1946–1977 Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, he noted that what makes this committee different is its ability to write and report out legislation.

The committee is referred to as the Supercommittee and the Super Congress, is a joint select committee of the United States Congress, created by the Budget Control Act of 2011 on August 2, 2011. The act was intended to prevent the rapid process of sovereign default that would have resulted from the 2011 United States debt-ceiling crisis, and has been interpreted as a reaction to frustration over prolonged partisan political disputes during an uncertain economy struggling to recover from the late-2000s recession.

Because the members were selected by current leaders of both houses, it should be no surprise that there has been little cooperation or incentive to get something constructive accomplished. Harry Reid, the Senate Majority Leader, Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi were challenged to nominate people who are not afraid to make necessary changes. Unfortunately that has not worked for the American people as of today they have not made any concessions for the better good of the American people. Hence we will be faced with forced cuts to almost all major programs including Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, as well as revenue increases, including raising taxes; tax reforms, such as simplifying the tax code and eliminating some tax breaks and loopholes; military spending cuts; and measures to reform and slow the growth of entitlement programs if they fail to reach agreements before the end of the day.

If the committee fails to reach agreement or if Congress and the president kill its recommendations which they could do, $1.2 trillion in cuts would be implemented automatically."

According to Standard and Poor: The recent downgrade for the U. S. economy reflects our view that the effectiveness, stability, and predictability of American policymaking and political institutions have weakened at a time of ongoing fiscal and economic challenges ... (we are) pessimistic about the capacity of Congress and the Administration to be able to leverage their agreement this week into a broader fiscal consolidation plan that stabilizes the government's debt dynamics any time soon. The outlook on the long-term rating is negative.

—Standard & Poor's, August 2011Members on the Supercommittee Are: Senate members Democrats * Patty Murray, Washington, Co-Chair * Max Baucus, Montana * John Kerry, Massachusetts Senate Republicans * Jon Kyl, Arizona * Rob Portman, Ohio * Pat Toomey, Pennsylvania House Democrats * Xavier Becerra, California * Jim Clyburn, South Carolina * Chris Van Hollen, Maryland House Republicans * Jeb Hensarling, Texas, Co-Chair * Fred Upton, Michigan * Dave Camp, Michigan All of these people have good backgrounds in their experience, however, the leading question is a can they compromise for the betterment of the entire country? My opinion is no, in fact they really should have experienced professional negotiators to help them through the process.

Prescription Painkiller Overdoses at Epidemic Levels Kill More Americans Than Heroin and Cocaine Combined

11-19-11 The death toll from overdoses of prescription painkillers has more than tripled in the past decade, according to an analysis in the CDC Vital Signs report released today from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This new finding shows that more than 40 people die every day from overdoses involving narcotic pain relievers like hydrocodone (Vicodin), methadone, oxycodone (OxyContin), and oxymorphone (Opana).

“Overdoses involving prescription painkillers are at epidemic levels and now kill more Americans than heroin and cocaine combined, ” said CDC Director Thomas Frieden, M.D., M.P.H. “States, health insurers, health care providers and individuals have critical roles to play in the national effort to stop this epidemic of overdoses while we protect patients who need prescriptions to control pain. ”

The increased use of prescription painkillers for nonmedical reasons (without a prescription for the high they cause), along with growing sales, has contributed to the large number of overdoses and deaths. In 2010, 1 in every 20 people in the United States age 12 and older—a total of 12 million people—reported using prescription painkillers nonmedically according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Based on the data from the Drug Enforcement Administration, sales of these drugs to pharmacies and health care providers have increased by more than 300 percent since 1999.

“Prescription drug abuse is a silent epidemic that is stealing thousands of lives and tearing apart communities and families across America, ” said Gil Kerlikowske, Director of National Drug Control Policy. “From day one, we have been laser–focused on this crisis by taking a comprehensive public health and public safety approach. All of us have a role to play. Health care providers and patients should be educated on the risks of prescription painkillers. And parents and grandparents can take time today to properly dispose of any unneeded or expired medications from the home and to talk to their kids about the misuse and abuse of prescription drugs. ” Many kids are taking the medications right out of their parents medicine cabinet without the parents knowing about it, because they forgot that the painkillers were even in there in the first place.

In April, the Administration released a comprehensive action plan to address the national prescription drug abuse epidemic to reduce this public health burden.

Titled “Epidemic: Responding to America’s Prescription Drug Abuse Crisis , ” the plan includes support for the expansion of state–based prescription drug monitoring programs, more convenient and environmentally responsible disposal methods to remove unused medications from the home, education for patients and healthcare providers, and support for law enforcement efforts that reduce the prevalence of "pill mills" and doctor shopping.With more and more people needing some form of medications their children also have accesss to the same ones as well while in the home medicine cabinet, many times unsupervised because the parents trust the kids more than they should around drugs.

Are You Living With a Sexual Predator? 10 Questions to Ask Yourself

11-15-11 Many of us know something isn’t right with the person we are living with, but we just can’t put our finger on why or what is really wrong. Sometimes they come home late, with flimsy excuses after our children are already in bed. Johnny S. was so upset I could not leave him. Suzy R . cried uncontrollably and I could not leave her side. Your question should be “Why didn’t their parents handle the situation, and where were they, and why were you there?

If you continually get different answers to the same questions maybe it is time you did some investigations of your own. How do these children look, healthy, sad, afraid? Do they look hungry, abused in some way, wear dirty clothes all of the time. These are things that social services should look into. If your spouse is talking about these things then maybe they should report it to child services. If they won’t do that, find out why.

You and Your Spouse

If you and your spouse are not having normal sexual relations activity for long periods of time, it is time to ask questions or go for counseling if possible. If there is constant baby talk coming from a spouse and descriptions of children in sexual terms or descriptions you really should be careful. If other questions keep coming up in your mind, do your best to satisfy them and try to get answers on your own without putting yourself in the way of your spouses anger or frustrated emotions that could put you in their path of anger.

10 Questions to Ask Yourself?

4. When you come into a room do they immediately turn the computer off and act angry, or scold you for not knocking or announcing yourself?

5. Are there stacks of porn magazines with pictures of children in them that you have secretly seen?

7. Does your spouse speak in baby language on the phone when they think you are not around?

10. Do you have young relatives that do not want him or her to touch them and are afraid when they kiss or hug them?

If more than three of these examples are familiar to you then you might want to do some more investigation as to where your spouse really is when they say they will be late or find out where gifts have been delivered to.

If the list above fits your situation, prepare yourself and family to move out of the house quickly to somewhere the spouse does not know about, and do not tell them or call them.

According to the Mayo Clinic Web site: Both physician reporting and sexual offender registration are required in all 50 states.There are 2 issues of importance concerning the reporting of pedophiles. One is the physician's obligation to report suspected pedophiles and the other is the mandatory sexual offender registration of the pedophile with local law enforcement. Check out this site www.childwelfare.gov

Michael Jacksons Doctor

11-8-11 Jackson's doctors actions prove that just because you have a medical licence and high profile patients doesn't mean you are a good doctor. Greed and an easy lifestyle are what brought down Dr. Murray. If he had shown any concern with Michael Jackson's health, he would have refused to treat him and refer him to someone who was more into a healthy lifestyle. But, alas Murray's actions, proved he was in my opinion, lazy and too interested in his own fascinations to be really attentive for Michael's overall health situation whatever reality that was. None of us will ever really know that.

The moral of the story is this, we are all human and prone to error sometimes, but you must be ever vigilent as far as your total health and welfare is concerned. Check out what peoples claims are for health care. You are the end result of your own health care practices that you adhere to, and, it is your responsibility to take care of yourself the best you know how to, but be prepaired to do some research on your own. Be very aware of any risks associated with any health regimen, diet, or drugs.

Yes, Michael Jackson had done some research, but he befriended the doctor and that was his fatal flaw. Because he needed people to care for him so much he overlooked the doctors greed. Michaels' personal need overshadowed his good decisions and preempted his own death.

Cain "Womanizer" for President - Seriously, I Don't Think So

Woman number four (victim), has come out and made a public statement about Cains unapologetic freely feeling hands running up her skirt to her private areas. Stopping after she asked him to, but also asking her if she wanted a job, like that is what you have to let me do to get you a job. Don't let this shock you younger ladies, this kind of behavior has been going on for years behind closed doors. It is just that the news organizations haven't reported on them quite like the "now news media" is doing.

This is exactly what the womens movement has been growling about for years, men in high places expecting women to put out sex favors in order to get a good job. That is what your grandmothers have had to go through, some complying and some not wanting to be another victim of a powerful man.

If he can get elected anyhow, what does this say about Americans? It is one thing to have one woman say you did unsavory things to her or vocalize them. It is another thing when the number of women climb daily and witnesses come out from behind closed doors. Cain is not the man of choice as our president in the current day situation of international relations. What if he tried to do something like this to a foreign woman in a foreign country?

Look at the man Dominique Strauss-Kahn (former International Monetary Fund chief) who raped a maid in a New York hotel in 2011, he resigned from his job after he created this international incident. is that the kind of person we want in our presidential office? Even though the judge dismissed the sex case doesn’t mean he did not do the rape. He has also been accused of rape by a French reporter/writer.

We have had presidents who did good jobs while they were already inside the White House while flinging their sperms. At least Clintons activities were consentual and he didn't create an international incident overseas. Having said that, I personally don’t think we need someone else doing the same types of things.

At this juncture, we will now need a person with imagination and integrity who knows about our past economic, country history, military and international experiences in governmental affairs. A person who has not been involved in any snakey deals would be ideal. That person also needs to have a courageous heart and the will to do what is right no matter what. We need the type of person who will see to it that the same people who have caused U.S. citizens great harm (bankers,heads of agencies who turned their heads) spend a proper amount of time behind bars.

As we all grow up there are many tempting things that can happen to us when we are in vulnerable life changing situations. All of us have choices on how to conduct ourselves, and some of us are better at that than others are. The real determination of how mature a person is comes in when they are in a place of choice when they angrily decide to physically hurt somone else (beat,kill,rape), deliberately disobey the law (swindle,fire,arson), or make a choice that is unfair regardless of the laws that are made to take care of like situations (fraud, legal, homeless,equality issues).

The popular vote should be the key decision point of who is to run the country. The electoral college is a level of bureaucracy that we should not have to go through for them to vote in the winner of the presidential election.

Scandalous Behavior at FHFA and Fannie Mae

10-11-2011 In a recent report sent out by the Federal Housing Finance Administration relating to Fannie Mae lawyers for Default -Related Legal Services were stupid enough to try to swindle mortgage deals. FHFA officials were not overlooking the legal contractors because they knew the legal firms were not doing due diligence practices with the mortgage borrowers.

According to a recent report, as the conservator, FHFA is responsible for preserving and conserving each Enterprise’s assets and restoring them to a sound financial condition in order to support the nation’s housing finance markets. Someone was surely asleep at the switch for a long time, and ignoring what was going on. Therefore their negligence is appalling and scandalous behavior in their lack of protecting the public trust.

In 1997, the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae or Enterprise) established its Retained Attorney Network (RAN) to acquire default-related legal services associated with foreclosure, bankruptcy, loss mitigation, eviction, and Real Estate Owned (REO) closings. In August 2010, news reports alleged that RAN attorneys had engaged in inappropriate foreclosure practices such as routinely filing false documents in court proceedings and “robo-signing.”

Allegations and evidence of foreclosure abuses began to be filed in 2005 and continue through today. There were reports to Fannie Mae in 2006, and the media didn’t pick up on the abuses until 2008. Where was the media, were they asleep at their computers? The report also states that FHFA did not get reports until 2010. This smells real fishy to me, I mean someone seems like someone was more than likely getting paid off to let these abuses run rampant through both agencies, This is scandalous behavior for anyone in any agency.

1. Various Indicators Could Have Led FHFA to Identify and Address the Heightened Risk Posed by Foreclosure Abuses Prior to Late 2010

2. FHFA’s Supervisory Planning and Guidance Do Not Adequately Address Default-Related Legal Services

3. FHFA Does Not Have a Formal Process for the Enterprises to Share Information About Problem Law Firms

In my entire life I have never heard of any agency where the employees did not know how to use a telephone to get help. Do we really have morons working at Federal Housing Financial Agency and Fannie Mae?

The report referred to is from the Federal Housing Finance Agency Office of the Inspector General Russell A. Rau who is the Deputy Inspector General for Audits.

As far as I can see, there was no one at the top who was held accountable for these gross mishandling of the publics trust. It is no wonder we now have people demonstrating in our streets. While the President and Congress are dealing with other crises, the regulators are just not competent and should be removed from office immediately. As should many of the congress people for not doing their jobs in the proper manner, then we’ll see how they feel about the jobs market. FHFA has failed miserably from its mission statement.

Provide effective supervision, regulation and housing mission oversight of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Home Loan Banks to promote their safety and soundness, support housing finance and affordable housing, and support a stable and liquid mortgage market. See http://www.fhfa.gov

Republicans Are Stressing Us Out- Holding Emergency Disaster Aid Hostage

9-25-2011 Once again John Boehner and House Republicans are bringing our country to the brink of a government shutdown just to score ideological points.

And if that's not bad enough, they're also holding emergency disaster aid hostage to job-killing budget cuts.

