Hi,
As many of you know this blogger has 17 books behind her, and as you may not know, she is starting a new novel.
A friend mentioned a software program that will be the business item of the future for all large companies. It is called Dragon Naturally Speaking and it allows the computer to type as one speaks into a headset. This blogger had a speaking program years ago that wasn't worth the time put into it but this Dragon program is 1000% better.
Not to sound like a commercial,(no, this blogger doesn't have any stock or involvement) it is simply that many of our older citizens are not computer literate (a computer term--not mine) because they never learned to type. It was not a requirement in the decades prior to technology. It was a skill thought only needed by office workers. Technology made typing skills mandatory and although a few folks, who want to be part of the modern movement, are willing to use the one finger hunt and peck option, many just quit in disgust.
Economically, I think that is a shame. There is so much available on the net and so much happening that isn't able to be reported in the news and on TV in any great detail. So this skill is becoming more and more important in staying up with the times. And let's face it, not staying up with the times can become very costly. I'm now using the Dragon to dictate this blog. As you can see it types very well and allows a standing position and freedom of movement instead of sitting, cramped up in front of the computer. I can walk around for about 6 feet since the cord to the headset is quite long. Wireless offers even more freedom but more interference.
It allows you to make new paragraphs and punctuate as long as you give it the command. It is certainly extremely freeing to someone like this blogger, who thinks on her feet. Dictating for me is a comfortable way to handle the writing. For people who are not used to dictating, however, it can seem difficult. Many business executives have past experience in dictating to clerical staff and this kind of a program will come very naturally to them. I see it as a big boost for business since it replaces the need for a clerk or the need for an executive to be computer typing when he/she could be doing more important business.
For those who don't dictate and for whom it is not a natural ability, it's not difficult to learn to do. And there's lots of leeway in the program for errors or to delete whatever you said in the last sentence, paragraph, page, or whole document. You can use it for writing e-mails as well as letters in your composing programs and any other task that requires you to type into the computer. You can use it to search on the Web for the various interests you may have. To this blogger it's a program that should have been invented along with the computer but hindsight is always easier than foresight. And I might add it's easier to make an invention verbally than it is to supply one in the real world.
The computer opens the world to to anyone who is willing to expend some effort on learning new skills. This software broadens that field immensely since one only needs to learn to talk to the computer and it will do the manual labor. Another great feature of using the program is that you can still use the computer keyboard if you wish to delete, make corrections, or insert something you forgot. You can also use the program to do this and it works very well. Since I am just in the early stages of learning all the techniques that are possible, I am amazed by just how much I can accomplish without frustration or having to refer to manuals.
As we all know one of the great drawbacks of many of the more complex software programs in photography and writing as well as accounting etc. etc. are so loaded down with instructions (poor ones at that) that frustration is included when you name the program. This blogger often names programs used to write novels as FRUSTRATION SOFTWARE provided by companies that make their money PROVIDING CLASSES that COST A FORTUNE to take or are in places to which ONE MUST TRAVEL. These companies also are delighted to supply instruction on their programs on the Net for a fee. In short, they make their money teaching you how to use a program, they could have made simpler and easier to use.
Your printer's ink that is more expensive than wine, has hidden the B&W facility for typing with only B&W ink under several layers of menus so that the printer can combine color inks with black and white and the manufacturer can claim it's because it's a richer color. Do you think your correspondent will appreciate the richness??????? YOU'LL BE OUT THE RICHES!!!!!!!!!THE ABILITY TO USE BLACK INK ONLY is hidden so that you have to buy a lot more color ink that costs more. You're buying unnecessary color ink. COMPLAIN!!
As my father-in-law used to say, "IT'S a RACKET".
In other words they build the program so that it's not user-friendly and they make a lot of money on classes of all kinds, instruction books of all kinds, and bank on (literally BANK THE PROFITS) on the FRUSTRATION that their convoluted, unintelligible free instructions cause. It's designed that way folks for reason and the reason is PROFIT.
Now as you know, this blogger is highly in favor of companies making a profit. That profit helps them grow, employs people, and generally makes America better. But there is such a thing as playing the public for SUCKERS. And unfortunately in technology, making SUCKERS OUT OF USERS!!!!! is very profitable! The companies don't have to do their best work to provide a product that is effective. How do they get away with this????? Well, it's a matter of business using business. Companies who need these programs are willing to pay to send their employees wherever, whenever they need to go to learn to use them. Why would they waste profits on something that could be rectified by the original software maker????? Our lovely big government again is the silent partner question!!!!! HOW????? EASY!!!!! TAXES. The costs for these kinds of instructions and travel expenses are highly deductible so it's profitable for both sides. Companies always require deductions to lower their tax rates.
But what about we POOR FOOLS????? Well, so to speak, WE GET THE SHAFT!!!!!!! So although I approve of profit by companies that create a good economy, I also deplore companies that simply take advantage of the profit motive to make a product that is less than excellent. Unfortunately, we see a lot of that anymore. Basically, because as consumers we don't make the demands we need to make about technical products. That's probably because we feel we are the ones who lack the skills.
We could take a page out of French history on food. I'm sure all Frenchmen are not great cooks, although there are a lot of them, but they know the difference between a poorly cooked meal and a good one. And when they get a poorly cooked one, they're not polite about it, they don't question their experience in the kitchen, they COMPLAIN!!!!! And that's the way it should be. We shouldn't have to know how to write the programs to know that they should be USER FRIENDLY!!!!! User-friendly is being set up simply and easily for common use without the need of paid instruction or complicated instructional matter.
The same problem exists now in many browser programs including the one that I am using. The browser programs are beginning to use SECURITY as an excuse to be invasive, controlling, and confusing. This blogger is alerting you that these trends in technology will proliferate to many more programs and as users, we need to do our share of complaining to responsibly keep technology available for everyone. No, I don't mean to add to your problems but frankly, AMERICANS could STAND TO LEARN TO COMPLAIN vociferously as an ART like our friends THE FRENCH.
Another area of concern is the endemic solution some software companies are using to avoid CUSTOMER INTERACTION. Do you know of any other place where you buy a product and you cannot get in touch with anyone personally to discuss the problems you're having or get reasonably easy service for the product?????? There may be a few companies out there like that but this blogger bets there are not too many. However, if you don't start complaining to browser companies, software companies and other technological companies about their attitude of "HOLIER THAN THOU", you're going to find it's a spreading disease and will infect all your transactions with utilities, banks, (who are starting to show some of that trend) grocery stores, and all other places you may shop. In other words, friends, either you stand up and be heard or YOU MAY NEVER BE HEARD FROM AGAIN!!!!!
Be sure if you do start to stand up for your rights, that you let them know that you are doing it to improve their product so that they do not turn around and use the complaints as an excuse to further distance themselves from their consumer. After all you know WE keep them in business. WE are their most important asset. Without US, there is no product, there is no company, and there is no profit. Remember that the next time technology frustrates you. You don't have to put up with it. It's not your fault, no matter how the company tries to convince you that it is. It is up to them to produce a product that is easy and workable to use.
IF THEY CAN'T DO that then they deserve to find another way to make a living.
GOOD LUCK ON LEARNING TO COMPLAIN TO IMPROVE OUR WORLD!!!!! WRITE LETTERS or emails TO THE MAJOR COMPUTER COMPANIES ABOUT THEIR SOFTWARE COMPANIES AND SUGGEST IMPROVEMENTS THAT SHOULD BE MADE. A POSITIVE APPROACH TO "IMPROVE THE COMPUTER FOOD"!!!!!!!!!
The majority of this post was done by speech and is programmed type-- AND THAT IS THANKS TO THE COMPLAINTS OF THE EARLY USERS OF the original speaking program. SO IT DOES HELP!!!!!!!
Cheers, Connie
2/11/12
RECOGNITION VOTING CHOOSES FREEDOM LOSERS Post 93
Hi,
The changes in America and the influences of the Sixties are becoming more and more apparent in our current political scene. It is becoming an increasingly important economic factor in all of our American activities.
A current book on economics cites a number of studies showing the mental security patterns of all people. We unconsciously recognize certain traits that indicate danger, or tell us certain characteristics of a stranger. We record these and many times sidestep dangerous situations.
Make no mistake about it, we live in a different world. A dangerous one in which we rarely bother to meet or know our neighbors, who may be part of the world we hardly recognize. Crime in America has risen since the downturn and AND ALTHOUGH crime rates have statistically dropped, many areas in our nation, that have never experienced criminal problems, are now doing so. Young people have to be alert to danger even more than we were taught to be and in doing so, they do come to rely on recognition as a source of escape from danger.
UNFORTUNATELY, THEY ALSO USE MANY OF THESE TRAITS WHEN THEY VOTE!!!!! The aforementioned study sites that almost 3/4 – (FOLKS, that is almost 75%!!!!!) of the voters, who mainly watch a lot of television, use computers, and cell phones, tend to use the RECOGNITION faculty to choose candidates. This indicates that LOOKS BECOME THE IDENTIFYING TRAIT that is sought in numerous candidates. Of course, that kind of voting can work both ways. In the case of past presidents like Ronald Reagan, it became an asset. In our current situation, it became a liability, since it's been recorded that many young voters (in fact the record shows most) voted on a basis of YOUTHFUL and BIASED recognition in the 2008 election.
The BIAS SURPRISINGLY or maybe not so surprisingly was based on the necessity to show a lack of racial discrimination. FOR YEARS and even now most American were accused of prejudices they did not hold. That kind of accusation has been encouraged by many groups in America, who have used it as a source of power, extension of guilt, and propaganda against American values. It's also been used to fund many programs,that may or may not have been necessary, based on that inculcated guilt. America's GUILT COMPLEX has been the source of great economic loss and unreasonable RETRIBUTION AND CONDEMNATION by other countries as well as her own citizens.
There's no doubt that America made mistakes in the past but there is also no doubt that Americans have worked very hard to overcome those mistakes most of which were part of other generations. Americans also have also sought to provide relief for those affected. Citizens have done more in this country than in any country in the world to right its wrongs, but this blogger believes there comes a time when ENOUGH is enough!!!!!
And folks, this blogger is here to say THAT TIME IS NOW.
THIS ELECTION MUST NOT BE BASED ON RECOGNITION ONLY!!!!!!! ELECTING OF ONLY the PRESIDENT can be a case of a PRETTY FACE. I've said this before. In fact, it's important that we return the president's office to the place in our government that it was intended. The president should oversee the conduct of Congress and the nation. A good executive can do this, even someone with a pretty face.
The CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES should be elected only through concerned thought and information about VOTING RECORDS and POLITICAL POSITIONS. These cannot always be found on the television. Television bias, press bias, and many other factors interfere with the FACTS! It's going to be necessary for the voters of this country to spend some amount of time finding out about CONGRESSIONAL candidates. Don't vote for anybody because you THINK they're all right! That's again only going to be based on recognition (and emotion) not facts. IT IS TIME TO DO OUR HOMEWORK just like we learned in school or should have.
The youth of this country is going to be too busy doing the things they love doing to bother with VOTING HOMEWORK unless they are indeed RARE and INSIGHTFUL young citizens. The rare do exist but not in the GREAT HAPPENING numbers needed to vote out the present administration. IT'S GOING TO BE UP TO THE OLDER MEMBERS of our society to do the job of checking out those running for Congress, particularly the Senate, and pass along the information to their children and grandchildren.
