THIS IS A PROUD DAY FOR AMERICANS, OUR 'VETERANS DAY' CELEBRATION WHEN FLAGS 'STAND AT ATTENTION' IN SALUTE PERCHED ON THOUSANDS OF HOMELAND FRONT PORCHES. VETERANS GATHER IN UNISON TO TRADE OLD WAR STORIES AND MANY WITH THEIR FAMILIES GATHER IN SILENCE TO HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE FOR THIS COUNTRY. THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY ARE HOSTING A 'VETERANS DAY' BREAKFAST AT THE WHITEHOUSE AND LATER THEY WILL REPEAT THE TRADITIONAL CEREMONIAL STEPS IN MEMORY OF THE BRAVE ONES AT THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER IN ARLINGTON CEMETERY.
IT WAS JUST YESTERDAY THAT THE PRESIDENT PAID FINAL TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED AND FALLEN FROM THE SHOOTING MASSACRE IN FORT HOOD, TEXAS. THESE ARE DIFFICULT DAYS FOR ALL OF US, MIXED WITH REMEMBRANCE AND THIS MOST RECENT TRAUMA. THESE ARE THE DAYS FOR THIS PRESIDENT WHEN COMPASSION TRULY TUGS AT THE SOUL AND GRASPING FOR JUST THE RIGHT WORDS TO COMFORT IS DIFFICULT. OUR EXISTENCE SEEMS TO BE INSIGNIFICANT WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE SOLDIERS, THEIR STORIES AND THE SACRIFICES EACH HAS MADE.
THIS IS ALSO A DAY WHEN THE PRESIDENT WILL BE MEETING WITH HIS NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISORS BECAUSE THE SUBJECT OF PRESENT WAR INVOLVEMENT REMAINS A CHALLENGE ON HIS AGENDA. THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN CRITICIZED FOR TAKING HIS TIME TO DECIDE ON THE FURTHER STRATEGY NEEDED IN AFGHANISTAN. THOSE WHO CRITICIZE THIS PRESIDENT HAVE NOT WALKED IN HIS SHOES.
THE DECISION REGARDING STRATEGY IN THIS WAR IS A HORRENDOUS RESPONSIBILITY. THIS IS A DECISION HE WILL HAVE TO LIVE WITH. THIS IS SUCH A BURDEN, CALLING OUT THE COMMANDS THAT MAY SEND YOUR SONS OR DAUGHTERS INTO HARM'S WAY. WE ARE BLESSED WITH A PRESIDENT WHO IS WEIGHING ALL THE OPTIONS AND ALL MILITARY INPUT BEFORE REACHING A FINAL DECISION. CONSIDERING OUR PAST HISTORY AND A PROVEN RUSH TO JUDGEMENT IN IRAQ, THE INTELLIGENCE OF A THOUGHT PROVOKING PRESIDENT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED AND CERTAINLY ADMIRABLE.
TODAY OUR VETERANS FACE A DIFFERENT KIND OF WAR. AS THE PRESIDENT MENTIONED YESTERDAY, TERRORISM KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES. THERE ARE NO SET LIMITS,COMPLACENCY IS OUR ENEMY AND WE MUST REMAIN VIGILANT. THROUGH IT ALL, WE MUST HOLD ONTO THIS PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE OF 'HOPE' AND HIS CALL TO MOVE FORWARD. A STRONG COUNTRY CAN ONLY BE DESTROYED FROM DIVISION WITHIN ITS BORDERS. WE CANNOT ALLOW FEAR OR SELECTIVE ETHNIC ACCUSATIONS TO OVERRIDE THE CORE VALUES IN THIS COUNTRY.
WE HAVE A STATUS OF RESPECT TO UPHOLD AS AMERICANS IN ORDER TO REMAIN A ROLE MODEL THAT STANDS FOR FREEDOM,JUSTICE AND HUMANITARIAN EQUALITY. THE WORLD LOOKS AT US. THEY WATCH OUR REACTIONS. THIS PRESIDENT HAS RESTORED OUR REPUTATION IN THE WORLD OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. WE DO NOT NEED TO WALK BEHIND HIM AND DESTROY ALL THAT HE HAS WORKED FOR.
DESPITE THE FACT THAT HE IS HUMBLE ABOUT RECEIVING THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE...HE DESERVES EVERY FRAGMANT OF HONOR IT CONTAINS. HE HAS CROSSED THE LINE SEVERAL TIMES TO MEET WITH THOSE CONSIDERED TO BE ENEMIES. HE DOES SO WITH HIS HEAD HELD HIGH,AN UNCLENCHED FIST AND A PERSISTENT INVITATION TO UNITE AT A PEACE TABLE. THIS TAKES AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF COURAGE AND PERSEVERANCE. THIS IS OUR PRESIDENT, THE TRUE MEASURE OF A MAN I HAVE ENTRUSTED WITH THE FUTURES OF MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE 'VETERANS DAY' CEREMONY TODAY AT ARLINGTON CEMETERY. THESE EPITAPHS, THESE FINAL RESTING PLACES ARE WHAT MATTER MOST TODAY. THIS IS WHERE OUR FOREFATHERS GATHER JOINED BY CONTINUED WAR AND SACRIFICE. THIS IS WHERE FAMILIES ARRIVE ON BENDED KNEE,CLINGING TO THE MEMORIES LEFT BEHIND IN THE AMERICAN SOIL OUR VETERANS HAVE PLEDGED TO PROTECT. THIS IS WHERE VALOR LIES WITH STONE MONUMENTS THAT REACH TO THE SUN IN THE CONSTANT SEARCH FOR 'PEACE' IN THIS WORLD. GOD KNOWS WHO THEY ARE. HE KNOWS WHAT THEY HAVE GIVEN...SO DOES THE PRESIDENT.
MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS OUR VETERANS NOT JUST TODAY,BUT EVERY DAY,EVERY HOUR,EVERY MINUTE,EVERY SECOND OF THEIR LIVES THEY HAVE DEDICATED TO PROTECT THIS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AS HE WEEPS FROM HIS SOUL WITH THEM TODAY. MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS THE RED,WHITE AND BLUE, THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!
THIRTEEN PAIRS OF COMBAT BOOTS ACCOMPANIED BY RIFLES AND HELMETS STOOD OVER EACH OF THE 13 PORTRAITS OF THE VICTIMS LOST IN THE HORRIFIC MASSACRE AT FORT HOOD IN REMEMBRANCE TODAY. THIS SOLEMN OCCASION MARKED A DAY FOR FINAL SALUTES IN A MEMORIAL SERVICE DEDICATED TO PAYING DIGNIFIED RESPECTS TO THOSE LOST IN THE INVASIVE SHOOTINGS THAT TRAUMATIZED THIS MILITARY SANCTUARY. THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA ATTENDED THIS EVENT OFFERING COMFORT TO THOSE FAMILIES LEFT BEHIND AND TO THOSE WHO SURVIVED THIS UNFORGETTABLE NIGHTMARE.
FORT HOOD IS A DEPLOYMENT BASE IN TEXAS THAT HAS SO FAR ALREADY EXPERIENCED MUCH LOSS IN ITS DEDICATION TO SERVE THIS COUNTRY. TO DATE 545 OF ITS MILITARY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN LOST IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ. THIS INCIDENT HAS BECOME EVEN MORE HEARTBREAKING FOR ALL AT FORT HOOD SINCE THE LONE SHOOTER WAS ONE OF THEIR OWN, A SGT. MAJOR WHO LEFT FATALITIES AND SEVERAL WOUNDED BEHIND CLOSED MILITARY GATES. INVESTIGATORS ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO UNRAVEL THE CAUSES BEHIND THIS INCIDENT. HOWEVER, THE SHOCK AND AWE OF A 10-YEAR SOLDIER KILLING HIS OWN WILL LEAVE SOME LASTING SCARS IN THIS COUNTRY.
FOR THIS SIGNIFICANT TUESDAY, A SEA OF SOLDIERS IN UNIFORM AND THEIR FAMILIES GATHERED TO PAY TRIBUTE TO ALL OF THE VICTIMS, SOME STILL IN THE HOSPITAL RECOVERING FROM THEIR WOUNDS. THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY VISITED THE SURVIVING FAMILY MEMBERS PRIOR TO THE CEREMONY WHICH INCLUDED SPEAKERS ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF GEN. GEORGE CASEY AND FORT HOOD'S COMMANDING LT. GEN. ROBERT CONE. ARMY CHAPLAIN COL. MICHAEL LEMBKE PROVIDED PRAYER,ASKING GOD TO 'SUSTAIN' ALL THOSE IN GRIEF OVER THEIR LOST LOVED ONES.
WORDS NEVER SEEM TO BE ENOUGH FOR CEREMONIES SUCH AS THIS. THE PRESIDENT'S COMFORT WAS BADLY NEEDED HERE. AS HE AND THE FIRST LADY ENTERED THE GROUNDS, ONE COULD SEE THAT 'COMPASSION' WOULD BE MAKING ITS WAY TO THE PODIUM....AND IT DID. THE PRESIDENT REITERATED EACH NAME OF THE FALLEN AND PRESENTED THEIR AMAZING STORIES OF VOLUNTEERISM TO THOSE PRESENT. THIS IS THE KIND OF VOLUNTEERISM AT ITS HIGHEST STANDARD FROM THOSE WHO ARE WILLING TO LAY DOWN THEIR LIVES TO PROTECT THE FREEDOM OF THEIR COUNTRY.
IT WAS HERE ON THIS STAGE THAT THE PRESIDENT REMINDED ALL OF THE DIVERSITY IN OUR MILITARY SERVICE....MEN AND WOMEN FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE,ALL ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS WHO HAVE UNITED FOR ONE PURPOSE....DEMOCRACY. IT WAS HERE THAT THE PRESIDENT REMINDED ALL OF US OF THE DEDICATION AND SACRIFICE EACH OF THESE MEN AND WOMEN HAVE GIVEN IN ORDER TO KEEP US SAFE AND SECURE IN OUR HOMELAND. THE PRESIDENT ALSO STATED THAT WHATEVER 'TWISTED LOGIC' WAS BEHIND THIS RAMPAGE, JUSTICE WILL PREVAIL AND THERE IS ALWAYS ONE YOU HAVE TO ANSWER TO...THAT BEING GOD.
THE PRESIDENT RECALLED THE IMMEDIATE AND UNSELFISH LIFE SAVING REACTIONS OF THOSE INVOLVED, RIPPING THEIR OWN UNIFORMS APART TO PROVIDE MAKESHIFT BANDAGES.ACTIONS THAT INDEED COME FROM HEROES WHO ARE CALLED UPON DURING THE UNEXPECTED CRISIS IN LIFE. THERE WERE SOLDIERS SAVING SOLDIERS WITHOUT REALIZING THAT THEY THEMSELVES HAD BEEN WOUNDED. THESE ARE THE ANGELS OF THE BATTLEFIELD NO MATTER WHERE IT HAPPENS TO BE. NOW WE ARE FACED WITH THE FRIGHTENING FACT THAT INDEED THIS WAS.....AT HOME WHERE A SOLDIER IS SUPPOSED TO FIND SOLACE.
PRESIDENT OBAMA ALSO COMMENDED THE VALOR OF THIS GENERATION OF SOLDIERS "IN A WORLD OF THREATS THAT KNOW NO BORDERS," HE SAID AS HE REITERATED THE CONSTANT THREATS FACED FROM EXTREMISTS AND TERRORISM. THIS WAS HIS MOMENT TO LIST AFGHANISTAN,IRAQ AND PAKISTAN AS OUR COMMITTMENT TO STOPPING THE SPREAD OF THREATS TO DEMOCRACY IN OUR COUNTRY.
AS THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY EXITED THE MEMORIAL SERVICE TODAY THEY MADE A POIGNANT STOP IN SILENT CONTEMPLATION IN FRONT OF EACH VICTIM'S PHOTOGRAPH ON DISPLAY. IT WAS HERE THAT THE PRESIDENT LEFT BEHIND A 'COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF COIN' FOR EACH OF THE FALLEN. THE DAY WOULD NOT END HERE FOR THEM. THEY WOULD HEAD TO THE HOSPITAL LOCATIONS TO MEET WITH THE WOUNDED WHO COULD NOT ATTEND THE MEMORIAL SERVICE.
PEERING INTO THE CROWD OF MILITARY CAMOFLAUGE DURING THIS SERVICE, ONE WITNESSED GRIEF STRICKEN SOLDIERS WIPING TEARS FROM THEIR EYES. OTHERS APPEARED TO HAVE THEIR HANDS CUPPED AROUND STARES GAZING AND LISTENING IN WONDER....STILL QUESTIONING HOW AND WHY THIS HAPPENED. THESE ARE BATTLE SCARS RECEIVED WITHOUT LEAVING HOME. THESE ARE BATTLE SCARS RECEIVED WITHIN EARSHOT OF THEIR OWN HOMES AND NEIGHBORS AND WAR BUDDIES DOWN THE STREET. THERE ARE STORES AND SCHOOLS FOR THEIR CHILDREN. WITHOUT THE HEROIC ACTIONS OF THOSE PRESENT...THINGS COULD HAVE INDEED BEEN EVEN WORSE.
ON THIS 'TO REMEMBER' DAY...MASTER SGT. NATASHA HARLEY BEAUTIFULLY SANG 'AMAZING GRACE' WHILE SOLDIERS IN UNISON ANSWERED TO AN OFFICIAL ROLL CALL...THE FINAL ROLL CALL FOR THE 13 BRAVE ONES...............NOT PRESENT!
MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS OUR MILITARY WHEREVER THEY MAY BE. THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH WORDS IN THE HUMAN DICTIONARY TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR SELFLESS SACRIFICE. MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY FOR BEING THERE TO PROVIDE HANDS AND WORDS OF COMFORT TO THOSE WHO HAVE LOST...A HUSBAND,A WIFE,A SON,A DAUGHTER...PIECES OF THEIR LIVES THAT CANNOT BE REPLACED. EACH OF THEIR MEMORIES AND WHAT THEY STOOD FOR ARE FOREVER STITCHED INTO THE FLAG THAT RISES ABOVE AMERICA IN UNFURLED PROMISE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH HOPE AND JUSTICE FOR ALL HUMANITY! MAY GOD BLESS THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!
ALTHOUGH HE HAS BEEN CRITICIZED FOR IT...THE PRESIDENT HAS APPEARED QUITE CONFIDENT IN HIS WHITEHOUSE ROSE GARDEN APPEARANCES ADDRESSING HOUSE HEALTHCARE HAGGLING! EVEN THOUGH THIS BILL NOW MEETS WITH PENDING SENATORIAL HEAT, IT'S OBVIOUS THE PRESIDENT FEELS THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO ARE FINALLY PUTTING PRIORITIES IN THEIR PROPER ORDER. THE URGE TO MANDATE 'PROFIT OVER PEOPLE' WILL NOT WIN WELL IN THIS LAND OF DEMOCRACY.....INDEED, NOT WITH THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION. NOW IT'S UP TO THE SENATE TO CARRY THE REST OF THE BALL FORWARD, STOP THE GREED AND PUT 'HUMANITY' BACK IN HEALTHCARE...WHERE IT BELONGS!
LOOKING BACK ON THE PREVIOUS HISTORY OF THIS HEALTHCARE BATTLE, IT IS DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND HOW ANYONE COULD WAGE A SURGE AGAINST PROTECTING NEEDY AMERICANS WHO DESPERATELY NEED AFFORDABLE COVERAGE. THE CURRENT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM HAS BEEN ROBBING AND PADDING AMERICA'S BANK ACCOUNT FOR DECADES. AFTER 70 YEARS OF INEQUALITY AT THE NEEDLESS EXPENSE AND LOSS OF LIVES OF THE SICK AND BROKEN, IT TAKES A PRESIDENT WHO PERSEVERES AND BRAVELY STANDS FOR WHAT IS RIGHT TO FORCE THE ISSUE.
IT'S A SAD COMMENTARY ON OUR COUNTRY WHEN WE RAISE THE QUESTION OF 'COST' ON A HUMAN LIFE. HUMAN LIFE IS A PRECIOUS AND PRICELESS COMMODITY. THOSE WHO DENY THIS FACT OBVIOUSLY IGNORE WHERE GOD STANDS ON THIS ISSUE. OF COURSE THIS TYPE OF IGNORANCE ONLY WORKS FOR EVERYONE ELSE UNLESS IT HITS HOME,YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR OWN BACK YARD. HOW QUICKLY THINGS 'CHANGE' WHEN THEY COME KNOCKING AT YOUR OWN DOOR.
YESTERDAY, I MET WITH SEVERAL COLD SHOULDERS WHO ARE DISGUSTED WITH THE HOUSE HEALTHCARE PASSAGE. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE ALLEGED CHRISTIANS...HOWEVER 'THE BUCK STOPS HERE' BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE CONSUMED WITH. THIS IS WHERE I HAVE TO PRACTICE BEHAVIOR EXHIBITED BY MY PRESIDENT...HOLD MY HEAD UP AND WALK FORWARD. AGAIN I HEARD THE WORD...'SOCIALISM' AND THE EAGERNESS TO PORTRAY OUR PRESIDENT AS A 'CONTROLLER.' FUNNY HOW THESE PEOPLE REMAIN IN SUCH DENIAL AND REFUSE TO SEE THE MISTAKES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE OR ALLOWED TO CONTINUE IN THIS COUNTRY.