The federal government is funded through Friday, but FEMA might run out of money as early as Monday. The Senate addressed both problems by passing a bill with strong bipartisan support that would fund the government through the middle of November and allocate money for disaster relief.

>But the Republicans have rejected the Senate bill and are insisting that disaster aid be offset with unrelated spending cuts elsewhere in the budget.

Tell John Boehner and Eric Cantor: Stop holding emergency aid hostage to job-killing budget cuts.

http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/boehner_cantor_cr/?r_by=27746-2666415-GmIJ7Mx

Don't Ask Don't Tell

9-20-2010 According to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta “This is a historic day for the Pentagon and the nation. As secretary of defense, I’m committed to removing all barriers that would prevent Americans from serving their country and from rising to the highest level of responsibility that their talents and capabilities warrant,” he said. “These are men and women that put their lives on the line in defense of this country – that’s what should matter most.” These men and women should not have to pay a price for loving another person of the same sex.

And Leon Panetta is exacly right, these gay men and lesbian women put their lives on the line for everyone in the United States of America, everyday. Equality should be the guiding force for everyone as long as they themselves do no harm. The other service people who had been drummed out of the service because they are gay or lesbian (over 15,000) are now eligible to get back into it if they choose. There will always be hardliners who may try to give them a hard way to go because you can't erase someone elses hatred or bigotry overnight with the signature of any pen. Life is just not so black and white as pen and paper. Rather, life is a journey and each day is a step further into that personal journey. Yes, there will be those who might still like to take it away, but they will not succeed anymore.

There are now laws against bullying and doing hateful things to other people. Bullying is being ended in the lowest grades in school, there is a national movement against it. We are headed toward a more tolerant society every day. If you truly want a better society, you have to be part of the solution, everyday. We can't expect the president to be the only one marching forth into the wild blue yonder signing new laws into place all by himself. He said "Yes We Can " and most of you agreed with him. Now lets see some of that support in meaningfull ways.

9-11 and Forgiveness

9-11-2011 Ten years after 9-11 My Thoughts of Forgiveness of the terrorists are as follows:

9-9-11 As I sat and watched the news on the Today show and Matt Lauers reactions to a plane hitting the first of the tower towers in New York city, it is really hard to forgive anyone their horrendous acts of terror. It is much easier to remember the heroes of the day, weeks, months afterwards, and that is ultimately what helps to erase many of the bad feelings and forgiveness in my opinion.

I always remember the fallen, the families of the victims, their children and loved ones. Their suffering is never far from my heart. That is why I started this web site in the first place to help people when they need a reference if they are in a crisis situation whether it be health, or strife over financial problems. We provide 800 hotline numbers, links to other emergency information sites, imminent political, weather and news that might affect many lives.

Terrorists live another reality of life than we do in the United States. We all have a choice in what we ultimately do whether it be good or bad. That one split second of thought should I do this or not, affects each one of us and our families as well. Most of the time that split second is enough to keep us from doing the wrong thing because we have been brought up that way with effective parenting from those who teach us that life is precious. In other countries that is not the realty of the day at all.

We are truly blessed in the U.S. to have a base of people who care about one another and take that into their daily routine of respect for one another and themselves. That is what makes the difference between a terrorist and ourselves. We do not dominate each other to bend them to our own wants or will. Our parenting skills are better than that because our society is based on taking care of each other and showing our love to one another. Our men do not dominate our women to their every wish no matter how carnal it is thank goodness. Forgiveness can be a very slow process, especially when there is carnage that has been the cause.

Stretched Thoughts on 911

On September 11, 2001 the Twin Towers in New York city were targets of two jet airplanes whose terrorist passengers strongarmed and convinced the pilotes to do as they said, ram into the towers at the World Trade Center, other planes to target and hit the Pentagon building include, American Airlines Flight 11, American Airlines flight 77, United Airlines Flight 93 and United Airlines Flight 175.

Osama bin Laden was later found to be the mastermind of the plot against Americans on American soil. He reasoned that we sided with Isreal too much on too many issues that were against Palestine and Muslims.

These tragic events entered the psyche of millions of Americans and has created countless health and safty damages to responders who went to help the victims. Damage to our health, our personal psyche, the will to keep on trying, the will to be forgiving or fair, the will to show integrity in our actions has been undermined by many more people than we would like to admit.Actual costs of healthcare for the responders is just being calculated in real time now, after several legal battles.

There are so many areas of personal actions that are untapped on a regular basis I think we need to begin to try to take an inventory of our safe feelings after the attacks and our feelings now. I wonder about the bankers who were involved in the bad mortgages schemes in 2007, were they affected emotionally by the hijackers? What about employees of Enron? Yes, I know these are broad strokes across many a line, but what are the answers? Mortgage lenders practiced really faulty deals without regard to reality with large influxes of investment money coming from outside the country. Had their safe realities been assaulted during the hijackings so much so that they did what they wanted with no regard for others because their security had been compromised so they wanted to lash out against the world? These are questions that maybe only a psychiatrist would know the answers to.

There were a total of 2,996 deaths, including the 19 hijackers and 2,977 victims involved in the planes crashes. All of their families were assaulted by their own fears, the reality of death hitting them square in the face in a seemingly senseless event. Nothing will ever take away those deaths, nothing will satisfy a grieving heart except time.

We must let happiness in when it comes upon us. 911, we must let ourselves smile at the life we make for ourselves because change happens to all of us, it is a part of life, it is our challenge. What we do about those changes is what makes us who we really are in mood, temperment, and actions towards others. We can choose to be happy and make the changes that we want, because we only control ourselves and our own actions no one elses.

Who Should We Blame for Our U.S. Economic Crisis

8-13-2011/ 911 to you all who blame the President for the whole economic mess. He was handed this mess even before he took the oath for his office of the president from President George Bush and Vice President Dick Chaney. I can still see them on the steps of the capitol building holding their press conference to say there was an economic crisis if we didn’t bail out the banks immediately.

Yes, I have a good memory thank you very much. And furthermore, some of the other reasons we are in such an economic mess is because of big business taking their business overseas, and not putting enough money into research and development here at home. 911 to big business you could also provide more on the job training, institute more company integrity, donate more to community organizations, and in my opinion, really promote more women to higher jobs because they are better at managing crisis situations than men because they are better at collaboration.

The banks have their own share of blame to work on. They could give Americans better interest rates, they could give us breaks on bank fees. Where are the true leaders in the banking industry? Why are they being silent when they could be better leaders? How come we are not hearing about better mortgage lenders?

Where are the titans of business? Donald Trump is initiating new business plans to get people to take his business classes and buy into the mortgage and flipping homes arena. Ali Brown, women's entrepreneur teaches women what to do with a new business and how to succeed while others fail.

Parliament Fiddles While London Burns

8-9-2011 Who is to blame for all of the 911 caos? At this point it doesn’t really matter what started them on their path of destruction, the street ragamuffins and those unhappy about the status quo are using this to vent their anger, and are out to destroy whatever they can. To continually set buildings on fire to destroy them for one day is one thing but to continue this for more than three days is a symptom of a much larger problem than being angry about someone being unfairly killed in the street. What kind of human rights issues are really at play here? Who is the real victim? Literally while London burns who is doing the fiddling, who is attending to the crisis in the streets besides the police on the front lines with the rioters?What has the royal family said? Who is minding the political store? Where is the equality in this human disaster that is unfolding before our eyes?

This type of thing is exactly what started all of the regime changes we have seen in the past year abroad. On man tired of being taken advantage of by local police who were taking his fruits and not paying for them fought back and others joined in to help him. Now Tunisia is under a new regime to help their own people.

Mubarak of Egypt is gone from his country because he was so much of a hard ass dictator. People there demonstrated in the streets peacefully for weeks at a time before he was eventually ousted from power.Actions by these people in the streets of London could have a dire effect on the whole of Europe if they are not stopped soon.

Where is the Queen during all of this strife? Why has she been so silent? She has no real power over the people, but some words from the royal family might help calm the boys in the streets of this human disaster scenario. The monarchy could even fall if this violence is not stopped soon.

Leaders of the British Parliament and the House of Commons should stop and take a good look at what they have created. Supreme legislative power is vested in the Queen-in-Parliament; however, in practice in modern times, real power is vested in the House of Commons, as the Sovereign generally acts on the advice of the Prime Minister, and the powers of the House of Lords have been limited.

Baroness Helene Hayman is now the Lord Speaker of the British Parliament and she resigns party membership and outside interests to concentrate on being an impartial presiding officer. Why has she not spoken out?Is thsis not a human disaster of of angst against the powers that be in England?

At last report the commanding officers in charge of the violent situation is saying that they will have 16,000 policemen on the streets to protect people and their property. My question is where are they going to get that many extra police on such short notice for a fourth night of burning and looting marauders to get caught?

A Time for Greatness is Now

7-29-2011 Who's looking out for the American people? In the long run it is the President who guides the compromises of the House of Representatives and the Senate for the “good of all” as the laws are written in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Yet our congress people are now fiddling while the U.S. burns through their options of bad plans to solve the economic crisis. All they want is to keep cutting the budget. That is a good idea, except when you cut it too much many more people suffer and for longer, lose jobs not gain them, and can’t afford to spend on their real needs let alone save any money for home emergencies, college education or job losses. Now is not the time to make any more major across the board cuts. Enough is enough, because we are at a high unemployment rate as it is,while home prices and wages continue to fall as taxpayers lose respect and confidence in those that are governing now.

This is a time for greatness when a few politicians can show their stars and work for the common good. Hopefully this type of crisis will never happen again.This is the time for boldness and courage to do the right things, and the time is now. The president has said publicly that he will not accept any bill that does not involve compromise and a tax increase to directly generate money to fixing our ailing economy. He said “to fix the economy in a manner that will not further harm the economy”. As of today, the President has named a group of the federal government’s top waste, fraud, and abuse watchdogs and other agency leaders to this Board. Starting with the first meeting this morning, these leaders are developing plans to enhance transparency in federal spending and root out and stop waste, fraud, and abuse in federal programs.

This new Board, established in last month’s Executive Order on “Delivering an Efficient, Effective and Accountable Government,” will draw on the lessons learned from our work to track stimulus spending under the Recovery Act. The GATB will provide the strategic direction necessary to make the President’s vision for transparency and accountability in all Federal spending a reality. This is one small step to the future that can have a major enhancement for the next generation.

The president alluded to his girls doing their homework last week and some political leaders stiffened up their backs and rejected the notion that they have not done their homework. Well, I for one happen to think the President is right. Any adult who is facing reality is doing so because they have in fact done their research and they are armed with the real facts not someone else's reality of what could be based on cloudy facts. Why are the congress people not doing their research on a regular basis so they can tell their constituents the truth about what is going on?

Maybe for the next election the people who do the voting (you and me) will also do their homework and find out more about who they are really voting for. We need to be sure that our representatives are in this for the good of all people, and that they really can compromise with clear thinking skills to help get all of us further ahead in life. We need to find out if they make decisions based on real facts or someone else's deft ideas. They will need to be articulate in their speeches, honest in their own lives, not deadbeat fathers who don’t pay their support, or taxes, or alimony, or have been involved in sexcapades, and use their reasoning based on the real facts while using the best practices to get a job done well with reasonable negotiation.

This economic crisis didn’t just happen this week or even when President Obama came into office. it began many years ago when Congress passed laws to let companies send jobs overseas, when congress voted to deregulate the banks,mortgage companies, and as Wall street executives fought against being regulated.

Compromise is what truly makes good people great because they get the best of all worlds, use facts to back them up and learn to negotiate the best of the deals. There isn’t anyone who is always right on everything. Other people have other experiences and we need to be able to accept their realities when trying to fix any problem. We need the facts mam, just the facts with a dose of reality to get us on a more positive course to make better decisions for the future of all of us.

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Casey Anthony

7-15-2011 Casey Anthony has spent the last three years in jail for supposedly killing her three year old daughter. There was no direct evidence that she really killed her child, no eyewitness, or other facts came out during the trial.

To be in jail for a few years is not what she wanted after her child died. Through televised videos of her dancing in clubs and living a singles life outside of her parents home, that appeared to be what she wanted.

Now that she is to be released tomorrow from jail, she has had death threats, and has no money to support her at this point. She will have to face the reality of the life that she has concocted for herself, and it will be a sorry state of affairs for her to deal with everyday. Even on a good day, for anyone having to deal with her recent past, it appears that she will still have a tough time in life.

The media projected a dysfunctional family lifestyle that she grew up in. How she acts on a regular basis is what will determine her future with or without a family. Her needs as an individual and how she fullfills them will be what determines her future without her daughter little Caylee

Of course she can always go back to any singles bar and have a good time, men are always eager to join a girl with a pretty face and buy her drinks and whatever else she might want. That is one option for her future among many other positive ones that she could choose. A word of caution to the men in singles bars, be sure you know something about the background of any women you might meet/pickup in a bar. Never, ever do one night stands anymore, there is just too much at stake.

No More Excuses

Maybe we should really march on Washington. Their negotiations are supposed to be decided on Wednesday July13, 2011.Chinas’ economy is the fastest growing in the world. Their economy is surpassing ours in the U.S. The chinese are averaging a growth rate of 10%.Do you think the U.S. Congresspeople are paying attention to this when they are making their decisions, probably not?

While our Congressmen and women are trying to bowl over President Obama, the stock market falls and the budget lays dormant with a shortfall of meeting the budget our credit will be downgraded by the inaction of Republicans. We must remember that the Republicans have held the administrations hostage for the past 11 years.