Does this blogger hear you complaining that you have already paid your dues??? Well hey, REMEMBER WHAT OUR PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS (if you were one of the lucky ones) DID when we took a wrong turn????? THAT'S RIGHT!!!!! They were there for us. THEY WERE THERE FOR US!!!!! This is the future generations we're talking about. This is the America the children and grandchildren are going to live in for the next hundred years if they're lucky. But they won't be so lucky if it's an America bound in communist SLAVERY or socialist PENURIOUSNESS or progressive 'PHANTASY'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe you should think about putting a down payment of DEEP THOUGHT into this election not only for their sake but your own. I know that this blogger wants to finish her career and her life in the free America she's always known. It doesn't seem a lot to ask but as we look ahead to the 2012 election and realize that it is a deciding point in our history, we must RECOGNIZE that there is far more to maintaining freedom than imagined. We have all TAKEN OUR FREEDOM for granted. We often forget how hard earned it was for our forefathers. We have a chance to DEFEND THAT FREEDOM AT THE VOTING POLLS IN 2012 AND NOT IN THE STREETS IN HAND TO HAND COMBAT IN THE FUTURE.
That seems such a simple choice. CAN'T we choose a peaceful path to maintaining freedom? This blogger certainly hopes so. War is never pretty and peaceful solutions are such good options. We expect our government to choose peaceful solutions. Shouldn't we?????
THINK ABOUT YOUR CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES AND BE SURE THEY REPRESENT YOU!!!!!!!!!!!THEY ARE AMERICA'S BLOCADE TO TYRANNY!!!!!!!!! Choose freedom peacefully by voting THOUGHTFULLY.
CHEERS, CONNIE
The changes in America and the influences of the Sixties are becoming more and more apparent in our current political scene. It is becoming an increasingly important economic factor in all of our American activities.
A current book on economics cites a number of studies showing the mental security patterns of all people. We unconsciously recognize certain traits that indicate danger, or tell us certain characteristics of a stranger. We record these and many times sidestep dangerous situations.
Make no mistake about it, we live in a different world. A dangerous one in which we rarely bother to meet or know our neighbors, who may be part of the world we hardly recognize. Crime in America has risen since the downturn and AND ALTHOUGH crime rates have statistically dropped, many areas in our nation, that have never experienced criminal problems, are now doing so. Young people have to be alert to danger even more than we were taught to be and in doing so, they do come to rely on recognition as a source of escape from danger.
UNFORTUNATELY, THEY ALSO USE MANY OF THESE TRAITS WHEN THEY VOTE!!!!! The aforementioned study sites that almost 3/4 – (FOLKS, that is almost 75%!!!!!) of the voters, who mainly watch a lot of television, use computers, and cell phones, tend to use the RECOGNITION faculty to choose candidates. This indicates that LOOKS BECOME THE IDENTIFYING TRAIT that is sought in numerous candidates. Of course, that kind of voting can work both ways. In the case of past presidents like Ronald Reagan, it became an asset. In our current situation, it became a liability, since it's been recorded that many young voters (in fact the record shows most) voted on a basis of YOUTHFUL and BIASED recognition in the 2008 election.
The BIAS SURPRISINGLY or maybe not so surprisingly was based on the necessity to show a lack of racial discrimination. FOR YEARS and even now most American were accused of prejudices they did not hold. That kind of accusation has been encouraged by many groups in America, who have used it as a source of power, extension of guilt, and propaganda against American values. It's also been used to fund many programs,that may or may not have been necessary, based on that inculcated guilt. America's GUILT COMPLEX has been the source of great economic loss and unreasonable RETRIBUTION AND CONDEMNATION by other countries as well as her own citizens.
There's no doubt that America made mistakes in the past but there is also no doubt that Americans have worked very hard to overcome those mistakes most of which were part of other generations. Americans also have also sought to provide relief for those affected. Citizens have done more in this country than in any country in the world to right its wrongs, but this blogger believes there comes a time when ENOUGH is enough!!!!!
And folks, this blogger is here to say THAT TIME IS NOW.
THIS ELECTION MUST NOT BE BASED ON RECOGNITION ONLY!!!!!!! ELECTING OF ONLY the PRESIDENT can be a case of a PRETTY FACE. I've said this before. In fact, it's important that we return the president's office to the place in our government that it was intended. The president should oversee the conduct of Congress and the nation. A good executive can do this, even someone with a pretty face.
The CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES should be elected only through concerned thought and information about VOTING RECORDS and POLITICAL POSITIONS. These cannot always be found on the television. Television bias, press bias, and many other factors interfere with the FACTS! It's going to be necessary for the voters of this country to spend some amount of time finding out about CONGRESSIONAL candidates. Don't vote for anybody because you THINK they're all right! That's again only going to be based on recognition (and emotion) not facts. IT IS TIME TO DO OUR HOMEWORK just like we learned in school or should have.
The youth of this country is going to be too busy doing the things they love doing to bother with VOTING HOMEWORK unless they are indeed RARE and INSIGHTFUL young citizens. The rare do exist but not in the GREAT HAPPENING numbers needed to vote out the present administration. IT'S GOING TO BE UP TO THE OLDER MEMBERS of our society to do the job of checking out those running for Congress, particularly the Senate, and pass along the information to their children and grandchildren.
Does this blogger hear you complaining that you have already paid your dues??? Well hey, REMEMBER WHAT OUR PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS (if you were one of the lucky ones) DID when we took a wrong turn????? THAT'S RIGHT!!!!! They were there for us. THEY WERE THERE FOR US!!!!! This is the future generations we're talking about. This is the America the children and grandchildren are going to live in for the next hundred years if they're lucky. But they won't be so lucky if it's an America bound in communist SLAVERY or socialist PENURIOUSNESS or progressive 'PHANTASY'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe you should think about putting a down payment of DEEP THOUGHT into this election not only for their sake but your own. I know that this blogger wants to finish her career and her life in the free America she's always known. It doesn't seem a lot to ask but as we look ahead to the 2012 election and realize that it is a deciding point in our history, we must RECOGNIZE that there is far more to maintaining freedom than imagined. We have all TAKEN OUR FREEDOM for granted. We often forget how hard earned it was for our forefathers. We have a chance to DEFEND THAT FREEDOM AT THE VOTING POLLS IN 2012 AND NOT IN THE STREETS IN HAND TO HAND COMBAT IN THE FUTURE.
That seems such a simple choice. CAN'T we choose a peaceful path to maintaining freedom? This blogger certainly hopes so. War is never pretty and peaceful solutions are such good options. We expect our government to choose peaceful solutions. Shouldn't we?????
THINK ABOUT YOUR CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES AND BE SURE THEY REPRESENT YOU!!!!!!!!!!!THEY ARE AMERICA'S BLOCADE TO TYRANNY!!!!!!!!! Choose freedom peacefully by voting THOUGHTFULLY.
CHEERS, CONNIE
2/4/12
GOLDIROCKS AND THE THREE PIGGERS POST 92
Hi,
This week the blog will cover a new fairytale "GOLDIROCKS" that this blogger thought you might enjoy. The tale is prompted by the ludicrous amounts of money that all candidates are spending or planning to spend on their possible elections including the President. I HOPE YOU FIND THE SATIRE ENJOYABLE.
"A family of voters named PIGGERS arose and turned on the TV before breakfast. Since the only thing currently on was a program advertising Presidential nominees, the family decided to take a walk around the neighborhood.
Since they were going to be gone just a short time, they left their door unlocked so that when a stranger called "GOLDIROCKS", a candidate in the 2012 election, came along and knocked to no answer, he tried the door and found it open.
"I wonder who lives here and if they'd donate to my campaign?" he said aloud and looked in the window. No one seemed to be at home, so GOLDIROCKS walked inside. He felt doing so was his right and sat down in the PAPA CHAIR in front of the TV. Since the program involved other candidates, he moved to the MAMA CHAIR to retrieve the TV control and switched the channel. Another program showed how much the candidates were acquiring to SPEND on their campaigns so GOLDIROCKS listened INTENTLY.
The newscaster decided to recount CONTRIBUTIONS from October to December of the previous year and when he got to GOLDIROCKS, he divided THE CONTRIBUTIONS into four groups because GOLDIROCKS had many donations from ZEALOUS PARTY MEMBERS. THE NEWSCASTER pointed up THE IMPORTANT $500,000 group. GOLDIROCKS was very proud of the $75 million, already raised FOR HIM in the year before the election.
GOLDIROCKS had contributions from the CEO of a public relations firm with a large lobbying business. Of course, GOLDIROCKS always rejected contributions from LOBBYISTS and since the CEO was not a lobbyist, it looked all right TO THE PUBLIC. GOLDIROCKS was amused that the CEO's donations were anonymous so that no one could point a finger at GOLDIROCKS. Of course, there would be Chicago style demands on the government but WHAT ELSE IS NEW? Besides, GOLDIROCKS thought government candidates should reward the loyal.
Another big, SUCCESSFUL fundraising EFFORT for GOLDIROCKS was done by a large PHARMACEUTICAL company. The executive vice president, who directed the fundraising, was in charge of the pharmaceutical maker's Government relations operations. GOLDIROCKS really liked that group of contributers since it spoke to the new health care program he was credited with forcing Congress to pass called GOLDIROCKS CARE. According to the TV newscaster GOLDIROCKS' roster included bundles of money from New York as well as California movie producers and MOVIE STARS. "Those movie people really like me, lots of Socialists in TV and movies", GOLDIROCKS gloated aloud.
He chuckled as the newscaster talked about the millions that would be spent by his opposition in the 2012 election. It amused GOLDIROCKS that if he won the election, his opponent would have wasted millions. This simply PROVED TO GOLDIROCKS that there was a LOT OF MONEY IN AMERICA THAT CITIZENS SHOULD PUT IN THE HANDS OF THE GOVERNMENT so it could be spent wisely by him. GOLDIROCKS enjoyed SPENDING OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY. He could hardly wait for the election which GOLDIROCKS was assured was his so that he could have the taxpayers' funds for whatever projects he deemed necessary.
Since GOLDIROCKS was tired he stretched out in the chair and dozed off. The PIGGERS returned home to find GOLDIROCKS asleep and in Mama Piggers chair. They were startled to find him in their home and wondered why he had ignored the sanctity of their abode.
"GOLDIROCKS is sleeping in my chair", Mama Pigger exclaimed.
"Someone's been sitting in my chair", said Popper Pigger as baby Pigger jumped on GOLDIROCKS' lap and woke him up.
"Are you going to live with us?" Baby Pigger asked.
GOLDIROCKS leaped up startled, dumping baby Pigger on the floor and said, "I am just here to get more money for my campaign."
Just then the TV newscaster announced that GOLDIROCKS had collected $75 million, "and more to come as the campaign gets closer to election."
"But you already have all that money for your campaign." Mama Pigger said, "Why do you need more?"
"Yeah," Popper Pigger joined in, "we need money from you and the government, since you have NOT SOLVED MY UNEMPLOYMENT problem, our financial woes about our home being FORECLOSED, or any of the other things you said you do when we voted for you last time."
