Sue D. Smith

'MERRY 'CHRIST'MAS MR. PRESIDENT!.'......

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:37:29 EST

I DO BELIEVE SANTA JUST LEFT YOU SOMETHING WONDERFUL FROM 'HCR' LAND UNDER THE TREE! WHAT AN AWESOME GIFT AFTER ALL OF THIS STRUGGLE. ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT OVER, IT IS CERTAINLY AN ENCOURAGING BEGINNING!

GET ON THAT PLANE MR. PRESIDENT. MAY YOU AND OUR AWESOME FIRST FAMILY HAVE A BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS IN HAWAII!!!!!!!!...ALOHA! WITH JINGLE BELLS!!!!

PLEASE DON'T FORGET PHOTOS OF 'BO' DOING THE HULA!

MERRY 'CHRIST'MAS EVERYONE....FOLLOW THAT STAR!

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:32:06 EST

THIS IS THE TIME WHEN THE WORLD GATHERS TO REMEMBER THE MOST IMPORTANT BIRTHDAY IN HISTORY. THIS IS INDEED THE TIME TO COME TOGETHER AS BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND TO BE THANKFUL FOR THE BLESSINGS THAT WE ALL HAVE.

MAY THE PRESIDENT AND OUR AWESOME FIRST FAMILY ENJOY THE BEAUTY OF THIS TIME. MAY WE ALL REMEMBER THAT THIS IS A TIME FOR PEACE AND GENTLENESS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. THIS IS THE TIME TO REACH OUT TO STRANGERS AND LEAVE THEM WITH A PIECE OF YOUR HEART.

MERRY 'CHRIST'MAS EVERYONE....INDEED IT ALL BEGAN IN ...BETHLEHEM! MAY GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU! MAY GOD BLESS THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

THE 'SPIRIT OF GIVING' BEGINS WITH HEALTHCARE!!!!

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:48:57 EST

EARLY THIS MORNING THE SENATE GATHERED FOR ANOTHER 'TEST VOTE' ON HEALTHCARE REFORM. IT'S UNUSUAL TO FIND THEM THERE AT THIS HOUR. HOWEVER, THEY ARE PUSHING STEADILY FORWARD TOWARD THAT CHRISTMAS GIFT THAT JUST MAY MEET WITH A VOTE ON CHRISTMAS EVE. WHAT A SPIRITUAL SYMBOL OF GIVING THIS WOULD BE FOR ALL AMERICANS, MARKING THE END OF A STRUGGLE THAT HAS GONE ON FOR DECADES. IT IS TIME TO PUT AN END TO THE WAR ZONE OF OBSTRUCTION INITIATED BY THE OPPOSITION. TRULY, THIS IS THE TIME TO KICK THE LOBBYISTS, THE SELF-CONSUMED AND THE GREEDY OFF THE BUS!

PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS COURAGEOUSLY FOUGHT THIS BATTLE TO BRING HEALTHCARE REFORM TO ALL OF US. THIS BROKEN SYSTEM IS IN DIRE NEED OF ITS OWN CHECK-UP. OVERSIGHT AND WASTE REDUCTION WILL CREATE A TRANSPARENCY IN THE SYSTEM THAT WILL CERTAINLY SAVE LIVES IN THE END. THIS CONSTANT MASQUERADE UTILIZED BY INSURANCE COMPANIES TO PRIORITIZE PROFITS OVER PEOPLE HAS FINALLY HIT THE SUNLIGHT. THE EXPOSURE ISN'T PRETTY.

IN BETWEEN ALL THE PUBLIC TOWN HALLS AND HEALTHCARE RALLIES GENERATED THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, THE OPPOSITION HAS TRIED TO UNDERMINE HEALTHCARE REFORM AND THE PRESIDENT AS WELL WITH ALL POSSIBLE PETTINESS. THE 'GOOD NEWS' IS...IT'S NOT WORKING BECAUSE THE HUMANITARIAN ISSUES WILL SURELY OVERRIDE WITH JUSTICE HERE.

YESTERDAY, I SPENT ALOT OF TIME WITH THE PEOPLE YOU WILL MOSTLY FIND IN DESPERATE NEED IN OUR EMERGENCY ROOMS. EVEN THOUGH WE SERVED A NOURISHING LUNCH TO THE HOMELESS, MANY OF THEM WERE NOT ABLE TO CLEAN THEIR PLATES BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO TEETH TO FINISH THE JOB. ONE MAN CRIED BECAUSE HE KNEW GOD WAS WATCHING OVER HIM EVEN AT THE WORST TIME IN HIS LIFE. TEARS WERE EASY ON THIS DAY. THEY ARE WEAK. THEY ARE MALNOURISHED. YET, THERE IS SO MUCH WE CAN LEARN FROM THEM. THEIR SPIRITS ARE STILL VERY MUCH ALIVE. SOMEHOW THEIR SKELETAL REMAINS GATHER DAILY STRENGTH TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT BRIDGE OR SHELTER. THERE IS MUCH TO BE LEARNED FROM THESE STREET ANGELS WHO WANDER AND NEVER ASK FOR ANYTHING. THEY ALWAYS SMILE AND NEVER FORGET TO SAY 'THANK YOU.' THESE ARE THE CHILDREN GOD HAS GIVEN US TO GATHER AND COMFORT.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HEALTHCARE DURING THIS CHRISTMAS WEEK....THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE MUST GET THIS BILL PASSED AS A BEGINNING. IT WILL TAKE TIME TO PERFECT ALL THAT IS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE DONE IN OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. JUST LIKE THE ECONOMY, 'ONE DAY AT A TIME' COUNTS HERE. THE UPHILL CLIMB IS NEVER EASY. OF COURSE, NOTHING WORTHWHILE EVER IS. BUT AFTER NEARLY 70 YEARS OF FAILED ARGUMENTS, THIS IS OUR HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY TO BRING HEALTHCARE REFORM TO A FINAL REALITY.

THINK ABOUT THOSE WHO DIE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T RECEIVE THE HEALTHCARE THEY NEEDED. THINK ABOUT THE UNECESSARY LOSS OF SO MANY LIVES. THINK ABOUT THE FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST THEIR HOMES BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T PAY THEIR MEDICAL BILLS. WE FED SOME OF THEM YESTERDAY.

THINK ABOUT CHRISTMAS AND THE ONE WHO WAS ALSO OUT IN THE COLD. WE HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THIS PLANET TO MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL. OUR FLAG DOESN'T STAND FOR BANK ACCOUNTS AND THE BEST OF EVERYTHING WE COULD PARK IN OUR GARAGE! IT STANDS FOR PEOPLE,SACRIFICE AND ALL OF THE HEARTS AND SOULS WHO STAND FOR EQUALITY AND HUMANITARIAN JUSTICE. HEALTHCARE REFORM IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE AS A 'RIGHT' AND NOT A PRIVILEGE. THIS...IS THE REAL MEANING OF.... CHRISTMAS!

A CHRISTMAS...OFA GREETING!...FROM THE HEART!

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:00:18 EST

I HOPE EVERYONE CLICKS INTO THAT SPECIAL OFA CHRISTMAS VIDEO....WHAT A BEAUTIFUL AND HEART WARMING SALUTATION! ALL OF YOU WORKED HARD WITH AWESOME 'HEART' ON THAT ONE!

WELCOME HOME TOO MR. PRESIDENT...I SEE HE WALKED OFF THE PLANE INTO A BLIZZARD OF BLOWING FLAKES! THE ANGELS ARE DROPPING COCONUT HERE TOO! SNOW IS SUCH A 'PEACEFUL' MIRACLE!

PLEASE NOTE: PRESIDENT OBAMA AND TEAM DID NOT COME HOME FROM COPENHAGEN EMPTY HANDED. THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PRESIDENT WHEN HE WALKS INTO A ROOM FILLED WITH DISCONTENT. ALL OF A SUDDEN THINGS BEGIN TO HAPPEN AND STRANGERS BEGIN TO TALK TO EACH OTHER. THE FACT THAT THE PRESIDENT WENT TO COPENHAGEN IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING ELSE. HIS EFFORTS ARE ALWAYS WELL REMEMBERED. THIS IS WHERE THAT 'NOBEL PEACE PRIZE' MAKES AN ENTRANCE AND ALL BEGIN TO SHAKE HANDS.

THE PRESIDENT IS HOME SAFE AND SOUND....I'M ALWAYS HAPPY WHEN HIS FEET TOUCH AMERICAN GROUND! HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND 'OFA' AND FRIENDS. SOON WE WILL BE CELEBRATING THE MOST IMPORTANT BIRTHDAY MANKIND HAS EVER WITNESSED! THANKS FOR A SUPER VIDEO...MERRY 'CHRIST'MAS!!!!!!!!!! AND MANY BLESSINGS BACK AT YOU!

"I COME HERE NOT TO TALK, BUT TO ACT," HE SAYS....THE PRESIDENT MEETS ON CLIMATE CHANGE!

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:50:46 EST

THE REPORTED ACTIONS AT THE CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT IN COPENHAGEN WERE LOOKING PRETTY GRIM THIS WEEK...THAT IS...UNTIL 'MR. PERSEVERANCE' FROM AMERICA WALKED IN THE ROOM. SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON IS ALSO THERE REMINDING ALL ATTENDEES, A REPORTED 200 INTERNATIONAL DELEGATION THAT "WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME." PRESIDENT OBAMA IS DOING WHAT HE DOES BEST...CURRENTLY THE MASS AGENDA HAS BEEN DIVIDED INTO DISCUSSION TEAMS. THIS PRESIDENT KNOWS HOW TO INITIATE INVOLVEMENT IN A ROOM FILLED WITH DEADLOCKED BEHAVIOR!

DEMOCRATIC REP. ED MARKEY (MASSACHUSETTS) SPOKE TO CNN THIS MORNING FROM COPENHAGEN. THIS CONGRESSMAN WAS ALL SMILES AS HE REITERATED A 'SO TRUE' STATEMENT THAT HE IS VERY MUCH STANDING ON AT THIS HOUR. "THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WON ON THE MESSAGE OF 'HOPE'....I'M OPTIMISTIC," HE SAID WITH A GRIN FROM EAR TO EAR. THIS WAS MY 'GOOSEBUMP' MOMENT...A TIME WHEN EXPRESSED 'UNITY' IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS PRESIDENT IS LOOKING FOR. ISN'T OPTIMISM WONDERFUL???????

DESPITE ALL THE REPORTED AND APPARENT DISCONTENT AT THIS SUMMIT DURING THE WEEK, MR. 'STUBBORN' FROM WASHINGTON WASN'T ABOUT TO LET IT AFFECT HIS DETERMINATION TO BRING ABOUT A CLIMATE CHANGE AGREEMENT. NO DOUBT, THE WORLD IS FOLLOWING THESE EVENTS AS THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA ARE THE FOCUS IN THESE TALKS. THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH IN COPENHAGEN REITERATED ALL OF THE 'EARTHLY ABRASIVES' WE CANNOT IGNORE. DURING HIS SPEECH, THE PRESIDENT WAS QUICK TO REMIND ALL THAT THIS CLIMATE CHANGE REBUTTAL HAS GONE ON FOR DECADES. SOMEBODY NEEDS TO START LISTENING...AND THIS PRESIDENT IS DETERMINED TO TAKE ACTION.

IT IS DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE THAT ANYONE CAN DENY THE CAUSAL EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. HOWEVER, THOSE WITH OTHER SELF-INTERESTS, SOME TIED TO POLITICS,SOME TIED TO GREED CONTINUE TO HASSLE OVER THE AUTHENTICITY OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE FAIRLY APPARENT TO THE NAKED EYE. THIS IS WHERE 'IGNORANCE' FINDS A DOMAIN. UNFORTUNATELY, FOR PLANET EARTH...THIS IS DANGEROUS.

FOR THE COMMON MAN...ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOK AROUND YOU. PAYING ATTENTION MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL HERE. OUR FORESTS HAVE BEEN ROBBED OF AIR QUALITY. 'MR. TREE' ALSO HAS TO BATTLE WITH 'ACID RAIN.' FOR THOSE WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS CONCEPT...YOU CAN COMPARE IT TO DRINKING A CAN OF 'DRANO' FOR BREAKFAST. RAIN IS THE MOST IMPORTANT GIFT SENT TO US FROM THE ';MOST IMPORTANT ONE' UPSTAIRS. IT STARTED OUT TO BE A PRETTY GOOD WASH UNTIL MAN STEPPED IN WITH CHEMICALS AND OTHER DASTARDLY DEEDS. HAVE YOU LOOKED AT YOUR TREES LATELY? THE LEAVES AREN'T LASTING AS LONG. YOU WOULDN'T EITHER IF YOU WERE GASPING FOR AIR AND HAD A POLLUTED SIEVE FOR A BACK-UP SYSTEM!

LET'S TAKE A NOT SO HAPPY SKIP OVER TO THE RESULTS OF EROSION. JUST THIS WEEK, SEVERAL TENANTS IN A CALIFORNIA APARTMENT COMPLEX HAD TO EVACUATE BECAUSE THEIR FRONT YARD HI---- TAILED IT TO THE OCEAN WITHOUT NOTICE! OUR SOIL CAN ONLY STRETCH SO FAR UNDER CONSTRUCTION. SOONER OR LATER, THE EARTH GETS MAD AND TIRED...WELCOME SINK HOLES! NOW THERE'S A WAY TO STOP TRAFFIC!

JUST THIS WEEK, WE HAVE SEEN A PREVIEW OF AN UNDERWATER VOLCANO NEAR SAMOA. I ALWAYS ATTRIBUTE EARTHLY VOLCANOES TO PLANETARY 'BELCHING.' IT IS SAFE TO SAY THAT THE EARTH IS SUFFERING FROM ACID INDIGESTION. YOU WOULD TOO IF SOMEONE PARKED SEVERAL MANUFACTURING TOWERS OF BILLOWING UNSAFE CONTENTS IN YOUR INTESTINES! FOR YEARS I HAVE FOUGHT AGAINST THE 'PERILS IN THE AIR' THE INHUMANE RESULTS OF CHEMICAL SPRAYS...SO YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT A DUMMY HERE! I HAVE SEEN THE RESULTS OF THESE THINGS, SLOWLY BUT SURELY DECAYING THE SKELETAL FRAMES OF OUR CHILDREN AND THE GRID THAT HOLDS OUR PLANET TOGETHER.

WHILE YOU ARE BUSY DENYING EVERYTHING (AT YOU'RE OWN RISK I MIGHT ADD!) TAKE A GOOD LONG LOOK AT OUR MELTING ICECAPS...PLACE A CALL TO AN ENDANGERED SPECIES KNOW AS THE POLAR BEAR AND MAYBE YOU'LL FIND SOME MORE ANSWERS. EACH AND EVERY YEAR OUR CHILDREN HAVE DEVELOPED INCREASED CASES OF ASTHMA. WHEEZING AND SKIN RASHES ARE A PROBLEM...NO..IT'S NOT YOUR CAT!

THROUGHOUT ALL OF THESE POLLUTING CHANGES, OUR WORLD SUFFERS FROM THE EVER PRESENT MARCH OF FUEL BURNING VEHICLES AND YES THIS BELOVED PLANET ACHES AT THE CORE BECAUSE IT IS INFESTED WITH GREENHOUSE GASES. IT IS OUR DUTY TO CONTROL THESE THINGS FOR THE BENEFIT OF GENERATIONS TO COME. OTHERWISE YOU ARE LEAVING THEM WITH ONE ENORMOUS GAS MASK TO LOOK FORWARD TO. YOU WILL LEAVE THEM WITH BARE LAND, NO FOOD, NO WATER...........A CALLING CARD TO CATASTROPHE!

I WILL SAY IT AGAIN...THIS EARTH IS A GIFT...IT IS OUR GOD GIVEN RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE CARE OF IT. LIKE ANYTHING ELSE...IT CAN BE TAKEN AWAY IF YOU DON'T. GREENHOUSE GASES AND ALL THESE POLLUTANTS HAVE OVERSTAYED THEIR WELCOME. THE PRESIDENT IS IN COPENHAGEN THIS WEEK TO PULL THE RUG OUT FROM UNDER THINGS THAT HARM US THE MOST! PAY ATTENTION...THERE IS A WORLD CLASS IN SESSION.......................LET'S DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!

MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AND HIS EFFORTS TO BRING MUCH NEEDED 'CHANGE' TO THIS WORLD. 'FRESH AIR' IS BECOMMING AN ENDANGERED SPECIES FOLKS! AS SOS CLINTON SAYS....................."WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME!"

LET'S GET HCR ON THE TABLE....IT'S A BEGINNING....

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:35:09 EST

FOR THE PAST 70 YEARS, THE SUBJECT OF HEALTHCARE REFORM HAS LANDED WITH A 'THUD'...SPAGHETTI ON A FENCE!!!!!! THERE IS ALOT AT STAKE HERE FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND CERTAINLY OUR NATIONAL PIGGYBANK CANNOT STAND ANOTHER KICK IN THE COIN SLOT! THE PRESIDENT HAS FOUGHT LONG AND HARD FOR THIS BILL ALONG WITH MANY OTHERS, ALL TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION. THIS BILL WILL NOT BE PERFECT, BUT, WE NEED TO START SOMEWHERE. LET'S GET IT OUT OF THE GATE AND WORK ON IT 'ONE DAY AT A TIME.' OTHERWISE...WE WILL HAVE NOTHING.

I DISAGREE WITH HOWARD DEAN BECAUSE WE CAN'T TRASH WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ACCOMPLISHED . THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IS SO UNBALANCED AND SUCH A QUAGMIRE THAT IT WILL TAKE TIME TO BALANCE THE SCALES OF JUSTICE. THIS IS THE TIME TO AT LEAST DEVELOP A CORE TO WORK WITH. THIS IS ALSO THE TIME TO REMEMBER THAT OUR COUNTRY WASN'T BUILT IN A DAY!

PLEASE RECALL A BLESSED GIFT SIMPLY IDENTIFIED AS 'A TREE'. IT TAKES TIME TO NURTURE AND GROW. ONCE THE ROOTS ARE PLANTED AND THE SEEDLINGS HAVE SPROUTED, IT CAN BE FERTILIZED UNTIL IT BECOMES STRONG, STRAIGHT AND HEALTHY. THIS IS WHAT WE ARE FACING WITH HEALTHCARE REFORM....THE TIME IT TAKES TO ADD THE BRANCHES.

THIS STRUGGLE HAS BEEN BENEFICIAL IN MANY WAYS BECAUSE IT HAS TRULY IDENTIFIED THE ENEMY...GREED. WE KNOW WHAT WE ARE FIGHTING HERE. IF WE DON'T GET SOMETHING ON THE TABLE, THE INSURANCE COMPANIES WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF 'INACTION.' THEY WILL QUICKLY RAISE PREMIUMS TO THE MAX AND WE WILL HAVE LARGER PROBLEMS THAN WHAT WE STARTED WITH. EMPLOYERS WILL ALSO QUICKLY DUMP THE COVERAGE FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES. THIS HAS ALREADY HAPPENED IN MANY BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

THE PRESIDENT'S AWESOME MARCH FORWARD TO PROVIDE HCR FOR ALL AMERICANS HAS BECOME A 'WAKE-UP CALL' FOR INSURANCE COMPANY CEOS AND LOBBYISTS. THEY ARE ALL HOPING THIS BILL IS COMPLETELY TRASHED SO THEY CAN TWIST THE FINANCIAL KNIFE A LITTLE TIGHTER IN ITS ABSENCE. THIS GIVES THE LIEBERMANS OF THIS WORLD ANOTHER EXPENSIVE OPPORTUNITY. I BELIEVE 'JOE' RANKS SECOND IN THE SENATE IN LEADING THE WAY FOR INSURANCE COMPANIES. IN HIS STATE, 22% OF THE EMPLOYED ARE IN THE HEALTHCARE BUSINESS. HMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!

IT IS CERTAINLY UNFAIR AT THIS TIME TO CRITICIZE OUR PRESIDENT WHO HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY...ALONG WITH HIS ADMINISTRATION TO BRING HEALTHCARE REFORM TO AMERICA. IN FACT, I WILL NEVER STAND FOR THAT CRITICISM BECAUSE IT IS MISPLACED. THE CRITICISM BELONGS IN THE GREED RIDDEN LAPS OF THOSE WHO PRIORITIZE PROFIT OVER PEOPLE. THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT ALL THE UNFORTUNATE STORIES WE HAVE HEARD FROM THOSE SUFFERING WITHOUT COVERAGE SINCE THIS HCR BATTLE FIRST BEGAN. WHEN YOUR MORAL LONGEVITY HAS DECLINED BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE SOX YOU WEAR...IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY!

SO WHILE THESE PEOPLE REMAIN IN THEIR OWN DARKNESS...LET'S GET A BILL PASSED. LET'S CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD WITH IMPROVEMENTS. AS WE DISCOVER NEW THINGS...WE CAN ADD NEW THINGS. THERE ARE MANY LESSONS TO BE LEARNED IN THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY. WHAT WE HAVE SEEN SO FAR HAS CERTAINLY NOT BEEN IMPRESSIVE. AS WE CONTINUE TO TURN OVER THE ROCKS, WE WILL WITNESS FURTHER DISAPPOINTMENT. IN A SYSTEM THAT IS SUPPOSED TO CATER TO THE NEEDS OF HUMANKIND....WE CONTINUALLY UNCOVER THE LOOPHOLES THEY HAVE TAKEN.

PRESIDENT OBAMA IS AN AWESOME EXAMPLE OF COMPASSION AND SELF-SACRIFICE. HE HAS NOT 'DROPPED THE BALL' UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. ACTUALLY, WHAT THIS PRESIDENT HAS DONE HAS 'OPENED AN ENORMOUS CAN OF WORMS!' IF YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT YOU SEE...STAND WITH HIM AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!!!!!

MR. 'PERSEVERANCE' LAUNCHES ANOTHER HCR PEP RALLY!!!!

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:15:53 EST

INDEED THE PRESIDENT HAS ALREADY SUBMITTED HIS ORDER FOR CHRISTMAS. 'HEALTHCARE REFORM' IS WHAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE 'WRAPPED UP AND READY TO GO' BY THE TIME SANTA TACKLES THAT FIRST COOKIE PLATE! TODAY HE MEETS WITH ALL DEMOCRATS TO AGAIN PUSH FOR A HEALTHCARE FINISH! THIS HEALTHCARE BATTLE HAS BECOME AN 'EXTREME TAFFY PULL' BUT DON'T EXPECT THE PRESIDENT TO RELINQUISH HIS END IN THIS TUG OF WAR. HE'S JUST BEGUN....IT'S A 'TUG ON PRINCIPLES' HERE.....HEALTHCARE IS A RIGHT AND NOT A PRIVILEGE. I BELIEVE SANTA WILL SHOW UP ON THIS ONE!

CONSIDERING THE STATUS OF OUR MORAL MENTALITY, I BELIEVE WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THE HIGHER UPS ON THE FOOD CHAIN. THIS IS A GRATUITOUS POSITION THAT ALSO CONTAINS PACKAGED 'RESPONSIBILITY' FOR OTHERS IN THIS WORLD. THE PUSH FOR HEALTHCARE REFORM HAS BECOME AS DIFFICULT AS AN EXTRACTION IN THE DENTIST'S OFFICE. SADDLED WITH MORE THAN A PLATEFULLLLLLLLLL ....THIS PRESIDENT HAS HAD TO CHAPERONE THIS HCR QUEST 'ONE DAY AT A TIME.' THIS DOES NOT SPEAK WELL FOR OUR DEMOCRATIC STANCE AS AMERICANS. THROUGHOUT THIS BATTLE , THE PRESIDENT HAS HAD TO REMIND OTHERS TO CEASE PLACING PROFITS BEFORE PEOPLE....'BEAN COUNTING' AS HE CALLS IT.

CLEARLY WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO PLACES 'WE THE PEOPLE' AT THE TOP OF HIS AGENDA. HIS PRIORITIES ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE. IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THE REST OF US CAN'T FOLLOW ALONG WITH THE SAME HUMANITARIAN ATTITUDE. SOMEBODY PASS THE WRENCH...BECAUSE WE STILL NEED SOME PRIORITY ADJUSTMENTS HERE.

I WILL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF THE SAD REALITIES CURRENTLY EXISTING IN OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. I AM DEEPLY DEVOTED TO THE CAUSE OF THE HOMELESS. THIS IS WHERE MY TRUE PASSION LIES. YESTERDAY I WENT TO A MISSION TO DROP OFF SOME WINTER HATS. HANGING OUT AT THE FRONT DOOR WERE SEVERAL HOMELESS MEN, UNKEMPT AND LEANING AGAINST A WALL IN OBVIOUS DEPRESSION. TWO OF THEM STOOD OUT FOR ME AS IT WAS QUITE OBVIOUS THAT THEY WERE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED. ARE THEY GETTING THE CARE THEY NEED? OF COURSE NOT...INSTEAD THEY WANDER THE STREETS TOTALLY UNAWARE OF WHERE THEY ARE OR HOW THEY GOT THERE.

THESE ARE MANY OF OUR HOMELESS PEOPLE. THEY ARE TOTALLY UNAWARE OF THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES AND MANY OF THEIR EPITAPHS ARE LEFT BEHIND ALONE AND IN A NEARBY ALLEY. YEARS AGO, WE HAD A WELL KNOWN MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTION 'CLOSE ITS DOORS.' THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THEIR BALANCE OF HOUSED PATIENTS...SO THEY GAVE THEM EACH A BUS TICKET TO ANY PLACE THEY CALLED HOME. ALL THEY DID WITH THIS PROBLEM IS RELOCATE IT! I HOPE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS ACTION ARE BEING VISITED AT NIGHT BY EBENEZER SCROOGE'S DEMONS!

I SIT HERE AND I WONDER WHY THESE THINGS MUST HAPPEN TO OUR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS. WE ARE SILENT AND HIDDEN ABOUT THESE THINGS IN OUR SYSTEM. IN OTHER COUNTRIES THEY JUST TAKE THEM OUT AND SHOOT THEM. THEN I WONDER WHY A WONDERFUL PRESIDENT SUCH AS THE ONE WE HAVE HAS TO CONSTANTLY CALL FOR HEALTHCARE RELIEF IN THIS COUNTRY. THIS COUNTRY, DESPITE ITS CURRENT ECONOMIC WOES...STILL HAS IT ALL. WE HAVE NUMEROUS BLESSINGS...WE NEED TO USE OUR FREEDOM WELL AND WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE THOSE IN THIS COUNTRY WHO NEED OUR HELP!

YESTERDAY, AGAIN OUR CONCERNED PRESIDENT HAD TO CALL OUT TO THE BIG BROTHERS IN THE BANKS AND REMIND THEM OF WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN THIS COUNTRY. OF COURSE YOU CAN'T BUILD AN ECONOMY WITHOUT LOANS TO SMALL BUSINESSES...SUCCESSFUL SMALL BUSINESSES CREATE JOBS! THE SAME GOES FOR HOMES...NOTE: SEVERAL AMERICANS WHO COULDN'T PAY THEIR MEDICAL BILLS...THEY HAVE NOW TRADED THEIR BACKYARDS, FOR THE IN-LAWS OR SHELTERS OR RVS IN COLD WEATHER!

I THANK GOD EVERY DAY FOR THIS PRESIDENT BECAUSE THIS IS ONE MAN WHO IS NOT IGNORANT OF GOD'S LAW. HE REACHES OUT, REGARDLESS OF THE OBSTACLES AND ATTITUDES IN AN EFFORT TO PLACE HUMAN BEINGS WHERE THEY BELONG. HE DOESN'T STOP IN HIS OWN SANDBOX, HE GOES TO OTHERS AS WELL BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT THE ENTIRE WORLD NEEDS 'COMPASSION!' GOOD LUCK TODAY MR. PRESIDENT...AT LEAST I KNOW THERE IS ONE IN THE ROOM WHO VALUES THE DIGNITY OF EACH AND EVERY HUMAN BEING! MAY GOD BLESS THE PRESIDENT AND THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA...WE NEED IT!

AN 'O' SO REVEALING SUNDAY NIGHT SPENT WITH....THE PRESIDENT!

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:55:11 EST

SUNDAY NIGHT WAS INDEED A SPECIAL EVENING RESERVED FOR US 'O' SEEKERS WHO WITNESSED SEVERAL MOMENTS WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA, BEGINNING WITH CBS AND A 60 MINUTES INTERVIEW WITH STEVE KROFT. NO FLY SWATTERS NEEDED HERE. THE PRESIDENT WAS QUICK ON THE DRAW WITH ANSWERS REGARDING THE WAR STRATEGY IN AFGHANISTAN PLUS A FIRM DISTASTE FOR GREEDY MANEUVERS IN THE BANKING BUSINESS.

ALTHOUGH KROFT MAY HAVE THOUGHT HE WAS WELL AHEAD WITH THE QUESTIONS, PRESIDENT OBAMA'S PERSEVERING PUSH PLACED HIM IN THE WELL DESERVED LEAD WITH HIS ANSWERS. THIS INTERVIEW CLEARLY DISPLAYED THE FIRM STANCE THIS PRESIDENT HAS TAKEN IN FUTURE STRATEGY AIMED AT THE AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT. ALTHOUGH KROFT PRODDED WITH PUNDIT QUOTES TARGETING THE PRESIDENT'S PLANS FOR INTIAL TROOP WITHDRAWAL IN JULY 2011, THE PRESIDENT ASSURED HIM THAT MOST OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD THE STRATEGY.

THE PRESIDENT WAS ALSO QUICK TO NOTE THAT JUST LIKE 'OIL AND WATER' BANKERS AND BONUSES DON'T MIX. NO DOUBT THIS CONVERSATION WILL CONTINUE TODAY WHEN THE PRESIDENT MEETS WITH THE TOP CEO CONGLOMERATES WHO MANAGE THESE WALLETS. THIS IS WHERE I WOULD SINCERELY LIKE TO BE A FLY ON THE WALL. SOMEBODY PASS THE HELMETS AND KNEE-PADS!

OF COURSE KROFT HAD TO STICK HIS NECK OUT OVER THE CLIFF AND ASK THE PRESIDENT ABOUT THE INVASIVE COUPLE WHO WAS NOT INVITED TO THE STATE DINNER! THE PRESIDENT DID NOT...I REPEAT 'NOT' HESITATE TO REMIND KROFT OF 'MORE IMPORTANT' ISSUES TO BE RAISED. UNFORTUNATELY, THE MEDIA TOOK OFF WITH THIS ONE IN A REPETITIVE STANCE THAT EQUALLED THE 'BALLOON BOY' SAGA! WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN TO REPORT THE 'REAL NEWS??????'

CLEARLY, KROFT LEFT SOMEWHAT WOUNDED ON THIS ONE, REALIZING HE BIT OFF A LITTLE MORE THAN HE COULD CHEW. HE FACED A PRESIDENT WHO IS NOT GOING TO BACK DOWN ON ANY AFOREMENTIONED STANCE, NOR IS HE GOING TO ALLOW 'POMP AND PUNDIT CIRCUMSTANCE' TO INVADE WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR OUR COUNTRY! GOOD SHOW MR. PRESIDENT!

OF COURSE THE SUNDAY NIGHT MAGIC LED US TO THE 'O' GATHERING WITH OPRAH AT THE WHITHOUSE. OUR BEAUTIFUL FIRST LADY CAPTIVATED THE CURIOUS WITH A TOUR OF CHRISTMAS MAJESTY INSIDE THOSE MARBLE WALLS. THIS OF COURSE WAS 'BO'S' QUE TO BE AT HIS BEST FOR THE CAMERAS. I HOPE THE NATIONAL KENNEL CLUB WAS WATCHING THIS ONE. TRULY 'BO' IS MORE OBEDIENT THAN HIS NEIGHBORING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, ALTHOUGH I DOUBT ANY HUMANS WILL TAKE THE HINT HERE.

THE OBAMAS WERE INTERVIEWED TOGETHER AND A BEAUTIFUL COUPLE THEY ARE. THERE IS ONE PHRASE I WILL REITERATE FROM THE PRESIDENT THAT REALLY STOOD OUT FOR ME HERE....THAT BEING HIS "60 SECOND COMMUTE" TO BE WITH HIS FAMILY WHEN HIS LONG DAY IS DONE. IN BETWEEN THE MOST AWESOME CHRISTMAS DECOR, THE DROOLING TEMPTATION PRESENTED BY THE WHITEHOUSE GINGERBREAD HOUSE....AND ALL THAT GLITTERS....YOUR CAN SEE WHAT TRULY MATTERS HERE! THIS IS THE PRESIDENT'S HAVEN OF REST FROM ALL THE UPHEAVAL ATTACHED TO HIS AGENDA OF RESPONSIBILITY. THIS IS WHERE HE GOES TO FIND HIMSELF AGAIN BEFORE HE TAKES ANOTHER "60 SECOND COMMUTE" TO THE REALITIES OF A NEW DAY.

HERE IS WHERE YOU SEE THAT THE GATHERING OF OUR FIRST FAMILY IS A GATHERING OF HUMANS JUST LIKE YOU AND I. AND ALTHOUGH THE PRESIDENT WAS QUICK TO NOTE THAT THEY ARE JUST TENANTS IN THIS GRANDIOSE RECOLLECTION OF OUR NATION'S HISTORY....THOSE COVETED WALLS INDEED DISPLAYED THE GENTLENESS AND THE WARMTH OF AN OBAMA CHRISTMAS. THERE IS AN OPEN INVITATION HERE TO SHARE IN WHAT THEY HAVE. INDEED THIS IS THEIR FIRST AND VERY BLESSED CHRISTMAS IN THE WHITEHOUSE. I SEEM TO RECALL THE VERY FIRST 'WORLD' CHRISTMAS...WHERE NOTHING ELSE MATTERED...BUT FAMILY....AND THE GIFT OF TOGETHERNESS!

THE PRESIDENT'S CALL FOR 'BIPARTISAN' INPUT!

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:18:54 EST

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT THIS WEEK, THE PRESIDENT REMINDED ALL OF THE IMPORTANCE OF 'BIPARTISAN' LEADERSHIP BEFORE HE LEFT FOR OSLO,NORWAY. 'BIPARTISANSHIP' HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE BACKBONE OF HIS BELIEFS FROM THE 'THEN SENATOR'S' CAMPAIGN PROMISES TO THE CHAIR IN THE OVAL OFFICE HE SITS IN TODAY. INDEED, CHRISTMAS AND THE 'SEASON OF GIVING' IS A GOOD TIME TO REMIND EVERYONE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF 'UNITY IN FOCUS.' IT'S A TIME TO REMEMBER WHERE WE CAME FROM. ESSENTIALLY, WE WERE ALL BIRTHED FROM THE SAME TREE....PARTIES DON'T MATTER HERE....THE FACT THAT WE ARE HUMAN...DOES!

WHEN WE WERE BORN, WE WERE NOT STAMPED WITH SUCH TITLES AS 'REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT' ON OUR BEHINDS. WHEN WE PERFORM OUR DAILY TASKS WE ARE NOT SEPARATED INTO 'REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRATIC' CHURCHES, GROCERY STORES, CITIES,TOWNSHIPS OR RURAL COMMUNITIES.

IF YOU TAKE A GOOD AND CLOSE LOOK AT OUR 'AMERICAN' FLAG....IT IS NOT SEPARATED INTO 'REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRATIC' STARS AND STRIPES. EVERYONE HAD A PIECE OF THIS PIE IN OUR HISTORY. EVEN IN WAR WE DON'T ASK OUR COMRADES TO SHARE A 'REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRATIC' FOXHOLE. PLEASE TAKE NOTE...THERE ARE NO 'REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRATIC' MARKINGS IN STONE AT ARLINGTON CEMETERY.

THE STATUE OF LIBERTY DOES NOT STAND IN NEW YORK'S HARBOR HOLDING UP A 'REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRATIC' CAMPAIGN SIGN. ALL ARE WELCOME HERE. WE DO NOT HAVE 'REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT' STAMPED ON OUR PASSPORTS. EVEN ON MT. RUSHMORE, THE BOYS ARE IN UNISON AND NOT SCREAMING FOR 'REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRATIC' RELIEF.

EQUALLY SO...THOSE WHO ARE IN DIRE NEED IN THIS COUNTRY ARE NOT LABELLED LIKE A CAN OF SOUP. THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME NEEDS, THEY SUFFER THE SAME PAIN OF LOSS. THESE ARE THE UNEMPLOYED, THE ONES WHO DESPERATELY NEED 'A CERTAIN RIGHT' AND NOT A PRIVILEGE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS HEALTHCARE COVERAGE. WHEN UNEMPLOYMENT CHECKS ARE HANDED OUT, THEY ARE NOT STAMPED WITH 'REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRATIC' SPECIFICS.

LET'S GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL STORY OF WHEN HUMANITY ACTUALLY BEGAN WITH UNDIVIDED MEASURE....THERE WAS NO 'REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRATIC' HOUSING IN THOSE DAYS. AFTER QUITE A BIT OF SEARCHING AND A FEW 'NO'S' HERE AND THERE...A COMMON STABLE WAS GOOD ENOUGH. THEN CAME THE 'COMMON CHILD'....NO 'REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRATIC' STAMPING HERE!

OH PEOPLE GATHERED IN CELEBRATION. WE DIDN'T HAVE 'REPUBLICANS OR DEMOCRATS' BACK THEN SO NOONE ASKED ANY QUESTIONS. THREE WISEMEN FOLLOWED, MINUS ANY PARTY AFFILIATION. HOWEVER, THEY ALL UNIFIED AT THIS TIME...THE MOST IMPORTANT TIME THIS WORLD HAS EVER SEEN!

I THINK I KNOW WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS TALKING ABOUT WHEN HE CALLS FOR 'BIPARTISAN UNITY.' PERHAPS YOU SHOULD THINK ABOUT IT TOO! IT'S NEVER TOO LATE FOR ...'CHANGE!'

THE 'NOBEL' GIFT THAT DEFINES....A NOBLE PRESIDENT!

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:40:00 EST

FOR THOSE WHO LOVE AND BELIEVE IN THIS PRESIDENT AS I DO....OTHER THAN HIS INAUGURATION...THIS WAS A DEFINING MOMENT...A CULMINATION OF WHAT A HIGHLY RESPECTED PRESIDENT HAS DONE WITHIN JUST A YEAR IN OFFICE. INDEED THIS PRESIDENT DESERVED TO RECEIVE HIS 'NOBEL PEACE PRIZE HONORS' BECAUSE HE HAS ENDEAVORED SINCE DAY 1 TO UNITE NOT JUST AMERICA...BUT THE WORLD AS WELL.

HAVING WATCHED HIS SINCERE, YET HUMBLE SPEECH THIS MORNING, THE PRESIDENT AGAIN DEDICATED HIS NOBEL PRIZE TO ALL AMERICANS WHO HAVE STOOD COURAGEOUSLY FOR JUSTICE AND HUMAN EQUALITY. ALTHOUGH HE FAILS TO RECOGNIZE HIMSELF AS LEADER OF THIS MOVEMENT, THERE ARE THOSE OF US WHO ARE WELL AWARE THAT HIS PERSISTENT MESSAGE OF 'HOPE AND ENCOURAGEMENT' HAS INDEED CHANGED THE PESSIMISTIC TIDE IN THIS COUNTRY.

DESPITE TWO WARS AND AN ECONOMIC CRISIS, PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS MANAGED TO PULL US UP BY OUR DOUBTING BOOTSTRAPS. CERTAINLY IT HAS BEEN AND STILL WILL BE A LENGTHY CLIMB, BUT WE MARCH FORWARD BECAUSE HE MARCHES TO A DIFFERENT DRUMMER...ONE THAT DEMANDS ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY AS WE MEET OUR CHALLENGES, PRIORITIZE OUR MORAL COMPASS AND MOVE FORWARD.

IN TODAY'S ACCEPTANCE SPEECH IN OSLO, NORWAY, THE PRESIDENT ADDRESSED THE FINE LINE WALKED BETWEEN A FERVENT SEARCH FOR PEACE AND AT TIMES THE NECESSITY OF WAR TO GET THERE. WHILE HE DIDN'T HESITATE TO EXPLAIN AMERICA'S ROLE IN THESE CONFLICTS, HE CLEARLY LET IT BE KNOWN THAT AMERICA CANNOT GO IT ALONE. THE PRESIDENT REITERATED THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL INVOLVEMENT. NORWAY IS ONE OF 43 NATIONS INVOLVED IN PROVIDING AID TO THE AFGHANISTAN EFFORTS.

BEING THE COMPASSIONATE MAN THAT HE IS, THE PRESIDENT ALSO DID NOT HESITATE TO MENTION THE 'GOLDEN RULE'...."DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU." ALTHOUGH THE REALITIES POINT TO THE FACT THAT NON-VIOLENCE DOES NOT ALWAYS WIN OUT IN LIFE'S CHALLENGES....THE PRESIDENT CLINGS TO THE 'HOPE' THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL NO LONGER HAVE TO LOOK AT WARS AS A PART OF THEIR HISTORY. STANDING FOR HIS RESPONSIBILITIES AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, THIS PRESIDENT MUST DO WHAT IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE....HOWEVER, IT IS OBVIOUS THAT HIS VERY SOUL LOOKS TO THE DAY WHEN SUCH 'PEACE' IS POSSIBLE.

THE DOMINANT 'PEACEMAKER' CAME OUT IN THIS SPEECH ALONG WITH HEART RENDERING RECOLLECTIONS OF UNJUST ACTS PERFORMED IN NUMEROUS AND EXTREMELY POOR LOCATIONS AROUND THE GLOBE. THIS IS WHERE,IF YOU LOOK HARD ENOUGH, YOU CAN ALWAYS SPOT THE PRESIDENT HOLDING BACK TEARFUL EMOTION AS HE SPEAKS OF MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN.

DEAR PRESIDENT OBAMA....THIS IS WHY YOU ARE SO DESERVING OF THIS 'PRIZE' THAT I PREFER TO CALL A 'GIFT' FROM ALL OF THOSE WHO RECOGNIZE YOUR EFFORTS TO BRING PEACE TO OUR TROUBLED HUMAN EXISTENCE. YOU HAVE ALWAYS GONE THAT EXTRA MILE, ALWAYS TRAVELLED A LONGER ROAD AND DESPITE CRITICS YOU NEVER FAIL TO MAINTAIN A STANCE FOR WHAT IS RIGHT IN OUR MORAL OBLIGATIONS TO THIS PLANET.

'WAR' WAS NOT YOUR INVITATION. IT WAS A SHADOW OF DARKNESS LEFT ON YOUR DOORSTEP WHEN YOU TOOK THE OATH OF OFFICE. YOUR PERSONAL AND FAMILY SACRIFICES HAVE BEEN MANY. SOMEHOW, BETWEEN LIVING IN A FISHBOWL AND DANCING OVER LAND MINES LEFT BEHIND BY CRITICS AND PUNDITS, YOU STILL FIND THE TIME TO INCREASE YOUR AGENDA FOR THE BENEFIT OF 'WE THE PEOPLE.'

YOU HAVE WITH GREAT 'PERSEVERENCE,' TRAVELLED TO PLACES THAT PULLED OUT OUR WELCOME MAT A VERY LONG TIME AGO. YOU HAVE NEVER HESITATED TO SHAKE HANDS OR MEET WITH LEADERS NOT TOO KEEN ON THIS COUNTRY. WHEN YOU HAVE ENDEAVORED TO BOW AND FOLLOW INTERNATIONAL CUSTOM, YOU HAVE BEEN CRITICIZED FOR IT. THOSE CRITICS ARE TRULY UNAWARE OF THE BENEFITS OF HUMAN AND CUSTOMARY CONTACT. YOU HAVE BEEN A ROLE MODEL DISCOURAGING THOSE WHO STILL BELIEVE 'THE END JUSTIFIES THE MEANS'. YOU HAVE OPENED MANY HEARTS AND MINDS TO THOSE WHO HAVE DOUBTS ABOUT AMERICA'S INTENTIONS.

YOU HAVE BROUGHT RESPECT AND INTEGRITY BACK TO THE WHITEHOUSE WHERE IT HAD BEEN LOST FOR SO MANY YEARS. YOUR DEMANDS FOR OVERSIGHT, ACCOUNTABILITY, RESPONSIBILITY AND TRANSPARENCY ARE UNEQUALLED. YOUR FIRM STANCE IN UPHOLDING THESE PRIORITIES HAVE DEALT YOU A RATHER ROUGH POLITICAL RIDE. BUT, BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE IN THESE VALUES, YOU REFUSE TO GET OFF THE BUS. YOU ARE TO BE ADMIRED AND CERTAINLY RESPECTED FOR DEMANDING THAT MAN RISE FROM HIS CESSPOOL OF GREED.

SO...MY DEAR MR. PRESIDENT....THIS IS WHERE WE AGREE TO DISAGREE. WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU AND YOUR WELL EARNED 'NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.' ACTUALLY....'WE THE PEOPLE' HAVE 'THE GIFT' HERE...WE HAVE YOU!

I JUST WROTE A COMPLETE BLOG...

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:20:16 EST

WHICH HAS DISAPPEARED REGARDING THE PRESIDENT'S NEW JOB CREATION PLAN AND HIS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE. WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? I HIT 'PREVIEW POST' AND IT'S GONE.

WHEN THE PRESIDENT SAYS "FINISH THE JOB"....HE MEANS IT!

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:49:16 EST

I FIND IT EMBARRASSING THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS TO TAKE A SUNDAY TO COME IN AND KICK-START THE SENATE DEMS ON HEALTHCARE! DUE TO EXTREME SELFISHNESS EXPRESSED BY SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS, THIS BATTLE FOR WHAT I CALL A 'HUMAN RIGHT' AND CERTAINLY NOT A PRIVILEGE HAS GONE ON FAR TOO LONG.

THE OPPOSITION, AKA...THE 'GOP CONGOLMERATE' NEVER EXPECTED TO HAVE A HUMANITARIAN PRESIDENT IN THE WHITEHOUSE WHO ACTUALLY WORKS 'FOR THE PEOPLE!' IF MANY OF THOSE INVOLVED HAD THE INTERESTS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AT HEART TO BEGIN WITH, THIS BICKERING PLAYPEN WOULD HAVE STOPPED ROTATING A VERY LONG TIME AGO! KUDOS MR. PRESIDENT...'MR. PERSEVERANCE' IS NOT GOING TO GIVE UP ON THIS ONE! 'FINISH THE JOB' OR FACE THE FINE AND FREE ACT OF VOTING AT A LATER DATE! THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF SELFISH ATTEMPTS TO PUT A PRICE ON HUMAN LIFE. LET'S CANCEL YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE AND SEE HOW QUICKLY YOU RISE FROM YOUR JUDGEMENTAL AND FINANCIALLY CONSUMED JUNKET!

THE PRESIDENT ALSO SAID HE IS GOING TO "FINISH THE JOB" IN AFGHANISTAN. THERE IS FORTUNATELY FOR GOD'S LAW, A HUMANITARIAN ELEMENT INVOLVED IN THIS WAR AS WELL. AGAIN....AND FORTUNATELY, WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO HAS CAREFULLY RESEARCHED FURTHER STRATEGY. THE PRESS AND OF COURSE THE 'KNOW IT ALL' PUNDITS HAVE CONTINUED TO RIP HIS ANNOUNCEMENT ON TROOP LEVELS APART FROM ONE END OF THE ALPHABET TO THE OTHER. DOES HE HAVE TO STAND UP AND REPEAT THIS AGAIN? I URGE YOU TO TAKE YOUR WANDERING AND ALLEGED INTELLIGENT FINGERS TO THE WHITEHOUSE.GOV WEBSITE AND READ HIS SPEECH IF YOU WEREN'T LISTENING.

WELCOME TO 'CLIMATE-GATE'........IT SEEMS AS THOUGH WHENEVER WE ARE ENTANGLED IN COMPLETE CONFUSION...THE ISSUE HAS A 'GATE' ATTACHED TO IT BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW IF WE ARE COMING OR GOING! WHAT A REVOLVING DOOR THIS HAS BEEN. HERE WE ALSO HAVE A PRESIDENT CONCERNED WITH POLLUTANTS AND ENERGY CONSERVATION. THE LEADERS GATHERING IN COPENHAGEN WILL BE WRESTLING WITH THESE ISSUES. ACTUALLY, THE 'COMMON SENSE' FACTOR IS MISSING HERE. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO SEE THAT ICE IS MELTING,OCEANIC PRESSURE IS CHANGING DUE TO THE INFLUX AND CONTINENTAL COASTLINES ARE SUFFERING AS A RESULT? WE DON'T NEED FLASHCARDS HERE. THE RESULTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE CAN BE WITNESSED ALL OVER THE GLOBE.

WHEN GOD GAVE US THIS GLOBAL 'GIFT' KNOWN AS THE EARTH...HE DID SO WITH ALL GOOD INTENTIONS. A 'GIFT' INDEED TO BE TREASURED AND CHERISHED, MAN HAS MANAGED TO REARRANGE QUITE A BIT OF THE LANDSCAPING. HE ALSO GAVE US A 'FREE WILL' WHICH HASN'T BEEN USED WISELY. OUR INCESSANT SEARCH FOR FINANCIAL GAIN HAS LEFT US WITH OVER WORKED SOIL AND CORPORATE LADDERS HAVE MANAGED TO SPEW MORE POLLUTANTS INTO THE ATMOSPHERE THAN THE GOOD LORD INTENDED. OUR PLANET HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT ABUSED.

OF COURSE THE PLANET IS GOING TO REACT TO THIS TREATMENT....AND IT IS. THE PRESIDENT'S CALL FOR 'GREEN' IS A CALL TO NURTURE AND CHANGE OUR WAY OF LIFE. JUST BECAUSE IT IS LOCATED BENEATH OUR FEET, WE HAVE FORGOTTEN TO FEED IT WITH THE CARE AND RESPECT GOD HAS COMMANDED. WE MUST CHANGE OUR WAY OF TRAVEL BECAUSE WE CONTINUE TO GO DOWN THE SAME ROAD SPEWING OUR GAS AND WASTE. JUST HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK THIS GLOBE IS GOING TO TAKE? INDEED....GOD IS IN CONTROL...HOWEVER, WE MUST REMEMBER THAT HE WILL NOT STAND FOR THE ABUSE OF THE 'GIFTS' WE WERE GIVEN. CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING IS A 'WAKE UP CALL!' ANYONE WITH ANY COMMON SENSE CAN DRAW THIS PICTURE. ARE WE FAILING TO LISTEN AGAIN?

LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, WE HAVE BEEN OVERDOSED WITH THE MEDIA'S PRESIDENTIAL POPULARITY POLLS. WHEN A LEADER WITH INTEGRITY STANDS ON HIS VALUES DESPITE HIS CRITICAL AND OTHERWISE OCCUPIED AUDIENCE...HE WILL INDEED LOSE SOME NUMBERS. THIS PRESIDENT COULD CARE LESS ABOUT A 'POPULARITY DANCE.' HE STANDS FOR WHAT IS RIGHT,HONEST AND OPEN.

HE CARES ENOUGH ABOUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO URGE THEM TO STAND IN SUPPORT OF OUR VALUES, OUR MORAL COMPASS. OUR PRIORTIIES HAVE BEEN SHIFTED BY SELFISHNESS AND CERTAINLY DECEIT BY OTHER LEADERS WHO KNEW BETTER. THESE PREVIOUS LEADERS LEFT THIS PRESIDENT WITH UNBELIEVABLE CHALLENGES. EACH DAY...HE MEETS THEM. I WOULD ADVISE YOU TO CLIMB ON THE BUS AND SEEK 'THE CHANGE' WE SO DESPERATELY NEED IN THIS COUNTRY!

MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA, HIS ADMINISTRATION AND ALL THAT THEY FACE DURING THESE DIFFICULT TIMES. SOON IT'S CHRISTMAS....DON'T BOTHER GOING TO A DEPARTMENT STORE. THE BEST YOU HAVE TO GIVE COMES FROM THE INSIDE WHERE THE HEART AND SOUL DWELL. THIS IS WHERE 'BROTHERHOOD' DWELLS. THIS IS THE 'GIFT' WE NEED TO RE-------------------------------------------------------------ESTABLISH IN THIS COUNTRY! THIS IS THE GIFT OF 'UNITY' THAT DOES NOT CARRY A PRICETAG! MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!

ON THE ROAD AGAIN WITH THE PRESIDENT....BRINGING 'HOPE' TO THE JOBLESS!'

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:34:40 EST

WHILE THE PRESIDENT HOSTED A 'JOBS SUMMIT' YESTERDAY AT THE WHITEHOUSE SEEKING INPUT FROM THE 'BRIGHTEST AND BEST' TO AID OUR UNEMPLOYMENT SITUATION....TODAY HE KICKS OFF THE FIRST OF SEVERAL HANDS-ON 'JOBS TOUR' TREKS TO MEET WITH THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM JOB LOSS. THIS PRESIDENT IS NEVER SATISFIED UNTIL HE CAN MEET WITH THE PEOPLE AND LISTEN TO THEIR NEEDS. THIS IS THE MOST TRAVELLED PRESIDENT. HIS COMPASSION FOR THE SUFFERING ALWAYS BRINGS A 'DIRECT' MESSAGE OF 'HOPE' AND NO MATTER WHERE IT IS....HE NEVER FAILS TO DELIVER. TODAY IT'S....ALLENTOWN PENNSYLVANIA.

