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Thursday, April 7, 2011

America – he’s your president for goodness sake!


There was a time not so long ago when Americans, regardless of their political stripes, rallied round their president. Once elected, the man who won the White House was no longer viewed as a republican or democrat, but the President of the United States. The oath of office was taken, the wagons were circled around the country’s borders and it was America versus the rest of the world with the president of all the people at the helm.

 Suddenly President Barack Obama, with the potential to become an exceptional president has become the glaring exception to that unwritten, patriotic rule.

 Four days before President Obama’s inauguration, before he officially took charge of the American government, Rush Limbaugh boasted publicly that he hoped the president would fail. Of course, when the president fails the country flounders. Wishing harm upon your country in order to further your own narrow political views is selfish, sinister and a tad treasonous as well.

 Subsequently during his State of the Union address which is pretty much a pep rally for America, an unknown congressman from South Carolina, later identified as Joe Wilson, stopped the show when he called the President of the United States a liar. The president showed great restraint in ignoring this unprecedented insult and carried on with his speech. Speaker Nancy Pelosi was so stunned by the slur she forgot to jump to her feet while clapping wildly, thirty or forty times after that.
 Last spring President Obama took his wife Michelle to see a play in New York City and republicans attacked him over the cost of security for the excursion. The president can’t take his wife out to dinner and a show without being scrutinized by the political opposition? As history has proven, a president in a theatre without adequate security is a tragically bad idea.

 Remember: “Apart from that Mrs. Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?”
 At some point the treatment of President Obama went from offensive to ugly and then to downright dangerous.
 The health care debate which looked more like extreme fighting in a mud pit than a national dialogue revealed a very vulgar side of America. President Obama’s face appeared on protest signs white-faced and blood-mouthed in a satanic clown image. In other tasteless portrayals, people who disagreed with his position distorted his face to look like Hitler complete with mustache and swastika.
 Odd, that burning the flag makes Americans crazy, but depicting the president as a clown and a maniacal fascist is accepted as part of the new rude America.
 Maligning the image of the leader of the free world is one thing, putting the president’s life in peril is quite another. More than once men with guns were videotaped at the health care rallies where the president spoke. Again, history shows that letting men with guns get within range of a president has not served America well in the past.
And still the “birthers’ are out there claiming Barak Obama was not born in the United States, although public documentation proves otherwise. Hawaii is definitely part of the United States, but the Panama Canal Zone where his electoral opponent Senator John McCain was born? Nobody’s really sure.
Last month a 44-year-old woman in Buffalo was quite taken by President Obama when she met him in a chicken wing restaurant called Duff’s. Did she way something about a pleasure and an honor to meet the man or utter encouraging words for the difficult hob he is doing? No. Quote: “You’re a hottie with a smokin’ little body.”
Lady, that was the President of the United States you were addressing, not one of the Jonas Brothers! He’s your president for goodness sakes not the guy driving the zamboni at “Monster Trucks On Ice.” What’s next, “Take Your President To A Topless Bar Day.”
In President Barack Obama, Americans have a charismatic leader with a good and honest heart. Unlike his predecessor, he’s a very intelligent leader. And unlike that president’s predecessor he’s a highly moral man.
In President Obama, Americans have the real deal, the whole package and a leader that citizens of almost every country around the world look to with great envy. Given the opportunity, Canadians would trade our leader, hell, most of our leaders for Obama in a heartbeat.
What America has in Obama is a head of state with vitality and insight and youth. Think about it, Barack Obama is a young Nelson Mandela. Mandela was the face of change and charity for all of Africa but he was too old to make it happen. The great things Obama might do for America and the world could go on for decades after he’s out of office.
America, you know not what you have.
The man is being challenged unfairly, characterized with vulgarity and treated with the kind of deep disrespect to which no previous president was subjected. It’s like the day after electing the first black man to be president, thereby electrifying the world with hope and joy, Americans sobered up and decided the bad old days were better.
President Obama may fail but it will not be a Richard Nixon default fraught with larceny and lies. President Obama given a fair chance will surely succeed but his triumph will never come with a Bill Clinton caveat – “if only he’d got control of that zipper.”
Please. Give the man a fair, fighting chance. This incivility toward the leader who won over Americans and gave hope to billions of people around the world that their lives could be enhanced by his example, just naturally has to stop.
Believe me, when Americans drive by the White House and see a sign on the lawn that reads: “No shirt. No shoes. No service,” they’ll realize this new national rudeness has gone way, way too far.