GOLDIROCKS glared at them, thinking how dare they question his WORK IN OFFICE. What did they know? They were JUST VOTERS and out of the main stream of government. They had NO RIGHT to any opinion. I am out of here, he thought.
GOLDIROCKS turned and moved toward the door. "Where are you going?" The Pigger family asked in unison.
"I don't like being disagreed with or QUESTIONED ABOUT MY MOTIVES so I don't want to discuss this with you. It's useless." And GOLDIROCKS walked rapidly toward the door.
"Why don't you GIVE most of that 75 million to the GOVERNMENT to help pay AMERICA'S debts and make the ECONOMY STRONGER?" Mama Pigger asked. "If you set an EXAMPLE for the other candidates all those millions, MAYBE BILLIONS of dollars could be spent to make AMERICA strong again economically and make it better for us Piggers."
GOLDIROCKS turned back angrily, and shook his finger at Mama Pigger. "I am the candidate and I deserve this money to fight back selfish, uncaring people like you who don't understand that you must learn to GIVE UNQUESTIONINGLY to others and ACKNOWLEDGE MY RIGHT TO MAKE THE DECISIONS. You are not intelligent enough to know that I know WHAT is right. Besides the National DEBT IS IN THE TRILLIONS. $75 MILLION DOLLARS IS A DROP IN THE BUCKET. I have obviously come to the wrong house and will find another."
GOLDIROCKS strode angrily away and he didn't stop until he reached his long black limousine that the Pigger family had helped provide with their PAST taxes. The taxes that Goldirocks hoped to increase during his next term so he could have more PERKS AND VACATIONS AT THEIR EXPENSE when THEY GOT A JOB.
How dare they question him, he thought? What did they know? GOLDIROCKS THOUGHT FREEDOM OF SPEECH was a pain in the ass! FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY caused things like the Tea Party WHO REJECTED HIM. I'll change all that when I'm elected. FREEDOMS LIKE THAT WILL BE A THING OF THE PAST.
USE MY CAMPAIGN FUNDS, INDEED!, GOLDIROCKS fumed as his chauffeur drove off."
CHEERS, CONNIE
This week the blog will cover a new fairytale "GOLDIROCKS" that this blogger thought you might enjoy. The tale is prompted by the ludicrous amounts of money that all candidates are spending or planning to spend on their possible elections including the President. I HOPE YOU FIND THE SATIRE ENJOYABLE.
"A family of voters named PIGGERS arose and turned on the TV before breakfast. Since the only thing currently on was a program advertising Presidential nominees, the family decided to take a walk around the neighborhood.
Since they were going to be gone just a short time, they left their door unlocked so that when a stranger called "GOLDIROCKS", a candidate in the 2012 election, came along and knocked to no answer, he tried the door and found it open.
"I wonder who lives here and if they'd donate to my campaign?" he said aloud and looked in the window. No one seemed to be at home, so GOLDIROCKS walked inside. He felt doing so was his right and sat down in the PAPA CHAIR in front of the TV. Since the program involved other candidates, he moved to the MAMA CHAIR to retrieve the TV control and switched the channel. Another program showed how much the candidates were acquiring to SPEND on their campaigns so GOLDIROCKS listened INTENTLY.
The newscaster decided to recount CONTRIBUTIONS from October to December of the previous year and when he got to GOLDIROCKS, he divided THE CONTRIBUTIONS into four groups because GOLDIROCKS had many donations from ZEALOUS PARTY MEMBERS. THE NEWSCASTER pointed up THE IMPORTANT $500,000 group. GOLDIROCKS was very proud of the $75 million, already raised FOR HIM in the year before the election.
GOLDIROCKS had contributions from the CEO of a public relations firm with a large lobbying business. Of course, GOLDIROCKS always rejected contributions from LOBBYISTS and since the CEO was not a lobbyist, it looked all right TO THE PUBLIC. GOLDIROCKS was amused that the CEO's donations were anonymous so that no one could point a finger at GOLDIROCKS. Of course, there would be Chicago style demands on the government but WHAT ELSE IS NEW? Besides, GOLDIROCKS thought government candidates should reward the loyal.
Another big, SUCCESSFUL fundraising EFFORT for GOLDIROCKS was done by a large PHARMACEUTICAL company. The executive vice president, who directed the fundraising, was in charge of the pharmaceutical maker's Government relations operations. GOLDIROCKS really liked that group of contributers since it spoke to the new health care program he was credited with forcing Congress to pass called GOLDIROCKS CARE. According to the TV newscaster GOLDIROCKS' roster included bundles of money from New York as well as California movie producers and MOVIE STARS. "Those movie people really like me, lots of Socialists in TV and movies", GOLDIROCKS gloated aloud.
He chuckled as the newscaster talked about the millions that would be spent by his opposition in the 2012 election. It amused GOLDIROCKS that if he won the election, his opponent would have wasted millions. This simply PROVED TO GOLDIROCKS that there was a LOT OF MONEY IN AMERICA THAT CITIZENS SHOULD PUT IN THE HANDS OF THE GOVERNMENT so it could be spent wisely by him. GOLDIROCKS enjoyed SPENDING OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY. He could hardly wait for the election which GOLDIROCKS was assured was his so that he could have the taxpayers' funds for whatever projects he deemed necessary.
Since GOLDIROCKS was tired he stretched out in the chair and dozed off. The PIGGERS returned home to find GOLDIROCKS asleep and in Mama Piggers chair. They were startled to find him in their home and wondered why he had ignored the sanctity of their abode.
"GOLDIROCKS is sleeping in my chair", Mama Pigger exclaimed.
"Someone's been sitting in my chair", said Popper Pigger as baby Pigger jumped on GOLDIROCKS' lap and woke him up.
"Are you going to live with us?" Baby Pigger asked.
GOLDIROCKS leaped up startled, dumping baby Pigger on the floor and said, "I am just here to get more money for my campaign."
Just then the TV newscaster announced that GOLDIROCKS had collected $75 million, "and more to come as the campaign gets closer to election."
"But you already have all that money for your campaign." Mama Pigger said, "Why do you need more?"
"Yeah," Popper Pigger joined in, "we need money from you and the government, since you have NOT SOLVED MY UNEMPLOYMENT problem, our financial woes about our home being FORECLOSED, or any of the other things you said you do when we voted for you last time."
GOLDIROCKS glared at them, thinking how dare they question his WORK IN OFFICE. What did they know? They were JUST VOTERS and out of the main stream of government. They had NO RIGHT to any opinion. I am out of here, he thought.
GOLDIROCKS turned and moved toward the door. "Where are you going?" The Pigger family asked in unison.
"I don't like being disagreed with or QUESTIONED ABOUT MY MOTIVES so I don't want to discuss this with you. It's useless." And GOLDIROCKS walked rapidly toward the door.
"Why don't you GIVE most of that 75 million to the GOVERNMENT to help pay AMERICA'S debts and make the ECONOMY STRONGER?" Mama Pigger asked. "If you set an EXAMPLE for the other candidates all those millions, MAYBE BILLIONS of dollars could be spent to make AMERICA strong again economically and make it better for us Piggers."
GOLDIROCKS turned back angrily, and shook his finger at Mama Pigger. "I am the candidate and I deserve this money to fight back selfish, uncaring people like you who don't understand that you must learn to GIVE UNQUESTIONINGLY to others and ACKNOWLEDGE MY RIGHT TO MAKE THE DECISIONS. You are not intelligent enough to know that I know WHAT is right. Besides the National DEBT IS IN THE TRILLIONS. $75 MILLION DOLLARS IS A DROP IN THE BUCKET. I have obviously come to the wrong house and will find another."
GOLDIROCKS strode angrily away and he didn't stop until he reached his long black limousine that the Pigger family had helped provide with their PAST taxes. The taxes that Goldirocks hoped to increase during his next term so he could have more PERKS AND VACATIONS AT THEIR EXPENSE when THEY GOT A JOB.
How dare they question him, he thought? What did they know? GOLDIROCKS THOUGHT FREEDOM OF SPEECH was a pain in the ass! FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY caused things like the Tea Party WHO REJECTED HIM. I'll change all that when I'm elected. FREEDOMS LIKE THAT WILL BE A THING OF THE PAST.
USE MY CAMPAIGN FUNDS, INDEED!, GOLDIROCKS fumed as his chauffeur drove off."
CHEERS, CONNIE
1/27/12
THE AMERICAN DRAGON IS ALIVE AND WELL!-POST 91
Hi,
This is the week that the Republicans nominate a candidate in the primary in Florida. If you are expecting a candidate choice from this blogger – just forget it!!!!!
Remember what I said several blogs ago. This is not an election about the best candidates. It is an election about restoring America to its roots – its Constitution – its laws!!! Therefore, it is an election to repudiate the socialist plan to change our constitutional government into a socialist mess. So I'm not really excited about choosing candidates. So do your damnedest!!!!!
This is an election for one purpose in our government – to remove as many socialists in Congress and in the executive office as there are seats to be filled. In other words, as I said in an earlier blog, this is a vote against the current president, his principles, and a repudiation of the bills he has pushed through the Congress particularly in his few years as president!!!!!!!!!!!!
AMERICANS in great numbers hate the health care bill called Obamacare. This blogger is not exaggerating in using the word hate about the health care bill. It is an expensive and non-caring abomination justified by the socialist as helping provide for the poor. It provides all right – it provides less care for everyone in a manner that is totally uncaring and expensive. It is doomed to failure down the road just the way it has failed in China, in Europe, and Russia as well as those states like Tennessee and Massachusetts and small countries, who were unfortunate enough to adopt the socialists health care plan.
This election is about defeating the members of Congress and the executive office that believe they replace the American people in deciding the principles of American government and know more than the electorate about what form American Government should take. Make no mistake-- they have no respect for the voters' judgment, understanding, or collective intelligence. They believe that they know far better than the AMERICAN success of over 200 years in which the United States of America has become the most prosperous large country in the world with far less poverty than the Chinese or the Russian or the European cultures where communism was allowed to be followed flat-out!
AMERICA had accepted tenets of the socialist theories that they hoped would be workable in Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. Those programs when first instituted were based on a very rigid set of rules governing the use of the funds paid in by working people to provide for the time when they were unable to easily provide for themselves. Those funds paid in by the workers in America were ransacked, looted, and earmarked for repayment of debts, enhancements or new programs and generally used for everything but Social Security, and Medicare. Now the same people, who saw nothing wrong with using funds for other uses that were clearly set aside for Social Security and Medicare em> now want to start another massive debt in a new direction for which they have no funding.
The Communists, Socialists, and Progressives that this blogger has labeled the CSPers may indeed have some semblance of intellectual thinking but they sure as hell have no understanding of fiscal responsibility. They squandered away Europe's hard-earned well-being after World War II with social systems that have corrupted and bankrupted the countries in the Western world. China's experiment with communism has been undermined by the realization that centralized government can not fund or afford its gigantic population. China, therefore, has in recent years instituted a Wall Street and numerous corporate, private-style enterprises but in continuing to rule from a central government has encouraged black markets and wide spread corruption so entrepreneurs can bypass unnecessarily rigid government rules. All to save its collective ass!!!!!!