OF COURSE THERE ARE THOSE IN THE SHADOWS WHO INSIST ON CRITICIZING THE PRESIDENT'S HANDLING OF THE ECONOMIC SITUATION. HOWEVER, YOU WON'T FIND THEM 'FIRING UP THEIR SHOES' AND HEADING FOR THE MOST DEVASATED PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. PEOPLE LIKE REPUBLICAN LEADER JOHN BOEHNER TEND TO CLING TO THEIR MARBLE WALLS OF COMFORT AND REITERATE THEIR DISCONTENT FROM AN OVERLY STUFFED ARMCHAIR.

YOU WON'T FIND BOEHNER OUT IN THE COLD, STANDING IN A MANUFACTURING PLANT OR KNOCKING ON DOORS. THIS PRESIDENT HAS DONE ALL OF THESE THINGS WITH 'YOU' IN MIND. THIS IS WHERE YOU SEE WHO THE TRUE LEADERS ARE, THE ONES WHO GENERATE GENUINE CONCERN 'FOR THE PEOPLE.' THIS IS WHERE WE SEPARATE THE 'MEN FROM THE BOYS.' IT'S COLD OUTSIDE....SURELY BOEHNER HAS AN INDOOR PUTTING GREEN TO KEEP HIM OTHERWISE OCCUPIED. I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF INDIANA'S MIKE PENCE WASN'T SERVING AS CADDY. BOTH APPEAR TO BE THE SAME MEMBERS OF THE 'INDOOR CRITICS' CLUB.

OTHERS SUCH AS MITT ROMNEY ARE BUSY COMBING THEIR HAIR IN FRONT OF THE CAMERAS, EAGERLY OFFERING THEIR ADVICE. THIS REMINDS ME OF THE 'KEN DOLL' I HAD WHEN I WAS A KID. I ALWAYS KEPT HIM IN A BOX IN THE CLOSET. GREAT TO LOOK AT BUT NOT MUCH INPUT THERE EITHER. I DO OWN AN 'OBAMA DOLL' IT'S NOT AT ALL OSTENTATIOUS AND IT MEANS BUSINESS. PRESIDENT OBAMA ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE AT THE HEIGHT OF PURE ENJOYMENT WHEN HE SPENDS HIS TIME WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THE BACKBONE OF THIS COUNTRY. HIS CONCERNS ARE GENUINE AND THESE UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS WILL HAUNT HIM UNTIL HE FINDS SOME ANSWERS.

KUDOS TO SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON, BUSY IN BELGIUM SEEKING ADDITIONAL INPUT IN TROOPS FOR AFGHANISTAN. THERE AREN'T TOO MANY PEOPLE WHO CAN SAY 'NO' TO HER. I WISH HER ALL THE SUCCESS IN THE WORLD FOR A 'TROOP' INFLUX THAT INDEED IS A WORLD PROBLEM. WE ARE BLESSED WITH AN ADMINISTRATION THAT DOES NOT SEE ALL OF THE ANSWERS TO THIS SUCCESS IN THE WAR TOY TOOLBOX. I SEE SO MUCH 'HOPE' IN THIS PLAN FOR THE AFGHAN PEOPLE AND IT IS OUR DUTY TO END THIS WAR IN A RESPONSIBLE FASHION. THE AFGHAN PEOPLE ARE BEGGING FOR A NEW LIFE AND NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW IN THE FUTURE. THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION DOES NOT WANT TO CONTROL OR OCCUPY AFGHANISTAN. THIS ADMINISTRATION WILL DELIVER ON THE PROMISE OF 'CHOICES IN LIFE.'

WE HERE IN AMERICA HAVE SEVERAL 'CHOICES IN LIFE.' MANY TIMES WE TAKE THEM FOR GRANTED. MANY TIMES WE DON'T APPRECIATE THE BLESSINGS THAT WE DO HAVE. INDEED, THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, IT'S TIME TO TAKE A SERIOUS LOOK AT OURSELVES AND BE THANKFUL FOR THE FREEDOMS THAT WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY.

WE DON'T HAVE TO HIDE TO RECEIVE AN EDUCATION OR WORSHIP. WE ARE ALLOWED TO SPEAK FREELY AND EXPRESS OURSELVES. WE CAN SEEK TO BETTER OURSELVES AND CHASE OUR DREAMS. THERE ARE NO WARLORDS STANDING OVER US WITH WEAPONS AND THREATS. WE CAN COME AND GO AS WE PLEASE. WE ARE FREE TO 'HOPE AND ACHIEVE.' TAKE A LESSON FROM THE PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN AND COUNT WHAT YOU HAVE IN COMPARISON TO THEIR POOR AND UNFORTUNATE EXISTENCE. IT'S TIME FOR 'CHANGE.' NO HUMAN BEING SHOULD SUFFER FROM THE LACK OF JUSTICE CONTROLLED BY TERRORISM.

MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AS HE TRAVELS TO BRING ENCOURAGEMENT AND COMFORT TO THOSE WHO HAVE LOST JOBS IN AMERICA. MAY THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING RECEIVE THE LORD'S STRENGTH TO TRAVEL THEMSELVES THROUGH THESE DIFFICULT TIMES. WE ARE AMERICANS....WE ARE A TOUGH BREED....'DEFEAT' IS NOT A WORD IN OUR DICTIONARY! MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!

PRESIDENT OBAMA....'TURNING THE CREATIVE LIGHT ON...AT THE WHITEHOUSE!

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:43:51 EST

HOLDING GREAT CONCERN FOR THE NEARLY 16 MILLION UNEMPLOYED IN THIS COUNTRY, PRESIDENT OBAMA IS HOSTING A 'JOBS SUMMIT' AT THE WHITEHOUSE TODAY. THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST IN THE BUSINESS WORLD WILL BE GATHERING FOR AN INPUT SESSION. THE PRESIDENT HAS CALLED FOR A CULMINATION OF IDEAS TO STAVE OFF THOSE JOBLESS NUMBERS. THIS IS ONE ISSUE THAT HAS SINCERELY BOTHERED THIS PRESIDENT. LEFT WITH THE RESULTS OF AN ECONOMIC CRISIS, THIS PRESIDENT HAS ALWAYS STATED THAT HE WILL NOT REST UNTIL ALL IN AMERICA HAVE JOBS!

FROM STIMULUS TO RECOVERY EFFORTS, THE PRESIDENT HAS TIRELESSLY WORKED WITH HIS ADMINISTRATION TO KEEP OUR HEADS ABOVE WATER. HE HAS ALSO BEEN EQUALLY HONEST ABOUT THE TIME IT WILL TAKE TO GET THERE. IN THE MEANTIME, THE OPPOSITION DOESN'T HESITATE TO WIELD ITS CRITICAL SWORD...ALWAYS STATING THAT THE PRESIDENT HASN'T MOVED FAST ENOUGH. THIS IS WHERE THEIR REALITY ENDS AND THEIR OWN FANTASY BEGINS. THE CESSPOOL LEFT BEHIND BY THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION HAS NOT PROVIDED US WITH ACCESS TO A 'JOBS FAIRY.' APPARENTLY THE OPPOSITION FEELS THE PRESIDENT SHOULD BE ABLE TO HOVER WITH A MAGIC WAND AND IMMEDIATELY ERASE OUR UNEMPLOYED TORMENT. I BELIEVE THE OPPOSITION IS STUCK IN THE LIBRARY...IN THE CHILDREN'S SECTION. PLEASE BE INFORMED....FAIRY DUST DOES NOT EXIST!

IN THE MEANTIME, WE AMERICANS WHO CAN....SHOULD BE HELPING OUR PRESIDENT DURING THIS 'HEAD SCRATCHING' PERIOD IN OUR LIVES. WE HAVE UNEMPLOYED NEIGHBORS. YESTERDAY, WE SENT THEM A HAM. WE DO WHAT WE FINANCIALLY CAN TO PURCHASE HATS AND GLOVES FOR THOSE AT SHELTERS. IF YOU CAN AFFORD TO SIT DOWN AND EAT A COMPLETE DINNER YOURSELVES...YOU CAN AFFORD TO SHARE WITH SOMEONE ELSE. INSTEAD OF COMPLAINING...DEAR OPPOSITION...GET OFF YOUR DUFFS AND ADOPT A FAMILY. DO WHAT YOU CAN WITH WHAT YOU HAVE TO HELP OTHERS.

DON'T SAY YOU CAN'T FIND ANYONE AND USE THAT FOR AN EXCUSE. PARK YOUR WELL FED EXTERIOR OUTSIDE AN UNEMPLOYMENT OFFICE. THERE ARE MANY TAKERS THERE WHO WOULD BE GLAD TO SEE YOU. I RUN INTO PEOPLE QUITE OFTEN WHO WANT TO HELP THE POOR BUT THEY ARE AFRAID TO ENTER A POOR NEIGHBORHOOD. PLEASE BE INFORMED...THIS NEVER STOPPED CHRIST AT ANY TIME. I HAVE BEEN TO THE WORST SECTIONS I CAN FIND...'FEAR' IS NEVER A PARTNER TO GET THERE. THESE ARE THE MOST JOYFULL VISITS I HAVE EVER HAD IN MY LIFE. THEY REQUIRE 'KLEENEX' BECAUSE YOU WON'T LEAVE WITHOUT CRYING!

THE HOMELESS, THE UNEMPLOYED, THE HURTING...THERE ARE SO MANY AND INDEED THESE ARE MY ANGELS. THERE ARE MANY COLLECTIVE GROUPS OUT THERE LOOKING FOR YOUR INPUT. TODAY, WHILE THE PRESIDENT SEEKS HIS INPUT....YOU CAN CERTAINLY HELP HIM WITH YOURS.

THERE IS ALOT OF WASTE LOCATED UNDER CHRISTMAS TREES. WHAT YOU CAN WRAP IS NOT THE REASON FOR THIS SEASON. THERE IS NO GREATER GIFT THAN GIVING TO THOSE IN DESPERATE NEED. ALONG WITH THAT...ADD A WARM HUG BECAUSE THEY WILL NEVER FORGET IT. I ALWAYS HUG THE SALVATION ARMY BELLRINGERS BECAUSE THEY ARE WILLING TO STAND THERE REGARDLESS OF THE WEATHER...FOR SOMEONE ELSE! WAKE UP AMERICA! YOU CAN HELP THIS PRESIDENT WHILE HE SEARCHES FOR ALTERNATIVE MEASURES!

AS FOR THE OPPOSITION....YOUR DAYS WILL COME WHEN WE VOTE AGAIN. PERHAPS YOU WILL BE STANDING OUTSIDE AN UNEMPLOYMENT OFFICE HOPING SOMEONE DRIVES BY WITH A WARM HEART. THIS COULD HAPPEN TO ANY OF US. ANY UNEXPECTED CRISIS CAN LEAVE YOU ONE STEP AWAY FROM A CARBOARD BOX. THIS IS CHRISTMAS...A TIME WHEN WE CELEBRATE A HOMELESS ONE IN A MANGER!

MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AND ALL OF HIS 'JOBS SUMMIT' EFFORTS TODAY. THIS TAKES TIME....THIS SUBJECT NEVER LEAVES THIS PRESIDENT'S MIND! MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!

A SOBERING MESSAGE...THE PRESIDENT CALLS FOR MORE TROOPS AND AMERICAN ....'UNITY'......

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:55:28 EST

THIS MORNING THE CRITICS ARE BUSY DISSECTING THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH, ALREADY MISSING THE POINT. THEY ARE FORGETTING WHAT IT TOOK TO WALK TO THAT PODIUM AT WEST POINT,FACING 4,000 CADETS WHO MAY BE A STRONG PORTION OF HIS CALL FOR INCREASED TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN. THESE CADETS ARE AWARE OF THEIR PENDING DESTINATIONS, BUT,IT DIDN'T STOP THEM FROM CLIMBING OVER CHAIRS TO SHAKE THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF'S HAND WHEN HE FINISHED. THEY ARE DISCIPLINED SOLDIERS AND THEY UNDERSTAND THIS PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.....

"AMERICA-WE ARE PASSING THROUGH A TIME OF GREAT TRIAL. AND THE MESSAGE THAT WE SEND IN THE MIDST OF THESE STORMS MUST BE CLEAR: THAT OUR CAUSE IS JUST, OUR RESOLVE UNWAVERING. WE WILL GO FORWARD WITH THE CONFIDENCE THAT RIGHT MAKES MIGHT, AND WITH THE COMMITMENT TO FORGE AN AMERICA THAT IS SAFER, A WORLD THAT IS MORE SECURE, AND A FUTURE THAT REPRESENTS NOT THE DEEPEST OF FEARS BUT THE HIGHEST OF..................................................HOPES!"

THE PRESIDENT HAS MADE IT QUITE CLEAR THAT WE ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS FRONTIER. ALTHOUGH HE HAS CALLED FOR AN ADDITIONAL 30,000 TROOPS, OTHER THAN CURRENT INTERNATIONAL INPUT...HE WILL BE SEEKING ADDITIONAL ALLIED TROOP INFLUX. OUR AMERICAN SURGE WILL BEGIN WITHIN 6 MONTHS AND THE PRESIDENT HAS ASSURED THE COUNTRY THAT HE HAS PLACED AN 18 MONTH DEADLINE ON THIS EFFORT, BEGINNING WITHDRAWAL IN JULY 2011. ALTHOUGH SOME REJECT A DEADLINE FOR WITHDRAWAL, THE PRESIDENT SAYS THIS CLEARLY INFORMS THE PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN OF THEIR BURDEN OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR OWN COUNTRY. THIS SURGE IS TEMPORARY. THERE IS A TIME LIMIT AND THEY MUST STAND ON THEIR OWN IN SUPPORT OF NEW PROMISE AND OPPORTUNITY.

THIS INDEED IS A COMPLICATED WAR EFFORT. AFGHANISTAN IS CLEARLY A TRAINING GROUND FOR AL QAEDA AS THEY ALSO LURK IN THE SHADOWS ALONG THE BORDER TO PAKISTAN. THE PRESIDENT RECALLED THE HORRIFIC EVENTS OF 9/11 AND THE NEED TO PRESERVE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH PAKISTAN. IN BETWEEN THIS COMPLICATED QUAGMIRE RESTS AFGHANISTAN'S CURRENT KARZAI GOVERNMENT AND RUMORS OF CORRUPTION. IT IS SAFE TO SAY THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA AND SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON HAVE DEVOTED MUCH TIME IN DISCUSSION WITH PRESIDENT HAMID KARZAI. THERE WILL BE MUCH OVERSIGHT ATTACHED TO HIS FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

IN BETWEEN WE HAVE THE NEEDS OF THE DEPENDENT AND POOR PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN WHO HAVE SPENT DECADES UNDER THE CONTROL OF TALIBAN AND AL QAEDA WARLORDS. UNTIL WE CAN BRING THESE PEOPLE RELIEF WITH OPPORTUNITY,EDUCATION, AGRICULTURE AND CERTAINLY IMPROVEMENT IN LIFE'S CHOICES, THEY WILL ALWAYS REMAIN VICTIMS OF RAMPANT DICTATORSHIP. OUR ONLY REALISTIC HOPE TO WIN THIS WAR IS TO PROVIDE THEM WITH OPTIONS FOR A BETTER LIFE AND ALTERNATIVES THAT WILL BUILD THEIR STRENGTH WITH HOPE AND ENCOURAGEMENT.

THE AFGHAN PEOPLE IN COMPARISON TO THOSE IN AFRICA....ARE AT THE POOREST END OF THE FOOD CHAIN. INDEED, THIS IS WHERE THE TERRORISTS SUCCEED. PROVIDING OPPORTUNITY IS THE KEY TO ENDING THEIR DESPAIR. AS HUMAN BEINGS, THEY MOST CERTAINLY DESERVE THIS CHANCE TO RISE ABOVE THE OBSESSIVE RULE OF TYRANTS. THIS TOO IS A HUMANITARIAN WAR! WE AS AMERICANS MUST DO ALL THAT WE CAN TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF TERRORISM AND TO RAISE THE HUMAN STANDARD FROM THE PITS OF HELL. IF WE FAIL TO PROTECT OUR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS, THESE EXTREMISTS WILL SURELY ENDEAVOR TO SPREAD THEIR HATRED TO OUR BACKYARD. THESE ARE THE ROOTS OF WHAT WE COMMONLY KNOW AS 'COMMUNISM,' SUPRESSING THE WEAK IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN CONTROL. WE CANNOT ALLOW THIS GARDEN TO GROW.

THE PRESIDENT IS TO BE COMMENDED FOR HIS STRENGTH IN MAKING THIS DECISON. FOR THIS PRESIDENT, A DECISION TO INCREASE TROOP INFLUX GOES ENTIRELY AGAINST HIS GRAIN AS A RECOGNIZED DIPLOMAT AND PEACEMEAKER. AS HE STATED LAST NIGHT, HE DID NOT MAKE THIS DECISION 'LIGHTLY.' AS A GREAT LEADER WHO DEMONSTRATES OBVIOUS INTEGRITY, HE IS NOT GOING TO STAND THERE AND TELL YOU ABOUT HIS SLEEPLESS NIGHTS AND SURELY THE DAUNTING PRESENCE OF DEEP SOUL SEARCHING. HE IS NOT GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT HIS TEARFUL THOUGHTS WHEN HE SALUTED DEAD SOLDIERS ON THEIR RETURN TO DOVER. AS OUR PRESIDENT, HE MUST DEMONSTRATE A RELIABLE STRENGTH THAT WILL CARRY THIS COUNTRY THROUGH DARK WATER WITH A MESSAGE OF 'HOPE' AND ALWAYS THAT UNDEFEATABLE PUSH TO MOVE FORWARD.

I WOULD SAY TO THESE CRITICS AND PUNDITS TODAY...THAT THIS PRESIDENT VISITED HIS OWN FRONT LINE AND BATTLEFIELD LAST NIGHT WITH INCOMPARABLE STRENGTH AND FORTITUDE. HE LEFT 'COMPASSION AND HONESTY' AT THAT PODIUM AND AN OUTSTRETCHED HAND TO EVERY SOLDIER WHO HAS SACRIFICED WITH DEVOTION FOR THIS COUNTRY. HE FELT A RESPONSIBILITY TO ADDRESS THESE SOLDIERS AT WEST POINT...AS HE FEELS THE RESPONSIBILITY TO FINISH THIS WAR. I WITNESSED AN'OBAMA SMILE' FROM EAR TO EAR AS THIS PRESIDENT EAGERLY SHOOK HANDS WITH A SEA OF SOLDIERS. THE TEARS COME LATER....WHEN NOONE IS LOOKING! MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AND THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!

OUR GREATEST TUESDAY GIFT TO THIS PRESIDENT?....TRULY LISTENING TO WHAT HE HAS TO SAY!

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:29:03 EST

WE ARE AN IMPATIENT BUNCH...WE AMERICANS. WE WANT EVERY ANSWER FROM THIS PRESIDENT AS OF YESTERDAY AND WE PICKLE AND PRODDDDD LIKE A DENTIST NEEDING TO SCHEDULE AN EXTRACTION. LAST YEAR THOUSANDS OF US STOOD PROUDLY WITH PEN IN HAND AND VOTED FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA. SINCE THAT MOST AMAZING AND HEART WRENCHING INAUGURATION, EVERY DECISION THIS PRESIDENT HAS MADE HAS BEEN QUESTIONED BY THOSE IN OPPOSITION WHO DIDN'T BELIEVE HE COULD WIN THE WHITEHOUSE! TONIGHT WE NEED TO RESPECTFULLY LISTEN TO THIS PRESIDENT AS HE ADDRESSES FURTHER STRATEGY NEEDED IN AFGHANISTAN.

FOR WEEKS NOW, WE HAVE ENDEAVORED TO PUT WORDS IN THIS PRESIDENT'S MOUTH. WE SIT HERE 'NOT PRIVY' TO WHAT HE ACTUALLY KNOWS IS INVOLVED IN THIS WAR. YET WE TRY TO TELL HIM WHAT TO DO... ATTACHED TO HIS SUIT POCKET LIKE A STRING OF WAYWARD LINTBALLS. ACTUALLY, I NEVER WITNESSED THE APPEARANCE OF SUCH 'KNOW IT ALLS' DURING THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION. WE WERE LEFT WITH ABSOLUTELY NO SUCH THING AS 'TRANSPARENCY' THERE WHILE 'PECOS PETE AND SHARPSHOOTER' LED US INTO AN UNJUST WAR IN IRAQ. THE ONLY TRANSPARENCY WE HAD THERE WAS WATCHING 'DOOMSDAY' IN BETWEEN COMMERCIALS ON TELEVISION.

TODAY WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO FEELS DEEPLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTIONS OF WAR. HE INHERITED THIS BALLGAME. THE GAME HAD ALREADY STARTED BEFORE HE ENTERED THE WHITEHOUSE. WE EASILY BLAST HIM FOR TAKING HIS TIME...OR 'DITHERING' AS THEY HAVE SAID...TO REACH A FINAL DECISION REGARDING THE LOAD LEFT IN HIS CLOSET BY SOMEONE ELSE. I FIND OUR AMERICAN ACTIONS TO BE EMBARRASSING....WE ARE BETTER THAN THIS! OUR IMPATIENCE IS A CRUEL TORTURE FOR SUCH A PRESIDENT WHO HAS BROUGHT DIGNITY TO NOT ONLY THE WHITEHOUSE, BUT TO OUR INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION AS WELL.

OUR MEDIA REPRESENTATION OF WASHINGTON HAS BECOME A COMEDIC RACE TO IRRATIONAL NONSENSE. OUR POLITICAL PARTIES ARE IN QUESTION. MANY OF THOSE PERFORMANCES I WOULDN'T ALLOW MY CHILDREN TO WATCH.OUR IMMATURE BEHAVIOR OVER THE QUESTION OF NEEDED HEALTHCARE HAS INCITED VIOLENCE AT TIMES. WE HAVE LOWERED OURSELVES BECAUSE WE HAVE ALLOWED OUR IMPATIENCE TO RULE WHAT USED TO BE ADULT AND MATURE JUDGEMENT. THROUGH IT ALL, OUR MATURE AND DIGNIFIED PRESIDENT CONTINUES TO PREACH HOPE,VALUES AND ENCOURAGEMENT...THEREFORE HE HAS MANAGED TO JUMP OVER OUR RATHER UNDIGNIFIED FENCE.

NO MATTER WHAT DECISION THE PRESIDENT BRINGS TO US TONIGHT, SURELY THE THORNS ARE STANDING BY IN THE 'BUSHES.' INDEED...THERE IS A PUNN INTENDED HERE. OUR IMPATIENCE HAS INTERRUPTED OUR NEEDED CAUSE FOR HUMANITY. WHEN WE BEGIN TO BECOME FRUSTRATED OVER OUR 'SELF-NEED' AND IGNORE THE HUMANITIES, I GUARANTEE YOU WE WILL NO LONGER HAVE A DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY. IF OUR FOREFATHERS WERE AROUND TODAY, THEY WOULDN'T PUT UP WITH THE DEROGATORY AND PESSIMISTIC ACTIONS WITNESSED IN THIS COUNTRY. WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO IS DEDICATED TO WORKING 'FOR THE PEOPLE' AND WE AREN'T ACCEPTING IT! INSTEAD...WE WANT OUR OWN ANSWERS TO OUR OWN QUESTIONS!

WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO REACHED INTO THE DEPTH OF HIS KNOWLEDGE AND MANAGED TO PULL US OUT OF AN ECONOMIC CRISIS. THIS WILL TAKE TIME TO HEAL. YET WE WANT TO BLAME HIM BECAUSE ALL THE JOBS AREN'T HERE YET...NOTHING IS PERFECT YET. PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS PROJECTED ALL OF THE HONEST FACTORS INVOLVED IN THIS RECOVERY. INDEED HE HAS SAID IT WILL TAKE TIME TO HEAL. THIS WAS ANOTHER INHERITENCE LEFT IN HIS CLOSET.

WHATEVER PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS DECIDED TO DO IN AFGHANISTAN...WE OWE HIM A DEEP APPRECIATION FOR THE RESPECT HE HAS FOR THE LIVES OF OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS IN UNIFORM. WE OWE HIM A PROPER AUDIENCE THAT WILL BE LISTENING TO ALL THAT HE HAS TO SAY BECAUSE THIS DECISION IS TRAUMATIC FOR ANYONE'S SOUL. UNFORTUNATELY THIS KIND OF DECISION MAKING IS PART OF THE PRESIDENTIAL TURF. HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT HE HAS NEVER TURNED DOWN THE 'RESPONSIBILITY FACTOR?' HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT HE IS ALWAYS AT WORK DESPITE YOUR PRODDING...YOUR IMPATIENCE AND MANY TIMES YOUR CRUELTY? NO FURTHER COMMENT NEEDED HERE!

CHALLENGING TIMES....AND THE PRESIDENT WHO CAN MEET THEM...........

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:35:02 EST

MONDAY'S CHILD IS FILLED WITH ANTICIPATION THIS WEEK......THE PRESIDENT'S OBVIOUS ABILITY TO 'MULTI-TASK' WILL BE TARGETING THE ECONOMY,HEALTHCARE AND OF COURSE TUESDAY NIGHT'S BROADCAST DECISION REGARDING FUTURE STRATEGY IN AFGHANISTAN. PRESIDENT OBAMA SOUGHT PRIVACY OVER THE THANKSGIVING WEEKEND....A WELL DESERVED RESPIT WITH FAMILY CONSIDERING HIS PENDING AGENDA.

ONE THING IS QUITE CERTAIN IN THESE 'UNCERTAIN TIMES'....EACH MONDAY ALWAYS OFFERS THE PRESIDENT THE UNEXPECTED. THIS MONDAY WE WISH ALL IN THIS WORLD HAD SHARED IN THE BLESSINGS OF AN AGREEABLE THANKSGIVING DINNER. IRAN APPEARS TO HAVE IGNORED ALL PEACEFUL INVITATIONS. NOW SEEKING TO ADD 10 NUCLEAR ENRICHMENT PLANTS TO THEIR BACKYARD....INDEED THE OPTION OF INCREASED SANCTIONS ARE AT A HIGH PRIORITY. THERE IS NO FUN IN THE INTERNATIONAL PLAYGROUND THIS WEEK, SOMALI PIRATES HAVE MANAGED TO ABSCOND WITH AN OIL TANKER HEADED TO THE U.S. FROM SAUDI,ARABIA. THESE 'TREASURE ISLAND' WANNABEEEEEEEEEEEES HAVE CAPTURED 50 SHIPS THIS YEAR....THEY ARE CURRENTLY HOLDING 12. WE COULD USE PETER PAN HERE BECAUSE CAPT. HOOK HAS BECOME OVERLY AGGRESSIVE!

IN OUR OWN QUIVERING SANDBOX...THE PRESIDENT WILL BE ANNOUNCING HELP FOR TROUBLED HOMEOWNERS TODAY. THE DIVIDED SENATE WILL AGAIN TACKLE HEALTHCARE AT 3:00P.M. ET THIS AFTERNOON. OF COURSE THE MEDIA CRITICS HAVE BEEN HOLDING THEIR BREATH IN ANTICIPATION OF TUESDAY NIGHT'S PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS TO BE DELIVERED FROM WEST POINT. THE PRESIDENT HAS GIVEN FURTHER STRATEGY IN AFGHANISTAN CAREFUL CONSIDERATION. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING DECISIONS OF HIS PRESIDENCY. HE IS QUITE CAPABLE. HE IS ALSO QUITE COMPASSIONATE, SO THIS DECISION HAS BEEN FAR FROM EASY AND CERTAINLY COMPLICATED BY THE EXISTENCE OF THE CURRENT KARZAI GOVERNMENT.

IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO STAND BEHIND OUR PRESIDENT DURING THESE CHALLENGING TIMES. I LAUGH AT THE PRESS WHEN THEY MENTION THE FACT THAT THE OBAMA HONEYMOON IS OVER. PLEASE BE INFORMED THAT THIS PRESIDENT NEVER HAD 'A HONEYMOON' TO BEGIN WITH. THE MINUTE HE ENTERED THE DOOR IN THE OVAL OFFICE, EVERY CRISIS POSSIBLE LANDED IN HIS LAP. MY HEART GOES OUT TO HIM DURING THESE TIMES....TIMES WHEN HE NEEDS US AND OUR SUPPORT. THE PRESS IS ALWAYS SO BUSY BRINGING UP THE LATEST STATS,POLLS AND PRESIDENTIAL REPORT CARDS. SOMETIMES I WONDER IF THEY REALIZE THEY ARE LIVING IN THE SAME COUNTRY BECAUSE WE ALL NEED TO STAND IN UNISON HERE! THE ''STATUE OF LIBERTY' IS STANDING IN THE HARBOR WITH AN INVITATION TO DEMOCRACY...NOT THE LATEST IN REPORTED GRADES FROM POLITICAL OPPONENTS CONSUMED WITH THEIR OWN SELFISH AGENDAS.

ON THURSDAY, DEC. 3RD..............THE WHITEHOUSE OPENS ITS DOORS TO A 'JOBS SUMMIT.' THE PRESIDENT HAS INVITED ALL BUSINESS ORIENTED INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND AND COMBINE THEIR TALENTS IN SEARCH OF JOB CREATION TO BATTLE OUR CURRENT 10.2% UNEMPLOYMENT STATUS. IF THE TRUTH WERE KNOWN, THE PRESIDENT PROBABLY DOES NOT SLEEP WELL AT NIGHT AND WON'T AS HE HAS STATED...UNTIL EVERY LAST MAN OR WOMAN IN AMERICA IS EMPLOYED. THE CHALLENGES THIS PRESIDENT HAS INHERITED ARE BEYOND COMPREHENSION. HOWEVER, EACH DAY, HE HAS NEVER FAILED TO DELIVER HIS MESSAGE OF 'HOPE' AND ENCOURAGEMENT. HE BOUNCES OVER THOSE CRITICS LIKE A DUCK MOVING THROUGH A BATHTUB.

I AM APPALLED BY THE LACK OF GRATEFULLLLLNESS IN THIS COUNTRY. INDEED WE SHOULD BE GRATEFULL FOR THE PERSEVERANCE PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS CONTINUALLY AND COURAGEOUSLY DEMONSTRATED. I HOPE YOUR THANKSGIVING CELEBRATION INCLUDED MORE THAN TURKEY. WE HAVE ALOT TO BE THANKFUL FOR IN THIS COUNTRY. OUR BLESSINGS ARE NUMEROUS. IT IS ALSO OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP THOSE WHO ARE HURTING DURING THESE.....CHALLENGING TIMES. IT IS EQUALLY OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO RESPECTFULLY AID OUR PRESIDENT AND AN ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM THAT WORKS AROUND THE CLOCK TO ENSURE THE STATUS OF 'DEMOCRACY' IN AMERICA.

MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AS HE FACES 'MONDAY'S CHILD' WHO IS QUICKLY AT HIS HEELS. THIS PRESIDENT WILL INDEED MARK HISTORY WITH HIS SELF-SACRIFICE AND DETERMINATION TO KEEP AMERICA SAFE AND FREE FROM THOSE WHO DO NOT BELIEVE IN HUMAN EQUALITY AND JUSTICE. MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA........................UNITED WE MUST STAND!

MY COMPLETED BLOG....

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:51:09 EST

WAS ERASED THIS MORNING. IS THERE A REASON FOR THIS? WHERE ARE THE ADMINS?

THE PRESIDENTIAL 'STATE DINNER'....SYMBOLIC AND BEAUTIFUL...MORE THAN JUST A MENU!'

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:18:06 EST

THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY COULD NOT HAVE CHOSEN A BETTER TIME TO HOLD THIS INDEED MEMORABLE AND SIGNIFICANT STATE DINNER. HERE WE ARE SOON TO CELEBRATE THANKSGIVING DAY, A TIME FOR SHARING, A TIME TO BE THANKFUL FOR THE BLESSINGS WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN. THIS STATE FEAST WELCOMING INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER MANMOHAN SINGH AND HIS WIFE TO THE TABLE COULDN'T HAVE BEEN MORE SIGNIFICANT. THIS WAS A 'WORLD' DINNER WE WERE ALL FORTUNATE TO WITNESS.

EXTREME WARMTH AND COMFORT COULD BE FELT HERE AS THE PRESIDENT WELCOMED 'INDIA' TO THE WHITE HOUSE. THIS MENU WAS DIFFERENT FROM OTHERS WHO HAVE CELEBRATED THIS WASHINGTON PROTOCAL. THIS WAS THE FIRST FOR THE OBAMA'S. HOWEVER, YOU COULD TAKE AWAY ALL THE FINE CHINA AND THE FLORAL DECOR AND WHAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT HERE WILL REMAIN IN THEIR EVERLASTING SINCERITY.

THIS EVENT HELD PROMISE WITH 'DIPLOMACY' AT ITS VERY BEST. THE GIFT OF DIPLOMACY IS GIVEN TO THOSE WHO HAVE THE ABILITY TO EXERCISE COMPLETELY UNSELFISH INVITATION. IT WAS QUITE OBVIOUS THAT PRIME MINISTER SINGH WAS NOT ONLY IMPRESSED, HIS GRATITUDE WAS HEARTFELT. THE PRIME MINISTER KNOWS THAT THIS PRESIDENT IS AMONG ALL THINGS 'A PEACEMEAKER' AND IT DOESN'T TAKE A FORK TO GET THERE.

ALTHOUGH MUCH WAS INVOLVED IN CAREFULLY SELECTED PREPARATION HERE, THE HUMILITY AND HONESTY OFFERED HERE FAR OUTWEIGHED ANY MEASURE HANDED TO POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE. CLEARLY THE OBAMAS BENT OVER BACKWARDS TO HONOR THE PRESENCE OF THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT, OFFERING FUTURE PROMISE TO THIS VERY COMPATIBLE INDIAN/AMERICAN RELATIONSHIP. AS IN ALL INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS, THE PRESIDENT HAS ALWAYS STRESSED THE FACT THAT WE NEED EACH OTHER. THERE ARE NO LONGER GREAT DIVISIONS ON THIS PLANET OF OURS. WE NEED TO LEARN FROM THEM, RESPECT THEM AND INDEED EXCHANGE IDEAS AND CERTAINLY HANDSHAKES.

ONE COULD NOT HELP BUT NOTICE OUR 'EXQUISITE' FIRST COUPLE, THE PRESIDENT IN HIS TUXEDO AND THE FIRST LADY SHIMMERING IN SOPHISTICATION IN A STATELY GOWN THAT CAPTURED THE FOCUS OF ALL PRESENT. THE FIRST LADY HAS ALWAYS BEEN SYMBOLIC IN HER APPAREL AND CERTAINLY ALWAYS A BEAUTIFUL AND CAPTIVATING ROLE MODEL. IN CELEBRATION OF 'INDIA' THE FIRST LADY REACHED OUT TO INDIAN/AMERICAN DESIGNER NAEEM KAHN. AND YES...THIS HAND SEWN REFLECTION OF A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN WAS MADE IN INDIA. IT TOOK 3 WEEKS AND 40 PEOPLE TO WEAVE AND DESIGN THIS TASTEFUL AND ELEGANT GOWN. SORRY MR. PRESIDENT...YOU HAVE BEEN 'UPSTAGED!'

OF COURSE WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS FIRST COUPLE IS AS BEAUTIFUL ON THE INSIDE AS THEY ARE ON THE OUTSIDE. WE HAVE TRULY BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE THEM IN OUR WHITE HOUSE. WE ARE EQUALLY BLESSED TO HAVE THEM REPRESENTING AMERICA. THEIR COMBINED GIFTS ARE JUST WHAT WE NEEDED DURING THESE CHALLENGING MOMENTS FOR OUR COUNTRY. THEIR INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH WILL TRAVEL MUCH FARTHER THAN THE OUTDOOR TENT AND THE 320 INDIVIDUALS WHO ATTENDED THIS MOMENTOUS OCCASION.

SINCE THE PRESIDENT RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THAT HE WILL 'FINISH THE JOB' IN AFGHANISTAN, THERE HAS BEEN A GREAT DEAL OF MEDIA AND PUNDIT SPECULATION AS TO WHAT THE WORD 'FINISH' ACTUALLY MEANS. IF THE PRESIDENT DECIDES TO RELEASE HIS DECISION NEXT WEEK, INDEED IT WILL BE HIS OWN AND FOLLOWING CONSIDERABLE SOUL SEARCHING.

THE PRESIDENT IS CERTAINLY NOT TO BE ENVIED IN THIS PREDICAMENT. THIS WOULD BE A GREAT TIME FOR THE MEDIA TO CEASE USING 'HIS PENDING ANSWER' AS A 'WAR TEASER' FOR RATINGS. THESE ARE HARD DECISIONS AND THE PRESIDENT FEELS A DEEP RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE DEVOTED THEIR LIVES TO MILITARY SERVICE. WE NEED TO RESPECT ALL THAT IS INVOLVED HERE AND DISCONTINUE THE 'JUNK' MARCH IN GUESSING GAMES. SILENCE AND PRAYER WOULD BE APPROPRIATE HERE AS WE STAND WITH HIM DURING THIS MOST DIFFICULT TIME IN OUR HISTORY.

I AM IN FULL SUPPORT OF HIS DECISION WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT HE HAS INVESTIGATED ALL OPTIONS. SOME CALL THIS 'DITHERING.' THESE ARE THE CRITICS WHO NEED TO FIND A NEW EXPLANATION IN THE DICTIONARY. THIS IS TRUE LEADERSHIP AND CONCERN FOR ALL INVOLVED. CERTAINLY THIS PRESIDENT HAS CARRIED A HEAVY AND BURDENED HEART FOR SOME TIME.

PEOPLE TEND TO CONCENTRATE ON THE 'PERKS' OF THE PRESIDENCY. AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED THERE AREN'T ANY. THE 'RESPONSIBILITY' FAR OUTWEIGHS THE GRATUITIES. THIS PRESIDENT HAS ALSO BEEN 'MORE AT HOME' IN A HANDS ON SITUATION WITH THE PEOPLE. NEITHER HE NOR FIRST LADY MICHELLE ARE INCLINED TO SIT AT HOME AND POLISH THE SILVER. THEY BOTH ACTUALLY WORK FOR A LIVING IN AS THEY FREQUENTLY PUT IT...."THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE!" THIS IS CALLED UNSELFISH OWNERSIP....'FOR AND BY THE PEOPLE!'

WHEN YOU SIT DOWN TO YOUR THANKSGIVING GATHERING TOMORROW, THINK ABOUT LAST NIGHT'S FESTIVITIES AT THE WHITE HOUSE. BRING WARMTH AND COMFORT TO YOUR TABLE. BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU DO HAVE AND PRAY FOR THOSE WHO DON'T. IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, INVITE A POOR STRANGER TO YOUR TABLE OR SERVE THANKSGIVING DINNER AT A SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS ANGELS WHO HAVE NO PLACE TO CALL THEIR OWN.

THIS IS WHAT THANKSGIVING IS ALL ABOUT. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU HAVE IT....THIS DAY COMES FROM THE HEART. THIS IS A DAY TO CELEBRATE AND SHARE YOUR BLESSINGS WITH OTHERS. THIS IS A DAY TO BE THANKFUL TO GOD FOR YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE.

MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS OUR FIRST FAMILY AND THEIR UNSELFISH SACRIFICE FOR THIS COUNTRY. WHEN THIS PRESIDENT SITS AT THE HEAD OF HIS FAMILY TABLE.............HIS 'HEAD OF THE HOUSE' STATURE WILL CERTAINLY BE DESERVED. MAY GOD BLESS THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. MAY WE BE THANKFUL BECAUSE HE CERTAINLY.......................HAS!

TELEVANGELIST NEEDS TO TAKE AN 'OPEN DOOR' CLASS LED BY OUR 'INCLUSIVE' PRESIDENT!

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:52:29 EST

PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS SPENT EVERY SINGLE DAY OF HIS PRESIDENCY REITERATING THE IMPORTANCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS, EQUALITY AND EXTENDING OUR OUTREACH TO ALL OF OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, REGARDLESS OF ETHNICITY. IT IS QUITE OBVIOUS THAT TELEVANGELIST PAT ROBERTSON HAS NOT BEEN TUNED INTO THE SUBJECT OF EQUALITY. I RECOMMEND THAT HE OPEN THE BIBLE AND TAKE A SECOND LOOK AT WHAT CHRIST COMMANDS BEFORE OPENING HIS MOUTH. HIS RECENT STATEMENT AGAINST ISLAM IS APPALLING AND OFFENSIVE TO THOSE OF US WHO ARE CHRISTIAN.

UNFORTUNATELY, ROBERTSON HAS AGAIN ATTRACTED THE MEDIA WITH HIS DIVISIVE COMMENTS, THIS TIME LABELING THOSE WHO PRACTICE THE ISLAMIC RELIGION AS NOTHING BUT PEOPLE DEVOTED TO VIOLENCE. ROBERTSON CLAIMS THAT ISLAM IS NOT A RELIGION..."BUT A VIOLENT POLITICAL SYSTEM." THIS TYPE OF COMMENT RUNS AGAINST THE GRAINS OF HUMANITY, SEEDS PLANTED FOR THE SAKE OF UNITY,TOLERANCE AND UNDERSTANDING.

I DON'T HAVE GREAT MEMORIES OF PAT ROBERTSON OTHER THAN THE USAGE OF HIS 'CASH FLOW'. THIS HE USES OFTEN TO GAIN A FOOT IN THE DOOR IN POLITICS. I REMEMBER HIS CASH FLOW PROMISES TO THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION DURING THE BUSH/KERRY RUN AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THERE. ALL I CAN SAY TO YOU HERE ROBERTSON IS THANKS FOR FINANCING A POOR POLITICAL INHERITANCE WHICH HAS UNFORTUNATELY LANDED IN OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT'S LAP. YOUR JUDGEMENT FACTORS ARE TAINTED AND SINCE WHEN HAS A TRUE MAN OF GOD FINANCED A CUSHION IN THE CHAIR IN THE OVAL OFFICE?????

A TRUE MAN OF GOD ALSO DOES NOT STAND IN PUBLIC AND CONDEMN ANYONE'S RELIGION. YOU MISSED THE BOAT HERE BECAUSE YOU'VE SPENT TOO MUCH TIME AT THE BANK TRYING TO PROP UP YOUR CHOICE OF POLITICAL PARTIES. I DON'T ADMIRE THIS QUALITY IN ANY CHURCH, ALTHOUGH ALL TOO OFTEN IT EXISTS.THIS IS WHERE THE LINE MUST BE DRAWN AND BOUNDARIES EXIST FOR A REASON. WHEN THE COMPASSIONATE LORD PICKS SOMEONE UP OFF THE FLOOR, HE DOESN'T ASK THEM FIRST WHICH CHURCH THEY ATTEND OR WHAT RELIGION THEY PRACTICE. SOMEWHERE YOU HAVE MISSED THIS TRANSLATION IN THE BIBLE OR ADDED YOUR OWN. PERHAPS YOU SHOULD CALL GOD AND ASK FOR HIS PERMISSION BEFORE YOU GO TO PRINT.

INDEED MR. ROBERTSON, A PUBLIC APOLOGY MIGHT BE SUGGESTED HERE BECAUSE YOU DO NOT REPRESENT ALL CHRISTIANS. WE ARE AN AMAZING BUNCH OF PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN TOLERANCE AND WE HOLD A STRONG COMMITTMENT TO THE VALUE OF THE HUMAN RACE. THESE ARE NOT TOYS TO BE CARELESSLY CAST-OFF BECAUSE WE DON'T HAPPEN TO APPRECIATE THE BOX THEY CAME IN. THESE ARE ACTUAL HUMAN BEINGS THAT GOD MADE FOR A PURPOSE. HE KNOWS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM AND HE PLACED THEM HERE FOR A REASON. 'RESPECT' WOULD BE A GRAND INCLUSION HERE.

THIS IS THE TYPE OF BROADCAST BEHAVIOR THAT UNFORTUNATELY CONTRIBUTES TO THE CAUSES OF THE GLEN BECKS IN THIS WORLD. IT IS ON THE INCREASE. MR. ROBERTSON, YOU MAY CERTAINLY PAT YOURSELF ON THE BACK BECAUSE YOUR STATEMENT ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTES TO VIOLENCE. DO ME A FAVOR PLEASE...DON'T GO TO FORT HOOD AND TRY TO PREACH A SERMON. WE HAVE SOME GREAT MUSLIMS THERE WHO SERVE IN OUR ARMED FORCES. THEY DON'T WANT TO BE BLAMED FOR THINGS THEY HAVE NOT DONE.

I MIGHT SUGGEST THAT YOU STOP BY WITH YOUR ART KIT AND PAINT STRANGE AND APPALLING THINGS ON OUR PRESIDENT'S PORTRAIT SUCH AS THE TEABAGGERS HAVE DONE. YOU MIGHT FIT IN THERE WITH YOUR SEGREGATED AND ILL COMMENTS. UNFORTUNATELY, YOU HOLD A PLACE OF LEADERSHIP IN CHRISTIAN SOCIETY. JUST LIKE VOTING, WE DESPERATELY NEED TO CHANGE THAT SYSTEM.

PRESIDENT OBAMA SPEAKS FOR ALL OF US WITH RESPECT, INTEGRITY AND CERTAINLY TOLERANCE FOR PEOPLE SUCH AS YOURSELF. THIS IS WHY WE VOTED FOR HIM. HE'S NOT GOD........BUT HE CARRIES GOD'S MESSAGE WELL. I VOTED FOR HIM SO THAT HE COULD CARRY THIS MESSAGE OF HUMAN TOLERANCE TO MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. I TRUST HIM. HIS COMPASSION IS EXACTLY WHAT WE FIND IN THE BIBLE IN OUR SEARCH FOR HUMANITY. PERHAPS YOU SHOULD MEET HIM SOMETIME AND TAKE A CLASS OR STAY AFTER SCHOOL BECAUSE YOU HAVE CERTAINLY BEEN ABSENT.

MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS THE KINDEST OF HEARTS THAT WE FIND IN OUR PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA. WHILE YOU'RE AT IT GOD...PLEASE HAVE A WORD WITH PAT ROBERTSON. BEING THE CHRISTIAN THAT I AM...NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE. MAY GOD BLESS THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! THE WORD 'UNITED' DOES STAND FOR SOMETHING!

"THE DOOR IS OPEN" HE SAYS....'MR. PERSEVERANCE' HEADS HOME!

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:28:58 EST

THE PRESIDENT IS ON HIS WAY HOME TODAY AFTER WRAPPING UP AN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL GOODWILL TREK TO ASIA. THE AFOREMENTIONED 'OPEN DOOR' STATEMENT FOLLOWED HIS FINAL LIASON WITH SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT LEE MYUNG-BAK. THE PRESIDENT HAS ANNOUNCED THAT HE WILL BE SENDING AMERICAN ENVOY STEPHEN BOSWORTH TO NORTH KOREA ON DECEMBER 8TH. INDEED, HOPEFULL PROSPECTS WILL ACCOMPANY BOSWORTH ON THIS JOURNEY. "THE DOOR IS OPEN TO RESOLVING THESE ISSUES PEACEFULLY," THE PRESIDENT SAID. OBVIOUSLY, 'HOPE' ALREADY RESIDES WITH ABUNDANCE ON THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA.

OF COURSE THE PRESIDENT COULDN'T LEAVE KOREAN AIR-SPACE WITHOUT FIRST SPEAKING TO THE MILITARY CALL FOR HIS COMPASSION....OUR SOLDIERS AT OSAN AIR BASE. THIS PRESIDENT NEVER FORGETS WHO THEY ARE AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED...HE'LL BE THERE BRINGING THAT EVER-CONSTANT MESSAGE OF HOPE,ENCOURAGEMENT AND SINCERE GRATITUDE FOR THEIR SACRIFICE AND COMMITTMENT TO SERVICE.

ALTHOUGH THIS PRESIDENT IS EXTREMELY HUMBLE ABOUT HIS OVERSEAS ACCOMPLISHMENTS, JUST LIKE A SUCCESSFUL ROLL OF THE DOMINOES....WE ARE SEEING A CULMINATION OF INTERNATIONAL COMMITTMENTS TOWARD PEACE AND PROSPERITY. WE ARE SEEING THE BIRTHING OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS THAT WILL 'BEAR FRUIT' AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD TOWARD CHANGE IN THIS COUNTRY. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS THE 'CUP BEING HALF FULL HERE.'

THESE CONVERSATIONS AND EFFORTS TO EXTEND AN UNCLENCHED FIST HAVE BEEN NEEDED FOR SOME TIME. THERE IS NO FAILURE IN THE PRACTICE OF BROTHERHOOD. THE PRESIDENT HAS LEFT BEHIND A TRUE MARK OF COMPASSIONATE CONCERN FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CONGLOMERATE. THIS IS SEEN BY THESE LEADERS AS A SINCERE MOVE TOWARD OPEN ENGAGEMENT. UNFORTUNATELY, CRITICS HERE LOOK AT THIS AS A SIGN OF AMERICAN WEAKNESS. THE WEAKNESS IS INDEED THEIR OWN IN 'CHARACTER.' NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH. THESE PRESIDENTIAL EFFORTS TO CARRY THE OLIVE BRANCH DO MATTER. IN PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CASE....THE SEEDS HAVE BEEN PLANTED WELL.

KUDOS TO SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON WHO HAS WITNESSED THE INAUGURATION OF AFGHAN PRESIDENT HAMID KARZAI. SOS CLINTON MUST BE CREDITED FOR HER OWN PERSEVERANCE AS SHE DELIVERS HER STERN MESSAGE TO KARZAI AND CALLS FOR AN END TO CORRUPTION IN THAT GOVERNMENT. THIS IS A 'STAY TUNED' MOMENT.

WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE IF KARZAI WILL CHALLENGE HIS SUPPORTIVE WARLORDS AND PLACE THE PEOPLE IN AFGHANISTAN ON A 'HIGH PRIORITY' LIST WHERE THEY BELONG. SOS CLINTON HAS DEMONSTRATED HER OWN 'GOOD THINGS COME IN SMALL PACKAGES' COURAGEOUS BEHAVIOR. I COMPARE THIS SITUATION TO HAVING DINNER WITH RUSH LIMBAUGH WHILE LISTENING TO A GLEN BECK MONOLOGUE. MOVE OVER BILL BECAUSE THERE IS A VERY TOUGH WOMAN IN YOUR HOUSE!

RECENTLY THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE TRAGIC FORT HOOD INCIDENT HAS PRODUCED SOME RATHER QUESTIONABLE INFORMATION REGARDING ALLEGED SUSPECT MAJOR HASSAN. THE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ROBERT GATES HAVE BOTH ORDERED EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATIONS INTO THIS HORRIFIC EVENT. THIS BRINGS ME TO THE QUESTION OF THE 'ACCOUNTABILITY FACTOR,' SOMETHING WE HEAR OFTEN FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA.

INDEED I AM CONCERNED ABOUT OUR AMERICAN VALUES AND HAVE WE LOWERED OUR EXPECTATIONS FOR THOSE WHO COMMAND LEADERSHIP IN THIS COUNTRY???? DO WE JUST LET THE BALL RIDE WHEN THERE ARE PROBLEMS? CONSIDERING ALL DIVULGED INFORMATION IN THIS CASE, THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR 'RED FLAG' IGNORANCE HERE.

IT IS ALSO UNFORTUNATE THAT SO MUCH INFORMATION HAS BEEN LEAKED TO THE PRESS. CLEARLY THE PRESS WOULD RATHER SACRIFICE THE BENEFITS OF A GOOD COURT CASE...FOR RATINGS. WHEN I WAS A NEWS EDITOR...IF I HAD DONE THIS...OUT OF CLEAR DISRESPECT FOR THE NEEDS OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM, I WOULD HAVE QUIT MY JOB MERELY OUT OF SHAME FOR DISCLOSING THIS INFORMATION. JOURNALISM HAS CERTAINLY CHANGED THESE DAYS. SOD BOB GATES IS NOT TOO HAPPY ABOUT THIS SITUATION. SOMEONE NEEDS TO CALL A PLUMBER AND TRIM THIS GRAPEVINE. THERE ARE UNFORTUNATE LEAKS IN THE PIPES.TRANSPARENCY IS A GREAT MANEUVER UNLESS IT'S GOING TO COURT.