The real story here is why aren’t these men and women willing to go to the mat for the people of the U.S..This is their responsibility to make positive change for the betterment of all. There will be pain on all sides if nothing gets done.

The general public is getting angry at all of the politicians at this point and I would not put it past Ameicans if they march on Washington. In fact I will encourage it for all of those people who cannot afford their bills, those who are losing jobs, and who are now making less money than they ever have in their lives.

This could most certainly be a great opportunity for the U.S. politicians to make positive changes for the entire country. But, will they really live up to the situation no one knows. Organize today (its great weather to march in D.C.) and march on Washington.

Can We Trust Japanese Leaders

Should Japanese nuclear scientists and government officials take a leave of absence, or just plain quit since they cannot get it together on the real dangers for their people near the Fukushima Nuclear plant. First they said people living 25 miles were safe from nuclear fallout, then they changed that to 50 miles, now they want more people to evacuate from the area. Nuclear adviser, Toshiso Kosako, furious about the government's flouting of established safety protocol, recently quit in protest.

How can we ever trust the Japanese government again? When they out and out lie to their people about their own safety, they commit treason against their own people. It has been reported that more than 80% of the Japanese people do not trust their own government, nor TEPCO (the company that operates the Fukushima plant) at this point because of the radiation leaks. Then there is the consideration of how much radiation was leaked into the ocean and has harmed fish in their food chain from the Nuclear accident caused by the earthquake and Tsunami. There is no way to test for harm for that at this point, excep catch them individually and test the fish.

Many people tend to respect scientists and engineers as well because they are educated and generally tell the truth. What about their government leaders who are not so educated, or not so smart and do not show common sense, do they deserve respect?. In my opinion, no, not In this instance, they do not deserve respect because they have let their people down and sacrificed public safety for the multitudes. Japanese government leaders waited until they had heard from the Greenpeace organization which monitored nuclear fallout in their villages and in their parts of the ocean before they took action. Greenpeace notified them of dangerously high levels of radiation. Only then did the Japanese science ministry officials make an announcement about the additional dangers of the situation.

Atrocities of Usama bin Ladin

5-6-2011 I believe it is a very good thing that President Obama kept up the pace to get Usama bin Ladin. After all bin Ladin was a criminal who slaughtered over 3,000 people within a few minutes because he planned the 9-11 planes to ram into the twin towers in New York city where the victims died. Our lives have changed because we now have to worry on a day to day basis when another terrorist attack will happen. Our free media also keeps placing that type of news in our faces everyday. No wonder many people sighed a huge collective sigh of relief after President Obama's announcement that bin Ladin was dead.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton summed it up very well. “First, I want to offer my thoughts and prayers to the thousands of families whose loved ones were killed in Usama bin Ladin’s campaign of terror and violence. From the embassy bombings in Africa, to the strike on the U.S.S. Cole, to the attacks of September 11, 2001 and so many more were terrorized. These were not just attacks against Americans, although we suffered grievous losses; these were attacks against the whole world. In London and Madrid, Bali, Istanbul, and many other places, innocent people – most of them Muslims – were targeted in markets and mosques, in subway stations, and on airplanes, each attack motivated by a violent ideology that holds no value for human life or regard for human dignity. I know that nothing can make up for the loss of the victims or fill the voids they left, but I hope their families can now find some comfort in the fact that justice has been served.

Let us not forget the atrocities of crimes he has overseen and approved of. I do regret that he was killed in front of his children, but I don’t know if that could have been avoided or not, as I was not there. However, just because their father was a notorious and violent man does not mean any of them have to be that way. It will be up to their mother to make change, or if the government or Al Qaeda takes the children away that would be a totally different matter. None of us can control that aspect of the situation. And the children are not responsible for their fathers deeds or viciousness.I can’t think of anyone else in history who has been as violent except Moammar Kadafi who has been run out of Egypt because he was such a monstrous tyrant who killed his own people for personal power.

Our twenty year olds won’t remember what is has been like to not be fearful. They were only ten years old when the 911 tragedy of losing the 3,000 victims of the Twin Towers and Ohio people began. No wonder so many of them cheered when they heard the news of Usama bin Ladin’s death.

New Orleans Seafood Safety

4-18-2011 In Louisiana the fisherman worry that the marshes are not growing back a year after the big oil spill. More than 30 dead baby seals have washed up on shorelines in the past few months, yet some local chefs say the shrimp is safe to eat. Should we in good faith trust them?

The gulf oil spill was the worst in history that is a fact. Should all of us be so gullible to believe that all of the seafood is really safe to eat now? Personally I would like to think that the seafood is really all safe, however, I am also thinking that caution should be our best mode of action. Are we to be so gullible as to believe that in one short fishing season seafood from the area is totally safe to eat. How many people have been documented as being sick from eating it and hospitalized?

I have no problems with the fishermen trying to make a living, but how about other types of seafood that lives further out at sea that may not be as close to the oil spill areas, why not catch them, test them also and see if they can be used as foods on a menu if they pass the tests.

Then that brings up another concern, what type of testing and how extensive is it being done on the seafood in question. How do we know we can trust the testing facilities and how thorough is the testing is being done? Yes, I know all of this should be taken into consideration.

In the January 2011 Report from the FDA there was virtually no difference in the chemicals found in the seafood except Shrimp from Florida waters which still had to be retested. According to the samples information from the FDA,

** This represents a very conservative, "worst case" estimate of the maximum, total amount of PAHs including alkyl homologs that could potentially be in the sample since it may include fluorescent compounds other than PAHs and background signal that happen to yield fluorescence response.

If the estimated total PAHs exceeds 50% of the level of concern for naphthalene, then the sample will be sent for confirmatory analysis using the NOAA PAH method.

But, then how much should BP be paying out to the fishing industry and are they really paying out enough to the fishermen and programs to fix the environmental problems that the spill caused?

I like Louisiana seafood, I have been there and eaten it before the oil spill. And I wish the fishermen and the industry well. There are pictures on this web site taken after hurricane Katrina. But, I also think BP still needs to do more for the fishermen and the local fragile environment.See Photographs in New Orleans after hurricane Katrina

Japanese Fear and Bravery

4-14-2011 After the major earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit the island of Japan,Japanese residents fears and frustrations are real for their current and future safety. Fears for the safety of seafood that they normally eat in abundance, and fears about their drinking and bathing water are just below the surface of facial emotions. But the Japanese are a stoic lot and usually keep a stiffer upper lip. Although these times are harder than anything they have ever seen before, the people are still brave. The workers at the nuclear plants are proof of a special type of heroism. But, the regular people who live in the effected areas are real troopers on a day to day basis as they do face their fears.

According to reports residents meet and help each other, even going to the extreme of taking lost items from the disastrous events to family members. They are organizing clean up crews to move the debris safely from the towns. While there are safe places to care for large numbers of people, they could not take their pets with them. Therefore, many pets roam the dangerous and deserted streets in search of their own food and shelter. Many owners could not get home to take care of them after the earthquake.

After the hurricane in New Orleans in the usa, people did not take pets with them because it was too late when they left. In Japan there is no place to take them as yet either. The government has shut down some severely damaged towns and won’t let anyone back in at the moment due to safety issues.

Peoples safety and security are definitely on their minds because of the amount of destruction all around them. It may take many years to get rid of the feelings of a lingering depression from such a cataclysmic event as the earthquake and tsunami. Peoples safety is paramount in any society that is successful. When places become unsafe that is when residents riot and start to disobey their leaders no matter who they are.

Nuclear reactors are now not being trusted by regular people in the streets of Japan, as reactors become less stable by local quake aftershocks. Radiation dangers persist and it is not known how much or for how long this danger will take to be finished, if ever.

The people in Japan definitely need international help now, and will for a very long time. The trick is what do you want to do and how do you get the aid to them at the moment? Stay with traditional aid agencies if you want to donate funds. They like the “Red Cross”, know what they are doing and have much international experience to date. Don’t jump in too fast. People in Libya, will be needing some international help, as well as residents of the ivory coast town cote d'ivoire.

Sins Against Humanity

4-4-2011 Throw the both of them into an arena with 12 lions and 12 serpents and see who is more moral, see who is safe. Unleash these mere mortal men together in a locked arena where they can only be heard by one another. An eye for an eye seems right in this situation, but they can only impact each other no one else. They have no more power, only their own voices to each other, and no weapons. These men are not safe, the animals with them are savage animals known to eat men.

No man is an island, he has the distinct freedom to own his own mind and heart, that is unless he is brainwashed into believing that violence,suppression of love and the human spirit is a good thing. That is what bad dictators do for a living. And the whole of the Arab world is now learning to deal with the millions of suppressed people at this moment. There is safety in numbers, but those people also need to be armed to be safer.

What Terry Jones the supposed minister did to burn the bible of Islam was wrong because he used his own ignorance and intolerance to feed his egotistical self importance and be damned of the safety of other people in the world. He does not care about other people anywhere, only his self importance which is sorely lagging these days.

The fact that an Iman in Afghanistan was enraging his churchgoers so much against Terry Jones that they left the services and ran to the U.N. offices killing the workers there who had nothing to do with burning anything is mind boggling and smacks of sheepherding and fear mongering. Are these murderers so small minded to think that they can kill anyone they want and they then become holy. People believing those things were living back in the barbaric Roman empire days, not today. Where were the Afghanistan police during this tragic killing spree? Will they even try to bring these men to justice for such horrendous acts against humanity?

Unfortunately, many young Muslim men believe this type of payback because their fathers and grandfathers continue these teachings. However, having said that we all must realize that there are many versions of the Quran. Just like the many different religions and bibles in any country, there are many interpretations of them. Having choices is the democratic way of a free society, but remember Muslim society is not a free one, there are few safety nets.

Violence begets violence, peace begets peace and a general enjoyment of life. Sins against humanity are just that sins against humanity, nothing makes that go away except the cessation of the sins. We all have choices in life that we make every day. We can choose to be happy or sad, it is our own choices that effect us and those around us. We can make the world a better and safer place to live in by our own choices.

Relevent Questions for Japanese Government Officials

In the midst of extreme dire circumstances for people around Tokyo and the surrounding 4 nuclear reactors, you would think that the Emperor would give a reassuring reason for something specific to occur for people there. I have several questions that the government officials and their families should consider to be realistic questions that need answers.

If you fish the waters off of Japan for food, what are your expectations to find fisherman and boats and bait for your industry?

in Japan, the main source of protein in Japanese cuisine is fresh caught fish. Will the fish and shrimp in your waters be immediately available,edible and safe to eat for you and your families?

What happens when big fish eat the smaller fish that is contaminated and then swim to other areas of the world and are caught and used for food?

Will you still be able to plant your rice paddys' with artistic designs and be able to eat the rice?

If you have four nuclear reactors in one facility, when one catches fire what is the probability that more of them will catch on fire and self destruct?

If you only have fifty people in the one reactor, how could they handle four emergencies if the others became volatile?

The Pentagon and Priests

2-18-2011 In an article from the Army Times “The government’s refusal to even take the first step of providing comprehensive and accurate information about the sexual trauma inflicted upon our women and men in uniform ... is all too telling,” said Anuradha Bhagwati, a former Marine captain and executive director of SWAN. “The DOD and VA should put the interests of service members first and expose information on the extent of sexual trauma in the military to the sanitizing light of day.”The Defense Department said there were 3,230 reports of sexual assault involving military service members as victims or subjects in fiscal year 2009, an increase of 11 percent from the prior year. The report said part of the increase stemmed from a social marketing campaign aimed at preventing sexual assault.

What part of Sexual Assault Victimization do the Generals not understand? Come on, if a woman is sexually assaulted, how can you possibly expect her to continue to do her job and work side by side with her attacker. I mean isn't’t that justifiable and specific undermining the moral fiber of the entire unit when the men knowingly can get away with rape, especially in a war zone? Doesn't’t that compromise the entire group of soldiers safety when they have to do things side by side and a superior sexually assaults a lower ranking member? What planet are you guys on, (who are supposed to be Generals who are supposed to have some integrity) on anyhow? That throws any General or Admirals integrity completely out of the window pane.

We have heard for years about the traumatic effects of Priests sexual abuse of children. This is no different because these recruits are subjected to betrayal of the utmost kind of trust, someone who is supposed to protect your back in a firestorm or foxhole. Yes, this is life and death only with real guns. Their Captains and Officers who have trained them are their supposed guardians, yet they are allowed to molest and victimize their troops for their own pleasure. The morons who have let soldiers go and not be prosecuted should resign today, not tomorrow, but today. All cases should be retried and the protectors of the perpetrators serve prison time. Their lack of integrity and moral corruptness should make them eligible to be held acountable immediately.

These Generals and Admirals have enabled criminals to get away with crimes against the very people we are trust on a day to day basis, and we are supposed to trust these Generals and Admirals with our national security. At this point they risk out national security right now. The United States has had thousands of great service people do great jobs for our country and serve admirably, we respect them for their valour and sacrifices. Now lets get the real scoundrels out. The scoundrels are not leaders, they have no moral authority over anyone at this point.They are accountable today and tomorrow. All of these victims should be given the same protections as our regular citizens have in any crime against a perpetrator. Military law shoull be suspended in this type of case and the persons held responsible for their victimizations. If this news gets pasted all over the world the U.S. will be made a laughing stock as we always try to protect womens rights in other countries, yet let service people get away with sexual assault and not prosecute them. Read the full SWAN report Click Here

Mubarak Leaves The Building His Palace

2-12-2011 Politics, amidst over 100,000 thousand protesters in the Tahrir Square he leaves because he did not give the people what they wanted for 18 days and more than thirty years. The political protesters peacefully demonstrated in Tahrir Square because they were tired of the daily grind of repression,corruption, lack of jobs and food.