Yes, at present, we have a crisis in unemployment and a recession and it appears that we are not being successful. However, as this blogger has been pointing out about economics and particularly those concerning fiscal policies, an up-and-down trend in any economy is going to be part of a nation's structure. A good example of this is the current technological change taking place not only in our country but over the world. This change is going to require and does require a change in the economic system.
This change in the economic system caused by the technological revolution has certainly been involved with the rate of unemployment and a change in our economic status. The change is going on constantly and so we are not as aware of it as we were when the computer and the net were new features. New products and innovations cause a change in the way we all handle our daily lives. Certainly, the iPad and various handheld inventions create a constantly unstable and changing economy. Money is now spent in ways that were not available prior to the technological revolution.
To illustrate this point this blogger is using a program called DRAGON. It is a vocally enhanced program that actually types this blog as I speak into a microphone. This blogger had a similar program years ago that wasn't worth a tinker's damn but this program is unbelievable. The technology has become improved by innovations that allow this blogger to approach writing in a whole new manner. This kind of genius is happening all across our country and other countries creating new and better ways to handle old problems. This change or changes helps create new products into which our money is siphoned. These changes however acceptable and helpful in many areas create new industry to replace old and in doing so change the job market drastically. We tend to forget that software, e-books, apps and the like are replacing many other elements in our society and therefore changing the job market just the way it did during the Industrial Revolution when factories became the norm. Therefore, unemployment results and new training is required to re-employ workers dispossessed by the changes.
As Americans, we are a very versatile and innovative citizenry. We like new things, new approaches, and a government that appears to recognize this as well and encourage the continuation of a very open, inventive approach. I believe that our young people thought they saw our current president as someone who believed in that. Unfortunately, he came with a pre-learned agenda based on socialism. Socialism is an old remedy for an old world. It is not and-- I repeat-- NOT the remedy needed for today's technological world vision.
This Blogger is offering an election choice of sorts. Nominate and elect the candidates who most represent our Constitution and our American form of government and least represent socialism. Because voting for socialism is voting for communism and I do not believe that most Americans want to give up their freedom to become part of an old-fashioned theory based on a world that no longer really exists!!!!!!
The New World that we live in is based firmly within technology and requires the freedom, innovation, invention and ability to change rapidly and easily that cannot be supplied by a bureaucratic, centralized government as projected by Obama and his army of socialist followers.
Cheers, Connie
This is the week that the Republicans nominate a candidate in the primary in Florida. If you are expecting a candidate choice from this blogger – just forget it!!!!!
Remember what I said several blogs ago. This is not an election about the best candidates. It is an election about restoring America to its roots – its Constitution – its laws!!! Therefore, it is an election to repudiate the socialist plan to change our constitutional government into a socialist mess. So I'm not really excited about choosing candidates. So do your damnedest!!!!!
This is an election for one purpose in our government – to remove as many socialists in Congress and in the executive office as there are seats to be filled. In other words, as I said in an earlier blog, this is a vote against the current president, his principles, and a repudiation of the bills he has pushed through the Congress particularly in his few years as president!!!!!!!!!!!!
AMERICANS in great numbers hate the health care bill called Obamacare. This blogger is not exaggerating in using the word hate about the health care bill. It is an expensive and non-caring abomination justified by the socialist as helping provide for the poor. It provides all right – it provides less care for everyone in a manner that is totally uncaring and expensive. It is doomed to failure down the road just the way it has failed in China, in Europe, and Russia as well as those states like Tennessee and Massachusetts and small countries, who were unfortunate enough to adopt the socialists health care plan.
This election is about defeating the members of Congress and the executive office that believe they replace the American people in deciding the principles of American government and know more than the electorate about what form American Government should take. Make no mistake-- they have no respect for the voters' judgment, understanding, or collective intelligence. They believe that they know far better than the AMERICAN success of over 200 years in which the United States of America has become the most prosperous large country in the world with far less poverty than the Chinese or the Russian or the European cultures where communism was allowed to be followed flat-out!
AMERICA had accepted tenets of the socialist theories that they hoped would be workable in Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. Those programs when first instituted were based on a very rigid set of rules governing the use of the funds paid in by working people to provide for the time when they were unable to easily provide for themselves. Those funds paid in by the workers in America were ransacked, looted, and earmarked for repayment of debts, enhancements or new programs and generally used for everything but Social Security, and Medicare. Now the same people, who saw nothing wrong with using funds for other uses that were clearly set aside for Social Security and Medicare em> now want to start another massive debt in a new direction for which they have no funding.
The Communists, Socialists, and Progressives that this blogger has labeled the CSPers may indeed have some semblance of intellectual thinking but they sure as hell have no understanding of fiscal responsibility. They squandered away Europe's hard-earned well-being after World War II with social systems that have corrupted and bankrupted the countries in the Western world. China's experiment with communism has been undermined by the realization that centralized government can not fund or afford its gigantic population. China, therefore, has in recent years instituted a Wall Street and numerous corporate, private-style enterprises but in continuing to rule from a central government has encouraged black markets and wide spread corruption so entrepreneurs can bypass unnecessarily rigid government rules. All to save its collective ass!!!!!!
Yes, at present, we have a crisis in unemployment and a recession and it appears that we are not being successful. However, as this blogger has been pointing out about economics and particularly those concerning fiscal policies, an up-and-down trend in any economy is going to be part of a nation's structure. A good example of this is the current technological change taking place not only in our country but over the world. This change is going to require and does require a change in the economic system.
This change in the economic system caused by the technological revolution has certainly been involved with the rate of unemployment and a change in our economic status. The change is going on constantly and so we are not as aware of it as we were when the computer and the net were new features. New products and innovations cause a change in the way we all handle our daily lives. Certainly, the iPad and various handheld inventions create a constantly unstable and changing economy. Money is now spent in ways that were not available prior to the technological revolution.
To illustrate this point this blogger is using a program called DRAGON. It is a vocally enhanced program that actually types this blog as I speak into a microphone. This blogger had a similar program years ago that wasn't worth a tinker's damn but this program is unbelievable. The technology has become improved by innovations that allow this blogger to approach writing in a whole new manner. This kind of genius is happening all across our country and other countries creating new and better ways to handle old problems. This change or changes helps create new products into which our money is siphoned. These changes however acceptable and helpful in many areas create new industry to replace old and in doing so change the job market drastically. We tend to forget that software, e-books, apps and the like are replacing many other elements in our society and therefore changing the job market just the way it did during the Industrial Revolution when factories became the norm. Therefore, unemployment results and new training is required to re-employ workers dispossessed by the changes.
As Americans, we are a very versatile and innovative citizenry. We like new things, new approaches, and a government that appears to recognize this as well and encourage the continuation of a very open, inventive approach. I believe that our young people thought they saw our current president as someone who believed in that. Unfortunately, he came with a pre-learned agenda based on socialism. Socialism is an old remedy for an old world. It is not and-- I repeat-- NOT the remedy needed for today's technological world vision.
This Blogger is offering an election choice of sorts. Nominate and elect the candidates who most represent our Constitution and our American form of government and least represent socialism. Because voting for socialism is voting for communism and I do not believe that most Americans want to give up their freedom to become part of an old-fashioned theory based on a world that no longer really exists!!!!!!
The New World that we live in is based firmly within technology and requires the freedom, innovation, invention and ability to change rapidly and easily that cannot be supplied by a bureaucratic, centralized government as projected by Obama and his army of socialist followers.
Cheers, Connie
1/20/12
YELLOW JOURNALISM IS UNETHICAL POST 90
Hi,
"The destructive, vicious negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country. I am tired of the elite media protecting Barack Obama by attacking Republicans."
So said Newt Gingrich in his last TV debate and what does this blogger say to that!!!!!!
AMEN!
Newt has a rejected ex-wife and the reporter gave her an opportunity to EVEN??????? the score. She took it--she's human if NOT ETHICAL. CAN THE possible ECONOMIC LOSS THAT MAY BE CAUSED BY THIS LAPSE OF ETHICS be made calculable? DOUBTFUL. The PRESS USED an evidently still bitter woman's GOSSIP TO SWAY VOTERS TO THEIR POINT OF VIEW.
"AMEN'-NOT BECAUSE OF NEWT GINGRICH OR THE FREE RIDE OBAMA GETS FROM IT BUT BECAUSE THE IRRESPONSIBILITY OF THE PRESS IS DAMAGING AMERICA AND COSTING US IN MULTIPLE WAYS FISCALLY AND PERSONALLY. THE PRESS GETS FREE REIGN IN THE CONSTITUTION AND THEREFORE ITS ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY SHOULD BE MAINTAINED AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. IT IS NOW AT THE LOWEST LEVEL OF SELF-SERVING PROFITEERING!!!!!
Why do voters care about WHAT NOSTRIL GINGRICH USES TO BREATHE or if he uses both??????????? WHERE DID THE PRESS GET THE IDEA THAT THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO HANG ALL THE "DIRTY" LAUNDRY OUT FOR US TO AIR???????
We have had very few morally chaste PRESIDENTS. TESTOSTERONE APPEARS TO GO WITH THE JOB OF MALE PRESIDENTS IF ONLY BY ACCIDENT!!!!!!!!!! THIS BLOGGER HATES TO MENTION THE FACT THAT WE'VE SEEN NO MENTION OF TESTOSTERONE IN OBAMA!!!!!!!!!!..........HMMMMMMMMMMMMM.
SEE HOW EASY IT IS?????? It takes no skill to GOSSIP, WRITE INNUENDO, TRAP UNWITTING AND UNKNOWING FOLKS INTO SPILLING THE BEANS. The right question, the right slant, a compassionate interview--HELL, DIDN'T BARBARA WALTERS TEACH THE PUBLIC ANYTHING???????????
As a former member of the FOURTH ESTATE, I FEEL REAL SHAME for the current members of the press, who have embarked in an era during which YELLOW JOURNALISM is the NORM AND NOT THE EXCEPTION. It's the PROFIT MOTIVE!!!!!!!! MORE READERS--MORE LISTENERS---MORE PROFIT!!!!!!!!!!! Viewers and readers encourage this lack of ethics. I applaud RUPERT MURDOCH for his PAPERS' Conservative VIEWPOINT AND CONDEMN HIM for TEACHING THE PRESS to use YELLOW JOURNALISM to SELL THE NEWS AND DESTROY OPPONENTS.
The NEWSPAPER, MAGAZINE, AND TELEVISION NEWS IS MADE UP OF TOO MANY "HOLIER THAN THOU" CORRESPONDENTS, WHO CARE MORE ABOUT THEIR OWN EGOS AND POINTS OF VIEW THAN A CONCERN FOR HONESTY AND ETHICS.
THE PUBLIC HAS TO SHARE THE BLAME. Although there are folks who refuse to PAY ATTENTION to much of the TRASH THAT HAS BECOME THE NEWS IN MANY PUBLICATIONS AND ON MOST NETWORKS, there are too many more who SUCK UP AND SPREAD THE GOSSIP LIKE HONEY AND ACT AS BUSY BEES SPREADING IT UNTIL IT BECOMES THE TRUTH IN THE RETELLING EVEN THOUGH IT IS A LIE!!!!!!!!