NO DOUBT, THE FOLLOWING IN DEPTH INVESTIGATIONS WILL PIN DOWN THE 'ACCOUNTABILITY FACTOR' INVOLVED HERE. GATES IS GOING TO ANNOUNCE A FORMER DEFENSE OFFICIAL WHO WILL COMMAND THE SHOVEL ON THIS DIG. OF MORE CONCERN IS...HOW MANY MORE ARE OUT THERE? INDEED MILITARY OFFICIALS ARE TIGHTENING UP SECURITY MEASURES, BUT, WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO HERE. 'COMPLACENCY' WAS CERTAINLY A DANCING PARTNER. WHEN YOU INVITE COMPLACENCY IN....YOU INVITE THE UNWANTED. THIS ONE OVERSTAYED HIS WELCOME.

MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO ALL THOSE WHO SUFFERED LOSS FROM THE FORT HOOD INCIDENT. I HAVE SAVED SOME OF THOSE FOR THE 'UNFORTUNATE 5' PROTESTORS IN IRAN WHO HAVE BEEN SENTENCED TO DEATH. I BELIEVE THIS UNJUST AND INHUMANE SENTENCING FOR MERELY PROTESTING READS AS FOLLOWS...FOR.."CORRUPTION ON EARTH AND ACTS AGAINST GOD." WE KNOW WHERE GOD SITS HERE AND IT'S NOT ON THEIR SIDE OF THE GAVEL.

HOW DIFFICULT IT MUST BE FOR OUR COMPASSIONATE PRESIDENT TO WITNESS THIS TYPE OF INHUMANITY TO MAN. THESE ARE THE DAYS WHEN YOU WANT TO KICK YOURSELF BECAUSE YOU CAN'T END ALL OF THIS WORLD CONFLICT AND SAVE ALL OF THESE LIVES FROM EITHER MONSTERS OR STARVATION. THIS IS WHERE INDEED...YOU MUST PRAY!

MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA. WELCOME HOME MR.PRESIDENT AND YOUR EQUALLY COMMITTED ENTOURAGE. THE WORLD WATCHED YOU...THOSE WHO DIDN'T WALK IN YOUR SHOES IN ASIA NEED TO SAVE THEIR CRITICISMS FOR THEIR OWN MIRROR DURING ONE OF THEIR NUMEROUS SELFISH MORNINGS. THANK YOU FOR OPENING MORE DOORS TO 'CHANGE.' WE CERTAINLY NEED THIS...DON'T WE? MAY GOD BLESS THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA...THIS PLACE WHERE WE NEED TO LEARN TO COUNT THE BLESSINGS THAT WE HAVE. YOU, MR. PRESIDENT AND YOUR ADMINISTRATION ARE AMONG THE MANY!

THE PRESS...'AS USUAL' NEEDS...A WAKE-UP CALL!

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:36:24 EST

PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS JUST ARRIVED IN SOUTH KOREA THIS MORNING. AT 6:00A.M. ET CNN JUST AIRED AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PRESIDENT CONDUCTED BY ED HENRY BEFORE HE LEFT BEIJING. OF COURSE ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS OUT OF HENRY'S MOUTH JUST HAD TO BE...'DO YOU FEEL SOME PRESSURE TO GET SOME OF THESE THINGS DONE?" HENRY WAS REFERENCING EVERYTHING FROM THE STRATEGY IN AFGHANISTAN TO HEALTHCARE REFORM DURING THIS PRESIDENTIAL INQUISITION. MY QUESTION TO ED HENRY IS "WHEN DO YOU START LISTENING TO THE PRESIDENT'S ANSWERS AND STOP REITERATING THE SAME QUESTIONS?"

PRESIDENT OBAMA IS RECOGNIZED FOR HIS PATIENCE WHICH IS CERTAINLY NEEDED WHEN THE PRESS CONTINUES TO 'PETE AND REPEAT',PENCIL POINTING AT THE SAME ISSUES. HIS ANSWERS TO CONTINUED STRATEGY IN AFGHANISTAN WILL WAIT UNTIL HE'S READY. DARE I REPEAT MYSELF...THE PRESIDENT REITERATED AN ANSWER FORTHCOMING IN 'A FEW WEEKS!'

AGAIN...THE PRESIDENT REITERATED THE ISSUES HE IS FACING...PRIORITY #1...PROTECTING AMERICA AGAINST TERRORISM. COMPLICATING THE CHALLENGES ARE THE STABILITY ISSUES PERTAINING TO THE CURRENT KARZAI GOVERNMENT AND A DEEP CONCERN FOR THE PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN AND THEIR ABILITY TO STAND ON THEIR OWN. THIS IS CALLED 'HUMANITARIAN' CONCERN IN CASE ANYONE HAS FORGOTTEN ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR FORM OF COMPASSION. I SINCERELY HOPE ED HENRY WROTE HIS ANSWER DOWN THIS TIME.PERHAPS A 'POST-IT NOTE' PLASTERED TO HIS FOREHEAD WOULD BE HELPFULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!

ONE WOULD THINK THE PRESIDENT & COMPANY HAD GONE BOWLING OVERSEAS FOR A WEEK. HENRY NEEDED TO KNOW WHAT THE PRESIDENT THOUGHT HE ACCOMPLISHED IN HIS TREK TO ASIA. OF COURSE THE PRESS MAKES IT SOUND LIKE HE DETOURED TO MICKEY D'S FOR A BURGER AND FRIES. DON'T FORGET THE PICKLES!!!!

IT DIDN'T TAKE THE PRESIDENT LONG TO QUOTE SOME SUCCESSFUL POLL RESULTS THAT SPEAK WELL FOR OUR IMPROVED STANDING IN THE WORLD TODAY. ACCORDING TO THE PRESIDENT, 75% OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BELIEVE WE HAVE UPGRADED OURSELVES IN OUR INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION. THIS FACT IS QUITE OBVIOUS AND DEAR MR. PRESIDENT....I DO HOPE YOU ARE PROUD OF YOURSELF AS WELL AS YOUR AWESOME TEAM ADVOCATES WHO KNOW HOW TO KNOCK ON DOORS AND INVITE 'PEACE' INTO THE ROOM.

DARE I MENTION THE 'NOBEL PEACE PRIZE' YOU ARE SO HUMBLE ABOUT RECEIVING. IF IT WEREN'T FOR YOUR COMPASSION FOR INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY, WE WOULD STILL BE SITTING IN AN UNPOPULAR DUNK TANK WITH 'PECOS PETE!' WHEN YOU RECEIVE THIS HONOR NEXT MONTH, I INTEND TO VARNISH IT AND PRESS IT TO YOUR BEST SUIT!...THAT'S IF WE CAN CATCH YOU!!!!!!

THE PRESIDENT ALSO MENTIONED IMPROVED INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH REGARD TO NUCLEAR ISSUES. NO DOUBT THIS PRESIDENT HAS APPROACHED AND ADDRESSED SOME VERY DIFFICULT ARENAS OVERSEAS. BEHIND THAT OBAMA SMILE IS A GIFT OF DIPLOMACY THAT HAS WON ROUNDTABLE PARTICIPATION FROM THE UNEXPECTED. THIS IS A UNIQUE GIFT EQUALLY PRESENTED WITH SINCERITY. WHEN YOU POSSESS THIS KIND OF CARE AND INTERNATIONAL CONCERN FOR WORLD AFFAIRS...YOUR ELEVATOR HAS ONLY ONE WAY TO GO....UP!!!! ALL OF THESE CONVERSATIONS HAVE ADDED SEVERAL,ONCE DOUBTFUL...CHAIRS TO THE TABLE. CONSIDERING THE SHARED INPUT, THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT HAD BETTER TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT ITS CURRENT APPROVAL RATING.

TO THE CRITICS OUT THERE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR A PLETHORA OF NEW INFORMATION FROM THE PRESIDENT....DON'T BLAME HIM FOR REPETITIVE ANSWERS. THE PRESS NEEDS TO ASK SOME NEW QUESTIONS. THE PRESIDENT SHOULD NOT HAVE TO CONTINUALLY ANSWER TO AFGHANISTAN. 'PRESSURE' ROLLS OFF HIS BACK...BECAUSE HE VALUES HIS RESPONSIBILITIES.

AS WE ARE ENTERING THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAYS, PLEASE VOLUNTEER YOURSELVES TO A SHELTER KITCHEN OR TO A GROCERY STORE WHERE YOU CAN PURCHASE SOME FOOD ITEMS TO FEED A NEEDY FAMILY. THE LATEST STATS ON HUNGRY KIDS IN AMERICA ARE EMBARRASSING. ONE MILLION CHILDREN GO HUNGRY IN THIS COUNTRY AND THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR IT.

IF YOU CAN STAND IN A CROWD AT AN AUCTION AND PAY $14,500 FOR BERNIE MADOFF'S METS JACKET, THINK ABOUT HOW MANY KIDS YOUR SPENDING SPREE COULD HAVE FED. WHILE YOU ARE TUCKING THAT JACKET IN A CLOSET, SOME KIDS ARE LIVING IN THEIRS...NO CLOTHES...NO FOOD...THIS CAN'T HAPPEN IN AMERICA! PLEASE TRAVEL WITH YOUR SELF-CONSUMED WALLETS TO THE NEAREST VENDOR AND AID IN FEEDING THE POOR IN THIS COUNTRY.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY ANYONE WOULD WANT TO OWN ANYTHING THAT BELONGED TO THIS SCAMMER WHO ABSCONDED WITH EVEN CHARITABLE FUNDS. PURCHASE SOME WARM WINTER COATS FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED THEM. YOUR CLOSET WILL BE FILLED WITH JOY INSTEAD OF SCRAPS FROM A SCAMMER. WE KNOW WHERE HE'S SPENDING HIS THANKSGIVING! I WONDER IF THEY HAVE POWDERED TURKEY BEHIND BARS. IF NOT, PERHAPS THEY SAVED THAT ONE PALIN GROUND LAST YEAR ON PUBLIC TELEVISION! YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!

MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AS HE MEETS IN SOUTH KOREA TODAY. THIS IS THE FINAL TREK IN HIS ASIAN ADVENTURE. IS HE HOME YET????????

A SIGHT TO BEHOLD....AMERICAN STRENGTH IN BEIJING!

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:42:12 EST

IF ANYONE WATCHED THE BEIJING CEREMONY YESTERDAY WELCOMING PRESIDENT OBAMA....AND HIS AWESOME BACK-UP TEAM...LET'S HOPE YOU CONSIDERED THIS....IT TAKES AN UNBELIEVABLE AMOUNT OF COURAGE AND FORTITUDE TO WALK BRAVELY INTO THE UNKNOWN.

AS I GAZED AT THE TREMENDOUS GATHERING OF CHINESE MILITARY PRESENCE, I THOUGHT ...HERE IS A PRESIDENT AND HIS SUPPORTIVE ADMINISTRATION WILLING TO SHAKE HANDS WITH THOSE WHO VALUE COMMUNISM. WE FORGET THAT THIS MANEUVER CALLS FOR THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF TOLERANCE THAT ANY HUMAN BEING SEEKING EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS CAN OFFER. THIS IS ALSO REACHING FOR THE PRIORITY THAT GOD CALLS UPON....EXTENDING THE UNCLENCHED FIST REGARDLESS OF THE SITUATION.

SEEKING 'PEACE' DEMANDS THESE THINGS. FOR SO LONG, WE HAVE REMAINED IGNORANT OF OUR DUTIES TO INVITE STRANGERS TO OUR TABLE. FOR SO LONG, WE HAVE BEEN AFRAID TO STEP ON THEIR WELCOME MAT. INDEED, THIS IS SEEKING 'CHANGE' AT ITS HIGHEST LEVEL AND THOSE WHO DO SO ARE TO BE RESPECTED AND ADMIRED. IT HAS BEEN EASIER AND LESS COMPLICATED FOR MANY JUST TO REACH INTO THE 'WAR TOY TOOLBOX' TO EXPRESS OUR DISCONTENT. THIS UNFORTUNATELY, HAS COME AT THE COST OF ALL SO MANY LIVES IN OUR HISTORY...THOSE TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION.

WHILE CRITICS HERE,MOST WITH ALTERIOR MOTIVES...ARE BUSY SCRUTINIZING THE PRESIDENT'S EVERY MOVE OVERSEAS.....IT IS TIME TO BE THANKFUL FOR A PRESIDENT WHO IS TEACHING US OUR 'NEEDED INTERNATIONAL VALUES'. WHILE HE STROLLS THROUGH THESE CHALLENGES WITH UNQUESTIONABLE 'FIRE IN HIS SHOES,' THIS IS A COMBINATION OF SINCERELY FELT GOODWILL AND CONFIDENCE THAT NO DOUBT OPENED SEVERAL DOORS IN CHINA. 'GOODWILL' IS A FORTUNATE DISEASE THAT SPREADS AND IN BETWEEN SMILES AND HANDSHAKES AND ALL OF THE EFFORTS TO MEET WITH PROTOCAL, THE LESSONS WE ALL NEED ARE LEFT BEHIND AND THEY ARE NOT FORGOTTEN.

IT'S EASY TO CRITICIZE IF WE ARE SO POLITICALLY INCLINED, AS WE STAND HERE SHELTERED IN AMERICA'S COMFORT ZONE. TRY WALKING 'OUT OF THE BOX' INTO THE HANDS OF THOSE WHO QUESTION OUR DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. I DARESAY, THE 'BUSY AS USUAL' PUNDITS WOULD PREFER TO STAY IN THEIR OWN CLOSET WITH THE REST OF THEIR MOST FAMILIAR AND ILL-SEEKING LOBBYISTS.

MOST OF THESE CRITICS WOULD NEVER BOW TO ANOTHER COUNTRY'S CULTURAL CUSTOMS. THEY BELIEVE THIS TO BE AN INSULT TO THE AMERICAN PROFILE. THE PRESIDENT OF COURSE IS BEING CRITICIZED FOR HIS BOW TO THE JAPANESE EMPEROR. THESE CRITICS IGNORE THE 'DO UNTO OTHERS' SCENARIO. THESE CUSTOMS ARE A SIGN OF RESPECT FOR THEIR COUNTRY...WHICH YOU HAPPEN TO BE STANDING IN. IF THERE IS ONE WORD IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE HERE THAT NEEDS SINCERE STUDY...IT'S 'ETIQUETTE.' WHEN INTERNATIONAL VISITORS COME TO THE WHITEHOUSE...THEY ENDEAVOR TO RETURN THE RESPECT FOR THIS COUNTRY. WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION IN CLASS AND ELEVATE OUR HUMAN BEHAVIOR...WITH CLASS.

DON'T FORGET THAT WHEN THE PRESIDENT RETURNS WITH THE 'GOOD NEWS' FROM THIS ADVENTURE IN ASIA..............DON'T FORGET WHAT IT TOOK IN 'CHARACTER' TO GET THERE. THESE ARE NOT SIMPLE TREKS DESIGNED JUST TO SPOT CHECK THE COUNTRYSIDE. THIS IS SERIOUS BUSINESS.

OUR WORLD IS SO CLOSELY INTERWOVEN. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS 'DISTANCE' ANYMORE. WE ARE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE AND SHARE AND LEARN FROM EACH OTHER. WE SHOULD BE DOING ALL THAT IS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO PROMOTE WORLD UNITY. GOD DID NOT PLACE US ON THIS PLANET TO MERELY PLAY HOST TO OUR OWN BACKYARD.

THIS KIND OF THINKING ONLY CREATES INDIVIDUALISM AND STAGNATE PROTECTIONISM. WE WERE EACH BORN WITH GIFTS TO SHARE. IT IS OUR DUTY AS AMERICANS TO SPREAD GOODWILL TO ALL PARTS OF THIS WORLD WHENEVER WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. SEGREGATION AND SECRET SOCIETIES BREED NOTHING BUT CONTEMPT. OUR SINCERE SEARCH FOR EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS CANNOT SUCCEED WITHOUT VENTURING INTO THESE UNKNOWNS. AS WE VENTURE, WE RESPECT THE CUSTOMS PRESENTED IN THEIR INVITATION. THIS IS OUR AWESOME OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN A 'FOOT IN THE DOOR' AND PROGRESS TOWARD 'PEACE.'

YOU WILL NEVER FIND A TRUE 'SOCIALIST' INTERESTED IN DIPLOMACY AND WORLD PEACE ENDEAVORS. A 'SOCIALIST' IS FRANKLY QUITE HAPPY WITH CONTROLLING THEIR OWN TURF. THE WORD 'INCLUSION' IS NOT IN THEIR DICTIONARY. THEY ARE SELFISHLY MOTIVATED AND CLING TO THE BIG FISH IN THE SMALL POND THEORY. THEY HAVE NO INTEREST IN EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS,MAKE THEIR OWN LAWS AND CERTAINLY DO NOT INVITE TRANSPARENCY INTO THEIR GOVERNMENT. FOR THOSE WHO HAVE ACCUSED THIS PRESIDENT OF BEING A 'SOCIALIST'...YOU ARE LOOKING AT A COMPLETELY SELF-SACRIFICING OPPOSITE TO THE AFOREMENTIONED DESCRIPTION. NO FURTHER COMMENT NEEDED HERE.....

MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AND HIS UNITED ADMINISTRATION. REMEMBER THAT 'TEAM OF RIVALS' HE INVITED IN??????? FUNNY WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU EXTEND AN UNCLENCHED FIST TO THE UNKNOWN FACTORS IN LIFE. ALTHOUGH AT OPPOSITE ENDS ON THE CAMPAIGN FENCE....WE NOW HAVE A SHOW OF UNITY THAT WILL BRING MUCH NEEDED CHANGE TO THIS COUNTRY....LESSONS WE MUST LEARN FOR THE SAKE OF FUTURE GENERATIONS. THEY ARE DEPENDING ON OUR SOLIDARITY. THEY ARE DEPENDING ON US. THIS IS THEIR INVITATION TO 'HOPE,CHANGE AND A PROSPERITY' THAT DOES NOT COME FROM THE POCKET...IT COMES FROM OUR SOUL AND OUR VALUES. THIS IS WHERE 'DEEP POCKETS' COUNT! MAY GOD BLESS THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!

'IT'S TIME TO TAKE THEM BACK TO 'GROUND ZERO' AND SHOW THE WORLD THAT AMERICAN JUSTICE PREVAILS'

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:30:33 EST

I SINCERELY CREDIT ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER FOR CONTINUALLY WEIGHING HIS OPTIONS BEFORE ACTING ON THEM. MUCH LIKE THE PRESIDENT, HOLDER WOULD NOT SEND THE ALLEGED 9/11 SUSPECTS TO NEW YORK WITHOUT FIRST BALLANCING THE CHALLENGES IN THE FEDERAL CIVILIAN COURT SYSTEM. I COMMEND ALL INVOLVED IN THIS DECISION BECAUSE IT WILL GIVE AMERICA THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAND WITHOUT FEAR IN THE NAME OF JUSTICE FOR ALL WHO DIED ON THIS DAY.

THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO COWAR OR PURSUE THE NEGATIVES IN THIS SITUATION. AS PROUD AS I AM OF EX-MAYOR RUDY GIULLIANI'S COURAGEOUS ACTIONS DURING THIS HORRIFIC EVENT, TO CRITICIZE THIS DECISION OUT OF FEAR OF POTENTIAL HARM TO AMERICA ONLY TARNISHES HIS EQUALLY EARNED 9/11 LUSTER. WE CANNOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES 'FEAR' HOLDING THIS TRIAL IN OUR HOMELAND....IT'S APPROPRIATE TO PLACE THIS ACTION NOT FAR FROM THE SCENE OF THE CRIME.

DO NOT USE THIS OPPORTUNITY DEAR EX-MAYOR...TO EXERCISE 'POLITICAL POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE.' THIS IS WHY PRESIDENT OBAMA IS IN THE WHITEHOUSE AND YOU ARE NOT...A LITTLE TRANSPARENCY NEVER HURT ANYONE. IN THIS CASE, THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES WHO GRIEVE FROM THEIR 9/11 LOSS WILL INDEED WITNESS HEALING AND CLOSURE. I DARESAY...THE SOULS OF THOSE LEFT BEHIND IN THE RUBBLE WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE AS WELL.

CURRENT MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG HAS SPOKEN OUT ON THIS ISSUE AND HE WELCOMES THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING JUSTICE BACK WHERE IT BELONGS...TO NEW YORK CITY. TO BE SURE...THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WOULD NOT PLACE ITSELF ON THE LINE OR SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT WITH BROKEN OR DOUBTFUL PROMISES IN ITS COMMITTMENT TO BRING JUSTICE TO THIS HORRENDOUS ACT THAT STILL AND ALWAYS WILL LEAVE AMERICA SPEECHLESS. THERE ARE NO FOOLS IN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION. THE WORLD WILL BE WATCHING THIS ONE AND HOW CAN WE PREACH HUMANITARIAN EQUALITY AND JUSTICE IF WE ARE AFRAID TO HOLD A SESSION IN OUR OWN BACKYARD?

I ALWAYS ENJOY THE POLITICIANS WHO TURN OVER THEIR ROCKS WHEN THE PRESIDENT IS OVERSEAS. THIS IS TO BE EXPECTED BECAUSE THEY ENJOY BACK STABBING. THIS HAS BECOME THEIR OWN FORM OF 'CLOSET BRAVERY.' SUCH IS THE CASE WITH THE RECENT REMARKS FROM MITT ROMNEY WHO HAS ACCUSED OUR PRESIDENT OF DAMAGING TROOPS DURING HIS DECISIONAL PROCESS AIMED AT FUTURE STRATEGY IN AFGHANISTAN. I'M SURPRISED THAT ROMNEY HAS TAKEN THE TIME AWAY FROM 'COMBING HIS HAIR' TO DELIVER SUCH A CRITICISM. HOWEVER, THE PRESIDENT IS NOT HERE SO IT'S A GREAT TIME TO POSE FOR A LITTLE CAMERA EXPOSURE. ROMNEY ALWAYS REMINDS ME OF A 'SLICK PHOTO' WITHOUT THE NEED FOR FILM!

KUDOS TO OUR PRESIDENT WHILE IN SHANGHAI ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO COMMUNICATE AND EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS VIA THE INTERNET. INDEED THESE CHIPS AND WIRES HAVE BROUGHT OUR WORLD CLOSER TOGETHER. THE PRESIDENT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT WHEN HE SAYS THAT THIS HIGH TECH TREK ALLOWS CITIZENS A VOICE IN GOVERNMENT AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO HOLD GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE FOR ITS ACTIONS.

THERE IS NO 'FEAR' IN THE OBAMA DICTIONARY...BUT, THE WORDS 'TRANSPARENCY,ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY' ARE REPEATED ON EVERY SINGLE PAGE....OVER AND OVER AGAIN. IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE...FIND ONE...OUR FOREFATHERS WROTE IT LONG AGO BEFORE OUR PRIORITIES BECAME A MATERIALISTIC QUAGMIRE BURIED IN THE GREED POND! THIS PRESIDENT IS A CALLING CARD...HERE TO REMIND YOU THAT THESE PRIORITIES DO EXIST AND IT'S TIME TO REINSTATE THEM.

CNN IS RUNNING A SERIES DUBBED..'PATRIOTS OR EXTREMISTS.' PAY ATTENTION TO THIS ONE. THE RIGHTS OF 'FREEDOM OF SPEECH' ARE BRINGING THIS SERIES INTO YOUR LIVING ROOMS. AT LEAST 100 NEW 'MILITIA GROUPS' HAVE FORMED IN AMERICA SINCE JANUARY...ACCORDING TO THEIR SOURCES. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ADMITTEDLY DISLIKE OUR GOVERNMENT. THEY CLEARLY EXPRESS THEIR DISLIKE OF OUR PRESIDENT AND A FIRM LACK OF TRUST.

THIS IS QUITE EDUCATIONAL BECAUSE AMERICA NEEDS THIS WAKE-UP CALL. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO CAN INCITE THE WORST IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR. THEY COULD LIVE NEXT DOOR TO YOU....HOLD ONTO THIS PRESIDENT AND HIS VALUES. JUST LIKE HEALTHCARE REFORM, THERE ARE MANY OUT THERE WHO ARE MERELY SELF-CONSUMED AND THEY DETEST ANY TYPE OF AUTHORITY.

THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO MAY DISPLAY THE AMERICAN FLAG BUT THEY JUSTIFY THEIR ACTIONS REGARDLESS OF VIOLENCE...AS A MEANS TO AN END. WE GAVE UP THIS FORM OF BEHAVIOR WHEN WE PROGRESSED FROM THE NEANDERTHAL PERIOD,TAKING THAT UPHILL CLIMB TO HUMANITARIAN JUSTICE. IT SURELY HASN'T BEEN EASY..BUT, THIS IS WHERE WE ARE. INDEED, 'REGRESSION' IS NOT A CHOICE ON THE DRAWING TABLE. I MAY BE OLD ENOUGH TO HAVE LIVED IN A CAVE...BUT, I'M NOT GOING BACK THERE FOR DINNER!

MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA. I FEEL AN EMPTINESS WITHOUT HIS FEET FIRMLY PLANTED ON AMERICAN SOIL. HOWEVER, WE'VE TRIED SEAT BELTS ON THIS PRESIDENT BEFORE. NOTHING HOLDS HIM DOWN AND SURELY WHEN HE RETURNS...HE WILL BRING BACK THE GIFTS OF OPEN DOORS AND PROMISE, THOSE THAT NEEDED TO BE OPENED IN ASIA. THIS SUCCESS AND THERE WILL BE....WILL BENEFIT ALL OF US AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO 'CHANGE' IN THIS COUNTRY. THIS IS THE KIND OF CHANGE THAT INVITES INTEGRITY AND RESPECT FOR HUMAN EQUALITY. YOU CAN'T BUY IT. GOD ACTUALLY GAVE IT ALL TO YOU...YOU HAVE TO USE IT! MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

CONGRATULATIONS FEDS....AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM FORT HOOD..............

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:02:36 EST

RECENTLY SOMEONE OBVIOUSLY AWARE THAT I AM A DEVOTED OBAMA SUPPORTER APPROACHED ME WITH THEIR OWN VERSION OF THE NEWS..THAT WE ARE BECOMMING A 'ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT.' IT'S DIFFICULT NOT TO GRIT YOUR TEETH IN FRONT OF THESE PEOPLE,BUT, YOU IMMEDIATELY THINK ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S DIGNIFIED EXAMPLE. YOU GO HOME AND TAKE OUT YOUR ANGER BY POUNDING ON AN INNOCENT MEATLOAF! FIST BUMPING DOES WORK WELL HERE!

THIS WEEKS NEWS HAS BEEN FILLED WITH THE HORRIFIC SHOCK AND AWE REGARDING THE FORT HOOD TRAGEDY. WE HAVE LEARNED A LESSON HERE. COMPLACENCY CAN KILL. IT DOES NOT MATTER HERE WHO IS AT FAULT. HOWEVER, WE HAVE LEARNED THAT RED FLAGS WERE INDEED MISSED. NOW WE WILL MOVE FORWARD AND IMPROVE FROM THE LESSONS WE HAVE LEARNED HERE.

WE HAVE ALSO LEARNED THAT THE FEDS HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY IN THEIR COVERT LIVES UNCOVERING THE POSSIBILITIES OF TERRORIST LINKS IN THIS COUNTRY. THE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING ALLEGED MOSQUE CONNECTIONS TO IRAN IN NEW YORK CITY ARE JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF FEDERAL SUCCESS. THESE MEN AND WOMEN ARE TO BE HONORED FOR RISKING THEIR LIVES TO PROTECT THIS COUNTRY. I DON'T CARE IF IT IS A SITUATION SUCH AS THIS OR SNOOPING IN BANK RECORDS....WE WOULD NOT HAVE A FREE COUNTRY WITHOUT THEM AND THEIR CONTINUED SACRIFICE.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY WHO DON'T WANT ANY GOVERNMENT WATCHDOGS. THEY DISLIKE SUPERVISION AND WHEN THEY CAN, THEY USE EVERY MOMENT TO INCITE HATRED AGAINST ANY FORM OF TRANSPARENCY AND INDEED EQUAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR ACTIONS.

WHEN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION OPENED THE DOORS TO TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE OVAL OFFICE, THE WORMS BEGAN TO SQUIRM IN THEIR SHADOWS OF DECEIT. PRESIDENTIAL CONCERN FOR OUR HEALTHCARE HAS BROUGHT MUCH OF THAT TYPE OF CHARACTER TO LIGHT AS WE SEE SILK TIE BOYS PUT PROFIT BEFORE THE LIVES OF HUMAN BEINGS. THE WHEELS OF POWER IN CONTROL OF AN EXTREMELY HONEST AND CONCERNED PRESIDENT CAN BE DEVASTATING TO THESE SELF-CONSUMED AND GREEDY PROFITEERS. NO LONGER ARE THEY BEING FED FINANCIAL PROMISE. THIS PRESIDENT HAS CUT THE CORD TO THEIR CUPCAKES, SO TO SPEAK!

PRESIDENT OBAMA'S STIMULATING CALLS FOR OVERSIGHT IN OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM HAS REALLY ROCKED THE BOAT FOR THE BIG SPENDERS. FINALLY....A PRESIDENT WHO CALLS OUT BABYSITTERS BECAUSE WHETHER YOU WANT TO ADMIT IT OR NOT....WE DIDN'T DO SO WELL WITHOUT THEM. YOUR REBELLIOUS THOUGHTS THAT SUPERVISION DESIGNATES A 'ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT' IS ACTUALLY NAUSIATING. GREED HAS COMMANDED THIS COUNTRY FOR TOO LONG.

IN THE MEANTIME, OUR COURAGEOUS AND PERSEVERING PRESIDENT WILL RISE ABOVE THE CRITICS AND 'YES' BABYSITTERS WILL BE ON CALL WHERE NEEDED. OUR BRAVE FEDERAL AGENTS WILL CONTINUE TO WORK IN THE SHADOWS TO KEEP US SAFE OR MAKE SURE NOONE IS PILFERING OUR MONEY FROM THE BANK FOR A NEW CORPORATE JET LOAN!

TODAY, ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER SPEAKS REGARDING SET TRIALS FOR 9/11 AND GITMO DETAINEES IN NEW YORK. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THEY WILL RECEIVE FAIR AND EQUAL JUSTICE THERE. THE PRESIDENT MENTIONED THIS TODAY IN TOKYO. OUR ESTEEMED ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS ALSO FOUGHT CONTINUOUSLY TO PROTECT ALL AGAINST THE UNFORTUNATE RESULTS OF HATE CRIMES.

ALL OF THE AFOREMENTIONED ARE INDIVIDUALS DEDICATED TO HUMAN RIGHTS IN THIS COUNTRY, SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN LACKING HERE IN THE PAST IN PURSUIT OF THE BUCK BEFORE THE RIGHTS OF A BROTHER. IT IS QUITE CLEAR THAT THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HOLDS OUR NEEDED VALUES AND MORAL COMPASS AT A HIGH PRIORITY. SOMEONE HIGHER THAN THIS VALUES THESE PRIORITIES. THIS IS WHERE WE ARE GOING. THIS IS NOT A 'ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT. THIS IS GOD'S WORLD WHERE MAN MATTERS AND WE REACH OUT TO AID ONE ANOTHER. WE LOST ALL OF THIS...WE'RE GETTING IT BACK.

MAY GOD BLESS OUR FEDERAL AGENTS AND THIS ADMINISTRATION AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO ESTABLISH EQUAL RIGHTS IN THIS COUNTRY. IF THIS IS WRONG....YOU HAVE INDEED BEEN STANDING IN THE WRONG HARBOR AND YES...YOU HAVE MISSED YOUR BOAT!

CONGRATULATIONS FEDS....AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM FORT HOOD..............

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:02:36 EST

THE DIPLOMATIC TREDMILL BEGINS....THIS PRESIDENT IS WAY AHEAD OF US!

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:03:24 EST

IF YOU ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY KEEPING UP WITH YOUR ALARM CLOCK THIS MORNING, OUR PRESIDENT IS ALREADY QUITE AWAKE AND CURRENTLY SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE IN TOKYO. JET-LAG DOESN'T APPEAR TO EFFECT THIS PRESIDENT WHO HAS BEEN DISCUSSING JOINT GLOBAL EFFORTS TOWARD PEACE AND PROSPERITY WITH JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER YUKIO HATOYAMA.

THE PRESIDENT IS EXTEMELY POPULAR IN JAPAN. RECENTLY BROADCAST VIA CNN, STUDENTS ARE USING PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECHES TO AID THEM IN ENGLISH CLASS. IN FACT, THEY HAVE SO MUCH ADMIRATION FOR THIS PRESIDENT THAT HIS VERBAGE HAS ENCOURAGED THEM TO LEARN ENGLISH. SEVERAL JAPANESE TEXTBOOKS BEAR THE NAME AND PHOTOGRAPH OF THIS EXTREMELY GIFTED PRESIDENTIAL SPEAKER. FORTUNATELY.....HE IS OURS!

THE PRESIDENT COULDN'T BEAR TO LEAVE THE U.S. ON HIS EIGHT-DAY, FOUR-NATION TREK WITHOUT FIRST STOPPING AT ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE IN ALASKA. THIS IS WHERE HIS PROVEN COMPASSION LEADS HIM...TO THE MILITARY. THERE HE MADE IT QUITE CLEAR THAT HE WANTED TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE AS HE RECALLED THE RECENT MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR FORT HOOD AND VETERANS DAY.

HIS VISIT THERE LAST NIGHT ALSO BROUGHT MESSAGES OF HOPE AND CHANGE AND HIS ASSURANCE THAT NEW PROGRAMS TO BENEFIT MILITARY CARE WILL STAND AS A GUARANTEED PROMISE. THIS ALSO INCLUDES COMFORT AND CARE FOR MILITARY FAMILIES AS WELL AS MUCH NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS IN THE VA MEDICAL SYSTEM.

SINCE TAKING OFFICE LAST YEAR, THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY HAVE PROVEN THEIR UNIFIED DEVOTION TO THE CAUSE OF OUR MILITARY AND SUPPORT FOR THEIR FAMILIES. "I'M HERE TO SAY TO ALL OF YOU WHO SERVE...OF ALL THE PRIVELEGES I HAVE AS PRESIDENT, I HAVE NO GREATER HONOR THAN SERVING AS YOUR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF", HE SAID. CLEARLY, THIS STATEMENT CAME FROM THE MOST INNER COMPASSION RESTING IN HIS SOUL. PRESIDENT OBAMA OBVIOUSLY ENJOYS VISITING OUR MILITARY AND HE ALWAYS REMINDS THEM OF THE 'SACRED TRUST', OUR RESPONSIBILITY IN AMERICA TO ENSURE THEIR NEEDS.

PREVIOUS MILITARY HISTORY DOES NOT INCLUDE SOME EITHER HAPPY OR SUPPORTIVE MEMORIES, ESPECIALLY DURING THE VIETNAM ERA. THOSE WHO FOUGHT IN AN UNPOPULAR WAR WERE NOT TREATED WELL WHEN THEY ARRIVED HOME. THE PRESIDENT HAS MENTIONED THIS HISTORY SEVERAL TIMES. TO BE SURE, THIS TYPE OF TREATMENT WILL NEVER OCCUR AGAIN UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION. THE PRESIDENT REITERATED HIS COMMITTMENT TO THE MILITARY MEMBERS AT ELMENDORF AND EQUALLY PROMISED AMERICAN SUPPORT AT HOME FOR THEIR COURAGEOUS SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO OUR COUNTRY.

MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS OUR PRESIDENT AS HE CONTINUES WITH HIS OUTREACH IN ASIA. INDEED, EVERYWHERE THAT OUR PRESIDENT HAS WALKED, DOORS HAVE OPENED TO NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND HIS INVITATION TO PEACE AND PROSPERITY HAS LEFT BEHIND AN UNFORGETTABLE CALLING CARD. WHAT MAKES THESE JOURNEYS ACROSS SO MANY WATERS EVEN MORE AMAZING IS THE FACT THAT THIS PRESIDENT CLINGS TO HIS HUMILITY. HE REFUSES TO CREDIT HIMSELF FOR SOME RATHER OBVIOUS VICTORIES. THEREFORE, HE PROBABLY WON'T LIKE IT WHEN I TELL HIM HE WILL BE THE GREATEST PRESIDENT EVER TO MARK OUR HISTORY BOOKS.

HE HAS COME AT A TIME WHEN THIS COUNTRY HAS DESPERATELY NEEDED TO EXERCISE DIPLOMACY IN ORDER TO DEFEAT ITS PREVIOUS HAWKISH REPUTATION. PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS DONE MORE TO HEAL THESE WOUNDS WITH HIS SINCERITY AND COMPASSION. HE HAS NOT JUST MERELY BAND-AIDED OUR PAST OFFENSES. HE HAS BIRTHED NEW INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENTS AND OPENED THE DOORS TO POSSIBLE PEACE IN PLACES WHERE DOORS HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO 'IGNORANCE' FOR TOO LONG IN THIS COUNTRY.

MAY GOD CONTINUE TO PROTECT HIM AND BLESS HIS EFFORTS AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO 'CHANGE' IN AMERICA. THIS IS MY 'RAINBOW PRESIDENT' WHO APPRECIATES EVERY HEART THAT BEATS IN OUR HARBOR. MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. MAY WE LISTEN TO THE LESSONS HE IS UNSELFISHLY LEAVING FOR OUR COUNTRY. LISTENING TO HIS MESSAGE OF 'HOPE' IS SO IMPORTANT.

ON THE ROAD AGAIN WITH ...OUR 'MULTI-TASKING' PRESIDENT!

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:20:00 EST

THE PRESIDENT LEAVES TODAY FOR AN EIGHT DAY TREK THROUGH SEVERAL CITIES IN ASIA TARGETING ECONOMIC DISCUSSIONS AND FUTURE TRADE RELATIONS. HOWEVER, HE INTERRUPTED HIS PACKING SCHEDULE MOMENTARILY TO ANNOUNCE THE FORMATION OF A 'JOB FORUM' TO BE HELD AT THE WHITEHOUSE IN DECEMBER.

THE PRESIDENT WILL BE INVITING CORPORATE CEOS,LABOR UNIONS, SMALL BUSINESSES AND NON-PROFIT GROUPS TO COMBINE THEIR IDEAS AT THIS FORUM IN A UNIFIED EFFORT TO 'TURN THE LIGHT ON' TOWARD INCREASED JOB CREATION POSSIBILITIES. THE PRESIDENT SAID,"WE ARE OPEN TO ANY DEMONSTRABLY GOOD IDEAS," IN THE PUSH TO AID THE CURRENT ECONOMIC SITUATION. HE ALSO MENTIONED THE FACT THAT COMPANIES ARE STILL AFRAID TO HIRE. NO DOUBT THIS FORUM WILL PROVIDE THE ENCOURAGEMENT NEEDED TO 'OIL THE WHEELS' OF PROGRESS. INFORMATION REGARDING THIS FORUM WILL BE AVAILABLE AT A FUTURE DATE.

IN THE MEANTIME, THE PRESIDENT'S ASIAN TRIP WILL INCLUDE SUCH CITIES AS TOKYO,SINGAPORE AND BEIJING. HE WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THE ASIAN PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION SUMMIT (APEC) AND LATER ATTENDING A BILATERAL MEETING WITH SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT LEE MUNG-BAK IN SEOUL PRIOR TO RETURNING TO THE U.S. ON NOVEMBER 19TH. THIS WILL BE THE PRESIDENT'S FIRST TRIP TO ASIA IN HIS CONTINUED PROMISE TO SEEK FINANCIAL STABILITY IN ALL PARTS OF OUR CLOSELY KNIT GLOBE. ALL OF THE SPOKES IN THE FINANCIAL WHEEL ARE IMPORTANT HERE. WHEN ONE FALLS, OTHERS OBVIOUSLY FOLLOW SUIT. NOONE WANTS TO SEE ANY REITERATED SCENARIOS IN THE FINANCIAL DOMINO EFFECT.

THE PRESIDENT WILL SURELY TAKE WITH HIM PENDING DECISIONS ON WAR STRATEGY IN AFGHANISTAN. THE PRESIDENT IS NOT SATISFIED WITH ANY CURRENT STRATEGIC OPTIONS ON THE TABLE AND HE HAS CALLED FOR REVISIONS. THE PRESIDENT WANTS MORE INFO REGARDING A FUTURE TIMELINE FOR AFGHAN RESPONSIBILITIES.

THE OTHER QUESTION FACING THIS THOUGHT PROVOKING CHALLENGE IS FINDING CREDIBILITY WITHIN THE PRESENT KARZAI GOVERNMENT. RECENTLY THE PRESIDENT'S AMBASSADOR IN THE REGION, KARL EIKENBERRY EXPRESSED CONCERNS, ADVISING THE PRESIDENT NOT TO SEND MORE TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN. EIKENBERRY CALLED OUT THE EXISTING CORRUPT GOVERNMENT AS AN ISSUE FEELING THIS ACTION WOULD DISCOURAGE NEEDED, INCREASED AFGHAN RESPONSIBILITY.

THE EXISTING KARZAI GOVERNMENT HAS BECOME A THORN IN THE SIDE OF ANY FINAL DECISIONAL PROCESS FOR THIS PRESIDENT. WHILE THE PRESIDENT CONTINUES TO WEIGH ALL INPUT, MILITARY AND OTHERWISE, THIS IS AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT DECISION FOR HIM TO HAVE TO MAKE. COMPLICATED TO SAY THE LEAST, PRESIDENT OBAMA WANTS TO MAKE THE FIRST TIME COUNT.

IT IS SAFE TO SAY THAT IT COULD BE 2-3 WEEKS BEFORE HE REACHES A FINAL DECISION. DESPITE THOSE WHO JUMP TO A TIMELINE CRITICISM IN AN EFFORT TO PRESSURE HIM INTO A DECISION,THIS PRESIDENT IS TO BE ADMIRED FOR AN EXTREMELY INTELLIGENT THOUGHT PROCESS. AFTER ALL, HE BEARS THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHATEVER ANSWER HE PROVIDES. THIS INDEED IS NOT A BURDEN THAT ATTRACTS ENVY. THESE DECISIONS GO WITH THE OVAL OFFICE TERRITORY. THE ACCOUNTABILITY FACTOR IS HORRENDOUS. HAVING WITNESSED THE PRESIDENT'S OBVIOUS COMPASSION FOR OUR MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN, HE DOES NOT TAKE THIS DECISION LIGHTLY. CERTAINLY, THIS PRESIDENT LOOKS AT HIS OWN CHILDREN AND FEELS THE PAIN FOR PARENTS WHO HAVE SONS AND DAUGHTERS IN UNIFORM.

MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA IN HIS TRAVELS TO ASIA. OUR INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION HAS GREATLY IMPROVED SINCE THIS PRESIDENT ENTERED THE OVAL OFFICE. HIS 'OPEN DOOR' POLICY AND CONTINUED EFFORTS TO CARRY HOPEFUL ENCOURAGEMENT TO ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD ARE THE NEEDED STEPS TOWARD 'CHANGE' IN THIS COUNTRY.

ALL CORNERS OF THIS GLOBE ARE SO INTERWOVEN AND IMPORTANT TO EACH OTHER. THE MORE WE OPEN DOORS, THE MORE WE SHARE, THE MORE WE LEARN AND GENERATIONS TO COME WILL PROSPER FROM 'PEACEFUL PURPOSE!' MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS THIS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! BON VOYAGE MR. PRESIDENT...WE KNOW YOU'RE 'FIRED UP AND READY TO GO.' SURELY, FIRST LADY MICHELLE HAS PACKED AN EXTRA PAIR OF SHOES!

'A DAY TO REMEMBER...A DAY TO HONOR OUR SELF-SACRIFICING VETERANS....THOSE IN THE PAST...THOSE IN THE PRESENT

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:00:10 EST

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!

OUR BRAVE ONES GATHER FOR 'FINAL ROLL CALL'...SOLEMN SALUTES AT FT. HOOD......

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:27:35 EST

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!

PUTTING OUR PRIORITIES IN ORDER....WITH PRESIDENTIAL CONFIDENCE!

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:22:49 EST

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 SEEDS OF VIOLENCE...THE HEARTBREAKING RESULTS OF FT. HOOD

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:05:30 EST

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!

THE 'COMPASSIONATE PRESIDENT'...FEELING THE PAIN OF... ....SACRIFICE

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:48:46 EDT

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!

GIVING CREDIT WHERE IT IS DUE....OUR MAN GIBBS!

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:59:21 EDT

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!

'BO' ALSO STANDS FOR 'BLESSED OVERSIGHT'...THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT!'

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:51:06 EDT

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!!!!!

'DISHING IT OUT....TO THE DESERVING...DINE ON THIS....'

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:42:39 EDT

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!'

THE 'NECESSARY ROAD' TO PEACE..........A WALK WITH DIPLOMACY!

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:02:15 EDT

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!!!!!

MARCHING TO A DIFFERENT DRUMMER....DOES NOT MAKE US OUT OF TUNE!

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:10:57 EDT

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!!!!!

THE PRESIDENTIAL PLATE....FULL TO SAY THE LEAST!!!!

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:29:47 EDT

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?'

STIMULATING THE ROAD TO 'RECOVERY'...MR. 'FIRE IN THE SHOES' LIGHTS ANOTHER MATCH!'

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:37:04 EDT

'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!!!!!

LET THE PRESIDENT DO HIS JOB!!.......'PUNDITS PUT THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE ON HEALTHCARE!'

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:58:58 EDT

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!

PRIORITIZING OUR MOST IMPORTANT INVESTMENT...OUR CHILDREN!

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:35:13 EDT

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!

'OH YES CHRIS...IF YOU COULD SEE US NOW...!!!!!'

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:08:41 EDT

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!

THERE IS NOONE MORE DESERVING THAN THIS...'NOBLE PRESIDENT!!!!!!!!'

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:08:41 EDT

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!'

THE PRESIDENT TAKES 'THE ENTERPRISE' TO ANOTHER LEVEL...ADVENTURES IN EXPLORATION!

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:09:02 EDT

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!

DETOUR FROM POLITICAL POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE...TURN LEFT AT THE MAILBOX!

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:41:57 EDT

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!!!!!

"LET'S KEEP OUR EYES FIXED ON THE WORLD WE SEEK TO BUILD," HE SAID..................

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:52:50 EDT

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.

THERE IS NO TIME TO PAUSE FOR....'PRESIDENTIAL PERSEVERANCE'....FORWARD MARCH!!!!!!

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:58:38 EDT

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!

THE DIPLOMATIC DOMINO......'IT'S YOUR MOVE!'

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:09:08 EDT

THANKS TO THE PEACEFUL AND DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS EXHIBITED BY OUR PRESIDENT AND THOSE WHO SHARED THE TABLE AT THE GENEVA TALKS....IRAN NOW HOLDS THE BALL FOR THE NEXT MOVE INTO THE INVESTIGATION SURROUNDING ITS ADMITTED NUCLEAR FACILITY. LOCATED NEAR QUM, THE PRESIDENT IS WAITING FOR THE RESULTS OF IRAN'S AGREEMENT TO ALLOW IAEA INSPECTORS INTO THE PLANT WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. THE PRESIDENT HAS MADE IT QUITE CLEAR THAT THE U.S. WILL NOT AGREE TO A CONTINUOUS WAITING GAME. "TALK IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR ACTION," HE SAID, LEAVING THE FINAL CALL TO IRAN LACED WITH THIS PIECE OF PRESIDENTIAL ADVICE..."OUR PATIENCE IS NOT UNLIMITED."

IRAN HAS ALSO AGREED TO ALLOW A THIRD PARTY TO HANDLE THE ENRICHED URANIUM WITH MOST OF IT GOING TO RUSSIA. EITHER WAY YOU LOOK AT THE RESULTS OF THESE TALKS...THEY ARE INDEED HISTORIC AND CERTAINLY CAN BE LISTED AS THE 'CONSTRUCTIVE BEGINNINGS' THE PRESIDENT HAS DESCRIBED. THOUGH A WORD OF PRESIDENTIAL 'CAUTION' BLOWS IN THE WIND, WE ARE WITNESSING ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN OUR HISTORY. SINCE 'DAY ONE' THIS IS WHERE I ALWAYS BELIEVED THIS PRESIDENT WOULD TAKE US.....ACTUALLY FURTHER THAN WE HAVE EVER BEEN BEFORE IN THAT CONSTANT CHASE TO FIND PEACE IN THE MIDEAST.

IT IS DIFFICULT NOT TO GET YOUR HOPES TOO HIGH IN THIS SITUATION. HOWEVER, I CAN'T BEGIN TO EVEN COUNT THE NUMEROUS POSSIBILITIES FOR OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. THIS WOULD ULTIMATELY BE THE VERY BEST GIFT WE COULD LEAVE IN OUR HISTORY BOOKS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. I OFTEN DREAM OF AN ENTIRE AND EQUALLY WHOLE WORLD WHERE THERE ARE NO CORNERS OF 'FEAR' AND WE ALL EAGERLY LEARN FROM EACH OTHER. JUST IMAGINE, WALKING THE STREETS FROM COUNTRY TO COUNTRY SHAKING HANDS INSTEAD OF HURLING BULLETS. THIS IS WHAT I THOUGHT THE WORLD WAS WHEN I WAS A CHILD. AND STILL TODAY, I DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE DIVISIONS THAT KEEP US APART.

I AM SO THANKFUL TO THIS THOUGHT PROVOKING PRESIDENT FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO AT LEAST SEE A CRACK IN AN OPEN DOOR. IF IT WEREN'T FOR HIS PUSH FORWARD TOWARD PEACE WITH AN UNCLENCHED FIST, WE MIGHT NOT EVEN BE WAITING PATIENTLY ON THE PORCH. WE CAN CERTAINLY AS A COUNTRY BE ASSURED THAT WE HAVE GIVEN THIS GESTURE THE BEST POSSIBLE IN PURSUIT.

SPEAKING OF PURSUITS...THE PRESIDENT IS ALREADY ON HIS WAY BACK FROM DENMARK HAVING DELIVERED HIS PITCH FOR THE 2016 OLYMPICS. I'M JEALOUS, BECAUSE THE MAN GETS SO MUCH DONE WHILE I'M SLEEPING. I CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OF HIS DELIVERY THIS MORNING..."THE CITY OF CHICAGO AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL MAKE THE WORLD PROUD," HE SAID TOSSING A SMILE TO THE AUDIENCE ACCOMPANIED BY A SWIFT KICK FROM 'CHICAGO HOPE!'

FOR THOSE HERE WHO WERE UPSET BECAUSE HE LEFT FOR COPENHAGEN...YOU COULDN'T HAVE MISSED HIM FOR LONG...BECAUSE YOUR HEADS WERE ALSO ON THE PILLOW. HOW RIDICULOUS IT IS WHEN THOSE POLITICIANS WITH SQUEAKING POCKETS AND TONGUES TO MATCH MAKE SUCH A BIG DEAL OUT OF NOTHING. THIS PRESIDENT COULD SPIN A MILLION DREAMS AROUND YOUR BEDPOST BEFORE YOU GET UP IN THE MORNING...COUNTING OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY I MIGHT ADD.

AS FOR YOU JOHN BOEHNER...THE PRESIDENT COMPLETED HIS WORK IN DENMARK BEFORE YOU MORE THAN LIKELY EXITED YOUR 'ORANGE' TANNING BOOTH! THIS PRESIDENT KNOWS WHAT TO DO WITH HIS TIME. YOU NEED TO STOP WASTING YOURS WITH CONSTANT DEROGATORY REMARKS AGAINST HIM AT THE MICROPHONE. DON'T LOOK NOW, BUT, YOUR GOLF CLUBS ARE RUSTING IN THE GARAGE WHILE YOU'RE BUSY TRYING TO INCITE DISCONTENT IN WASHINGTON.

THE PRESIDENT WILL BE ANNOUNCING THE RESULTS OF HIS DENMARK TREK SOME TIME TODAY. WELCOME HOME SIR! I ASSUME FIRST LADY MICHELLE HAS SCHEDULED YOU NEXT APPOINTMENT FOR A SHOE FITTING. WITH THIS SCHEDULE, TO BE CERTAIN THE RUBBER HITTING THE ROAD HAS CAUSED SOME TREAD DAMAGE! SINCE WE ARE INVOLVED IN A HIGH TECH MOVEMENT DURING YOUR PRESIDENCY...I AM CONSIDERING SENDING YOU A PAIR OF ROLLER BLADES. ALTHOUGH I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THOSE COULD KEEP UP WITH YOUR ENTHUSIASM. HOWEVER, CONSIDERING YOUR ENERGY LEVEL, I DO BELIEVE YOU SHOULD CONSIDER THE NEAREST PORTRAIT ON A BOX OF CHAMPION CEREAL...YOU'VE MORE THAN EARNED IT! SOMEBODY PASS THE SUGAR....HOW SWEET IT IS TO HAVE A 'WORKING' PRESIDENT!

WE NEED TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THIS ONE: ECONOMIC HITS IMPACT COUNTY MORGUES!