As a dictator Mubarak, quashed freedom of speech, initiated government run television stations and the local internet. He kept the country under the rule of law with a state of emergency since he was first placed into office enforced by the secret police for some thirty years. He ruled with a hard hand over 25% of his people who were the poorest, who had to scrounge for the minimal foods to live on.

He made a political promise to leave office on Wednesday, he addressed crowds in the square on Thursday, yet then said he would not leave office, that he would stay until September elections. The crowds of protesters became enraged, they started to shout “get out, get out”. He had provoked the crowds to an almost murderous rage. The people began to shout louder, the men ran in circles in anger raised fists, and shouted even louder. Many of them walked to the Presidential Palace and the state run television station, they planned all along the walk what they wanted to do when the morning sun arose on their horizon. What he did not realize was that the power of the internet on sites like Facebook,Twitter and international television cameras from outside reporters were a more powerful entity than he could ever be as these factions continued to televise the details of political unrest of the protesters.

The Army had stood by without taking any specific actions against the protesters for two weeks. Many of the protesters were hurt and killed during the time when Mubarak supporters rode into the crowds on horseback and camels to engage them.

As he begins to live at his his seaside retreat at Sharm El-Sheikh, he will no doubt plan for his future where ever it will be in whatever country will accept him and his previous political actions.

It is clear the people are at last in a happier place. It is now up to the military to help the country to grow into a democracy which many of them seem to want. However, this is only the beginning, the first empowering steps to a better future for citizens of Egypt. Hopefully is will continue to be peaceful and safer for all of the people.

Jobs for America

The FDIC Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission of the U.S. Cites Better Leadership Skills Needed

2-10-2011 The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission has been called upon to examine the financial and economic crisis that has gripped our country and explain its causes to the American people. We are keenly aware of the significance of our charge, given the economic damage that America has suffered in the wake of the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression. The Commission concluded that this financial crisis was avoidable. It found widespread failures in financial regulation; dramatic breakdowns in corporate governance; excessive borrowing and risk-taking by households and Wall Street; policy makers who were ill prepared for the crisis; and systemic breaches in accountability and ethics at all levels.

At this point America needs jobs for all of those displaced by the financial crisis brought on by members of Wall Street and other financial institutions for the people who are willing to actually go to work each day and accomplish something. Personally I know many people who are in that position who do a credible job and like to work. Yet, there are companies whose CEOs are not clear enough in their vision to get their own job done well.Nor are they searching for solutions to their downsides.

When looking for full time work,there are job boards where supposedly responsible companies post supposedly good jobs for many of these same people. However, when many of these same good people go on the interviews, they are told that the position is only part time, when they had clearly applied for full-time. Waste of time number one. Recruiters who represent the companies do not read the applicants cover letter.

Waste of time number two. Recruiters who get someone into an interview and tell them the salary is $5,000.0 below their acceptance level. That wastes everyones time and gasoline money and traffic congestion too by the way.

Waste of time number three. When a recruiter asks for work experience and says it is okay if the applicant does not have college, but accepts on the job training experience, they then turn around and hire someone who has the degree. What part of I know my work and have worked for x company for how many years do they not understand?

Waste of time number four. Recruiters do not offer someone a low ball offer when you know they deserve more. Experienced people cost money, they know what they are supposed to do and get the job done in a professional manner. If you hire someone with experience, they will save you money in the long run and cost less time spent in correcting mistakes of someone who is less experienced.

Companies and recruiters need to get with it. The time has come to hire good people to do the jobs that are needed in order to have an intelligent and well run company who can solve their clients needs. They also need to pay their consultants well to solve their in or out of house problems that they cannot do themselves. Companies need to “Man Up” and do the right thing. You can’t keep getting the high salaries in upper management if the men and women in the ranks aren’t geting paid enough or you will have a high attrition rate.

CEOs need to let go of the job slackers, no matter what jobs they currently have. If they can’t or won’t take more training let go of them so you can get going. If they are badgering some other employees or treating them disrespectfully, unfairly, or discriminating, then they need leadership training or let go. Destructive people can destroy the goodwill you have allready built up inside your company within months of their hire if they are not on the do it right the first time or get help and don’t criticize that help especially in front of other employees.

Some companies need to let go of their CEOs who are keeping the company in hot water all of the time. There are CEOs out there who don’t communicate with their top people, who also don’t support them in a positive manner, yet when there is a problem the top these same people are called in to solve whatever is wrong and not compensated for their expertise in any manner. Then these same CEOs promise clients the moon and only half deliver because of their communication inadequacies with their top senior level consultants. Sound familiar, maybe your CEO should take some more CEO leadership training to better the company themselves. Maybe Egypts Mubarak has been listening. Although the military really runs Egypt, they could take a couple of pages out of leadership training to help with their transition.

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Mubarak and the Protestors- He Says "I Won't Leave"

2-10-2011 "As you can see I got the same information you did which is there is a strong likelihood that Mubarak may step down this evening, which would be significant in terms of where the hopefully orderly transition in Egypt takes place," Leon Panetta said. As the protestors await Mubaracks state television speech this evening, excitement, and some apprehension is evident in the crowds entering Cairo.

When protests began on January 25, 2011 as a peaceful protest,it soon became violent demonstrations of unrest for a few days, and now there are entire group strikes called by petroleum, railway and telecommunications employees who are seeking better compensation. The protestors have always wanted better transparency and more jobs and money, given that the country has a 25% poor index.

Everyone must keep in mind this so far has been a most peaceful transition in modern history. Nowhere in the world has there been such a patient yet powerful protest against a govenment leader where there was not a military shoooting spree, or massive arrests to quell the demonstrators. True their internet has been shut down and roads were closed and transportation (buses cancelled) to keep people away from the hot spot demonstrations, but people got there anyhow. However,that does not mean mass arrests have not happened, just that we cannot confirm them at this time.

According to the U.N. addressing the crackdown on journalists, “Violence against journalists represents an attack on the basic right of freedom of expression and therefore a direct threat to democracy,” said UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova.

“Media professionals must be able to work in safety in order to nurture free and independent debate. I count on the Egyptian authorities to do all they can to shed light on this murder and bring the culprits to justice,” she stated. A few days later Mubarak issued a statement that journalists were free to make their reports. However one U.S. TV journalist Anderson Cooper and crew was attacked by protestors and visibly shaken.

It is expected that the military will take a prominent position in this transition of government however Mubarak decides to make it happen. It is ultimately up to him to decide when he will leave and how, unless violence erupts closer to him. Bold steps must be taken now and in the near future to calm and address the protestors and their frustrations. People dancing in the streets today may be premature because Mubarak has not stepped down yet as he has steadfastly refused to step down in the recent past. He has named a vice president, intelligence chief Omar Suleiman as Egyptian vice president.and scrubbed the rest of his cabinet. However, many people believe that Suleiman is just as bad as Mubarak. So you have a regime in the throws of chaos whose leader does not want to step down and the people want a new government. The outcome really depends on how much of a strong voice the people really have and who is to be their strong leader through the transition. The peole must keep speaking up if they are truly to be reasoned with and their dreams of a better life actualized. He said today in his broadcast that he is not stepping down, merely giveing some power to his new Vice President. He is not stepping down, will continue to stay in office until September elections.

The crowds are angry ,furious and on the move to the Egyptian Palace or their State TV offices because both are in the same direction. This could be the day Mubarak will rue as the people begin to really move further against him, right after he told protestors he won't leave.

Hunger and Violence in the Streets of Egypt

1-28-2011 Hunger and violence continues in Egypt as rioters continue their unrest and angry responses to military control efforts. In an uncontrolled violent outburst, students, men and women, and young men let their anger be heard against Mubaraks years of hard line rule last Tuesday.

Their anger against not enough food, not enough work, a repressive Mubarak they finally were experiencing enough hardship to begin their shouting out last Tuesday. Women, men with balding heads bobbing, unemployed youth marching in the streets were also showing their anger at power mongers of the government who support government censorship. The people involved in the protests and violent outbursts were from every faction of the people in Egypt as seen on the television clips.

It is a known fact that people in the streets usually have hash daily. But, their supply has gone away and no one knows why or where. So for those who are already dirt poor, they can’t even escape with a daily stash of hash, cannot find jobs, and they can’t find enough food either. Daily realities of people in the streets can be very harsh. About one fifth of the entire population is poor by any standard. There is no one simple fix in a situation like this, and whether you call it a revolution, a riot or an uprising it does not matter.

Is there a shortage of food, yes. What is the real reason there is a shortage of food? The food prices have been inflated by the global marketers the commodity brokers who buy and sell the seeds, and fertilizers, etc.

Top United Nations officials today urged the Government of Egypt to protect the rights of its citizens amid the political protests taking place in the country, particularly freedoms of expression, information and assembly.

“One of the ground principles of democracy is to protect and ensure the freedom of speech of the people,” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told reporters in Davos, Switzerland, when asked about the situation in Egypt.

The U.S.

Protests continued today despite reports of widespread disruptions to Internet and mobile phone service from early on Friday in Egypt.

According to Hillary Clinton, "Both existing and any new members of any government" need to take "concrete steps toward democratic and economic reform," Clinton said on CNN's "State of the Union." "We are not advocating any specific outcome," she added. But "it needs to be done immediately, with a process that brings people to the table, and that the Egyptian people can see."

President Obama on the Situation in Egypt: "All Governments Must Maintain Power through Consent, Not Coercion." The following is an excerpt from the White House Blog, posted by Jesse Lee 1-28-2011 I want to be very clear in calling upon the Egyptian authorities to refrain from any violence against peaceful protesters.

The people of Egypt have rights that are universal. That includes the right to peaceful assembly and association, the right to free speech, and the ability to determine their own destiny. These are human rights. And the United States will stand up for them everywhere.

I also call upon the Egyptian government to reverse the actions that they’ve taken to interfere with access to the Internet, to cell phone service and to social networks that do so much to connect people in the 21st century.

At the same time, those protesting in the streets have a responsibility to express themselves peacefully. Violence and destruction will not lead to the reforms that they seek.

Now, going forward, this moment of volatility has to be turned into a moment of promise. The United States has a close partnership with Egypt and we've cooperated on many issues, including working together to advance a more peaceful region. But we've also been clear that there must be reform -- political, social, and economic reforms that meet the aspirations of the Egyptian people.

In the absence of these reforms, grievances have built up over time. When President Mubarak addressed the Egyptian people tonight, he pledged a better democracy and greater economic opportunity. I just spoke to him after his speech and I told him he has a responsibility to give meaning to those words, to take concrete steps and actions that deliver on that promise.

Violence will not address the grievances of the Egyptian people. And suppressing ideas never succeeds in making them go away. What’s needed right now are concrete steps that advance the rights of the Egyptian people: a meaningful dialogue between the government and its citizens, and a path of political change that leads to a future of greater freedom and greater opportunity and justice for the Egyptian people.

Now, ultimately the future of Egypt will be determined by the Egyptian people. And I believe that the Egyptian people want the same things that we all want -- a better life for ourselves and our children, and a government that is fair and just and responsive. Put simply, the Egyptian people want a future that befits the heirs to a great and ancient civilization,” said President Obama.

Egypt controls the Suez Canal where thousands of ships pass through each year to export egyptian oil. Egypt has the tenth largest army in the world. This whole situation is very unpredictable and can erupt at any time.

Mafia Family Business' and the Consequences

1-23-2011 While Mafia busness has influence and many contacts, most of them are illegal and exact a large cost to Americans, our major ports and the economy at large. According to the FBI Over 127 people have been arrested in New York due to illegal activities ranging from murder to ties with gambling syndicates, to extortion and other major crimes. The power of infamous bosses of the Cosa Nostra Family aka the Mafia has been severely eroded. Thousands of hours of tapes were made by the FBI to cover criminal activities of the many mafia famiies involved in organized crime.

The defendants were arrested on charges including racketeering, murder, cocaine and marijuana trafficking, extortion, firearms offenses, assault, arson, loansharking, stolen property crimes, and illegal gambling. The costs to us as Americans could be almost as much as the banks and mortgage bailouts of a few years ago.If you can count up all of the losses to corruption to lost port calls,payoffs to union bosses and costs of drug trafficking, loss of wages, families destroyed by drug use, and the human suffering these mafia families have cost us, it becomes a fortune of unimaginable totals.

The total of years of illegal business deals, extortion,and loan sharking alone could support many regular families entire lifelong expenses including thier mortgages and college expenses as well for their children. I suspect that all of these current arrests will lead to more and perhaps we can get to some semblance of normal in the New York area and our major ports.This is the shakeout of a longtime illegal industry dealing with crimes against thier own neighbors and there will be consequences of long term jail sentences for most of those involved.