This is not just wrong. It is totally UNETHICAL!!!!!!!!! Why should any candidate running for any office have to FEAR THE FOURTH ESTATE????????? I WANT TO MEET THIS PERFECT PERSON, THIS PERFECT CANDIDATE WHO SERVES AS A ROLE MODEL FOR THE NEWS MEDIA!!!!!!!!!! WHERE IS HE/SHE AND WHY IS THERE NOT A PROFILE IN EVERY PAPER AS A USEFUL CHARACTER REFERENCE. NO, IT'S NOT OBAMA!!!!!!!! HE CARRIES too MUCH BAGGAGE. It just HASN'T APPEARED IN THE PRESS so ONE DOES WONDER ABOUT BIAS. THE PRESS MAY TURN ON HIM ONE DAY.
HOWEVER, this blogger is not interested in NEWS BIAS. That's always going to exist but perhaps not QUITE AS BLATANTLY AS NOW. Reporters and correspondents have opinions and it's going to slip into their copy no matter how ethical they may be view their profession. I'm talking about THAT FINE LINE BETWEEN REAL NEWS AND GOSSIP.
TO DEFINE GOSSIP FROM WEBSTER: OFFICE EDITION:"SOMEONE WHO HABITUALLY SPREADS SENSATIONAL OR INTIMATE FACTS; RUMOR OR TALK OF A PERSONAL OR SENSATIONAL NATURE."
PLEASE NOTE THAT GOSSIP IS BASED ON TALK OF A PERSONAL OR SENSATIONAL NATURE!!!!!!!!!!! For years the Press has been getting away with YELLOW JOURNALISM by saying that the FACTS WERE CHECKED. THAT ISN'T PERTINENT!!!!!!!!!!!IT IS GOSSIP IF IT IS OF A "PERSONAL OR SENSATIONAL NATURE'!!!!!!!!!!! HOW DO YOU LIKE 'THEM' APPLES???????????
Ethics in the news is based on reporting factual, honest stories of the the world around us as well as the broader sphere. It is based on FACTUAL REPORTING so that if a candidate is being covered, the public has a right to know the views that candidate may hold and the recorded background of his/her history.
An ETHICAL REPORT ON A CANDIDATE DOES NOT--DOES NOT--INCLUDE WHAT DAISY MAE SAID ABOUT THE CANDIDATE OR WHAT JOHNNIE CLAIMED ABOUT THE CANDIDATE'S SEXUAL PREFERENCES!!!!!! COME ON FOLKS--YOU KNOW THIS. AND KNOWING THIS, YOUR LETTERS SHOULD POUR INTO THE PAPERS AND TV WHEN THEY BREAK THIS RULE!!!!! THOSE CALLING THE PRESS SHOULD ACCEPT NO EXCUSES.
ETHICS IS IMPORTANT TO THE RELATIONSHIPS IN A SOCIETY AND CITIZENS SHOULD TAKE NO PRISONERS WHEN DEFENDING THEM!!!!!!!!! WHAT HAPPENS when neighbors gossip intimately about another neighbor and it gets back to the slandered neighbor? FEUD TIME AND NEIGHBORHOOD PEACE IS DISTURBED AT THE LEAST OR ANGER CAUSES VIOLENCE AT THE WORST. HEY!!!!OUR COUNTRY IS ONE GIGANTIC NEIGHBORHOOD AND GOSSIP CAUSES JUST AS MANY AND MORE PROBLEMS.
Remember the party game that when you whispered a sentence into someone's ear and passed it along among ten people? It became a MANGLED VERSION OF ITS FORMER STYLE. That's a simple version of MANGLED TRUTH. The police will tell you how much 'EYE WITNESS' accounts vary.
A reporter in the "pre yellow journalism days" was always instructed to talk to as many folks as well as the authorities to get 'AS REAL' a picture as possible of the event. And added to that the instruction was to use the word, "alleged", or some qualifying word to indicate we were reporting only the facts we could gather. IT'S A TRICKY BUSINESS--REPORTING!!!!!!! AND HOW NICE for reporters IF THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE REALLY GOOD AT IT!!!!!!!!! GOSSIPING IS NOT GOOD REPORTING AND DOES NOT GOOD REPORTERS MAKE!
So how does all this affect you ECONOMICALLY? I THOUGHT YOU'D NEVER ASK!!!!!! Gossip can cause you to change your really accurate opinions on many subjects or become wary because of what you may have heard. Suppose your neighbor claims that the BUTCHER you buy from IS BUYING FROM A DISTRIBUTOR THAT SELLS DISEASED MEAT? The neighbor, by the way, unbeknownst to you, has a major debt with him THAT he's been trying to collect. You don't WANT TO BELIEVE the gossip but now you hesitate buying there and go to another store but pay a HIGHER PRICE. You have lost money as well as a good shopping experience. This is a simple example but MAKE NO MISTAKE--EVEN THE MOST SEEMINGLY INNOCENT GOSSIP CAN BE VICIOUS AND HAVE ITS ROOTS IN VINDICTIVENESS AND THE COSTS CAN BE ALMOST INCALCULABLE.
When the Press uses its MIGHT TO SPREAD GOSSIP in POLITICS, it is costing Americans first and foremost the quality of its candidates. NOT MANY WANT TO PUT THEMSELVES IN THE GOSSIP-MONGERING LIMELIGHT. Many times candidates quit not out of guilt but to spare their families the humiliation of YELLOW JOURNALISM.
THE LACK OF press ETHICS costs citizens the ability to SORT THE WHEAT FROM THE CHAFF. Press GOSSIP destroys the value of ETHICAL BEHAVIOR in the society and that destruction causes untold costs in the things that Americans want and need. IF ETHICS HAD BEEN FIRST AND FOREMOST IN THE MORTGAGE INDUSTRY, THERE WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN A MAJOR MELT DOWN!!!!!!!!
Another example is in the market place. Food today comes from all over the world. WOULD YOU these days BUY FROM AN UNETHICAL GROCER WHO DOESN'T TELL YOU WHERE THE FOOD COMES FROM? It was ethics in Washington that made grocers label foods. A good use of Washington ethical law since many countries use HUMAN WASTE FOR FERTILIZER.
FOLKS--ETHICS ARE IMPORTANT!!!!!!!! DON'T IGNORE THE BREACH OF THEM. IT'S A SPREADING DISEASE!!!!!!!
Cheers, Connie
"The destructive, vicious negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country. I am tired of the elite media protecting Barack Obama by attacking Republicans."
So said Newt Gingrich in his last TV debate and what does this blogger say to that!!!!!!
AMEN!
Newt has a rejected ex-wife and the reporter gave her an opportunity to EVEN??????? the score. She took it--she's human if NOT ETHICAL. CAN THE possible ECONOMIC LOSS THAT MAY BE CAUSED BY THIS LAPSE OF ETHICS be made calculable? DOUBTFUL. The PRESS USED an evidently still bitter woman's GOSSIP TO SWAY VOTERS TO THEIR POINT OF VIEW.
"AMEN'-NOT BECAUSE OF NEWT GINGRICH OR THE FREE RIDE OBAMA GETS FROM IT BUT BECAUSE THE IRRESPONSIBILITY OF THE PRESS IS DAMAGING AMERICA AND COSTING US IN MULTIPLE WAYS FISCALLY AND PERSONALLY. THE PRESS GETS FREE REIGN IN THE CONSTITUTION AND THEREFORE ITS ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY SHOULD BE MAINTAINED AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. IT IS NOW AT THE LOWEST LEVEL OF SELF-SERVING PROFITEERING!!!!!
Why do voters care about WHAT NOSTRIL GINGRICH USES TO BREATHE or if he uses both??????????? WHERE DID THE PRESS GET THE IDEA THAT THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO HANG ALL THE "DIRTY" LAUNDRY OUT FOR US TO AIR???????
We have had very few morally chaste PRESIDENTS. TESTOSTERONE APPEARS TO GO WITH THE JOB OF MALE PRESIDENTS IF ONLY BY ACCIDENT!!!!!!!!!! THIS BLOGGER HATES TO MENTION THE FACT THAT WE'VE SEEN NO MENTION OF TESTOSTERONE IN OBAMA!!!!!!!!!!..........HMMMMMMMMMMMMM.
SEE HOW EASY IT IS?????? It takes no skill to GOSSIP, WRITE INNUENDO, TRAP UNWITTING AND UNKNOWING FOLKS INTO SPILLING THE BEANS. The right question, the right slant, a compassionate interview--HELL, DIDN'T BARBARA WALTERS TEACH THE PUBLIC ANYTHING???????????
As a former member of the FOURTH ESTATE, I FEEL REAL SHAME for the current members of the press, who have embarked in an era during which YELLOW JOURNALISM is the NORM AND NOT THE EXCEPTION. It's the PROFIT MOTIVE!!!!!!!! MORE READERS--MORE LISTENERS---MORE PROFIT!!!!!!!!!!! Viewers and readers encourage this lack of ethics. I applaud RUPERT MURDOCH for his PAPERS' Conservative VIEWPOINT AND CONDEMN HIM for TEACHING THE PRESS to use YELLOW JOURNALISM to SELL THE NEWS AND DESTROY OPPONENTS.
The NEWSPAPER, MAGAZINE, AND TELEVISION NEWS IS MADE UP OF TOO MANY "HOLIER THAN THOU" CORRESPONDENTS, WHO CARE MORE ABOUT THEIR OWN EGOS AND POINTS OF VIEW THAN A CONCERN FOR HONESTY AND ETHICS.
THE PUBLIC HAS TO SHARE THE BLAME. Although there are folks who refuse to PAY ATTENTION to much of the TRASH THAT HAS BECOME THE NEWS IN MANY PUBLICATIONS AND ON MOST NETWORKS, there are too many more who SUCK UP AND SPREAD THE GOSSIP LIKE HONEY AND ACT AS BUSY BEES SPREADING IT UNTIL IT BECOMES THE TRUTH IN THE RETELLING EVEN THOUGH IT IS A LIE!!!!!!!!
This is not just wrong. It is totally UNETHICAL!!!!!!!!! Why should any candidate running for any office have to FEAR THE FOURTH ESTATE????????? I WANT TO MEET THIS PERFECT PERSON, THIS PERFECT CANDIDATE WHO SERVES AS A ROLE MODEL FOR THE NEWS MEDIA!!!!!!!!!! WHERE IS HE/SHE AND WHY IS THERE NOT A PROFILE IN EVERY PAPER AS A USEFUL CHARACTER REFERENCE. NO, IT'S NOT OBAMA!!!!!!!! HE CARRIES too MUCH BAGGAGE. It just HASN'T APPEARED IN THE PRESS so ONE DOES WONDER ABOUT BIAS. THE PRESS MAY TURN ON HIM ONE DAY.
HOWEVER, this blogger is not interested in NEWS BIAS. That's always going to exist but perhaps not QUITE AS BLATANTLY AS NOW. Reporters and correspondents have opinions and it's going to slip into their copy no matter how ethical they may be view their profession. I'm talking about THAT FINE LINE BETWEEN REAL NEWS AND GOSSIP.
TO DEFINE GOSSIP FROM WEBSTER: OFFICE EDITION:"SOMEONE WHO HABITUALLY SPREADS SENSATIONAL OR INTIMATE FACTS; RUMOR OR TALK OF A PERSONAL OR SENSATIONAL NATURE."