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:15:40 EDT

THIS STORY IS QUITE DISTURBING AND WHILE WE ARE FIGHTING FOR HEALTHCARE REFORM, THERE IS A SILENT PROBLEM FESTERING ON THE HORIZON. RECENTLY REPORTED FROM DETROIT, JOBLESS FAMILIES HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO BURY THEIR LOVED ONES. TO DATE, THERE ARE 66 BODIES FROZEN IN STORAGE IN DETROIT'S COUNTY MORGUE. THEY ARE EITHER UNCLAIMED OR FAMILIES CANNOT AFFORD PROPER BURIAL.

DETROIT IS NOT ALONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES CURRENTLY HAS OVER 200 BODIES IN STORAGE WITH NO FUNDING TO ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM. THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS IS NOT FAR BEHIND.

KNOWING THE PRESIDENT'S COMPASSIONATE HEART, SOMETHING MUST BE DONE HERE. THIS IS SOMETHING WE CANNOT ALLOW UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. PERHAPS THIS BLOG WILL BRING SOME AWARENESS TO THIS INCREASING UNFORTUNATE SITUATION WHICH INDEED BRINGS ME TO TEARS. I DARESAY, IF I HAD THE MONEY, THESE BODIES WOULD NOT BE STACKED IN STORAGE. THEY WOULD BE RESTING IN PEACE WHERE THEY BELONG.

OCTOBER'S BRILLIANT MONTH OF 'CHANGE'...TURNING OVER A NEW LEAF...THE PRESIDENTIAL 'PITCHMAN COMETH!!!!'

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:46:42 EDT

TODAY OCTOBER GREETS THE SYMBOLIC CHANGES IN NATURE. BRILLIANT COLORS IN CHANGING LEAVES DANCE TO A NEW SEASON, A FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR FOR MANY OF US. WE AMERICANS ARE ALSO SEEING THE BIRTHING OF DIPLOMATIC CHANGES FOR OUR COUNTRY. BEAUTIFUL THEY ARE INDEED. THERE IS A 'BLESSED CALM' TO BE FOUND IN THE RESULTS WE HAVE EXPERIENCED WITH THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION. DESPITE TWO WARS AND THE UPHILL BATTLE WE HAVE EXPERIENCED IN OUR EFFORTS TO CLIMB OUT OF ECONOMIC CRISIS....'THE ART OF DIPLOMACY' GREETS NEW HORIZONS OF PROMISE. PEOPLE ARE DOING WHAT THEY HAVE NEVER DONE BEFORE AND UNLIKE THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION, WE SEE MANY DOORS OPENING TO SOME AWESOME POSSIBILITIES.

AS PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS ALWAYS STATED...CHANGE IS NEVER EASY AND CERTAINLY IT CANNOT BE MEASURED WITH AN HOURGLASS...IT TAKES TIME. THIS IS WHERE WE CAN BE SO THANKFUL FOR THE PATIENCE EXHIBITED BY OUR 'PRESIDENTIAL PITCHMAN,' THE ONE WHO WAITS WHILE THE LEAVES CHANGE OFFERING OPPORTUNITY AND FAVOR. THE PAST TWO WEEKS HAVE CERTAINLY INTRODUCED US TO INTERNATIONAL VOCALIZED ADVENTURES. HOWEVER, TODAY THE U.S. IS SHARING THE SAME TABLE IN GENEVA WITH OFFICIALS FROM IRAN. AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR BABY STEPS AND UNCLENCHED FISTS PUSHING TOWARD THE PROXIMITY OF PEACE...THIS 'GENEVA CONVERSATION' IS QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT.

'DIPLOMACY' IS NEVER AN OUTDATED WORD. WHEN I LOOK BACK ON OUR HISTORY, INDEED IT HAS NEVER BEEN USED ENOUGH. THERE ARE SO MANY EVENTS IN OUR PAST THAT MAY HAVE BEEN PREVENTED HAD WE HAD THE COURAGE AND FORTITUDE TO FACE OUR RIVALS 'ONE ON ONE'AND STAND WITH CONVICTION. THIS IS WHERE I FIND OUR 'PRESIDENTIAL PITCHMAN' TO BE THE ULTIMATE GIFT TO OUR COUNTRY. THIS IS A MAN WHO IS MORE THAN WILLING TO SEEK PEACE NO MATTER WHERE IT TAKES HIM. THOSE WHO WORK FOR HIM MUST BE WILLING TO DO THE SAME. IT'S OBVIOUS, THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IS ON THE SAME PAGE...THEY ARE ALL WALKING THE SAME PATH.

THIS IS THE WAY OUR WORLD WAS MEANT TO BE. WE HAVE FOR SO LONG IGNORED THOSE SPLINTERS AND LET THEM REST UNTIL THEY HAVE FESTERED INTO INFECTIOUS DISCONTENT. A DEMOCRACY CANNOT EXIST BY ISOLATING ITS ARGUMENTS. WE MUST ENDEAVOR TO SEEK THEM OUT AND PLACE OUR DISAGREEMENTS ON THE TABLE. THIS PRESIDENT HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY SINCE 'DAY ONE' TO PULL OUT ALL THE CHAIRS AT THE TABLE. HE HAS SUCCEEDED IN OPENING DOORS THAT HAVE BEEN CLOSED FOREVER. INDEED, THAT OLIVE BRANCH HE CARRIES WITHOUT HESITATION HAS PRODUCED BLOSSOMING RESULTS. THIS IS THE EXAMPLE OF GREAT,ACCOMPLISHED AND UNSELFISH SACRIFICE IN LEADERSHIP.

REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS IN ANY OF THESE INTERNATIONAL CONVERSATIONS, THE DOORS HAVE BEEN OPENED. THIS GIVES ME SUCH PRIDE IN AMERICA'S PURPOSE BECAUSE THIS IS WHY 'LADY LIBERTY' STANDS WITH HER INVITATION IN THE HARBOR. CERTAINLY ALL OF THOSE PLATES OF MOLDED COPPER ARE CRACKING A SMILE...THIS PRESIDENT HAS RENEWED OUR REPUTATION 'ACROSS THE WATER.' THIS IS WHERE OUR EXISTENCE AND OUR PURPOSE AS A COUNTRY COUNTS! IT'S NOT IN WHAT WE OWN...IT'S IN WHAT WE GIVE!!!!!

OUR BEAUTIFUL 'INSIDE AND OUT' FIRST LADY HAS BEEN WELL RECEIVED IN COPENHAGEN. AS IF I EXPECTED ANYTHING ELSE. HER INNER BEAUTY SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. THEY ARE EXCITED IN DENMARK BECAUSE OCTOBER IS BRINGING THEM THE U.S. PRESIDENT. THE VISIT MAY BE SHORT BUT, IT WILL BE QUITE EFFECTIVE. MR. 'FIRE IN THE SHOES' DOESN'T HAVE TO STAY LONG TO KEEP THE EMBERS BURNING. THE IMPRESSIONS HE AND THE FIRST LADY LEAVE BEHIND LAST LONGER THAN THE FOOTPRINTS. WHETHER OR NOT WE RECEIVE THE 2016 OLYMPICS IS NOT THE ISSUE. THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS VISIT WILL LAST MUCH LONGER THAN THE GAMES!

YESTERDAY, WE HEARD THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCE THE 'GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING,' $5 BILLION IN GRANTS DEDICATED TO THE 'NIH'....(NATIONAL INSITUTE OF HEALTH) FURTHERING RESEARCH IN ALL SORTS OF DISEASE PREVENTION EFFORTS. THIS INCLUDES...CANCER...I SWEAR I SAW THE PRESIDENT'S MOTHER STANDING THERE WITH HIS CONSTANT COMPANION....COMPASSION. THIS FUNDING PROVIDES FINANCIAL OPEN DOORS TO CONTINUED SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL RESEARCH TO BENEFIT THIS PRESIDENT'S MAJOR CAUSE...'HUMANITY.' THIS LEADS ME TO ANOTHER ONE...'HEALTHCARE REFORM.' DESPITE THE 'THORNS' PRESENTED IN THE PACKAGE YESTERDAY...IT'S ON THE TABLE AND THE SUBJECT STILL SITS NEXT TO ANOTHER CHAIR KNOWN AS 'ENCOURAGEMENT.' I AM OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THIS DISCUSSION AND I'M THANKFUL THAT SO MANY IN AMERICA HAVE JOINED IN THIS CONVERSATION. IT'S THE CONVERSATION THAT COUNTS!

SINCE PRESIDENT OBAMA'S INAUGURATION....WE MUST LOOK IN BETWEEN THE HORRIFIC OBSTACLES HE HAS INHERITED TO THE TO THE TRAIL HE HAS MANAGED TO BLAZE FORWARD. I FIND THIS TO BE A 'PEACEFUL WALK'...TRULY A 'HIKE WITH PROMISE' TOWARD HUMAN EQUALITY. IT'S THAT 'TREE OF LIFE' YOU MUST CULTIVATE ON A DAILY BASIS. THIS IS WHERE THE LEAVES OF FAIRNESS AND JUSTICE GROW...LIKE FIRST LADY MICHELLE'S GARDEN...WITH CARE AND CONCERN. THIS IS WHAT REALLY MATTERS...YOU HAVE TO START WITH THE ROOTS TO PLANT GREAT EFFORTS TOWARD DEMOCRACY....FROM THAT TREE COMES A STACK OF WELL CARVED WOOD...OTHERWISE KNOWN AS AN OPEN PEACE TABLE! INDEED...THE 'DYNAMIC DUO' IS GREAT AT GARDENING!

FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS..."SHOULD IT BE TOLLING LATER IN THE DAY IN A CLASSROOM NEAR YOU?'

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:10:51 EDT

IT IS AN EXTREME PLEASURE TO HAVE A PRESIDENT IN THIS WHITEHOUSE WHO IS SO CONCERNED FOR OUR NATION'S CHILDREN AND THEIR EDUCATION. INDEED, THE UNITED STATES RANKS LOW ON SCHOLASTIC EXPECTATIONS. THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS TO LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITIES OF STRETCHING SCHOOL HOURS OR REDUCING SOME OF THAT SUMMER VACATION. IN WEIGHING THEM BOTH....HOW DOES YOUR BELL RING WHEN DISCUSSING THIS ISSUE?............................CLASS 101....THE POSSIBILITIES.............

WE NEED TO EXTEND OUR SCHOOL DAYS SO THAT OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN CAN INCREASE THEIR OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN AND COMPETE IN THIS EVER CHANGING AND EXTREMELY HIGH-TECH WORLD WE LIVE IN. I FIND SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH SUCH A LENGTHY SUMMER VACATION FOR OUR KIDS.............

BOTH PARENTS ARE USUALLY WORKING OUTSIDE OF THE HOME. MANY CANNOT AFFORD CHILD CARE AND AS A RESULT, CHILDREN ARE LEFT TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES OR WANDER THE STREETS UNTIL MOM OR DAD ARRIVE FROM WORK. OF COURSE, WHEN SUMMER BOREDOM SETS IN, PARENTS ARE FACED WITH EVEN LARGER CHALLENGES. 'SEE DAVID GO AND SEE ANN RUN' COULD LEAD THEM INTO TROUBLE....DRUG PUSHERS LOVE THESE KIDS AND THE STREET CORNERS ARE LOADED WITH THEM.

IN ORDER TO EXPAND AND OFFER BETTER EDUCATION TO OUR KIDS, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SACRIFICE SOMEWHERE IN THE TIME FRAME CURRENTLY ALLOWED. PRESIDENT OBAMA HOLDS THE SUBJECT OF A 'GOOD EDUCATION' AS HIS HIGHEST PRIORITY IN OUR EFFORTS TO CLAIM A BETTER FUTURE FOR THIS COUNTRY. HE IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT....THE FUTURE IS IN OUR KIDS. WE CAN'T LET THEM DOWN. CERTAINLY WE NEED TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE VERY BEST POSSIBLE IN THE EDUCATIONAL TOOLS THEY WILL NEED TO COMPETE IN THE FUTURE.

THE LENGTHENING OF THE DAILY SCHOOL HOURS IS ALSO NOT A BAD IDEA. LONGER HOURS WILL CERTAINLY KEEP OUR KIDS OFF THE STREETS AND IN THE 'OPEN BOOKS.' I DON'T BELIEVE ANYONE HAS BEEN DAMAGED OR DEVELOPED A RASH FROM INCREASED STUDY HABITS. IN BETWEEN ALL OF THESE HOURS, WE NEED TO ENHANCE THE TEACHING AGENDA SO THAT OUR KIDS BECOME AS EXCITED AS THEIR TEACHER ABOUT THE 'ABC'S' OF LEARNING. THE CLASS IS ONLY AS GOOD AS ITS TEACHER. IF A TEACHER IS NOT INTERESTED OR FAILS TO COMMUNICATE WELL WITH THE STUDENTS...THIS BECOMES AN UNFORTUNATE 'STUDENT INHERITANCE.' STUDENTS PAY FOR THIS IN THE YEARS TO COME WHEN THEIR OWN LIVES LACK THE GIFTS OF HOPE AND FORTITUDE.

TEACHERS HAVE A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS COUNTRY AND THEY NEED TO LIVE UP TO IT. THEY ALSO NEED TO BE PAID BETTER THAN JUST A LIVING WAGE FOR THEIR SERVICES. THIS IS A GOOD TRADE-OFF. I SEE MANY TEACHERS TODAY HAVING TO SUPPLY THEIR OWN TOOLS TO THE CLASSROOM. THIS IS BECAUSE WE AS COUNTRY HAVE NOT GIVEN 'EDUCATIONAL VALUES' THE PRIORITIES THEY DESERVE. WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO WILL STOP PUTTING OUR KIDS,AS WELL AS OUR TEACHERS...LAST IN LINE.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION TO RAISE TO EDUCATION SECRETARY ARNE DUNCAN...HE IS SO UPLIFTING, BRINGING 'HOPE' TO OUR KIDS. I AM WONDERING WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WITH THE SCHEDULES FOR KIDS WHO ARE TRANSPORTED BY BUS TO AND FROM THEIR DESTINATIONS. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE ALOT OF KIDS WHO COME HOME IN THE EVENING HOURS FROM SCHOOL BECAUSE THEIR BUS RIDES ARE SO LENGTHY. AT THIS POINT, I WONDER HOW THEY EVEN GET THEIR HOMEWORK DONE BECAUSE THEY HAVE ALREADY PASSED THE USUAL DINNER BELL HOUR. SOME KIDS DON'T MAKE IT HOME UNTIL 6:30---SOMETIMES 7P.M.

THIS IS REALLY THE ONLY QUESTION I WOULD PRESENT IN LENGTHENING HOURS. OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE SO SCATTERED. I THANK YOU PRESIDENT OBAMA FOR YOUR PERSEVERANCE IN MAKING SURE OUR KIDS RECEIVE THE EDUCATION THEY DESERVE. THIS IS CERTAINLY A FAIR TRADE-OFF SIR...SINCE WE HAVE RECEIVED A GREATLY CONCERNED AND COMPASSIONATE PRESIDENT THAT WE HAVE DESPERATELY NEEDED! MAY GOD BLESS YOU PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AND THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! RING THE BELL! AS USUAL...WE'RE 'FIRED UP AND READY TO GO!'

'DRIVING CONCERN' MEETS WITH A SUMMIT AT THE WHITEHOUSE!

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:49:43 EDT

YES FOLKS...JUST EXACTLY WHERE IS THE STEERING WHEEL LOCATED ON YOUR AUTOMOBILE? HAS IT BEEN REPLACED BY THE WANDERING CALL OF THE BLACKBERRY? WE SEEM TO HAVE REPLACED THE GOOD INTENTIONS INVENTED BY OUR VEHICLE'S STEERING WHEEL WITH AMERICA'S NEW PACIFIER....'TEXTING' WHILE DRIVING!!!! TODAY, YOU WILL HEAR FROM TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY RAY LAHOOD WHO IS NOT IMPRESSED WITH THE LATEST FIGURES IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS CAUSED BY OUR NIMBLE FINGERED ATTEMPTS TO 'TEXT' WHEN OUR HANDS SHOULD BE ON THE WHEEL.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOK OUT THE WINDOW IN THE PASSING LANE AND YOU WILL ALWAYS SPOT SOME POORLY DISTRACTED TEXTING SOUL TRYING TO REACH HIS OFFICE WHILE CONFRONTED WITH AN ONCOMING SEMI! IT'S AS IF CELL PHONES HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE ENOUGH IN THE 'DISRACTED DRIVING' CATEGORY. AT LEAST THE BLUETOOTH HAS HELPED TO AID THAT CAUSE. HUMANS JUST AREN'T HUMAN ANYMORE WITHOUT AN EAR IMPLANT!!!!!

NOW WE FACE THE 'TEXTING' VEXXXXXXXXXXING QUESTION? HAS TEXTING IN THE AUTO BECOME SO DANGEROUS THAT WE NEED A LAW TO KEEP OUR FINGERS ON THE WHEEL INSTEAD OF THE ALPHABET? IF WE HUMANS ARE AGAIN IGNORING THE 'COMMON SENSE' FACTOR...OFFICER 'NO-NO' MAY HAVE TO LIST A NEW OFFENSE IN HIS TICKETING SCENARIO! CURRENTLY, 'TEXTING' WHILE DETERMINED TO 'CREATE AN ACCIDENT'...RANKS HIGHER IN THE NUMERIC STATS THAN DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED BY SOMETHING ELSE. THIS IS NOT GOOD AMERICA...ACTUALLY IT'S RIDICULOUS...WHAT'S NEXT?....DRIVING WHILE TAKING A SIESTA????????

I'VE SEEN EVERY ACT PERFORMED BEHIND THE STEERING WHEEL OTHER THAN HOLDING ON!!!! THERE ARE DRIVERS WHO CAN'T PUT DOWN THEIR UNFINISHED OFFICE READING OR A GOOD NOVEL. THEY THINK THEIR VEHICLE IS AN OPEN DOOR TO THE LIBRARY. GOD FORBID IF THERE IS SOMEONE ELSE SHARING THE SAME AISLE. FEMALES OFTEN USE THE VEHICLE FOR THAT FINAL 'TOUCH UP'...THE MAKE-UP APPLICATIONS THEY MISSED AT HOME IN THE MIRROR. HERE WE HAVE A GUARANTEED CALLING TO A 'CLEAN-UP IN AISLE 13 BECAUSE AUNT DOROTHY ACCIDENTLY LEFT THE MASCARA ON THE GUY NEXT TO HER IN THE TURN LANE!

THIS ALL SOUNDS A LITTLE CRAZY TO ME...THEN AGAIN HUMAN BEHAVIOR SEEMS TO CONTINUE TO CLIMB THAT WALL TO THOSE DANGEROUS INTERSECTIONS WHERE SELF-CONCERN OVERRIDES SAFETY FOR ALL OTHERS. MY TAKE? WE NEED TO BANNNNNNNNNNNNNNN TEXTING WHILE DRIVING BECAUSE THE CHILDREN ARE MISBEHAVING! I'M NOT INTO ELECTRONICS MYSELF...BUT, I KNOW THIS...TRYING TO USE MY STYRO CUP AND A STRING TO CALL FRIENDS IN THE PASSING LANE WON'T WORK! DEAR RAY....PUT EM' IN A SEATBELT WHERE THEY BELONG!

LAWS AGAINST POLITICIANS....WHILE THEY ARE AT IT TODAY...I WOULD LIKE TO 'PLACE AN ORDER' TO THE WHITEHOUSE TO BANNNNNNNNNNNNN POLITICIANS FROM THE AIRWAVES!..:) THIS OF COURSE INCLUDES THE RECENT VERBAL SPEWING I WITNESSED FROM FLORIDA'S ONE AND ONLY GOV. CHARLIE CRIST. GOV. CRIST IS EAGERLY PREDICTING PRESIDENT OBAMA'S DEMISE IN 2012. ON A RECENT INTERVIEW HOWEVER HE STATED THAT HE WAS EAGER TO HANG AROUND LONG ENOUGH IN SUPPORT OF SOME STIMULUS $$$$$$$$$$$$$$! GOOD OLD CHARLIE....GRATEFUL FOR THE HAND-OUT BUT NOT SO GRATEFUL FOR OUR AWESOME PRESIDENT. I GUESS 'GREED' NEVER FAILS TO OCCUPY THE DRIVER'S SEAT IN AMERICA. JUST WAIT FOR THE ELECTIONS CHARLIE....PERHAPS WE CAN REMOVE YOUR LICENSE!!!!!!

MAY GOD BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AND THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. INDEED WE ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND COULD CERTAINLY USE SOME DRIVING INSTRUCTION! BLESSINGS EVERYONE...:)

AND THE CRITIC'S 'POOR CHOICE' AWARD GOES TO...THE MEDIA!'

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:12:06 EDT

INDEED...'TAKE NO PRISONERS' DEAR PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA....AGAIN...THE 'RIDICULOUS IN CRITICISM' WAS OVERFLOWING THIS MORNING. WHAT IS IT THIS TIME? CRITICS AND PUNDITS QUESTION THE PRESIDENT'S FULL PLATE OF ISSUES AND WHETHER OR NOT HE SHOULD TAKE THAT TRIP TO DENMARK! THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY ARE GOING TO COPENHAGEN THIS WEEK, HOPING TO WIN A 2016 OLYMPICS BID FOR CHICAGO!!!!! HERE WE GO AGAIN...ACTUALLY THE FIRST LADY ARRIVES FIRST AND THE PRESIDENT FOLLOWS WITH JUST ONE NIGHT OF ENGAGEMENT. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT 'PR' MISSION, IT'S NOT JUST CHICAGO THAT BENEFITS HERE....IT'S OUR COUNTRY THAT WILL BENEFIT AS A WHOLE!

BRINGING THE OLYMPICS TO THE U.S. WILL OPEN ALL SORTS OF ECONOMIC DOORS THROUGH TOURISM. DON'T FORGET...VISITORS WILL USE PLANES,TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES. MUCH NEEDED HOTEL BUSINESS WILL BE 'SOLD OUT.' THE SERVICE INDUSTRY WILL RECEIVE A BOOST TO RESTAURANTS AND ANY AND ALL SORTS OF ENTERTAINMENT PROVIDED DURING THIS WORLDWIDE COMPETITION. YOU CAN'T SNEEZE AGAINST THIS VENTURE UNLESS YOU CARRY A RATHER LARGE PORTION OF KLEENEX...THIS WILL BRING SOME $$$$$ INTO THE U.S. ECONOMY AND WE CAN'T TURN DOWN THE OPPORTUNITY. REMEMBER, YOU AREN'T DEALING WITH THE 'ROLLER DERBY' AND BOXCAR BERTHA' HERE.

IN BETWEEN, ALOT OF SECURITY WILL BE HIRED, SHOPPING MALLS WILL SEE AN ABUNDANCE OF TOURISTS AND ALL WEALTH WILL SPREAD JUST BY WORD OF MOUTH AND REPUTATION. THERE IS NOTHING BETTER THAN WORLDWIDE 'ENTERPRISE' AND SPEAKING OF 'ENTERPRISE' THE RENTAL CAR BUSINESS WILL BE BOOMING.

AS FOR THE PRESIDENT'S 'FULL PLATE AGENDA,' THAT'S FOR HIM TO JUDGE. HE IS WELL AWARE OF HIS RESPONSIBILITIES AND WOULD NOT ADD THIS TO HIS AGENDA IF HE DIDN'T FEEL HE COULD HANDLE IT. SINCE WHEN DO WE STAND ON THE SIDELINES AND CRITICIZE THE PRESIDENT'S SCHEDULE? I NEVER HEARD ANYONE DO THIS WHEN BUSH WAS IN OFFICE...WELL...WE ACTUALLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS DOING IN HIS OFFICE! HE COULD HAVE TAKEN A RUBBER RAFT TO DENMARK AND NOONE WOULD HAVE MISSED ANY LACK OF TRANSPARENCY!!!

NOW WE HEAR...WHAT IF THE PRESIDENT FAILS AND DOESN'T GET THE OLYMPIC BID? WELL...HE TRIED...THAT IS IMPORTANT. PLUS, OUR PRESIDENT AND AWESOME FIRST LADY WILL LEAVE BEHIND SOME GREAT AMERICAN MEMORIES. WE NEED ALL THE 'PR' WE CAN GET AND THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT THE 'DYNAMIC DUO' WILL LEAVE BEHIND SOME WONDERFUL IMPRESSIONS OF 'CHANGE' IN OUR WHITEHOUSE! THIS IS THE MESSAGE WE WANT TO CARRY!!!!! WHETHER THEY GET THIS BID OR NOT IS NOT IMPORTANT. WHAT THEY LEAVE BEHIND FOR ALL OF US WITH THEIR MESSAGE...IS! THANK YOU FOR GOING IN 'OUR NAME' DEAR FIRST COUPLE!!!!!!

THE ABSOLUTE RIGHT TO 'HEALTHCARE' FROM THE HEART....

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:36:02 EDT

OBVIOUSLY WE WERE BORN TO THIS PLANET IN ORDER TO SHARE WHAT WE LEARN WITH OUR FAMILY,OUR NEIGHBORS AND ANY AND ALL OF THOSE ADDITIONAL HUMAN BEINGS WHO OCCUPY OUR SPACE AND TIME. WE WERE BORN WITH FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS AND INDEED THE RESPONSIBILITIES ATTACHED TO ALL HUMAN BEINGS TO CREATE A BETTER LIFE ON THIS BALL OF ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE WE SHARE. THIS INCLUDES TAKING CARE OF OTHERS WHO DESPERATELY NEED OUR HELP. THE SUBJECT OF HEALTHCARE REFORM CAN EASILY ADDRESS THESE HUMANITARIAN ISSUES SINCE THERE ARE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO DON'T HAVE HEALTHCARE COVERAGE. SINCE BASIC HEALTHCARE IS 'A RIGHT' AND NOT A PRIVELEGE...WE SHOULD BE DOING ALL THAT WE CAN TO SEE THAT WE ARE MEDICALLY TAKING CARE OF EACH OTHER.... REGARDLESS OF THE SACRIFICE.

SUCH IS THE STORY OF DR. MEHMET OZ WHO HAS RECENTLY GIVEN THE HEALTHCARE 'GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING.' IF THAT NAME DOESN'T RING A BELL...HE HAS HIS OWN SHOW AND BEGAN HIS TELEVISED CAREER WITH EXPOSURE THROUGH OPRAH WINFREY. RECENTLY, DR. OZ PUT HIS MEDICAL LICENSE WHERE HIS MOUTH IS AND OPENED A TEMPORARY 'FREE CLINIC' IN HOUSTON BENEFITING THOSE MINUS ANY HEALTHCARE COVERAGE. THEY SERVED THOUSANDS WITHOUT QUESTION AND HUNDREDS OF MEDICAL VOLUNTEERS PUT THEIR HEARTS TO WORK FOR NEEDY STRANGERS. THIS IS WHAT LIVING ON THIS PLANET IS ALL ABOUT.

WE CAN'T JUST WALK AWAY FROM THE NEEDY, TURN OUR BACKS OR FORGET THEY EXIST. WHEN WE BECOME SELF CONSUMED, WE MISS OUT ON THE TRUE OPPORTUNITY TO FEEL ULTIMATE JOY BY HELPING OTHERS. THIS IS THE STORY OF MARSHA...WHICH IS TRUE. SHE IS TYPICAL OF MANY WOMEN IN THIS COUNTRY WHO, BY CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND HER CONTROL...HAS FALLEN THROUGH THE CRACKS INTO INDESCRIBABLE POVERTY. YET, SHE IS ONE OF THE MOST HARD WORKING INDIVIDUALS I HAVE EVER HAD THE PLEASURE TO KNOW. I THANK GOD FOR THIS CHANCE MEETING BECAUSE HER PERSEVERANCE SHOULD BE AN EXAMPLE TO ALL WHO FEEL THE NEED TO CONSTANTLY COMPLAIN DURING THESE ECONOMIC TIMES.

I INITIALLY FOUND MARSHA WALKING ON THE SIDE OF A HIGHWAY. IT WAS BLISTERING HOT OUTSIDE AND HER FACE WAS OVERHEATED AND RED IN COLOR. I RECOGNIZED THE UNIFORM SHE WAS WEARING DEPICTING SERVICE AT A LOCAL FAST FOOD ESTABLISHMENT. I PULLED OVER AND GAVE HER A RIDE WHICH SHE WELCOMED. SHE DIDN'T COMPLAIN BUT I KNEW SHE WAS OVERHEATED. THIS BEGAN THE LESSON OF A LIFETIME FOR ME.

MARSHA IS 45 YEARS OLD. SHE IS A WIDOW. HER HUSBAND DIED OF CANCER AND SHE WAS LEFT WITH VERY LITTLE. I NOTICED SHE WAS MISSING MOST OF THE TEETH IN HER MOUTH. I DROVE HER HOME TO A LOW RENT APARTMENT COMPLEX. WHILE DOING SO, I COULD HARDLY HOLD BACK THE TEARS. THIS WOMAN...THIS LITTLE HUMAN BEING WITH NO TEETH WALKS...6.3 MILES EVERYDAY TO GO TO WORK. SOMETIMES SHE DOES THIS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT IN THE DARK BECAUSE SHE WORKS DIFFERENT SHIFTS. IT'S ALWAYS DARK IN THE MORNING WHEN SHE LEAVES FOR WORK BECAUSE SHE HAS TO CLOCK IN BEFORE THE BIRDS GET THEIR FIRST WORM IN THE MORNING. SHE WALKS IN THE RAIN, IN THE HEAT AND IN THE COLD. THIS 6.3 MILES IS 'ONE WAY' ONLY.

SHE HAS TWO TEENAGE SONS....I MET THEM WHEN WE REACHED HER HOME. NEITHER ONE OF THEM HAS A TOOTH LEFT IN THEIR MOUTH THAT ISN'T BLACK AND ROTTED....BUT, THEY SMILE ANYWAY!!!! SHE HAS BEEN LATE WITH HER RENT MANY TIMES BECAUSE SHE CAN ONLY GET 2 PART-TIME JOBS. SOME OF HER HOURS HAVE BEEN CUT DUE TO THE ECONOMY. WHEN THE RENT IS DUE, SHE HAS TO DICKER WITH MANAGEMENT IN ORDER TO STAY IN HER APARTMENT. THIS HAPPENS JUST ABOUT EVERY MONTH. BY THE WAY...WHEN SHE IS LATE...THEY DO NOT HESITATE TO ATTACH EXTRA FEES! THIS CONSTITUTES NOTHING BUT A CONSTANT ROTATING SPHERE OF STRESS SHE HAS TO DEAL WITH EVERY 30 DAYS.... WHILE SHE WALKS A TOTAL OF 13 MILES ROUND TRIP EACH DAY...TO WORK AND PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE...UNDER A ROOF!!!

SHE CAN'T AFFORD A CAR AND CERTAINLY COULDN'T PAY THE INSURANCE IF SHE HAD ONE. SHE SAYS SHE DOESN'T MIND WALKING BECAUSE SHE'S TOTALLY AFRAID TO DRIVE AND NEVER LEARNED HOW. SHE HAS HAD VERY LITTLE EDUCATION. DESPITE ALL OF THESE OBSTACLES, SHE SMILES, SHE IS MOST KIND AND WOULD NEVER ALLOW HER LEGS OR HER HEALTH TO KEEP HER FROM GETTING TO WORK ON TIME. SINCE SHE HAS LOST SOME HOURS, SHE IS CONSIDERING A THIRD JOB OFF THE HIGHWAY...CLEANING FLOORS AT A DRY CLEANERS ON SATURDAYS.

I LOOK AT SOMEONE LIKE THIS AND I WONDER HOW ANYONE COULD DENY HEALTHCARE TO ANY HUMAN BEING. SHE MAY NOT WEAR A SOLDIER'S UNIFORM, BUT, SHE HAS JUST AS MUCH COURAGE AND PERSEVERANCE. IMAGINE...GETTING UP ON A COLD OR RAINY DAY AND KNOWING THAT NO MATTER HOW BADLY YOU FEEL...YOU MUST GET UP AND WALK 6.3 MILES TO GET TO WORK. SHE CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO THINK ABOUT A 'SICK DAY' OR WHERE SHE WOULD GO IF SHE NEEDED A DOCTOR. SHE IS ONE OF THOSE FORGOTTEN ONES WHO HAS HAD TO OCCUPY AN EMERGENCY ROOM AND SHE CAN'T PAY THE BILL.

WHEN I FEEL THE NEED TO WHINE...I THINK ABOUT THE 'MARSHAS' IN THIS WORLD WALKING ALONG THE HIGHWAY ALONE AND WITHOUT PROMISE. THERE ARE PEOPLE LIKE MARSHA ALL OVER THIS WORLD. WE MUST DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS!!!!! WE CANNOT LET THIS GO ON...THESE LITTLE 'STREET ANGELS' WHO SUFFER SO. THESE ARE THE TIMES WHEN I WISH I WAS RICH OR HAD AN EXTRA CAR. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO SPEND THEIR TIME MAKING YOUR COFFEE AND SERVING IT TO YOU WITH A SMILE. THESE ARE THE ONES WHO CAN TEACH SO MANY LESSONS TO PEOPLE LIKE US WHO HAVE A ROOF OVER OUR HEADS AND ARE SO BLESSED!

MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AND ALL OF HIS EFFORTS TO BRING HEALTHCARE REFORM TO THIS COUNTRY. THIS IS A VERY TOUGH ROAD TO WALK...TRYING TO GET THIS DONE. THINK ABOUT IT...YOU COULD BE MARSHA...WITH 6.3 MILES TO GO...AND HER HIGHWAY NEVER ENDS! MAY GOD BLESS HER SO FOR HER PERSEVERANCE AND THAT SMILE...WITH NO TEETH...AND NO COMPLAINTS!

LIFE IS A 'BEACH' FOR THOSE CRITICS...AKA..'THE OSTRICH MENTALITY!'

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:50:53 EDT

WHILE THE PAST WEEK HAS BEEN SINCERELY DEVOTED TO UNITED PEACE EFFORTS AT THE U.N. AND G-20 HUDDLES OVER THE WORLD'S ECONOMY, THE CRITICS REMAIN BUSY WITH THEIR INCESSANT VERBAGE TARGETING THE 'DO'S AND DON'TS' FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA. ALTHOUGH MUCH OF THIS CONSTANT REPRISAL ORIGINATES FROM SPECIAL INTERESTS, TO BE SURE, MOST CRITICS SUFFER FROM THE 'OSTRICH MENTALITY,' LIMITED AND CERTAINLY TUNNEL VISION WITH REGARD TO THE ENORMOUS ISSUES FACING THIS COUNTRY! CLASS 101...THE BUCKET OF SAND IS GETTING CROWDED!!!!!

I AM TIRED OF HEARING THIS FROM THE MEDIA..."THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW!!!!!!" THERE ARE NO EASY ANSWERS FOR THE REMNANTS OF TWO WARS AND OUR TEDIOUS CLIMB OUT OF THIS ECONOMIC CRISIS...ALL OF WHICH ARE 'PACKAGES FROM HELL' INHERITED BY THIS PRESIDENT. AND HOW QUICKLY THE CRITICS FORGET THE PAST 8 YEARS WHEN THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WERE TOTALLY ISOLATED FROM ANY APPARENT ACTIONS OF THE BUSH WHITEHOUSE.

ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT BECOMES EASIER FOR CRITICS TO PLACE THE BLAME ON THE NEW PRESIDENT...AFTER ALL...WE HAVE TO KICK SOMEBODY! HOW RUDE AND IMMATURE WE HAVE BECOME, BLAMING THIS PRESIDENT FOR AN ERRONEOUS PAST HISTORY THAT WAS DUMPED ON HIS DOORSTEP ON 'DAY ONE!' AS EXPEDIENT AS THIS PRESIDENT IS IN HIS DEMANDS FOR 'TRANSPARENCY,ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY'...I AM SURPRISED BY THE FACT THAT THE MAN HAS EVEN HAD TIME TO CHANGE SUITS!!!! YET, WE SIT HERE AND INTENTLY TOSS CRITICISMS AT ISSUES WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT. THEY ARE EXTREMELY COMPLEX...HOWEVER, WHEN YOU ARE BURIED TO THE NECK IN YOUR OWN BUCKET OF SAND ON ISSUES...YOU REFUSE TO SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY!

WE ARE INDEED FORTUNATE TO HAVE 'A THINKING' PRESIDENT. IF WE HAD THIS DURING THE PREVIOUS 8 YEARS, WE WOULDN'T BE IN IRAQ TODAY, SHOVELING OUT THE TRASH FROM AN UNJUST WAR. WE ARE PAYING THE PRICE FOR HAWKISH MANEUVERS THAT UNFORTUNATELY HAVE EFFECTED THE INNOCENT PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THAT WAR-TORN COUNTRY. WHETHER IT'S IRAQ OR AFGHANISTAN...PERHAPS YOU NEED TO TRADE PLACES AND PUT YOUR THOUGHTS OF YOUR FAMILY IN THEIR PLACE. CONSIDER THE FACT THAT YOU JUST MIGHT WANT YOUR GOVERNMENT TO CARE ABOUT YOU, THE SITUATION YOU ARE LIVING IN AND TRULY THE FACT THAT YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE LEFT BEHIND.

THESE ARE THE LIFE-SIZE' ISSUES THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS TO FACE IN TIEING UP AND ENDING SOMEONE ELSE'S WAR ACTIONS. HOW QUICKLY, GEORGE BUSH HOPPED ON THAT EXITING HELICOPTER DURING PRESIDENT OBAMA'S INAUGURATION DAY! UNFORTUNATELY, THE CONTENTS OF THIS MESS COULDN'T JUST BE LIMITED TO A PAPER BAG LEFT ON THE FRONT PORCH! I LOOK BACK ON THIS AND OFTEN WONDER HOW ANY HUMAN BEING WITH ANY SORT OF CONSCIENCE WHATSOEVER COULD LEAVE THIS INHERITANCE TO SOMEONE ELSE AND LIVE WITH THEMSELVES.

ALTHOUGH THE IRAQ DEADLINE HAS BEEN SET, AFGHANISTAN AND FUTURE ACTIONS THERE ARE YET TO BE DETERMINED. WHILE NUMEROUS AMERICANS WOULD PULL-OUT YESTERDAY...YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THE CHILDREN, MANY OF THEM...SO MANY...CRIPPLED BY THE ENEMY. YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THE CHILDREN BEGGING FOR NOT ONLY FOOD...BUT, AN EDUCATION AND DELIVERANCE FROM THE HELL IN THEIR OWN SANDBOX! YOU NEED TO LOOK AT AMERICAN SOLDIERS WHO VALUE THESE LIVES THEY ARE STANDING FOR....SACRIFICING FOR...AND OFTEN DIEING FOR.

DEFENSE SECRETARY ROBERT GATES WAS INTERVIEWED OVER THE WEEKEND DURING JOHN KING'S 'STATE OF THE UNION' AND HE RELATED SOME INTERESTING COMMENTS ABOUT PRESIDENT OBAMA. GATES SPEAKS WELL FROM HIS PAST EXPERIENCE WITH PRESIDENTS. HE PREVIOUSLY WORKED FOR 27 YEARS IN THE CIA UNDER 6 PRESIDENTS. ALTHOUGH HE CAME FROM THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION, PRESIDENT OBAMA DID NOT HESITATE TO HOLD ONTO GATE'S EXPERIENCE. THIS IS COMMON FOR THE PRESIDENT WHO PREFERS BIPARTISAN RELATIONSHIPS AND CERTAINLY HIS COMBINED 'TEAM OF RIVALS' WORK WELL TOGETHER. THIS IS ALSO A 'TEACHING MOMENT'FOR THE DISGRUNTLED 'PARTISAN' OSTRICHES WHO CARRY THEIR OWN BUCKETS IN THIS COUNTRY!

SECRETARY GATES APPRECIATES PRESIDENT OBAMA'S "ANALYTICAL" MIND AND THE FACT THAT HE DELVES DEEPLY INTO ISSUES. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE U.S. CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE IN AFGHANISTAN CONSIDERING THE 'TRAINING GROUND' AGENDA ALWAYS PRESENT ON THE TERRORISTS' WISH LIST. THIS IS NOT A WAR WHERE YOU CAN FLIP THE ODDS WITH A COIN. THERE ARE LIVES AT STAKE HERE.

THERE IS A GREAT POSSIBILITY THAT LIVES CAN BE CHANGED FOR THE BETTER IN THIS COUNTRY...THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATION CAN OPEN SO MANY DOORS AND BRIGHTEN SO MANY HORIZONS. THIS IS WHERE 'HUMAN HISTORY' AND MUCH NEEDED COMPASSION CAN OVERRIDE ANY THREAT THAT CROSSES THE LINE. IF WE COULD SEE SUCH PROGRESS IN THE MIDEAST, OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN WOULD NOT HAVE TO WITNESS REPEATED CONFLICT IN THEIR HISTORY BOOKS. THIS IS SO IMPORTANT AND THE RIGHT DECISIONS ARE SO IMPORTANT. AGAIN...I AM REMINDED OF THIS PRESIDENT WHO HAS BEEN LEFT BEHIND TO CLEAN UP SOMEONE ELSE'S DIRTY CLOSET! I AM REMINDED OF THE COURAGE AND FORTITUDE HE MUST HAVE TO COME TO WORK EVERYDAY WHILE HE PASSES THOSE OSTRICHES THAT CAMP-OUT IN HIS YARD!

THE HUMAN ZOO IS SO CROWDED WITH ARMCHAIR WARRIORS WHO HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS. THEY SIT THERE AND DICTATE WITH THEIR REMOTE CONTROLS. THEN THEY GET TO TAKE A BREAK WITH A FOOTBALL GAME ON SUNDAY. BUT...NOT THIS PRESIDENT...HE CAN'T SHAKE HIS BURDEN OF RESPONSIBILITY AND DISCARD IT LIKE A WORN-OUT JACKET. HE HAS TO WEAR THIS EVERYDAY BECAUSE HE HAS AN ENTIRE COUNTRY IN HIS FRONT YARD. UNLIKE OTHERS...THOSE CRITICS...HE CAN'T AFFORD A DAY AT THE BEACH AND THE CONVENIENT PRIVACY OF A BUCKET OF SAND. INDEED THE OSTRICHES ARE TIRING BECAUSE THEIR TUNNEL VISION HAS THEM BLINDED TO THE COMPLEXITIES OF THE ISSUES. THEIR JARGON IS LIMITED BY SELF-CONSUMED INTERESTS NO LARGER THAN THAT BUCKET OF SAND THEY OCCUPY.

MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA. I ADMIRE THIS PRESIDENT FOR HIS INTELLIGENCE AND HIS UNWAVERING AND THOUGHT PROVOKING STAND AGAINST THE ODDS HANDED TO HIM AT THE OSTRICH FARM. THIS WEEK, AS OF THURSAY...IRAN WILL BE THE SUBJECT ON THE 'GENEVA' HORIZON. WHAT A GREAT 'TEAM' THIS PRESIDENT HAS IN HIS ADMINISTRATION. I'M SURE THEY WOULD LOVE A DAY AT THE BEACH...BUT, THERE'S NO TIME! SOMEBODY PASS THE CRITICS A SHOVEL SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TO DIG THEIR OWN 'HOLES OF DISCONTENT!'

GLIMMERS OF HOPE VS. SHATTERING DECEPTIONS...THE PIE GETS COMPLICATED!!!

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:20:28 EDT

OVERNIGHT DISCUSSIONS HAVE LED TO 'FAIR WARNINGS' ISSUED BY THREE WORLD LEADERS AT THE G-20 SUMMIT THIS MORNING IN PITTSBURGH. A LETTER SUBMITTED ON MONDAY BY THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT TO THE IAEA (INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY) ADMITTING TO THE EXISTENCE OF AN ANOTHER NUCLEAR OPERATIONS PLANT HAS RESULTED IN AN ADDITIONAL CHALLENGE FOR THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION. WHILE LEADERS HAVE GATHERED FOR A WEEK OF U.N. AND G-20 PEACEFUL POSSIBILITIES, IT IS APPARENT THAT IRAN CONTINUES TO BE A THORN IN THE SIDE OF NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT DISCUSSIONS. THIS MORNING, PRESIDENT OBAMA, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER GORDON BROWN AND FRENCH PRESIDENT NICOLAS SARKOZY ISSUED STRONG AND RESOLUTE STATEMENTS AIMED AT IRAN'S EFFORTS TO CONCEAL URANIUM ENRICHMENT.

ALTHOUGH THIS LETTER HAS STIRRED THE POT SINCE MONDAY, THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS LOCATION FOR YEARS. THE PLANT IN QUESTION IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 100 MILES SOUTWEST OF TEHRAN. IT IS SUSPECTED THAT THIS NEW PLANT CAN HOUSE AT LEAST 3,000 CENTRIFUGES. OBVIOUSLY, THOSE AWARE OF ITS EXISTENCE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR IRAN TO ADMIT TO ITS COVERT CONSTRUCTION HABITS.

IN SHORT...THE THREE AFOREMENTIONED LEADERS THIS MORNING HAVE 'CALLED IRAN OUT' WITH UNIFIED DEMANDS FOR COMPLIANCE. NEXT WEEK IN GENEVA, SIX WORLD POWERS ARE DUE TO MEET WITH IRAN...PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS TARGETED OCTOBER 1ST FOR THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT TO 'COME CLEAN' AND LAY ITS CARDS ON THE TABLE. PRESIDENT SARKOZY ISSUED THE POSSIBILITY OF ESCALATED SANCTION WARNINGS BY DECEMBER IF IRAN HAS NOT MET ITS INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS.

THERE HAS BEEN SOME SUN, AND EQUALLY SOME RAIN CASTING SHADOWS DURING THIS WEEK'S MULTI- FACETED AGENDA. WHILE PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS DELIVERED NUMEROUS MESSAGES OF 'HOPE' TO HIS INTERNATIONAL COLLEGUES, THE ULTIMATE 'GIFT' FROM THIS GATHERING HAS BEEN EQUAL PARTICIPATION AS EVIDENCED BY THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL'S RECENT 15 MEMBER RESOLUTION AGREEMENT....'LET'S DROP THE WORD 'NUCLEAR' FROM OUR INTERNATIONAL VOCABULARY! INDEED...WORLD LEADERS ARE INTERESTED AND DO SUPPORT AN OPEN DOOR AND COOPERATIVE AGENDA ENGAGING IN INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TOWARD PEACE.

WILL IRAN'S LATEST 'OPEN SORE' IN FOREIGN POLICY DAMAGE THESE COMBINED EFFORTS? PROBABLY NOT. WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE A GIFTED AND EXTREMELY DIPLOMATIC PRESIDENT WHO SOMEHOW MAINTAINS BALANCE DESPITE IRANIAN INTERRUPTIONS. THIS PRESIDENT CAN WALK INTO A ROOM LACED WITH FLAWED CHARACTER, SHAKE HANDS WITH ENEMIES AND PERSIST IN HIS COURAGEOUS PUSH FORWARD FOR 'CHANGE' WITH OPTIMISM.

EVEN THIS MORNING, SIDELINE MANEUVERS IN THE MEDIA HAVE QUESTIONED PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ABILITY TO AFFIRM HIS STRENGTH WHEN CALLED UPON. BEWARE OF THE STRENGTH AND THE CALM DEMEANOR OF THE QUIET AND INTELLIGENT MAN. I THANK GOD THAT HE THINKS BEFORE HE LEAPS INTO SUCH RHETORIC AS WE HAVE WITNESSED TODAY. IF IRAQ WASN'T A LESSON FOR YOU, THEN YOU HAVEN'T BEEN PAYING ATTENTION. IT IS VERY EASY TO START WARS....IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO END THEM WITH PURITY IN CONSCIENCE.

FOR THOSE WHO ARE ANGRY BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT IS TAKING HIS THOUGHT PROVOKING TIME ON DECISIONS PENDING IN AFGHANISTAN...THE SAME STRENGTH APPLIES HERE. IT IS THE LESSER MAN WHO MUST CONSTANTLY HIDE BEHIND THE WAR CHEST IN ORDER TO OBTAIN PRODUCTIVE ANSWERS. THIS IS DEFINED AS 'HEROIC STAMINA' FROM ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO DOES NOT SEEK BOASTFUL ACCOMPLISHMENT OR 'PASS THE BUCK' TO QUICK ANSWERS AND ALLOW INNOCENT LIVES TO FOOT THE BILL. THIS IS THE ONE WHO STAYS QUIETLY IN THE SHADOWS AND THINKS FOR A CHANGE. THE ONE WHO THINKS ABOUT PURPOSE BEFORE HE BORROWS OTHER PEOPLE'S CHILDREN AND SENDS THEM OFF TO WAR.

THIS HAS CERTAINLY BEEN A WEEK OF FIRSTS...THE PRESIDENT CHAIRING THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL...AND SEVERAL WORLD LEADERS, AT ONE TIME IN QUESTION...EXPRESSING ADMIRATION FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. WE'RE NOT ACCUSTOMED TO THOSE COMPLIMENTS. THIS IS WHERE THE SUN SHINES AND YOU REALIZE THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA'S MESSAGES OF 'HOPE' HAVE SUCCEEDED IN ENCOURAGING THE PENSIVE ONES WHO WITNESSED THE 'CUT AND DRIED' ACTIONS INVOLVED IN THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION. EVEN VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ HAD SOMETHING GOOD TO SAY ABOUT PRESIDENT OBAMA. I WON'T REPEAT IT..IT'S BEEN EVERYWHERE ALREADY. HOWEVER, I DO RECALL THE TIME THAT OUR PRESIDENT WAS CRITICIZED FOR SHAKING CHAVEZ'S HAND OR CARRYING ON A CONVERSATION WITH THE LEADER.

IT IS TIME FOR AMERICANS TO 'GROW UP' AND REALIZE THAT SO MUCH MORE CAN BE GAINED IN PEACEFUL EFFORTS THROUGH CONVERSATION AND AS A LEADER, PROVIDING YOURELF AS A GOOD LISTENER. THESE ARE THE ATTRIBUTES POSSESSED BY THE GREAT PRESIDENTS...THE ONES WHO HAVE LEFT THE DOORS OPEN TO POSSIBILITIES AND EXTENDED THOSE 'UNCLENCHED FIST' INVITATIONS TO ALL WHO INHABIT THIS PLANET. THESE ARE THE PRESIDENTS WHO DO NOT INCITE FEARFUL ACTIONS. THESE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE 'FEARLESS' THEMSELVES. THEY MARCH TO A 'DIFFERENT DRUMMER' AND PURSUE PEACE AT AN OPEN TABLE. EVERYONE IS INVITED!

MAY GOD BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AND ALL OF OUR COMBINED LEADERS WHO WISH TO CARRY THE GIFT OF EVENTUAL 'PEACE' HOME TO THEIR COUNTRIES. IT TAKES MORE GUTTS TO CUT A PIECE OF THIS PIE AND SHARE IT AROUND THE WORLD...THAN YOU CAN POSSIBLY IMAGINE! SOMEBODY PASS THE FORKS....IT'S TIME FOR CHANGE!!!!!

'AS THE WORLD CHURNS.............'U.N.'BELIEVABLE!!!!!!'

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:37:08 EDT

HAVING WITNESSED THE RECENT VOCALIZED EVENTS DURING THE U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN NEW YORK...I AM SINCERELY REMINDED OF OUR UNCIVIL BEHAVIOR IN OUR OWN COUNTRY. DEAR AMERICANS...REPLAY YESTERDAY'S SCENARIO AND HOW QUICKLY YOU WILL LEARN TO APPRECIATE OUR PRESIDENT.

CLEARLY,PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS A TRUE AND SHINING EXAMPLE OF DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP AS IT SHOULD BE. WHILE OUR PRESIDENT WAS RESPECTFULLY HOSTING AND NEVER BOASTING, I LEARNED TO APPRECIATE MY CURRENT ADDRESS.WE COULD ALL HAVE BEEN BORN AND SHARING SHOES WITH A NEIGHBORHOOD IN LIBYA OR IRAN. THE 'WELCOME WAGON' HAS NOT VISITED THOSE ADDRESSES SINCE THE 'GARDEN OF EDEN' HELD ITS FIRST PROTEST RALLY. TRULLLLY...THIS WAS AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO BEND OVER AND 'KISS THE GROUND' IN THE NEW YORK HARBOR. I BELIEVE I SPOTTED 'LADY LIBERTY' WEARING A SET OF EAR PLUGS!!!!

WHILE PRESIDENT OBAMA'S STERN AND POIGNANT ADDRESS REACHED OUT TO THE NEED FOR 'RULES OF WORLD ENGAGEMENT'...THIS WAS DEFINITELY 'A CLEAR DAY' TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT HE FACES IN FUTURE CHALLENGES. AMERICA MUST BE CREDITED FOR ITS ALWAYS HISTORIC STAND TO HONOR THE RIGHT TO 'FREEDOM OF SPEECH' IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY. CERTAINLY IT TRIES OUR PATIENCE...BUT, OUR EFFORTS TO EXERCISE CIVILITY AT THE PODIUM PUT US ON TOP OF THIS GAME.