BEFORE THIS PRESIDENT ARRIVED...THANK GOD...I WOULD DO IT AGAIN...AND WILL.......OUR COUNTRY WAS FINANCIALLY HEADED ON A DOWNHILL SPIRAL. CORPORATE GREED RULED THE STREETS, INCLUDING 'THE BIG ONE'...WALL ST. THIS PRESIDENT WAS LEFT WITH A CRACKED AND SOMEWHAT EMPTY PIGGYBANK WHILE THE DECEPTIVE QUICKLY PACKED THEIR OFFICE BOXES UPON DISCOVERY AND LEPT OUT THE WINDOW. OF COURSE, THAT WASN'T ENOUGH, HE HAD TO CHALLENGE A DECAYING INFRASTRUCTURE AND AN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN SO MEDIOCRE THAT OUR KIDS BARELY ESCAPE WITH KNOWLEDGE OF THE ALPHABET. ADD TO THAT THE DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS OF MANY OF THE CLASSROOMS THEY ARE SITTING IN.
THEN WE HAVE THE INCESSANT CALL OF THE 'ENERGY GUZZLERS' WHO PAT EACH OTHERS BACKS AND LOBBY AT THE NEAREST GOLF COURSE ON YOUR NICKEL. MANY OF THEM WERE TOO HIGH CLASS FOR A VEHICLE...LET'S TAKE THE CORPORATE JET TO THE NEXT HUDDLE. IN BETWEEN, IF WE CAN SACRIFICE AMERICAN JOBS AND SEND THEM OVERSEAS TO CHEAP LABOR COSTS...LET'S DO IT. TO HELL WITH THE FAMILIES HERE...LET'S EMPTY OUT OUR FACTORIES AND TRIPLE OUR PROFITS ELSEWHERE.
THOSE WHO PREFER IGNORANCE, BECAUSE IT IS NOT BLISS, WITNESSED THE NEAR COLLAPSE OF AMERICA'S FINANCIAL SYSTEM AND THEY DARED TO CRITICIZE THIS PRESIDENT FOR BIRTHING STIMULUS AND RECOVERY EFFORTS. THESE ARE THE SAME PEOPLE WHO WOULD CONTINUE TO OCCUPY A DECK CHAIR ON THE TITANIC AND PERUSE THE COST OF A LIFE JACKET.
INDEED THE SENATE FACES SCRUTINY IN THE COMING DAYS AND WEEKS. THE PRESIDENT WANTS A HEALTHCARE REFORM BILL ON THE TABLE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. THAT'S NOT ASKING TOO MUCH...HE IS ASKING FOR HUMANITARIAN RELIEF....THAT THING THAT COMES FROM THE SOUL WITHOUT A PRICETAG ON IT. AND IT'S TRUE, IF WE DON'T FIX HEALTHCARE, THE ACCUMULATED HIGH PREMIUM COSTS,FRAUDULANT AND WASTED SPENDING WILL CHEW ON OUR ECONOMIC SYSTEM AND EVENTUALLY SPIRAL US INTO AN IRREPARABLE SITUATION.
HERE WE ARE...AMERICANS GRIEVING OVER LIVES LOST IN WAR...BUT WE FAIL TO GRIEVE OVER THE ILL AND THE LOST HERE. OUR DEMOCRACY IN THIS COUNTRY IS A BLESSING FOR A REASON. WE ARE TO USE IT WITH RESPONSIBILITY. WE ARE TO CARE FOR EACH OTHERS NEEDS AND RESCUE THOSE WHO HAVE NEED FOR A HELPING HAND. WE ARE A MELTINGPOT OF WONDER,MULTI-ETHNICITY THAT MUST BE RESPECTED AND APPRECIATED. IF WE DO NOT MAINTAIN OUR MORAL COMPASS AND OUR VALUES, WE WILL LOSE THE STATUS OF RESPECT GIVEN TO THIS COUNTRY. YOU CAN'T PUT A PRICETAG ON AMERICA.....HUMANITARIAN PRIORITIES MUST COME FIRST.
PRESIDENTIAL CONFIDENCE? INDEED.......................HE IS PULLING US UP TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE IN ORDER TO SURVIVE! THESE ARE NOT THE RULES MAN MADE....THESE ARE GODS!
MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA, HIS ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM AND HIS PERSISTENT WALK FORWARD TOWARD MUCH NEEDED 'CHANGE' IN THIS COUNTRY. WE SHOULD BE KNOWN AS A PLACE WHERE OUR VALUES ARE NEVER EXCHANGED FOR A PRICE. MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS THIS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! 'FIRED UP AND READY TO GO SIR....WE'VE JUST BEGUN!'
THE RECENT INCIDENT AT FT.HOOD WILL LEAVE BEHIND SOME DEEP CUTS IN OUR COUNTRY. IT IS INCONCEIVABLE TO THINK THAT OUR OWN PRECIOUS SOLDIERS ARE NOT SAFE IN WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE THEIR HOME BASE AND PEACEFUL RESPIT FROM WAR. ON THE OTHER HAND, NOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN UNFORTUNATELY AWAKENED BY THESE TRAGIC EVENTS, WE NOW KNOW THAT VIOLENCE CAN FIND A NEST JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE...EVEN BEHIND CLOSELY GUARDED MILITARY GATES.
IT IS IMPORTANT NOT TO JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS EVENT. THE ALLEGED SHOOTER ARMY MAJOR NIDAL MALIK HASAN IS STILL ALIVE. IT IS EXTREMELY NECESSARY TO HAVE ALL THE FACTS. HAVING WITNESSED SEVERAL MEDIA REPORTS, IT'S EASY TO SEE THAT THERE ARE MANY WHO ARE QUICKLY BLAMING THE CAUSE OF THIS CRIME ON THE MAJOR'S ETHNICITY. WE CANNOT MAKE THE MISTAKE OF 'JUDGING A BOOK BY ITS COVER' UNTIL WE HAVE ALL THE FACTS IN THIS CASE. THERE ARE THOSE IN THIS COUNTRY WHO WELCOME INCITEFUL ACTIONS AGAINST RACE AND OR RELIGION. HOW EASILY THE WORD 'IDEOLOGY' SLIPS INTO OUR MEDIA AND PERSONAL CONVERSATIONS. THIS IS DANGEROUS. THIS IS WHY WE HAVE INVESTIGATORS WHO WILL SEEK AND FIND THE AUTHENTIC ANSWERS.
WE MUST NOT 'IGNORE' THE FACT THAT 'IDEOLOGICAL' ACCUSATIONS ARE BLOOMING JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE. I COMPARE THIS TO THE ACTIONS OF TEABAGGERS WHO CARRY SIGNAGE IN PROTEST AND DISRESPECTFUL PORTRAITS OF OUR PRESIDENT. THESE ACTIONS ENCOURAGE AND INCITE VIOLENCE. INDEED THE GOP CONGLOMERATE WHO RECENTLY APPEARED ON THE HILL OBJECTING TO THE HOUSE HEALTHCARE REFORM BILL AND THEIR UNIFIED ACTIONS ARE SERVING ONLY TO BREED CONTEMPT AND PLANT THE SEEDS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST OUR GOVERNMENT. THESE ARE HASHMARKS AND EQUALLY DEEP CUTS AGAINST EVERYTHING THIS COUNTRY STANDS FOR. THIS IS AN EMBARRASSMENT TO OUR COUNTRY AND TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE FOUGHT IN THE NAME OF DEMOCRACY.
THE MICHELLE BACHMANS AND THE JOHN BOEHNERS IN THIS SOCIETY WHO ENCOURAGE SUCH OUTRAGE AND USE GULLIBLE SPECTATORS TO GET THERE ARE HARMFUL HASHMARKS AGAINST THE BACKBONE OF OUR COUNTRY. IN AMERICA, WE HAVE THIS PRIVILEGE KNOWN AS 'FREEDOM OF SPEECH.' THIS IS A HIGHLY RESPECTED RIGHT IN THIS COUNTRY. UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE THE 'TAUNT AND HAGGLE TEAM' WHO OFTEN STRETCH IT TO THE LIMITS. THEY TOO HAVE FORGOTTEN THAT HEALTHCARE IS A RIGHT AND NOT A PRIVILEGE JUST FOR HIGH POCKET PANTS. YESTERDAY, THESE PUBLIC GOP OUTBURSTS SCREAMED TO 'KILL THE BILL' WHILE THE INFAMOUS USUALLY RANTING BACHMAN SPENT HER TIME CALLING FOR A 'REVOLUTION.' PLEASE NOTE, I DO NOT ATTACH A CONGRESSIONAL TITLE TO THIS WOMAN BECAUSE I WOULD PREFER TO SEE HER EXERCISE HER TRUE TALENTS ON THURSDAYS...MY TRASH COLLECTION DAY.
OF COURSE THIS IS THE DAY WE LEARNED THAT BOEHNER NEEDS TO GO BACK TO HISTORY CLASS. THIS IS WHERE HE THOUGHT HE WAS QUOTING THE U.S.CONSTITUTION...HOWEVER HE WAS ACTUALLY REITERATING THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. I'M CERTAIN OUR FOREFATHERS WERE ROLLING OVER IN SHAME. PERHAPS BOEHNER SHOULD BRING A FEW HISTORY BOOKS TO HIS TANNING BOOTH AND DO SOME READING. I KNOW HIS TIME IS LIMITED BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY GOLF COURSES THAT REQUIRE HIS CONCENTRATION. THESE ARE THE EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE IN OFFICE WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO BE CONCERNED WITH YOUR WELL BEING AS CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY. IT'S OBVIOUS THEY ARE NOT. THESE ARE SELF-CONSUMED PEOPLE WHO CATER TO LOBBYISTS AND THEY DON'T CARE HOW SICK OR BROKE YOU REALLY ARE.
THE ONLY ONE I HAVE SEEN WHO HAS PUT 'YOU' AND YOUR WELFARE AHEAD OF THE PIGGYBANK IS OUR PRESIDENT AND HIS ADMINISTRATION. THIS ENTIRE TEAM OF TIRELESS WORKERS HAS BENT OVER BACKWARDS TO LIFT US OUT OF OUR ECONOMIC CESSPOOL. TO DATE, THEY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED MORE TO REJUVINATE THIS COUNTRY THAN EVER SEEN IN PREVIOUSLY RECORDED HISTORY. THIS HAS BEEN DONE WITHOUT SELFISH MOTIVES AND THIS HAS BEEN DONE DESPITE THEIR HORRIFIC INHERITANCE FROM THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION.
THROUGH IT ALL, THE PRESIDENT AND HIS ADMINISTRATION HAVE BEEN TOSSED JUST ABOUT EVERY NAME LISTED IN THE IDEOLOGICAL DICTIONARY FROM SOCIALIST TO MARXIST. WE HAVE IGNORED THE FACT THAT ALL THE MISTAKES LEFT BEHIND IN OUR ECONOMY MUST AND NEED TO BE CORRECTED WITH SUPERVISION. THIS IS WHERE THE PRESIDENT STANDS ON ACCOUNTABILITY,RESPONSIBILITY AND TRANSPARENCY. DESPITE ALL OF THE RICICULOUS IN ACCUSATIONS UTILIZED BY SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS, THIS PRESIDENT STANDS PROUDLY AND CERTAINLY STRONGLY AGAINST THESE CHARACTER ASSASSINATIONS.
THIS PRESIDENT HAS NOT SPENT HIS TIME STANDING ON STREET CORNERS INCITING VIOLENT BEHAVIOR OR CALLING FOR REVOLUTIONS. THIS IS THE MARK OF A LEADER WHO HAS CARRIED HIS 'INTEGRITY' INTO THE OVAL OFFICE AND HE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO DESPITE THE 'IMMATURE ACTIONS' DEMONSTRATED IN THIS COUNTRY.
EACH DAY, I INCREASE MY PRAYERS FOR THIS COUNTRY AS I SEE OUR ALLEGED LEADERS IN WASHINGTON LOWER THEMSELVES TO STREET CORNER,SOAPBOX PERFORMANCES. IF THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR CONTINUES, SURELY THEY ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN A MAN WHO CARRIES A GUN AND KILLS HIS BROTHERS. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THE WEAPONS USED.
MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA, HIS ADMINISTRATION AND ALL OF THOSE LEADERS WHO DESERVE OUR DEEP RESPECT IN THIS COUNTRY. MAY GOD HOLD THE FALLEN ONES AT FT. HOOD IN HIS HANDS. MAY HE CONTINUE TO REMIND US ALL THAT OUR BEHAVIOR WHETHER IT IS ATTACHED TO VERBAL ACTION OR A WEAPON CAN BREED IRREPARABLE HARM IN AMERICA. THIS IS WHERE WE MUST REMEMBER THAT 'DEMOCRACY' IS A GIFT TO ALL OF US AND WE MUST HONOR IT WITH RESPECT. IT IS NOT A GIFT TO BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED!
WHEN YOU GET UP THIS MORNING AND REVISIT YOUR DAILY COMPLAINTS AT BREAKFAST, PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT YOUR 'COMMANDER IN CHIEF' WAS SPENDING THE MIDNIGHT HOUR SALUTING THOSE WHO HAVE MORE RECENTLY FALLEN IN AFGHANISTAN. IT WAS AT THIS HOUR THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA FLEW TO DOVER AIR FORCE BASE IN DELAWARE TO STAND IN RESPECTFUL SALUTE TO THE FLAG DRAPED COFFINS ARRIVING AT THE MILITARY'S LARGEST INTAKE MORTUARY.
IT IS TIMES LIKE THESE THAT YOU WILL FIND THAT A TRULY COMPASSIONATE PRESIDENT WHO WEEPS WHEN HIS OWN COUNTRY IS AT WAR USUALLY NEVER SLEEPS WELL. THIS HAD TO BE A SOMBER RIDE IN THE MARINE ONE HELICOPTER AS THE PRESIDENT PREPARED TO MEET WITH 18 WAR TIME FATALITIES THAT HAVE TAKEN A FINAL TRIP HOME TO THEIR LOVED ONES.
THERE HE STOOD IN THE DELAWARE DIN OF DARKNESS SALUTING MILITARY ESCORTS AS THEY DISEMBARKED, CARRYING SOMEONE'S HUSBAND,SOMEONE'S FATHER...SOMEONE'S CHILD WHO GREW UP AND DECIDED TO GIVE IT ALL FOR THEIR COUNTRY. THE PRESS WAS KEPT AT BAY FROM MOST OF THE HEART WRENCHING CEREMONY. THERE IS ONE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE PRESIDENT SALUTING THE REMAINS OF U.S. ARMY SGT. DALE R. GRIFFIN OF TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA.
THE GRIEF IS OBVIOUS IN THE FACE OF THIS DARKLY DRESSED PRESIDENT WHO IS BURDENED WITH MORE DECISIONS REGARDING THE STRATEGY IN THIS WAR. IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, YOU CAN SEE THE TEMPLED TINT OF SILVER HAIR THIS PRESIDENT HAS ALREADY EARNED IN HIS SHORT 10 MONTH TERM IN OFFICE. IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT THESE INHERITED WARS HAVE TAKEN THEIR TOLL ON THIS PRESIDENT BECAUSE HE FEELS THE PAIN OF MIDNIGHT HOURS SUCH AS THIS.
THE PRESIDENT WAS ACCOMPANIED BY ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER AND DEA ACTING ADMINISTRATOR MICHELE LEONHART. THREE OF THOSE FATALITIES WERE DEA AGENTS WHO DIED IN A HELICOPTER CRASH. A MILITARY CHAPLAIN WHO ARRIVED WITH THE PRESIDENT ALSO SAID A PRAYER OVER EACH COFFIN DURING THIS FINAL ARRIVAL TO THEIR HOMELAND. THE PRESIDENT ALSO MET WITH THE FAMILIES LEFT BEHIND AT A CHAPEL LOCATED ON THE BASE. THIS WAS A PRIVATE MEETING OUT OF DEEP RESPECT FOR THOSE WHO HAVE MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE.
INDEED THESE ARE THE DAUNTING,DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING MOMENTS FOR THIS PRESIDENT WHO HAS BEEN CRITICIZED FOR TAKING HIS TIME TO DECIDE ON CONTINUED WAR STRATEGY. PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS MADE IT QUITE CLEAR THAT HE VALUES EACH AND EVERY LIFE OF A SOLDIER. HE DOESN'T INTEND TO RUSH TO JUDGEMENT ON THE REQUESTS FOR A TROOP INCREASE IN AFGHANISTAN UNTIL HE MEASURES ALL THE POSSIBILITIES OF STRATEGIC INPUT. BECAUSE HE FEELS RESPONSIBLE FOR EACH AND EVERY LIFE THAT BEARS A UNIFORM, HE WILL MORE THAN LIKELY SUFFER MANY SIMILAR MIDNIGHT HOURS UNTIL HE REACHES A FINAL DECISION.
OCTOBER HAS BEEN A DEADLY MONTH IN AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN AND IRAQ AS WELL. IT'S AS IF THE ENEMY WERE TAUNTING AND TUGGING AT ANY POSSIBLE AMERICAN SUCCESS. OBVIOUSLY, EXTREMISTS ARE BUSY TURNING UP THE HEAT AGAINST AMERICAN PROGRESS IN IRAQ. THE QUAGMIRE BECOMES MORE COMPLICATED WITH THE TURMOIL INVOLVED IN THE ELECTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN. ACCUSATIONS TARGETING A FRAUDULANT ELECTION PROCESS HAVE NOW LED TO A REPEAT, RUN-OFF ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 7TH. THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HAS REITERATED THE NEED FOR A SOUND AND TRUSTWORTHY GOVERNMENT IN ORDER TO WORK WITH AFGHANISTAN. WITHOUT THAT 'PIECE OF THE PUZZLE,' THE PRESIDENT IS CONFRONTED WITH SEVERAL CHALLENGES WHILE WEIGHING FURTHER TROOP INVESTMENT.