PLEASE NOTE THAT GOSSIP IS BASED ON TALK OF A PERSONAL OR SENSATIONAL NATURE!!!!!!!!!!! For years the Press has been getting away with YELLOW JOURNALISM by saying that the FACTS WERE CHECKED. THAT ISN'T PERTINENT!!!!!!!!!!!IT IS GOSSIP IF IT IS OF A "PERSONAL OR SENSATIONAL NATURE'!!!!!!!!!!! HOW DO YOU LIKE 'THEM' APPLES???????????
Ethics in the news is based on reporting factual, honest stories of the the world around us as well as the broader sphere. It is based on FACTUAL REPORTING so that if a candidate is being covered, the public has a right to know the views that candidate may hold and the recorded background of his/her history.
An ETHICAL REPORT ON A CANDIDATE DOES NOT--DOES NOT--INCLUDE WHAT DAISY MAE SAID ABOUT THE CANDIDATE OR WHAT JOHNNIE CLAIMED ABOUT THE CANDIDATE'S SEXUAL PREFERENCES!!!!!! COME ON FOLKS--YOU KNOW THIS. AND KNOWING THIS, YOUR LETTERS SHOULD POUR INTO THE PAPERS AND TV WHEN THEY BREAK THIS RULE!!!!! THOSE CALLING THE PRESS SHOULD ACCEPT NO EXCUSES.
ETHICS IS IMPORTANT TO THE RELATIONSHIPS IN A SOCIETY AND CITIZENS SHOULD TAKE NO PRISONERS WHEN DEFENDING THEM!!!!!!!!! WHAT HAPPENS when neighbors gossip intimately about another neighbor and it gets back to the slandered neighbor? FEUD TIME AND NEIGHBORHOOD PEACE IS DISTURBED AT THE LEAST OR ANGER CAUSES VIOLENCE AT THE WORST. HEY!!!!OUR COUNTRY IS ONE GIGANTIC NEIGHBORHOOD AND GOSSIP CAUSES JUST AS MANY AND MORE PROBLEMS.
Remember the party game that when you whispered a sentence into someone's ear and passed it along among ten people? It became a MANGLED VERSION OF ITS FORMER STYLE. That's a simple version of MANGLED TRUTH. The police will tell you how much 'EYE WITNESS' accounts vary.
A reporter in the "pre yellow journalism days" was always instructed to talk to as many folks as well as the authorities to get 'AS REAL' a picture as possible of the event. And added to that the instruction was to use the word, "alleged", or some qualifying word to indicate we were reporting only the facts we could gather. IT'S A TRICKY BUSINESS--REPORTING!!!!!!! AND HOW NICE for reporters IF THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE REALLY GOOD AT IT!!!!!!!!! GOSSIPING IS NOT GOOD REPORTING AND DOES NOT GOOD REPORTERS MAKE!
So how does all this affect you ECONOMICALLY? I THOUGHT YOU'D NEVER ASK!!!!!! Gossip can cause you to change your really accurate opinions on many subjects or become wary because of what you may have heard. Suppose your neighbor claims that the BUTCHER you buy from IS BUYING FROM A DISTRIBUTOR THAT SELLS DISEASED MEAT? The neighbor, by the way, unbeknownst to you, has a major debt with him THAT he's been trying to collect. You don't WANT TO BELIEVE the gossip but now you hesitate buying there and go to another store but pay a HIGHER PRICE. You have lost money as well as a good shopping experience. This is a simple example but MAKE NO MISTAKE--EVEN THE MOST SEEMINGLY INNOCENT GOSSIP CAN BE VICIOUS AND HAVE ITS ROOTS IN VINDICTIVENESS AND THE COSTS CAN BE ALMOST INCALCULABLE.
When the Press uses its MIGHT TO SPREAD GOSSIP in POLITICS, it is costing Americans first and foremost the quality of its candidates. NOT MANY WANT TO PUT THEMSELVES IN THE GOSSIP-MONGERING LIMELIGHT. Many times candidates quit not out of guilt but to spare their families the humiliation of YELLOW JOURNALISM.
THE LACK OF press ETHICS costs citizens the ability to SORT THE WHEAT FROM THE CHAFF. Press GOSSIP destroys the value of ETHICAL BEHAVIOR in the society and that destruction causes untold costs in the things that Americans want and need. IF ETHICS HAD BEEN FIRST AND FOREMOST IN THE MORTGAGE INDUSTRY, THERE WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN A MAJOR MELT DOWN!!!!!!!!
Another example is in the market place. Food today comes from all over the world. WOULD YOU these days BUY FROM AN UNETHICAL GROCER WHO DOESN'T TELL YOU WHERE THE FOOD COMES FROM? It was ethics in Washington that made grocers label foods. A good use of Washington ethical law since many countries use HUMAN WASTE FOR FERTILIZER.
FOLKS--ETHICS ARE IMPORTANT!!!!!!!! DON'T IGNORE THE BREACH OF THEM. IT'S A SPREADING DISEASE!!!!!!!
Cheers, Connie
1/13/12
YOU HOLD THE KEYS TO THE KINGDOM- -POST 89
Hi,
After discussing the Congress in my last blog, I realized the press was saturating the readers with the Republican nominations and the Presidential election and not offering much in the way of Senate Races.
I suggest you GOOGLE 'WHICH SENATORS ARE UP IN 2012'. THE SITE WILL TELL WHICH SENATE SEATS ARE UP FOR GRABS SO THAT YOU CAN DETERMINE if you have a choice.
In Florida, we have DEMOCRAT BILL NELSON. Nelson's popularity has been largely based on his interest in the NASA program but his record in the Senate has not really reflected the majority of Florida voters. Although he has experience in both the house and the Senate, he is not listening to his overall constituency. His defeat would offer a seat to a candidate more reflective of the MAJORITY views in Florida.
The 2012 election offers a ripe opportunity for returning the Senate to a much more REALISTIC BODY OF Congress and if you have friends or relatives in any of the states with a choice, please think about emailing them to remind them that the Senate needs A SWIFT KICK IN THE PANTS AND IT'S TIME TO PICK NEW SENATORS WHO WILL ROUND OUT THE MARGINS OF EXPERTISE AND VOTING POWER. States such as Ohio, Michigan, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Montana, North Dakota, New Mexico, Utah, California and Florida are the most vulnerable TO CHANGE.
THE HEALTH CARE BILL, that was signed INTO LAW BY OBAMA, WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY AN OVERWHELMING ONE PARTY MAJORITY and IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A STRONG TWO PARTY SYSTEM IS NOT IN CONTROL OF BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE. That legislation alone caused the 2010 rout of Congress. MAKE NO MISTAKE, the HEALTH CARE BILL and its FISCAL IRRESPONSIBILITY drove Americans away in disgust.
MAJOR UNEMPLOYMENT AND A SCREWED-UP MORTGAGE MARKET WAS FOLLOWED BY a poor STIMULUS package, AND a FLAMBOYANT HEALTH CARE DEBT THAT RAPIDLY caused A DISENCHANTED AMERICAN CITIZENRY!!!!!!!!!! This is why it is necessary to keep our Congress IN BALANCE. A HOUSE AND SENATE that will take the best of both points of view without an overbearing thrust from either side.
It's not yet too late. 2012 is the CALL TO ACTION AND VOTERS HAVE THE KEYS TO THE KINGDOM. A STRONG VOTE FOR A NEW CONGRESS CAN KEEP AMERICA FROM BECOMING A SOCIALIST STATE AND MAKING THE SAME MISTAKES MADE IN ASIA AND EUROPE. It is their socialist economy that is failing while America's economy with all its problems is holding ground.
AMERICAN COMMUNITIES ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN ASSISTING THOSE WHO HAVE COME ON HARD TIMES BECAUSE OF THE RECESSION!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE, THE CITIZENS OF AMERICA, ARE DOING THAT!!!!AND NOT DEPENDING ON THE GOVERNMENT!!!!!!! Yes, There are Government assistance programs for the POOR but many who are in recent need don't qualify. JUST AS AMERICANS HAVE EXTENDED HELP TO OTHER COUNTRIES OVER THE YEARS, THEY EXTEND HELP TO THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS. MEANWHILE, AMERICANS have ALSO tightened their belts and where possible ARE SAVING again. WHEN THIS COUNTRY IS DOWN - DON'T COUNT US OUT!!!!!!!THE RISE OF THE TEA PARTY IS PROOF OF THAT.
Remember that the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES has 435 members who are elected every two years and represent the districts and THE SENATE has 100 members elected every six years representing the states and elected on a staggered basis (NOT STAGGERING IN MOST CASES). THAT MEMBERSHIP IN BOTH BODIES COMPRISES THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS. So that a vote to change the make up of the Senate this election can make it more representative of the will of the people just as the election of 2010 helped make the House of Representative more reflective of the nation.
The House of Representatives had no choice but to become obstructive to support as much as possible the desire of its districts. Although the House CONTAINED a majority OF REPRESENTATIVES after 2010, who were against the Health Care bill, they could not act against it BECAUSE THE SENATE WAS PREDOMINATELY IN FAVOR OF THE HEALTH CARE BILL AND WOULD HAVE THEREFORE CANCELLED ANY ACTIONS ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE. So the only option left was to obstruct the PROGRESSIVES' determination to pass MORE SOCIALIST LEGISLATION. The HOUSE DID A GOOD JOB OF HOLDING THE PROGRESSIVES (the CSPs) IN CHECK.
For those new to this blog, a COMMUNIST=SOCIALIST=PROGRESSIVE, or CSP. NAME CHANGING is an old COMMUNIST SLEIGHT OF HAND TRICK. WHEN FOLKS GET "HET" UP BY "THE NAME OF THE GAME", THE GOOD OLD BOYS CHANGE IT TO SOMETHING MORE ACCEPTABLE TO THE PUBLIC. The name does not denote a change in VALUES only a change in NAME. After all, they know who they are and what they stand for is Communism.
So CONGRESS DID ITS JOB LAST SESSION BY HOLDING AS FIRM AS ITS SITUATION WOULD ALLOW AND MR.JOHN BOEHNER DESERVES A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ENCOURAGING THE HOUSE TO TAKE A FIRM STAND IN A TOUGH SITUATION.
Public criticism often arises from a lack of understanding on the part of citizens about how CONGRESS IS SUPPOSED TO WORK and the blaring PRESS BIAS that encourages that misunderstanding. Perhaps if it's looked at this way, it becomes clearer. IF CONGRESS IS OBSTRUCTIVE, FEW LAWS GET PASSED. FEWER LAWS MEAN LESS REGULATIONS AND THAT IS GOOD FOR A FREE!!!!!AMERICA!!!!! If the former CONGRESS (MANY OF WHOSE MEMBERS GOT KICKED OUT) had been more balanced and therefore OBSTRUCTIVE, America would not have acquired a 10 TRILLION DOLLAR DEBT AND A HEALTH CARE BILL THAT CAN'T BE financially SUPPORTED!!!!!!!