I MUST SAY THAT PROTESTING OUTSIDE THE U.N. DOES NOT HELP THE PRESIDENT AS HE CONFRONTS THESE SITUATIONS. THIS VOCALIZED 'TURN-OFF' ONLY ENCOURAGES DISGRUNTLED WORLD LEADERS TO BRING THEIR ANGER INDOORS TO A FULL CAST OF SPECTATORS....THIS THEY DID WITHOUT FAIL. IN THIS CASE...IT IS BETTER TO ENCOURAGE THE PRESIDENT INSTEAD OF TURNING UP THE HEAT ON POTS THAT ALREADY BOIL.

DESPITE THE 'OVERTURES IN OVERETIME' EXPRESSED BY LIBYA'S LEADER MOAMMAR GADHAFI WHICH STRETCHED FROM A TIME LIMIT OF 15 MINUTES TO A 1 1/2 HOUR TREK INTO THE UNKNOWN, SEVERAL U.N. OFFICIALS CHOSE TO EITHER EXIT OR NAP DURING THE RECITAL. IT IS SAFE TO SAY THAT THIS LEADER DOES NOT HAVE ANY USE FOR THE UNITED NATIONS. INDEED, PRESIDENT OBAMA...I AM SENDING YOU A SYMPATHY CARD ON THIS 'OPEN DOOR' POSSIBILITY.

AS FOR IRANIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD WHO OPENLY DECLARED HIS 'GLORIUS' ELECTION AND COMPLIMENTED HIMSELF AS A SYMBOL OF DEMOCRACY.............MY HEART GOES OUT TO YOU DEAR PRESIDENT OBAMA FOR YOUR CONSISTENT EXAMPLE OF PERSEVERANCE AND STAMINA. AMERICANS NEED TO COUNT THEIR BLESSINGS WHEN THEY OBSERVE THIS TYPE OF INTERNATIONAL BEHAVIOR. THEY NEED TO CEASE COMPLAINING AT HOME AND APPRECIATE YOUR DIGNIFIED LEADERSHIP AND YOUR ALWAYS CONSISTENT MARCH FORWARD TOWARD THE CALL TO JUSTICE AND HUMANITARIAN EQUALITY. THEY NEED TO RECALL THE FACT THAT IRANIAN UNREST IS CURRENTLY IN PROTEST WITH THE HORRIFIC EXCHANGE OF THEIR OWN BLOOD IN THE STREETS. AMERICANS NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE MUST CHERISH THE PRICELESS GIFT OF FREEDOM WE HAVE HERE. NOT FOR ONE SECOND...DO WE WANT TO WALK IN THEIR SHOES!!!!

"I COME BEFORE YOU HUMBLED BY THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE PLACED UPON ME." THIS WAS PRESIDENT OBAMA'S U.N. INTODUCTORY STATEMENT...QUITE THE REVERSE FROM ANY OF THE FOLLOWING DICATORIAL BEHAVIOR EXPRESSED BY THE LIBYAN AND IRANIAN LEADERSHIPS. OF COURSE THE PRESIDENT DID NOT HESITATE TO REMIND THE AUDIENCE THAT "SPEECHES ALONE WILL NOT SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS." NO THEY WON'T SIR...BUT YOUR CONTINUED EFFORTS TO EXERCISE DIPLOMACY HAVE LEFT THE 'DOOR OF CURIOSITY AND WONDERMENT' OPEN TO AVENUES WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN AVAILABLE TO THE UNITED STATES IN OUR OBVIOUSLY WAR-TORN PAST.

THESE ARE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WILL DEFY APPROPRIATE DESCRIPTION IN OUR HISTORY BOOKS. THESE ARE GIFTS THAT YOU POSSESS THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO SHARE WITH OUR COUNTRY. THESE ARE PROMISES OF 'CHANGE' FOR A FUTURE THAT 'WE THE PEOPLE' SO DESPERATELY NEED. INDEED YOU RISK YOURSELF OFTEN TO WALK ON TREACHEROUS GROUND, NEVER FEARING WHERE THAT MIGHT LEAD, NEVER KNOWING WHAT TO EXPECT AROUND THAT UNKNOWN CORNER. THIS 'TO BE ADMIRED' EXAMPLE OF YOUR LEADERSHIP BRINGS US BACK TO SOME VERBAGE WE MUST ALWAYS REMEMBER....THERE IS NOTHING TO FEAR...BUT...'FEAR ITSELF.' THIS IS WHAT THESE LEADERS TRY TO PROJECT WHEN THEY FIND A MICROPHONE.

CERTAINLY THOSE AT THE UNITED NATIONS NEED TO LISTEN TO 'THE CALLING'...YOUR CALLING FOR WORLD ENGAGEMENT TO KEEP 'ALL THE WHEELS ON' THIS GIANT WAGON WE ALL LIVE IN. CERTAINLY THEY NEED TO LISTEN TO YOUR CALL TO STOP THE BLOOD LETTING IN THE STREETS AND TAKE A SEAT AT AN 'HONEST TABLE' DEDICATED TO GENUINE AND PEACEFUL DISCUSSION.

CERTAINLY, WE AS AMERICAN CITIZENS WHO WITNESSED THIS BEHAVIOR AT THE U.N. MUST BE DETERMINED NOT TO ALLOW OUR OWN CONFORMITY TO THIS 'ARGUMENTATIVE EXAMPLE' IN OUR OWN STREETS. THIS IS OUR WITNESS AND OUR CALL TO UNITE AND STAND FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE IN OUR OWN BACKYARDS. THIS IS OUR CALL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH INTEGRITY AND CARRY OUR DEFINED MORAL COMPASS TO THE NEEDS OF OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS. GENERATIONS WHO WILL LOOK BACK ON US WITH PRIDE AND RESPECT BECAUSE WE FOLLOWED THROUGH WITH THE 'MATURITY' HANDED TO US BY OUR FOREFATHERS.

IT'S A FOREVER 'YELLOW BRICK ROAD' WE MUST TRAVEL IN THE 'LAND OF OZ' TOWARD RIGHTEOUS PURPOSE, FAIRNESS AND EQUALITY FOR ALL WHO LIVE HERE. WHAT WE SAW YESTERDAY WAS 'REALITY', NOT A FAIRYTALE. AND UNLIKE DOROTHY...WE CAN'T JUST CLICK OUR HEELS AND GO TO KANSAS IF WE DON'T LIKE THE PICTURE. THANK YOU PRESIDENT OBAMA FOR YOUR MAGNIFICENT LEADERSHIP TOWARD THAT ROAD TO 'CHANGE.' IT'S A LONG TRIP AND YOU HAVE MADE ABSOLUTELY NO PROMISES THAT IT WOULD BE EASY. HOWEVER, IT IS WELL WORTH IT IF WE CAN 'CHANGE' THE RHETORIC WE HEARD YESTERDAY AND OPEN THE DOORS TO PEACE AND PROSPERITY SO THAT OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN DON'T HAVE TO TUNE IN FOR A REPEAT PERFORMANCE!

MAY GOD BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AND HIS EQUALLY PATIENT ADMINISTRATION FOR ALL OF THEIR CONTINUED AND COURAGEOUS EFFORTS TO BRING PEACE TO THIS WORLD. AS YOU CAN SEE...WE HAVE JUST BEGUN AND THERE IS SO MUCH LEFT TO DO. 'FIRED UP AND READY TO GO' MR. PRESIDENT! NEXT STOP....THE G-20 SUMMIT! I DO HOPE FIRST LADY MICHELLE PACKED AN EXTRA PAIR OF SHOES!!!!! BLESSINGS EVERYONE...:)

'WHO OWNS THIS PIECE OF THE PIE ANYWAY????....WE ALL DO!"

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:47:01 EDT

THIS WEEK SPENT IN THE FOREIGN POLICY TREK AT THE UN AND THE G-20 IS SO IMPORTANT FOR THE FUTURE OF THIS 'GRANDIOSE PIE' WE ALL INHABIT. YESTERDAY PRESIDENT OBAMA RETURNED A FAVOR TO FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON BY ADDRESSING HIS GLOBAL PEACE INITIATIVE IN NEW YORK. THIS IS WHERE OUR PRESIDENT PULLED OUT ALL THE STRINGS OF INVOLVEMENT, A SINCERE CAST OF EVENTS AND DIRE RESPONSIBILITY WE ALL MUST SHARE TO ENSURE WORLDWIDE ACHIEVEMENT. INDEED....WE ARE ALL CONNECTED AND NOT JUST BY THE INTERNET. WHEN ONE SERIOUS CHIP FALLS...WE ALL HEAD IN THE SAME DIRECTION. THIS WE HAVE ALREADY WITNESSED WITH THE ECONOMIC MELTDOWN....LISTEN UP EARTHLY INHABITANTS...WE ALL HAVE AN EQUAL SHARE HERE...........................

IF YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED ...OUR PLANET IS CONSTRUCTED JUST LIKE THE INNER WORKINGS OF A FINELY TUNED CLOCK. ALL THE GEARS AND MOVEMENT VERY MUCH DEPEND ON EACH OTHER. WE HAVE TO GET RID OF THAT 'PIE IN THE SKY' ATTITUDE...INDIVIDUALISM AND GRASPING FOR YOUR OWN PIECE OF PROSPERITY WILL NOT WORK IN OUR TIGHTLY KNIT CYLINDRICAL HAVEN. MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN 'SLEEPING IN' ON THIS ISSUE...THIS WORLD WAS NOT CREATED SO THAT YOU COULD OBSESS OVER YOUR OWN CORNER. THERE ARE NO CORNERS...IT'S ROUND AND FULLY PACKED!!!!

WE DO HAVE A 'CORE' TO WORK FROM....SOMETHING PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS SPENT ALL OF HIS TIME POINTING OUT TO ALL OF US AS HE TREKS TO MULTI-LOCATIONS WITH HIS OLIVE BRANCH IN HAND. ACTUALLY, THE WORLD IS QUITE VULNERABLE IF WE IGNORE THAT CORE OR CONTINUE TO IGNORE THE FACT THAT IT EXISTS. THIS IS WHERE OUR 'MORAL COMPASS' IS LOCATED....YOU MIGHT SAY IT'S THE BIG TICKER THAT GOES ON TICKING....UNLESS...UNLESS...WE BURY IT IN THAT SELF CONSUMED POT OF GREED.

BY THE WAY...THERE IS NO POT OF GOLD AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW, SO YOU CAN STOP LOOKING FOR IT. THE REAL MEANING IN THIS TREASURE SEARCH IS DISPLAYED IN THOSE MULTI-PASTEL COLORED ARCHED BANDS OF PROMISE INITIATED BY UNSELFISH ACTS AND KIND SOULS WHO DON'T NEED REWARDS. THE TREASURE LIES IN THE UNCLENCHED FIST...AND OUTSTRETCHED HANDS....EAGER TO AID OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE OR WHERE THEY CAME FROM. THIS IS OUR HUMANITARIAN PROMISE TO MANKIND.

THE PICTURESQUE AUDIENCE PRESENT AT PRESIDENT CLINTON'S GLOBAL OUTREACH SPOKE WELL FOR THE DIVERSITY ON OUR PLANET. IT CLOSELY RESEMBLED THE NORMAN ROCKWELL PRINT THAT I TREASURE WHICH IS APPROPRIATELY TITLED....'THE GOLDEN RULE.' PICTURED ARE THE AWESOME FACES OF EACH AND EVERY HERITAGE 'HUDDLED TOGETHER' IN UNISON THAT MAKE UP OUR 'BALL OF WONDER!' SUCH BEAUTIFUL FACES FROM SUCH AWESOME PLACES.

'THE GOLDEN RULE' IS CAREFULLY PRINTED ACROSS THIS GATHERING OF HUMAN BEINGS THAT NEED TO BE RESPECTED...IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS...LET ME REMIND YOU......."DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU." ACTUALLY, I WISH GOD HAD THIS ONE TATTOO'D ON OUR CHESTS WHEN WE WERE BORN SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO REMIND EACH OTHER SO OFTEN. I NEED TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES OF NEW DESIGNER DUDS FOR THE FUTURE.

MATERIAL THINGS ARE NOT TO BE WORSHIPED....BUT, I DO CONFESS..THIS PICTURE CAPTIVATES MY HEART AND SOUL EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT I LOOK AT IT. THEN IT KICKS ME IN THE BEHIND AND TELLS ME THERE IS SO MUCH MORE WORK TO BE DONE. PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS ONE OF THESE IN HIS MIND EVERY DAY THAT HE WALKS OUT FOR A SPEECH...EVERY TIME THAT HE GETS UP AND GREETS A NEW DAY. HE DOESN'T NEED A FRAME OR A SPACE ON THE WALL...YOU WILL FIND IT PERMANENTLY 'SEEDED' IN HIS CHARACTER.

TODAY I MUST AGAIN SINCERELY THANK FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON FOR HIS COURAGEOUS TRIP TO NORTH KOREA AND THE ULTIMATE RELEASE OF THE TWO IMPRISONED JOURNALISTS, LAURA LING AND EUNA LEE. NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WHEN WE OPEN OUR HEARTS TO UNSELFISH ACTS AND LEAVE OUR FEARS AT THE BACK DOOR WHERE THEY BELONG.

THIS IS THE STUFF HEROES ARE MADE OF. YOU'LL FIND THEM IN OUR WARS, ON OUR STREETS AND OFTEN TIMES IN THE MOST UNCOMMON PLACES. THEY AREN'T OUT THERE LOOKING FOR PAYMENT FOR SERVICES RENDERED...THEY VOLUNTEER IN SOUP KITCHENS...AREN'T AFRAID TO REACH OUT TO SOMEONE WHO HASN'T SEEN A SHOWER IN MONTHS. THEY DON'T ASK FOR A RETURN FOR THEIR KINDNESS. THIS MY DEAR FRIENDS...IS WHERE THE 'CORE' OF THIS WORLD IS LOCATED...THAT MORAL COMPASS WE MUST EXERCISE WITHOUT HESITATION. THIS IS WHAT THE UN GATHERING AND THE G-20 SUMMIT IS ALL ABOUT. PLEASE FOCUS ON THAT 'WHOLE PIE' WE MUST ALL SHARE...... GET YOUR 'FORKS IN A ROW' AND LET'S MOVE FORWARD!!!!!!

MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AND HIS PEACEFUL AND PERSISTENT EFFORTS THIS WEEK TO LEAVE THE 'GOLDEN RULE' IMPRINTED ON ALL OF OUR HEARTS AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO 'CHANGE.' SOMEBODY...PASS A FORK...IT'S TIME TO GET BUSY! BLESSINGS EVERYONE!....:) MAY THERE BE P-E-A-C-E IN YOUR HEARTS AND CERTAINLY P-E-A-C-E IN YOUR INTENTIONS!

'THIS WEEK'S CERTAINLY DIVERSE AGENDA....MET BY AN EQUALLY DIVERSE PRESIDENT!'

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:24:37 EDT

PRESIDENT OBAMA ADDRESSED ABOUT 100 WORLD LEADERS IN ATTENDANCE AT THE U.N. CLIMATE CONFERENCE TODAY IN NEW YORK. CALLING ON THE WORD 'RESPONSIBILITY,' THE PRESIDENT ISSUED A U.S. PROMISE TO DELIVER ON CLIMATE CHANGE EFFORTS, TARGETING A RETURN TO 1990 LEVELS OF GREENHOUSE GASES BY 2020. THE PRESIDENT TOLD LEADERS THAT THE U.S. WOULD "MEET OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO FUTURE GENERATIONS."

THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN DOMINANT ON THE PRESIDENT'S 'TO-DO LIST' SINCE HE INITIATED ENERGY SAVING CAMPAIGN PROMISES WHILE SEEKING THE OVAL OFFICE. ENERGY CONSERVATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF HIS CORE EFFORTS AIMED AT REBUILDING A "GREEN" AMERICA. HIS DETERMINATION TO MAKE THIS 'CHANGE' A REALITY HAS NEVER FALTERED, DESPITE THE FACT THAT HE HAS HAD TO BATTLE THE OBSTACLES LEFT BEHIND BY AN INHERITED ECONOMIC CRISIS.

THOUGH HEALTHCARE REFORM ISSUES HAVE CAPTURED MUCH OF THE CONVERSATION IN WASHINGTON, IT'S QUITE CLEAR THAT THIS PRESIDENT INTENDS TO DELIVER ON THE CLIMATE CHANGE PROMISES SO DESPERATELY NEEDED TO PROTECT OUR WORLD. THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THE EFFECTS OF GLOBAL WARMING HAVE TAKEN A TOLL ON OUR PLANET. WE CAN CLASSIFY THIS DISCUSSION UNDER 'URGENT NEED' IF YOU WANT TO CATEGORIZE THE PENDING AND INCREASING LIST OF ENDANGERED SPECIES. ULTIMATELY...THIS LIST INCLUDES THE HUMAN EQUATION.

HAVING MET SEPERATELY TODAY WITH ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN LEADERS,THE PRESIDENT ALSO ANNOUNCED AN INVITATION EXTENDED TO MIDEAST TALKS NEXT WEEK IN WASHINGTON. THIS INCLUDES SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON AND MIDEAST SPECIAL ENVOY GEORGE MITCHELL. WHILE MAKING THIS ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE PRESS, THE PRESIDENT REITERATED HIS COMPASSIONATE APPEAL TO FIND COMMON GROUND IN THE MIDEAST CONFLICT. THIS TIME THE PRESIDENT IS CALLING FOR SOME CLARIFICATION OF ACTION THAT WILL OPEN DOORS BEYOND CONVERSATION.

PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ENDLESS GIFT FOR DIPLOMACY ALSO INCLUDES AN EQUALLY QUALIFIED DOSE OF PERSEVERANCE. THIS IS A HIGHLY PROFILED WEEK MARKING FOREIGN POLICY WHICH INCLUDES THE LATTER G-20 SUMMIT IN PITTSBURGH. IT'S APPARENT THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA IS NOT GOING TO LEAVE ANY STONE UNTURNED OR ANY DOORS CLOSED IN HIS CONSTANT QUEST FOR PEACE. WE ARE FORTUNATE IN THE UNITED STATES TO HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO CONSISTENTLY RETURNS TO THE SUBJECT OF ARGUMENT WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF PATIENCE. HE IS TO BE ADMIRED FOR THIS 'VIRTUE' AND HIS 'FORTITUDE'....BOTH OF THESE QUALITIES HAVE BECOME AN ENDANGERED SPECIES IN THIS COUNTRY AS WELL.

ON MONDAY, THE PRESIDENT BEGAN HIS DIVERSE TREK THROUGH THE SUBJECT OF 'ECONOMICS' BY DELIVERING A SOLID AND SINCERE MESSAGE OF 'HOPE' AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUTURE PROSPERITY TO STUDENTS AND ADMINISTRATORS AT HUDSON VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN TROY, NEW YORK. THE PRESIDENT HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPORTANCE OF 'COMMUNITY COLLEGE' INPUT IN AMERICA AND LISTED SEVERAL STUDENT LOAN IMPROVEMENTS AVAILABLE TO OPEN THE DOORS EVEN FURTHER INTO THE EDUCATED AND HIGH TECH WORLD OF ENTERPRISE.

ACTUALLY, I HAVE TO DRAW ON SOME COMPARISON HERE....WITH A SLIGHT COMEDIC REFERENCE....TUNING IN TO HIS ADDRESS...THE PRESIDENT WAS PLACED IN FRONT OF SOME HIGH TECH BACKGROUND...COMPARABLE TO THE INTERIOR DASHBOARD ONE MIGHT FIND ON 'THEE ENTERPRISE!!!!' I THOUGHT THIS WAS QUITE EFFECTIVE. CONSIDERING THE 'HIGH POWERED ELECTRONIC AMBIANCE...."CAPT. KIRK OBAMA" TOOK STUDENTS FOR A RIDE TO TOMORROWLAND!!!!! PLEASE BE ADVISED....THIS TREK ALSO INCLUDED WELL CHOSEN VERBAGE AIMED AT HIS PUSH FOR HEALTHCARE REFORM!!! I'M CERTAIN 'YOU TUBE' WILL DO SOMETHING WITH THIS POSSIBILITY!!!!

LET'S NOT FORGET THE MONDAY NIGHT NEW YORK TREK TO DAVID LETTERMAN'S LATE NIGHT ADVENTURE. I STATED EARLIER THAT I HAD TO SET MY ALARM TO GET UP FOR THIS ONE! I'M USUALLY EMBALMED BY THAT HOUR! I WAS DETERMINED TO SEE IT. WELL DONE MR. PRESIDENT AS YOU SUCCESSFULLY MIXED HEALTHCARE REFORM,POLITICAL DISCUSSION AND COMEDY WHILE SEATED IN ONE ARMCHAIR!

DESPITE ALL OF THE AFOREMENTIONED TOPICS OF CONVERSATION ...I WAS DEEPLY STRUCK BY TWO COMMENTS MADE BY LETTERMAN. DAVID LETTERMAN NEVER SAYS ANYTHING HE DOES NOT SINCERELY MEAN TO SAY. IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT HE HAD A DEEP RESPECT AND ADMIRATION FOR HIS WHITEHOUSE GUEST. ACTUALLY, AS SENATOR, THE PRESIDENT PROMISED TO VISIT IF HE WON THE SEAT IN THE OVAL OFFICE....LETTERMAN WAS PLEASED THAT THIS CAMPAIGN PROMISE WAS SO HONORED.

MY HIGHLIGHT???????...WHEN HE LOOKED THE PRESIDENT IN THE EYE AND TOLD HIM HOW MUCH HE ENJOYED WATCHING HIM WORK. I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT QUOTE...BUT...WHO NEEDS IT? THIS COMMENT CAME SINCERELY FROM LETTERMAN'S HEART. IT BROUGHT ME TO TEARS IMMEDIATELY SOAKING THE TOOTHPICKS I HAD USED TO KEEP MY EYELIDS OPEN! YOU DON'T OFTEN GET THAT KIND OF SINCERITY FROM THIS GREAT COMEDIAN. FOR ME...SETTING THAT SHRILL ALARM CLOCK TO RING AT 11:30PM WAS WELL WORTH IT. DON'T EVER LET ANYONE TELL YOU MR. PRESIDENT THAT YOU ARE 'OVEREXPOSED.'

I SINCERELY 'THANK YOU' MR. PRESIDENT FOR YOUR TIRELESS EFFORTS TO BRING HEALTHCARE COVERAGE TO ALL AMERICANS IN THIS COUNTRY. 'THANK YOU' FOR ALL THE STAGES AND PODIUMS YOU CHALLENGE IN ORDER TO DELIVER YOUR MESSAGE OF 'HOPE' TO ALL OF US. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TOLERANCE AND CERTAINLY YOUR PATIENCE WITH CHAOTIC REBUTTALS. THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE TO LISTEN TO STORIES OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM LOSS BECAUSE THEY LACK JOBS OR HEALTHCARE COVERAGE. THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THOSE 'BROAD SHOULDERS' OF LEADERSHIP IN THIS COUNTRY THAT WE HAVE SO DESPERATELY NEEDED. OUR 'ENTERPRISE' IS YOURS MR. PRESIDENT....'FIRED UP AND READY TO GO!!!!!'....NEXT STOP...'CHANGE!'

'FROM TELEVISION TO TEHRAN...WITH NO COMMERCIAL BREAKS!....ON THE ROAD AGAIN!!!!'

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:24:23 EDT

SINCE SUNDAY'S PRESIDENTIAL MEDIA BLITZ....THE ANCHOR KINGS AND DIVAS HAVE BEEN TWEETING,TWEEKING AND FOREVER SEEKING ALL OF 'THEIR OWN' ANSWERS TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S BROADCAST INTERVIEWS. THAT'S THE PROBLEM............THE MEDIA IS ALWAYS BUSY CHALLENGING THIS PRESIDENT. IT REMINDS ME OF THAT CARNIVAL GAME WHERE YOU TAKE AIM AT ALL THOSE 'DUCKS IN A ROW' JUST WAITING TO UPSET THAT NATURAL FLOW...MARCHING FORWARD...DUCK MR. PRESIDENT!!!!!...THE 'BEEBEEEEEES' ARE COMING! LET'S NOT FORGET THE OTHER CHAPERONE TO THIS PARTY...THE DISMAL BAD BREATH EXHALED FROM THE 'TRUTH-O-METER!'

I AM AMAZED AT THE CRITICS WHO CONTINUE TO SCRATCH THEIR HEADS BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT REFUSES TO VOCALIZE THAT 'FINAL ANSWER!' I HATE TO BREAK YOUR INCESSANT BUBBLE OF WONDER...NOT ALL THINGS ARE JUST CUT AND DRIED WITH THIS PRESIDENT. IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, WE HIRED HIM TO THINK FIRST AND LEAP LATER. I BELIEVE THAT IS WHAT HE IS DOING. EVERYONE SEEMS SO DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HIRED ANOTHER 'SKIPPY TRIGGER!'.................LIKE THE LAST NIGHTMARE!

TAKE AFGHANISTAN FOR EXAMPLE....WE HAVE AN INTELLIGENT PRESIDENT WHO IS NOT FOND OF THE 'PECOS PETE APPROACH'....DRAW NOW AND ASK QUESTIONS LATER!!!! INDEED THIS PRESIDENT WILL TAKE HIS TIME TO THINK OVER ALL ASPECTS OF THIS WAR. AFTER ALL, HE IS THE ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR SENDING SOLDIERS INTO WAR. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY HEAVY AND BURDENSOME RESPONSIBILITY OF THE HEART AND CONSCIENCE. THE PRESIDENT IS BLESSED WITH EQUAL AND LARGE AMOUNTS OF BOTH. HE WILL RESEARCH AND WEIGH WHAT IS GOOD FOR THE PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN. THIS IS NOT A 'COIN FLIPPING' CEREMONY! ALL OF A SUDDEN WE HAVE CRITICS WHO DEDICATE THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLECTUAL THOUGHTFULLNESS TO THE 'ART OF STALLING' FOR ANSWERS! AGAIN WE FIND REPORTERS IN QUESTIONABLE POSITIONS BURIED TO THEIR HEADS IN A SAND BUCKET!

BY THE WAY...THE SAME THOUGHTFUL RESPONSE GOES FOR THAT 'FINAL ANSWER' PERTAINING TO HIS HEALTHCARE REFORM BATTLES. YES HE DOES HAVE THAT LOOK OF CONFIDENCE DOESN'T HE? GRINNING FROM EAR TO EAR...THEY THOUGHT HE COULDN'T WIN AN ELECTION EITHER! NO COMMENT NEEDED HERE!!!!!...:)

WHILE THE PRESIDENT HAS JUMPED OFF THE SUNDAY SCREEN ....THE CRITICS HAVE AGAIN FORECAST ANOTHER WEEK OF 'MAKE OR BREAK' A PRESIDENT CONTESTS. LET'S CHANGE THIS FORMAT TO A SCENE AT THE UNITED NATIONS. THIS IS WHERE ALL THE FOREIGN POWERS THAT BE WILL GATHER TO DISCUSS CLIMATE CHANGE,ECONOMICS AND OTHER THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL DISAGREEMENT.

PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL ARRIVE IN NEW YORK TODAY SEATED AS THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO CHAIR THE SECURITY COUNCIL. THERE ARE ALOT OF FIRSTS FOR THIS MAN. I LOOK FORWARD TO SOME AWESOME CONVERSATION HERE. THIS IS WHAT THE PRESIDENT LOVES...HANDS ON CONTACT WITH ALL OF THOSE LEADERS WHO REPRESENT THE CORNERS OF THE FISHBOWL WE LIVE IN TODAY. NO LONGER ARE WE SEPERATED BY THE EXPLORER'S COMPASS....DUE TO REFINED TECHNOLOGY, WE ARE SO CLOSELY KNIT TODAY THAT WE COULD REACH OUT AND TICKLE EACH OTHER WITH AN OLIVE BRANCH. I KNOW HE'S BRINGING HIS....:)

TUESDAY HE WILL HAVE PRIVATE MEETINGS WITH ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU AND PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS. THE RUMORS OF COURSE ARE FLYING ON THIS ONE. OH TO BE A FLY ON THAT WALL! OF COURSE I WOULDN'T HANG AROUND THE PRESIDENT...I KNOW BETTER...HE'S TOO OBSERVANT. I DO KNOW THAT IF THERE IS AN ANSWER TO MIDEASTERN CONFLICT...THIS PRESIDENT WILL FIND IT. HE IS BLESSED WITH THE ABILITY TO WALK INTO A ROOM FILLED WITH DISCONTENT....HIS CALM DEMEANOR IS FORTUNATELY....CATCHING. WE'VE SEEN BEFORE HOW QUICKLY HE CAN OVERCOME THE INVITATION TO LOSE CONTROL. YOU SHOULD KNOW BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY...IT'S THE JUDGEMENTAL CRITICS IN HIS OWN COUNTRY THAT WOULD LIKE TO WITNESS HIS FAILURE. DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH HERE....'BLUE' IS MY FAVORITE COLOR!

I DO HAVE A FEW WORDS FOR THE RECENT 'VALUE VOTER' SUMMIT HELD IN D.C. THOSE ARE MY FAVORITE INITIALS FOR THE LAND OF THE 'DISCONNECTED.' OBVIOUSLY THE ATTENDEES WERE DINING ON 'RAW MEAT' WITHOUT A FULL SET OF SILVERWARE. I DON'T KNOW HOW THESE NEANDERTHAL ANTICS CAN BE RELATED TO ANY SORT OF 'VALUES' WE TRY TO TEACH TODAY UNLESS YOU ARE REFERRING TO A CLEAN-UP NEEDED IN AISLE 3!!!!

STANDING OUT IN THIS COLLECTION OF CAGES WAS THE POETIC, COMEDIAN MIKE HUCKABEE....STILL SEARCHING FOR A MONUMENTAL POLITICAL CAREER. "WE'VE BECOME THE LAND OF CZARS.....CLUNKER CARS.... AND HOLLYWOOD STARS," HE SAYS. I REALLY HAVE NO COMMENT HERE BECAUSE I HAVE MY OWN SET OF VALUES. I DO THINK MR. HUCKABEE SHOULD SET UP A LEMONADE STAND AT THE NEAREST FIRE HYDRANT AND DEDICATE A MOMENT TO HIMSELF THERE. I THINK THAT IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE GOP WATERCOOLER SECTION! LOTS OF CONVERSATION THERE TO KEEP THE NARROW MINDED OCCUPIED,

I AM ALSO THRILLED TO SEE THAT $63,500 WAS COLLECTED TOWARD CHARITY FOR DINING WITH SARAH PALIN. CONSIDERING THE CHARITY, THIS IS AWESOME...I DO HOPE THE WINNINGS ARE PAID IN ADVANCE. I'VE BEEN TO DINNER WITH AN EMPTY PLATE BEFORE.

MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AS HE MOVES FORWARD THIS WEEK IN HIS UNSELFISH QUEST FOR PEACEFUL CONCERSATION THAT INDEED BENEFITS THIS ENTIRE WORLD WE LIVE IN. WHEN GOD MADE THIS UNIQUE BALL OF INDESCRIBABLE DESIGN, HE TOSSED IN HIS RECIPE FILLED WITH MULTI-COLORED BEANS....I THANK HIM FOR OUR MELTINGPOT OF WONDER. PERHAPS THE PRESIDENT WILL COME OUT THIS WEEK WITH SOME ANSWERS TO OUR WONDERS. I GUARANTEE YOU HE WILL COME OUT WITH THAT SAME GRIN....THE ONE THAT ALWAYS TELLS YOU....THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEACE AND HE HAS ALWAYS LEFT THE DOOR OPEN FOR YOUR QUESTIONS. DEAR MEDIA...DON'T CLOSE DOORS WITH YOUR OWN PRE-JUDGEMENT. THIS PRESIDENT IS WAY AHEAD OF YOU AND HIS VALUES ARE CERTAINLY AIMED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION! GOD BLESS AMERICA!...:)

'CROSSING THAT BRIDGE OVER 'CLUTTERED' WATERS!....OH YES HE CAN!!!!!!!!'

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:23:00 EDT

WHILE WITNESSING OUR PRESIDENT'S INCREASINGLY HEAVY SCHEDULE DEVOTED TO HEALTHCARE REFORM, I MUST ADMIT...YOU COULD ALMOST INHALE THAT SMOKE AND FERVOR RISING FROM THOSE BUSY SHOES REACHING OUT WITH ABUNDANT ENERGY TO SPECTATORS. "FIRED UP AND READY TO GO" HE REITERATED TO STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND. THEY WERE ALMOST HARD TO CONTROL, THEY WERE SO EXCITED TO SEE HIM THERE. HE BURNED UP MY FLATSCREEN. I THOUGHT ABOUT HELPING OUT WITH A DOSE OF WATER ON HIS LEATHER...THEN I CONSIDERED THE ELECTRIFYING RESULTS AND PERHAPS CURLY HAIR WHEN I DIDN'T WANT ANY.

IT WAS HERE THAT THE PRESIDENT REITERATED THAT "FIRED UP AND READY TO GO" SCENARIO THAT HE ALWAYS USES TO PUMP UP THE SWEAT FOR HIS CAUSE. NEED I REMIND YOU THAT 'HIS CAUSE' HAS ALWAYS BEEN 'Y-O-U-R-S' AND HE IS DETERMINED TO TAKE US THERE!!!!!!! THE PRESIDENT'S 'FIRED UP' RECOLLECTION BROUGHT US BACK TO THE EARLY DAYS OF HIS CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT WHEN YOU WOULD SCRATCH THE PAVEMENT MANY TIMES OVER SEEKING ENDORSEMENTS. AS HE TOLD THIS STORY RECOUNTING HIS HUMBLE BEGINNINGS, I WAS REMINDED OF THE OBVIOUS FACT THAT HE IS STILL HUMBLE. HE HASN'T LOST THAT QUALITY. HE HAS MANAGED TO REMAIN HUMBLE AND FOCUSED AND HE CONTINUES TO RISE ABOVE THE COLLECTION OF SPONTANEOUS CLUTTER THAT INHABITS OUR STREETS AND OUR TELEVISION SCREENS!!!!

IN THOSE EARLY DAYS, THE PRESIDENT HAD MADE A PROMISE TO APPEAR AND DELIVER SOME VERBAGE. HE DIDN'T QUESTION WHERE OR SEEK OUT ANY 'GRANDIOSE' POSSIBILITIES FOR EXPOSURE. BUT, TIRED AS HE WAS, FACED WITH A VERY LONG DRIVE, ON A RAINY DAY WITH AN EQUALLY UNCOOPERATIVE UMBRELLA.......THIS BEGINNER KEPT HIS WORD. HE FOUND HIMSELF IN AN ISOLATED AREA WITH NO NEIGHBORS TO OFFER A CUP OF SUGAR. BUT...HE WAS THERE...FACING A GATHERING OF WELL..............20 PEOPLE. THIS DIDN'T PHASE HIS CHALLENGE OR ALTER HIS PROMISE. AS USUAL..........HE DELIVERS WITHOUT QUESTION.

PERHAPS THIS WAS A PRE-DESTINED STOP...WHO KNOWS ABOUT THESE THINGS. THERE HE MET A LITTLE WOMAN, MIDDLE AGED, SPORTING A CHURCH HAT WITH A 'PUMP IT UP SCENARIO' THAT EVENTUALLY BECAME THEN SENATOR OBAMA'S ROLL CALL FOR THE CAMPAIGN ROSTER. INDEED SHE WAS WAGGING HER FINGER AT THE SENATOR ADDING HER SMOKE TO HIS SHOES...."FIRED UP...READY TO GO." SHE WOULD REPEAT OVER AND OVER, OBVIOUSLY PUSHING THOSE ENERGIZED BUTTONS ON A YOUNG SENATOR WHO REPEATS THEM TODAY FROM THE OVAL OFFICE WITH EQUAL ENTHUSIASM.

WHILE THE PRESIDENT BROUGHT HIS HEALTHCARE REFORM MESSAGE TO THIS UNIVERSITY, HE ALSO LEFT THEM WITH SOME EQUALLY PRICELESS CONSIDERATIONS...THE REAL REASONS TO FIGHT FOR HEALTHCARE REFORM..."IT'S ABOUT WHAT KIND OF COUNTRY YOU WANT TO BE," HE SAID. MY 'FIRED UP AND READY TO GO MOMENT?'....."WE DON'T FEAR THE FUTURE....WE SHAPE THE FUTURE...........WE FEED ON HOPE!" WHAT WOULD THIS DAY BE WITHOUT THE "I LOVE YOU'S" SHOUTED AT THE PRESIDENT AND HIS RETURN...."I LOVE YOU BACK." THE 'SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES' MOMENT HERE IS THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER...........HE DOES LOVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WITH SUCH AN HONEST AND FORGIVING PASSION!

THE PRESIDENT ALSO SHARED THIS DAY WITH THE POSTHUMOUS PRESENTATION OF THE 'MEDAL OF HONOR' IN MEMORY OF ARMY SFC. JARED C. MONTI.........THESE ARE THE SAD MOMENTS OF HIS DAY WHEN A 34 -YEAR-OLD ARMY HERO LIES DOWN AND PAYS THE ULTIMATE PRICE FOR HIS COUNTRY TO SAVE OTHERS IN UNSELFISH HEROISM. THERE ARE SO MANY OF THOSE...THESE BRAVE ONES WHO HAVE SACRIFICED THEMSELVES TO MAINTAIN FREEDOM IN THIS COUNTRY. WE MUST HONOR THEM BY TAKING UP OUR OWN UNSELFISH BANNER AND MOVE FORWARD WITH A DEFINED MORAL COMPASS THAT PROUDLY STANDS WITH OUR AMERICAN FLAG. LET US NOT FORGET WHAT THIS HERO STANDS FOR...MAY GOD BLESS THOSE HE HAS LEFT BEHIND. WE KNOW WHERE HE IS.

THIS WAS ALSO A DAY FOR UNDIGNIFIED RESPONSE TO THE RECENT DECISION TO SCRAP THE EUROPEAN MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAM. THIS IS A COST EFFECTIVE EFFORT THAT WILL BE MATCHED WITH MORE EFFECTIVE TECHNOLOGY. I HAVE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, BOB GATES AND HIS EFFORTS TO PRIORITIZE DEFENSE SPENDING. OUR WEAPONS CHEST MUST MATCH THE NEEDS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY.

THIS WAS A GOOD MOVE AND THANKS TO OUR PRESIDENT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD TOWARD PEACE EFFORTS INSTEAD OF WAVING ARMED THREATS AND BIG STICKS AT OPEN DOOR POSSIBILITIES FOR OUR FUTURE AND THE FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN. OF COURSE THE FIRST TO CHIME IN WITH CRITICISM WAS JOHN BOEHNER....HE'S PROBABLY MORE UPSET BECAUSE HE'S HAD TO SACRIFICE MORE TIME FROM HIS SCHEDULE ON THE 'GOLF COURSE' IN HIS CONSTANT EFFORTS TO UNDERMINE ANYTHING THIS PRESIDENT DOES. BOEHNER HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE...BASHING HEALTHCARE REFORM AND ANYTHING ELSE HAVING A CONNECTION TO THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION. YOU WOULD BE BETTER OFF MR. BOEHNER....STORING YOUR STICKS IN YOUR GLORIFIED GOLF BAG BECAUSE IT'S NOT WORKING HERE. I WONDER IF YOU 'TIP' RUSH LIMBAUGH WHEN HE CADDIES FOR YOU. HE NEEDS THE EXERCISE!

THIS MORNING I CAUGHT EXCERPTS FROM AN INTERVIEW TO BE BROADCAST BETWEEN NBC'S ANN CURRY AND IRANIAN PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD. IN MORNING JOE'S EARLY A.M. PREVIEW....CURRY HAD ASKED THE PRESIDENT ABOUT HIS NUCLEAR INTENTIONS...HE HAS INTIMATED THAT THIS IS NOT A NECESSITY AND THAT HE IS OPEN TO TALKS WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA. I BELIEVE THIS WILL BE BROADCAST ON SUNDAY IF I HEARD CORRECTLY. NEEDLESS TO SAY....THESE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS AND CERTAINLY ENCOURAGING.

DESPITE THE CRITICS AND THE PUNDITS AND THE CLUTTER, DISTRACTION AND ATTEMPTED DIVERSION...THIS PRESIDENT HAS BECOME AN INTERNATIONAL EXAMPLE OF GOODWILL. HE HAS BEEN IN THE OVAL OFFICE FOR LESS THAN A YEAR AND WE ARE BEGINNING TO SEE THE RESULTS OF HIS NUMEROUS JOURNEYS WITH THE OLIVE BRANCH. IT'S A SHAME THAT THE WORST NOISE...THE WORST IN CLUTTER IS SCATTERED ABOUT BY THOSE WHO LIVE IN THIS COUNTRY. ACTUALLY, I FIND IT TO BE QUITE EMBARRASSING AS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN.

WE USED TO HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO DID NOT WISH TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF INTERNATIONAL INVOLVEMENT...DOORS REMAINED CLOSED AND THE ONLY THING ANYONE EVER BROUGHT OUT WAS WAS A WHISTLE AT THE STARTING GATE FOR AN UNJUST WAR! HOW FORTUNATE WE ARE TO HAVE PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AND HIS UNSELFISH AND COMPASSIONATE INSIGHT INTO WHAT IT ACTUALLY TAKES TO LEAD A SUCCESSFUL DANCE ACROSS THE WATER TO ANY PEACE TABLE! PULL UP A CHAIR...PUT THE CLUTTER IN THE USELESS CLOSET WHERE IT BELONGS DEAR AMERICANS. IT'S TIME TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PRESIDENT FOR CHANGE IN CERTAINLY A 'PEACEFUL' DIRECTION. GOD BLESS YOU PRESIDENT OBAMA FOR YOUR CONTINUED CALL TO MUSTER ABOVE THESE CLUTTERED WATERS. 'FIRED UP AND READY TO GO!'..:)

'FORWARD MARCH MR. PRESIDENT.........MR. 'FIRE IN THE SHOES'......STAY TUNED!'

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:49:07 EDT

ALREADY....THE ISSUE OF 'OVEREXPOSURE IS BEING DISCUSSED BY THIS MORNING'S MEDIA MONGERS AS MR. 'FIRE IN THE SHOES' TAKES HIS HEALTHCARE QUEST ON THE ROAD AGAIN...THIS WEEKEND IN FRONT OF SEVERAL CAMERAS! TODAY, IT'S A STUDENT RALLY, HE WILL BE MEETING WITH DAVID GREGORY ON MEET THE PRESS AND LEAVING BEHIND SOME COMEDY WITH DAVID LETTERMAN. OUR DIVERSE AND PERSISTENT PRESIDENT IS TO BE ADMIRED FOR HIS STAMINA!

WHAT FEEDS HIS NEVER ENDING PERSEVERANCE.......THOSE PERSISTANT STUMPING EFFORTS THAT PIERCE EACH PODIUM WITH THOSE DARK EYES FILLED WITH COMPASSION AND DETERMINATION? I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO HIS ESCALATED FINALES, THAT VERBAL ECHO THAT LEAVES ONLOOKERS FROZEN IN THOUGHT PROVOKING WONDER. YOU CAN'T COPY THAT GIFT BECAUSE IT COMES FROM THE HEART. MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING A PROBLEM FINDING WHERE THEIR HEART IS LOCATED THESE DAYS..........SOMEBODY PASS A GOOD DOSE OF 'UNSELFISH ATTITUDES'...WE NEED DELIVERANCE FROM OUR 'SELF CONSUMED' RHETORIC!

I LOOK FORWARD TO ANY AND ALL EXPOSURE TO THE PRESIDENT BECAUSE HE IS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR. HE IS WHAT WE VOTED FOR AND WHY. HE IS TIRELESSLY DOING HIS JOB. HIS REASON IS 'YOU' AND THIS COUNTRY THAT HE LOVES WITH A BURNING PASSION. HE IS A 'HANDS-ON' PRESIDENT, EAGER TO EXIT THE MARBLE CONFINEMENTS OF THE WHITEHOUSE TO BE WHERE HE FEELS THE MOST COMFORT...WITH THE PEOPLE. THIS IS WHERE HIS SMILE, STRETCHING FROM EAR TO EAR, WORKS OVERTIME BECAUSE THIS...IS HIS JOY. THIS IS WHERE HE SHINES!

THE PRESIDENT IS SUCCESSFULLY RISING ABOVE THOSE OBSTACLES THAT 'SPECIAL INTERESTS' HOPE WILL DETOUR HIM FROM HIS MAJOR HEALTHCARE CAUSE.. HE REMAINS FOCUSED AND PUMPED WITH MORE ENERGY THAN YOU WILL EVER FIND IN A BOX OF WHEATIES! INSTEAD OF CRITICIZING HIS ON-CAMERA DEBUTS...WE AS AMERICANS SHOULD BE PROUD OF A PRESIDENT WHO LEAVES NO STONE UNTURNED AND ABSOLUTELY NO GRASS GROWING UNDER HIS FEET.

I SEEM TO RECALL THE PRIOR 8 YEARS WHEN 'WE THE PEOPLE' WERE COMPLAINING BECAUSE WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE WHITEHOUSE. THE ONLY TIME ANYONE REALLY POPPED OUT OF THE WOODWORK...WAS TO TELL US WE WERE GOING TO WAR. OF COURSE THEN WE WERE INTRODUCED TO THOSE WIERD 'AXIS OF EVIL' CHARACTERS AND I WASN'T QUITE SURE IF WE WERE GOING TO A PRESS CONFERENCE OR A 'SEANCE!' ONCE IN AWHILE CHENEY WOULD APPEAR WITH A GROWL IMPORTING 'FEAR' INTO OUR LIVINGROOMS...I TOOK THE HINT AND WENT TO THE NEAREST ARMY SURPLUS STORE AND BOUGHT A CAMOUFLAGED BATHROBE WITH TWO MATCHING COFFEE CUPS.

OF COURSE THEN THEY ADVISED US TO GO OUT AND HIT THE BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL ON DUCT TAPE AND THOSE CHALLENGING AND COMPLICATED, ALWAYS ENTANGLED ROLLS OF PLASTIC. BY THE TIME I WAS DONE WITH MY HOUSE, I LOOKED LIKE I WAS LIVING IN A STATE OF SUFFOCATION SEALED BY TUPPERWARE. OH YES...THOSE WERE THE DAYS MARKED WITH MULTI-COLORED TERROR WARNINGS AND LIFE WAS DEDICATED TO 'DUCK!....THE GEESE ARE FLYING LOW TODAY.'

I HAVE ANOTHER USE FOR DUCT TAPE THANKS TO JAY LENO'S RECENT LITTLE SKIT AIMED AT THE INCIVILITY IN THIS COUNTRY....PLEASE USE YOUR OVER-ACTIVE IMAGINATION TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THAT GOES! THIS TIME WE HAVE AN INTELLIGENT PRESIDENT WHO THINKS PRIOR TO ANY LEAPING. THIS WEEK...IT'S MORE LEAPING FOR A GREAT CAUSE...'OURS AND HEALTHCARE.'

IF YOU HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OF AN 'IGNORE' BUTTON ON YOUR REMOTE....I WOULD USE IT ON THESE MEDIA ANCHORS WHO HAVE OVERSTAYED THEIR WELCOME AT THE WATER COOLER IN A HUDDLE WITH THE PRESIDENT'S OPPOSITION. BY THE WAY, DEAR MEDIA...YOU ARE MAKING A HORRENDOUS MISTAKE IN YOUR OWN 'OVEREXPOSURE' OF ALLEGED TERROR INVESTIGATIONS. THERE'S NOTHING LIKE FILLING IN THE COUNTRY ON THE LATEST IN INVESTIGATIVE MANEUVERS. WHY DON'T YOU JUST HAND OUT A MAP TO 'INCREASE THE ODDS' FOR THE ILL-WILLED PARKED IN FRONT OF YOUR INCESSANT TONGUE-WAGGING!

HAVING SPENT NUMEROUS YEARS IN THE NEWS BUSINESS, THE LAST THING I WOULD BE DOING IS LEADING TERRORISTS TO THE TOYBOX. YOU DO THE SAME THING WITH ON GOING INVESTIGATIONS OF ANY SORT AND JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU CAN'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS. THEN YOU WONDER WHY NOONE WANTS TO GIVE YOU ANY INFORMATION. 'DAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH....READ THE FLASHCARDS!!!!!

BACK TO THE DUCT TAPE POSSIBILITIES....ANYONE WHO CAN COME UP WITH DESIGNER DUCT TAPE FOR BOTH PARTIES AND OF COURSE INDEPENDENTS...WILL MAKE A FORTUNE. PLEASE ADD A REQUEST FOR THE EXTRA WIDE IN MARGINS FOR THE LIMBAUGH CLAN...THOSE WHO ARE COMMITTED TO AN ORIFICE WIDE ENOUGH TO CROSS OVER INTO ANOTHER COUNTRY.

AS FOR THE BAUCUS HEALTHCARE PLAN....I LOOK AT THIS AS ANOTHER STEP FORWARD. YES, THE SOAP OPERA CONTINUES AND THE BICKERING GOES ON...BUT, I HAVE TO COMPLIMENT SENATOR BAUCUS ON HIS RESPECTFUL AND ALWAYS SMILING DELIVERY. THIS WAS A SAMPLING OF 'PODIUM PARADISE' I ENJOYED YESTERDAY. THIS IS HOW WE ARE SUPPOSED TO ACT IN PUBLIC. IT WOULD BE NICE IF YOU DID THAT AT HOME ALSO...THIS IS WHERE IT ALL BEGINS...AT HOME. THIS IS WHERE WE AS AMERICANS NEED TO WORK TO FIGHT AGAINST INCIVILITY...IN OUR OWN YARDS WHERE IT HAS INITIALLY FERMENTED AND BOILED OVER INTO THE STREETS. WE NEED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR VERBAL AND ABUSIVE ACTIONS...AND CERTAINLY, WE NEED TO BE ASHAMED OF THOSE UNFORTUNATE VERBAL CHOICES USED AGAINST THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES! DUCT TAPE ANYONE?

MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA...I HOPE THE FIRE DEPT. WILL BE STANDING BY HIM THIS WEEK...THOSE SHOES WILL BE SMOKIN'.................'FIRED UP AND READY TO GO'.............MR. OH SO PATIENT PRESIDENT!

'IF YOU SIGN IT...YOU CARRY IT.....YOU OWN IT!!!!!'

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:20:39 EDT

OUR U.S. DEMONSTRATIONS...OUR MARCHES AGAINST THIS OR THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE ARE BROADCAST ALL OVER THE WORLD. THOSE ACROSS THE WATER LOVE TO KEEP UP WITH EVENTS IN AMERICA. MANY IN OTHER COUNTRIES LOOK UP TO US AS A LIGHT....A TARGET OF FOCUS IN THEIR OWN SEARCH FOR PEACE, EQUALITY AND JUSTICE! I CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER WHAT THEY ARE THINKING WHEN THEY STARE AT A PHOTOGRAPH OF OUR AWESOME PRESIDENT...DOCTORED TO LOOK LIKE A 'WITCHDOCTOR.' THERE ARE OTHER SIGNS...'WELCOME TO OUR PLANTATION!' THESE ARE NOT BANNERS TO BE PROUD OF AS AMERICANS. CLASS 101....EVERYONE IS WATCHING...

DECADES AGO INTO OUR UNFORTUNATE HISTORY...MEN STEERED SHIPS, STOLE PEOPLE AND PLACED THEM IN SHACKLES. YOUR SIGNAGE IS NO BETTER! I'M WONDERING IF YOU WANT YOUR CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN TO READ THEM...TO WITNESS THIS SEVERE FLAW IN YOUR CHARACTER THAT HAS LED YOU TO A STREET CORNER TO INCITE ILL WILL IN OUR COUNTRY. INDEED, THERE IS ALWAYS THE POSSIBILITY THAT SOME OF YOU ARE PLANTED. HOWEVER, CARRYING THIS TYPE OF DISRESPECT TOWARD OUR PRESIDENT IS SO BLATENT THAT YOU HAVE LOST THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLAIM IGNORANCE!

RECENTLY, A TRUE SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN, FORMER PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER MADE A STATEMENT. ONE THAT YOU WILL NEVER HEAR OUT OF PRESIDENT OBAMA. PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL NEVER CALL THE RACE CARD FOR SEVERAL REASONS...HE IS A HUMBLE AND HONEST MAN WHO DOES NOT CARE TO DRAW THE ISSUE OF COLOR TO HIMSELF. HE PLACES THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AT A MUCH HIGHER PRIORITY THAN THOSE PAGES OF HISTORY THAT WILL ALWAYS FOLLOW HIM BECAUSE OF HIS SKIN COLOR.