IT IS TIMES LIKE THESE THAT I THINK ABOUT HOW TRIVIAL OTHER PROBLEMS CAN BE IN OUR LIVES. I PLACE MYSELF AT THE OTHER END OF THAT MILITARY RECEPTION LINE. SOMEONE EXPERIENCING INDESCRIBIBLE GRIEF AND LOSS IS NOW FACING A PERMANENT EMPTINESS. THEY WILL TAKE THEIR BELOVED SOLDIER HOME TO A FINAL RESTING PLACE. WHILE THEY SIT AT THE TABLE NEXT TO THE EMPTY CHAIR, THEY WILL SEARCH PHOTO ALBUMS AND TRY TO BRING BACK THOSE DAYS THAT WERE...AND ARE NO MORE. THEY WILL PROBABLY GO TO A CLOSET AND HUG WHAT IS LEFT OF THEIR CLOTHES. THEY WILL PROBABLY TOSS AND TURN AT THE MIDNIGHT HOUR AND LEAVE TEARS ON THEIR PILLOW....WHILE THE OTHER PILLOW REMAINS HOMELESS.
THE PRESIDENT WILL GO HOME AND HUG HIS FAMILY,LOOK AT HIS CHILDREN AND THINK ABOUT HOW HE MUST 'CHANGE' THINGS. IN HIS QUIET HOURS, HE WILL THINK ABOUT THE DARKNESS SPENT AT DOVER AIRFORCE BASE AND HE WILL CONTINUE TO WEIGH THOSE DECISIONS THAT NOONE ELSE CAN MAKE. HIS BURDEN WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY SOLACE AND TEARS AS HE THINKS ABOUT THE FAMILIES HE MET. HUMAN LIFE IS SO PRICELESS AND FRAGILE. THESE ARE TORMENTING THOUGHTS THAT WILL FOLLOW HIM UNTIL THE NEXT MIDNIGHT HOUR AND ....THE NEXT.
MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AND PLACE A COMFORTING HAND ON HIS SHOULDER AS HE FACES THESE DECISIONS. THIS IS INDEED A COMPASSIONATE AND THOUGHT PROVOKING PRESIDENT WHO WILL TAKE HIS RESPONSIBILITY TO HEART FOR THE SAKE OF HIS COUNTRY THAT HE LOVES DEARLY. MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS THIS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!
THIS MORNING I WATCHED OUR 'EVER PATIENT' WHITEHOUSE PRESS SECRETARY ROBERT GIBBS DEFENDING THE PRESIDENT'S THOUGHT PROCESS REGARDING STRATEGY IN AFGHANISTAN. OF COURSE GIBBS STANDS BY HIS YESTERDAY STATEMENT THAT CHENEY IGNORED AFGHANISTAN FOR 7 YEARS. THIS MORNING ON 'MORNING JOE'...HE EXTENDED THAT TIME FRAME WHEN QUESTIONED...WITH A GIBBS GRIN...TO 7 1/2 YEARS. IF THERE IS ONE INDIVIDUAL TO BE NOTED IN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION FOR 'STANDING BY HIS MAN' WITH INTEGRITY....GIBBS TAKES THE 'BLUE RIBBON' HERE!!!!
WHEN HE WALKS INTO THE BRIEFING ROOM, GIBBS ALWAYS IMPORTS THAT STATURE OF 'CALM' MUCH LIKE HIS PRESIDENTIAL MENTOR. EACH DAY IS GREETED WITH A PASTEL COLORED TIE AS HE TAKES A DIVE INTO THE 'PEN AND PENCIL' SHARKPOOL! SPEAKING OF IMPORTS, THE PRESS CORPS HAS LEARNED NOT TO BRING ANY CELLPHONES IN THERE. WE REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED THE LAST TIME THE 'RING-A-LING' ACTUALLY 'RANG' AT THE WRONG MOMENT. MUCH LIKE A MIDNIGHT MOVE TO REPOSSES A VEHICLE...GIBBS MOVED IN AND PERSONALLY EXTRACTED THE INTERRUPTIONS. THIS IS A MAN ON A MISSION AND YOU ARE THERE TO LISTEN!
GIBBS IS TO BE ADMIRED FOR HIS ABILITY TO FEND OFF EMOTIONS WITH HIS MORE THAN TIMELY DRY SENSE OF HUMOR. HE IS THE BATTERING RAM THAT HAS TO 'GRIN AND BEAR IT 'WHEN REPORTERS BECOME WAY TOO REPETITIVE. THEN THERE IS HELEN THOMAS WHO REALLY DOESN'T CARE WHO THE 'DIGNIFIED' IS STANDING AT THE PODIUM. SHE'S PREPARED TO CHEW ANYONE SOCK'S OFF IF SHE DOESN'T GET ALL THE ANSWERS...SHE WANTS! IF THIS WOMAN EVER RETIRES, SURELY THEY WILL VARNISH HER CHAIR AND DEDICATE IT SOMEWHERE IN THE WHITEHOUSE!
THIS MORNING, INTERVIEWED BY MSNBC'S CHUCK TODD AND OTHERS, GIBBS WAS ASKED IF TROOPS WOULD BE SENT TO AFGHANISTAN TO PROTECT THE 'RUN-OFF' ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 7TH. SO FAR, GIBBS SAID THERE HAVE BEEN NO REQUESTS FOR NEED. TODAY, OF COURSE, THE MEDIA CONTINUES TO TAKE ISSUE WITH GIBB'S RETALIATION AGAINST CHENEY'S 'DITHERING' CRITICISM OF PRESIDENT OBAMA. HOWEVER, GIBBS WANTS ALL TO KNOW THAT THIS PRESIDENT HEAVILY WEIGHS ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR SENDING OUR MEN AND WOMEN INTO HARM'S WAY. THIS IS WHAT I CALL 'CHANGE' HERE. THIS IS A PRESIDENT WHO TAKES RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIS ACTIONS! GIBBS AND THE PRESIDENT HAVE INTRODUCED SOME MUCH NEEDED 'FRESH AIR' IN THIS WHITEHOUSE.............JUST WHAT WE NEEDED!!!!
TODAY THE PRESIDENT'S AGENDA IS ALREADY 'SMOKIN' WITH MOVEMENT. HE TRAVELS TO BOSTON TO ADDRESS THE SUBJECT OF 'CLEAN ENERGY' AT THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. THERE HE ALSO ATTENDS A FUNDRAISER FOR GOV. DEVAL PATRICK WHO IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE! GOVERNOR PATRICK EXHUDES 'INTEGRITY' AND HE IS INDEED A GIFT TO THIS STATE. LATER, 'MR. FIRE IN THE SHOES' MOVES ON TO NEW YORK WHERE HE WILL ADDRESS A SMALL BUSINESS IN STAMFORD,CONN. THE EVENING FOLLOWS WITH A DINING OUT FUNDRAISER FOR SENATOR CHRIS DODD. I DARESAY, WHEN I COMPLAIN ABOUT BEING TIRED, I THINK ABOUT THIS PRESIDENT AND REJUVINATE MY SNEAKERS! HOW CAN ANYONE COMPLAIN WHEN OUR PRESIDENT IS MORE THAN LIKELY HAVING TO CHANGE CLOTHES IN A PHONE BOOTH! DO THEY STILL HAVE THOSE?
LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, 'OUR MAN GIBBS' RELATED THE STORY OF TENDER MEETINGS WITH MILITARY SERVICE PERSONNEL DURING HIS RECENT TRAVELS. THEY APPROACHED HIM AND WANTED TO THANK THE PRESIDENT FOR HIS THOUGHT PROVOKING STANCE ON AFGHANISTAN. INDEED, I AM THANKFUL FOR THIS PRESIDENT AND I AM THANKFUL FOR ROBERT GIBBS. AS A COUNTRY, WE NEED TO UNITE AND STAND WITH THESE MEN...THE WORDS 'THANK YOU' JUST AREN'T ENOUGH! MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AND HIS TIRELESS AND HARD WORKING ADMINISTRATION. 'IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU' AMERICA...PLEASE STAND AND DO YOUR PART TO BRING 'CHANGE' WHERE IT IS CERTAINLY NEEDED!
YES FOLKS IT'S TIME TO STOP THE WINE AND DINE DANCE.... AKA THE 'BONUS BOOGIE' THAT WE HAVE UNFORTUNATELY EXPERIENCED BEFORE ON WALL ST. NOT ONLY HAS THE PRESIDENT ISSUED A 'FAIR WARNING' TO BIG SPENDERS, THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IS OUT TO CRUNCH THE NUMBERS ON THOSE BAILED OUT BENEFITS. THESE 'BAILED OUT BOOGIE BOYS' COULD BE FACING SOME HUGE CUTS IN COMPENSATION...50% TO NEARLY 90% WHEN YOU INCLUDE BONUS PACKAGES.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT HAS CREATED A 'SIGH OF RELIEF' FOR SEVERAL AMERICANS WHO ARE SICK AND TIRED OF THE 'PLETHORA OF HIGH PROFIT POCKETS.' THIS SQUANDERING LACK OF SENSE AND SENSIBILITY HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE CONGLOMERATION OF QUICKSAND IN OUR SADLY EXPERIENCED ECONOMIC CRISIS. SINCE WE DON'T WANT TO INVITE 'MR. REPEAT' OVER TO OUR HOUSE AGAIN..............THANK YOU PRESIDENT OBAMA FOR THIS 'BLESSED OVERSIGHT!' STAY TUNED...THIS WILL GET TO BE VERY INTERESTING! I DOUBT THAT THE 'BAILED OUT BUNCH' WILL BE SENDING THE PRESIDENT ANY 'WELCOME WAGON' CERTIFICATES ANYTIME SOON!
THERE ARE THOSE WHO COMPLAIN ABOUT GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT. THESE ARE USUALLY THE ONES WHO HAVE SOMETHING TO WORRY ABOUT. IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE NEED BABYSITTERS HIRED FROM PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE...BUT, IT'S ALSO NECESSARY. PRESIDENT OBAMA AND HIS AWESOME AND CONCERNED TEAM MUST BE CREDITED FOR THEIR EFFORTS TO PROTECT THE FINANCIAL BACKBONE OF THIS COUNTRY.
THEY ARE ALSO TO BE CREDITED FOR REACHING AROUND THE WORLD SEEKING INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC PROTECTION. WE ARE ALL PART OF A HUGE INTERWOVEN WHEEL OF ENTERPRISE...WHEN ONE 'SPOKE' IS DOWN...WE ALL SUFFER. THIS IS A 'DOMINO EFFECT' WE CAN'T AFFORD TO SEE AGAIN. IF THIS KIND OF OVERSIGHT HAD BEEN EXERCISED YEARS AGO, THIS IS ONE ECONOMIC NIGHTMARE WE COULD HAVE SKIPPED. I DON'T CARE WHAT IT TAKES TO BABYSIT...THESE 'CAAAAAA...CHING' CHILDREN NEED TO LEARN HOW TO HANDLE 'OUR' MONEY!!!!!
RECENTLY, 'SHARPSHOOTER' CHENEY ACCUSED PRESIDENT OBAMA OF 'DITHERING' OVER THE AFGHAN WAR STRATEGY EFFORTS. IT APPEARS AS THOUGH CHENEY BELIEVES HE IS STILL IN THE WHITEHOUSE. I THANK GOD FOR VOTER'S RIGHTS...BECAUSE HE'S NOT! WE HAVE SUFFERED SEVERELY FROM HIS 'HAWKISH DAMAGE.' THEN HE HANDS OVER HIS BOX OF ROTTEN APPLES TO OUR NEW PRESIDENT.
THE LACK OF RESPONSIBILITY HERE IS APPALLING. 'DITHER THIS DICKIE!'...STAY HOME AND LEAVE THE DRIVING TO PRESIDENT OBAMA. THE FACT THAT THIS PRESIDENT HAS TO DEAL WITH THE UNFORTUNATE NIGHTMARES YOU HAVE LEFT BEHIND IS INDEED AN EMBARRASSMENT AND A MULTI-TRAGEDY FOR OUR COUNTRY. KEEP YOUR VERBAGE AND YOUR SHOTGUN SHELLS TO YOURSELF...YOU'RE A BAD AIM!!!!! AND CERTAINLY A MEMBER OF AN UNJUST HUNTING PARTY. WE HAVE THE LEFTOVER WARS TO PROVE IT!
YESTERDAY, THE PRESIDENT CAMPAIGNED IN NEW JERSEY FOR GOVERNOR CORZINE. INDEED, MR. 'FIRE IN THE SHOES' BROUGHT SOME 'HOPE AND HEAT' TO HACKENSACK!!!!! THE PRESIDENT LANDED AT NEWARK'S LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. IT WAS THERE THAT THE SECRET SERVICE HAD TO HOLD A PRIVATE SECURITY GUARD WHO ALLEGEDLY WAS OVERHEARD THREATENING THE PRESIDENT. THIS HAPPENS ALL TO OFTEN IN THIS COUNTRY. THE SUSPECT HAS DENIED THE CLAIMS. ACTUALLY, THE GUARD'S FATHER CLAIMS HIS SON IS AN 'AVID HUNTER.' THIS GUARD OWNS 43 GUNS................WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE???????????
OUR SOCIETY HAS BECOME 'GUN CRAZY!' FORTUNATELY WE HAVE ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER LOOKING INTO THESE ISSUES. THEY HAVE BEEN TOO EASY TO BUY AND TOO EASY TO GET ON THE STREET. A MOST RECENT AND SUCCESSFUL STING AT GUN SHOWS IN NEW YORK PRODUCED SOME HIGH NUMBERS ON 'EASY ACCESS' TO GUN PURCHASES. INDEED 'BACKGROUND CHECKS' HAVE BECOME A NECESSARY PART OF LIFE ON THE REAL RANCH. WE HAVE WAY TOO MANY 'WANNABE RAMBOS' WITH WEAPONS CAPABILITIES. WE ALSO HAVE AN EXTREMELY THOROUGH ATTORNEY GENERAL......'FOR A CHANGE!' JUST LIKE WALL ST.....IT'S CERTAINLY TIME TO BRING THE OVERSIGHT TO THE GUN COUNTERS OF AMERICA! KUDOS TO NEW YORK'S MAYOR BLOOMBERG FOR FOLLOWING UP ON THESE DETAILS.
MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AND ALL MEMBERS OF HIS TEAM THAT GRACE THE WHITHOUSE. WE ARE SEEING SO MANY NEEDED CHANGES IN OUR COUNTRY. IF IT TAKES GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT TO GET THERE, WE ARE TO BE THANKFUL THAT THERE ARE THOSE WHO CARE ENOUGH ABOUT US TO SUPERVISE. THIS IS WORK FOR THEM...THIS IS NOT EASY AND CERTAINLY WORKING OUT ALL THE NECESSARY DETAILS ARE TIME CONSUMING AND COMPLICATED.
HOWEVER, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO CARES ABOUT MORE THAN JUST SCRATCHING THE SURFACE ON DETAILS OR DOING JUST ENOUGH TO GET BY UNTIL THE NEXT ELECTION. WE'VE SEEN THOSE WHO JUST WANTED TO 'GET BY' BEFORE. THANKS FOR THE 'BLESSED OVERSIGHT' MR. PRESIDENT. WE APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS TO WORK BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY! MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!!
ALTHOUGH THE PRESIDENT WAS CRITICIZED FOR HIS FUND RAISING EFFORTS IN NEW YORK LAST NIGHT...DESPITE WHAT YOU PAID FOR THAT MEAL...THERE WAS A 'LITTLE CROW' TO BE HAD ON THE MENU. WHEREVER HE GOES, THE PRESIDENT ALWAYS TAKES A 'VALUED' MESSAGE WITH HIM. THIS OF COURSE YOU CAN TAKE LITERALLY AS HE URGED THOSE IN ATTENDANCE TO PLACE VALUES ABOVE SPENDING HABITS.
YES INDEED, THE PRESIDENT DIDN'T HESITATE TO REMIND ALL THAT "WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER." NONE OF US WANT TO SEE A RETURN TO THE WALL ST. QUAGMIRE. LET'S HOPE THEY LISTENED AND IMMEDIATELY REMOVED THEIR CORPORATE JETS FROM THE PARKING LOT. WHEN THE RUMORS FLY IN THE 'BONUS CIRCLE,' PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS AN EFFECTIVE EAR AND CERTAINLY A HARD WORKING GRAPEVINE. 'TRANSPARENCY' IS AT WORK HERE AND THOSE GUILTY OF GREED ARE MERELY ON PROBATION. CROSSING THE LINE WITH SOMEONE ELSE'S CASH IS ILL-ADVISED! CONTINUE TO DISH IT OUT MR. PRESIDENT! YOUR CONCERN IS TO BE ADMIRED...THIS IS A PARTNER TO 'INTEGRITY' AND IT NEVER HURTS TO REMIND OTHERS OF EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS.