Think about it. An OBSTRUCTIVE CONGRESS=LESS LAW=MORE AMERICAN FREEDOM=MORE PROSPERITY=MORE EMPLOYMENT=MORE RECOVERY AND THE AMERICA THAT THE CONSTITUTION INTENDED TO INSURE!!!!!!!!!!
CHEERS, CONNIE
After discussing the Congress in my last blog, I realized the press was saturating the readers with the Republican nominations and the Presidential election and not offering much in the way of Senate Races.
I suggest you GOOGLE 'WHICH SENATORS ARE UP IN 2012'. THE SITE WILL TELL WHICH SENATE SEATS ARE UP FOR GRABS SO THAT YOU CAN DETERMINE if you have a choice.
In Florida, we have DEMOCRAT BILL NELSON. Nelson's popularity has been largely based on his interest in the NASA program but his record in the Senate has not really reflected the majority of Florida voters. Although he has experience in both the house and the Senate, he is not listening to his overall constituency. His defeat would offer a seat to a candidate more reflective of the MAJORITY views in Florida.
The 2012 election offers a ripe opportunity for returning the Senate to a much more REALISTIC BODY OF Congress and if you have friends or relatives in any of the states with a choice, please think about emailing them to remind them that the Senate needs A SWIFT KICK IN THE PANTS AND IT'S TIME TO PICK NEW SENATORS WHO WILL ROUND OUT THE MARGINS OF EXPERTISE AND VOTING POWER. States such as Ohio, Michigan, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Montana, North Dakota, New Mexico, Utah, California and Florida are the most vulnerable TO CHANGE.
THE HEALTH CARE BILL, that was signed INTO LAW BY OBAMA, WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY AN OVERWHELMING ONE PARTY MAJORITY and IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A STRONG TWO PARTY SYSTEM IS NOT IN CONTROL OF BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE. That legislation alone caused the 2010 rout of Congress. MAKE NO MISTAKE, the HEALTH CARE BILL and its FISCAL IRRESPONSIBILITY drove Americans away in disgust.
MAJOR UNEMPLOYMENT AND A SCREWED-UP MORTGAGE MARKET WAS FOLLOWED BY a poor STIMULUS package, AND a FLAMBOYANT HEALTH CARE DEBT THAT RAPIDLY caused A DISENCHANTED AMERICAN CITIZENRY!!!!!!!!!! This is why it is necessary to keep our Congress IN BALANCE. A HOUSE AND SENATE that will take the best of both points of view without an overbearing thrust from either side.
It's not yet too late. 2012 is the CALL TO ACTION AND VOTERS HAVE THE KEYS TO THE KINGDOM. A STRONG VOTE FOR A NEW CONGRESS CAN KEEP AMERICA FROM BECOMING A SOCIALIST STATE AND MAKING THE SAME MISTAKES MADE IN ASIA AND EUROPE. It is their socialist economy that is failing while America's economy with all its problems is holding ground.
AMERICAN COMMUNITIES ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN ASSISTING THOSE WHO HAVE COME ON HARD TIMES BECAUSE OF THE RECESSION!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE, THE CITIZENS OF AMERICA, ARE DOING THAT!!!!AND NOT DEPENDING ON THE GOVERNMENT!!!!!!! Yes, There are Government assistance programs for the POOR but many who are in recent need don't qualify. JUST AS AMERICANS HAVE EXTENDED HELP TO OTHER COUNTRIES OVER THE YEARS, THEY EXTEND HELP TO THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS. MEANWHILE, AMERICANS have ALSO tightened their belts and where possible ARE SAVING again. WHEN THIS COUNTRY IS DOWN - DON'T COUNT US OUT!!!!!!!THE RISE OF THE TEA PARTY IS PROOF OF THAT.
Remember that the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES has 435 members who are elected every two years and represent the districts and THE SENATE has 100 members elected every six years representing the states and elected on a staggered basis (NOT STAGGERING IN MOST CASES). THAT MEMBERSHIP IN BOTH BODIES COMPRISES THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS. So that a vote to change the make up of the Senate this election can make it more representative of the will of the people just as the election of 2010 helped make the House of Representative more reflective of the nation.
The House of Representatives had no choice but to become obstructive to support as much as possible the desire of its districts. Although the House CONTAINED a majority OF REPRESENTATIVES after 2010, who were against the Health Care bill, they could not act against it BECAUSE THE SENATE WAS PREDOMINATELY IN FAVOR OF THE HEALTH CARE BILL AND WOULD HAVE THEREFORE CANCELLED ANY ACTIONS ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE. So the only option left was to obstruct the PROGRESSIVES' determination to pass MORE SOCIALIST LEGISLATION. The HOUSE DID A GOOD JOB OF HOLDING THE PROGRESSIVES (the CSPs) IN CHECK.
For those new to this blog, a COMMUNIST=SOCIALIST=PROGRESSIVE, or CSP. NAME CHANGING is an old COMMUNIST SLEIGHT OF HAND TRICK. WHEN FOLKS GET "HET" UP BY "THE NAME OF THE GAME", THE GOOD OLD BOYS CHANGE IT TO SOMETHING MORE ACCEPTABLE TO THE PUBLIC. The name does not denote a change in VALUES only a change in NAME. After all, they know who they are and what they stand for is Communism.
So CONGRESS DID ITS JOB LAST SESSION BY HOLDING AS FIRM AS ITS SITUATION WOULD ALLOW AND MR.JOHN BOEHNER DESERVES A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ENCOURAGING THE HOUSE TO TAKE A FIRM STAND IN A TOUGH SITUATION.
Public criticism often arises from a lack of understanding on the part of citizens about how CONGRESS IS SUPPOSED TO WORK and the blaring PRESS BIAS that encourages that misunderstanding. Perhaps if it's looked at this way, it becomes clearer. IF CONGRESS IS OBSTRUCTIVE, FEW LAWS GET PASSED. FEWER LAWS MEAN LESS REGULATIONS AND THAT IS GOOD FOR A FREE!!!!!AMERICA!!!!! If the former CONGRESS (MANY OF WHOSE MEMBERS GOT KICKED OUT) had been more balanced and therefore OBSTRUCTIVE, America would not have acquired a 10 TRILLION DOLLAR DEBT AND A HEALTH CARE BILL THAT CAN'T BE financially SUPPORTED!!!!!!!
Think about it. An OBSTRUCTIVE CONGRESS=LESS LAW=MORE AMERICAN FREEDOM=MORE PROSPERITY=MORE EMPLOYMENT=MORE RECOVERY AND THE AMERICA THAT THE CONSTITUTION INTENDED TO INSURE!!!!!!!!!!
CHEERS, CONNIE
1/6/12
ELECT A PRESIDENT TO HIS REAL JOB-THAT OF A PRETTY FACE!! POST 88
Hi,
Sorry to be absent so long but those of you who know me realize Christmas at our house is a big deal with an annual celebration for friends and family and ending with a private dinner on Epiphany or commonly called twelfth night. Not many even recognize Epiphany these days--more's the shame. On the twelfth day (OR 3 KING'S DAY) we begin the final phase of "deco-done". It was a good holiday in spite of all America's myriad problems
So what about Iowa and the outcome? Psshwah! Only about 125,000 voted out of a Million +OR- Republicans so it proves that those who voted liked the two leaders best. Not the big deal that the TV made of it. And remember in spite of all the control exerted by top Republicans and the Press, when Barry Goldwater ran, he and his supporters bombarded the CONVENTION and turned everything upside down!!!!!!!! STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN IN POLITICS and some of them are acutely helpful!
So, economically, how are we doing???? WHO THE DEVIL KNOWS?????????? I read, I research, I explore and the best I can come up with is that the reality lies somewhere between OBAMA, THE CONGRESS, THE PRESS and THE PUBLIC. IT WAS A GOOD HOLIDAY FOR RETAILERS AND THEY BLESS ALL OF YOU!!!!! WHAT DOES THAT MEAN????? Well, it could mean as the press says that recovery is at hand; or as Obama says, "I've made magic"; or as the Congress says, "We've kept the spending in line. OR IT COULD MEAN THAT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC SAID: THE HELL WITH IT!!!!!!!!!!LET'S SPEND WHILE WE CAN BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO TAKE IT ALL AWAY!!!!!!!
I'm GUESSING THE LATTER BUT IT'S JUST A GUESS. We can't support the kind of debt forecast for 2012 and forward without a lot of what we used to call FINAGLING. YOU KNOW THE KIND--YOU ROB PETER TO PAY PAUL; THEN YOU ROB PAUL TO PAY SAM; THEN YOU ROB SAM TO PAY ETC. ETC. ETC. THE OUTCOME????????????MORE MASSIVE DEBT!!!!!!!!!!
One OF THE EMAILS I RECEIVED AND IN TURN FORWARDED really nailed it. It showed subtracting ALL OF THE WEALTH IN ALL OF AMERICA (INCLUDING THE MONSTROUS AMOUNTS SPENT ON THINGS LIKE SPORTS) AND PICKING THE POCKETS OF THE WEALTHY AND THE CORPORATIONS DRY FOR PAYING DOWN THE CURRENT NATIONAL DEBT. GUESS WHAT????????? SCRAPING THE Barrel AND THEN WIPING IT WITH A PAPER TOWEL OF ALL LOOSE CASH WE COULD BARELY AFFORD TO PAY THE DEBT FOR TWELVE MONTHS--THAT'S ONE YEAR, FOLKS. After picking everyone's pockets down to the lint including your kid's or grandkid' allowance, there would be nothing left for the next year's debt!!!!!!!!!!! NADA! ZILCH! ZERO COIN!
SO WHAT TO DO????????? Well, it seems obvious that we have to roll back the hands of time!!!!!! I saw an article the other day that scientists AT Cornell had discovered a way to not only interfere with time but actually blot out events so completely that NO ONE WOULD EVER KNOW THEY HAPPENED!!!!!! NOW THAT'S A HOT IDEA FOR THE ECONOMY!!!!!!! BLOT IT OUT AND A FEW POLITICIANS WITH IT SO WE NEVER KNOW DEBT HAPPENED!!!!!!! By the way the SCIENCE IS NO JOKE--only the usefulness of it.
WE NEED TO ELECT SOME MORE NEW CONGRESSMEN!!!!!!!! DON'T GROAN!!!!!!!!! THEY HAVE KEPT THE OVER THE TOP SPENDING IN 2011 BY OBAMA AND HIS FINANCIAL GENIUSES TO A MINIMUM. If we can elect A MORE REPRESENTATIVE SENATE TO MATCH THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, IT WILL GO A LONG WAY TO SECURING AMERICA'S FUTURE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK. There is a great fiscal need for pull back on all SPENDING FRONTS AND IT CAN BE DONE with an educated and dedicated FISCAL POLICY!!!!!!!!! AND A CONGRESS--THAT IS IN BOTH HOUSE AND SENATE COMPRISED OF POLITICIANS WHO PUT PRIVATE INTEREST ASIDE TO SAVE AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!
NOW DON'T BE WOOED BY THE PROGRESSIVES AMONG US CHANTING it's the Congress' fault and we need to do away with it. WOULDN'T OUR ENEMIES LOVE THAT??????? You may not like the obsfurcations of the Congress and their methods of DELAY BUT IT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF FISCAL REALITY AND THE CHECKS AND BALANCES SET OUT IN THE CONSTITUTION.