U.S. and China Leaders Agree

1-19-2011 In a turn about interview with both leaders who agreed to agree with each other, a new business deal has been struck to increase involvements for business trade between the countries that will benefit each one. President Obama emphasized that in order to succeed we must have a level playing field of attitude,financial commitment and common responsibilities to effect fairness and the evaluation of intellectual rights ( the sale of legal computer software licensing to their government instead of pirated software they use now).

In particular there is a pending sale of airplanes to China that will provide over 250,000 jobs for the U.S. citizens. This deal is earmarked to bring in 45 billion dollars to U.S. economy. President Obama said "The trade has to be fair". President Hu said "the U.S. will not experience discrimination". President Obama has also said "We expect China to uphold already accepted international universal rights, human rights, and to support further dialog process.

This is all well and will be a great deal if it is enforced so tht we do have an equal playing field. There was a question put to both leaders that asked what about ttrust between the two countries. A dicey question at best, in my opinion, we first must deal with the inadequacies of the chinese quality systems to start with. In the U.S. we receive thousands of products already shipped here from China each week.However, many of them are pushed back to their food suppliers because they do not meet our safety standards in the first place.Yet this is just one phase of Chinas' already large export business to the U.S.

FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg has already met with Vice Minister PU Changcheng of the Chinese General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ)in Beijing last year. Dr. Christopher Hickey, who is the Country Director of the FDA in China has been on the job for a while.Yet the food industry is only one industry that we have a constant engagement with.In a recent report from the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai according to Dr. Hickey. For instance, the country’s rapid growth has led to a hybrid hyper-export- oriented system; consumer protection is weak; many industry regulations are not science-based; provincial regulating bodies rarely report to central authorities; and there is a lack of coordination between ministries, said Hickey. Also according to the chamber, the types of Chinese goods imported into the United States regulated by the FDA include house ware, human and animal foods, cosmetics, electronics, medicines and medical devices.

The fact that we now are going to sell airplanes and Motorola wants to sell them cell phones is good because of the stringent safety precautions that we adhere to in our manufacturing process'. If they get to the point that they want more items that effect security that is another business alltogether and may push China to better human realtions and more openess in their society.

Angry Citizens or Upset and Uncivil Crazies

1-9-11 It is one thing to be upset about something and quite another to be loud and obnoxious about your feelings over what ever it is you are upset about. A lot depends on what you actually know about the facts of any given situation as well. In a way back course in journalism, (I won't tell you when) my teacher told us, just get the facts, the who, why, what, when and how come facts mam' type of information. That one piece of information has served me very well in all of my adulthood.

If there is nothing else you learn from this column in this next year but those words I shall consider myself a success. Thank you very much! However, you need to spread the word, really you do. You must tell everyone you know, especially the boring friends who spout things from the right wing media without checking for any of the real facts. Also you must tell any teenagers who have any inkling of who is to blame for anything they might be angry about (Always check the facts mam'). You might just get a "Wow, I didn't think about that, or Joey was wrong because he didn't check what was actually said."

To be uncivil to one another is a big nasty divorce just waiting to happen. Or a big business being shut down because of infighting and no care for the customers who bring in the money for the business in the first palce.People need to get real and stop being lazy about finding the truth. It really is not that hard to do, all you have to do is ask questions of the people who are involved. Of course a lot depends on how you polite you are when you ask the questions.If you call somebody a no good S.O.B. to their face then start asking questions you won't get very far because first off you have yelled at them and made them feel bad. Remember, honey gets the bees, not mustard gas.

If you start out looking for a fight instead of answers you will get a bad result. Try asking questions by saying "I want to get to the crux of this problem, do you have any insight on what has been happeni?" But, if you ask then you must listen to the answer whether you like the answer or not. Respect the answers you are given, do not yell again for if you do you have lost everthing you might have gained to include the respect of the person you are listening to.If you lose their respect, you may never gain it back again.

Uncivil crazies are those who have real mental or drug issues that have not been solved.They cannot think straight, or sort the facts from the half truths they might hear on the radio or tv. Their reality is not yours or mine because it is skewed from others yelling stupid stuff at them without the advantage of the truth/facts. If you treat someone with problems like that in an uncivil manner you must watch your back at all times. Jared L. Loughner has now been charged with the murder of six people because he was one of those uncivil people who could not understand the facts. He had been a drug user and thrown out of schools and college. There is evidence that he had plotted the killing of Congresswoman Gifford at her talk in front of a safeway store in Arizona the other day. Six other people are now dead because of his actions. There is much unrest in our supposed civil society today because of the economy and right wing loud mouths and those who belittle others (bulies) and don't care about it. Beware of what you say and wish for, because you are responsible for every word that comes out of your mouth, not anyone else. There are consequences for what you say and do or don't do.

New Years Thoughts

1-2-2011 Politics- I am always interested in them because what our congressmen do effects all of us at some point.

The economy- Always worries me because the politicians don't always go far enough to really solve the countries problems. Plus many financial organizations take us to the cleaners much more than they should be able to in my opinion.

Gasoline and the oil companies-Always worry me- they never seem to give the public any breaks. Of course I don't know why they should give us a break, after all they are in business to make money which is exactly what they do. Only I keep feeling like they take great advantage of us, much like the insurance industry has always done.

Salaries -worry me they are not going up for the average worker. Prediction, many workers will change jobs and career paths to get that extra money boost we all need. HR associates- look for mass exodus as people take more charge of their lives to make changes.

Health- I am generally happy on this issue because new regulations for health care providers will help all of us.In the long run we will be able to get more preventative health services for better prices which will save money for everyone concerned.

The Media- I love newspapers and am really sorry there are so few of them left, however I do read them online. I love the new movie technology in theaters. Love the new DVDS, HD TVs, and Digital Cameras as well. Love my Canon 30D. Love the fact that Oprah Windfrey is offering a better version of a new and different television network.

All in all the new year looks like it will be a better one for all of us. We ultimately control our spending habits and can change them when we want, our work ethics, we take care of our health, and how many miles we drive in our cars. We just can't control congress except by keeping up writing to our representatives. Can't control the oil companies, or our corporations expectations, only our productivity. We do have choices we can make and stick to for the new year. We can buy less gas, take less trips, maybe repair or repaint our homes ourselves. We can look for better paying jobs. We can look for better insurance companies. We can go to better banks offering us better services and better credit card offers. Have a great new year.

Michael Vick Wants a Dog for His Children

12-30-2010 Michael Vick operated his dogfighting business for over five years. He personally took part in the killings of many of the dogs by drowning, electrifying, slamming them onto cement floors and strangling them.

It is a possibility that Michael Vick shows symptoms of being a sociopath. He shows glibness and superficial charm, never recognizes the rights of others and sees his self-serving behaviors as permissible because he has gotten away with it for so long.

He appears to be charming, yet is covertly hostile and domineering, seeing his victims as merely an instrument to be used, to make money for his dog fighting business. He dominated and humiliated his victims (The dogs he killed with his bare hands by holding them underwater while drowning, strangling, electrifying, or slamming them onto cement floors).

He has been manipulative and conning without the regard to his dogs well being in the first place.

The NFL gave him a job opportunity back and the Eagles football team hired him. However, none of that proves he is or has been redeemed or rehabilitated. He has complied with the requirements to be back in football, and gone out and talked to children about his actions. It is a big thing to complete his requirements, but how hard is it to talk to innocent children?

However, does anyone know if he has ever inquired about any of the dogs health or well being since he was caught red handed killing them with his bare hands and giving them their death sentences himself. In reality it does not really matter to those of us who are not animal lovers. Why, because he got a high profile job back for one. You have to remember what football really is, a high paying job that depends on how aggressive a man is on the football field. His behavior is acceptable as to how many men he can sack, or get around, or make fall down. Aggressive behavior is accepted on the field and he is paid handsomely for being aggressive. So in reality, he has not learned to not be aggressive at all, merely learned to not be vicious toward animals. At least as far as we know. Many killers start out abusing animals and antisocial behavior like that is a first sign that they will kill people.

I am not saying his children don't really want a dog. However, how could anyone control his access or activities around the childrens dog. What if the dog misbehaved, what would he do to the dog in front of his children?He obviously has not learned his lesson,if he had he would have known he could not have a dog again. Who in their right mind would let him near an animal ever again? Of course his children would want a pet, but who wants him near the dog, or even his children at this point? The time frame has not been long enough to prove that he will not harm an animal again and I’m not sure if he can ever be trusted with an animal in his lifetime. That urge to kill which was encouraged for over five years and underlying in the sport of football with aggressiveness is a meanness that I believe is inherent, (Existing as an essential constituent or characteristic; intrinsic). No dogs for Vick in the new year is my thought, because I am an animal lover.

How Many MENSA Students Does it Take

12-28-2010 So how many MENSA students does it take to figure out that the more people city councils fire or let go of there won’t be enough maintenance crews or firemen left to help when we experience a disaster like the current snow storms and blizzards?

Thinking back to last years cold blast for the East Coast snow storms for four weeks straight, we got more snow in Annapolis than I can ever remember in my lifetime of over 60 years. Notice you got no specific number, LOL. City leaders had already begun to lay people off and couldn’t function very well then either.

This year it has been even worse for people traveling as their planes in some instances have been grounded because they cannot fly out of the airport , or they have landed and then are left to sit on tarmacs for hours upon hours to get into the terminals. This has been due to airlines not calling ahead to reserve space for their flights to be taken care of when landing and not fulfilling their commitments to their customers. Of course the weather has been the real culprit because it has just kept snowing and snowing.

Some cities have been really crippled during the storms, people cannot get to work. Business’ have closed for the duration because of all kinds of transportation issues, customers can’t get to them, and workers can’t get into work in the first place. Some people have left their cars in the middle of streets because they could no longer drive them through the snow. That was not a brilliant thing to do in the first place. At some point the cities will have to remove these cars and probably fine the owners who abandoned them and created more of a disaster.

Emergency hot lines have been compromised because of the heavy load of callers. New York city had over 49,000 calls on Monday alone. Mayor Bloomberg said that “Our communications systems have been over loaded”. He continued to say that “he appreciates all help he can get whether it is from individual citizens or additional contractors who are paid to do the work of shoveling and dispensing with the snow during this disaster”.

Newark, New Jersey mayor Cory Booker actually went out into the streets and shoveled snow himself. He then tweeted his actions to residents from his twitter account. Now that is the power of a social media account. That is accountability with a capital A.

This current storm system is guilty of dumping 32” of snow into Danbury, Connecticut, and 40” in St. Paul, Minnesota, and 17 feet on Mammoth Mountain, California.

here will be a bigger headache in the next several weeks because this is just the beginning of snow storms in many areas.. Stretching these storms all the way across the country from the tip of the West coast to the tip of the East coast is spurring many disaster incidents of varying degrees.

Teen Suicides,Too Many Deaths, Too Much Suffering

Senior Advisor to the President Valerie Jarrett said "No young person should have to endure a life of relentless taunts and harassment, just because they’re gay. On behalf of President Obama, I want to make clear that this administration is firmly committed to working with you and other advocates. For we all have to ensure that we are creating an environment in our schools, our communities, and our country, that is safe for every person, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity."

Parents are often devastated when learning the truth of what has been happening to their children in and out of school. Children don't always tell thier parents about the harassment.

In light of the Presidents feelings about equality for all President O'Bama said “Life is precious, and part of its beauty lies in its diversity,” he said. “We shouldn’t be embarrassed by the things that make us different. We should be proud of them. Because it’s the things that make us different, that make us who we are. And the strength and character of this country have always come from our ability to recognize ourselves in one another.”

Those words should be a lesson in life for all of us. Our constitution address' equality. Currently we have a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who argued enforce for allowing gay men and women to serve this country without having to subvert their integrity. The House of Representatives has passed repeal for the first time ever. The rest of us need to get inline and online to express ur support for those who are harassed and bulied. Bullying is wrong, no matter who does it to whom. We are all of us equal, we have rights to a happy life and the persuit of happiness. To bully is to verbally, or physically abuse another person. You nor members of your family have to put up with abuse in any form. No matter who you are, you have a right to be left in peace as long as you also coexist in peace with others. Call your neighbors, get support, call politicians and let them know exactly how you feel, because if you don't more harassment will continue and it might get worse, it could happen in your family as well.

Derail Representative John Boehner

Americans have a right to get rid of influence peddlars who cost us our liveliehoods and savings.IE John Boehner, republican, is the current minority leader of the House of Representatives.

If we truly want change in Washington as we voted in the presidential election, we now need to go further and get the rest of the boneheads out of office. We can now focus on the rest of the story and storied bad guys and put them out to pasture. We cannot, I repeat, cannot let the rest of the government be crafted by major banks and financial gurus because if we did we would all be broke by the end of next year and the money guys would be laughing at us for being so stupid as to put more of them into positions of influence.

But, what can we do you ask? Get the real facts, the ones that can be backed up by the truth and begin spreading the truth, not half lies about those you know are into corruption. Yes, you have to do something, it is on all of us to get together and organize the largest voting block in history to get the morons out of office who have aided those who would steal from us legally by raising fees and doing questionable business deals. People like Representative Charlie Rangel for one. Mr. Boehner and his cronies opposed the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection created by the Wall Street financial overhaul.

>911 Rights of Tyler Clementi

9-4-2010 Tyler Clementi an 18 year old Rutgers University student took his own life by jumping off of the George Washington Bridge last week.