SINCE WE'RE DISHING IT OUT THIS MORNING....MY CONCERNS ARE RELATED TO PARENTING AND DRESSING CHILDREN PROPERLY IN COLDER TEMPS. SINCE THE NUMBERS REGARDING THE 'H1N1' FLU COUNT CONTINUE TO RISE...I QUESTION SOME OF THESE PARENTS I HAVE SEEN WHO ALLOW THEIR CHILDREN TO PLAY OUTSIDE WITHOUT JACKETS. I SEE THIS EVERYWHERE. AFTER SCHOOL, THE KIDS RUN HOME AND SHED THEIR GEAR. PARENTS DON'T BOTHER TO DRESS THEM AND IT'S NO WONDER THAT OCTOBER IS A PEAK TIME IN FLU SEASON. I HAVE SEEN CHILDREN OUTSIDE BAREFOOTED. WE HAVE SOME KIDS WITH H1N1 HERE. WHAT DOES IT TAKE FOR YOU AS PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS VIRUS CAN HIT YOUR HOME??????? PLEASE LET ME DRESS YOU WHEN YOU COME HOME...I'LL BE SURE TO EXCLUDE THE JACKET AND SHOES! I AM WILLING TO BET THAT SEVERAL CASES OF THE FLU HAVE ORIGINATED FROM THIS LACK OF PARENTAL SUPERVISION!!!!!
SINCE THE 'GIFT OF DIPLOMACY' IS ALWAYS IN HIGH GEAR FOR THE PRESIDENT...I HAVE SAID THAT I AM EXTREMELY THRILLED WITH DIPLOMATIC PLANS FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SUDAN. THIS IS SO DEEPLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE MUST STOP THE GENOCIDE. THESE ARE THE SUBJECTS I ALWAYS TUCK AWAY DEEPLY IN MY MIND BECAUSE I CAN'T BEAR TO THINK OF THEIR SUFFERING. YOU FEEL POWERLESS WITH THESE SITUATIONS BUT, THE PRESIDENT IS NOT. FINALLY, AFTER YEARS OF BLOODSHED AND SENSELESS KILLING, SOMEONE IS GOING TO PICK UP THE BALL HERE AND MAKE AN EFFORT TO STOP IT! THE WORD 'DEEPLY' IS USED OFTEN HERE, BECAUSE THE WOUNDS ARE ENDLESS AND THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO DESCRIBE THOSE CUTS INTO HUMANITY.
THE PRESIDENT CAN SUCCEED IN THESE EFFORTS BECAUSE HE KNOWS HOW TO GET HIS DIPLOMATIC FOOT IN THE DOOR AND THAT'S WHAT COUNTS. IF YOU HAVE THE COURAGE TO FACE THE WORST OF MONSTERS AND LOOK THEM IN THE EYE....YOU HAVE GATHERED THEIR ATTENTION. THE UNCLENCHED FIST CAN OPEN MANY DOORS. GOD DID NOT CREATE HIS CHILDREN FOR SLAUGHTER.
THE OTHER DAY SOMEONE MENTIONED 'THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES' AND HOW THEIR SPIRIT CONTINUES TO RISE ABOVE THE WORST IN TRAGEDY. IN THESE COUNTRIES THEY EXIST WITH LITTLE. THEY APPRECIATE WHAT THEY DO HAVE AND GO ON. THEIR SPIRITS ARE STRONG AND THEY HUDDLE IN MASS UNITY. HERE IN AMERICA, WE TEND TO PLACE OUR CONCERNS ON THE MATERIAL THINGS THAT DON'T MATTER. THESE THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES ARE AN EXAMPLE OF STRENGTH WE MUST GET BACK. WE MUST COUNT OUR BLESSINGS FOR ALL THAT WE HAVE. OUR STRENGTH COMES FROM WHOLESOME VALUES AND UNSELFISH ACTS.
RECENTLY A HOMELESS BOY SAT NEXT TO ME IN CHURCH. HE WAS UPSET BECAUSE HE DIDN'T HAVE THE 'CHANGE' TO PUT IN THE SUNDAY COLLECTION BASKET. IMAGINE THAT! A HOMELESS AND PENNILESS YOUNG MAN UPSET BECAUSE HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY TO GIVE AWAY. HIS TEETH ARE ROTTED ALMOST COMPLETELY OUT OF HIS MOUTH. HIS WINTER JACKET WAS GIVEN TO HIM BY A CHOIR MEMBER. OBVIOUSLY, THIS YOUNG MAN IS BLESSED WITH AN UNSELFISH SOUL AND HE WANTS TO SHARE IT. INDEED, HE IS AN EXAMPLE FOR OUR COUNTRY. A 'LITTLE CROW' ON THE MENU NEVER HURT ANYONE! WE NEED TO PUT A CHECK ON OUR OWN SELF-CONSUMED PLATES!
MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA.....AS WE CONTINUE TO MARCH FORWARD TOWARD 'CHANGE' AND WORK TO BRING RESPECT AND INTEGRITY BACK TO THE HARBOR. EVEN THOUGH THIS PRESIDENT HAS A FULL PLATE OF HIS OWN....HE IS MORE THAN WILLING TO 'DISH IT OUT TO THE DESERVING' WHEN NECESSARY!!!!! GOD BLESS AMERICA...'FIRED UP AND READY TO GO SIR!'
WE ARE SO EXTREMELY FORTUNATE TO HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO SEES PRACTICED 'DIPLOMACY' AS A MEANS TO AN END IN ARGUMENTS. WITH THIS GIFTED PRESIDENTIAL ATTITUDE, I FIND SUCH ENCOURAGEMENT IN OUR STRUGGLES WITH FOREIGN POLICY. INDEED, THE OBAMA TEAM HAS PRODUCED SOME POSSIBLE LIGHT AT THE END OF SEVERAL TUNNELS. TODAY IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF THINGS THAT CAN BE POSSIBLE WHEN YOUR FIST IS UNCLENCHED WITH A SINCERE HANDSHAKE. THE OBAMA TEAM MUST BE CREDITED FOR THEIR COURAGE AND FORTITUDE AND YOU KNOW WHO THEY ARE...........
HOW ANYONE COUD POSSIBLY EXPECT IMMEDIATE DECISIONS FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA REGARDING FURTHER STRATEGY IN AFGHANISTAN IS BEYOND ME. CONSIDERING THE RECENT ELECTION RESULTS...YOU WOULD BE ASKING THIS PRESIDENT TO SEND A TEAM OF COOKS INTO A TAINTED KITCHEN. YOU HAVE TO CLEAN UP THE KITCHEN BEFORE YOU PREPARE A MEAL. THE SAME GOES FOR THE ELECTION IN AFGHANISTAN. WHY WOULD WE SEND MORE SOLDIERS INTO THIS COUNTRY UNLESS WE WERE CERTAIN THAT THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT WOULD BENEFIT ITS OWN PEOPLE? IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS ACTION...IT'S CALLED PUTTING THE PEOPLE FIRST. THIS IS WHERE ALL LEADERSHIP MUST BE IN ORDER TO BRING PEACE AND SOLIDARITY TO THEIR TERRITORY.
TODAY, AFGHANISTAN'S PRESIDENT HAMID KARZAI HAS TAKEN A STEP TO CLEAN UP THE KITCHEN. HE HAS AGREED TO A 'RUN-OFF' ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 7TH. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD IN FOREIGN RELATIONS. ACCORDING TO A RECENT RELEASE TODAY, PRESIDENT OBAMA IS QUITE PLEASED WITH PRESIDENT KARZAI'S DECISION...AFFIRMING HIS "COMMITMENT TO A RULE OF LAW." THIS IS SO SIGNIFICANT AND AS HUMBLE AS PRESIDENT OBAMA IS...WE WOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN THIS FAR IF IT WEREN'T FOR HIS COMPLETE DEVOTION TO DIPLOMACY.
IT HURTS TO THINK OF GENERATIONS PAST WHEN NOONE SAT AT A TABLE OR CROSSED THE WATER TO SHAKE HANDS WITH SO MANY MISSED AND NUMEROUS OPPORTUNITIES. THIS IS WHERE YOU WISH ALL THE HISTORY BOOKS WERE WRITTEN IN PENCIL SO YOU COULD GO BACK AND CORRECT MISTAKES. HOWEVER, WE ALWAYS LEARN FROM THOSE. I ALWAYS GO BACK TO ONE OF MY FAVORITE AND CHERISHED OBAMA STATEMENTS..."THERE IS OPPORTUNITY IN CRISIS." INDEED THERE ARE.
TODAY IRAQI PRESIDENT NOURI AL-MALIKI VISITED THE WHITEHOUSE WHERE HE AND PRESIDENT OBAMA DISCUSSED THE FUTURE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR IRAQ. PRESIDENT MALIKI EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION FOR THE U.S./IRAQ RELATIONSHIP AS IT PROGRESSES TO A NEW DAWN AND DAYS OF PROMISE. THE GIFT OF DIPLOMACY IS NOT A FLEETING HORSE HERE EITHER. PRESIDENT OBAMA IS NEVER AFRAID TO CHALLENGE A QUAGMIRE...CERTAINLY HE WAS LEFT SEVERAL.
THIS HAS BEEN SUCH A GREAT DIPLOMATIC DAY THAT I HATE TO MENTION THE CRITICS WHO OBVIOUSLY DON'T UNDERSTAND PRESIDENT OBAMA'S FUNDRAISING EFFORTS. TONIGHT'S EVENT IN NEW YORK HAS SPARKED A LITTLE FLAME HERE AND THERE. PRESIDENTIAL FUNDRAISING HAS GONE ON FOREVER. PRESIDENT OBAMA DID NOT INVENT THIS PARTY.
AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, WE NEED TO SUPPORT OUR GOVERNMENT...THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THIS NEED. AS FAR AS THE CRITICS AND PUNDITS ARE CONCERNED....THEY WOULD BE MORE SILENT IF THE COLLECTION BASKET WAS FILLED AND PLACED AT THEIR OWN FRONT DOOR. FUNNY HOW THAT WORKS! THIS IS PRESIDENT OBAMA'S 22ND FUNDRAISER...I BELIEVE GEORGE BUSH TALLIED OUT AT 6. THEN AGAIN, G.W. WASN'T INTO PUBLIC APPEARANCES. 'DIPLOMACY' WASN'T FIRST ON THE LIST EITHER. WHAT A DIFFERENCE A PRESIDENT MAKES!!!!
THE PRESIDENTIAL POPULARITY STATS ARE OUT AGAIN TODAY. MORNING JOE'S MIKE BARNACLE MADE SOME STATEMENTS THIS MORNING THAT FOR ONCE ON THIS SHOW...I WILL CHERISH...HE REMINDED THE EVER PRESENT PESSIMISTS THAT DESPITE UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES....PRESIDENT OBAMA IS ADMIRED BY MANY. BASICALLY HE TOLD THE PANEL TO GET OVER IT BECAUSE THIS PRESIDENT IS 'UNIQUE.' BARNACLE COMPARED PRESIDENT OBAMA TO "THE SUN"....INDEED THAT'S TRUE..THIS PRESIDENT BRINGS LIGHT,HOPE AND ENCOURAGEMENT AND CERTAINLY HE IS 'UNIQUE.' ABOVE ALL THINGS, HE IS HUMBLE AND REMAINS THE SAME DESPITE THE ACCOLADES. THIS HAS BEEN THE KIND OF DAY YOU CAN ONLY PIN A SMILE ON!
MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA. I REMEMBER ALL THOSE SMILES I WITNESSED ON JANUARY 20TH....WE'RE STILL HERE SIR! FIRED UP AND READY TO GO! WHAT AN AWESOME DIPLOMATIC DAY! GOD BLESS AMERICA AND GOD BLESS THE PEACEMAKERS!!!!!
I CONFRONT THE ISSUE OF THE ASTOUNDING 'DIFFERENT DRUMMER' MARCH JUST ABOUT EVERYDAY IN LIFE. FOR SOME REASON, PEOPLE THINK WE WERE ALL BORN WITH THE WORD 'CONFORMITY' STAMPED ON OUR BEHINDS. IF YOU STEP 'OUT OF THE BOX' ON THE ASSEMBLY LINE THEN YOU MUST BE MISSING A SPRING OR SOME OTHER PART. AS SIMPLE AS THIS SEEMS, THESE ARE THE GREAT PLACES WHERE 'HATE CRIMES' LOVE TO GROW AND FESTER. HATE CRIMES ARE BECOMMING AN ALARMING STATISTIC IN THIS COUNTRY. IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS WORLD TO PLANT THE SEEDS OF GOODWILL............CHILDREN AGAINST CHILDREN IS UNACCEPTABLE!!!!!!
WE LOOK AT THE NEWS TODAY,SCRATCH OUR HEADS AND WONDER WHERE THESE CRIMES COME FROM. DEAR AMERICANS...IF YOU HAVE A MIRROR IN YOUR HOUSE...TAKE A LOOK. ALL OF THESE THINGS HIT HOME. I SPEND ALOT OF MY TIME 'LISTENING' TO OTHERS BECAUSE I USUALLY GET AN EARFULL AND CERTAINLY I SPEND ALOT OF MY TIME LEARNING AS A RESULT. RECENTLY I OVERHEARD SOME CHRISTIAN WOMEN CHATTERING. ACTUALLY THEY JUST GOT OUT OF CHURCH. THEY WERE LAUGHING AT SOMEONE'S NAME BECAUSE IT IS 'JEMIMA.' INDEED, I DON'T HAVE TO TAKE YOU THERE, CERTAINLY YOUR MIND IS ALREADY AT THE DOOR!
OF COURSE ONE OF THEM HAD THE NERVE TO ASK ME WHY I DON'T DRESS LIKE .......'THEY DO?' WHEN I GO TO CHURCH. WHILE I GRITTED MY TEETH I SPIT OUT A SELF-CONTROLLED ANSWER. I WEAR ALOT OF INTERNATIONAL CLOTHING TO BENEFIT THE INDIGENOUS TRIBES WHO MAKE THEM. THESE ARE CALLED 'SACRED THREADS' AND THE MONEY GOES INTO EMERGENCY FUNDING TO AID THEIR TRIBES. NATIVE CLOTHING IS ALSO THE MOST COLORFUL TO BE FOUND IN THIS WORLD. I FIND THAT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD ARE THESE NATIVES WHO MAKE THEM. THEREFORE I CARRY THEIR DRUMMER TO CHURCH....NOT EVERYONE ELSES.
THE WORD 'CONFORMITY' IN THIS COUNTRY HAS BECOME SUCH AN UNFORTUNATE DISEASE. WE TEND TO JUDGE 'A BOOK BY ITS COVER' WHEREVER WE GO. WE JUDGE OUR PRESIDENT BECAUSE HE MARCHES TO A DIFFERENT DRUMMER. I THANK GOD FOR HIM EVERYDAY. I THANK GOD THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA THINKS BEFORE HE TAKES ACTION, NO MATTER WHAT THE ISSUES ARE. OF COURSE THE CONFORMISTS TAKE ISSUE WITH THE INTELLIGENCE OF THIS MAN. THEY DON'T CONSIDER ALL OF THE CONTRIBUTING SITUATIONS INVOLVED IN THE CIRCUMSTANCE...SUCH AS IN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN. THERE ARE MANY AND THE DECISIONAL PROCESS IS COMPLICATED. TAKE ALL THE TIME YOU NEED TO MR. PRESIDENT! I THANK GOD FOR YOUR MARCHING BAND!
RIGHT NOW WE'RE FIGHTING OVER 'GAYS IN THE MILITARY.' WE ALL BLEED THE SAME AND DIE FOR THE SAME CAUSE ON THE FRONT LINE. HOW DARE WE JUDGE OUR SOLDIERS AND DIVIDE THEM BECAUSE OF SEXUAL PREFERENCE. THIS IS SHAMEFUL AND DOES NOT SPEAK WELL FOR OUR CHARACTER. HERE AT HOME, THOSE WATCHING CARRY THIS JUDGEMENT EVEN FURTHER TO OUR OWN STREETS WHERE WE FIND 'GAY BASHING.'
THERE ISN'T REALLY A DAY THAT GOES BY THAT I DON'T HAVE TO ARGUE FOR THE CAUSE OF 'IMMIGRATION.' SOMEHOW WE HAVE FORGOTTEN WHERE OUR COUNTRY BEGAN. I HATE TO TELL YOU THIS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A LICENSE TO KICK EVERYONE OUT OF THIS COUNTRY WHO DOESN'T LOOK LIKE US OR HAPPENS TO SPEAK A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE. DEFINE AN 'AMERICAN' PLEASE!!!!!! IF YOU CHECK YOUR FAMILY TREE...YOU WILL FIND THE 'HEINZ 57' VARIETY SOMEWHERE. WE ARE ALL A MIXTURE OF ORIGIN SOMEWHERE IN OUR HISTORY.
AMONG MANY, THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS I VOTED FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA. IT WAS MY SINCERE HOPE THAT A GREAT LEADER WOULD COME ALONG AND BREAK THIS DAMAGING ASSEMBLY LINE OF THOUGHT...THIS CONFORMITY THAT INDEED..... 'BREEDS CONTEMPT.' I ONLY PRAY THAT MY OBAMA O8' BUMPER STICKERS AND INDEED MY CAR WILL LAST UNTIL THE END OF HIS PRESIDENCY. THOSE STICKERS ARE EMBEDDED IN THE PAINT NOW...KIND OF LIKE A BIRTHMARK I AM REALLY PROUD OF. EIGHT YEARS FOR A GREAT PRESIDENT. IF MY CAR DOESN'T LAST THAT LONG....AT LEAST I KNOW HE WILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AND THE NEED FOR DIVERSITY THAT HE HAS BROUGHT TO US. IT IS THE UNCLENCHED FIST, THE TOLERANCE AND THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE FOR ALL OF OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THIS COUNTRY THAT CAN WIN OVER DISCONTENT AND DIVISION. WE MUST STAND IN UNITY FOR THE CAUSE OF 'HUMANITARIAN JUSTICE AND EQUALITY. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MOVEMENT....WEAR WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY!!!!!