PRESIDENT CARTER IS A 'PEACEMAKER' WHO ALSO UNDERSTANDS THAT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN IT IS NECESSARY TO GET TO THE CORE OF THE ISSUE BEFORE PULLING UP A SEAT TO A TABLE INTENDED FOR FAIR AND HONEST DISCUSSION. PRESIDENT CARTER'S STATEMENT WAS UNFORTUNATELY CORRECT. IN AMERICA, THE AFRICAN AMERICAN IS STILL PORTRAYED IN SOCIETY AS AN IRRESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUAL. YOU FIND IT IN BOOKS, IN TELEVISED PROGRAMMING. THIS IS OUR SIN AGAINST HUMANITY. IT IS SO DISGUSTING AND PREVALENT THAT AN INTELLIGENT AND HIGHLY RESPECTED AFRICAN AMERICAN PRESIDENT HAS TO CARRY THIS BURDEN INTO THE OVAL OFFICE. AGAIN...HE WILL NEVER TALK ABOUT IT...WHY SHOULD HE? YOU ARE BRINGING IT UP EVERY SINGLE DAY IN YOUR DEMONSTRATED BEHAVIOR.

AGAIN...WE GO BACK TO OUR 'FEAR' BEING OUR WORST ENEMY. BECAUSE OUR PRESIDENT IS OF COLOR, YOU DON'T THINK HE CAN HANDLE THE JOB. YOU DON'T THINK HE CAN BE RESPONSIBLE. YOU HAVE ALREADY MADE UP YOUR MIND. YOU DON'T LISTEN TO HIM AND YOU MOVE ON WITH YOUR DISRESPECTFUL SIGNAGE AND YOUR OBVIOUS DISCONTENT. TO TOP OFF YOUR TEMPER, YOU SEE A MAN OF COLOR WHO HAS MOVED INTO THE OVAL OFFICE AMID AN ECONOMIC CRISIS AND TWO WARS. WELL....I GUESS YOU HAVE TO BLAME SOMEBODY. PERHAPS THIS MAN OF COLOR HAS JINXED OUR COUNTRY. THEN SOMEHOW YOU FORGET THE PAST 8 YEARS OF DYSFUNCTION AND PREFER TO BLAME IT ALL ON THAT 'WITCHDOCTOR' YOU SO PROUDLY CARRY DOWN THE STREET.

MY TEARS FALL EVERY DAY FOR THIS PRESIDENT BECAUSE FOR SOME OF YOU...NOT ALL...THE ISSUE OF COLOR HAS TAKEN A SEAT AT YOUR TABLE. YOU FAIL TO SEE THAT THIS IS INDEED THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND THE GREATEST PRESIDENT WE HAVE EVER HAD WHO BRAVELY RETURNS TO WORK IN THE FACE OF TURMOIL AND POLITICAL CHAOS. HE HAS INVITED YOU INTO THE WHITEHOUSE WITH HIS DEMAND FOR TRANSPARENCY. HE IS EVER PRESENT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AND HE HAS BECOME THE WATCHDOG OF RESPONSIBILITY. HE HAS MADE ENEMIES THERE....THE ONES WHO DON'T WANT THIS PRESIDENT PEEKING INTO THEIR POCKETS! HOWEVER, THE RISKS DON'T MATTER TO...THIS PRESIDENT WHO CONTINUES HIS COURAGEOUS MARCH FORWARD DESPITE YOUR INSULTS.

I HAVE WITNESSED ALL SORTS OF UNFORTUNATE SIGNAGE SINCE THIS MAN RAN FOR PRESIDENT. I KNEW HE WOULD BE FACING A RETURN TO THESE UNFORTUNATE PAGES IN OUR HISTORY. WE HAVE A GIFTED PRESIDENT WHO IS ABLE TO RISE ABOVE YOUR SIGNAGE AND THE SCREAMING JOE WILSON'S IN THIS WORLD. HE DOES SO WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT FOR ALL OTHERS WHO CONTINUE TO WHISPER IN JUDGEMENT BEHIND HIS BACK. PLEASE ALSO REMEMBER THAT GOD IS WATCHING THOSE SIGNS YOU CARRY. YOU ARE ALSO TEACHING YOUR CHILDREN TO CARRY THE BURDEN OF RACIAL UNREST INTO THEIR FUTURES. IT IS SAD TO SEE THAT IN THIS DAY AND AGE THAT THE CHAINS OF DISCRIMINATORY SLAVERY HAVE NOT BEEN BROKEN.

MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AND MEND THESE SO TORMENTED HEARTS THAT ABUSE HUMANITY WITH AN EVER PRESENT CALL TO REGRESS TO THOSE SEGREGATED DAYS THAT SHOULD BE BEHIND US. WE MUST MOVE FORWARD TO 'CHANGE' AND IN ORDER TO DO SO....YOU MUST LEAVE THOSE THOUGHTS...THAT SIGNAGE BEHIND. I 'HOPE' THIS CAN BE DONE BECAUSE OUR FUTURE RIDES ON RESPECT AND EQUALITY AND JUSTICE FOR THE RAINBOW OF COLORS THAT INHABIT OUR WORLD! I THANK GOD EACH DAY FOR THE GIFT OF OUR MELTING POT IN AMERICA. DROP THE CRAYONS AND CHOOSE TO BECOME 'HUMAN' FOR A 'CHANGE' WE SO DESPERATELY NEED!

'LOOK....BEFORE YOU LEAP....MEDIA KINGS AND DIVETTES!'

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:17:25 EDT

DURING THESE DAYS OF MORE THAN APPARENT INCIVILITY IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR...ALL LISTENERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT THE MEDIA EXISTS ON RATINGS...AKA...ATTENTION. THIS GOES FOR ALL OTHER COMMUNICATIVE TOOLS SUCH AS NEWSPAPERS. THERE ARE ALOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO START TROUBLE PRIOR TO CHECKING FACTS. THE FOLLOWING IS A GREAT EXAMPLE................

AS MUCH AS I DISLIKE CONGRESSMAN JOE WILSON FOR HIS OUTRAGE AGAINST OUR PRESIDENT, BARACK OBAMA HAS CHOSEN TO FORGIVE HIM AND MOVE FORWARD. THERE ARE FACTIONS IN THIS COUNTRY WHO ENJOY A GOOD FIGHT AND THEY CERTAINLY LOVE DISTRACTION. I HAVE MY FEELINGS ABOUT JOE WILSON...YOU HAVE YOURS.

HOWEVER, RECENTLY AN ANCHORMAN STATED THAT JOE WILSON IS A MEMBER OF THE SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS. THIS HAS BEEN A LONG STANDING ORGANIZATION AND AS MANY DO...IT HAS FACED ITS SCRUTINY IN THE PAST. THIS ANCHORMAN QUICKLY ATTACHED THIS GROUP TO WHITE SUPREMACISTS. WHETHER THAT IS TRUE OR NOT HAS NEVER BEEN ESTABLISHED. SINCE THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF THAT FACT...DO NOT IGNITE A FIRE. I AM TIRED OF FIRES BEING IGNITED BECAUSE OF IRRESPONSIBLE COMMENTS. CLASS 101...CHECK IT OUT FIRST.......

NOTABLE MEMBERS LISTED IN THE SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS.....

SCREEN ACTOR AND DIRECTOR CLINT EASTWOOD

A COUNTRY SINGER WHO SPENDS 90% OF HIS TIME UNSELFISHLY ENTERTAINING TROOPS IN IRAQ.....TRACE ADKINS

A NAME YOU KNOW IN THE U.S. SENATE....TRENT LOTT

'MORNING JOE'S SCREAMER....PATRICK J.BUCHANAN

I WILL SALUTE TO THIS ONE....JOHN A. LEJEUNE.....13TH COMMANDANT OF THE U.S. MARINE CORPS. ANYONE BEEN AT CAMP LEJEUNE??????

SOURCES SAY THAT THERE COULD BE CHAPTERS OR PERHAPS OTHER INDIVIDUALS WITH OTHER AGENDAS. WELL FOLKS...THAT'S TRUE OF ANY PLACE IN THIS WORLD. DON'T SPOIL THE NAME OF THE SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS WHEN YOU OBVIOUSLY DON'T HAVE ALL THE FACTS.

ON MAY 25, 2009, PRESIDENT OBAMA GARNERED PRAISE FROM THE GROUP'S COMMANDER CHUCK MCMICHAEL WHO STATED "HE UPHELD THE TRADITION OF THE OFFICE TO WHICH HE WAS ELECTED. I DO INTEND TO SEND HIM A THANK YOU LETTER. THIS IS THE KIND OF THING THAT TRANSCENDS POLITICS." THIS STATEMENT WAS IN RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S DECISION TO CONTINUE THE LONG STANDING TRADITION OF THE U.S. PRESIDENT SENDING A WREATH TO THE CONFEDERATE MONUMENT AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY ON MEMORIAL DAY. WHAT AN AWESOME LETTER TO OUR NEWLY SWORN AND AWESOME PRESIDENT FROM THE COMMANDER OF THE SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS.

I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU HOW THE WORD 'ASSUME' CAN BE DIVIDED. JUST THIS ONE STATEMENT ON THIS DAY'S NEWS WILL CAUSE A FUROR OF EVENTS BECAUSE SOMEONE DID NOT CHECK THE FACTS. I REPEAT...I HAVE AN EXTREME DISLIKE FOR MR. WILSON...WORDS FAIL ME TO UTLIZE THE TITLE OF 'CONGRESSMAN.' THIS IS THE STUFF THAT IGNITES SO MANY FIRES AND DISTRACTIONS.

THIS IS THE KIND OF REPETATIVE TRASH THAT FOLLOWS ARE PRESIDENT IN HIS EFFORT TO STRAIGHTEN OUT THE POOR INFORMATION REGARDING HEALTHCARE REFORM OR ANYTHING ELSE FOR THAT MATTER. MAY GOD SEND US A HARBOR LOAD FILLED WITH ERASERS.....AS THE WORLD TURNS AND UNCHECKED CHATTER CONTINUES!!!!!!!

'A GREAT LEADER IS ALSO AN ...'OVERSEER'...NOONE WANTS A RETURN TICKET TO FINANCIAL FAILURE!'

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:02:36 EDT

YOU HEAR AN AWFUL LOT ABOUT 'BIG BROTHER' THESE DAYS. OF COURSE THIS TERM IS USUALLY ATTACHED TO 'GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION.' CONSIDERING WHAT THIS COUNTRY HAS BEEN THROUGH IN THE PAST YEAR, I AM GRATEFUL FOR A PRESIDENT WHO CARES ENOUGH ABOUT THIS COUNTRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS 'SHOCK AND AWE' FINANCIAL CRISIS DOES NOT REPEAT ITSELF.

THIS IS A QUALITY I VERY MUCH ADMIRE IN PRESIDENT OBAMA. HE'S ALWAYS THERE TO SEE US THROUGH, HE FOLLOWS THROUGH AND HE IS DETERMINED TO ENSURE THAT THIS TYPE OF TRAUMA WILL NEVER AGAIN BE EXPERIENCED BY OUR COUNTRY. THESE ARE ADMIRABLE CHARACTERISTICS EXHIBITED BY A PRESIDENT WHO REMAINS, CONSISTENT AND CERTAINLY PERSISTENT DESPITE THE FACT THAT CRITICS AND THOSE WITH SPECIAL INTERESTS DON'T APPRECIATE BABYSITTERS ON DUTY! I'M ALL FOR BABYSITTERS BECAUSE LOTS OF BIG SPENDERS HAVE BEEN AT PLAY WITH OUR MONEY AND INSUFFICIENT, IF ANY SUPERVISION. WE FOUND OUT THE HARD WAY THAT ALL IS NOT PERFECT IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE.

WATCHING THE PRESIDENT IN A RATHER SERIOUS PITCH TO WALL ST. MAY NOT HAVE BROUGHT THE 'GOOD NEWS' TO THOSE WHO WISH TO DO ALL THE MATH ON THEIR OWN...HOWEVER...IT IS TIME FOR 'OVERSIGHT' WITH A HUGE 'O' FOR EFFORT. INDEED A 'CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION AGENCY' IS JUST WHAT AMERICA NEEDS TO DOT THE DECIMALS AND CROSS THE 'T''S ON ALL THE 'TEASERS' THAT GOT SO MANY INTO TROUBLE IN THE FIRST PLACE. PACKAGED PROTECTION WILL INCLUDE CLOSING THOSE LOOPHOLES THAT EVENTUALLY LEAD TO FINANCIAL QUICKSAND AND LET'S NOT FORGET THE ABUSIVE PRACTICES THAT WILL AND MUST FACE THAT FINANCIAL SIEVE KNOWN AS REGULATIONS! IN BETWEEN ALL THAT FINE PRINTING THAT NOONE CAN 'TRANSLATE' ON THEIR MORTGAGE CONTRACT, CONSUMER PROTECTION WILL NOW PRESENT THE GIFT OF 'UNDERSTANDING TO THOSE STILL PAGING THROUGH THEIR POCKET DICTIONARIES.

UNLESS IT IS YOUR PROFESSION, THE FINANCIAL WORLD IS DIFFICULT FOR ALL OF US TO UNDERSTAND. PERSONALLY, I CAN'T GET ANYWHERE UNTIL I FIRST COUNT ALL APPENDAGES BEFORE I HIT THE EAGER CONTRACTOR WHO ALWAYS DISPLAYS THAT SHEEPISH GRIN WITH PEN IN HAND. AND YES....I HAVE BEEN TAKEN DOWN THAT DECEITFUL ROAD BEFORE...MUST BE THE HAIR COLOR. WE HAVE ALL FALLEN VICTIM AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER. THEN WE COMPLAIN AND SAY THAT NOONE IN BIG BROTHERLAND CARES. WELL.....................YOU HAVE A PRESIDENT THAT DOES AND AN EQUALLY QUALIFIED TEAM OF GIANTS IN THE FIELD OF NUMERICS WHO CAN SAVE YOU LOTS OF GRIEF WHEN WHITEOUT OR AN ERASER CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF A CONTRACTUAL JAM. THE PRESIDENT HAS TAKEN THE 'WALL ST. BULL' BY THE HORNS AND HIS TWO PARTNERS ON THIS RIDE...'TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY' WILL BE OVERSEEING THE 'FINGERS THAT DO THE WALKING' OVER YOUR CALCULATED RISKS.

MR. 'FIRE IN THE SHOES' WILL ALSO BE ON THE ROAD THIS WEEK REMINDING YOU OF WHAT 'STIMULUS AND RECOVERY' ACTIONS HAVE ACTUALLY DONE FOR THIS COUNTRY. WHILE HE WARNS AGAINST BECOMING COMPLACENT, THE GOOD NEWS IS WE'RE FINDING OUR WAY OUT OF THE ABYSS....OUR FEET ARE NO LONGER DRAGGING ON THE PAVEMENT...SO TO SPEAK. THESE MOVES OF COURSE WERE DRAMATIC AT THE TIME AND MET WITH A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF CRITICISM. HOWEVER, WHAT WAS DONE WAS A NECESSITY AND TIME WAS NOT ON OUR SIDE. THERE WAS NO CHOICE OF WEAPONS TO USE AND SIMPLE BANDAIDS FOLKS WOULD NEVER WORK ON THE TITANIC.

AGAIN...OUR PRESIDENT HAS HAD TO REMIND YOU THAT HE DID NOT SEEK THIS OFFICE JUST SO THAT HE COULD 'BAIL' PEOPLE OUT. FAIR WARNING...THE PRESIDENT IS NOT IN THE GOVERNMENTAL CONTROL OR 'LOANING FROM LENNY' BUSINESS. THOSE GUILTY OF 'POCKET LINING FROM THE PEOPLE' HAVE NOW RECEIVED THEIR FINAL WARNING FROM THIS PRESIDENT. THOSE GUILTY OF PILFERING THEIR FINANCIAL WAY THROUGH THE MONOPLOY BOARD WILL NOT BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE...THE 'TAXPAYER' FOR AN AIRLIFT!!!!!

KEEP THAT IN MIND IN CASE YOU HAVE THE URGE TO GO SHOPPING FOR OFFICE PARTIES IN PARADISE, BOGUS BONUSES OR JET SHOPPING ON A LAZY AFTERNOON WHEN YOU COULD FLY COMMERCIALLY OR DRIVE YOUR OWN VEHICLE. THE PRESIDENT HAS REMINDED THOSE ON WALL ST. TO KEEP THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN MIND. THERE IT IS AGAIN...THAT WORD 'RESPONSIBILITY'....WE ALL HAVE THOSE IN LIFE. ALONG WITH RESPONSIBILITY...RIDES ANOTHER PARTNER KNOWN AS 'RESPECT.' AMERICA NEEDS TO MAINTAIN THESE TWO 'R'S' IF WE WANT TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE. WHEN YOU DON'T, YOU TAKE SHORTCUTS OR IGNORE THE WARNINGS IN THE ROAD...WE ALL KNOW WHERE THAT CAN TAKE US....LEHMANNNNNNNNNNN LANE!

WE ALSO MUST FACE ANOTHER FACT...THAT IS OUR OWN RESPONSIBILITY AS CITIZENS IN THIS COUNTRY. PURCHASING ON CREDIT WELL OVER WHAT YOU CAN AFFORD WILL GET A CALL BACK SOONER OR LATER. USUALLY SOONER. HOPEFULLY SEVERAL LESSONS HAVE BEEN LEARNED HERE ABOUT LIVING BEYOND YOUR MEANS. THE WORD 'CHARGE IT' REFERS TO A PROMISE TO PAY. DON'T LET MATERIAL ITEMS GET IN THE WAY OF YOUR MOST IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITY TO YOURSELF OR YOUR FAMILY. THERE IS NOTHING WORTH THE PRICE OF YOUR SELF-RESPECT.

THE PRESIDENT JUST ADDRESSED AUTO WORKERS AT A GENERAL MOTORS PLANT IN LORDSTOWN,OHIO. ACTUALLY I JUST CAUGHT THE END OF IT...BUT, I ALREADY KNOW WHAT HE HAD TO SAY...THIS SELFLESS LEADER WHO TAKES THE TIME TO WALK WITH ALL OF US IN OUR TIMES OF TROUBLE. THINGS ARE CHANGING...THE SEEDS OF 'HOPE' HAVE BEEN PLANTED BY HIS DETERMINATION. THERE IS NEW GROWTH...THERE IS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR EVER PRESENT, INITIATED BY NEW EFFORTS TOWARD ENERGY CONSERVATION, NEW PRIDE IN OUR SCHOOLS AND AN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S RECEIVING A GREAT SHOT IN THE ARM WITH RENOVATION. THERE IS A RENEWED FEELING OF PROMISE BECAUSE INDEED WE HAVE BEEN RESCUED FROM WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN THE WORST CATASTROPHE IN HISTORY. IT TAKES BABY STEPS TO LEARN TO WALK AGAIN...MOST OFTEN...YOU NEED A BABYSITTER TO KEEP YOU FROM FALLING DOWN. SOMETIMES THE LESSONS ARE LEARNED AFTER YOU HAVE FALLEN DOWN....LIKE NOW!

MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AND HIS EXCELLENT ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM FOR PUTTING UP WITH ALL OF US DURING OUR TRIALS...OUR COMPLAINTS OUR SCREAMING! THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS TO LEARN FROM THESE EXPERIENCES...WE'VE ALL BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH TOGETHER. THERE WILL BE MORE TRIALS TO COME...BUT, I AM THANKFUL FOR MR. 'FIRE IN THE SHOES' AN HIS NEVER ENDING PERSEVERANCE. OH MICHELLE....YOU MAY HAVE TO TAKE HIM BACK TO THE SHOE STORE!!!!! BLESSINGS EVERYONE!!!...:)

"HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT CIVILITY IS INTERESTING?"..................HE SAID.

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:18:46 EDT

THE AFOREMENTIONED QUESTION WAS RELATED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA TO STEVE BROCK DURING LAST NIGHT'S BROADCAST INTERVIEW ON 60 MINUTES. INDEED I WAS REMINDED OF THE 'OFFICER AND THE GENTLEMAN' POSTURE AS OUR WELL MANNERED PRESIDENT ADDRESSED THE ISSUE OF TEA PARTIES. OF COURSE THE BRILLIANT SMILE ON HIS FACE AS USUAL SAYS IT ALL. SOMEWHERE IN THE DEPTHS OF THE OBAMA CHARACTER IS AN EVER PRESENT UNDERSTANDING AND TOLERANCE FOR THE SCREAMERS WHO CAN CARRY SOME RATHER INSULTING SIGNAGE. AS USUAL...THE PRESIDENT RISES ABOVE THE 'PARADE OF PRONOUNS' AND THEIR GRAB FOR ATTENTION IS EXTINGUISHED BY HIS INSISTENCE THAT THE PROTESTS ARE HEALTHY DEBATE. IF THAT ISN'T TAKING THE AIR OUT OF THE TEABAG...I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS. SOMEBODY PASS THE SUGAR...TWO LUMPS PLEASE!!!!!

DESCRIBING TEA PARTY DIALOGUE (POLITELY I MIGHT ADD) AS "A COARSENING OF POLITICAL DIALOGUE," THE PRESIDENT HAD ME IN STITCHES. I LOVE TO WATCH HIM STAND UP WITHOUT FLINCHING AN EYELASH. HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS NO NEED TO CARRY A FLY SWATTER? I WAIT IN ANTICIPATION FOR HIM TO SHOW UP AT A TOWN HALL MEETING DRESSED LIKE ONE OF THE GHOST BUSTERS WITH A HOLSTER LADEN IN WEAPONS DEDICATED TO SLIME REMOVAL. PERHAPS ON HALLOWEEN...AS FOR NOW THE 'TRUE GENTLEMAN' HAS COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE SITUATION.

INDEED, I NEED TO TAKE SOME LESSONS FROM THIS LEADER WHO CAN STAND STILL AND STRONG AMID A BIRDBATH FILLED WITH PIDGEON DROPPINGS. YESTERDAY I ACTUALLY GREW HAIR AND COULD FEEL THE MOON RISE WHEN ONE OF MY CLASSMATES HAILED A DEROGATORY REMARK AT THE PRESIDENT IN MY ALLEGED CHRISTIAN GATHERING. THERE ARE DAYS WHEN I TRULY NEED A FLY SWATTER IN THERE.

SOME THINK THAT GOD HAS RETIRED AND THEY HAVE TAKEN OVER HIS TIME SLOT! THIS HEAVENLY JOB APPLICANT TRIED TO TELL THE CLASS THAT THE PRESIDENT HAD MADE A STATEMENT AGAINST THE CHRISTIAN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES. I QUICKLY CORRECTED THE 'KING OF PORK N' BEANS' AND TOLD HIM THE PRESIDENT HAD BEEN MISQUOTED SEVERAL TIMES. THE PRESIDENT WAS TALKING ABOUT OUR MELTING POT IN AMERICA AND THE FACT THAT THERE ARE MANY RELIGIONS IN EXISTENCE IN OUR KITCHEN! I DON'T THINK THE MAN LIKES MY COOKING. AHHHHHHHHH...THOSE SUNDAYS OF REVELATION...I CAN ASSURE YOU THE WATER IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET DEEPER HERE...........BUT...LIKE THE PRESIDENT...I APPRECIATE A CHALLENGE.

LOTS OF ISSUES HAVE CENTERED AROUND THE SUBJECT OF TEABAGS LATELY....I SUGGEST THAT EVERYONE READ "THREE CUPS OF TEA" BY GREG MORTENSON AND DAVID OLIVER RELIN. THIS BOOK CENTERS AROUND SOME LOVING AND COMPASSIONATE RELATIONSHIPS IN BUILDING THE HUMANITIES IN PAKISTAN. IN 1993, GREG MORTENSON, A NURSE WHO LOVED CLIMBING, SURVIVED AN ATTEMPT TO SCALE THE HIMALAYAN PEAK K2. THIS IS THE SECOND HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN THE WORLD. LOST AND SEPARATED FROM HIS GUIDE, MORTENSON WANDERED INTO THE SMALL PAKISTANI VILLAGE OF KORPHE. THE VILLAGERS, MUCH LIKE THOSE IN AFGHANISTAN NURSED HIM BACK TO HEALTH.

DURING HIS STAY, MORTENSON WAS HORRIFIED BY THE SIGHT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN TRYING TO LEARN WHILE KNEELING ON COLD AND FROSTY GROUND. HE MADE A PROMISE BEFORE HE LEFT THERE...HE PROMISED THAT HE WOULD COME BACK AND BUILD A SCHOOL FOR THE CHILDREN. OVER THE NEXT DECADE, MORTENSON KEPT THAT PROMISE AND THEN SOME....HE BUILT 54 MORE SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. MORTENSON HAILS FROM MONTANA.

THE THEME FOR THE BOOK IS CENTERED AROUND MIDEASTERN CUSTOM....THE FIRST CUP OF TEA...YOU ARE A STRANGER....THE SECOND...YOU ARE AN HONORED GUEST....THE THIRD....YOU BECOME A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY. THE SON OF MISSIONARIES IN TANZANIA, MORTENSON'S LIFE STORY OPENS THE BOOK ON MANY POSSIBILITIES FOR PEACE IN THE MIDEAST. MOST IMPORTANTLY....THERE IS OUR MORAL AND HUMANE RESPONSIBILTY TO SHOW RESPECT TO OTHERS NO MATTER WHERE THEY LIVE, WHO THEY ARE, WHAT COLOR THEY ARE...WE NEED TO HUG AND SHARE IN OUR DIFFERENCES.

WHEN I HEAR THE OUTCRIES AGAINST OUR WORK IN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN, IT SADDENS ME BECAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE SCREAMING FOR HUMANITARIAN EQUALITY AND JUSTICE THEY AREN'T GETTING. SOMEHOW....WE HAVE TO DELIVER. CONSIDERING THE FRAUDULANT ELECTION STATUS, PERHAPS IT WILL TAKE TRIBAL MEETINGS. WHATEVER IT TAKES...I AM COMPLETELY CONFIDENT THAT THE PRESIDENT AND HIS GROUND COMMANDERS WILL FIND THE ANSWERS. WE MUST FIND THEM SO THAT OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN DON'T HAVE TO FACE FUTURE GENERATIONS OF THREAT TO OUR DEMOCRACY AND TURMOIL.

EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE PEOPLE IN AFGHANISTAN WANT CHANGE AND SCHOOLS AND OPTIONS IN THEIR LIVES. I AM AN ETERNAL OPTIMIST. I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL FIND THAT OPEN DOOR BECAUSE WE HAVE A PRESIDENT IN THIS COUNTRY WHO IS SO DEDICATED TO GENUINE PEACE FOR ALL IN THIS WORLD. IT IS THE UNSELFISH WHO WILL SUCCEED HERE. THIS IS NOT OCCUPATION...THIS IS PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES AND CHOICE TO THE PEOPLE. IF IT TAKES DISCUSSION WITH THEIR CURRENT LEADERS THEN THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES. UNTIL WE CAN OPEN THAT DOOR...THE GUNFIRE WILL NEVER CEASE. WE WILL BE TRAVELLING THAT SAME ROAD FOREVER.

WE HAVE ALOT OF MORTENSONS OVER THERE...SOLDIERS WHO ARE PASSING OUT PENS AND NOTEBOOKS AND ENCOURAGING FAMILIES. WE HAVE SOLDIERS THERE WHO DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP ON THIS CAUSE. THESE UNSELFISH SOLDIERS SEE THE NEEDS...THESE ARE THE GREG MORTENSONS WHO KEEP COMING BACK WITH A PROMISE TO THE POOR, THE NEEDY,THE CRYING,THE CRIPPLED, THE WAR TORN REMAINS LEFT BEHIND BY THE CRUEL AND THE CONTROLLING. THIS CAN BE DONE.............READ THE BOOK....SEE WHERE A CUP OF TEA CAN TAKE YOU!

MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AND ALL WHO SEEK TO SHARE A CUP OF TEA IN PEACE AND PROSPERITY. MAY GOD BLESS ALL OF THOSE AMERICANS WHO ARE LIVING IN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN AND DEDICATED TO THE CAUSE OF HUMANITY AND EQUALITY FOR ALL. A CUP OF TEA, JUST LIKE ANYTHING ELSE...HAS ITS LUMPS...BUT, WE MOVE FORWARD TO CHANGE AND UNITY INTO A WORLD THAT EMBRACES ALL STRANGERS AT A TABLE. GOD BLESS THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!

VA HOSPITALS NEED SOME 'RAINBOW COLORED' ENCOURAGEMENT!!!!'

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:48:11 EDT

TODAY I VISITED A LOCAL VA HOSPITAL AND TOOK ALONG SOME CUPCAKES TO PASS OUT TO THE GUYS. I DIDN'T GET TO DO THAT WHICH I CAN UNDERSTAND...BUT, AT LEAST I WAS ABLE TO DELIVER THEM. HOWEVER, WHILE I WAS THERE, MY HEART WAS DEEPLY SADDENED BY THE DEPRESSING INTERIOR OF THE HOSPITAL. MY FIRST QUESTION WAS....HOW COULD ANYONE FEEL BETTER OR GET WELL IN THERE?

FROM WHERE I STOOD, THE HOSPITAL APPEARED TO BE CLEAN....BUT THE COLORS WERE HORRIBLE. ARE THESE MEN SUPPOSED TO HEAL OR FEEL LIKE THEY ARE DOOMED TO THE INTERIOR OF A SUBMARINE. WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. ACTUALLY, I DON'T EVEN THINK I COULD STAND WORKING IN THERE AS A PART OF THE STAFF.

YOUR ENVIRONMENT, YOUR SURROUNDINGS HAVE ALOT TO DO WITH HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT YOURSELF AND HOW YOU FEEL IN GENERAL. THIS WAS NOT AN 'UPLIFTING' SIGHT TO BEHOLD. I KNOW THAT THE GOVERNMENT CAN AFFORD SOME CANS OF BRIGHT AND ENCOURAGING PAINT...RAINBOWS ON THE WALL WOULDN'T HURT EITHER.

WE EXPECT THESE MEN TO JOIN THE 'DRAB,DISMAL AND CERTAINLY CHALLENGING' WHEN THEY COMMIT TO SERVICE FOR OUR COUNTRY. THEY CERTAINLY HAVE GIVEN ENOUGH OF THEMSELVES THERE. THE ILL AND WOUNDED IN VA HOSPITALS DESERVE BETTER. AS FOR GETTING THE JOB DONE...I'M SURE EACH HOSPITAL COULD RECRUIT ENOUGH VOLUNTEERS IN THEIR COMMUNITY TO AID IN SUCH AN EFFORT. THESE MEN AREN'T DEAD...THEY ARE STILL LIVING...SOMEBODY PASS THE PAINT BUCKET...WE NEED TO 'CHANGE' THIS. I DARE SAY JUST BEING IN THERE FOR A SHORT WHILE TOOK THE SUNSHINE OUT OF MY DAY. IMAGINE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HAVE TO STAY IN THERE AND FIND SOME 'HOPE' IN A CORNER TO HEAL! THIS IS SHAMEFUL!

MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS OUR PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AND THE MESSAGE OF 'HOPE' HE CONTINUALLY OFFERS. SOMEBODY PICK UP SOME PAINT AND LET'S PAINT A LITTLE 'HOPE' IN THESE VA HOSPITALS. PARDON ME...BUT, NOW I THINK I KNOW WHAT THEY DO WITH THE LEFTOVER COSMETICS FROM BATTLESHIPS! GOD BLESS OUR VETERANS...THEY HAVE GIVEN SO MUCH FOR OUR COUNTRY!

'LESSONS LEARNED FROM 9/11...WE CAN'T FORGET THEM!'

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:59:22 EDT

THE EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HORRIFIC EVENTS SURROUNDING 9/11 WILL BE HONORED WITH SOMBER AND REFLECTIVE UNITY. THE FAMILIES OF THE LOST WILL BE THERE. THIS INCLUDES THE REMAINS OF FAMILIES OF 2,751 VICTIMS. THEIR NAMES WILL AGAIN BE READ INTO HISTORY AND FOR THE LOVED ONES...THOSE NIGHTMARES NEVER DISAPPEAR. WE WONDER WHY THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPEN...WHY THEY ARE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN. FROM THIS DAY THERE ARE SAINTS WHO HAVE RISEN AND SOMETHING MOST IMPORTANT THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON........DURING ANY TIME OF CRISIS...WE ARE REMINDED OF THIS DAY AND THE 'UNITY' THAT GATHERED WITHOUT HESITATION OR QUESTION.

ON THIS DAY HEROES ADVANCED DESPITE FALLING DEBRIS AND SMOKE AND FIRE THAT HONESTLY WAS THE CLOSEST COMPOSITE OF 'HELL' THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN. THIS IS THE DAY THAT TOOK OUR BREATH AWAY. THE FIRST REACTION WAS OF COURSE DISBELIEF AND WHEN THE REALITIES FINALLY CONFRONTED US...WE SHOOK FOR DAYS AND MONTHS AND CERTAINLY 'ALL THE FOREVERS' FOR MANY. THIS TRAGIC EVENT LEFT A HOLE IN OUR COUNTRY AND 'FEAR' ENTERED WAGGING ITS UGLY TAIL. WE CLUNG TO TERROR ALERTS AND BAGGAGE INSPECTION AND WE DISCOVERED THAT 'TRUST' WAS HARD TO FIND.

IF WE AREN'T CAREFUL...THESE EVENTS CAN REPEAT THEMSELVES OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN OUR HEARTS. WE BECOME HARDENED AND BITTER,SUSPICIOUS AND JUDGEMENTAL. IT DOESN'T TAKE THIS TYPE OF EVENT TO SELF-DESTRUCT. IT DOES NOT TAKE THIS TYPE OF EVENT TO DESTROY A COUNTRY. WHEN WE BECOME BIASED, ACCUSATORY,SELFISH,ARGUMENTATIVE AND CRITICAL, WE BEGIN TO CHIP AWAY AT THE VALUES WE WERE SO BLESSED WITH.

IN THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WE ARE BLESSED WITH 'FREEDOM OF CHOICE' IN JUST ABOUT ANYTHING WE DO IN OUR DAILY LIVES. OUR COUNTRY IS A LEADER IN DEMOCRACY. WE CANNOT ALLOW OURSELVES TO LOSE THIS GIFT! THIS GIFT IS PRICELESS TO US.......YET THERE ARE STONES DESIGNATING THE RESTING PLACES FOR THOSE WHO DIED TO KEEP YOUR 'FREEDOM OF CHOICE.' INDEED, THEY PAID THE PRICE. IF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM COULD SPEAK TO YOU TODAY...WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY WOULD SAY?

THEY WOULD PROBABLY SAY...USE YOUR TIME WELL TO HOLD ONTO EACH OTHER. DON'T WASTE IT WITH NEEDLESS BICKERING. EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US IS A GIFT TO THIS EARTH FOR A REASON....FIND IT!!!! WE WERE MEANT TO SHARE AND LEARN FROM EACH OTHER, TO TEACH AND PASS OUR KNOWLEDGE TO FUTURE GENERATIONS. WE WERE MEANT TO SHOW HUMANE CONCERN FOR ALL PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF RACE OR CREED. WE WERE MEANT TO PASS PEACE AND PROSPERITY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. THIS IS NOT THE KIND YOU FIND IN BANKS. THESE ARE THE TREASURES ON THE INSIDE OF YOUR HEARTS AND SOULS,EACH UNIQUELY DIFFERENT, EACH SO PRECIOUS. SOONER OR LATER WE WILL FADE INTO THE YELLOWED PAGES OF HISTORY ON A SHELF...AND SOMEDAY 'OUR FUTURE' WILL OPEN US UP AND TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE DONE. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE THEM WRITE ABOUT YOU?

OUR DIFFICULT TIMES IN THIS COUNTRY ARE NOT THE RESULT OF ECONOMIC CRISIS AND TWO WARS AND CHAOTIC HEALTHCARE TOWN HALL MEETINGS. THESE THINGS ARE MERELY CIRCUMSTANCE. THERE ARE SOLUTIONS TO CIRCUMSTANCE. THE PERMANENT DAMAGE COMES FROM HARDENED HEARTS AND HOW YOUR FIRES ARE HANDLED. WE ALL HAVE THEM IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER. SOME MORE SERIOUS THAN OTHERS. LIKE OUR SOLDIERS AND THE VICTIMS ON 9/11.........MANY ARE FATAL. THEY WOULD WANT YOU TO MOVE ON AND CONTINUE TO BUILD A STRONG COUNTRY THAT INVITES HUMAN EQUALITY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL WHO ENTER.

THERE IS ONE MAJOR PLAYER IN OUR CURRENT HISTORY THAT UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE MEMORIES OF 9/11 ARE TRYING TO SAY TO YOU. INDEED, FEAR IS OUR WORST ENEMY. WHEN WE INVITE FEAR INTO OUR HEARTS, WE OPEN THE DOOR TO SELFISH PERSUASION. WE BECOME SO CONCERNED WITH SELF THAT NOTHING ELSE MATTERS........UNTIL A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE COMES ALONG...THEN WE STAND IN SILENCE FOR 3 MINUTES...FORGET ABOUT IT AND CONTINUE OUR DAILY SCHEDULE WITH SELF PITY AND ANGER. I THINK PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS BEEN REMINDING YOU SINCE HIS 'DAY ONE' THAT HUMANITARIAN UNITY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSON TO KEEP IN MIND IN THIS COUNTRY.

I KNOW YOU'RE SAYING 'GET REAL'....I CAN'T PAY MY BILLS, THERE'S A FORECLOSURE SIGN ON MY FRONT LAWN AND GUESS WHAT...I HAVE CANCER. THESE BATTLES ARE OUR 'EVERYDAY 9/11'S! WHEN THINGS ARE SO BAD THAT CRYING IS YOUR CONSTANT PARTNER AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU WILL BE LIVING TOMORROW...PLEASE REMEMBER THE ONES WHO CONFRONTED THE FIRES...THE ONES WHO ONLY HAD JUST ENOUGH TIME TO CALL AN SAY GOODBYE TO THEIR WIVES AND KIDS...THE ONES WHO BRAVELY CLIMBED THE SMOKE RIDDEN STAIRS TO HELL TO SAVE A LIFE AND NEVER RETURNED. THINK ABOUT THE BRAVE PASSENGERS ON FLIGHT 93 WHO CHALLENGED THE HIJACKERS AND ALL THE WHILE, THEY KNEW THE ONLY WAY TO GO WAS...'DOWN.' THREE TIMES AND YOU'RE 'OUT' AND YES THEY HAD TO STRIKE THE PENTAGON! REMEMBER WHAT THEY GAVE AND WHILE YOU ARE STILL ALIVE AND ABLE TO HUG YOUR FAMILIES...AS AMERICANS YOU OWE THEM SOMETHING!!!

YOU OWE THEM PRESERVATION OF THEIR MEMORY BY DOING THE BEST YOU CAN TO SUPPORT YOUR GOVERNMENT AND UNITY IN THIS COUNTRY. YOU OWE THEM THE SUCCESSFUL PEACE THEY WERE LOOKING FOR...BUT, DIED BEFORE THEY COULD FINISH THEIR DREAMS. FROM THE SOLDIERS IN THE MIDEAST SANDBOX TO THE HOMELESS IN OUR STREETS...YOU OWE THEM A GOOD SHOT AT PRESERVING THE FREEDOMS THEY SO VALIANTLY DIED FOR...YOU OWE THEM MORE THAN THE PIECE OF THE ROCK THEY REST UNDER. THIS IS A DEBT WE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO PAY OFF IN FULL BECAUSE WHAT THEY GAVE...HAD NO PRICE.

EACH DAY AS YOUR TEARS FALL FROM WHATEVER TRIALS YOU FACE, PLEASE LET THEM WASH AWAY HARDENED HEARTS AND OPEN THE DOOR TO NEW TOMORROWS WHERE HOPE AND GENTLENESS RESIDE. WE ARE FOREVER UNDER CONSTRUCTION........THERE IS SO MUCH TO LEARN FROM 'GROUND ZERO! DON'T CLOSE THE DOORS ON WHAT YOU MUST LEAVE BEHIND FOR SO MANY TOMORROWS.

MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AND THE GRIEVING FAMILIES OF ALL OF OUR HEROES. MAY THE MEMORIES HONORED ON 9/11 LEAVE US WITH 'TEACHING MOMENTS' IN TIME THAT WILL HEAL ONLY WHEN WE CAN REPLACE OUR FEARS WITH NEW HOPE AND CONCERN FOR OUR FELLOW MAN. MAY GOD BLESS THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE MEMORIES THAT HAVE FOREVER LEFT AN IMPRINT IN THE RUBBLE ON ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER WHEN WE STOPPED............... TAKING LIFE FOR GRANTED.

'THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT...FOR SHOWING US...THE HUMANITY NEEDED TO FIND THE WAY TO HEALTHCARE REFORM!'

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:24:09 EDT

THIS SPEECH HAS ALWAYS BEEN DEFINED BY THE MEDIA AND OTHER SELF-CONSUMED PUNDITS AS THE 'MAKE OR BREAK' PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH. THE SPEECH.....THAT PUTS THIS PRESIDENT ON THE LINE. THIS IS UNFORTUNATE. IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT THE TOTAL JUDGEMENT OF ANY HUMAN BEING WOULD RELY ON 'ONE NIGHT.' HOW QUICKLY WE JUDGE. WE PUT OUR MIRRORS AWAY AT HOME AND BLAME EVERYONE ELSE FOR OUR DIFFICULTIES. LAST NIGHT, BEFORE A JOINT SESSION IN CONGRESS, OUR COMPASSIONATE AND UNSELFISH PRESIDENT ONCE AGAIN LAID IT ON THE LINE IN HIS PUSH TO PASS THE URGENT NEED FOR HEALTHCARE REFORM IN THIS COUNTRY! IF YOU DIDN'T GET IT...IF YOU DIDN'T GET ANYTHING ELSE...GET THIS............CLASS 101...'THE LACK OF CHARACTER...........................BREEDS CONTEMPT.'

THERE IS NO WAY YOU WILL 'MAKE OR BREAK' THIS PRESIDENT. HIS LIFETIME EXPERIENCES,MIXED CULTURES AND LOVING FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE INDEED CREATED A STRONG AND MORE THAN CAPABLE MAN WHO, AS WITNESSED LAST NIGHT....WILL NOT BEND TO PRESSURE. THIS IS A BRANCH IN THE TREE OF LIFE THAT DOES NOT FOLLOW....HE LEADS. HE DOES SO WITH AN UNSELFISH MODESTY AND MORE THAN ANYTHING...THIS PRESIDENT INVITES 'CREATIVITY AND IDEAS' FROM EVERYONE AROUND HIM. HE BEGS FOR 'INPUT' AND HE SEEKS OUT THOSE WHO ARE IN 'DISAGREEMENT.' MORE IMPORTANTLY...HE LISTENS TO WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY. AND YES, HE READS 10 OF YOUR LETTERS EACH DAY.......AND YES...HE ANSWERS THEM FROM HIS HEART.

LAST NIGHT HE WALKED THROUGH AN OBVIOUSLY DIVIDED HOUSE. SOME STOOD UP...SOME SAT DOWN... EACH SIDE TRYING TO DISPLAY OR MOUNT THE SIDE OF THE FENCE THEY SAT ON. I ALWAYS WATCH FOR THAT IN THESE JOINT SESSIONS. I SCAN THE AUDIENCE IN AN EFFORT TO FIND 'COMEDY' AND I USUALLY DO. SO MANY OF THEM LOOK LIKE THEY'RE SITTING ON 'HOT ROCKS' AND GOD FORBID IF A CAMERA FINDS THEM.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHO WAS GOING TO GROWL FIRST...JOHN BOEHNER OR HIS GLOWING ORANGE SUNTAN. OF COURSE I CAUGHT LINDSEY GRAHAM...ALL TOO CONSCIOUS OF THE CAMERA, CAREFUL TO APPLAUD WHEN HIS CRONIES DID. THESE GUYS ALWAYS REMIND ME OF THE POOR CHILD IN THE HIGH SCHOOL BAND MARCH...OFF ON ONE STEP AND BURDENED WITH A TUBA! THEN THERE WAS JOHN MCCAIN BEAMING FROM EAR TO EAR BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT RECOGNIZED HIS HEALTHCARE EFFORTS. LATER...MCCAIN COULDN'T WAIT TO FIND HIS OWN CAMERA TO SHARE HIS AFTER THE HOUR 'NOT SO DELIGHTED' DISCONTENT WITH THE PRESIDENT'S TOUGH WORDS FOR REPUBLICANS. IT'S FAMILY HOUR, SO I'LL CALL THEM WHAT THEY OFFICIALLY ARE IN PUBLIC. SORRY JOHN IF YOU DIDN'T LIKE THE CLASS AGENDA LAST NIGHT DELIVERED BY A 'FIRST CLASS PRESIDENT.'

BODY LANGUAGE IS INTRIGUING. THIS IS WHERE MY EYES GO WHEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY. I COULDN'T HELP BUT NOTICE VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND THE CONSISTENT AND CONSTANT ADMIRATION ON HIS FACE. THIS MAN TRULY LOVES AND RESPECTS HIS PRESIDENT. JOE BIDEN IS AN HONEST MAN WHO FINDS IT DIFFICULT TO LIE. OF COURSE I SAW THE FIRST LADY AS BEAUTIFUL AND DEDICATED AS ALWAYS. THAT SEATED ROW WAS DIFFICULT TO FACE BECAUSE IT HOUSED VICKI KENNEDY AND THE TEARS SHE WAS SHEDDING LAST NIGHT WHEN THE PRESIDENT SPOKE SO FONDLY OF SENATOR TED KENNEDY'S WISH TO SEE HEALTHCARE REFORM FOR ALL BECOME A REALITY.

FOLLOW THAT UP WITH A GLANCE AT SIR EDWARD'S SONS....TEDDY JR. AND PATRICK, BOTH SEATED AND LISTENING INTENTLY, CHOKING BACK THEIR 'RECENT RAIN', BUT WELL POSTURED TO ENCOURAGE OUR PRESIDENT AND THE FONDEST WISH THEIR FATHER RECENTLY LEFT THIS EARTH WITH...'THE CAUSE OF MY LIFE,' WAS A HEALTHCARE MOTTO FOR SENATOR KENNEDY. HE SPENT 47 YEARS FIGHTING FOR IT WITH HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE....TWO SONS WITH CANCER, HIMSELF, A FINAL VICTIM. SIR EDWARD WAS THERE LAST NIGHT, ACCOMPANIED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA'S MOTHER WHO ALSO DIED OF CANCER FIGHTING INSURANCE COMPANIES. THE PRESIDENT'S GRANDMOTHER WAS THERE TOO......ALL PROUDLY STANDING WITH THEIR SON...THEIR GRANDSON...THEIR ADOPTED SON THEY MENTORED....THIS UNSELFISH GIFT TO OUR COUNTRY IN A TIME OF GREAT NEED WHERE LESSONS MUST BE LEARNED AND WE NEED TO LISTEN IN CLASS.

THE MEDIA IS FLOODED THIS MORNING WITH EMAILS AND CALLS AND PRAISE FOR THE PRESIDENT WHO STOOD IN A DIVIDED HOUSE WITH GREAT INTEGRITY,COMPOSURE, AND THAT LOST WORD I INITIALLY REFERRED TO AS 'CHARACTER.' PRESIDENT OBAMA IS FILLED WITH IT. TRULY, HIS CUP RUNNETH OVER IN RESPECT AND UNCONDITIONAL LOVE FOR ALL HUMAN BEINGS. HIS PARTNER IS 'HUMILITY' SO HE NEVER RECOGNIZES THESE COMPLIMENTS TO HIS 'CHARACTER.' HE JUST MUDDLES ON DESPITE THE CRITICS, THE PUNDITS, THE JUDGEMENTAL ONES AND LAST NIGHT AMID VISIBLE SQUIRMING IN THE SEATS, HE MADE HIS POINT REGARDING HEALTHCARE REFORM.

TO YOU REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN JOE WILSON FROM SOUTH CAROLINA... I LEAVE THIS SPECIAL MESSAGE AND FOR ALL OTHERS WHO HAVE FORGOTTEN WHAT THE WORD..'CHARACTER' MEANS...THIS IS WHERE THE PROBLEM LIES. CONGRESSMAN WILSON IS THE UNFORTUNATE INDIVIDUAL WHO BELLOWED CRITICISM AT THE PRESIDENT WHEN HE WAS DISCUSSING HEALTHCARE REFORM AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. "YOU LIE" WILSON YELLED AFTER THE PRESIDENT STATED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WOULD NOT BE COVERED IN THE REFORM ACT.

YOU SIR...LACK THE RESPECTFUL CHARACTER WE NEED IN THIS COUNTRY. TODAY YOU ARE ON YOUR KNEES WITH APOLOGY...YOUR WEBSITE IS DOWN AND I'M SURE IT HAS BEEN FLOODED WITH THE OBVIOUS IN DISGUST FOR YOUR ACTIONS. YES SIR...THOSE TWO WORDS GAVE THE PRESS ENOUGH FODDER TO DINE ON FOR WEEKS TO COME. THE MEDIA LOVES A GOOD FIGHT...THOSE HEALTHCARE TOWN HALLS AND TEA PARTIES HAVE FED ALL THE SCREAMERS. THIS TYPE OF ACTION...THIS LACK OF 'CHARACTER' DOES NOTHING TO HELP THE HORRIFIC CRIES OF THE HOMELESS, THE BANKRUPT, THE SICK, THE DYING IN THIS COUNTRY. I HAVE A SEAT RESERVED FOR YOU...IN THE BACK OF THE CLASS. YOU'LL HAVE TO START OVER!

THE PRESIDENT MENTIONED 'CHARACTER' LAST NIGHT. HE STOOD STRONGLY WITH CONVICTION AND TOSSED BLAME BACK INTO THE LAPS OF THE DECEITFUL ONES WHO CLING TO THEIR SPECIAL INTEREST AGENDAS. HE DIDN'T HAVE TO NAME NAMES...THEY KNOW WHO THEY ARE...THE STONE-FACED ONES WHO CLUNG TO THEIR CHAIRS,GRITTING THEIR TEETH..............BECAUSE.......PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA........YOU ARE NOT FINISHED....YOU HAVE JUST BEGUN....YOU WILL CONTINUE TO STAND AND FIGHT UNTIL HEALTHCARE REFORM IN THIS COUNTRY BECOMES A REALITY.

MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS OUR COURAGEOUS AND COMPASSIONATE PRESIDENT WHO WITH 'OUTSTANDING CHARACTER' WILL WALK INTO DIVISION WITH AN UNCLENCHED FIST AND DELIVER THE PROMISE OF THE OLIVE BRANCH! THIS WAS OUR LESSON LAST NIGHT DEAR AMERICANS. THIS IS WHY LADY LIBERTY CARRIES THAT TORCH IN THE HARBOR. THIS IS WHY SENATOR KENNEDY SHARES THE 'ETERNAL FLAME' CARRIED BY HIS BROTHERS AT ARLINGTON CEMETERY. WE MUST CARRY THE TORCH OF 'GOOD AND COMPASSIONATE CHARACTER' IN THIS COUNTRY. THIS IS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE HOME OF THE BRAVE AND THE FREE AND WITH RESPECTFUL CHARACTER WE MUST CARRY THE TORCH OF PROMISE TO ALL HUMAN BEINGS! CLASS DISMISSED! DON'T TRY TO GET SOMEONE TO WRITE AN EXCUSE FOR YOU...BECAUSE THERE ARE 'NO EXCUSES!'

AMERICA........IT IS IMPORTANT TO 'LISTEN' TONIGHT...LEAVE THE DRIVING TO THE PRESIDENT!'

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:57:24 EDT

AS THE WORLD TURNS AND THE SUBJECT OF 'HEALTHCARE REFORM CHURNS'....EVERYONE IS AWARE BY NOW THAT THE PRESIDENT WILL ADDRESS A JOINT SESSION IN CONGRESS AT 8P.M. ET. OF COURSE THE MEDIA IS ALREADY CREATING THE USUAL IN IT'S MERRY-GO-ROUND OF BROADCASTS THIS MORNING. I USUALLY COMPARE THIS DRAMA TO A DEFUNCT SOAP OPERA. THE PRESIDENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT REGARDING ANY ISSUE IN THIS COUNTRY. WHAT THE PUBLIC SADLY MISTAKENS AS WEAKNESS IS PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CONSISTENT PUSH TO MAKE YOU 'THINK' FOR A CHANGE. LET IT BE KNOWN THAT THIS IS THE EXTREMELY UNSELFISH SIDE OF A GREAT LEADER....ONE WHO DEFINITELY DOES NOT WANT SELF INDULGENT CREDIT FOR 'CHANGE' FOR THE BETTER IN THIS COUNTRY! CLASS 101....YOU'VE ALL MISSED THAT ONE.........

ALTHOUGH I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO TONIGHT'S SPEECH IN FRONT OF THE CONGRESSIONAL CIRCUS...I CERTAINLY HAVE THE BELIEF AND FAITH IN THIS PRESIDENT...HE WILL BE STEERING THE GREAT 'HEALTHCARE WHEEL OF INDECISION' IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS HAS BEEN A '70 SOME YEAR' TAFFY PULL AND ALSO KEEP IN MIND THAT NOONE ELSE HAS GOTTEN THIS FAR..........BUT........OUR CURRENT DRIVER.........PRESIDENT OBAMA. THE EVIDENCE OF SUCCESSFUL LEADERSHIP IS QUITE OBVIOUS. IT'S THE OPPOSITION THAT WOULD PREFER TO LEAVE YOU AT THE WRONG BUS STOP.