CONGRESS SHOULD BE LIKE THE MEDICINE WE HAVE TO TAKE TO GET WELL!!!!!!WE HATE THE TASTE, THE COST AND THE SIDE EFFECTS, BUT IT'S NECESSARY TO OUR GETTING WELL AND STAYING ALIVE!!!!!!!
DON'T LET ANYONE CON YOU INTO THINKING OUR COUNTRY WILL BE STRONGER WITHOUT A CONGRESS. IT WILL BE FAR WEAKER!!!!!!!!!! AND since the President controls the appointments to the Supreme Court, the people WOULD LOSE THEIR VOICE IN GOVERNMENT IN A VERY SHORT TIME!!!!!!!!!! CONGRESS-BASHING IS POPULAR BUT NOT NECESSARILY INTELLIGENT!!
Someone told me recently that we needed a parlimentary government like Britain. I wonder that we could have forgotten the ELITIST OR ROYAL MEMBERS YEAR AFTER YEAR SWORN INTO OFFICE for their advantage or the poverty and unfair criminal justice system the parliament protected that drove people like you and me to America's shores as Pilgrims.
LISTEN UP PILGRIM, unless you want to have to tread the boards of another land like they did, we need to keep OUR CONSITUTION IN GOOD WORKING ORDER. IT WAS WRITTEN TO PROVIDE THE CHECKS AND BALANCES THAT STOP A DICTATORSHIP FROM FORMING AND IT'S BETTER THAN PARLIMENTARY GOVERNMENT BECAUSE CITIZENS ACTUALLY CAN MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE AT THE POLLS. Yes, we have a developed A GOOD OLD BOY SYSTEM in both parties but it doesn't hold nearly the control of ENTRENCHED POLITICIANS THAT COME OUT OF THE PARLIMENTARY SYSTEM. LOOK UP THEIR TROUBLES OVER THE YEARS ON THE INTERNET. YOU'LL BE SHOCKED!!!!!!!!!!! THINK WE"VE GOT TROUBLE. THEY ALREADY HAVE COMMUNISM UP FRONT AND OBVIOUS.
SO TAKE YOUR MEDICINE--THE CONGRESS--VERY SERIOUSLY. JUST CHANGE THE BRAND TO A BETTER QUALITY. THINK ABOUT ELECTING TO ACHIEVE BALANCE in both the house and senate and choose men with vision, talent and an economic understanding of what they are doing!!!!!!
WHAT ABOUT THE PRESIDENT????????? LOOK AT IT THIS WAY. IF WE HAVE A STRONG AND REPRESENTATIVE CONGRESS THAT SATISFIES OUR NEEDS AND OUTLOOK, THEN THE PRESIDENT IS NOTHING MORE THAN A "PRETTY FACE"!!!!!!!!!! THAT'S REALLY ALL OUR CONSITUTION EVER INTENDED. A PRESIDANT should be a PRETTY FACE and who cares what color it is AS LONG AS IT TALKS THE TALK, WALKS THE WALK AND UPHOLDS THE IDEALS OF AMERICA. WAKE UP FOLKS. THAT'S THE JOB!!!!!!!NOTHING MORE!!!!!!!!!! NOTHING LESS!!!!!!!!!! PUT YOUR HEART AND SOUL INTO ELECTING CONGRESSMEN!!!!!!!!!!
CHEERS, CONNIE
Sorry to be absent so long but those of you who know me realize Christmas at our house is a big deal with an annual celebration for friends and family and ending with a private dinner on Epiphany or commonly called twelfth night. Not many even recognize Epiphany these days--more's the shame. On the twelfth day (OR 3 KING'S DAY) we begin the final phase of "deco-done". It was a good holiday in spite of all America's myriad problems
So what about Iowa and the outcome? Psshwah! Only about 125,000 voted out of a Million +OR- Republicans so it proves that those who voted liked the two leaders best. Not the big deal that the TV made of it. And remember in spite of all the control exerted by top Republicans and the Press, when Barry Goldwater ran, he and his supporters bombarded the CONVENTION and turned everything upside down!!!!!!!! STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN IN POLITICS and some of them are acutely helpful!
So, economically, how are we doing???? WHO THE DEVIL KNOWS?????????? I read, I research, I explore and the best I can come up with is that the reality lies somewhere between OBAMA, THE CONGRESS, THE PRESS and THE PUBLIC. IT WAS A GOOD HOLIDAY FOR RETAILERS AND THEY BLESS ALL OF YOU!!!!! WHAT DOES THAT MEAN????? Well, it could mean as the press says that recovery is at hand; or as Obama says, "I've made magic"; or as the Congress says, "We've kept the spending in line. OR IT COULD MEAN THAT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC SAID: THE HELL WITH IT!!!!!!!!!!LET'S SPEND WHILE WE CAN BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO TAKE IT ALL AWAY!!!!!!!
I'm GUESSING THE LATTER BUT IT'S JUST A GUESS. We can't support the kind of debt forecast for 2012 and forward without a lot of what we used to call FINAGLING. YOU KNOW THE KIND--YOU ROB PETER TO PAY PAUL; THEN YOU ROB PAUL TO PAY SAM; THEN YOU ROB SAM TO PAY ETC. ETC. ETC. THE OUTCOME????????????MORE MASSIVE DEBT!!!!!!!!!!
One OF THE EMAILS I RECEIVED AND IN TURN FORWARDED really nailed it. It showed subtracting ALL OF THE WEALTH IN ALL OF AMERICA (INCLUDING THE MONSTROUS AMOUNTS SPENT ON THINGS LIKE SPORTS) AND PICKING THE POCKETS OF THE WEALTHY AND THE CORPORATIONS DRY FOR PAYING DOWN THE CURRENT NATIONAL DEBT. GUESS WHAT????????? SCRAPING THE Barrel AND THEN WIPING IT WITH A PAPER TOWEL OF ALL LOOSE CASH WE COULD BARELY AFFORD TO PAY THE DEBT FOR TWELVE MONTHS--THAT'S ONE YEAR, FOLKS. After picking everyone's pockets down to the lint including your kid's or grandkid' allowance, there would be nothing left for the next year's debt!!!!!!!!!!! NADA! ZILCH! ZERO COIN!
SO WHAT TO DO????????? Well, it seems obvious that we have to roll back the hands of time!!!!!! I saw an article the other day that scientists AT Cornell had discovered a way to not only interfere with time but actually blot out events so completely that NO ONE WOULD EVER KNOW THEY HAPPENED!!!!!! NOW THAT'S A HOT IDEA FOR THE ECONOMY!!!!!!! BLOT IT OUT AND A FEW POLITICIANS WITH IT SO WE NEVER KNOW DEBT HAPPENED!!!!!!! By the way the SCIENCE IS NO JOKE--only the usefulness of it.
WE NEED TO ELECT SOME MORE NEW CONGRESSMEN!!!!!!!! DON'T GROAN!!!!!!!!! THEY HAVE KEPT THE OVER THE TOP SPENDING IN 2011 BY OBAMA AND HIS FINANCIAL GENIUSES TO A MINIMUM. If we can elect A MORE REPRESENTATIVE SENATE TO MATCH THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, IT WILL GO A LONG WAY TO SECURING AMERICA'S FUTURE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK. There is a great fiscal need for pull back on all SPENDING FRONTS AND IT CAN BE DONE with an educated and dedicated FISCAL POLICY!!!!!!!!! AND A CONGRESS--THAT IS IN BOTH HOUSE AND SENATE COMPRISED OF POLITICIANS WHO PUT PRIVATE INTEREST ASIDE TO SAVE AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!
NOW DON'T BE WOOED BY THE PROGRESSIVES AMONG US CHANTING it's the Congress' fault and we need to do away with it. WOULDN'T OUR ENEMIES LOVE THAT??????? You may not like the obsfurcations of the Congress and their methods of DELAY BUT IT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF FISCAL REALITY AND THE CHECKS AND BALANCES SET OUT IN THE CONSTITUTION.
CONGRESS SHOULD BE LIKE THE MEDICINE WE HAVE TO TAKE TO GET WELL!!!!!!WE HATE THE TASTE, THE COST AND THE SIDE EFFECTS, BUT IT'S NECESSARY TO OUR GETTING WELL AND STAYING ALIVE!!!!!!!
DON'T LET ANYONE CON YOU INTO THINKING OUR COUNTRY WILL BE STRONGER WITHOUT A CONGRESS. IT WILL BE FAR WEAKER!!!!!!!!!! AND since the President controls the appointments to the Supreme Court, the people WOULD LOSE THEIR VOICE IN GOVERNMENT IN A VERY SHORT TIME!!!!!!!!!! CONGRESS-BASHING IS POPULAR BUT NOT NECESSARILY INTELLIGENT!!
Someone told me recently that we needed a parlimentary government like Britain. I wonder that we could have forgotten the ELITIST OR ROYAL MEMBERS YEAR AFTER YEAR SWORN INTO OFFICE for their advantage or the poverty and unfair criminal justice system the parliament protected that drove people like you and me to America's shores as Pilgrims.
LISTEN UP PILGRIM, unless you want to have to tread the boards of another land like they did, we need to keep OUR CONSITUTION IN GOOD WORKING ORDER. IT WAS WRITTEN TO PROVIDE THE CHECKS AND BALANCES THAT STOP A DICTATORSHIP FROM FORMING AND IT'S BETTER THAN PARLIMENTARY GOVERNMENT BECAUSE CITIZENS ACTUALLY CAN MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE AT THE POLLS. Yes, we have a developed A GOOD OLD BOY SYSTEM in both parties but it doesn't hold nearly the control of ENTRENCHED POLITICIANS THAT COME OUT OF THE PARLIMENTARY SYSTEM. LOOK UP THEIR TROUBLES OVER THE YEARS ON THE INTERNET. YOU'LL BE SHOCKED!!!!!!!!!!! THINK WE"VE GOT TROUBLE. THEY ALREADY HAVE COMMUNISM UP FRONT AND OBVIOUS.
SO TAKE YOUR MEDICINE--THE CONGRESS--VERY SERIOUSLY. JUST CHANGE THE BRAND TO A BETTER QUALITY. THINK ABOUT ELECTING TO ACHIEVE BALANCE in both the house and senate and choose men with vision, talent and an economic understanding of what they are doing!!!!!!
WHAT ABOUT THE PRESIDENT????????? LOOK AT IT THIS WAY. IF WE HAVE A STRONG AND REPRESENTATIVE CONGRESS THAT SATISFIES OUR NEEDS AND OUTLOOK, THEN THE PRESIDENT IS NOTHING MORE THAN A "PRETTY FACE"!!!!!!!!!! THAT'S REALLY ALL OUR CONSITUTION EVER INTENDED. A PRESIDANT should be a PRETTY FACE and who cares what color it is AS LONG AS IT TALKS THE TALK, WALKS THE WALK AND UPHOLDS THE IDEALS OF AMERICA. WAKE UP FOLKS. THAT'S THE JOB!!!!!!!NOTHING MORE!!!!!!!!!! NOTHING LESS!!!!!!!!!! PUT YOUR HEART AND SOUL INTO ELECTING CONGRESSMEN!!!!!!!!!!
CHEERS, CONNIE
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