YESTERDAY'S PRESIDENTIAL TOWN HALL MEETING IN NEW ORLEANS WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF OUR TENDENCY TO BLAME THE 'COMMANDER IN CHIEF' FOR ALL THAT GOES WRONG IN THIS COUNTRY. OF COURSE, THIS IS WHERE I HAVE TO KICK MYSELF AND CONTROL MY OWN ANGER IN DEFENSE OF THIS PRESIDENT. THIS IS WHERE I HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT PEOPLE IN AMERICA ARE HURTING. THE PRESIDENT MENTIONED THAT FACT YESTERDAY WHEN A YOUNG BOY APPROACHED HIM AND ASKED HIM WHY SO MANY PEOPLE HATED HIM BECAUSE 'GOD IS LOVE.' THE PRESIDENT HAD A GREAT ANSWER FOR THAT ONE....OBVIOUSLY HE'S PRESIDENT...SO SOMEBODY LOVES HIM. OF COURSE THIS CHILD RECEIVED A 'PRESIDENTIAL HUG'...I KNEW THOSE WOULD BE PASSED AROUND SOONER OR LATER. GOD BLESS THAT CHILD....FOR OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES COMES THE TRUTH OF WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT HERE....................
SINCE HIS FIRST DAY IN THE OVAL OFFICE, THIS PRESIDENT HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY TO REPAIR THE EXTREMELY CRIPPLED INHERITANCE HE HAS RECEIVED FROM THE PRIOR ADMINISTRATION. THE PRESIDENT TOLD THE NEW ORLEANS CROWD THAT HE WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THE INTITIAL RESCUE RESPONSE TO 'KATRINA'S' DEVASTATION OVER 4 YEARS AGO. ACTUALLY, ALL OF 'AMERICA' WHO WITNESSED THIS EVENT WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THE RESPONSE. WE HAVE ALL WANTED TO HANG FEMA BY ITS TOENAILS AND INDEED WE LACKED IN WHITEHOUSE INTEREST AT THAT TIME.
YESTERDAY, THE PRESIDENT UNFORTUNATELY HAD TO INHERIT THOSE ARGUMENTS AS WELL. I FIND IT TO BE EXTREMELY OFFENSIVE THAT THE PRESIDENT MUST CONTINUE TO TAKE BLAME FOR THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION AND LACK THEREOF. I ALSO CREDIT HIM FOR HANDLING THESE SITUATIONS MUCH BETTER THAN I. HE HAS NO IDEA OF JUST HOW MANY RUBBER DART SUCTION CUP SCARS I HAVE INFLICTED ON MY FLATSCREEN.
INDEED, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE PRESIDENT CAN'T JUST WRITE A CHECK TO CURE OUR PROBLEMS. YESTERDAY HE SAID HE WOULD IF HE COULD. HE DEEPLY MEANT THAT STATEMENT. A PRESIDENT HAS TO MEET WITH ALL THE DEMANDS OF GOVERNMENTAL CHANNELS REGARDING THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL AID IN ANY ACTION. THIS OF COURSE MEANS 'TIPTOEING THROUGH THE TULIPS' WITH CONGRESS. THERE IS NO FUN TO BE HAD IN THE 'CONGRESSIONAL GARDEN.' CONSIDERING THE HORRENDOUS HAGGLING OVER HEALTHCARE REFORM, WE SHOULD KNOW THAT BY NOW. MR. 'I'M JUST GETTING STARTED,' IS ALWAYS THERE FOR US REGARDLESS. WE NEED TO REMEMBER THIS TOO.
LET'S NOT FORGET THAT THIS PRESIDENT HAS BEEN SADDLED WITH THE WORST IN DIFFICULTIES AND THE HAYSTACK IS MUCH HIGHER THAN USUAL IN HIS CORRAL. IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO REMIND EVERYONE OF THE 'CAUSE AND EFFECTS' DELIVERED IN THIS ECONOMIC CRISIS. HOWEVER, IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE IMMEDIATED EXECUTION OF STIMULATED RESCUES FROM THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, WE WOULD HAVE FALLEN INTO THE 'QUICKSAND' NON RETURNABLE GOODS CATEGORY. IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE OBAMA TEAMWORK INVOLVED, WE WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN LIFTED OUT OF THIS PENDING CESSPOOL BY THE SEAT OF OUR PANTS. WE NEED TO REMEMBER THIS TOO.
WE ARE NOW SEEING 'GLIMMERS OF HOPE' IN OUR ECONOMIC GROWTH. THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE ARE SKIPPING OVER THE FENCE TO OZ WITH A LOADED CANDYBAR. THERE IS ALOT TO BE DONE. THE PRESIDENT HAS ATTACKED EVERY CORE OF NECESSITY THERE IS IN ORDER TO REPAIR THE HOLES IN OUR BOAT. HIS AGENDA HAS PULLED UP THE SUPPORTIVE STRINGS ATTACHED TO THE NEED FOR EDUCATIONAL AND ENERGY REFORMS AND CONSERVATION.
STIMULUS AND RECOVERY EFFORTS IMMEDIATELY SENT THE HAMMER AND NAIL CREWS TO REPAIR OUR DECAYING INFRASTRUCTURE. OUR INFRASTRUCTURE HAS BEEN IGNORED FOR YEARS AND CERTAINLY PRIOR TO HIS TENURE. THIS INCLUDES OUR SCHOOLS AND NOT ONLY WERE THE STRUCTURES LACKING...PLEASE FIND ENCLOSED....AN EDUCATIONAL AGENDA TO MATCH. THIS IS WHERE EDUCATION SECRETARY ARNE DUNCAN COMES IN AND HE IS JUST WHAT WE NEEDED FOR OUR KIDS!!!!!
LOTS OF OTHER THINGS ARE LACKING IN THIS SOCIETY. THE PRESIDENT HAS PLACED SEVERAL WARNINGS ON 'GREED MONGERS.' THIS IS HIS DEMAND FOR 'TRANSPARENCY.' SEVERAL OF THE SILK TIE BOYS DON'T LIKE HIS DEMAND FOR RESPONSIBILITY OR ACCOUNTABILITY EITHER. THEY WHINE LIKE TODDLERS IN NEED OF A CHANGE. HOWEVER, THIS ISN'T THE KIND OF 'CHANGE' THEY WANTED. THEY DON'T WANT ANYONE LOOKING OVER THEIR SHOULDER TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE DOING THEIR JOB WITH THE LEAST BIT OF HONESTY AND INTEGRITY. THOSE ARE WORN OUT SHOES IN THE BUSINESS OF POLITICS. WHEN THIS PRESIDENT CAME ALONG, HE HAD TO REMIND THEM TO PUT THEM BACK ON. SOME OF THEM THINK THAT A 'MORAL COMPASS' CAN ONLY BE FOUND ON A YACHT FED BY SOMEONE ELSE'S GAS MONEY!!!! PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS HAD TO REINTRODUCE THEM TO 'REALITY HARBOR.' THE BOYS AREN'T HAPPY ABOUT THAT CRUISE.
THIS PRESIDENT HAS MARCHED FORWARD TO A DIFFERENT DRUMMER. HE IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEEDED TO REMIND US THAT WE ARE LIVING IN A SELF-CONSUMED WORLD AND WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR VALUES. LOTS OF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THAT CLASSROOM AGENDA EITHER. THEY SEEM TO FORGET WHAT 'GOD AND COUNTRY' STAND FOR. IT TAKES A LITTLE BOY IN NEW ORLEANS TO REMIND THEM OF WHAT IS IMPORTANT HERE. IT TAKES A LITTLE BOY TO REMIND THEM THAT WE HAVE AN AWESOME,COMPASSIONATE,INTELLIGENT PRESIDENT WHO HAPPENS TO CARE FOR HIS COUNTRY. WE FORGET THAT HE ALSO HAS CHILDREN WHO WILL INHERIT WHAT HE LEAVES BEHIND.
GRANTED....NEW ORLEANS STILL HAS ISSUES...BUT, THEY WILL BE RESOLVED. THIS PRESIDENT, DESPITE ALL OF HIS CONGRESSIONAL OBSTACLES AND RED TAPE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE. I DARESAY, THE MEDIA ANCHORS AND PUNDITS NEED TO RESERVE THEIR CRITICISMS FOR THEIR 'DO-NOTHING' DAYS AND GET OUT THERE AND STAND WITH THE CAUSES THAT MUST BE FINISHED. EVERYONE'S HELP IS NEEDED HERE...THAT'S ALL OF US. IT'S EASY TO SIT AND CRITICIZE. THIS PRESIDENT DOESN'T HAVE THE TIME TO COMPLAIN...HE MOVES FORWARD DESPITE YOUR TELEVISED REMARKS AND RIDICULOUS HEADLINES. HE DOES TAKE THE TIME TO HUG A LITTLE BOY WHO SPEAKS THE TRUTH TO 'AMERICA.' IT'S A SHAME THAT A CHILD HAS TO REMIND US OF WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN THIS LIFE.
MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA. MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS OUR COUNTRY AND CONTINUE TO REMIND US OF HOW SELFISH AND CRITICAL AND JUDGEMENTAL WE HAVE BEEN. WE NEED TO BE THANKFUL FOR OUR FREEDOMS. WE NEED TO HOLD ONTO EACH OTHER AND RESPECT EACH OTHER. THESE ARE THE FINE THREADS OF EMOTION WOVEN INTO OUR FLAG. WE MUST NOT FORGET THOSE WHO FOUGHT FOR IT. WE MUST RETURN TO THE VALUES OF HUMANITARIAN JUSTICE AND EQUALITY. OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES WE ARE REMINDED OF OUR DUTIES....DEAR AMERICANS....WHAT MORE DO YOU NEED FOR A 'WAKE UP CALL?'
'YOU GO MR. PRESIDENT!' NOTHING STOPS MR. 'FIRE IN THE SHOES' IN HIS DETERMINED QUEST TO BRING AMERICA BACK TO ECONOMIC STABILITY. INDEED, IT'S A LONG ROAD HE TRAVELS,BUT, HE DOES SO WITHOUT HESITATION AND NEVER EVER FORGETS TO BRING THAT MESSAGE OF 'HOPE' WITH HIM. THIS WEEK, HE HAS ALREADY VISITED A STIMULATED CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN VIRGINIA. TODAY HE IS OFF TO 'KATRINA' COUNTRY, A PLACE WHERE NIGHTMARES NEED TO BE RESOLVED. THIS WILL BE PRESIDENT OBAMA'S FIRST VISIT TO NEW ORLEANS SINCE SEVERE FLOODING WASHED AWAY SEVERAL HOPES AND DREAMS. IT IS MY SURE BET....THAT THIS VISIT, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS DEEP COMPASSION WILL LEAVE BEHIND MORE THAN THE $1 BILLION TARGETED FOR NEW ORLEAN'S RECOVERY EFFORTS. THIS WILL BE A HEARTFELT JOURNEY THE PEOPLE OF NEW ORLEANS WILL NEVER FORGET....NEITHER WILL THIS PRESIDENT.
THERE IS ONE CERTAIN GIFT THIS PRESIDENT ALWAYS LEAVES BEHIND WHEN HE VISITS THOSE IN NEED. HIS ABILITY TO RELATE TO ANY GIVEN SITUATION AND SHARE HIS EMOTIONS ALWAYS REKINDLE PRESIDENTIAL WARMTH AND HOPE FOR THOSE EMPTY SPACES LEFT BEHIND BY TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES. INDEED THIS PRESIDENT HAS FACED THE JOBLESS, THE BANKRUPT, AND MANY WHO ARE SCREAMING FOR ANSWERS TO THEIR LACK OF HEALTHCARE COVERAGE. THIS IS WHERE HE PREFERS TO BE,AWAY FROM THE D.C. CONFINES OF DISCONTENT TO THE 'HANDS-ON' HUGS WITH THOSE WHO DESPERATELY BEG TO BE HEARD. THIS TOUR OF THE FINAL REMAINS OF 'KATRINA' WILL MOST CERTAINLY GRAB AT THE GENTLENESS OF HIS SOUL.
WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE A 'FEELING PRESIDENT.' THE OPPOSITION PREFERS TO CALL THIS GIVING EMOTION A 'WEAKNESS' IN PRESIDENTIAL STATURE. THEY COULDN'T BE MORE MISTAKEN. THIS COMBINATION OF CARE AND COMPASSION IS EVIDENCE OF A GREAT LEADER WHO THINKS OF OTHERS BEFORE HIMSELF. BECAUSE HE IS THIS WAY, HE WILL ALWAYS LEAVE BEHIND A 'PIECE OF HIMSELF' THAT STRANGERS ARE UNABLE TO FORGET. BACK 'IN THE DAY' WE THE PEOPLE VOTED FOR HIM BECAUSE OF HIS COMPASSION AND CONCERN FOR ALL IN AMERICA.
MORE THAN $126 BILLION HAD BEEN TARGETED FOR KATRINA RESCUE AND RENOVATION. OF COURSE FUNDING HAS BEEN SLOW IN PROGRESS DUE TO BUREAUCRATIC SNAGS AND THE SNOWBALLING CONFINES CAUSED BY THE USUAL IN RED TAPE. THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN TRYING TO 'CUT TO THE CHASE' IN THIS QUAGMIRE. OF COURSE, IF IT WERE JUST UP TO THE PRESIDENT....ALL OF THE WORK NEEDED IN NEW ORLEANS WOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AS OF ...........YESTERDAY!!!!! AS IF THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH ON HIS PLATE, THE CONSTANT CURSE IN HIS DAILY ROUTINE INVOLVES DICKERING WITH THE 'STRING TEAM'....A STRING ATTACHED TO THIS AND A STRING ATTACHED TO THAT. THE SILK TIE BOYS CAN'T MAKE ANYTHING SIMPLE, THERE ALWAYS HAS TO BE A KNOT SOMEWHERE!!!!!!
YESTERDAY 'THE DOW' PEAKED AT AN EXCITING 10,000 TRADE LEVEL. WE HAVEN'T SEEN THOSE FIGURES SINCE OCTOBER, 2008. THE PRESIDENT WAS ENCOURAGED BY THE NUMBERS. AS USUAL, THE SPECATATORS ON THE 'DOWN SIDE' WORK VERY HARD TO OVERSHADOW SUCH JOY WITH THEIR OWN VERSION OF 'DOOM AND GLOOM.' YES, WE ARE STILL WITHOUT JOBS IN THIS COUNTRY....BUT, THE PRESIDENT WAS VERY HONEST ABOUT THAT SITUATION. IT WILL TAKE TIME TO CLIMB THE LADDER BUT THESE ARE THE ''GLIMMERS OF HOPE THAT KEEP US AFLOAT. THE DISCOURAGING ONES PREFER TO PADDLE TO NOWHERE IN A SIEVE WITH TWO OARS. DON'T HITCH A RIDE WITH THESE BOYS BECAUSE THEIR PESSIMISTIC RIDE IS GOING TO LEAD THEM TO 'THE RIVER OF NO RETURN!'
MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AND THE 'MESSAGE OF HOPE' HE BRINGS TODAY TO THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS. INDEED NEW ORLEANS IS KNOWN FOR ITS 'SAINTS.' THERE ARE LOTS OF 'SAINTS' THERE. THEY DIDN'T CARRY A FOOTBALL...THEY PULLED EACH OTHER OUT OF THE RUBBLE. THEY STOOD TOGETHER AND GATHERED THEIR COMBINED STRENGTH IN THEIR HELPLESSNESS INTO SOME MIRACULOUS STORIES THAT WE IN AMERICA WITNESSED AND WILL NEVER FORGET. THIS IS WHAT 'AMERICA' IS....IN TIMES OF TRIAL WE PULL OURSELVES TOGETHER AND STAND FOR THAT FLAG OF UNITY THAT REFUSES DEFEAT! THE PRESIDENT WILL NO DOUBT MEET SOME OF THESE 'SAINTS' TODAY! HE WON'T FORGET THEIR STORIES....IT'S AN EQUAL EXCHANGE....THEY WON'T FORGET HIM!!!!!
HAVING STOOD WITH THIS PRESIDENT SINCE HIS SENATORIAL DAYS, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT HE WILL SUCCEED IN HIS CONSTANT PUSH TO OBTAIN HEALTHCARE COVERAGE THAT IS AFFORDABLE FOR ALL IN NEED. WHEN THIS PRESIDENT TOPS OFF HIS DETERMINATION WITH HIS OBVIOUS PERSEVERANCE, THE 'YES WE CAN 'SCENARIO' ALWAYS WINS SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE. ALTHOUGH THE PREMATURELY JUDGEMENTAL MEDIA MONGERS AND PUNDITS CONTINUE THE CAMPAIGN OF PESSIMISM...THIS PLAN HAS A LONG WAY TO RIDE BEFORE ANYONE CAN PUT A FINAL STICKER ON IT AND SHOVE IT OUT THE DOOR.