He did so because two other students at the school and one of them his roommate, actually placed a tv video monitor device in his dorm room and aimed it at his bed. Because he was gay, they wanted to film him in a compromising manner which they did. After they filmed him with another male student, they put it on the internet. The other students, Dharun Ravi, of Plainsboro, N.J., and Molly Wei are to be charged in this invasion of privacy.

The actions of two other students prying on another in such a private moment has left me really sad. We all know of things that younger boys do to each other in the form of bullying. They just keep doing it until they get caught, but it does not normally end in the death of one of them. Apparently Dharun Ravi, and Molly Wei are both very immature. They do not know about the consequences of their adult actions or they would have not pulled such a stunt in the first place.

I wonder about the families that they come from. Do their faiths and parents tell them that gay people should be killed or wiped from the earth. What are their beliefs, and how do they feel about their college students actions?

But, that doesn’t really matter does it, because the student that they plotted against is dead and his death is directly related to their childrens stupid prank whose lack of individual integrity and compassion for anyone caused anothers death.

It is my belief that kids who go off to college should be monitored more by the college leaders themselves just because of such idiotic away from home activities that they get themselves into. All campuses should have new internet, and video privacy and harassment laws to enforce. Maybe they should not allow video cameras in dorms at all, only for classes that they are involved in and be locked up at night, the equipment that is.

The internet and new media has come into an age of acceptability by people of all ages, some of whom have common sense and others who do not. All of us need to be protected from immature young adults who don’t have a clue about integrity or compassion, or individual rights. The personal and private civil rights of Tyler Clementi were grossly trampled upon. I certainly hope that the students involved do hard time in jail,so they can think abaout what they did for a very long time.But nothing can help, because Tyler Clementi is already dead. God rest his soul, for God loves us all as he loves all the animals and plants of the earth.

911 Tragedy of the Century and One Mans Film

The 9-11-2001 airplanes fierce trajectory into the twin towers in New York,Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. were truly terrible violent acts of real terrorists who had grudges against America and what our country stands for in the world. Our fear and memories of 911 make us think many dangerous thoughts, and politics can make them even worse. Sometimes we let them out and sometimes we don’t. When we don’t let the thoughts and fears out of our minds they can stay inside and torture us in devious ways that we don’t realize can be a danger to ourselves. That is the way fear gets to us and sneaks up on us.

Enter Pericles Lewnes film actor, writer to show us what fear really can do to us as Americans who are upset with our political leadership and the terrorists as well.He was in Washington, D.C. when the planes hit and saw a portion of the scene unfolding before his eyes.

Film maker Pericles Lewnes has put his thoughts and our fears into a feature film which is a must see for those of us who admit to having fear. More importantly for those of us who don’t admit to these feelings need to see what that fear is capable of making us do or think about doing. Loop has been shown at various film festivals around the country, and internationally.Loop won the Best Visual Effects for 2007 at FAIF International Film Festival in Hollywood,CA., Best Narrative Feature at Great LAkes Independent Film Festival Erie,Pa.,Special Jury Award at Flyway Film Festival in Pepin,Wisconsin.

This production took great courage and is genius in its entirety of purpose and production by Pericles Lewnes, and crew.

>This film reminds me of the films shown by Alfred Hitchcock mysteries on Tv in the 50’s and 60’swith the same intensity. “Rear Window, The Birds, Psycho, To Catch a Thief, and Dial M for Murder were all his films.See his film web site for additional information: http://www.pretentiousfilm.com/2010/08/loop-film-by-pericles-lewnes-friday.html

Pastor Terry Jones / if You Can Call him a Pastor

Update 9-9-2010 He has cancelled the burning of the bibles due to recent protests and threats to his life.

9-8-2010 Pastor Terry Jones of the Protestant Dove World Outreach Center, plans a burning of the holy Muslim bible the Koran on September 11, 2010. He is said to have over 200 of them to burn and wants to confront radical Islam.

Pastor Jones’ intent is an example of the pot calling the kettle black. He is deliberately showing his religious intolerance against an entire religion and millions of good people. He certainly is not doing any good outreach for the world with his words or actions in this case.

As most of us know the Koran can be taken out of context in many instances and made to seem inhumane and vindictive, as can many religious teachings, but we don’t burn the bibles.

Mr. Jones could be inciting a riot if he continues with his ill advised delusional tirade against millions of people, none of whom he really knows or cares to know. And he is endangering many military families and leaders of freedom everywhere by his stupid, dumb, egotistical man trick that will get him lots of attention, but not the kind he really is searching for. I understand he has had many death threats. And another thing, how can he possibly call himself a Christian minister? A true minister would never say such outrageous things to hurt so many other people. How can he ever be at the head of any Protestant pulpit when he espouses such hatred against mankind with his despicable threat. He makes me wonder who his followers really are and how much hatred they have in their hearts.

We hope that the world will appreciate that this is the action of a very small fringe group and does not represent the views of the United States or Americans as a whole, said State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley. U.S. officials say that First Amendment constitutional rights guaranteeing freedom of speech, assembly and religion prevent them from prohibiting the event.

Yes, I do understand that the jet planes ramming into the twin towers in New York,into Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania were heinous acts of terrible hatred toward mankind. But that does not make Jones’ actions right, nor does it change or make anything better for mankind. He has been called by many names, moron, stupid, jackass,unchristian,anointed rabble-rouser,and demented. After Septemebr 11, 2010 he may be called the rest in eternal hell pastor.

Is Charlie Rangel a Black Uppity Politician? How Does he Celebrate Labor Day?

As most of the weekends flood warnings are over, the majority of Americans are going to deluged with a flood of political advertisements on their neighbors lawns, television ads, and fire house meetings, etc. It will be hard to find a place of solace so we can think straight, or at the very least clearly.

Would that the newest people running for office actually have an honest appeal to make change for the greater number of Americans would be a very positive thing. If they further went about their day trying to really fix things instead of their own tax papers and land dealings (like Congressman Charlie Rangel (Democrat) it would be even better. He has been brought up on thirteen charges of ethics violations.

As a black democrat he has shamed American politics even if only a portion of the charges are true. Futrthermore, he had formed the Congressional Black Caucus. Is he one of those uppity black people who think they are above the laws of this great country and prior great politicians? In a land of pride in black people who succeed from good honest hard work he is a cheat and a liar. I am not merely calling him names in vain because those things he has actually done. This is no threat, he has made his own bed and done these things.

Charles B. Rangel (of the fifteenth Congressional district of New York) should be held to the same standards as anyone else in the political body of representatives of the American people.

He should be held to those same standards of honor and duty as a sworn politician at work for the public trust, just like anyone else in public office, not above or below the laws of this country. I really wonder how he celebrates Labor Day, by laughiing behind peoples back at the deads he has pulled off under our noses, I suppose!

Hurricane Katrina 5 Years Later

Hurricane Katrina, the one that caused Americans to sincerely doubt the competencies of our government leadership, caused the deaths of over 1800 people in August 2005.

Because I am a writer I closely watched the growth, strength and width of hurricane on the NOAA web site. Overwrought is a good description of my own feelings as I watched the intense storms activity and wondered why no one had issued evacuations sooner for the Louisiana and Mississippi coastlines.

My feelings became real fears as I watched the television coverage moment by moment the telecast s of Brian William's, with the wind and the rain beating down on him, the coverage of people being rescued from the rooftops of their homes, and the dead bodies floating in the rancid waters of the storm.

The tragedy of people in the Super Dome was just that, a national tragedy of which all leaders involved should even today be more ashamed of their inaction at any other time in last hundred years. The mere facts that people died in the streets, inside the superdome, and elderly people died in their wheelchairs is a mortal sin in my opinion, and leaders should have those nightmares every night until they do something extra to help those who are still not able to live in a normal atmosphere. Their desperation was shown on every face that we saw on our televisions.

A total of 80% of homes in New Orleans was totally demolished by the storm. Then 90% of Mississippi's’ beach homes were destroyed by the storm as well.

Today is has been reported that since the devastation from hurricane Katrina, more than 300 restaurants have opened in the famous city of New Orleans. The Army Corp of Engineers had been charged in a lawsuit that ended in 2008 which went against them because they let people build in the low lying areas in the first place. And secondly, the construction was faulty which resulted in the levees failing when the were needed the most.

The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.Benjamin Franklin

7-21-2010 Let us see here, Lindsey is in jail, whispers have it she will only spend two weeks there. What a shame, she might learn about real life and real consequences if she stays put for a while. Her life history is very short because she just passed her 24th birthday. Seems like she has made some relly bad choices in her young years. Maybe time will help her retain some real lifetime values for her future.Who really cares enough about her to make things right for her to be able to move forward? Who should have been there for her, her mother, father? Or is she one of those young people who will just not listen to anyone?

The man named Tom Vilsack is now a fool and not at all fit to lead an entire agency because he makes snap judgments, before he thinks. The facts mam, just the facts. So now who has the eggs all over their faces I ask you? Probably Vilsack and the President as well have egg slowly dribbling down their chins? Don’t you think Shirley Sherrod should have Tom Vilsacks job? And, of course the blogger who made hay of all of the real facts Andrew Breibart should be fired.

Oh, yes, we must remember that President O’bama stood by and watched Tom Vilsack make his charges and fire Shirley Sherrod. Someone from Vilsacks’ office was calling her on the phone while she was driving, and demanding she resign.

Is the O’bama White House still going to stand by and see Shirley being bullied more or make this problem right by firing Vilsack and rehiring Shirley Sherrod?

Right is right, and both of these entire situations should never have seen the light of day if someone had done the right thing ahead of time for either of these women.

Helping Disaster Emergency Personnel Get Through the Disasters

Remember all of the people who responded during the Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the Gulf Coast? Well , many of those people are at it again only for different reasons and such as a higher stakes game due to the extreme damages to the sensitive marshes and sea life from which they may not recover from the oil entrenched into their environment.

This time around there is an organization that can help those rescuers who get despondent over the situation that they find themselves in. Lets do a scenario where you are there and you see the damage that has been done to your backyard marsh water and the oil damage has consumed your partner who works in the seafood industry. Neither one of you can work, your bills are due, you are worried that you can never recover from the disaster this time around, you have oily nightmares that keep you awake most nights.

So what is a body to do, you worry and get nowhere, the situation gets worse with each week, now there is a major hurricane headed your way.

Who can help you in this situation,or who can you turn to for help? Look no further than http://EDRS-Support.com. A man by the name of David Ebel started this site to help responders because there is such a need for them to de stress and be able to get on with their lives after a response to disaster situations. David was the man responsible for getting the first supplies to the stranded victims of hurricane Katrina and Rita at the Super dome in New Orleans. The sites motto is “When the event is over...We help each other/Outer circle is helping others ... inner circle is helping each other after that. David is a Certified Disaster Emergency Response Team Person. He has many certifications to his credit. This is a seriously worthwhile group of people and they deserve all of the support we can give them.

World Crisis/Personal Crisis

Many countries are focusing on what is being done in our Gulf of Mexico in the fouling of our ecosystem during the flow of oil into the sensitive seafood and wildlife arenas of the waters. This is a world crisis as this has never happened before and because the world depends on oil as an energy source to solve many other problems on a daily basis. Other countries may face this type of crisis if their oil rigs and personnel do not follow better safety procedures than BP has.

We must not forget that there are many parts to this problem and that this is still a process, nightmare that it really is, this will take time to correct if that is even possible. We just don’t know that for sure yet. BP is supposedly working on a solution.

Even though this is a major problem we must not let this overshadow our own lives as individuals. We are people of great resilience. We must pay attention to our personal well being by making our doctors appointments, and keep them. We as individuals only live once and we need to take that into account in our daily lives and actions. We are responsible for ourselves, not other people. Personally we must be good parents, good neighbors, good listeners, good at our jobs and effective in our neighborhoods. We need to show our compassion, use our natural instincts, be kind to others when we can and show appreciation in the proper context. Those are the things that highly evolved people do and that is who we are.

6-10-10 Earlier this week President O’bama wanted to “Kick Some Ass” over the terrible oil spill situation. Can’t say as I blame him a bit. When I talk to my family about this we all want to “kick some ass” as well. It is hard for forty year olds to figure out why the government can’t “do anything about what is going on, they seem incompetent, and executives are making the same type of time delay mistakes that they did during hurricane Katrina is what I hear.”

Latest estimates from the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill has members of the Plume Modeling Team of The Flow Rate Technical Group calculating updates that 1,100,000 to 1,300,000 US gallons; 4,000,000 to 4,800,000 litres of oil) per day is flowing from the pipes 5,000 feet below the surface of the water. We need to remember this oil platform was drilling to find out if there was oil so they could put it in the marketplace. If they could they would be wealthier than they ever thought because according to experts there is enough oil being blown out that the amount is equal to that of the Exxon Valdez pumped into the ocean every 8 to 10 days. And furthermore, BP is providing the videos of the oil coming out of the pipes, so we don’t know what the real story is and how true the current facts really are.

This environmental disaster really worries me, because there are so many facets to the problems that continue to screw up expectations and reality of what can reasonably be done to contain the oil. At this point the oil may never be able to be really cleaned up. There are things like summer hurricanes that can disperse a lot of the oil in many directions. For instance, Gulf stream sea currents could spread the oil into the Atlantic Ocean. The Eastern Loop Current around Florida is a deep chasm and if bad weather puts the oil there it could spread thousands of miles and do untold damage.