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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Obama birth certificate, why don't he show it???

Obama birth certificate, why won't he show it??? Why does he need to show it now? I am sure he showed it when he went to college, got his first drivers license, and got his pass port. Several claim that they "just want to see it"... I am tired of a select few who are taking advantage of peoples ignorance for profit. Phillip Berg is the biggest sham I have ever seen. He saw an opportunity to challenging Obama citizenship, and he has been riding this horse for 2 years and refuses to give in no matter how many times the courts throw out his frivolously claim!


 Now these lets forget the fact that Berg is an attorney who still is practicing law. He believe that he can yell from the roof tops that Obama  is not a citizen, and wala, poof, it is so! "Mean while back at the ranch" There are 2 points that need to be made.



  1. Now here is another thing that a legal scholar such as Berg never consider when he decided to make his citizenship claim, that you need proof of identity, proof of citizenship (birth certificate), a social security number to get a drivers license, pass port or to enroll in grade school, high school and college.
  2. That Obama is an automatic citizen of the United States if:
  • At least one parent is a citizen.
  • The person was born on the country's territory.
  • The person marries a person holding the citizenship.
  • The person was adopted from another country as a minor and at least one adoptive parent is a citizen


Sometimes it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people guess you are a fool than to open your mouth and prove it!




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Thursday, March 24, 2011

My prediction is that Jacob Lusk is the Next American Idol...

American Idol has a different Buzz to it this year, his name is Jacob Lusk... This Maestro of the mike is taking
singing to a different level. He is one of a few artist to make me look forward to each week to see what is he going to sing next.

Jacob interpretation of the music leaves me with no doubt that he is the one to beat. God Bless the Child left me saying wow, then I heard Your All I need and I    was thinking he is good!

Hey who am I kidding, there are a couple who are worth mentioning, but lets keep it real... Its like watching Michael Jordan play Charles Barkley; Barkley is good but he never could pass Michael!

No matter how I look at it, Jacob Lusk is the real deal. I am going to go out on a limb this year and say that I know that Jacob Lusk will be the next American Idol... If you don't believe me listen to him hear and tell me what you think then. Listen to Jacob Lusk hear.

You're All I Need to Get By




God Bless The Child




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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

The Secret Millionaire, ideal is paying it forward

The Secret Millionaire is "paying it forward". The term is used to describe the concept of giving, with no expectations. The overall goal is that the gift you gave creates a (action) that creates a (reaction) from the person that receive the gift to want to give as well. The ideal of paying it forward merely applies the concept that you give a stranger a gift, and the person that received the gift 



instead of paying back the debt, he pays it forward by giving the gift to someone he choose and that person should repeat the cycle!

The Secret Millionaire is paying it forward in a different way, you see the show kind of skips the cycle, because the millionaire finds people that have already been giving or (paying in) and they jump in the cycle and (give a monetary gift) and pay it forward!

In 2008 when I first watched the Secret Millionaire, I loved the show and the concept. Unfortunately when it was cancelled, I figured that many people just did not get show…

Now 2011 ABC bring back the Secret Millionaire. The show did not lose anything when it transferred from FOX to ABC except it probably gained a few more fans. One thing that always stands out is that the Secret Millionaire finds people that have dedicated their lives to helping others and blessed them.