HAVING PASSED THROUGH THE 'MOST CONSERVATIVE DOOR' WITH THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE...THE BARTERING IS TO BE CONTINUED. THOSE WITH SPECIAL INTERESTS AND GREEDY POCKETS, OBVIOUSLY CONCERNED WITH 'PROFIT OVER PEOPLE' HOPE TO PLACE A DEFEATIST'S CAP ON THIS FIGHT AND DROWN THE HEALTHCARE SURGE IN DISILLUSIONMENT. THEY CONTINUE TO USE MEDIA MANIPULATION TO POISON THE ALREADY PARANOID POT OF PUBLIC PERSUASION. THERE IS NO RESPECT FOR AGE INVOLVED IN THIS CONSTANT BANTERING, AND WHAT BETTER GROUP TO TARGET THAN SENIORS ALREADY TIED TO FIXED INCOMES. IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT GREED HAS BECOME SO IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO TAMPER WITH THE FEARS OF THE NEEDY WITH THREATS OVER HIGHER INSURANCE PREMIUMS.
EVER SINCE THIS PRESIDENT OPENED THE DOOR TO DEMANDS FOR TRANSPARENCY,ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY, THE WORMS HAVE BEEN ROLLING OVER IN EVERY DIRECTION FROM WALL ST. TO THE PLUSH RECLINERS LOCATED IN YOUR NEAREST INSURANCE PROVIDER'S BOARDROOM. YES INDEED, THE WATER COOLERS ARE BOILING OVER WITH DISCONTENT BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT IS GOING TO SARAN WRAP THESE HIGH COST PREMIUMS THAT PAD AND OVERCHARGE AND HAVE FORCED MANY AMERICANS INTO THE FINALITIES OF FORECLOSURE. AS ONE WHO DEALS WITH THE HOMELESS, THIS IS NOT A PRETTY PICTURE AND THE INABILITY TO PAY OUTRAGEOUS MEDICAL BILLS HAS CREATED A NEW HOMELESS LOCATION...THAT BEING SUBURBIA.
PERHAPS THE INSURANCE 'CEOS' SHOULD SPEND SOME DOWN TIME IN A TENT CITY OR A CROWDED SHELTER. IN THE MIDWEST, YOU WILL FIND MANY WHO HAVE LOST THEIR HOMES STAYING IN CAMPERS OR RVS. I HAVE NEWS FOR YOU...IT GETS COLD HERE AND FOR MOST OF THEM, THERE IS NO POWER. THIS DOESN'T EVEN BEGIN TO SCRATCH THE SURFACE OF SO MANY SUFFERING...INDEED THEY ARE EVERYWHERE. I FIND 'GREED' TO BE THE WORST AFFLICTION IN HUMANITY BECAUSE IT IS USUALLY THE CAUSE OF INJUSTICE. THERE IS ALWAYS A PRICETAG ATTACHED SOMEWHERE AND THE INNOCENT,THE SICK AND DYING ALL PAY IN THE END.
WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO IS TIRED OF THESE GAMES. ACTUALLY, HIS HEARTFELT 'COMPASSION' FOR ALL IS THE REASON WHY HE WILL EVENTUALLY GET WHAT HE WANTS. HE DOESN'T BELIEVE IN GIVING UP AND AS LONG AS HE IS PRESIDENT HE WILL TAKE COMMAND OF THE 'MORAL COMPASS' THAT HAS BEEN MISSING IN THIS EVER CHURNING WHEEL OF HIGH PRICED GRATUITIES. THIS HEALTHCARE BATTLE HAS ONLY GONE ON NOW FOR 70 YEARS. ACTUALLY, I BELIEVE THE INHABITANTS OF THIS 'GREEDY POCKET PARADISE' HAVE MET THEIR 'WATERLOO.' THIS RESORT KNOWN AS 'LET'S STAY HERE AT SOMEONE ELSE'S EXPENSE' WILL BE FACING AN AUDIT. OH TO BE A FLY ON THE WALL DURING THIS SAGA!
ALL OF THESE THINGS DO TAKE TIME. THE HEALTHCARE QUAGMIRE IS ENORMOUS. THERE WILL BE MANY TRIPS BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND ERASERS WILL GET EXERCISE. I BELIEVE THE MEDIA AND PUNDITS CAN STOP THIS 'CART BEFORE THE HORSE ATTITUDE.' WE'VE JUST BEGUN. AMERICA'S ECONOMIC FUTURE DEPENDS ON IT. THERE ARE SO MANY OUT THERE IN DIRE NEED OF HEALTHCARE COVERAGE AND GOOD DOCTORS WHO HAVE NEVER FORGOTTEN THE DAY THEY TOOK THAT OATH...THAT DAY WHEN THEY SWORE TO UPHOLD HUMANITARIAN RESPONSIBILITY. 'FIRED UP AND READY TO GO MR. PRESIDENT!' WE WILL GET THIS DONE!
WE SEE IT CONSISTENTLY AND CONSTANTLY AND MOST FORTUNATELY IN THE ACTIONS OF OUR PRESIDENT. OUR CHILDREN ARE OUR TOMORROWS AND THEREAFTER. THE EXAMPLES WE PROVIDE THEM ARE MOST IMPORTANT. WE ARE BLESSED WITH A PRESIDENT WHOSE CONCERN FOR CHILDHOOD EDUCATION RANKS AT THE TOP OF THE LADDER. HE IS WILLING TO SUPPORT US IN ANY AND ALL OF THESE ISSUES. HOWEVER, LET'S NOT FORGET THAT THE INITIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THE INTRODUCTION TO VALUES AND OUR MORAL COMPASS MUST BEGIN.....AT HOME.
OUR CHILDREN ARE FACING SEVERAL CHALLENGES IN THIS FAST MOVING WORLD. THEY RANGE ANYWHERE FROM THE CLASSROOM TO ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES. THEIR MOST IMPORTANT DOMAIN HOWEVER IS THE FAMILY...THIS IS THE MISSING LINK WE SO OFTEN FIND ABSENT AS OUR CHILDREN TURN TO BAD STREET CORNERS FOR COMFORT....AND THAT NEED TO BELONG SOMEWHERE.
BROKEN HOMES OR BOTH PARENTS HAVING TO EARN A PAYCHECK TO GET BY HAS IN MANY CASES LEFT THE DOOR OPEN TO UNSUPERVISED CHILDREN. THIS OPEN DOOR OFFERS A WELCOME INVITATION TO GANG INTERVENTION RESULTING IN THE HIGH CRIME STATS WE SEE TODAY. CHICAGO IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY LOCATIONS FACING THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS WHERE MENTORING PROGRAMS BECOME SO VALUABLE. RECENTLY PRESIDENTIAL CONCERNS ADDRESSED THIS SITUATION IN CHICAGO. PRESIDENT OBAMA SENT EDUCATION SECRETARY ARNE DUNCAN AND ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER TO WORK WITH STREET VIOLENCE IN THAT CITY. IN THE PAST WE HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH WHITEHOUSE INTEREST GATHER FOR OUR CHILDREN. THIS IS TYPICAL OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION....THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE ANY OF OUR CHILDREN FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS IN THIS COUNTRY. THEY ARE DOING MORE THAN THEIR SHARE IN AN EFFORT TO CURB THIS PROBLEM....WE NEED TO DO OURS!!!!!
UNLESS THESE SITUATIONS INVOLVE THE JOBLESS OR SINGLE PARENTING, I BLAME ALOT OF THIS ON OUR QUEST FOR MATERIAL STATUS. WE HAVE BECOME A SOCIETY SEEKING TO OWN EVERYTHING AT ONCE WHETHER WE HAVE THE MONEY OR NOT. WE HAVE GRADUATED FROM ONE GARAGE TO 2 IF NOT 3 GARAGES. WE COMPETE WITH OUR NEIGHBORS FOR THE VERY BEST IN LAWN SCULPTING IN OUR GATED COMMUNITIES AND WE HAVE TO HAVE THE BEST IN VECHICLES TO PARK THERE. IF NOTHING ELSE, MOST OF US ARE OVERLY EXTENDED ON OUR LOANS AND THERE ARE TWO WORDS WE PRIORITIZE IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE...'CHARGE IT!' IN THE MIDST OF ALL THIS 'WANTING' WE CREATE THE ETERNAL SNOWBALL FROM HELL...SOONER OR LATER WE HAVE TO PAY FOR IT!
THIS IS WHERE WE WORK MORE HOURS, PERHAPS MORE JOBS AND IF 'LUCKY, OUR KIDS MIGHT BE INTRODUCED TO US BY NEXT TUESDAY.' WHILE WE'RE AT IT, LET'S GIVE THEM EVERYTHING THEY WANT TO KEEP THEM ENTERTAINED WHILE WE'RE ABSENT. THIS WAY THEY CAN BURY THEIR HEADS IN GAMEBOYS AND COMPUTERS OR 'TEXT' UNTIL THEIR FINGERS SCREAM! FORGET THE SOCIAL SKILLS AND THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE 'THE TIME' ANYMORE TO INTRODUCE THEM TO AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, ANYTHING THAT MIGHT OPEN THEIR THOUGHTS TO INDIVIDUAL CREATIVITY. SOONER OR LATER, THEY BECOME SO INVOLVED WITH THEIR TOYS...THAT THEY ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN SOCIAL INTERACTION.
PERHAPS THEY WANT MORE TOYS AND THE MATERIAL CHALLENGES AND THE ABILITY TO OWN THEM BECOME AN OBSESSION. THIS IS WHERE MONEY BECOMES AN INFLATED IMPORTANT FACTOR IN THEIR LIVES. ALONG WITH THAT...THIS ABSENT PARENTING ALSO LEADS TO TEMPTATIONS PROVIDED BY 'BOREDOM.' THEY SEEK OTHER CONVERSATION, ACCEPTANCE AND BELONGING. THERE ARE ALOT OF DRUG PUSHERS AND GANGS OUT THERE WHO WOULD LOVE TO INVITE YOUR CHILDREN INTO THEIR CLASSROOMS.
LIFE HAS CHANGED ALOT IN THIS SOCIETY DUE TO 'NEEDFUL THINGS.' INDEED THIS CONDITION HAS LEFT MANY EMPTY SEATS AT THE KITCHEN TABLE. THIS IS WHERE FAMILY CONVERSATION USED TO TAKE PLACE. THIS IS WHERE WE SAT WITHOUT THE INTERRUPTIONS FROM OUR CELLPHONES AND LOOKED OUR KIDS IN THE EYE AND TOLD THEM THAT WE LOVED THEM AND CARED ABOUT WHAT THEY DID THAT DAY. THIS IS THE HUMAN CONTACT WE HAVE LOST.
AS A RESULT, WE HAVE LOST PRECIOUS TIME WITH OUR KIDS! IT IS A TANGLED WEB WE WEAVE OVER OUR NEED FOR 'THINGS.' THIS IS WHERE WE CAN TRULY HELP OUR COUNTRY. AMERICA IS ONLY AS GREAT AS ITS PEOPLE. WE NEED TO STOP THIS 'SNOWBALL OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS' BY SERIOUSLY SPENDING OUR TIME 'RAISING OUR CHILDREN,' NOT 'SPENDING' AT THE DEPARTMENT STORE. YOU DIDN'T BUY YOUR CHILDREN THERE...THEY ARE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.
IF YOU ARE NOT BLESSED WITH CHILDREN...AND THEY ARE A BLESSING....VOLUNTEER YOUR TIME TO HELP SO MANY CHILDREN IN NEED OF YOUR CONVERSATION,YOUR HUG, YOUR COMFORT. YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED AT HOW MUCH THIS INTERACTION CAN PREVENT A CHILD FROM LOOKING TO 'THE STREET' FOR ANSWERS. THERE ARE NO ANSWERS THERE. YOU COULD CHANGE A CHILD'S LIFE BY BECOMING INVOLVED AS A MENTOR. MOST COMMUNITIES HOST MENTORING PROGRAMS AND THEY ARE CONSTANTLY BEGGING FOR VOLUNTEERS.
IT IS SO WONDERFUL TO SEE CHILDREN BACK IN THE WHITEHOUSE. IT IS EVEN MORE SO TO SEE A LOVING FIRST FAMILY WITH PRIORITIES THAT ARE QUITE CLEAR TO 'AMERICA.' THEIR KIDS COME FIRST...THAT KITCHEN TABLE IS ALWAYS FULL AND WELL ATTENDED. DESPITE WHERE THEY LIVE, THIS IS THEIR HIGHEST PRIORITY. SOMEDAY THEIR WHITEHOUSE LIFE WILL BE GONE...BUT, THEY WILL STILL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT EACH OTHER AS A TIGHTLY KNIT FAMILY WHO MAINTAINED THAT CIRCLE OF UNITY.
THE 'THINGS' THEY HAVE ACCUMULATED WON'T MATTER. THE RELATIONSHIP THEY HAVE MANAGED TO NURTURE WILL BE WITH THEM FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. 'FAMILY FIRST' FOR OUR 'FIRST FAMILY'.............FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE....THIS IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT YOU WILL EVER MAKE IN YOUR PARENTING LIFE. I WILL TELL YOU THIS...YOU CAN'T 'CHARGE IT!!!!!' YOU WILL ALWAYS PAY LATER...BECAUSE THEY WILL EVENTUALLY PAY FOR YOUR CHOICES!
YES FOLKS,IT'S 'COLUMBUS DAY' AND WOULDN'T IT BE GRAND IF WE COULD BRING HIM BACK FOR A MOMENTARY VISIT TO SEE WHAT HIS 'DISCOVERY' IS UP TO TODAY!!!!! IN 1492 OUR GREAT ADVENTURER CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS DISCOVERED THE 'AMERICAS.' ACTUALLY, HE RAN INTO THIS PIECE OF THE ROCK WITH HIS PARTNERS...'THE NINA,PINTA AND SANTA MARIA.' TODAY THIS SOFT LANDING WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT A PASSPORT AND A TRIP THROUGH CUSTOMS.
LIFE WAS SIMPLER BACK THEN AND I DARESAY THE 'WELCOME WAGON' WAS UNIQUELY RECEIVED. BACK THEN WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY IMMIGRANTS TO FIGHT OVER. WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE WORD 'SELFISH' WAS AND THE NEW EXPLORERS JUMPED OFF THEIR SHIPS AND DINED PEACEFULLY WITH THE ORIGINAL LANDOWNERS .....'NATIVE AMERICANS.' THE NEW DISCOVERY AND FIRST FOOTSTEPS TO PROSPERITY WERE CELEBRATED BY PASSING THE CORN AND WITHOUT QUESTION, SHARING THE SAME SPACE. I BELIEVE THE TURKEY MADE HIS DEBUT...A RATHER SHORT ONE...AND ENJOYED BY ALL AT THE CELEBRATION TABLE!
YES CHRIS....LIFE HAS CHANGED IN AMERICA. DESPITE ALL THE DIVERSE CHALLENGES WE HAVE TODAY, WE NEED TO REVISIT THIS DAY AND REMEMBER THAT ALL OPEN 'PEACE TABLES' ARE POSSIBLE. WE NEED TO PULL THOSE CHAIRS OUT AGAIN. WE HAVE A PRESIDENT CHRIS WHO IS WILLING TO DO THAT. HE HAS BEEN OUR GREATEST ADDITION TO PEACEFUL POSSIBILITIES SINCE YOU FIRST PARKED YOUR SHIP LADEN CARAVAN IN THE HARBOR. WE'RE PROUD OF HIM AND ALL THE DOORS HE HAS OPENED TO CHANGE AND PROMISE. SURELY YOU WOULD BE AMAZED TODAY CHRIS IF I HANDED YOU A PIECE OF OUR NEW TECHNOLOGY AND YOU COULD SEE THE ENTIRE WORLD AT A GLANCE.
INDEED CHRIS...THE ENTIRE WORLD HAS BECOME ONE GRANDIOSE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH JUST TO REACH ACROSS THE WATER AND SHARE AND LEARN FROM EACH OTHER. OF COURSE WE HAVE OUR TROUBLED SPOTS, PLACES WHERE WARS CERTAINLY DO EXIST....BUT, IN THIS PLACE THAT YOU DISCOVERED...WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AND PRESS ON TOWARD BETTER DAYS! YOU CAN BE PROUD OF YOURSELF CHRIS BECAUSE YOU WERE THE FIRST TO STEP ONTO THE FUTURE PROMISE OF FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY. WE BEAR MANY HASHMARKS OF STRUGGLE, BUT WE HAVE LEARNED SO MANY LESSONS FROM EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM.
TODAY CHRIS YOU WILL SEE 'AMERICA' THE MELTINGPOT OF DIVERSE CULTURES. THIS 'RAINBOW COLLECTION' OF BACKGROUNDS AND ETHNICITY HAS CONTINUED TO FORM THE BACKBONE OF 'AMERICA'S' INTENSELY STRONG POSTURE. WE MAY FALL DOWN ONCE IN AWHILE AS WE HAVE LATELY, BUT, WE ALWAYS GET BACK UP AGAIN AND WE TAKE WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED AND 'SET ANOTHER TABLE.' OUR COURAGEOUS ANCESTORS WHO CAME AFTER YOU HAVE FOUGHT BRAVELY TO KEEP THE INVITATION OPEN TO FREEDOM,EQUAL RIGHTS, JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY.