These facts are not pretty, nor is the amount of dead oiled animals (2,000) found so far a pretty picture. This is truly a complex matter and many more facets will certainly surface in the coming months. The professional fisherman who decided to work for BP to help clean up effort have been ordered back to land. Admiral Allen has said that he plans to move in ships from around the fleet to help. According to Allen, there are currently 25,000 people are working on the gusher in the Gulf using 400 skimming vessels, 500 barges, 2,500 government and contract vessels and 66 aircraft.

Because this has never happened before, we don’t know what to expect as far as solutions go. However, we do hear spats of news that people are coming up with solutions but authorities are too nervous to approve any of them.Let us have some real solutions guys, or at least let us know what new or improved soutions you are going to try from Americans who are trying to help.

Nightmare of 11 Lives, Livelihoods, and a Fragile Ecosystem Lost

This is truly a nightmare of unimaginable magnitude to lose eleven peoples lives, a way of life, and an ecosystem for millions of people in the Gulf of Mexico region. This nightmare explosion by an oil leak caused by BP and Transocean employees and possible mismanagement is a major tragedy of as yet unknown proportions. Safety procedures may not have been followed and mechanical safety apparently failed to work properly.

6-1-2010 Attorney General Eric Holder Advances a Criminal Investigation into the largest oil spill in American history. He Says”I was briefed by Coast Guard officers involved in the massive response effort and also surveyed the famed Louisiana Delta, where the early signs of oil intruding into the ecosystem are all too evident.”

This afternoon, our team from Washington met with Attorneys General and U.S. Attorneys for the states and districts whose coast lines and citizens have been impacted by this disaster to discuss how we can work together to respond to this tragic spill.

As you all know, the President on Friday reiterated that the first and foremost goal of the entire government is stopping the leak, containing and cleaning up the oil, and helping the people in this region get back on their feet and return to their normal lives.

But as we have said all along, we must also ensure that anyone found responsible for this spill is held accountable. That means enforcing the appropriate civil – and if warranted, criminal – authorities to the full extent of the law.

What we saw this morning was oil for miles and miles. Oil that we know has already affected plant and animal life along the coast, and has impacted the lives and livelihoods of all too many in this region. This disaster is nothing less than a tragedy.

There is one thing I will not let be forgotten in this incident: In addition to the extensive costs being borne by our environment and by communities along the Gulf Coast, the initial explosion and fire also took the lives of 11 rig workers. Eleven innocent lives lost. As we examine the causes of the explosion and subsequent spill, I want to assure the American people that we will not forget the price those workers paid.

>During the early stages of the response efforts, I sent a team of attorneys including the head of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Ignacia Moreno, and the head of our Civil Division, Tony West, to New Orleans to lead our efforts to protect not only the people who work and reside near the Gulf, but also the American taxpayers, the environment and the abundant wildlife in the region. They have been working diligently ever since to gather facts and coordinate the government’s legal response.

As we move forward, we will be guided by simple principles: We will ensure that every cent of taxpayer money will be repaid and damages to the environment and wildlife will be reimbursed. We will make certain that those responsible clean up the mess they have made and restore or replace the natural resources lost or injured in this tragedy. And we will prosecute to the full extent any violations of the law.

• The Clean Water Act, which carries civil penalties and fines as well as criminal penalties;

>• The Oil Pollution Act of 1990, which can be used to hold parties liable for cleanup costs and reimbursement for government efforts;

• The Migratory Bird Treaty Act and Endangered Species Acts, which provide penalties for injury and death to wildlife and bird species;

There are a wide range of possible violations under these statutes, and we will closely examine the actions of those involved in this spill. If we find evidence of illegal behavior, we will be forceful in our response. We have already instructed all relevant parties to preserve any documents that may shed light on the facts surrounding this disaster. As our review expands in the days ahead we will be meticulous, we will be comprehensive, and we will be aggressive. We will not rest until justice is done.

While the federal government continues to focus on stopping the leak and responding to the environmental disaster, the Department of Justice will ensure the American people do not foot the bill for this disaster and that our laws are enforced to the full extent. That is our responsibility, and we will do nothing less.

>Stock Market Players Buyer Beware of So Called Experts

For those of you out there who still are active in the stock market, buyer beware! Today in my e-mail I received the following message.

From the richest Gold-Producing region in America comes - MY NEXT POTENTIAL 10-BAGGER+

The last two companies I reported on, AENY and JYHW, became Huge winners on Wall Street -

JYHW (Jayhawk Energy) - Up almost 1,100% in 7 mo. ...and my third pick, Amarok Resources, could be my "Triple Crown!"

MARKET WIRE (4/14/10) - Amarok Resources announces they have selected a drilling contractor for the Rodeo Creek property on Nevada's Carlin Trend. Drilling is anticipated to begin early May 2010 on three of its prime gold targets - Thus escalating its buyout potential by neighbors, Barrick Gold and Newmont Mining!

Buyer beware these stocks have not become huge winners on Wall Street, or any other street. Their claims are absolutely bogus. As of today April 21, 2010 AENY is down over 60% since January sales of $5.59, and now to $2.02 a share. AMOK is down over 60% from $2.75 on April 4 to $1.45 on April 21,2010, JYHW January price was $2.16 stock is now at $.72 cents. So who is it that is crazy and can’t read their own numbers. Our motto at 911 info is, "don’t believe the so called experts, do your own research before investing in any stocks or investments.", especially in todays markets and so called bail outs of any kind. The informationI received was put out by Top Stocks Analyists as a Paid Advertisement from the Intelligent Investor Report. Nothing in the report is a fact, it is all lies in my opinion.Top Stock Analyists must be in real bad shape to take money for an advertisement that is so bogus and truley not based on facts at all.

Burning Coal is the Dirtiest Form of Pollution We Have

Gov. Joe Manchin has ordered all mines be inspected since last weeks’ explosion at the Massey mine at Upper Big Branch in West Virginia where 29 miners lost their lives. The West Virginia Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training is responsible for the enforcement of the West Virginia Mine Safety Laws and Regulations. However, President Obama has said that the West Virginia accident was "a failure, first and foremost, of management, but also a failure of oversight and a failure of laws so riddled with loopholes that they allow unsafe conditions to continue." He continued and said the federal government's mine inspectors will be fanning out to mines with "troubling" safety records to make sure that none have the same violations found at Massey before the accident.

Mining is fraught with safety issues and each miner knows all about them, as do their families. It is ultimately the companies and their directors who run the mines and know exactly what the safety issues really are in each individual mine location. They also know what their financial bottom line is and run their business's along those lines rather than safety issues.

If the management was really smart they would do everything they could to make sure the workers are safe because that extra detail would keep the men secure and if they thought that they were safer, production would improve as would their overall work habits. Hence the companies would prosper beyond what they ever thought they could.

Unfortunately, mining coal is not really safe for the miners because of health hazards from the normal work there in the first place. Federal regulators also have a portion of the blame in this instance because there are safety procedures in place. For the Feds to look the other way and not put stops in place when they see the need is almost criminal.Secondly, coal burning to heat factories and homes and business is still the dirtiest and unhealthiest form of pollution we have.

West Virginias' Coal Miners Deserve Better

Coal miners have a harsh way of life. Talk about being down and dirty, theses men get it and usually have nothing to show for their labors except dirty safety glasses,soot covered overhauls and shoes and a severe looking woman as a wife and thin children. There is no such thing as clean coal, nor does it ever burn clean. There are hundreds of country songs about the harshness of the plight of their lives. This latest blast at Upper Big Branch coal mine cost the lives of 29 men.

That the U.S. has not made more progress in mining is a testament to the old boy network. You know the men who rake in the profits and smoke their big fat cigars while their men toil down in the old coal mines. These cigar smokers are the ones who continue to file extensions to keep their companies from paying huge fines to the government, and make the miners live such a hard life. They know the numbers and keep a log of how many peoples lives it takes to make a ton of coal profitable.

Don Blankenship the chief executive of Massey Energy had paid a fine of more than 4 million dollars in 2008 because of the crminal fines and civil penalties imposed in another subsidy company of Massey Energy not being safe. The time has come to stop this folly. President Obama has done much to change the scenario for the auto industries, why not the coal miners lives and industry as well. He even forced out the head of General Motors., maybe he can force out Blankenship as he is the mines operator and ultimately the safety officer who chose not to enforce regular safety rules.

>I bet the miners could have used much of the 4 million dollars toward safety and better wages and they would have appreicated it. Americans need to wake up and either put decent schools that will teach the miners children there is a better way of life, and encourage them to find it. You can’t exactly close the mines and pack the people off to other places where labor is better rewarded. A major change needs to take place. These miners would most likely want to stay, as their lives are invested in the areas. To move is a hard solution, but right there where the mines are if possible.

There are no winners in a coal mine except the ole boys who run the show. The mountains are cleared, and stripped, the ash gets into the waterways and fouls the water, and the men get black ash in their lungs.

We need better sources of energy, like windmills. Why not use these mountains to put up windmills? Why not use these acres of wasted land to build solar manufacturing plants? Those two items could create much better jobs and a better way of life for everyone.

The EPA says “Mountaintop removal is a form of surface coal mining in which explosives are used to access coal seams, generating large volumes of waste that bury adjacent streams. The resulting waste that then fills valleys and streams can significantly compromise water quality, often causing permanent damage to ecosystems and rendering streams unfit for swimming, fishing and drinking. It is estimated that almost 2,000 miles of Appalachian headwater streams have been buried by mountaintop coal mining.

Also, according to the EPA "The people of Appalachia shouldn't have to choose between a clean, healthy environment in which to raise their families and the jobs they need to support them. That’s why EPA is providing even greater clarity on the direction the agency is taking to confront pollution from mountain top removal,” said EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson. “We will continue to work with all stake holders to find a way forward that follows the science and the law. Getting this right is important to Americans who rely on affordable coal to power homes and businesses, as well as coal communities that count on jobs and a livable environment, both during mining and after coal companies move to other sites.”

So what is the EPA really going to do to get a real change in Appalachia, we are all waiting to see what actually happens in this situation.

The Holy One, Pope or not Should be Held Accountable

Children do not understand what a sin is unless an adult tells them what that is. Imagine a ten year old child being told that they have just sinned? They will look at you and ask “What?” Children who have been brought into this life as catholics will understand that. Guilt is the main manner of control. Imagine those of you who are not catholic and then tell your ten year old that they have sinned. You as an adult will have to explain what that sin is. Proceed to tell them they have to go to confession and tell that sin to a man in a dark closet. That child will think you have lost your mind, and rightly so.

Get my drift? An abusive priest will give some lame excuse that the child is not sure of and try to abuse the child who is then told that they will hurt their younger brothers or sisters or even tell their parents that it is their fault, not the abusers. Priests have always had free access to children, way too much access in my opinion.

Much depends on the child's circle of trust in their home life as to how they handle others who try to abuse them. Many children suffer in silence, or scream out in bad dreams at night, but they never forget the abuse. It does not go away. Priests in the catholic church should be held to account no matter how many or who they are. The holy one Pope or not should be held accountable for what he knew or had covered up. No man is above the crimes against children or nature.

Why shouldn’t a priest be charged for their crimes against humanity and children? A priests actions should be charged doubly because of their intimate knowledge about human behavior, childrens vulnerabillty and frailties.

In the United States we probably don’t have enough prisons to hold all of the priests who have sexually harmed our children. But, that should not be an excuse to do nothing. Their are consequences to peoples actions. Priests should know that better then anyone else. Because children never forget abuse, and always have a hard time to get through such abuse I really believe that those who prey on children should be held accountable, no matter who they are or what their position in life. No matter what they knew or when they knew it, those who have any actions in the harm of a child or cover that up need to be held accountable. Who really knows how much the lack of prosecution costs us as a country in terms of lost human potential and lost caring for one another?

According to Wiki- Crimes against humanity, as defined by the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Explanatory Memorandum, "are particularly odious offences in that they constitute a serious attack on human dignity or grave humiliation or a degradation of one or more human beings. They are not isolated or sporadic events, but are part either of a government policy (although the perpetrators need not identify themselves with this policy) or of a wide practice of atrocities tolerated or condoned by a government or a de facto authority. Murder; extermination; torture; rape and political, racial, or religious persecution and other inhumane acts reach the threshold of crimes against humanity only if they are part of a widespread or systematic practice. Isolated inhumane acts of this nature may constitute grave infringements of human rights, or depending on the circumstances, war crimes, but may fall short of falling into the category of crimes under discussion."

Pedophilia within the catholic church certainly can be dedscribed as a widespread or systematic practice, especially since it encompasses so many countries and their children,in my opinion.

Actions have consequences, and I think that America is far too lenient against pedophiles. Shouldn’t the punishment fit the crime? Lets get real and get serious as to the harm that is done to our innocent children. Why not castrate those who commit crimes against children? Do you think castration is too much of an extreme to go to when your own children are at risk? You must realize that that kind of punishment is the only thing that may stop a person who has the abuser mentality tendancies! No one is above the laws of decent humanity, no one!