The motivational speaker James Malinchak was the latest millionaire to appear on SM. Through all the shows that I have seen, James by far paid it forward on a different level!!! The light that was shined on Gary, Indiana, showed that it was a depressed town with a high crime rate… Coach Tony and his wife had dedicated themselves to their basketball program to help young girls. The other family that they showed story were all dedicated to the same cause, and that was helping someone!
James broke the mold when he paid it forward; he gave Tony and his wife $50,000 dollars to help with their sport program. As I watched James fight back the tears I found myself fighting back tears as well! Then James called Tony a friend and gave him an additional $25,000 dollars for himself.




Pay it forward, I just did… 

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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Charlie Sheen now Gilbert Gottfried fired


Actor and comedian Gilbert Gottfried was fired by Aflac after tweeting jokes about the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
Actor and comedian Gilbert Gottfried was fired by Aflac after tweeting jokes about the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

One would think that when a company has a cash cow, that they take the bitter with the sweet. Charlie Sheen disregard for the networks executives allowed the multi-million dollar man to be fired. Now Gilbert Gottfried was fired when the The Columbus, Georgia-based company  discovered that he had tweeted, 
jokes about the earthquake and tsunami that has devastated Japan.
I am sure that Aflac realize that he was a comedian first, although lets face it, you have to know where to draw a line in the sand. I am sure that humor can be seen in the eyes of anyone, but damn Gilbert you could have waited a week! You embodied the voice of the duck and we will miss "AFLAC".
I hope that this will be a example to all entertainers, that no one is exempt from the ax being dropped. Their words are engraved in my mind as I think about both of them, "THAT THEY DID NOT THINK THIS COULD HAPPEN TO THEM!"
Meanwhile back at the ranch, their chapter ended with those companys.

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Monday, March 14, 2011

Pay attention at the gas pumUsing credit/debit card?


The gas prices are constantly rising and it is causing people to really get desperate... You might be like me a person who pays at the pump. Did you know that if you don't hit the clear button when you finish pumping your gas you may be setting yourself up for extra charges?

A friend used her credit/debit card to purchase gas at the pump (like most of us do). She received her receipt like normal. However, when she checked her statement, there were 2 $50.00 charges added in addition to her purchase. 

Upon investigation, she found out that because she did not press the 'clear' button on the pump, the employee inside the store was able to use her card to purchase their own gas!



Nothing is more frustrating to know that you left yourself open to whatever. To keep this from happening, before and after you get your receipt, press the 'CLEAR' button so that your information will not be stored.

Please tell all your family/ friends/ so that this doesn't happen to them.

I had never noticed the 'clear' button, but I got gas the other day and sure enough it is there.

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Friday, March 11, 2011

Japan 8.9 earthquake triggers massiveTsunami Alert


 At 2.46 pm Japan time, an earthquake measuring 8.9 on the Richter scale struck at a depth of 24.4 km below the ocean's surface, 130 km (80 miles) from the coastal city of Honshu and 373 km (231 miles) from Tokyo 

-- The resulting tsunami, with waves in excess of 10 meters in height, struck the port of Sendai and devastated a large part of North East Japan 

-- This is reported to be the worst earthquake in 140 years

 

-- All public transport, rail, air, port and mobile services were shut down. Schools are providing shelter to stranded commuters

-- Nuclear power emergency declared. Five plants shut down. A fire broke out at Oganawa
nuclear plant in NE Japan and has since been extinguished

-- The Yen dropped, Nikkei closed at a five-week low and all other world markets are trading lower than usual.

-- Honda has suspended operations at its assembly plant in Saitama, near Tokyo

-- As many as 80 buildings, many of them in Tokyo, burst into flames as a result of the quake

-- 4 million households have been deprived of electricity

-- Tsunami alert along the Pacific Coast; Hawaii experiences a 4.9 magnitude quake; Taiwan, Russia, Chile still on high alert

--Hawaii, Russia and Taiwan have evacuated people from the danger areas


--
US, Britain and India have offered to help the Japanese
government. The Indian embassy has also assured that 25,000 Indians in Japan are safe

--The official toll stands at 59; true figures are expected only once communications are
restored

 
 
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