YOU WILL BE CELEBRATED TODAY CHRIS IN MANY CLASSROOMS AROUND THE COUNTRY. IT'S THOSE DAYS THAT YOU WALKED INTO THAT WE WANT TO PRESERVE...TIMES OF SALUTATION AND SHARING THAT ALWAYS VISIT A NEW DISCOVERY. OF COURSE YOU WOULD BE SOMEWHAT SURPRISED AT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TAKEN YOUR ADVENTURE SEVERAL STEPS FURTHER TO THE OUTER LIMITS OF THE UNIVERSE. WE HAVE WALKED ON THE MOON AND CIRCLED THE UNKNOWN. HOWEVER, THERE IS 'NO PLACE LIKE HOME' AND THANK YOU FOR PLANTING THE FIRST WELCOME MAT ON OUR DOORSTEP. I BELIEVE THE RESPONSIBILITIES ATTACHED TO THIS 'AMERICAN' OWNERSHIP WERE UNKNOWN TO YOU AT THE TIME. THE 'TO-DO' LIST IS RATHER LENGTHY. WE WILL GET IT DONE. WE JUST HAVE TO CONTINUE TO REMIND OUR PEOPLE THAT IT TAKES TIME.
THAT 'RED,WHITE,AND BLUE' PIECE OF ORGANIZED MATERIAL THAT YOU NOW SEE HANGING FROM POLES ALL ACROSS YOUR 'AMERICA' IS DEDICATED TO YOUR DISCOVERY. BRAVE ONES DIED TO PULL ALL THOSE STITCHES TOGETHER. AFTER YOU LANDED ON THOSE BAREN SHORES WE CREATED THE 'AMERICAN QUILT'....A PATCHWORK OF STATES AND ROLLING FARMLAND REACHING FOR NEW TOMORROWS. THE SCULPTING NEVER ENDS HERE. WE ARE ALWAYS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, SOMETIMES TOO MUCH SO. NOW WE ARE SEEKING MORE SOOTHING WAYS TO CHERISH YOUR GIFT. OUR RELATIVELY NEW PRESIDENT IS PUSHING FOR 'GREEN' STANDARDS TO KEEP THESE SHORES YOU DISCOVERED IN TACT. WE HAVE LEARNED SOME HARSH LESSONS HERE...HUGGING THIS GROUND AND NURTURING IT IS A NECESSITY SO THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS CAN FEEL THE SAME EXCITEMENT THAT YOU DID IN 1492. ALONG WITH THAT WE MUST ALSO NURTURE THE TENDER GROWTH OF OUR INHABITANTS.
WITH THAT CHRIS...ENJOY YOUR TIME IN THE CLASSROOM TODAY. IF YOU GET THE CHANCE...STOP BY AND SHAKE HANDS WITH OUR PRESIDENT. HE IS OUR CURRENT GATEKEEPER...HE'S DOING YOUR JOB NOW AND A GREAT ONE AT THAT. THERE ARE MANY MORE CHAIRS AT THE TABLE FOR THIS FEAST. AMERICA CELEBRATES THE OPPORTUNITY YOU ORIGINALLY DISCOVERED TO EXPAND THE PARTY INVITATION TO ALL IN THE WORLD TO JOIN TOGETHER...TO BRING A MESSAGE OF HOPE AND 'CHANGE' FOR THE BETTER INTO OUR HISTORY BOOKS. AND LIKE YOURS....WE MUST CARE DEEPLY FOR THIS 'AMERICAN HERITAGE' AND 'PAY IT FORWARD' FOR ALL THE ADVENTURERS LIKE YOU TO FOLLOW..........P-E-A-C-E!
TEARS OF JOY AND SALUTATIONS FLOW FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TODAY..........CONGRATULATIONS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA...THE RECIPIENT OF THE 2009 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE!!!!!!! THERE IS NOONE MORE DESERVING OR DEDICATED TO THE CAUSE OF PEACE THAN THIS UNSELFISH AND SELF SACRIFICING PRESIDENT. I WISH I COULD HAVE WITNESSED HIS REACTION TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, HOWEVER, ONE OF HIS NUMEROUS QUALITIES INCLUDES HUMILITY. TO BE SURE...HE IS STILL IN AWE AND PROBABLY PINCHING HIMSELF JUST TO MAKE SURE HE HASN'T OVERSLEPT AND ROLLED OVER INTO A DREAM.
FOREVER GOOSEBUMPS WILL BE MY PARTNER TODAY BECAUSE I'M THINKING ABOUT HIS MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER. SURELY THEY ARE GATHERED IN SILENT APPLAUSE FOR THEIR SON AND GRANDSON WHO HAS MADE THEM SO PROUD. FIRST LADY MICHELLE HAS TO BE SO ECSTATIC AND OH THE GIRLS....WHAT A 'SHOW AND TELL' WE WILL HAVE IN SCHOOL THIS MORNING. SURELY ALL THE BRANCHES ON HIS 'FAMILY TREE' ARE SHAKING WITH DELIGHT...THIS DEDICATED MAN WHO IS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN PRESIDENT IS NOW THE THIRD SITTING PRESIDENT TO HOLD THE EXTREME HONOR OF 'PEACEMAKER.'
LOOKING BACK INTO HISTORY, THEODORE ROOSEVELT RECEIVED THIS AWARD IN 1906. HOW FITTING FOR THIS PRESIDENT WHO OFTEN QUOTES 'TEDDY' IN HIS SPEECHES. WOODROW WILSON RECEIVED THE AWARD IN 1919. THE MOST RECENT RECIPIENT WAS FORMER PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER IN 2002. ACCORDING TO THE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM OSLO,NORWAY...PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA IS SO HONORED FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS;
"HIS EXTRAORDINARY EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY AND COOPERATION BETWEEN PEOPLES." WELL DONE MR. PRESIDENT...YOU HAVE EARNED THIS AND THEN SOME!
I OFTEN THINK BACK TO THE PRESIDENT'S INAUGURATION IN JANUARY AND THERE IS A PHOTO OF HIM THAT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED SEVERAL TIMES. IT IS MY FAVORITE BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT WAS HIS REFLECTIVE 'MOMENT IN TIME' BEFORE HE WALKED ON STAGE TO PLACE HIS HAND ON THE LINCOLN BIBLE. IT'S A PHOTOGRAPH OF HIM STANDING ALONE 'IN WAIT' WITH HIS HEAD RAISED UPWARD AND HIS EYES ARE CLOSED. I SINCERELY THINK THIS IS THE MOMENT WHEN HE FINALLY REALIZED...'THIS IS HAPPENING TO ME.'
SINCE THAT MAGIC MOMENT, HE HAS EXTENDED AN UNCLENCHED FIST AND NUMEROUS INVITATIONS ALL OVER THE WORLD FOR LEADERS AND ALL PEOPLE TO UNITE FOR PEACE. HE HAS WALKED COURAGEOUSLY AMONG HIS ENEMIES WITH OPEN ARMS REGARDLESS OF DISCONTENT. HIS SPEECH IN CAIRO WILL GO DOWN AS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT IN HISTORY. THIS IS WHEN ALL EARS WITNESSED A YOUNG MAN CHALLENGING THE DARK TIDES OF HISTORY IN ORDER TO 'TURN ON THE LIGHT' FOR A NEW DAY OF UNDERSTANDING.
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S MESSAGE OF 'HOPE' IS ALWAYS DELIVERED DESPITE CRITICISM. HIS INTEGRITY AND FORTITUDE HAVE BECOME AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHER WORLD LEADERS TO FOLLOW. THIS PRESIDENT REMAINS STRONG DESPITE THE OBSTACLES HE HAS INHERITED BECAUSE HE HE IS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO THE COUNTRY THAT HE LOVES. THIS COMMITTMENT, THIS URGE FOR OUTREACH AND RESULTING PEACE IS BURIED DEEPLY IN HIS SOUL. THERE IS NOONE WHO CAN TAKE THIS AWAY FROM HIM.
TODAY, MY IMAGINATION TAKES ME TO THE NEW YORK HARBOR. THERE IS A LADY OF PURPOSE STANDING THERE WITH HER CONSTANTLY AND CONSISTENTLY CARRIED INVITATION TO ALL WHO ENTER OUR SHORES. SHE WELCOMES ALL STRANGERS WITH OPEN ARMS AND OFFERS THEM SHELTER AND A PLACE TO LIVE OUT THEIR DREAMS. TODAY, SHE HAS TEARS OF JOY STREAMING FROM HER EVER PRESENT STATUESQUE EXISTENCE, GLISTENING IN THE SUN. TODAY, SHE BOWS HER HEAD IN RESPECT AND ADMIRATION FOR A 'SON OF AMERICA' WHO CARRIES THE SAME PROMISE, THE SAME INVITATION. NOW HE HOLDS THE 'NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.' WELL DONE SIR!
MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AND HIS NOBLE EXAMPLE DEDICATED TO PEACE FOR ALL WHO LIVE IN THIS WORLD. WE ARE ALL SO EXTREMELY PROUD OF YOUR EFFORTS SIR AND WE ARE SO THANKFUL THAT YOU ARE LEADING THIS COUNTRY WITH SUCH.... 'AMAZING GRACE!'
ACCIDENTAL OR NOT, THE PRESIDENT'S AGENDA ON WEDNESDAY PROVED TO BE AN EXCITING,IF NOT PARTIAL DIVERSION FROM THE USUAL IN DISCUSSION, HEALTHCARE REFORM OR A NEW STRATEGY IN AFGHANISTAN. THE DAY'S EVENTS LED THE PRESIDENT FROM THE EAST ROOM TO AN AWESOME NIGHT OUT UNDER THE STARS ON THE SOUTH LAWN AT THE WHITEHOUSE. PICTURE THIS!!!!...WELL...THEY DID!...STAY TUNED!
THIS WAS INDEED A MOST COMPATIBLE ARRANGEMENT AS THE EAST ROOM INTRODUCTION WAS RESERVED FOR SCIENTISTS HONORED FOR DIVERSE, EXPLORATIVE ACHIEVEMENTS. THOSE IN ATTENDANCE WERE AWARDED HONORS AT THE NATIONAL MEDAL OF SCIENCE AND NATIONAL MEDAL OF TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CEREMONY. SOMEBODY PASS THE DICTIONARY...INDEED THIS GATHERING AT GENIUS LEVEL PROVED TO BE A CHALLENGE...I HAD TO LOOK UP AND DEFINE EVERYTHING THEY WERE STUDYING! ACTUALLY, THE GENTLEMAN WHO RECITED THE LISTING OF INDIVIDUAL SCIENTIFIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS SHOULD BE GIVEN AN AWARD FOR BRAVELY TRANSLATING ALL PRONUNCIATIONS INVOLVED. THE RATHER STIFFFFLY, BUT, STILL SMILING TOAD IN BIOLOGY CLASS WAS ENOUGH FOR ME!
THESE GIFTED SCIENTISTS ARE THE PIONEERS OF OUR FUTURE, SPECIALIZING IN BIOTECHNOLOGY,PHYSICS,MEDICINE,COMPUTER AND COGNITIVE SCIENCE AND ENERGY TECHNOLOGY. HOW AMAZING, TO TUNE IN AND WITNESS THESE PROFILES OF SUCH SCIENTIFIC EXPERTISE. THESE ARE OUR ADVENTURERS WHO CARRY THE 'HOPE OF DISCOVERY' WITHOUT APPREHENSION. THESE ARE THE COMPLICATED MINDS WHO JUST MIGHT FIND THAT CURE FOR CANCER OR THE NEW TECHNOLOGY NEEDED TO FEED AN ENTIRE,HUNGRY WORLD. THESE ARE OUR 'SCIENTIFIC SAINTS,' IF YOU WILL, WHO HAVE DEDICATED THEIR LIVES TO FIND ALL THE ANSWERS YOU NEED TO IMPROVE AND EXIST ON THIS PLANET.
I WAS SO AMAZED JUST LOOKING AT THEM. I CAN IMAGINE HOW THE PRESIDENT FELT JUST SHAKING EACH AND EVERY HAND. EACH RECEIVED A MEDAL HONORING THEIR COMMITTMENT. SURELY, EACH IS SO GIFTED, THEY COULD PROBABLY SIT DOWN AND ANALYZE THE METALLIC CONTENT OF EACH MEDALLION WITHOUT THE AID OF A MICROSCOPE. WHAT A FASCINATING ADVENTURE THIS WAS. EVEN MORE THRILLING IS THE PRESIDENT'S COMMITTMENT TO OUR SCIENTIFIC FUTURE....HIS ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WE WILL BE DONATING 3 PERCENT OF OUR GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT TO THEIR CAUSE....RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. HOW WONDERFUL IT IS TO HAVE A PRESIDENT SO DEDICATED TO EDUCATION, WHETHER IT IS IN THE LAB OR NESTLED IN A SMALL CHILD'S TENDER AND CURIOUS MIND.
ABOUT 150 MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS BECAME THE OBJECT OF THAT SAME COMMITTMENT LATER IN THE WHITEHOUSE EVENING. THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY HOSTED AN 'ASTRONOMICAL EVENT' EQUIPPED WITH TELESCOPES AND GUEST ASTRONAUTS WHO COULD RELATE THEIR ADVENTURES TO THE 'STAR GAZERS.' FORMER NASA ASTRONAUT BUZZ ALDRIN TIP-TOED THROUGH THE EARTHLY WHITEHOUSE LAWN ALONG WITH SALLY RIDE, THE FIRST AMERICAN WOMAN IN SPACE. ALSO PRESENT....A PIECE OF METEORITE FROM MARS AND SOME 'MOONROCK' TO TANTALIZE THE ADVENTURING EYE.
THESE STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE ALL SORTS OF TELESCOPIC WONDER, COURTESY OF OUR 'FIRST FAMILY' WHO BELIEVES CHILDREN NEED TO BE ENCOURAGED TO EXPLORE THE UNIVERSE AND THE THE WORLD AROUND THEM. MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY NEED TO REACH FOR THE STARS AND CAPTURE THEIR DREAMS FOR OUR FUTURE. THIS 'STAR GAZING' ADVENTURE WAS CERTAINLY A MEMORABLE DOWNPAYMENT FOR A GENERATION THAT MUST SEEK 'ENTERPRISE' IN ORDER TO COMPETE IN OUR BUSY WORLD. THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT AND DEAR FIRST LADY FOR LEADING ANOTHER 'CLASS OF COMMITTMENT' TO TOMORROWLAND.
MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO 'CHANGE' IN THIS COUNTRY. THE RIDE TO 'ENTERPRISE' IS YOUR INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY. COME TO THINK OF IT...ALL THOSE STUDENTS ON THE LAWN AND OUR GENERATIONS TO FOLLOW ARE LOOKING AT US FOR COMMITTMENT TO SOME ANSWERS! 'FIRED UP AND READY TO GO' MR. PRESIDENT ....WITH 'ENTERPRISING' HOPE ON THE HORIZON!
WHEN HASN'T THERE BEEN A 'HARD AT WORK AND THINKING' WEEK FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA? TODAY MARKS THE 8TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INVASION OF AFGHANISTAN SO THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF HIS MOST THOUGHT PROVOKING. OF COURSE 'PROVOKING ' COULD BE THE MAGIC 'THORN'WORD FOR THE WEEK SINCE THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO DETOUR FROM POLITICS IN ORDER TO MAKE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT DECISIONS REGARDING AFGHANISTAN. OTHER THAN THE ADMINISTRATION AND MILITARY COMMANDERS, NOONE ELSE SEEMS TO VALUE THE PRESIDENTIAL THOUGHT PROCESS.
UNFORTUNATELY THE POLITICAL PLAYPEN HAS SET UP IT'S SUB STATIONS OUTSIDE THE GATES OF THE WHITEHOUSE. THIS IS WHERE THE QUESTIONABLY DRESSED GATHER WITH SIGNAGE AND COSTUMING IN PROTEST TO THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN. THEY CONTINUE TO MARCH AND SCREAM OVER THE FENCE. EVEN CINDY SHEEHAN TOOK A BREAK FROM BUSH'S CRAWFORD RANCH DOORSTEP...SHE HAS RELOCATED TO THE D.C. FENCE AS WELL. ALTHOUGH I UNDERSTAND HER LOSS, THAT BEING HER SON IN IRAQ...I BELIEVE THESE PROTESTERS SHOULD RESPECT THE PRESIDENT'S DETERMINATION TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION CONCERNING FUTURE WAR STRATEGY. THEY SEEM TO FORGET THAT HE DOESN'T LIKE THIS WAR EITHER. THEY SEEM TO FORGET THAT HE HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT THIS COUNTRY.
I MUST REMEMBER TO SEND A CARD TO 'PECOS PETE' AND 'SHARPSHOOTER CHENEY' FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS SIDEWALK CHAOS, ONE OF THE CERTAINLY SEVERAL DISRUPTIONS THEY HAVE LEFT BEHIND FOR THIS PRESIDENT. OF COURSE MINE WILL BE A 'NO THANK YOU' REFERENCE TO THEIR UNSOLICITED AND INHERITED POOR BAGGAGE. I DO HOPE THEY ARE ENJOYING THEIR 'CHEERIOS FOR TWO' IN THEIR SEGREGATED NEIGHBORHOODS WHILE OUR PRESIDENT AND HIS FAMILY HAVE TO GREET A NEW DAY WITH THE LEFTOVERS FROM A PREVIOUS AND CERTAINLY DYSFUNCTIONAL ADMINISTRATION CAMPING IN HIS FRONT YARD.