What we Can and Have Done for Our Neighbors in the Past Year

Many of us gave to our local food banks in the past year when jobs were getting cut from large business'. We are still going to donate this year because even though things are somewhat better, some jobs may get worse. Our winter has been really a bad winter soaking the grounds with more than average snowfall in the Northeast, and now spring rains are hitting us hard. In a report from the Farm Bureau of the U.S. they say:

The farm and ranch families of Farm Bureau last year raised more than $213,000 and donated more than 4.8 million pounds of food to hungry Americans as part of Farm Bureau’s “Harvest for All” program. Combined, the monetary and food donations provided the equivalent of nearly 5.3 million meals through Feeding America-affiliated food banks. The money raised last year was a record and broke the prior record of $160,000 in 2008. Farm Bureau’s Harvest for All program began in 2004, and the program has continued to build momentum since then.

Members of Farm Bureau’s Young Farmers & Ranchers program spearhead the Harvest for All program across the nation, but all facets of Farm Bureau contribute to the effort. The joint effort between Farm Bureau and Feeding America is a national community-action program through which farmers can help ensure that every American can enjoy the bounty produced by the nation’s farm and ranch families.

“In these difficult economic times, Harvest for All is all the more important,” said Will Gilmer, AFBF YF&R chairman and a dairy producer from Lamar County, Ala. “As farmers and ranchers, we are blessed to work every day, feeding America and the world. Harvest for All is a great way to share our many blessings with those less fortunate than we are.”

Aside from raising food and funds for the initiative, farmers and ranchers tallied 5,449 volunteer hours assisting hunger groups through the Harvest for All program.

“We are so grateful to Farm Bureau for the dedication to fighting domestic hunger with Feeding America and our network of more than 200 food banks across the nation,” said Vicki Escarra, president and CEO of Feeding America. “The Harvest for All program makes a tremendous difference in our efforts to provide food to millions of people struggling with hunger year after year. We thank the Farm Bureau for its ongoing dedication and generosity.”

The Illinois Farm Bureau took top honors for raising the most funds in 2009 at $92,112. The New York Farm Bureau was number one in food donated at 3.65 million pounds. The top honor for volunteer time went to Michigan Farm Bureau at 2,754 volunteer hours. Each YF&R Committee from the three winning states received a $1,500 grant from the American Farm Bureau Federation to donate to the food bank of their choice.

>Second place winners were Indiana for funds donated at $46,894; Pennsylvania for food donated at 631,748 pounds of food; and Illinois for volunteer time at 1,854 volunteer hours. Second place winners received a $1,000 grant from AFBF to donate to the food bank of their choice.

In addition, five state YF&R committees received $500 grants for “most innovative” programs.The winners are Indiana for “Piggy Bank Promotion;” Michigan for “Chicken Project;” New York for “Feed the Hungry;” Pennsylvania for “Lady Moon Farm Project;” and South Dakota for “Great PETA-Inspired Milk Donation.”

Since Harvest for All was launched seven years ago, Farm Bureau families have gathered more than 20 million pounds of food, logged more than 35,000 volunteer hours and raised nearly $1 million in donations. Combined, the food and monetary donations amount to nearly 24 million meals.

AFBF President Bob Stallman said support for Feeding America through Harvest for All will remain a priority for Farm Bureau.

“We are proud to partner with Feeding America in their hunger relief efforts,” Stallman said. “During this economic downturn, more Americans are relying on food banks to help feed themselves and their families. Farm Bureau’s farm and ranch families are strongly committed to helping those in need.”

About Feeding America

Feeding America provides low-income individuals and families with the fuel to survive and even thrive. As the nation's leading domestic hunger-relief charity, our network members supply food to more than 37 million Americans each year, including 14 million children and 3 million seniors. Serving the entire United States, more than 200 member food banks support 63,000 agencies that address hunger in all of its forms. For more information on how you can fight hunger in your community and across the country, visit http://www.feedingamerica.org.

About the Academy Awards This Year

In my opinion Michael Jackson knew what he was doing, he was in serious debt and knew it could be repaid if he died suddenly before the concert. Remember he was the master of the set, and the stage, and he knew business. Unfortunately his children will suffer the most because of his death. It will always be a cloud over their hearts because they knew how much of a musical genius and a good father he was to them.

Farrah Faucett, was an American Actress icon in America, not only did men love her, but so did the women. They loved her hair, her attraction to the bad boy, her television shows, and her movies as well, and her individual courage. Foreigners did not know these things about Farrah, but the members of the Academy certainly did know all of these things and more. Many Americans had a love affair with her public figure and fashion sense, they worshipped her. She should have been recognized as a lost talent, because she was a lost talent, after all, they recognized a journalist whom many people did not know, never even heard of.

Fashion at the Awards show was marred by fufu boy Fashion Guy ET's fashion guru Steven "Cojo" Cojocaru. He needs a designer hair cut himself, how can he dare criticize anyone else when he looks so plain and unpolished.

In my book Meryl Streeps simply smashing looks and white couture was daring and elite just like her. Demi Moore was elegant in her blue gown, Jennifer Lopez, just tooo much white dress material.

Unfortunately director-producer winner Roger Ross Williams had a Kayne West moment when Elinor Burkett, almost incoherrent grabbed the microphone away from him during the acceptance speech and babbled about a music group.

I loved the movie Up, took my grandaughter to see it and we both laughed and cried. Am glad they won an oscar. Unfortunately did not get to see the others.We are planning to see Avatar soon.I am sure the Hurt Locker was a good movie, but war movies are not my cup of tea.

>Family Game Box

A practical solution to your long time to be spent indoors during the current snow storm can be found in your families games box. Although it may be a challenge to discover it in the first place, many benefits can surely follow in the time spent together using the games to take time out and enjoy togetherness during the storm.

You will not have to hurry at all, just take your time and relax into the happiness and harmony of your life while having fun with the family, or your partner of choice.

This is free time you have to spend while enriching your family experience with kindness you forgot you had, honesty you forgot about, and the creativity that can enhance your energy, and confidence.

When you announce that you are looking for the family game box, you can enlist the rest of the clan to find it. You can rediscover the fun you had when some of them were younger. You can remember their miracles of birth, their individual challenges and exclusive attachments to your heart strings.

>Getting reattached to someone's heart strings can mean cooking something that smells scrumptious. You can use your freedom of thought to guide someone to grace they didn’t know they owned. All of this can lead to inspiration of purpose and resourcefulness,a renewal of spirit which can transform into serenity, personal strength, a new vitality and wisdom. Get out the games, find your music CD’s put your chefs hat on and enjoy yourselves it has been a long winter in some communities, and may be a little longer

The Earths' Change and Our Free Challenges To Discover A Better More Improved You

As the country settles in for a second major February freeze and crippling snow storm in two weeks I contemplate the spring and the wonderful blooms of life that it offers through the fertile earth. My spring wish is that the earth become more fertile and that many people stop using bad fertilizers and use lime instead so they don’t kill natural plants that like to grow and enrich the soils.

Here in the Northeast many tractor trailers have jackknifed and of course other drivers have caused their share of accidents snarling up traffic for many hours at a time. I am so thankful I don’t have to deal with those kind of time wasting hassles and mind blowing tensions. Is anyone hurt, can we get help to them, do they need a medical helicopter? Have they spilled toxic waste all over the area? You now little worries like that. People don’t think about those types of things when they try to drive on an interstate highway in a blowing snow storm. I don’t know why they don’t, guess they never heard of I’d rather be safe than sorry. Oh well, can’t solve all of the problems of the world I guess in one night. It was supposed to have taken God seven days to make it in the first place huh! LOL.

If it is one lesson I have learned in life, it is to never take yourself too seriously, because someone will surely come along and make fun of you when you least expect it and just get you all upset. Sometimes I have to tell myself, self relax, theree is only one you and you can’t keep spreading you around so much or you’ll get thinner just being awake each day. LOL Don’t I wish! Seems like most of us are rushing everyday here and there. So maybe this 2nd major snow storm will make us sit back, and take a few deeply inhaled breaths to regroup after Christmas holidays and the New Year and President Obama being in office for a year now. I don’t know abut you but just reading that makes me sit back to realize the things that have happened in our lives. There is so much more that you all have gone through as well and I won’t begin to even touch on your own happenings because everyone is different and your realities are also. We all have our own needs and wants and desires. So many that I couldn’t even count them if I tried.

We all know where we have come from. Sometimes it is hard to pick a new path, I understand that as I have also had to do that. Just like trying to decide which road to drive on or which interstate, we need to make decisions.

Your bluebells maybe be different than mine because your normal climate is not like what is here on the East coast. And we all know that the climate is changing. By the way speaking of climate I am really wondering if these snows aren’t being caused by global climate warming and the warmng of the ocean waters!

In the past few weeks I have read two books by former Vice President Al Gore. I always thought he was smarter than people gave him credit for and after reading his books I am now sure of it. The two books were “An Inconvenient Truth” and the newest “Our Choice”. My mind raced through the first one and I went back to reread a couple of chapters, before going on to the second one. Do you relate what happens to your brain after you have attended an enlightening seminar or conference? It takes a couple of weeks for the information to really settle into my brain for me. Have to tell you, my mind is enlightened, my energy got turned up a few notches, and my mind changed on several fronts as to what direction to take next in my own writings.

Funny how opening your mind to a really smart person can effect your mind and make change from writing their own books on items that interest you as well. This is free and we all just need to be more challenged and open minded. What is that going to hurt? I never really doubted global warming, but now I am convinced it is real. There are too many scientific facts to not become a believer after reading them. The latest book “Our Choice” makes that clecar as a newly cleaned window pane. So what you are going to see here on these web pages will be a shift of my consciousness toward helping our earths healing in the ways that we can all work together better.

I have to say, this was one of the best speeches given by a President since President Bill Clirton was at the top of his speaking that I have heard. Yes, I know not everyone agreed with him and that is true of many presidents in history. However, even if you did not agree, you could generally agree with what he was saying made sense. So too do President Barack Obamas' words make sense. He touched on jobs,equality in lif and jobs as well as banking, the automobile industry,healthcare and he is doing what he can to make positive changes.

My question to you John and Susan Q Public is, "How much have you looked into what he has proposed? Who are you listening to, the people who tell doom and gloom stories, or the person with the facts next to him?" Good journalism is always about the facts and who really did what and who really said what? If you really want to change this nation for the better, we need those facts and to know how they were gotten and who is really lying to save their own teeth! President Obama is allready in office, has been for a year now. He is trying to tackle the problems with the facts made available to him. What more can you ask?

Blacks and Whites on Martin Luther King Day

The challenges are what makes the day for me. When I was in my first year of junior high school in 1953, we had integration forced upon us by the powers that be. Although I grew up around black people I had not had any problems. There was a lot of fear from parents placed upon their kids because none of us knew what to expect. Would people scream horrible words at each other, fist fights, nasty names called, would someone get knifed? None of us really knew and that fear was evident during the first semester that year.

As I look back I cannot remember any real fights, maybe fits and starts, but no real fights. I have always believed that the black children were as afraid of what might happen as we white children were.

Jumping ahead, during the integration of southern schools in the 60s’ when grown white men turned hoses on children who wanted nothing more than to go to school I remember distinctly my sadness when the grown men turned the water hoses on the children. I was appalled, but there was nothing I could do as I was in Maryland at the time. But I got angry, and I cried right then and there. I have always been ashamed of what those white men did to the children with those hoses. Bullies from a White Pulpit you could say, got away with it for a time. Those incidents made equality important for me.

When Martin Luther King was in Atlanta and was shot, the television carried the story. Me real fear was that we were going to have riots in the entire country, and some of that fear was well founded. On April 8,1968 they happened in Washington, D.C. According to WIKI riots happened in 110 cities with Washington D.C. and Baltimore and chicago taking the most damage. I could understand the peoples fears and anger at Dr. King being shot and killed in the street. But, none of us really knew the man as he really was. We didn’t know about his womanizing, about his study habits in school, how he got his grades. He was not scrutinized as many high profile people are today. But, of course he was not running for political office either. His dream was good to have everyone be equal and able to get good jobs, and be able to get a good education's as well, etc. What we did not know about were his leanings to the Communist Party. While communism seems like a good idea at times, there are many pitfalls such as rationing and not enough to go around even with that rationing. We have realized his dream of sharing things and an equal education. President Barack Obamas’ election proved that, as the first black leader of the country of the entire free world. So today we will celebrate the good things about equality that Dr. King spoke about.

85% of Haitians Lived in Poverty Before the Earthquake, Says Former Vice President Al Gore

The earthquake in Haiti has been catastrophic. More than three million people have been affected, and estimates are that over 50,000 have died. The human suffering is unimaginable.

Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, with 85% of Haitians already living in desperate poverty. Now, with hospitals in ruin, dire shortages of even basic necessities like fresh water, and no way to find out whether family members are alive, the Haitian people urgently need our help.

A number of organizations are already engaged in critical relief efforts, and I urge you to support as many of them as you can. One of them, Oxfam America, has an emergency response team of more than 200 people already on the ground. The need for clean water and critical public health services is massive and immediate -- and our donations can help save lives.

Or, for a list of other organizations to donate to and ways to make a difference, see http://www.whitehouse.gov/haitiearthquake_embed.

There are moments when we, as human beings, must come together as a global community and as stewards of each others' health and welfare. It is that sense of interconnectedness that brought each of us to the climate movement, and it is moments like this that bring out the best in us -- as individuals, as a nation, and as a movement.

Let's make sure the people of Haiti do not face this disaster alone. Thank you for taking action in the face of this tragedy.

Diane Knaus©2011-2012 Equality For All on the Internet

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