SOMEHOW I HAVE THIS MENTAL PICTURE OF OUR OBAMA FIRST FAMILY TRYING TO GET THEIR GIRLS OFF TO SCHOOL WITHOUT WITNESSING THIS SIDESHOW. THIS IS WHERE I AM REMINDED OF THE FACT THAT IT IS SO TOUGH TO BE PRESIDENT AND EQUALLY SO WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO RAISE A FAMILY IN THE WHITHOUSE. PARENTAL SKILLS ARE DIFFICULT ENOUGH TO ACHIEVE WITHOUT THE ADDITION OF A POLITICAL CARNIVAL.
THE OBAMAS ARE INDEED TO BE CREDITED FOR THEIR STAMINA AND THEIR ABILITY TO SHIELD THEIR CHILDREN FROM THE POLITICAL MACHINE. THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY MORE CHALLENGES TO LIVING IN THIS WHITEHOUSE THAN PERKS. IN FACT THERE AREN'T ENOUGH PERKS IN EXCHANGE FOR THE FORTITUDE AND PATIENCE REQUIRED HERE.
IN AN ORDINARY FRONT YARD, YOUR MOST DIFFICULT CHALLENGE IS THE 'WEED WHACKER.' THE 'POLITICAL LANDSCAPING' HERE HAS TO BE TRULY IRRITATING. IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD FERTILIZE SOME SEEDLINGS AIMED AT 'RESPECT' IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. HOWEVER, THE PRESIDENT IS AWARE OF THE FACT THAT THIS COMES WITH THE TURF. THIS WILL NOT DETER HIS QUEST TO BRING PEACE AND HOPE TO THIS COUNTRY AND THE MANY OTHER YARDS INVOLVED ACROSS THE WATER. LAST I HEARD, THE FIRST LADY PLANTED A SUCCESSFUL AND FRUITFUL GARDEN HERE....REGARDLESS OF THE WEATHER OUTSIDE...THE OBAMA'S HARVEST WILL CONTINUE. THERE'S A ROW OF PLANTS IN THERE CALLED 'CHANGE' AND AS GOOD CROPS GROW...THE ROOTS WILL SPREAD DESPITE ANYTHING ELSE THAT ATTEMPTS TO INTERFERE WITH THE PLANTING OF 'PROMISE!' NOW THAT'S A GARDEN!
SPEAKING OF GARDENING, ON FRIDAY, NASA WILL BE DOING SOME DIGGING OF ITS OWN. THE GARDEN IS LOCATED UP YONDER...JUST PAST THE 3RD MAILBOX ON THE LEFT. THIS IS WHERE 'THE MOON' LIVES. INDEED, NASA IS GOING TO SEND A SHOVEL, THE LARGER THAN A BREADBOX VARIETY WILL HIT THE MOON TRAVELLING AT SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 5,000 MPH! THIS $79 MILLION PROJECT WILL INVESTIGATE THE POSSIBILITIES OF H20 EXISTENCE! THIS IS EXCITING! IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES THAT COULD RESULT FROM THIS FIND! I WISH I COULD GO BUT I CAN'T EVEN STAND THE THIRD HILL ON A ROLLER COASTER! ACTUALLY, I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY NEED SUCH SPEED WITH THIS INJECTION. I STILL THINK THE MOON IS MADE OUT OF CREAM CHEESE. HOPEFULLY NASA HAS SENT A NOTICE TO THE 'MAN IN THE MOON' SO THAT HE CAN PREPARE FOR THE INTERRUPTION IN HIS FRONT YARD! WHAT A MEMORABLE WEEK THIS HAS BEEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD!!!!!
MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA WHO CONTINUES TODAY WITH HIS THOUGHT PROCESS LEADING TO DECISIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF AFGHANISTAN. IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE THOSE OUT IN THE YARD STANDING IN SUPPORT OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES YOU HAVE SIR. THESE PEOPLE NEED TO PICK UP A SHOVEL AND PLANT SOME SEEDS OF HOPE AND CHANGE FOR OUR COUNTRY. LAST I HEARD....WE ALL SHARE THE SAME PLOT OF GROUND!!!!! SOMEBODY PASS THE SHOVEL...IT'S TIME TO MOVE FORWARD!!!!!
THE AFOREMENTIONED STATEMENT IS FROM RECENT PRAISE THE PRESIDENT EXTENDED TO AN AUDIENCE AT THE NATIONAL COUNTER TERRORISM CENTER. THE PRESIDENT FACES ANOTHER WEEK OF DIVERSE CHALLENGES, REMINDING DOCTORS OF THE NEED FOR HEALTHCARE REFORM AND WALKING A FINE LINE WITH MILITARY DISCUSSIONS AIMED AT THE FUTURE STRATEGY IN AFGHANISTAN. TODAY HE THANKED MANY WHO WORK BEHIND THE SCENES TO DEFEAT THE THREAT OF EXTREMISTS WHO WOULD LOVE TO TARGET ANYONE WHO BELIEVES IN HUMANITARIAN JUSTICE AND EQUALITY. WHILE HE WAS BUSY THANKING TODAY, HE NEVER FAILS TO DELIVER HIS MESSAGE OF 'HOPE.' THESE ARE THE THINGS AMERICA STANDS FOR AND WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO RECOGNIZES THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT THOSE BELIEFS. OUR DEMOCRACY IS A PRECIOUS GIFT...ONE HE DOES NOT INTEND FOR US TO LOSE.
INTERNATIONAL PEACE IS A DIFFICULT DRAMA TO DEAL WITH UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. THESE CRITICS WHO SPEND THEIR TIME TRYING TO TELL THE PRESIDENT WHAT TO DO DURING TIME OF WAR WERE CERTAINLY SILENT WHEN THE CAMERAS FOCUSED IN ON OUR INVASION OF IRAQ. THIS PRESIDENT HAS INHERITED THE REMAINS OF THAT UNFORTUNATE PROGRAM. THIS WASN'T ENOUGH THOUGH BECAUSE HE ALSO INHERITED DUO DILEMMAS...THE ADDITION OF AFGHANISTAN.
THERE ARE NO EASY ANSWERS TO THIS CONFLICT. THE PRESIDENT IS TAKING THE TIME THAT HE NEEDS TO BALANCE WHAT IS REQUIRED IN FURTHER ACTION. THIS TAKES NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS WITH ALL MILITARY COMMANDERS AND THOSE CABINET MEMBERS WHO FACE DECISIVE RESPONSIBILITIES IN THIS ISSUE. ULTIMATELY, IT IS THE PRESIDENT'S FINAL DECISION THAT COUNTS AND THOSE ARE TOUGH SHOES TO WEAR. CRITICS SEEM TO FORGET THAT THERE IS AN EXTREME BURDEN ATTACHED TO BEING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. I DON'T ENVY THIS PRESIDENT'S CHALLENGE AND I HIGHLY RESPECT HIM FOR HIS DETERMINATION TO SEEK THE RIGHT ANSWERS.
WHAT AMAZES ME ABOUT THIS PRESIDENT IS HIS CONSTANT ABILITY TO RISE ABOVE THE RIDICULOUS IN TENSIONS CAUSED BY JUDGEMENTAL ARMCHAIR CRITICS WHO THINK MATCHING THEIR SOX IS THE MOST DIFFICULT CHALLENGE FOR THE DAY. THEY LOVE TO DICTATE AND CAUSE DISTRACTION FOR THE PRESIDENT. FOR THIS ONE HOWEVER, THOSE GAMES WON'T WORK. THIS PRESIDENT DOES CARRY THE 'AUDACITY OF HOPE' AND THERE IS NOONE WHO CAN ERASE HIS CONSISTENT MESSAGE.
THIS MORNING I HEARD MR. ARMCHAIR HIMSELF JOE SCARBOROUGH TELL HIS TELEVISION AUDIENCE THAT THIS PRESIDENT AND THIS ADMINISTRATION IS BASICALLY SELF-CONSUMED. I BELIEVE THE DESCRIPTIVE PHRASE HE USED WAS 'ENAMORED WITH THEMSELVES," IN DESCRIBING THE WORKINGS OF THE OBAMA WHITEHOUSE. AFTER I PICKED MYSELF UP OFF THE FLOOR I QUICKLY RECALLED THE FACT THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA IS THE FIRST TO REFER TO THE OVAL OFFICE LOCATION AS 'THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE.'
FROM 'DAY ONE' THIS PRESIDENT HAS MADE IT QUITE CLEAR THAT HE HAS BEEN HUMBLED BY THIS POSITION AND I BELIEVE HIS FAVORITE VERBAGE IS 'IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU.' UNLESS I'M MISSING SOMETHING, PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS INVITED AN ENTIRE COUNTRY TO BECOME INVOLVED IN BUILDING A BETTER FUTURE FOR OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. PERHAPS 'MORNING JOE' WAS NAPPING DURING THOSE REFERENCES. PERHAPS JOE YOU SHOULD ORDER A STRONGER A.M. DOSE FROM STARBUCKS!
WHILE THE PRESIDENT IS BUSY WORKING FOR ALL OF US AND MAKING DECISIONS WE ALONE ARE NOT QUALIFIED TO MAKE, THINGS ARE LOOKING UP IN HIGH TECH SECURITY SCANNING SYSTEMS FOR OUR NATION'S AIRPORTS. WHILE STILL IN THE EXPERIMENTAL STAGES, HIGH TECH. EVERYTHING WILL BE ABLE TO READ OUR 'BODY LANGUAGE' IN THE NEAR FUTURE. OF COURSE WE ALREADY HAVE CRITICS COMPLAINING ABOUT THAT POSSIBILITY. FIRST YOU WANT SECURITY AND THEN YOU COMPLAIN BECAUSE IT IS BECOMMING MORE SOPHISTICATED!!!! WAKE UP AMERICANS...WHO CARES WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO TO GIVE YOU A SECURE RIDE AT THE AIRPORT? YOU HAVE A CHOICE...FLAP YOUR ARMS 'TO FRISCO' OR SACRIFICE THOSE CONCEALED 'FAMILY GUY' BOXERS YOU'VE BEEN WANTING TO WEAR TO CLEVELAND!!!!!
MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS OUR FOREVER PATIENT PRESIDENT. FORTUNATELY, ASIDE FROM THE INHERITED DILEMMAS...THIS PRESIDENT CARRIES THE GIFT OF INTEGRITY AND CERTAINLY INTELLIGENCE. MAY GOD HELP HIM WITH THE DECISIONS HE MUST MAKE FOR OUR FUTURE! FIRED UP AND READY TO GO SIR!...:) GOD BLESS THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
TODAY PRESIDENT OBAMA MEETS WITH DOCTORS CONCERNING THE SUBJECT OF YOUR FUTURE HEALTH AND WELFARE...AKA...HEALTHCARE REFORM! THIS CONVEYER BELT OF CONCERN CONTINUES TO ROTATE DESPITE CONSTANT DRAWBACKS AT THE DRAWING BOARD. PLEASE BE ADVISED, THIS PRESIDENT DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THE WORDS 'I GIVE UP' IN HIS DICTIONARY. ACTUALLY, 'YES WE CAN' IS MORE APPROPRIATE! THIS IS WHERE HIS 'AUDACITY OF HOPE' RIDES. I AM EXTREMELY THANKFUL THAT HE OWNS THAT HORSE!
THIS WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY, IT'S BACK TO ANOTHER SEVERE AND SINCERE ROUNDTABLE OF DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THE TOPIC OF AFGHANISTAN. 'HOPE' FOR THE RIGHT DECISION RIDES HERE TOO. OVER THE WEEKEND, JOHN KING'S 'STATE OF THE UNION' INTERVIEW WITH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR (RETIRED) GEN. JIM JONES PRODUCED SOME DIFFERENT ANSWERS CONCERNING FUTURE PROSPECTS FOR AFGHANISTAN. JONES APPRECIATES THE PRESIDENT'S THOUGHT PROVOKING STANCE REGARDING ANY FINAL DECISIONS. JONES DOES NOT FEEL IMMEDIATE ACTION IS DIRE. WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE MILITARY BALLPARK OF VARIED ADVICE, YOU CAN'T BLAME THE PRESIDENT FOR HIS INTENT STUDY OF THIS SITUATION.
ALTHOUGH MUCH OF 'MAIN ST.' WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE PRESIDENT MAKE THIS DECISION AS QUICKLY AS THE TIME IT TAKES TO DRESS IN THE MORNING...HAVEN'T WE BEEN THERE BEFORE? YOU CAN TITLE THAT MOVE...'THE RUSH TO IRAQ.' WE DON'T CARE TO SEE A RASH REPEAT. THERE ARE LIVES AT STAKE HERE! REGRESSING TO THE PAST 8 YEARS OF DYSFUNCTIONAL POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE TO PLEASE A FLOCK OF LOW FLYING HAWKS IS NOT MY IDEA OF GOOD GOVERNMENT. TAKE AS LONG AS YOU NEED TO MR. PRESIDENT. IT'S YOUR DECISION SIR AND WE ARE THANKFUL THAT YOU HAVE DEEP RESPECT FOR ALL WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THIS RESPONSIBILITY.
TODAY, SUPREME COURT JUDGE SONIA SOTOMAYOR BEGINS HER 'BENCHING' AGENDA THAT INVOLVES ONE CASE THAT HAS DEFINITELY SPARKED MY INTEREST. 'OUTRAGE' MIGHT BE A BETTER WORD! OUT IN GOD'S COUNTRY, OF COURSE WHAT ISN'T...IN CALIFORNIA'S MOHAVE DESERT IS A PILE OF LONESOME ROCKS...I THINK GOD CREATED THOSE TOO. THERE IS A METAL CROSS THERE THAT WAS DEDICATED IN EFFIGY TO CIVIL WAR VETERANS IN 1934. IT'S LOCATED AT LEAST 160 MILES OR SO FROM CIVILIZATION...SOMETHING ELSE GOD MADE. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT THIS CROSS TO EXIST ANYMORE. THE EXCUSE IS THE FACT THAT IT RESTS ON PUBLIC LAND. THE CROSS IS FOR THE MOMENT COVERED IN BOARDS SO THAT NOONE 'IN GOD'S COUNTRY' HAS TO LOOK AT IT OR PERHAPS BE OFFENDED. ONE WONDERS HOW THE MOON AND CROWDS OF CACTUS HAVE MANAGED TO FILE SUCH A COMPLAINT!
SO NOW WE HAVE A THORN IN THE SIDE OF THE SUPREME COURT WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER THINGS ON THE DOCKET THAT NEED IMMEDATE ATTENTION. IF A SYMBOL OF GOD HAS SCRATCHED THE ITCH OF SUCH NATIONAL ATTENTION, INDEED WE ARE IN TROUBLE. PERHAPS THE NOT-SO CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS SHOULD HUSTLE TO THE U.S. MINT AND START RIPPING UP ALL OUR MONEY...BECAUSE GOD'S ON THERE TOO! WHEN YOU'RE FINISHED THERE...HUSTLE ON OVER TO ARLINGTON CEMETERY AND TAKE ALL THOSE CROSSES DOWN. YOU THE 'RIDICULOUS' SEEM TO FORGET WHO THE ORIGINAL 'COMMANDER AND CHIEF OF ORIGIN' IS HERE! PERHAPS HE SHOULD CONSIDER A REFUND AND EXCHANGE ON OUR INTELLIGENCE LEVEL AND BRAIN MATTER...HE MADE THAT TOO!
FUNNY THING ABOUT GOD...HE SEES ALL THESE OBSTINATE ACTIONS GOING ON AND STILL DELIVERS ON SECOND CHANCES. ACTUALLY, OUR FOREFATHERS FOUGHT FOR 'GOD AND COUNTRY!' IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT SOME HAVE FORGOTTEN ABOUT THOSE SACRIFICES. SOMEBODY THOUGHT THEY WERE IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO ERECT A CROSS CLEAR OUT IN THE MOHAVE DESERT BECAUSE SOME CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS FOUGHT AND DIED FOR THE SAME CAUSE.
I HAVE A FEELING THIS WON'T BE THE END OF THIS CASE...INDEED IT'S A 'LANDMARK'....NO PUNNNN INTENDED. HOWEVER, IF YOU'RE GOING TO TRY TO TAKE GOD AWAY FROM EFFIGY TO OUR SOLDIERS...GET OUT THE BIG SCISSORS AND CUT THOSE BLOOD-RED STRIPES OFF THE AMERICAN FLAG. THEY'VE TRIED TO TAKE GOD OUT OF SCHOOLS, OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND OF COURSE CHRISTMAS! PERHAPS TAKING GOD AWAY FROM THE DEAD IS AN EASIER TARGET FOR THIS KIND OF INSANITY. LET'S 'HOPE' GOD DOESN'T GET TIRED OF HIS EFFIGY TO HUMANKIND...IT'S CALLED 'EARTH'....OH THAT'S RIGHT...WE'RE TRYING TO MESS THAT ONE UP TOO!
MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AND AID HIM IN HIS DECISION MAKING PROCESS WITH HIS HIGHLY PACKED AGENDA. THIS IS WHERE WE SEE 'PATIENCE AT WORK' BECAUSE HE REALIZES WHAT IS INVOLVED IN RESPONSIBILITY. MAY GOD PLEASE BLESS JUDGE SOTOMAYOR AS SHE FACES HER DECISIONS IN THE AFOREMENTIONED CASE. COME TO THINK OF IT....I BELIEVE GOD MADE OUR PAST AND PRESENT LEADERS....WHERE WOULD WE BE WITHOUT ALL THEIR INPUT? PROBABLY...JUST A LONESOME PILE OF ROCKS IN THE MIDDLE OF GOD'S OCEANS BEARING......... NO SIGNATURE!