THE ENTIRE COUNTRY IS NOW ENGROSSED IN THE SUBJECT OF HEALTHCARE REFORM. MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE ENTIRE COUNTRY IS NOW WELL AWARE OF THE FACT THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO CORRECT THIS MULTI-FRACTURED 'ALL FOR PROFIT' SYSTEM AND BRING IT BACK TO THE HUMANITIES...WHERE IT BELONGS. WHATEVER 'CORE BASE' IS ESTABLISHED WITH A PEN AND A DOTTED LINE...IT WILL INDEED TAKE TIME TO UNRAVEL THE QUAIGMIRE. THE PRESIDENT HAS ALWAYS SAID THAT IT WOULD. ANYTHING WORTHWHILE....TAKES TIME...THE TIME TO COME UP WITH THE RIGHT ANSWERS. THE DRAWING BOARD HERE IS NOT FINISHED.

I AM PROUD OF THIS PRESIDENT FOR RISING ABOVE THE HEALTHCARE CHAOS.........I AM PROUD OF THOSE WHO STOOD IN ABUSIVE TOWN HALL SESSIONS AND SIFTED THROUGH OPINIONS IN ORDER TO BRING HOME SOME ANSWERS. IF YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN...THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY IS FOR, ALTHOUGH OUR BEHAVIOR AT TIMES WAS CERTAINLY IN QUESTION. THE IMPORTANT LESSON HERE IS THAT AMERICANS BECAME 'INVOLVED!' OTHER THAN SOME OF THE 'PECOS PETE DELIVERY FROM THE 'NOT SO OK CORRAL,' I AM PROUD TO SEE AMERICANS TRADE IN THE SOFA FOR SOME SUGGESTIONS! THANK YOU PRESIDENT OBAMA FOR SUCCESSFULLY PUSHING US OUT OF THE HOUSE INTO THE CIRCLE OF THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS WE MUST JOIN IN ORDER TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN IN THIS COUNTRY.

A NATION IS ONLY AS STRONG AS ITS PEOPLE....IF YOU ARE STAGNANT....SO IS THE COUNTRY. IT IS UP TO US TO LIFT UP THOSE WHO NEED US....THERE ARE PLENTY OF THOSE TO KEEP YOU BUSY. ACTUALLY, THERE ARE MANY WHO HAVE LOST THEIR HOMES BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T PAY THEIR MEDICAL BILLS. THEN THERE ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE NEVER SEEN THE INSIDE OF ANYTHING ELSE...BUT A PUBLIC SHELTER OR A TENT OR THE UNDERSIDE OF A BRIDGE. THIS IS WHERE THE WORD 'RESPONSIBILITY' COMES IN.......AND...IT IS OURS.

SO TONIGHT...THIS REMARKABLE PRESIDENT WHO INITIATED A MULTITUDE OF HEALTHCARE OPTION CONVERSATIONS...WILL TAKE THE LEAD AGAIN...WHERE HE BELONGS. HE SHOULD BE QUITE PROUD OF HIMSELF FOR ALL OF THESE CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE LED TO A MASSIVE KITCHEN TABLE DISCUSSION. HOWEVER, HE'S HUMBLE...YOU WILL NEVER FIND HIM DANCING ON THE 'CREDIT LINE.' HE WILL CREDIT YOU AS HE ALWAYS HAS DONE...PUSHING US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN...AND OUR DREAMS. HE WILL HOWEVER, NEVER ALLOW YOU TO MARCH WITHOUT DEMONSTRATING SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY. HE'S A GREAT TEACHER BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN TO SCHOOL AND YOU DIDN'T KNOW IT.

AMERICA IS ALWAYS 'UNDER CONSTRUCTION' BECAUSE EACH NEW DAWN BRINGS NEW CHALLENGES AND MOST OFTEN THE UNEXPECTED. LIFE IS LIKE THAT...NOT ALWAYS FILLED WITH SUNSHINE EITHER. WHAT REALLY MATTERS HERE IS HOW YOU GET THROUGH THE RAIN. I LOVE MY PRESIDENT'S DRIVING HABITS. HE DOESN'T CARE WHAT THE WEATHER OFFERS.......HE DRIVES REGARDLESS OF THE ROADBLOCKS. HE'S ALWAYS BEHIND THE WHEEL MAKING UNUSUAL STOPS ON MANY TIMES 'HOPELESS' CORNERS. THIS IS WHERE HE BRINGS HIS MESSAGE OF 'HOPE', CONSISTENCY,DETERMINATION,PERSEVERANCE AND INDEED THE AUDACITY TO KEEP GOING. THEN HE BECOMES SO UNSELFISH WITH HIS MESSAGE AND ASKS YOU TO SHARE THE RIDE TO 'CHANGE.'

WE'RE 70 YEARS LATE ON THE SUBJECT OF HEALTHCARE....BUT, WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO OUR DESTINATION. DON'T TURN BACK NOW. TONIGHT, LEAVE THE DRIVING TO THE PRESIDENT...HE KNOWS WHERE HE'S GOING. FORTUNATELY, WE GET TO GO ALONG AND WITNESS HIS COMPASSIONATE DRIVE TO OUR SUCCESS. HE'S ALWAYS BEEN AT THE WHEEL....HE NEEDED US TO GO ALONG AND GET US THERE! 'IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU' ISN'T IT???? I THINK I STOLE THAT LINE FROM SOMEBODY!.......:)

MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA. MAY I BE FORTUNATE ENOUGH ON THIS RIDE TO DEVELOP HIS PATIENCE, A VIRTUE OF HIS I TRULY ADMIRE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE IS GOING TO SAY TONIGHT. I DON'T EVEN WANT A HINT....BECAUSE I KNOW WHO IS IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT AND I SINCERELY THANK HIM FOR BRINGING US THIS FAR!

GOING TO SCHOOL WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA...'WHERE THE REAL CLASS IS LOCATED!'

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:25:12 EDT

FOR DAYS ON END THE MEDIA AND MANY OTHERS HAVE BUILT UP PESSIMISTIC ATTITUDES REGARDING PRESIDENT OBAMA'S PLANNED SPEECH TO OUR NATION'S SCHOOL CHILDREN. WE'VE HEARD ALL THE CLAIMS LACED WITH VERBAGE LIKE "SOCIALISM OR INDOCTRINATION." THOSE WITH ALTERNATIVE MOTIVES TRIED TO PRESENT OUR PRESIDENT AS SOME SORT OF DICATATOR JUST WAITING TO ADDRESS OUR CHILDREN WITH IDEOLOGICAL THEORIES ROOTED IN COMMUNISM. HOW SAD IT IS THAT WE HAVE REGRESSED TO SUCH PRIMITIVE JUDGEMENTS AGAINST A GREAT MAN WHO HAS DONE NOTHING BUT TIRELESSLY STAND TO PULL OUR COUNTRY OUT OF DEEP FINANCIAL AS WELL AS INTERNATIONAL CRISIS. HOW SAD IT IS THAT WE LOWER OURSELVES TO THE POINT OF USING OUR CHILDREN AS A PREMISE FOR 'NEEDLESS FEAR.' HOW SAD IT IS THAT WE HAVE ALLOWED OURSELVES TO BE USED AS POLITICAL PAWNS AGAINST A MAN WHO IS MERELY CONCERNED ABOUT THE EDUCATION OF ALL OF OUR CHILDREN....PARENTAL CLASS 101.......................BEHAVIOR!

THE 'REAL CLASS' NEEDED HERE IS IN HUMAN COMPASSION, TOLERANCE AND UNDERSTANDING. SINCE WHEN DO WE AS GROWN-UPS ALLOW PUNDITS AND CRITICS TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE WHEEL AND DRIVE US INTO SUCH EMOTIONAL CHAOS OVER....SIMPLY, GOOD AND UNSELFISH PRESIDENTIAL INTENTIONS? THE TRUE GRADUATE IN 'CLASS' TODAY WAS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA WHO APPEARED AT THE PODIUM TO SPEAK TO OUR CHILDREN ACROSS THE COUNTRY DESPITE DAYS ON END INVOLVING NOTHING BUT INSULTS TO HIS CHARACTER. THIS IS THE GREAT LEADER WHO CONSISTENTLY MARCHES FORWARD DESPITE THE FIRESTORM OF EVENTS THAT ALWAYS SEEM TO FOLLOW 'HIS GOOD INTENTIONS' WHEREVER HE GOES. BUT, GET THIS AMERICANS...HE IS ALWAYS THERE FOR ALL OF US RISING ABOVE THE OBSTACLES, RISING WITH GRACE AND INTEGRITY. WE NEED TO OPEN THE BOOKS AGAIN ON THOSE TWO WORDS.

JUST TO CATER TO YOUR PARENTAL OR POLITICAL CURIOSITY...THE PRESIDENT EVEN DISPLAYED HIS SPEECH IN ADVANCE ONLINE MONDAY SO THAT YOU COULD ALL PERUSE HIS PURPOSE. I DIDN'T READ IT BECAUSE I LOOKED FORWARD TO HIS SPEECH TODAY AND I KNEW IT WOULD BE AN ADDRESS TO OUR CHILDREN THAT IS SO NEEDED IN THIS COUNTRY. I DIDN'T READ IT IN ADVANCE BECAUSE THIS MAN'S CHARACTER AND HIS CODE OF ETHICS ARE ALL SO OBVIOUS TO ME. I WILL ALSO ADD THAT I DON'T CARE WHAT COLOR THIS PRESIDENT IS....HE HAS ALREADY TAUGHT THIS NATION MUCH MORE ABOUT THE 'AUDACITY OF HOPE' THAN ANY IN HISTORY. HE HAS TAUGHT US HOW NOT TO BE SELFISH...HE HAS CLICKED ALL THE RIGHT BUTTONS ON THAT MORAL COMPASS IN ORDER TO LEAD YOU WITH A MESSAGE OF TOLERANCE,UNITY AND GOODWILL. IF THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU THEN I'D LIKE TO SEE THE BOOKS YOU'RE READING!

DOWN SOUTH IN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THERE IS SIGNAGE OUT FRONT THAT READS...."THE PRICE OF GREATNESS IS IN RESPONSIBILITY."..........WINSTON CHURCHILL. NICE SIGN, BUT, THE PRINCIPAL WAS AFRAID TO HAVE THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH TELEVISED THERE. HE WAS AFRAID OF DIVIDED PARENTAL REACTIONS. THAT'S UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE MY QUESTION IS....WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO STAND AHEAD OF YOUR FEARS....STAND FOR WHAT IS RIGHT? ARE YOU ALWAYS GOING TO HIDE WHEN YOU ARE FACED WITH TOUGH DECISIONS? THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T. AS A MATTER OF 'COMPLETE' FACT, THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH TODAY CONCERNED THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EACH AND EVERY STUDENT TO LIVE UP TO HIS OR HER POTENTIAL. I ALSO HAPPENED TO NOTICE THAT THIS SCHOOL IS LOCATED IN AN AREA WHERE 67% OF THE PRESIDENTIAL VOTE WENT TO JOHN MCCAIN. LET ME SAY, THE OBVIOUS IS QUITE EVIDENT HERE.

THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH TODAY WAS UPLIFTING FILLED WITH HOPE, CERTAINLY INNOCENT AND CERTAINLY MORE THAN FILLED WITH GOOD ADVICE. THE PRESIDENT ALSO TALKED ABOUT 'FAILURE'....NOT TO BE AFRAID...HOW IT OFTEN HAPPENS AND YES HE LISTED HIS OWN. HOW NICE IT IS AND HOW RELEVANT TO LISTEN TO HONEST AND HUMAN EXCHANGE. "THE FUTURE OF AMERICA DEPENDS ON YOU," HE SAID.

I LOOKED AT THAT SMILE ON HIS FACE WHICH IS ALWAYS THERE EVEN AT THE WORST OF TIMES IN OUR COUNTRY....AND I THOUGHT...SIR...I'VE HEARD ALL THESE WONDERFUL,HOPEFUL WORDS BEFORE................I'VE HEARD THEM FROM ALL OF THE GREAT MEN WHO FOUGHT AND DIED FOR THIS COUNTRY. THESE MEN ARE AN ENDANGERED SPECIES BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT COWARDS. THEY STAND REGARDLESS OF THE STORMS, REGARDLESS OF THE RIDICULOUS CHATTER! THESE MEN ARE ALL DIFFERENT COLORS, MOSTLY, 'RED,WHITE, AND BLUE BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO THE WELFARE OF OUR COUNTRY...THERE IS NO TIME TO HIDE OR COWAR....DECISIONS HAVE TO BE MADE AND ....MOST IMPORTANTLY...WE AS AMERICANS HAVE TO LIVE BY THEM!

I FEEL I MUST APOLOGIZE TO THIS PRESIDENT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY WHO REFUSE TO STAND ON THEIR OWN. THEY CLOSED THE DOOR ON A MOST MEANINFUL SPEECH TODAY. MORE IMPORTANTLY....THEY CLOSED IT ON THEIR OWN CHILDREN. 'FEAR' DOES THAT SOMETIMES. THAT'S ASHAME BECAUSE IT ALLOWS THE REALLY BAD INTENTIONS TO INVITE THEMSELVES IN AND CONTROL YOUR LIFE.

MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA. THANK YOU SIR FOR YOUR AWESOME ADVICE TO OUR CHILDREN IN THIS COUNTRY. I'M GOING TO STAY TUNED BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY SPEECHES THAT YOU HAVE DELIVERED TO ENCOURAGE AND BENEFIT ADULTS...APPARENTLY, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN LISTENING. MAY GOD BLESS THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA...SOMEBODY PASS THE ALARM CLOCK....MANY AMERICANS NEED A WAKE-UP CALL!

'AMERICA....................OUR LABOR OF LOVE, TRIALS AND CONSEQUENCES!'

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 08:00:57 EDT

LONG BEFORE CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS LANDED HERE WITH THE BIG BOATS IN 1492, THERE WERE PRECIOUS PLANS FOR THIS COUNTRY. THIS WOULD BE THE PROVERBIAL 'PIECE OF THE ROCK' TO BUILD DREAMS ON. THIS WOULD BECOME THE GATHERING PLACE TO PROMOTE PEACE AND PROSPERITY. UNFORTUNATELY, THROUGHOUT THIS OVER 200 YEARS IN THE 'FREEDOM' BUSINESS...MANY HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD WHAT THAT WORD 'PROSPERITY' MEANS. FOR ALL INTENSIVE PURPOSE THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO STRETCH EVERY SYLLABLE OF THAT WORD TO AN INCREASED RELATIONSHIP WITH THE U.S. MINT AND FORGOTTEN EVERYTHING ELSE. THEY HAVE FORGOTTEN WHAT IT STANDS FOR. THEY HAVE FORGOTTEN WHERE WE REALLY NEED TO GO TO ESTABLISH OUR REAL 'LABOR OF LOVE' FOR AMERICA ON THIS 'LABOR DAY HOLIDAY.'

CERTAINLY, WE MUST 'LABOR' IN ORDER TO EAT AND SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES. WE ALSO 'LABOR' TO SUPPORT THE HUMANE SERVICES THAT WE ALL NEED. THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT HOLD US TOGETHER...THE NECESSITIES NEEDED TO KEEP US HEALTHY,FREE AND HOPEFULLY THANKFUL FOR ALL WHO GET UP EACH MORNING TO THE HORRIFIC SOUND OF A DEMANDING ALARM CLOCK. THEN WE GO SOMEPLACE ELSE AND PUNCH SOMEBODY ELSE'S TIME CLOCK. I BELIEVE THEY CALL THIS THE 'DAILY GRIND WITH COFFEE.'

BACK IN THE DAY...OUR SIMPLE NEEDS WERE ALL THAT WE ASKED FOR. THEN AS THE NICKEL ROTATED FROM COUNTER TO COUNTER,TOWNS BEGAN TO SPRING UP LIKE WILDFLOWERS. PEOPLE BEGAN TO WANT MORE AND THE 'SIMPLE THINGS' BEGAN TO GROW INTO 'NEEDFUL THINGS' FOR SOME WHO COULDN'T GET ENOUGH. I BELIEVE THIS IS WHERE THE WRONG USE OF THE WORD 'PROSPERITY' CAME IN. SELFISHNESS AND THE LACK OF CONSIDERATION FOR OTHERS LED THIS COUNTRY INTO 'LAND BOOM BUILDING AND HYSTERIA' AND THE SEEKERS DIDN'T CARE WHO THEY KICKED OUT...........THIS BRINGS TO MIND OUR GREEDY SETTLEMENT AND THE EVICTION OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN. ALTHOUGH I WAS NOT THERE...I WILL ALWAYS FEEL THEIR PAIN AND I STILL SEE THE PAIN IN THEIR FACES TODAY. THIS WAS OUR FIRST MISTAKE.

IN BETWEEN THE PAGES OF OUR HISTORY, GREED AND MISUNDERSTANDING THE WORD 'PROSPERITY' HAS LED US THROUGH SO MANY UNFORTUNATE MISTAKES. TO SERVICE OUR GREED AND OUR NEEDFUL THINGS WE IMPORTED A HORRIFIC WORD KNOWN AS 'SLAVERY.' OH YES...THE SHIPS ROLLED IN FROM AFRICA AND WE BEAT AND SHACKLED HUMAN BEINGS TO THEIR KNEES UNTIL THEY,BRUISED AND BATTERED SERVICED OUR MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE WORD 'PROSPERITY.'

I DON'T HAVE TO REPEAT THE REST OF THE STORY BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS. TODAY THE STRUGGLES OVER THE REAL MEANING OF THE WORD 'PROSPERITY' HAVE LED TO SO MANY SINS AGAINST HUMANITY,EQUALITY AND JUSTICE. THEY ARE TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION AND THEY ARE DISGUISED BY DIFFERENT EVENTS AND HISTORICAL INDIFFERENCE. THE WORDS 'INTEGRITY AND RESPECT' HAVE GOTTEN LOST SOMEWHERE, DECAYED BY OUR INCREASING DEPENDENCE ON 'NEEDFUL THINGS.' WE HAVE FORGOTTEN TO BE HUMAN AND THE NEEDFUL THINGS HAVE DANCED ALL OVER OUR PRIORITIES....HUMAN CLASS 101.........WHAT YOU ARE MISSING....

ON THIS LABOR DAY.........FORGET ABOUT THE PRIORITIES OF THE PAYCHECK...THINK ABOUT WHERE YOUR ABSOLUTE AND GENUINE 'PROSPERITY' LIES. IT IS IN YOUR HEART AND SOUL WHERE WE WERE ORIGINALLY MEANT TO PROSPER..........IN KINDNESS AND CARING FOR EACH OTHER. THIS IS INDEED THE TRUE DEFINITION OF 'PROSPERITY.' THIS IS WHERE OUR FOCUS MUST BE. WE DO NOT PROSPER IN GATHERING MORE THINGS. WHEN THEY BECOME MORE IMPORTANT THAN HUMAN BEINGS...WE HAVE LOST AN EXTREMELY IMPOTANT WAR THAT IS WAGED ON OUR VALUES EACH TIME WE GET UP IN THE MORNING.

IF YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED...THOSE ORIGINAL SINS CONTINUE TO FOLLOW US. THEY WILL CONTINUE TO INVADE OUR CONSCIENCE UNTIL THEY ARE CORRECTED. WORSE.......WE HAND THEM OVER TO OUR CHILDREN AND LIKE GERBILS IN A CAGE...GENERATION AFTER GENERATION WE STILL DANCE IN THE SAME CIRCLE OF DECEIT. WE ARE ONLY KIDDING OURSELVES WHEN WE INSIST ALL IS WELL. WE ARE STILL TRIPPING OVER THE MEANING OF THE WORD 'PROSPERITY.'

WHEN YOU FIND OUT WHAT THE TRUE MEANING OF THAT WORD IS AND LEAVE YOUR SELF-CONSUMED HABITS BEHIND...YOU WILL FIND THE TRUE MEANING OF THE WORD 'PROSPERITY.' WHEN YOU LABOR, YOU WILL BE DOING IT FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS. WHEN YOU SEEK HUMANITARIAN JUSTICE AND EQUALITY, THOSE NEEDFUL THINGS WILL TAKE A BACK SEAT IN YOUR LIFE. WHEN YOU UNCLENCH AN ANGRY FIST AND REACH OUT TO HELP YOUR NEIGHBOR OR A COMPLETE STRANGER, 'JOY' WILL BECOME YOUR BEST FRIEND. THIS DEAR AMERICANS IS TRUE PROSPERITY.

WE HAVE AN AWESOME PRESIDENT GIFTED WITH A MORAL CODE OF ETHICS WHO IS KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR AND TRYING TO LEAD YOU WITH PERSEVERANCE INTO UNDERSTANDING THE NEED FOR HUMANITARIAN EQUALITY. WE NEED AS A COUNTRY TO CORRECT THE MISTAKES THAT HAVE HAUNTED OUR BEHAVIOR FOR SO LONG AND MOVE FORWARD INTO THE PAGES OF HISTORY WHERE THE REAL DEFINITION OF 'PROSPERITY' IS JUST WAITING FOR US. HE HAS INTRODUCED THE SUBJECT OF 'CHANGE'............'IT'S UP TO YOU!' PLEASE LISTEN AMERICA BECAUSE FOR SO LONG THE COMPASS HAS BEEN HEADED IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. THE SECRET TO 'PROSPERITY' IS IN YOURSELF. YOU WON'T FIND IT 'ON SALE'....YOU CERTAINLY CAN'T BUY IT ON CREDIT....YOU HAVE TO EARN IT!

MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AND INDEED THE AGENDA HE FACES THIS WEEK. HE IS A MAN OF HONOR TO BE RESPECTED FOR HIS UNSELFISH AND MOST COMPASSIONATE LEADERSHIP. HE COULD HAVE BYPASSED THIS OVAL OFFICE RESPONSIBILITY AND GRADUATED TO LESS STRESS IN A SILK SUIT. PROBABLY HAVE HIS OWN HOURS AND VACATION WITHOUT CRITICISM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. HOWEVER, HE CHOSE TO BE WHERE HE IS TODAY BECAUSE 'HUMANITY' IS MORE IMPORTANT TO HIM. THIS MAN KNOWS THE MEANING OF 'PROSPERITY'.........I HOPE THE REST OF YOU CAN FIND IT. GOD BLESS THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,OUR LABOR OF LOVE,TRIALS AND CONSEQUENCES!

LESSONS LEARNED FROM 'STREET ANGELS'...AN EXAMPLE FOR ALL OF US TO LIVE BY..................

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 19:16:12 EDT

TODAY I WORKED AN ORGANIZING FOR AMERICA HEALTHCARE RALLY. THE EVENT WAS ATTACHED TO OUR CITY LABOR DAY PARADE AND NOT ONLY WAS THE ATTENDANCE AWESOME, BUT, SUPPORT FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA LEFT ME WITH SOME MEMORABLE AND MOST POSITIVE INTERACTIONS WITH PEOPLE. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY AND THE CROWD WAS FILLED WITH 'THE POSITIVE' IN THOUGHTS ABOUT OUR PRESIDENT AND INDEED SINCERE EXPRESIONS OF 'HOPE' FOR NEW TOMORROWS.

AMONG THEM I FOUND A 'STREET ANGEL' WHO COULD ACTUALLY PROVIDE A LESSON FOR ALL WHO WISH TO COMPLAIN OR WHINE ABOUT LIFE IN GENERAL. THIS IS THE NAME I GIVE TO MY 'HOMELESS PEOPLE'. I FIND THEM EVERYWHERE. THEY BRING THEIR LUGGAGE WITH THEM...ALL THAT THEY OWN STUFFED INTO A BACKPACK AND REGARDLESS OF THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES...THEY ALWAYS MANAGE TO PACK A SMILE.

THIS PARTICULAR 'STREET ANGEL' CAME INTO THE CROWD TO SIGN A PETITION SUPPORTING THE PRESIDENT'S HEALTHCARE PROPOSALS. HE WAS A QUIET MAN, STRAPPED TO A BACKPACK AND CARRYING A DUFFLE BAG. HE STOOD IN FRONT OF ME AND TOLD ME HOW MUCH HE LOVES THE PRESIDENT AND THAT HE WANTS TO SEE EVERYONE RECEIVE HEALTHCARE COVERAGE. THERE WAS SUCH AN AURA OF PEACE SURROUNDING HIM. HE NEVER COMPLAINED, HE RICHLY SMILED AND RELATED HIS STORY.

HE HAS INSURANCE THROUGH THE VA AND LIVES IN A NEARBY SHELTER, ONE OF THE UNFORTUNATE JOBLESS ONES. HIS HEALTH IS NOT THE GREATEST. YOU COULD SEE THAT BY HIS APPEARANCE. HE SAID HE WAS 'BLESSED' BECAUSE HE WAS A DIABETIC AND FINALLY MANAGED TO OVERCOME THE DISEASE AND DISCARD THE MEDICINE. THEN HE TOLD ME HE HAD THREE STROKES BUT, HE IS STILL 'BLESSED' AND CERTAINLY STILL HAD ROOM IN HIS BACKPACK FOR CONCERN FOR OTHERS. WITH ALL THAT HE IS FACING, HE NEVER ONCE COMPLAINED ABOUT HIMSELF...JUST GRATEFUL TO BE ALIVE..........AND INDEED SMILING.

I FIND THIS OFTEN IN 'STREET ANGELS.' REGARDLESS OF THEIR CIRCUMSTANCE THEY MANAGE TO RISE TO ANOTHER DAY. THEY SHARE A ROOF OR A BRIDGE OR A BACK ALLEY WITH STRANGERS AND THEY STILL SMILE AND STILL WORRY ABOUT........OTHERS. WE CAN TAKE A LESSON FROM 'STREET ANGELS' DEAR AMERICANS. I WILL NEVER FORGET THIS MAN AS I AM NEVER ABLE TO FORGET ALL OTHERS WHO MARCH WITH BACKPACKS AND ARE SO UNCERTAIN ABOUT THEIR FUTURES.

LATER, I FOUND THIS SAME 'ANGEL' IN THE PARK DINING ON SOME COOKIES HE HAD NEATLY PULLED FROM HIS BACKPACK. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS BREAKFAST,LUNCH OR DINNER...I'M SURE HE DOESN'T EITHER. HE NEVER ONCE ASKED ME FOR ANYTHING, HE JUST SMILED AND I HANDED HIM SOME MONEY. HE RAISED HIS VOICE AND SAID..."I JUST CAN'T TAKE THAT!" MY USUAL ANSWER IS EITHER TAKE IT OR I'LL WASTE IT ON SOMETHING RIDICULOUS. I HUGGED HIM AND HE CRIED AND CRIED. THIS WAS MY LESSON FOR THE DAY. THIS IS WHAT I WALKED AWAY WITH. THIS IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT DEAR FRIENDS....'STREET ANGELS'...AND THIS WAS INDEED A DAY WHEN I RECEIVED THE GREATEST GIFT. YOU CAN'T BUY THIS ONE!

MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AND ALL THAT HE BRINGS TO US WITH HIS MESSAGE OF 'HOPE' AND COMPASSION. MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS AND PROTECT OUR 'STREET ANGELS.' THERE ARE SO MANY. THEY BRING GIFTS OF COMPASSION FROM THE HEART...WE NEED TO FOLLOW THEIR EXAMPLE!

'DEAR AMERICANS....THE BOTTOM FEEDERS ARE SCRAPING THE DUMPSTER IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR!!!!!'

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:24:01 EDT

UNFORTUNATELY, THIS WEEK...THIS STATEMENT CAME FROM AN ALLEGED 'ADULT MALE' AT A HEALTHCARE REFORM TOWN HALL MEETING...."NOW A WOMAN IN A WHEELCHAIR HAS MORE RIGHTS THAN I DO!" I'M THANKFUL I WASN'T IN THE WHEELCHAIR BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE FOUND HIS TOE SOONER OR LATER! THEN WE HAVE THE 'CANNIBALISTIC MOVEMENT' RECENTLY ENACTED AT A MOVE ON.ORG HEALTHCARE GATHERING IN CALIFORNIA. UNFORTUNATELY, THE ELDER RECIPIENT LOST THE TIP OF HIS PINKY FINGER. LAW ENFORCEMENT IS STILL SEARCHING FOR THE YOUNGER MAN WHO IS OBVIOUSLY GUILTY OF 'BIT AND RUN.' IT IS SAD AND SO SHAMEFUL THAT CERTAIN CITIZENS HAVE TAKEN A RIDE TO THE 'BARGAIN BASEMENT' IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR. I OFTEN WONDER IF GOD WILL BE ASKING FOR A REFUND ON HIS 'I CREATED MAN' KIT!

I CAN'T HELP BUT NOTICE THE 'UNCONDITIONAL LOVE' EXAMPLED BY OUR PRESIDENT. REGARDLESS OF THE CONSTANT WAVE OF CRITICS AND SELF-INDULGENT PUNDITS...MR. 'FIRE IN THE SHOES' CONTINUES TO SCALE THE WALLS OF JUSTICE AND HAS ALWAYS BENT OVER BACKWARDS TO LEAD US TO THE SUBJECT OF 'HUMANITARIAN DUES!' OBVIOUSLY, THE CHARACTER OF A GREAT LEADER, THERE ARE SO MANY DUMPSTER DIVERS OUT THERE WHO NEED TO TAKE THIS CLASS AND LISTEN FOR A CHANGE.

THE LATEST OF COURSE IS THE DUMPSTER ACTION SURROUNDING PRESIDENT OBAMA'S PLANNED TUESDAY SPEECH ON 'EDUCATION' TO CHILDREN ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. I WILL CERTAINLY BE WATCHING BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN MENTALLY UNDER THE AGE OF 12 SINCE GRADUATING FROM THE FETAL POSITION. IF THERE IS ONE THING I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE...IT IS A PRESIDENT WHO HAS A DEEPLY SINCERE AND EARNEST INTEREST IN THE EDUCATION OF OUR CHILDREN IN THIS COUNTRY. HIS EDUCATION SECRETARY ARNE DUNCAN IS EQUALLY EXEMPLARY. THIS GIVES ME 'HOPE' FOR OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS. WE SUFFER FROM SERIOUS DEPLETION IN OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM...I AM THANKFUL FOR OUR PRESIDENT'S CONCERN.

SOME PARENTS ARE THREATENING TO KEEP THEIR CHILDREN HOME FROM SCHOOL ON TUESDAY, BANNING THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH WHICH WILL BE AVAILABLE IN CLASSROOMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THEY HAVE ACCUSED THE PRESIDENT OF THE ATTEMPTED INDOCTRINATION OF YOUNG MINDS....AGAIN THAT NASTY WORD 'SOCIALISM' REARS ITS UGLY HEAD. DUMPSTER DIVING FOR BEHAVIOR TECHNIQUES CAN MOST CERTAINLY BRING OUT THE WORST IN PEOPLE...TAKING YOUR CHILDREN WITH YOU IS APPALLING. THIS REMINDS ME OF OUR CURRENT HEALTHCARE STREET DEMONSTRATIONS WHERE PARENTS USE THEIR CHILDREN AND HIDE BEHIND THE INSULTING SIGNS THEY HAVE GIVEN THEM TO CARRY. THOSE SIGNS NEED TO BE REWORKED...THE WORD 'COWARD' COMES TO MIND!

THIS COUNTRY DESPERATELY NEEDS A LEADER WHO BELIEVES IN FOLLOWING THOSE DREAMS THAT ONLY A GOOD EDUCATION CAN PROVIDE. EVERY CHILD HAS A DREAM. UNFORTUNATELY, MANY YOUNG LIVES HAVE BEEN DETOURED BY CIRCUMSTANCE. CHILDREN ARE OUR GIFT. WE MUST BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM AND DO ALL THAT WE CAN TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATION SO THAT THEY CAN COMPETE WITH THE DEMANDS OF FUTURE GENERATIONS. NOT DOING SO IS IN FACT 'STUNTING THEIR GROWTH'...AS A PARENT...THIS GARDEN IS YOUR GOD GIVEN RESPONSIBILITY. TO EVEN BEGIN TO THINK THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS PLANS TO BRAINWASH OUR CHILDREN WITH SOCIALIST ATTITUDES IS JUST SO FAR BEYOND MY COMPREHENSION...........WE DESPERATELY NEED A CLASS 101 SESSION IN PARENTAL BEHAVIOR. TWO WORDS ARE APPROPRIATE HERE....................'PARANOID NONSENSE.'

OF COURSE IT'S NOT JUST PARENTS WHO ARE BEHIND THIS 'ANTI-EDUCATED OBAMA' MOVEMENT...THE GOP IS AS USUAL CIRCLING LIKE PESTY LITTLE FLIES STIRRING UP THE FOOD LINE AT THE PICNIC. EXAMPLE: IN FLORIDA...THERE IS A REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIRMAN SPEWING DISGUST BECAUSE TAXPAYER MONEY IS BEING USED TO ALLOW THE PRESIDENT TO INDOCTRINATE KIDS WITH SOCIALIST IDEOLOGY. I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT QUOTE...BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS...I REMEMBER WHAT THE PRESIDENT DID TO THE LAST FLY THAT WASN'T INVITED TO THE PICNIC!...:)

SPEAKING OF PICNICS....POLITICS HAS CERTAINLY BEEN ON ONE...THE WASHINGTON TEA PARTY MOVEMENT WANTS SARAH 'YOU KNOW WHO' TO SPEAK. SHE HAS ALSO BEEN SCHEDULED TO SPEAK TO HONG KONG INVESTORS. MY ADVICE HERE IS BRING ALL TEN FINGERS SO THAT YOU CAN COUNT AND PLEASE INFORM WASHINGTON THAT THEY NEED TO ORDER 'DANIEL WEBSTER' PLACEMATTTTTS!

IN THE NEWS...THIS ONE GOT MY ATTENTION...'STRANGE CREATURE PROMPTS MEDIA FRENZY AT TAXIDERMY SCHOOL. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT. GO FIGURE...'DICK CHENEY MUST BE HAVING HIS 'GLARE 'REMOVED!' YES MR. PRESIDENT, I'M HOPELESS....MY SENSE OF HUMOR IS A TERMINAL DISEASE!

MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AND ALL OF HIS COURAGEOUS EFFORTS TO KEEP AMERICA FROM SETTLING FOR ...'BOTTOM FEEDERS.' WE ARE A GREAT COUNTRY AND WE MUST LEAD BY EXAMPLE. THE BOTTOM OF THE DUMPSTER...THE LOW IN ACTIONS AND OR LANGUAGE IS NOT THE PLACE TO GO SHOPPING! THANK GOD FOR TRASH REMOVAL!

'LET US NOT FORGET...THAT HISTORY OFTEN ATTEMPTS TO REPEAT ITSELF...IT IS UP TO... ALLOF US ...TO INSPIRE...CHANGE!'

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:28:15 EDT

DON'T DISCARD THAT 'ABE LINCOLN' PENNY WITHOUT TAKING A STRONG LOOK AT IT...HOW FAR IT HAS BEEN AND ALL THE ROADS TRAVELLED..........BUT, IT'S STILL HERE. OUR COUNTRY HAS RISEN ABOVE SEVERAL TRAUMATIC CHALLENGES. EACH AND EVERY OBSTACLE RECORDED IN HISTORY HAS SERVED TO DEVELOP OUR CHARACTER AND FORTITUDE. THERE WILL ALWAYS BE OBSTACLES, ALWAYS BE MOUNTAINS TO CLIMB...THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A PERFECT ROAD WITHOUT HAZARDS...EVEN THOUGH WE AMERICANS WOULD LIKE TO THINK THE 'LAND OF OZ' EXISTS. MANY AMERICANS ARE SCREAMING FOR IMMEDIATE ANSWERS TO SOME RATHER COMLEX QUESTIONS. THE MOST POPULAR INQUISITIONS RIGHT NOW RELATE TO HEALTHCARE REFORM AND AFGHANISTAN. CLASS IN SESSION...MEET ABRAHAM LINCOLN....ONE WHO HAS BEEN THERE BEFORE.................

"WE LIVE IN THE MIDST OF ALARMS; ANXIETY BECLOUDS OUR FUTURE; WE EXPECT SOME NEW DISASTER WITH EACH NEWSPAPER WE READ." HISTORY 101....WHO SAID THIS? SOUNDS FAMILIAR DOESN'T IT? THESE WERE ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S WORDS WHEN CONFRONTING THE FEARS RELATED TO THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG. LITTLE DID HE KNOW THAT COMPUTERS WOULD TAKE OVER AND NEWSPAPERS WOULD BECOME AN ENDANGERED SPECIES.

"IT OFTEN REQUIRES MORE COURAGE TO DARE TO DO RIGHT THAN TO FEAR TO DO WRONG." THIS IS THE GREAT ABRAHAM LINCOLN AGAIN AS HE PONDERED HIS WARTIME POSITION IN HIS PRESIDENCY. LINCOLN WAS KNOWN FOR HIS LACK OF FEAR, PERSONALLY VISITING PLACES THAT WERE ILL ADVISED DUE TO ENEMY PRESENCE. LINCOLN BIOGRAPHER GARY PROKOPOWICS PROPOSED THE FOLLOWING EXPLANATION OF LINCOLN'S FEARLESS FORTITUDE:

"TO BE AN EFFECTIVE WARTIME LEADER, LINCOLN BELIEVED HE HAD TO SHOW HIS OWN PERSONAL BRAVERY, HIS OWN COURAGE IN SOME WAY, SINCE HE COULD NOT DO SO ON THE BATTLEFIELD. HE HAD TO DEMONSTRATE A WILLINGNESS TO SHARE THE RISKS OF WHAT HE AS PRESIDENT WAS REQUIRING SO MANY THOUSANDS OF OTHERS TO DO." INDEED WE SEE THESE EFFORTS REPEATED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA, MR. 'FIRE IN THE SHOES' WHO DOES NOT LIMIT HIMSELF WITH FEAR TO BACK ALLEYS AND PRIVATE DRIVEWAYS. PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS CARRIED THE OLIVE BRANCH ACROSS THE WATER NUMEROUS TIMES WITHOUT FEAR OR NEED FOR A LIFEJACKET. HE CONTINUES TO CARRY HIS COMPASSION AND AN UNCLENCHED FIST IN FRONT OF THOSE CRITICS AND PUNDITS WHO HAVE BEEN TRYING TO OBSTRUCT EVERY MOVE HE HAS MADE SINCE HE ENTERED THE OVAL OFFICE.

"I, WHO AM NOT AN ESPECIALLY BRAVE MAN, HAVE HAD TO SUSTAIN THE SINKING COURAGE OF THOSE PROFESSIONAL FIGHTERS IN CRITICAL TIMES." AGAIN....LINCOLN PONDERS HIS ROLE AS A LEADER DURING VERY DIFFICULT TIMES. HE WAS A 'HANDS ON' LEADER,EXTREMELY INVOLVED IN EARLY WHITE HOUSE TEAMWORK EFFORTS. HE MADE CERTAIN THAT HIS ROLE AS 'ENCOURAGER' WAS WELL DEFINED. LINCOLN DID NOT GO ANYWHERE WITHOUT BRINGING HIS MESSAGE OF HOPE AND COURAGE TO THE PEOPLE AND REMINDING THEM TO 'PAY IT FORWARD.'

LINCOLN NEVER HID IN HIS OFFICE. HE APPEARED OFTEN AND BECAME INVOLVED IN ALL ASPECTS OF RULE AND ORDER IN THE WHITEHOUSE. I BELIEVE THERE IS SOMEONE ELSE WE KNOW WHO DOESN'T SIT STILL EITHER. PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS ALWAYS BEEN BUSY WORKING ON FULFILLMENT OF HIS THEN CAMPAIGN PROMISES. HE WORKS WITH THE PEOPLE. LOVES HANDS-ON COMMUNICATIONS AND WILL TRAVEL ANYWHERE TO SHAKE HANDS. I RECALL A FEW CONSTRUCTION SITES AND DISTANT ROAD TRAVELS WHERE HE WAS NEARLY ALONE IN THE BUSH AND CERTAINLY NOT SEEKING APPLAUSE! PLEASE DON'T CONSIDER THAT A PUNNNNNNN! I WILL HOWEVER SAY THE 'BUSH INHERITANCE HAS NEVER LEFT HIM ALONE!

TODAY, WE HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OF EXPOSURE THROUGH THE MEDIA. I COULD SAY SEVERAL THINGS ABOUT THIS TECHNOLOGY, BUT, IT'S FAMILY HOUR. OUR PRESIDENT HAS BEEN CRITICIZED FOR APPEARING TOO OFTEN. WHAT THE CRITICS SEEM TO FORGET IS THAT THIS PRESIDENT PROMISED 'TRANSPARENCY' IN ALL MATTERS OF GOVERNMENT OTHER THAN THOSE DEEMED PRIVATE FOR REASONS INVOLVING 'NATIONAL SECURITY.' TRANSPARENT HE IS AND FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM.....IT'S NEVER ENOUGH! FOR THOSE WHO ONLY WISH TO 'USE HIM' HE HAS BEEN DELEGATED TO BIRDBATH STANDING WITH BINNOCULARS. I LOVE THAT CHASE BECAUSE THE SEEKERS JUST WEAR THEMSELVES OUT! LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL...:)

LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST....I WILL BRING YOU A QUOTED DESCRIPTION OF LINCOLN BY AUTHOR THOMAS FREILING............"EVEN AS A CHILD, ABE LINCOLN WAS A BIT OF AN ENIGMA. HE DIDN'T QUITE FIT INTO HIS SURROUNDINGS. FROM THE INDIANA BACKWOODS, TO THE SMALL TOWN OF NEW SALEM, ILLINOIS, TO THE COURTROOMS OF SPRINGFIELD, TO THE WHITE HOUSE-HE ALWAYS SEEMED AT ODDS WITH THE ENVIRONMENT, MOVING AGAINST THE CURRENT IN SOME DELIBERATE WAY. HE WAS OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD, OFTEN A CAUSE OF WONDER-SOMETIMES EVEN AMUSEMENT-BUT MOST OFTEN A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION AS HE MARCHED TO THE BEAT OF HIS OWN DRUM WITH A CADENCED DETERMINATION."

AT THIS POINT, IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO REMIND YOU DEAR AMERICANS THAT 'CHANGE' IS THE RESULT OF PERSEVERANCE, RESOLVE AND COMMITTMENT REGARDLESS OF THE BATTLEGROUND YOU HAPPEN TO BE STANDING ON. PRESIDENT OBAMA IS STANDING ON SEVERAL. AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE PAGES OF HISTORY AND THE WORDS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN...THIS IS NOTHING NEW. THIS IS NOT OUR FIRST TIME DANCING IN THE BOILING POT NOR WILL IT BE THE LAST. OUR RED,WHITE AND BLUE COLORS SPEAK WELL FOR ALL THE BATTLEFIELDS WE HAVE STOOD ON AND RISEN ABOVE AND SO HAS TIME. OUR HISTORY HAS PRESENTED US WITH THE GIFT OF FREEDOM AND THE RESPONSIBILITY TO HONOR IT. WE CAN ONLY DO SO BY MOVING FORWARD TOWARD 'CHANGE'. WE MUST MAINTAIN OUR VALUES AS A WORLD LEADER AND OUR MORAL COMPASS. WE MUST MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO LIKE LINCOLN....IS FACING SO MANY CHALLENGES. ASIDE FROM THE CRITICS AND THE PUNDITS AND THE DOOM AND GLOOM MESSAGES PRESENTED BY THE MEDIA...PRESIDENT OBAMA IS GIFTED WITH INTEGRITY AND HE GREETS EACH DAY ACCOMPANIED BY HIS FAVORITE PARTNER....PERSEVERANCE! THESE ARE NOT EASY WALKS. AS YOU SEE THERE ARE SHADOWS OF MUCH SIMILAR WALKS RELATED IN OUR HISTORY. THERE ARE NO EASY ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS...BUT, WE HAVE A GREAT PRESIDENT WHO IS WILLING WALK WITH YOU THROUGH ALL THE OBSTACLES LIFE HAS TO OFFER. A NATION IS ONLY AS STRONG AS ITS PEOPLE...STAND WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA AND CARRY HIS MESSAGE OF HOPE AND PERSEVERANCE. HISTORY DOES REPEAT ITSELF AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS PAGES WE DON'T WANT.

MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AND AID HIM IN HIS DECISION MAKING PROCESS THAT HE FACES EVERYDAY FROM THOSE WHO WISH TO DIVIDE OUR COUNTRY AND BRING CHAOS TO THE HARBOR! MAY GOD GRANT US THE PATIENCE NEEDED TO WAIT AND HOLD STILL IN THE WATER AS EFFORTS TO BRING PEACE AND JUSTICE TO THIS WORLD GUIDE HIM WITH PERSEVERANCE AND GRACE. MAY GOD BLESS THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TEACH US TO APPRECIATE THE AWESOME LEADERSHIP WE HAVE THAT HAS AGAIN REPEATED ITSELF IN OUR DESPERATE SEARCH TO MAINTAIN 'HOPE' AND FREEDOM IN THIS LAND.

'POLL DANCING WILL NOT HINDER THIS PRESIDENT'S.... COMPASSIONATE WAR!'

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 07:47:21 EDT

WHILE THE MEDIA INSISTS THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ALLEGED 'POLL NUMBERS' ARE DECREASING, I FIND THEM TO BE AN UNFORTUNATE INSIGHT INTO SELF-CONSUMED OPINIONATED PRIORITIES. MANY OF THESE PERCENTAGES ROLL IN FROM PEOPLE WHO THINK THE PRESIDENT SHOULD DO EVERYTHING FOR THEM. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THAT THE RESULTS OF AN ECONOMIC CRISIS CAN BE SOLVED BY ONE MAN AND THAT MAGIC WAND THAT YOU FIND IN BETWEEN THE PAGES OF FAIRYTALES. OTHERS, HAVE PLACED THE STATUS OF THEIR WALLETS AT THE TOP OF THE 'YOU OWE ME' SOMETHING LIST. THOSE WHO ACTUALLY WANT REAL 'CHANGE' TO BENEFIT ALL IN AMERICA WILL STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR IT. THIS IS THE PRESIDENT'S 'COMPASSIONATE WAR' FOR 'CHANGE' AND UNTIL WE UNDERSTAND THAT HUMANITARIAN EQUALITY IS OF TRUE IMPORTANCE HERE............THE 'NUMBERS GAME,' THE RIDICULOUS IN TOWN HALL BICKERING,THE SLANDERING AND NAME CALLING WILL CONTINUE..........'WAKE UP AMERICA!!!!!!' IT'S TIME TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK.........CLASS IN SESSION....'HUMAN BEINGS 101!'

AMERICANS DO WANT HEALTHCARE REFORM AND 'YES' WE DO NEED A PUBLIC OPTION FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOTHING. SINCE WHEN DO WE PUT A PRICETAG ON HUMAN LIFE REGARDLESS OF WHO IT IS? I FIND IT APPALLING THAT WE EVEN HAVE TO ARGUE OVER THE DUTY AND RESPONSIBILITY TO RESPECT HUMAN LIFE. YET, THERE ARE THOSE WHO WANT TO CHERRY PICK THE LIST...'WHO IS WORTH SAVING AND WHO IS NOT?' IN BETWEEN, WE HAVE THE 'SILK TIE SCENARIO' ON THE HILL MERELY CONCERNED WITH FINANCING SUCH AN ENDEAVOR. INDEED, THEY NEED TO TRADE PLACES WITH THE SUFFERING WHO MAY HAVE TO CHOOSE DEATH BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TREATMENT. PERHAPS THEY ARE LIVING IN A SHELTER WITH THEIR EVICTED FAMILIES BECAUSE THE SECURITY OF HOME LIFE HAD TO BE TRADED IN FOR MEDICAL BILLS THEY COULD NOT PAY.

SINCE WHEN AS ALLEGED 'HUMAN BEINGS' DO WE HAVE TO FIGHT OVER THE BALANCE OF HUMAN LIFE? I BELIEVE THERE IS ONLY 'ONE' WHO HOLDS OFFICIAL 'GOD PAPERS' AND IT ISN'T US. DEAR AMERICANS....THESE ARE NOT ATTRACTIVE ATTRIBUTES. WE ARE BETTER THAN THIS. I HEAR NOTHING BUT TALK ABOUT DEBT FOR OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. I WOULD HATE TO THINK THAT OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS WOULD LOOK BACK AT THIS PIECE OF HISTORY AND SAY...MY PARENTS OR GRANDPARENTS 'PLAYED GOD' AND ALLOWED PEOPLE TO DIE TO SAVE A BUCK! THIS SELFISH RIDE OVER THE HUMANITIES IS NOT WHAT I WANT TO LEAVE BEHIND AS A TEACHING TOOL FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. COMPASSION MUST REIGN OVER THE WALLET DEAR FRIENDS...IF IT DOES NOT...THIS COUNTRY WILL BE 'SHORT CHANGED.'

I STARTED MY MORNING WITH TEARS BECAUSE I CAN FEEL THIS PRESIDENT'S COMPASSION. HE CAN VISUALIZE THE FULL PICTURE REGARDING OUR NEEDS AND CERTAINLY OUR NEED TO 'CHANGE'...FROM THE INSIDE. IF WE LOSE OUR MORAL COMPASS AND 'PLAY GOD', BELIEVE ME OUR PERFORMANCE WILL BE SHORT. IF WE LOSE OUR VALUES, AMERICA CAN NO LONGER STAND AS A RESPONSIBLE LEADER IN THIS WORLD. WE ACTUALLY CAME TO THIS COUNTRY 'WITHOUT WALLETS.' WE CAME HERE TO BUILD AND CHASE OUR DREAMS AND WE DID THIS TOGETHER. SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN 'GREED' TOOK A RIDE TO THE HARBOR AND SET SAIL IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. THAT IS NOT A BOAT RIDE YOU WANT TO TAKE.

IT IS DIFFICULT FOR ME TO WRITE TODAY BECAUSE I CAN SEE ALL OF YOU ON THIS MERRY-GO-ROUND AND THE ANSWERS ARE SO OBVIOUS, BUT, YOU AREN'T GRASPING THE BRASS RING! THE PRESIDENT CAN SEE THIS. HOWEVER, THIS MAN HAS MORE PATIENCE THAN I DO. I AM FRUSTRATED FOR THE PRESIDENT AND EVEN ANGRY. WE MUST MOVE FORWARD...WE MUST BE ACCOUNTABLE AND RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR ACTIONS. GOD HAS BLESSED THIS COUNTRY AND HE DID SO BECAUSE WE MUST SERVE HUMANITY WITH EVERY OUNCE OF JUSTICE OR THAT WORD YOU ARE GRABBING FOR WHICH IS 'PEACE' WILL ALWAYS REMAIN IN THE DISTANCE.

AS FOR AFGHANISTAN.......AMERICA IS NOT OUR ONLY BACKYARD. REGARDLESS OF ANY TERROR THREATS, WE AS A COUNTRY HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE TOOLS AND THE ADVANTAGE TO HELP OTHERS. THERE IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO END THE CONFLICT IN THE MIDEAST BY PROVIDING A BETTER LIFE AND CHOICES FOR ALL INVOLVED. WE CANNOT IGNORE THIS RESPONSIBILTY. THIS WE OWE TO OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. IF WE CAN GIVE THEM 'PEACEFUL INHERITANCE,' THE WORLD WILL BENEFIT. IF WE CAN ALL UNCLENCH OUR FISTS AND LEARN FROM EACH OTHER AND INVITE THE GOD-GIVEN RAINBOW INTO OUR HEARTS, THERE IS NO LIMIT TO WHAT WE CAN DO.

I WILL NOT STAND BY AND WATCH PEOPLE STARVE OR WATCH THEM STRUGGLE AND SUFFER FROM DICTATORS. I REFUSE TO WITNESS THE DEATH OF INNOCENT CHILDREN WHO DID NOT ASK TO BE BORN IN A WAR-TORN ARENA. I REFUSE TO STAND BY AND ALLOW 'GREED' TO MAKE OUR DECISIONS OVER HUMANITY. THIS IS NOT THE REPUTATION I WANT TO FOLLOW THIS COUNTRY IN THE YEARS TO COME. SURELY OUR HEROIC ANCESTORS ARE GRIEVING IN THEIR GRAVES. THEY SACRIFICED AND DIED SO THAT YOU COULD KEEP YOUR FREEDOM. WHEN THEY SHED THEIR BLOOD...THEY DID NOT HAVE 'YOUR WALLET' IN MIND. THEY DIED BECAUSE THEY STOOD WITH COMPASSION IN DEFENSE OF OUR VALUES. THIS COMPASSIONATE WAR DOES NOT END AT A GRAVESITE. IT IS OUR AMERICAN RESPONSIBILITY TO CARRY ON WITH THE SAME COMPASSION AND RESPECT FOR OUR FELLOW MAN.

PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL ALWAYS BE WAY AHEAD OF THOSE RIDICULOUS POLL NUMBERS BECAUSE HIS COMPASSION TO ACHIEVE HUMAN SOLIDARITY IS MOST OBVIOUS. INDEED, MR. 'FIRE IN THE SHOES' IS ALWAYS RACING BECAUSE HE WANTS TO COMPLETE THAT FULL PICTURE...HE WANTS TO FILL THE CANVAS WITH PEACE AND UNITY FOR ALL WHO OCCUPY THIS PLANET. THIS IS HIS COMPASSIONATE WAR...AND ALL OF YOUR STATS AND NUMBERS AND POLLS WILL NOT DISCOURAGE HIS EFFORTS. HE HAS ALWAYS SAID...'IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU'...YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE....BY THE WAY...YOUR CHILDREN ARE WATCHING.

MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AND HIS ATTEMPT TO REST OVER THIS COMING LABOR DAY WEEKEND. I INTEND TO SPEND A PORTION OF MINE AT A HEALTHCARE RALLY. I'M NOT TAKING MY WALLET...I'M TAKING MY HEART. MAY GOD BLESS THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA...DEAR AMERICANS....YOU CAN DO BETTER!

'YES INDEED DICK CHENEY...THE CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST...AND YOU'VE BEEN IN THE BARNYARD AGAIN!'

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:21:28 EDT

OUR UNFORTUNATE EX-VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY HAS BEEN HOWLING AT THE MOON AGAIN....I WOULD SAY SWEATING RATHER PROFUSELY. MR. CHENEY HAS ALOT TO WORRY ABOUT BECAUSE THE PROVERBIAL BAD EGGS LAID WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF TORTURING OTHER HUMAN BEINGS DOESN'T WASH WELL FOR AMERICANS WHO WISH TO MAINTAIN WHAT IS LEFT OF OUR SO THREATENED MORAL VALUES AND COMPASS. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS HAD TO REITERATE THE FACT THAT THE CIA INTERROGATION REPORTS ARE A MATTER FOR THE JUSTICE DEPT. AND COMPLETELY SEPERATE FROM THE OVAL OFFICE. BUT, WHEN CHENEY SHAKES IN HIS SHOES, HE ALWAYS COMES BACK FOR A MEDIA VISIT JUST LONG ENOUGH TO INSULT THE PRESIDENT AND INTRODUCE MORE OF HIS FEARFUL PERSUASION TACTICS INTO OUR LIVINGROOMS. I AM SO THANKFUL FOR REMOTE CONTROLS.

I COMMEND ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER FOR HIS THOROUGH INVESTIGATION INTO ALL ALLEGED CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY. AS FOR YOUR WARNINGS MR. CHENEY ABOUT OUR SECURE FUTURE WITH THE CIA....ANY AGENT WORTH HIS OR HER SALT HAVING WITNESSED THE INFORMATION USED IN THESE INTEL TECHNIQUES IS STILL DETERMINED TO DO THEIR JOB FOR THIS COUNTRY OUT OF DEVOTED CHARACTER AND DEDICATION TO ALL THAT OUR AMERICAN FLAG PROUDLY STANDS FOR. YOU NOTICE THAT I USE THE WORD 'PROUDLY' BECAUSE THEY WANT TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY. THERE IS NO CURVE IN JUSTICE AND FROM THE ENDING OF THIS STORY WE AS A COUNTRY WILL LEARN FROM SEVERAL MISTAKES.

YOU MR. CHENEY...DON'T CARE ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES OF LEARNING FROM MISTAKES. ALL YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IS WHERE THE IMPLICATION LANDS. SINCE THIS IS AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION, I WON'T TELL YOU WHERE THE NEXT FISH WILL BE FRIED. INDEED, THE WORMS SQUIRM BUT THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE GREAT MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE RISKED THEIR LIVES IN DEFENSE OF OUR FREEDOM. IT DOES HAVE EVERYTHING TO DO WITH ANYONE WHO SAYS..."THE END JUSTIFIES THE MEANS." NOONE NEEDS A FLASHLIGHT TO SEE WHERE THE DARKNESS LIES SIR. JUSTICE WILL PREVAIL AND IT WILL LIGHT ITSELF UP IN DUE TIME. I DON'T BELIEVE WE NEED BATTERIES FOR THIS ONE!

IN THE MEANTIME, CONTINUE TO SIT AND TOSS YOUR SPEW AT THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION. CONTINUE YOUR ATTEMPTS TO SPREAD FEAR AND DIVISION IN THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE LISTENING AND YOU ARE REMINDING EVERYONE OF THE DYSFUNCTIONAL BUSH YEARS WE ARE SO THANKFUL TO HAVE BEHIND US. WE STILL CARRY THE HASHMARKS OF SUFFERING, AN UNJUST WAR IN IRAQ AND A DOWNTRODDEN ECONOMY YOU AND YOUR CRONIES SO WILLFULLY LEFT BEHIND FOR OUR NEW PRESIDENT. THE FIRST THING PRESIDENT OBAMA DID NOT DO....WAS TO FIND A CHAIR IN FRONT OF A CAMERA AND SAY...OH POOR ME...THE COWBOYS MADE A MESS. IN FACT, PRESIDENT OBAMA NEVER BLAMED THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION OR POINTED ANY FINGERS TO THE BUSH YEARS UNTIL THE GOP LEFTOVERS IN SILK TIES TRIED TO PERSONALLY BLAME HIM FOR A DEHYDRATED BANK ACCOUNT.

GREED DOES NOT MAKE A GOOD STEED MR. CHENEY....SOONER OR LATER THE WEALTHY HORSE HAS TO SLOW DOWN AND THE BURDEN WHICH HAS BEEN LAIDEN WITH CHEAP LIES AND CORRUPTION BECOMES TOO HEAVY TO PARK IN THE CORRAL. THERE IS A LITTLE WORD KNOWN AS CLOSURE AND THE BARN DOOR HAS BEEN LEFT OPEN. FUNNY HOW JUSTICE WORKS...THERE IS NEVER A TIME LIMIT INVOLVED, BUT SOONER OR LATER MR. CHENEY........THE CHICKENS DO COME HOME TO ROOST. I BELIEVE THE LOCAL FEED STORE IS RUNNING A SALE...ENJOY YOUR MEAL!

MAY GOD BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AND THE AWESOME TEAMWORKERS IN HIS ADMINISTRATION WHO DAILY HAVE TO COPE WITH THIS TYPE OF LITTER IN THE MEDIA. I FEEL SORRY FOR A MAN WHO HAS TO SPEND HIS TIME DEFENDING HIS LEGACY. MAKES YOU THINK BEFORE YOU LEAP DOESN'T IT? THAT'S WHY AT THE END WE ARE ONLY LEFT WITH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF 'MONUMENTAL SPACE' FOR AN EPITAPH....ALL THE GOOD THINGS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DONE WHILE YOU ARE STILL LIVING!!!!!! SOME PEOPLE BUILD ON ROCK HARD STRONG FOUNDATIONS...OTHERS...JUST THROW STONES!

'HOW QUICKLY WE FORGET WHERE THE HEART IS LOCATED...CERTAINLY SEPTEMBER IS THE TIME TO... REMEMBER!'

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:19:44 EDT

HOW QUICKLY WE FORGET THAT JUST '7' MONTHS AGO, A YOUNG MAN FILLED WITH UNSELFISH DREAMS TOOK A HISTORICAL OATH OF PROMISE TO BRING 'CHANGE' TO THIS COUNTRY. THIS HAS BEEN A TRAUMATIC '7' MONTHS FOR AMERICA...FACED WITH TWO WARS AND AN ECONOMIC CALLING TO THE END OF THE LINE AT THE PIGGYBANK. OUR NEW PRESIDENT FACED THEM ALL AND DESPITE THE RICICULOUS SPEW FROM PUNDITS....PRESIDENT OBAMA NEVER BOOKED A HONEYMOON. TODAY, HE IS BACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE AFTER A QUESTIONABLE VACATION THAT BROUGHT HIM TO TEARS OVER A DEAR FRIEND'S PASSING. INDEED HE IS FACING A RATHER CHALLENGING SEPTEMBER...I DEFINITELY APPLAUD HIS PERSEVERANCE...IT'S TIME FOR ALL AMERICANS TO STAND WITH OUR COURAGEOUS PRESIDENT AND REMEMBER.............................................

HOW QUICKLY WE FORGET THE IMPORTANT THINGS IN LIFE......THE TREASURES OF THE HEART THAT BRING OUR FAMILIES AND MORAL COMPASS INTO FOCUS. SURELY WE WERE CREATED FOR OTHER, MORE MEANINGFUL AMBITIONS THAT RISE HIGHER THAN THE LINING OF OUR OWN POCKETS.

HOW QUICKLY WE FORGET.......THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA HOLDS THE INTEGRITY AND FORTITUDE TO LEAD THIS COUNTRY BEYOND THE THREATS OF SELFISH DOMAIN....TOWARD REAL AND HONEST 'CHANGE' WHERE EQUALITY AND HUMANITARIAN JUSTICE RESIDE.

HOW QUICKLY WE FORGET.....THOSE FOUNDING FATHERS WHO LIE IN WAIT FOR OUR COUNTRY TO SIMPLY 'GROW UP' AND COMPLETE THOSE DREAMS EACH AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM FOUGHT AND DIED FOR..........WITHOUT QUESTION...THEY DID NOT FORGET YOU WHEN THEY TOOK THEIR LAST BREATH!!!!

HOW QUICKLY WE FORGET....THAT HORRIFIC DAY IN SEPTEMBER WHEN 3,000 OF OUR LOVED ONES DIED BECAUSE SOMEONE ELSE WAS SELFISH AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE OUR FREEDOM...SO THEY TOOK SOME AWAY BECAUSE OF THEIR OWN HATRED AND ENVY.

HOW QUICKLY WE FORGET ...THAT WE MUST STAND IN THE HARBOR WITH 'LADY LIBERTY' AND BARE THE TORCH OF INSPIRATION AND INVITATION TO ALL WHO COME HERE IN SEARCH OF THEIR DREAMS. IT IS OUR DUTY AS AMERICANS ...AS A MODEL COUNTRY OF DEMOCRACY...TO HELP THEM AND MOST OF ALL....TO RESPECT ALL OTHER HUMAN BEINGS THAT LIVE AND BREATHE AND WALK ON THIS SO TORMENTED PLANET.

WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO THE TECHNICALITIES.........HOW QUICKLY WE FORGET....THAT THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO DON'T HAVE HEALTHCARE AND THEY NEED US TO STAND UP AND MAKE SURE IT HAPPENS!

THEN YOU GET DOWN TO THE TECHNICALITIES OF WAR.......HOW QUICKLY WE FORGET...THAT THE WEAK ONES NEED US TO OPEN DOORS OF PROMISE FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY CAN'T DO IT THEMSELVES WITHOUT SOME HELP. GOD FORBID IF YOUR OWN CHILDREN HAD TO HIDE IN A CAVE SOMEWHERE IN ORDER TO RECEIVE AN EDUCATION. GOD FORBID IF YOUR DAUGHTER WAS FLOGGED AND BEATEN BECAUSE SHE JUST WANTED TO LIVE LIKE A HUMAN BEING INSTEAD OF BOWING TO MEN WHO THINK THEY ARE GODS...AND THEY CERTAINLY ARE NOT!!!!

HOW QUICKLY WE FORGET....THAT IT IS OUR DUTY WHEN WE SEE INJUSTICE TO STAND AND AID AND NOT TURN AWAY WITH A BLIND EYE. THESE ACTIONS WILL ONLY SERVE TO BRING LIKE CRIMES AGAINST FREEDOM INTO YOUR OWN BACKYARD.

HOW QUICKLY WE FORGET...THAT WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO SHOWS UP FOR WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY DESPITE THOSE RIDICULOUS POLL NUMBERS AND CONSTANT INSULTS FROM PUNDITS WHO BY THE WAY, THINK THEY ARE GOD...AND THEY CERTAINLY ARE NOT. IN FACT, THEIR ACTIONS ARE SO SHAMEFUL THAT I HOPE THEY NEVER MAKE IT TO THE HISTORY BOOKS BECAUSE FOR MORAL PURPOSES...THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE BANNED FROM ANY EDUCATIONAL AGENDA. THESE ARE PEOPLE I DO NOT WANT TO MEET MY GRANDCHILDREN. I CERTAINLY DO NOT WANT TO UTILIZE THEM AS TEACHING TOOLS FOR ANY FUTURE GENERATIONS.

HOW QUICKLY WE FORGET...THE REAL REASON WHY AMERICA IS HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. THIS IS A COUNTRY THAT MUST WALK IN LEADERSHIP WITH DIGNITY. PRESIDENT OBAMA WANTS TO TAKE US THERE. THE HUMANITARIAN LESSONS MUST BE LEARNED IN ORDER TO PEACEFULLY EXIST IN THIS WORLD THAT IS SO TEMPTED BY MERE MATERIAL OWNERSHIP.

HOW QUICKLY WE FORGET... WHERE THE HEART AND SOUL ARE LOCATED. OUR COMPASSION BEGINS TO WILT AND WE BECOME COLD AND JUDGEMENTAL. THEN WE DIVIDE AND ISOLATE OURSELVES INTO BITTERNESS AND POORLY CONCEIVED REACTIONS. YOU CAN BEGIN WITH SCHOOL SHOOTINGS IF YOU NEED TO COLOR IN AN EXAMPLE.

WE TAKE OUR POORLY USED TIME TO BUILD HATRED AGAINST PEOPLE OF COLOR AND WE SEGREGATE OURSELVES INTO HATEFUL SPINS THAT ACTUALLY WILL ONLY SPIRAL DOWNWARD INTO SELF DESTRUCTION BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO PLACE ELSE TO GO!

HOW QUICKLY WE FORGET............AND INDEED SHOULD NOT. GROUND ZERO IS NOT ONLY IN NEW YORK OR IN THE SANDS OF AFGHANISTAN...IT'S IN YOUR HEART....TAKE CARE OF THAT FIRST!

MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA....HIS UNCLENCHED FIST...ALWAYS CARRYING AN INVITATION.......HIS WISDOM...HIS COMPASSION.....HIS PERSEVERANCE AND HIS FORTITUDE BECAUSE IT IS 'YOUR' DREAM HE IS CHASING!

HOW QUICKLY WE FORGET..........'IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU!'

'NO DRAMA FOR OBAMA....THE MAN NEEDS A VACATION!'

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:11:29 EDT

SURELY THE MOST UNDERSTANDABLE AND HEART WRENCHING INTERRUPTION FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VACATION IN THE VINEYARD HAS BEEN THE LOSS OF HIS DEAR FRIEND AND MENTOR SENATOR EDWARD M. KENNEDY. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT SEEN THE PRESIDENT DURING THIS TIME OR THEY WERE HOPING FOR A 'SIGHTING.' IT MUST BE UNDERSTOOD THAT THE PRESIDENT TOOK A VACATION WITH HIS FAMILY IN ORDER TO ENJOY THEM IN SOME RELATIVELY PEACEFUL AND QUIET SURROUNDINGS. THIS IS WHERE THE 'BLUE HERON FARM' COMES IN.

THOSE WHO HAVE NOT SEEN THE PRESIDENT SHOULD NOT BE DISAPPOINTED. THOSE FEELINGS SHOULD BE REPLACED WITH INDEED 'WELL WISHES' BECAUSE SOMEWHERE HE IS ACHIEVING SOME PRIVACY. THE PRESIDENT IS A HUMAN BEING JUST LIKE ANYONE ELSE. HE DESERVES REST AND RELAXATION WHEN HE NEEDS IT........I BELIEVE THE TWO IMPORTANT WORDS HERE ARE ..'DOWN TIME.'

UNFORTUNATELY THE PRESIDENT IS OFTEN TREATED LIKE A 'UFO' WEARING PANTS. PEOPLE ARE OUT FOR A SIGHTING NO MATTER WHAT IT TAKES. NOW HE IS BEING CRITICIZED FOR EXTENDING SOME WISHES FOR RESPITE TO CAMP DAVID OVER THE LABOR DAY HOLIDAY WEEKEND. DURING HIS TIME SPENT AT BLUE HERON FARM, THE MEDIA HAS DONE NOTHING BUT CHALLENGE HIM TO STICK HIS HEAD OUT BEYOND THE GATES SO THAT THEY CAN TOSS THE USUAL IN INQUISITIONS. THESE DIVETTES NEED TO BE REMINDED THAT THE PRESIDENT IS NOT A COMMODITY OR A WATER FOUNTAIN YOU CAN THROW COINS INTO ON A SIGHT SEEING VENTURE. HE DIDN'T TAKE THIS VACATION TO 'MEET THE PRESS' ON THE GOLF COURSE! OF COURSE THERE, YOU HAD TO QUESTION WHO HE WAS GOLFING WITH AS IF IT IS ANYONE'S BUSINESS.

HE PROBABLY NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CRACK THE BOOKS HE TOOK WITH HIM....AND OF COURSE...YOU HAD TO RELEASE THAT LIST SO WE KNOW WHAT HE'S READING. HE TOOK THE TIME TO NOMINATE BEN BERNANKE FOR ANOTHER TERM AND I'M THANKFUL HE WASN'T WEARING A TIE. AT LEAST HE WAS ABLE TO DITCH THOSE AND ENJOY SOME COMFORT.

TOMORROW (SATURDAY) HE WILL GIVE ONE OF THE MOST COMPASSIONATE SPEECHES OF HIS LIFETIME.......A EULOGY FOR HIS DEAR FRIEND AND MENTOR. THESE SOMBER MOMENTS OF LOSS HAVE CAPTURED MUCH OF HIS TIME BECAUSE OF HIS FEELINGS FOR SENATOR KENNEDY. THESE FEELINGS WILL REMAIN WITH HIM FOREVER AND REACH FAR BEYOND THE GATES OF BLUE HERON FARM. THIS IS A DIFFICULT TIME FOR THE PRESIDENT AND I AM CERTAIN A TIME THAT BRINGS BACK MANY MEMORIES WHEN HE LOST HIS MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER.

ABSOLUTELY NOONE SHOULD QUESTION HIS PLANNED VACATION EXTENSION NOR SHOULD THEY BE DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T MEET WITH THE PRESIDENT'S HANDSHAKE ON THE VINEYARD. IT'S TOUGH BEING A HUMAN BEING...IT'S EVEN WORSE WHEN YOU'RE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!

MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AND OUR DEAR FIRST FAMILY. GOD WILL CERTAINLY BE WITH HIM TOMORROW WHEN HE SPEAKS TO HIS FRIEND.....FOR THE LAST TIME. SPEAKING OF TIME MR. PRESIDENT....IT IS SINCERELY HOPED THAT YOU GET AS MUCH AS YOU NEED BECAUSE THE WOLVES IN WASHINGTON COULD CARE LESS!

IN REPOSE.........PERHAPS....BUT............ NOT WITHOUT IMPACT...........

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:38:33 EDT

WHILE SENATOR EDWARD M. KENNEDY'S BODY LIES IN STATE AT THE LIBRARY HE BUILT IN MEMORY OF HIS BROTHER PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY, THE CITY OF BOSTON HOLDS HIM GENTLY AS THOUSANDS SAY GOODBYE.............THIS OF COURSE IS A PHYSICAL PASSING....CLEARLY, THE SENATOR'S MEMORY AND HIS HUMANITARIAN CAUSES WILL LIVE ON FOREVER.

IT WAS A SOMBER MOMENT, WATCHING THE SENATOR'S CASKET DEPART FROM ONE MAJOR LOVE IN HIS LIFE....HYANNISPORT. IT WAS EVEN WORSE STARING AT THE COLLECTION OF KENNEDY'S INHERITANCE AS THEY STOOD AT ATTENTION IN THE DRIVEWAY WATCHING THEIR BELOVED FATHER AND UNCLE AND INDEED PATRIARCH.......DEPART....FOR THE LAST TIME. EVEN THE BOATS IN THE HARBOR SEEMED TO BOW IN RECOGNITION....SADLY...THE WAVES WAVED AND SEVERAL SAILBOATING MASTS TILTED IN A FINAL CURTSEY TO THEIR BELOVED SAILOR.

FOLLOWING A TWO-HOUR PROCESSION TO THE LIBRARY IN BOSTON, A FLAG DRAPED VIGIL BEGAN IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUED INTO THE NIGHT. THOUSANDS LINED THE STREETS TO WAVE THEIR FINAL GOODBYES TO THE SENATOR WHILE MANY OTHERS FLOCKED TO THE LIBRARY TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS IN PASSING.

INDEED A RAINBOW OF COLORS STOOD IN UNISON TO BRING THEIR THOUGHTS TO THE SENATOR. THIS IS OF COURSE WHAT THE SENATOR STOOD FOR.........HUMANITARIAN EQUALITY. AS WEALTHY AS THE KENNEDYS ARE, THE SENATOR NEVER SEGREGATED HIMSELF FROM ALL OF THE BELOVED PEOPLE WHO NEEDED HIM THE MOST. HE FOUGHT COURAGEOUSLY FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND ACTUALLY SCREAMED 'LIKE HELL' IN DEFENSE OF A MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE FOR THOSE HANDS-ON SOULS WHO ARE THE BACKBONE OF THIS COUNTRY. ABSOLUTELY NOONE WAS TOO SMALL FOR 'UNCLE TEDDY' AND BECAUSE OF HIS GRACE AND COMPASSION...WILL WE EVER FILL HIS SHOES?

PEOPLE IN LINE LIKE MARIO RODAS STOOD IN A GRATEFUL LINE...GRATEFUL THAT HE WASN'T DEPORTED BECAUSE OF THE SENATOR'S EFFORTS. THEN THERE WAS ROSE GRAYBAY, AN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN WHO THANKED HIM FOR NOT SEPERATING 'COLOR FROM NEED!' THE SENATOR DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO SERVICE IN THIS GRAND MELTINGPOT WE LIVE IN AND WITHOUT QUESTION........HE FOUGHT FOR EVERYONE!

ON SATURDAY, PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL DELIVER A THOUGHT PROVOKING EULOGY TO HIS FRIEND AND MENTOR. ON SATURDAY EVENING, THE SENATOR WILL JOIN HIS SLAIN BROTHERS AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY. 'UNCLE TEDDY' HAD MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THIS PROCESSION LONG BEFORE HIS PASSING. APPARENTLY HE SPENT MANY,MANY DAYS WALKING ARLINGTON, VISITING THAT ETERNAL FLAME WHERE JACK AND BOBBY RESIDE. THEY SAY THAT THE SENATOR ALWAYS FELT SO MUCH COMFORT THERE. THIS IS WHERE HE WANTED TO RESIDE WITH HIS LEGACY. THEY SAY 'YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU'...AND HE WON'T....WE HAVE MUCH OF HIS LEGACY TO SHARE........THIS WILL ALWAYS BE ALIVE! AND LIKE HIS BROTHERS....ARLINGTON WON'T BE ABLE TO HAVE IT ALL..........................................................................................

'WHISPERS.......................................FROM ARLINGTON'

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:36:01 EDT

YOU CAN HEAR THEM YOU KNOW..........WHISPERS FROM ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY IN VIRGINIA. THIS IS THE GATHERING PLACE FOR THE EXTERIOR SHELLS OF SO MANY BRAVE AND HISTORIC SOULS WHO DANCE TO THE SAME DRUMMER IN HONOR AND SACRIFICE FOR OUR FREEDOM. THIS IS THE FINAL AND PEACEFUL GROUND WHERE SOLDIERS MEET ALONG WITH JUDGES AND NUMEROUS PUBLIC FIGURES WHO HAVE MADE THEIR MARK IN OUR HISTORY. THEY ARE ALL TALKING ABOUT THIS SATURDAY. THERE IS A GREAT REHEARSAL GOING ON HERE FOR AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT EVENT. THEY ARE PRACTICING SALUTES AND BLISSFUL SALUTATIONS FOR ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE KENNEDY FAMILY........SENATOR EDWARD M. KENNEDY IS COMING HERE TO REST WITH GIANTS.............................THIS INDEED IS WHERE HE BELONGS.

WHILE WALKING THE EARTH, 'TEDDY' HAS BEEN HERE OFTEN.........TOO OFTEN THEY SAY. THE KENNEDY FAMILY HAS SUFFERED SO MUCH GRIEF THAT MOST OF THEIR LIVES HAVE BEEN SPENT AT GRAVESIDE. THERE WILL BE A FAMILY REUNION HERE WHERE THE CONSTANT 'ETERNAL FLAME' BURNS IN TRIBUTE TO THE KENNEDYS AND INDEED THEIR AWESOME SACRIFICE FOR OUR COUNTRY. BROTHER AND PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY LIVES HERE. BROTHER ROBERT F. KENNEDY UNEXPECTEDLY KEPT HIM COMPANY FIVE YEARS LATER. THE SENATOR WILL JOIN THEM SATURDAY, THIS FINAL AND AWESOME PATRIARCH WHO MARKS THE THE THIRD AND FINAL ADDITION TO A KENNEDY DYNASTY THAT CANNOT BE EQUALED IN PERSEVERANCE AND COMPASSION FOR HUMANITARIAN JUSTICE.

THE SENATOR IS THE ONLY NATURAL DEATH ADDED TO THIS TRIO. AS HISTORY SADLY KNOWS...JOHN AND ROBERT WERE BOTH SLAIN WHILE TRYING TO BRING HOPE AND CHANGE TO AMERICA. AGAIN....THE KENNEDY FAMILY WILL RETURN TO FRESH SOIL AS THEY HAVE SO MANY TIMES BEFORE TO SAY GOODBYE TO THEIR LOVED ONE. AS A GIFT TO THIS COUNTRY, ALL THREE MEN HAVE LEFT BEHIND PROMISED GENERATIONS OF FUTURE KENNEDYS ALREADY EXTREMELY DEDICATED TO PUBLIC SERVICE. SO THAT TORCH CERTAINLY AND CONSTANTLY BURNS FOR A REASON BECAUSE THE KENNEDYS ARE FAR FROM FINISHED.

REGARDLESS OF THEIR SADNESS FROM YEARS OF LOSS, THIS FAMILY IS INDEED AN EXAMPLE OF SURVIVING HOPE AND FORTITUDE. THEY HAVE DEFIED THE ODDS, CLOSED MANY COFFINS AND THEY MEET EACH AND EVERY NEW DAWN WITH A DEDICATION DEEP IN THEIR SOULS TO MOVE FORWARD. THEY WILL LIFT THEMSELVES UP AGAIN ON SATURDAY AFTER THEY SAY GOODBYE TO 'UNCLE TEDDY' THAT FINAL ROOT IN THEIR TREE OF LIFE. AS IN ALL GREAT AND SUCCESSFUL HARVESTS....THE BRANCHES WILL SPREAD, THE SEEDS WILL GROW AND FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL REAP THE BENEFITS PRODUCED BY THE KENNEDY DYNASTY.

OH YES....THE WHISPERS ARE FREQUENT AT ARLINGTON....THIS SOLDIER OF THE SENATE WILL BE COMING HOME TO REFLECT AND STAND GUARD OVER WHAT HE HAS LEFT BEHIND. AS ALL THE KENNEDYS HAVE DONE, THAT UNDYING TORCH WILL CONTINUE TO BURN AFTER EVERY SUNSET AND WELCOME EACH NEW DAY WITH PURPOSE. THERE IS NEVER AN ENDING TO THE KENNEDY STORY JUST LIKE THERE IS NEVER AN ENDING TO CAMELOT. THESE ARE THE CRUSADERS OF HISTORY WHO STAND BY YEAR AFTER YEAR TO BRING SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY.

PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL BE DELIVERING A EULOGY ON SATURDAY. AS GIFTED AS HE IS WITH WORDS, I KNOW THAT IN HIS HEART THERE ARE NO WORDS THAT WILL BE ENOUGH TO SAY THANK YOU TO HIS MENTOR. HE WILL MORE THAN LIKELY SIT FOR HOURS ENDEAVORING TO PERFECT VERBAGE IN HIS MIND. THESE WORDS WON'T MATTER BECAUSE HIS HEART AND SOUL WILL BECOME THE MOST PERFECT DELIVERANCE. HIS COMPASSION WILL SPEAK FOR THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO LOVED 'UNCLE TEDDY' AND CAN'T BE THERE.

THIS IS A PAINFUL WEEK FOR ALL OF US WHO HAVE LOVED THE KENNEDYS AND WATCHED THEIR CHILDREN GROW AND TOO OFTEN...DIE. THIS WILL BE A PAINFUL TIME FOR US BECAUSE FOR THOSE WHO WERE THERE IN THE BEGINNING...WE RECALL JOHN AND ROBERT AND JACKIE AND JOHN JR. AND SO MANY DAYS SPENT WITH HONOR GUARDS..........AND CASKETS. TEARS WILL FLOW FROM MANY WHO NEVER MET THE KENNEDYS, BUT IN THEIR HEARTS THEY FEEL THE LOSS JUST THE SAME.

IF YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED...A KENNEDY NEVER LEAVES WITHOUT ASKING US ALL TO 'PAY IT FORWARD.' WHILE 'UNCLE TEDDY' RESTS, IT IS UP TO US AS AMERICANS TO STAND FOR HUMANITARIAN EQUALITY AND JUSTICE IN THIS COUNTRY. WE MUST STAND WITH THEIR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN AND LEAVE ALL DOORS OPEN TO THE PROMISE OF HOPE AND GRATEFUL HARVEST IN THIS COUNTRY. SO...AFTER YOU CRY.......REMEMBER 'UNCLE TEDDY'S' CAUSE...........'THE CAUSE OF MY LIFE' HE HAS ALWAYS SAID..........THIS CAUSE THAT MADE HIM FIGHT TO GET TO THE SENATE FLOOR REGARDLESS OF BRAIN CANCER.........................

THIS CAUSE..........THAT MADE HIM GET DRESSED IN THE MORNING AND HIT THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL TO ENCOURAGE THE HOPE AND PROMISE OF A NEW PRESIDENT....BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA.........

THIS CAUSE..........."THIS IS THE CAUSE OF MY LIFE. IT IS A KEY REASON THAT I DEFIED MY ILLNESS LAST SUMMER TO SPEAK AT THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION IN DENVER-TO SUPPORT BARACK OBAMA, BUT ALSO TO MAKE SURE, AS I SAID, THAT WE WILL BREAK THE OLD GRIDLOCK AND GUARANTEE THAT EVERY AMERICAN...WILL HAVE DECENT,QUALITY HEALTHCARE AS A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT AND NOT JUST A PRIVILEGE. FOR FOUR DECADES I HAVE CARRIED THIS CAUSE-FROM THE FLOOR OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE TO EVERY PART OF THIS COUNTRY. IT HAS NEVER BEEN MERELY A QUESTION OF POLICY; IT GOES TO THE HEART OF MY BELIEF IN A JUST SOCIETY. NOW THE ISSUE HAS MORE MEANING FOR ME-AND MORE URGENCY-THAN EVER BEFORE. BUT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN DEEPLY PERSONAL, BECAUSE THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALTHCARE HAS BEEN A RECURRENT LESSON THROUGHOUT MOST OF MY 77 YEARS."

MY ADVICE..........PICK UP THIS PARAGRAPH....AND RUN WITH IT!!!!! MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS THE KENNEDY FAMILY....................AND ALL THOSE WHO WHISPER AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY. MAY GOD BLESS OUR PRESIDENT AND THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

WHILE ONE DOOR CLOSES...........ANOTHER OPENS.......IN CAMELOT!

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:33:26 EDT

MY HEART IS SADDENED GREATLY BY THE LATE NIGHT PASSING OF SENATOR EDWARD M. KENNEDY. THE LAST OF THE GREAT PATRIARCHS WHO HELD THE KENNEDY FAMILY TOGETHER THROUGHOUT ALL OF ITS TRIUMPH AND TURMOIL HAS NOW LEFT TO JOIN HIS BROTHERS AND SO MANY KENNEDYS WHO LEFT BEFORE HIM. IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THE KENNEDY BROTHERS NEVER LEFT THIS SOIL....THEIR COURAGEOUS LEGACY WILL FOLLOW US WHEREVER WE GO. MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS HIM IN HIS RISE TO OTHER GROUND WHERE INDEED A FAMILY REUNION IS TAKING PLACE.

MAY GOD BLESS AND SOOTHE HIS FAMILY AS THEY SHED TEARS OVER THE LOSS OF A GREAT MAN WHO CARRIED WITH HIM THE GIFT OF ABUNDANT GRACE AND CARING FOR ALL OTHERS. DESPITE THE HORRIFIC SUFFERING HE ENDURED FROM BRAIN CANCER, SENATOR KENNEDY CONTINUED HIS FIGHT FOR HEALTHCARE AND SO MANY OTHER AGENDAS TO EMBRACE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

NOW THAT I HAVE WITNESSE3D THE DEATH OF ALL THREE BROTHERS, THIS BRINGS BACK SO MANY MEMORIES OF MY KENNEDY BEGINNING. I WAS THEN IN HIGH SCHOOL AND CERTAINLY HAD NO TASTE OR UNDERSTANDING OF POLITICS IN THOSE DAYS. HOWEVER, WHEN JOHN F. KENNEDY CAME ALONG, I WAS CAPTURED BY HIS SPEECHES EVEN AS A YOUNG TEENAGER. AND EVEN THOUGH AT THAT TIME I CERTAINLY DID NOT HAVE A TRUE UNDERSTANDING OF WAR....I ALWAYS WATCHED HIM INTENTLY AND I WANTED WHAT HE WANTED. I WANTED THE 'PEACE' AND THE OPTIMISM HE OFFERED. HE EXCITED MY LITTLE LIMITED MIND WHICH WAS BURIED IN BOBBY SOX AND ROCK N' ROLL. ACTUALLY, I DIDN'T THINK ANYONE ELSE ON THE PLANET EXISTED BUT ELVIS. BUT THIS MAN...THIS 'JFK' ENLARGED MY WORLD AND BROUGHT MY ATTENTION TO MORE IMPORTANT THINGS.......OUR COUNTRY!

I ALSO REMEMBER THE DAY OUR TEACHERS CALLED ALL STUDENTS INTO THE GYM TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. IF YOU WENT TO THE GYM IT WAS USUALLY FOREBODING NEWS! THIS INDEED WAS. IT WAS THERE THAT THEY TOLD US THAT PRESIDENT KENNEDY HAD BEEN SHOT AND THAT HE DIED. I CRIED FOR DAYS AND I CAN HONESTLY SAY...I STILL DO TODAY. LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT I WOULD BE CRYING FOR SO MANY OF THE REST OF HIS FAMILY....ALL AGAIN...GONE TOO SOON!

'DISBELIEF' STRUCK ME WHEN WE LOST ROBERT KENNEDY. I OFTEN WONDERED JUST HOW MUCH CAN THIS FAMILY TAKE???? THESE BROTHERS ARE DYING BECAUSE THEY CHOSE PUBLIC SERVICE OVER SURELY A MORE GLAMOROUS AND COMFY LIFE IN A REAL CAMELOT SOMEWHERE! THIS IS A FAMILY BENT ON THEIR OWN PERSONAL SACRIFICE FOR THE SAKE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. THEY ARE DETERMINED, STRONG AND COURAGEOUS. AND HERE THEY ARE...THEY HAVE SPENT MOST OF THEIR LIVES WEARING BLACK...IN MOURNING.

WHEN TEDDY CAME ALONG AND HIS RISING STAR WAS QUITE EVIDENT, YOU COULD SEE THE FEAR IN THE EYES OF HIS FAMILY. DESPITE THE FACT THAT THEY WERE AFRAID FOR HIM, THEY ALSO KNEW HE HAD A CALLING TO WASHINGTON REGARDLESS OF THE RISKS. BY THIS TIME THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO JUST PLAIN WORSHIPPED 'KENNEDY TARGET PRACTICE'!!!! THIS DIDN'T MATTER.........EDWARD M. KENNEDY TOOK HIS CALLING AND RAN WITH IT!

IN BETWEEN, WE HAVE LOST MANY KENNEDYS, UNTIMELY DEATHS THAT SOMEHOW THEY HAVE MANAGED TO OVERCOME. THERE IS A NEW GENERATION OF KENNEDY 'MAGIC' THRIVING AND AGAIN .........INVOLVED IN PUBLIC SERVICE IN THIS FUTURE PROMISE OF AN EARTHLY EXTENSION OF CAMELOT. THIS TIME THEY WILL ALL BE ATTENDING YET ANOTHER FUNERAL....THE LAST OF A DYNASTY OF GREAT MEN WHO LOVED AMERICA WITH SUCH PASSION.

SENATOR KENNEDY BEGAN TO MENTOR ANOTHER PROMISE FOR THIS COUNTRY...THEN ILLINOIS SENATOR BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA. SENATOR KENNEDY HAD THAT GREAT SELECTIVE 'EAGLE EYE' FOR SOMETHING SPECIAL. PERHAPS THIS YOUNG MAN REMINDED HIM OF HIS BROTHERS OR HIMSELF. HE SAW SOME AWESOME QUALITIES IN THIS YOUNG SENATOR AND NEVER TOOK HIS EYES OFF OF HIM. IT IS A BLESSING THAT THEY ARE TODAY...NOT FAR FROM EACH OTHER AS THE FINAL CURTAIN CLOSES ON AN EXTREMELY COURAGEOUS KENNEDY HISTORY. BEFORE HE DIED, SENATOR KENNEDY WITNESSED THE BIRTHING OF A NEW AND PROMISING PRESIDENT WHO AGAIN BRINGS A MESSAGE OF HOPE TO AMERICA. WHILE ONE DOOR CLOSES.........ANOTHER OPENS IN CAMELOT.

MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS THE KENNEDY FAMILY TODAY. I FEEL THERE IS A PIECE OF ALL THE KENNEDYS LEFT BEHIND IN PRESIDENT OBAMA. GOD BLESS YOU PRESIDENT OBAMA AS YOU SURELY GRIEVE OVER THE LOSS OF YOUR DEAR FRIEND. AS THE 'TREE OF LIFE' WOULD HAVE IT....THE BRANCHES WILL CARRY ON WITH PURPOSE AND COURAGE. WE WILL MOVE FORWARD AND TAKE THE KENNEDYS WITH US INTO THE PAGES OF HISTORY WHERE PEACE,HUMAN EQUALITY AND JUSTICE WILL CERTAINLY BE WRITTEN. THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO THIS JOURNEY...THE KENNEDY BROTHERS WILL BE WATCHING.

THE FINE LINE YOU CAN'T CROSS........'HUMANITARIAN JUSTICE!'

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:35:00 EDT

HOW QUICKLY WE FORGET THE PRESIDENT'S PREVIOUS REACTION TO THE SUBJECT OF ABUSIVE INTERROGATION METHODS. I DO RECALL THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS 'SLAM BAMMED' WITH THIS DISCUSSION SHORTLY AFTER HE TOOK OFFICE....ANOTHER FRAGMENT INHERITED BY THE DYSFUNCTIONAL OPERATIONS OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION. AT THAT TIME THE PRESIDENT HANDED THE 'CIA SUBJECT' IN QUESTION OVER TO ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER. MR. HOLDER THEN SAID HE WOULD LOOK INTO THE MATTER AND IF HE FOUND ANYTHING IN QUESTION...HE WOULD PROCEED IF NEED BE. NOW THAT THE OFFICIAL INTERROGATION REPORT HAS BEEN RELEASED... THE MEDIA IS WASTING NO TIME TRYING TO TWIST THE DISCOVERIES INTO A PRESIDENTIAL MELODRAMA.................THIS INQUIRY WAS PREVIOUSLY HANDED TO THE JUSTICE DEPT.....LISTEN UP FOLKS.........................THIS IS WHERE IT STAYS!

PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS ALWAYS MADE HIMSELF QUITE CLEAR REGARDING ANY INVESTIGATION INTO THE CIA'S INTERROGATION METHODS REGARDING TERRORISTS. CLOSING 'GITMO' WAS THE FIRST STEP. THE PRESIDENT SAID HE WANTED TO MOVE 'FORWARD' WITH HIS RATHER FULL AGENDA...AS IF AN ECONOMIC CRISIS AND TWO WARS WEREN'T ENOUGH REASON TO WEAR MARCHING SHOES IN 'HIGH GEAR!'. OBVIOUSLY, THE PRESIDENT MADE THE RIGHT DECISION....ANY QUESTION OF ABUSE OF HUMANITARIAN JUSTICE BELONGS IN THE 'JUSTICE DEPT.!!!!'

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS APPARENTLY SEEN SOME THINGS THAT CAUSE HIM TO SEEK A PROSECUTOR REGARDING THE INTERROGATION METHODS USED DURING THE BUSH YEARS. ALTHOUGH THIS SUBJECT AND THIS REPORT WAS REVIEWED IN 2004....THE ATTORNEYS INVOLVED 'PASSED ON THE PAPERWORK'....SO TO SPEAK. CONGRATULATIONS ERIC HOLDER ON YOUR 'REHASH' CONCERNING THE FINE LINE INVOLVING HUMANITARIAN JUSTICE! THE WORLD IS GOING TO LEARN FROM THIS ONE!

THE MEDIA HAS ALSO CONVENIENTLY FORGOTTEN THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA P-R-E-V-I-O-U-S-L-Y STATED THAT ANY CIA AGENT FOLLOWING ORDERS WAS SANCTIONED AND NOT TO BE BLAMED FOR OBEYING COMMANDS! HMMMMMMMMMMMMMM....I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHERE THIS LADDER GOES!!! 'JACK N' THE BEANSTALK' ARE GOING TO BE BUSY!!!!!!!!!

AS AN ADVOCATE FOR HUMANITARIAN RIGHTS AND EQUALITY........THERE IS NO WAY THAT AMERICA CAN ALLOW 'CROSSING ANY LINES' RELATIVE TO JUDICIAL PROCEDURE. IF THE GATES ARE LEFT OPEN....AT ANY TIME....'RULE BENDING' BEGINS TO INVITE ITSELF IN. IT DOESN'T STOP THERE...IT WILL ASK FOR EQUAL TIME AND SOON THREATENING CHILDREN,WATERBOARDING AND USING ALL SORTS OF ABUSIVE HARDWARE SUCH AS DRILLS WILL BE OKAY. THESE THINGS HAPPEN IN OTHER COUNTRIES WHERE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE STATUS OF THE 'MORAL COMPASS' WERE NEVER ANSWERED. SOMEBODY LEFT THE GATES OPEN AND IT'S OKAY TO WHIP,TORMENT,STONE AND DECAPITATE OTHER HUMAN BEINGS. THEY ARE NO LONGER CONSIDERED HUMANS ANYMORE BECAUSE THAT FINE LINE HAS BEEN CROSSED. NOW THEY ARE JUST THINGS AND WHEN THEY GO TO TRIAL....COMPASSION IS OUT THE WINDOW!

IN THIS COUNTRY WE DON'T EVER WANT TO LEAVE THOSE GATES UNLATCHED OR OPEN. WE CAN'T AFFORD TO INVITE THIS TYPE OF INHUMANITY INTO OUR LIVES. THIS MAY EASILY BE CLASSIFIED AS 'SELF DESTRUCTION.' CONSIDERING ALL THAT WE ARE FACING TODAY...WE DON'T NEED THIS OTHER TOY ADDED TO THE BOX! WHATEVER IS DISCOVERED DURING THIS INTERROGATION PROCESS, THE PRESIDENT DOES NOT BELONG IN AN INVESTIGATION REGARDING A PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION. THIS I GUARANTEE YOU...HE KNOWS! THIS WOULD ALSO LEAVE ANOTHER DOOR OPEN...THE GOP WOULD QUICKLY CLAIM A 'PRESIDENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST.' PRESIDENT OBAMA IS TOO INTELLIGENT TO FALL FOR THAT TRAP!

AS USUAL...THE MEDIA IS TRYING TO DEVELOP 'ABUSIVE NEWS' WHEN THERE ISN'T ANY. THEY ARE ACTUALLY SUFFERING FROM THE 'OBAMA WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOM' BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT IS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AT BLUE HERON FARM. YESTERDAY, WE WERE ABLE TO CATCH A SHORT GLIMPSE OF THE PRESIDENT 'THANK HEAVENS' ENJOYING HIMSELF.....FOR A 'CHANGE' THAT HE NEEDS! I EXPECT TO SEE THIS VERSION SOMEWHERE....."THE PRESIDENT WAS OBSERVED WEARING DARK CLOTHING IN THE WOODS........SHAKING A RATHER LARGE STICK. THERE WERE TWO ACCOMPLICES. THIS IS AFTER HE AND THE FIRST LADY WERE SEEN INVOLVED IN RACKETEERING AND HEADED TO THE COURTS!!!!!" NOTHING LIKE FEEDING THE MASSES! CHEW ON THIS YOU EAGER PRESS DIVAS!!!!.LOLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!...:)

OF COURSE THE PRESIDENT CAN'T HELP HIMSELF....SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE HE WILL FIND A WAY TO CONNECT WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE........BECAUSE HE CARES ABOUT US!!!! IF YOU WANT ANOTHER GLIMPSE....CHECK IN AT 9AM EASTERN....THE PRESIDENT WILL BE NOMINATING FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN BEN BERNANKE FOR ANOTHER TERM. GOOD JOB TOO MR. BERNANKE! WITH YOUR EXPERTISE....AMERICA WAS ABLE TO RISE ABOVE THE ECONOMIC ABYSS!!!!!! THERE IS NOT ENOUGH APPLAUSE FOR YOUR EFFORTS....YOU MAY WANT TO TOP THE DAY OFF WITH SOME 'BARACK MY WORLD' ICECREAM....VINEYARD STYLE!!!!!

MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS OUR VACATIONING FIRST FAMILY....PLEASE GIVE THEM ALL THE PEACE AND RESPITE THEY DESERVE!!!!!! DON'T WORRY ABOUT HAVING TOO MUCH FUN! WE'LL LEAVE THE LIGHT ON FOR YA!!!!!...:)

'HOPE' NEEDS A HELPING HAND IN ..............AFGHANISTAN!!!!!

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:03:30 EDT

FOR THE MOST PART...IT IS DEFINED AS A WAR.......BUT, THERE ARE OTHER THINGS GOING ON THERE....THINGS THAT MAKE ALL THE CAMOUFLAGE,BLOOD,SWEAT AND TEARS...WELL WORTH THE EFFORT. OUR AMERICAN SOLDIERS ARE THE FIRST TO SEE IT...MANY OF THEM RETURN FOR ANOTHER TOUR OF DUTY BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO LEAVE IT...UNFINISHED!

THE SACRIFICE IS CLEAR...HUMAN LIFE IS ALWAYS AT STAKE...BUT, BETWEEN THE LINES...'HOPE' AND THE WISH FOR 'CHANGE' HAVE LEFT A PERMANENT MARK ON THE PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN. THIS OF COURSE MEANS...NO SURRENDER. THIS...IS THE KIND OF BRAVERY, THE COURAGE...WE CANNOT LOSE! THIS IS 'CHANGE' MOVING TOWARD A BETTER LIFE! IF MORE TROOPS ARE NEEDED TO CLIMB THE LADDER TO P-E-A-C-E....................LET'S MOVE FORWARD......P-E-A-C-E IS AN AWESOME CONDITION THAT CAN SPREAD FROM ONE COUNTRY TO THE OTHER. THOSE WHO REAP THE BENEFITS WILL BE OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN!

I LOOK AT ALL THE QUESTIONS EARMARKING THE NEED FOR MORE TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN AND THE ANSWERS ARE QUITE CLEAR. OUR EFFORTS TO FIND PEACE CANNOT BE SEGREGATED TO JUST OUR OWN BORDERS. LIFE DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY. IT WAS NEVER MEANT TO WORK THAT WAY! PRESIDENT OBAMA IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT WHEN HE SAYS THIS OBLIGATION MUST BE HONORED IN ORDER TO PROTECT AMERICA.

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP TOWARD OUR FUTURE GROWTH AND SOLIDARITY. WE MUST AID IN EDUCATING THE MIDEASTERN FRONT...GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND AND KNOW THE GIFTS OF FREEDOM THAT ALL IN THIS WORLD MUST HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE. THE DOORS THAT CAN OPEN FROM THIS MOVEMENT WILL NEVER CLOSE. THIS IS A PROMISE WE NEED TO KEEP FOR OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS. THE DOMINO EFFECT CAN BE ENDLESS AND THE WORLD WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO SETTLE IN PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE. THE SPEECH PRESIDENT OBAMA GAVE IN CAIRO WAS JUST THE BEGINNING. THE 'TREE OF LIFE' HOLDS SEVERAL BRANCHES...........UNCLENCHED FISTS CAN CULTIVATE MANY BOUNTIFUL GARDENS.

WE HAVE QUITE A WAIT BEFORE ALL THE ELECTORAL VOTES IN AFGHANISTAN ARE COUNTED. TO DATE THERE ARE APPROX. 35 COMPLAINTS OF ALLEGED VOTER FRAUD. VOTERS HAVE STOOD BRAVELY DURING THIS ELECTION IN ORDER TO MAKE THEIR MARK. UNFORTUNATELY, SOME HAVE LITERALLY LOST FINGERS IN THE PROCESS. THE QUESTION TO ASK HERE IS WHERE WOULD YOU BE IF THIS HAPPENDED ON AMERICAN GROUND? WHERE WOULD YOU BE IF YOU WERE THREATENED AND AS A RESULT AFRAID TO VOTE? WHERE WOULD YOU BE IF YOUR COUNTRY HAD TO STAND ALONE, YOUR CHILDREN ATE GARBAGE AND YOU COULDN'T AFFORD TO FIGHT YOUR WAY OUT OF THIS QUAGMIRE....WITH NO PROMISE OF A FUTURE?????

THIS IS WHY GOD HAS SO BLESSED THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA..........SO THAT WE CAN HELP IN TIMES OF TROUBLE. 'LADY LIBERTY' STANDS IN THE HARBOR WITH SOME AWESOME AND BROAD SHOULDERS. SHE HAS INVITED THE WEAK AND POWERLESS TO LEAN ON THEM. THIS IS OUR PURPOSE AS A COUNTRY. WE GIVE AFGHANISTAN WHAT IT NEEDS WITHOUT QUESTION IN ORDER TO GET THE JOB DONE!

IF YOU WALKED IN THEIR SHOES YOU WOULD BE ON BENDED KNEE HOPING FOR SOMEONE TO RESCUE YOU FROM THIS ABYSS! GOD BLESS THE PRESIDENT FOR HIS EFFORTS AND ALL OF OUR MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE SACRIFICED THEIR NEEDS FOR COMMITTMENT TOWARD PEACE AND JUSTICE! P-E-A-C-E ARRIVES IN ALL FORMS...BUT...IT ALWAYS BEGINS AND IS ROOTED IN.....SELFLESS MOTIVATION. WHEN 'SELF' IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE NEEDS OF OTHERS....YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF AT THE END OF THE LINE.

IT WAS A PLEASURE TO SEE THE FIRST FAMILY EXIT THE PLANE TO A MUCH NEEDED VACATION AT THE VINEYARD. THE 'VINE' IS CRAWLING WITH ANTICIPATION....HOMEMADE SIGNS WELCOMING THE OBAMAS ARE EVERYWHERE. FOOD ITEMS IN LOCAL RESTAURANTS HAVE BEEN DUBBED BY EVERY 'O' DERIVATIVE YOU CAN THINK OF. 'BARACK MY WORLD' ICECREAM IS AVAILABLE AND OF COURSE 'OODLES OF OBAMA DOODLES' ON T-SHIRTS....SOME OF THAT MATERIAL HAS BEEN RESERVED FOR 'BO' THE INFAMOUS CANINE CHAPERONE!

THE FAMILY APPEARED EAGER TO BEGIN THEIR 'BLUE HERON' ADVENTURE. I MYSELF WOULD LIKE TO HIDE THE PRESIDENT'S 'BLACKBERRY.' YES MICHELLE....WHILE HE'S SLEEPING...THAT PIECE OF HIGH TECH COULD BE BURIED IN THE FIRST LOAD OF LAUNDRY! JUST A SUGGESTION!..:)))))

AS USUAL...THE FIRST LADY LOOKED AWESOME AS SHE EXITED THE PLANE IN HER SLEEVELESS SUNDRESS! WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN SHE IS. BARE THOSE ARMS DEAR FIRST LADY...AS ALWAYS YOUR FASHION PICKS ARE VERY TASTEFUL AND CERTAINLY TO BE ADMIRED. THIS ALSO GOES FOR THE SHORTS! THE FIRST LADY COULD WEAR A PAPER BAG AND STILL COMPETE ON THE RUNWAY...FOR THOSE CRITICS WHO DON'T LIKE THAT........I WOULD SAY THAT 'JEALOUSY' IS NOT AN ATTRACTIVE INSIGHT INTO YOUR CHARACTER!

THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IS TAKING THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION FIGHT TO THE 'SOURCE'....THE EMPLOYERS! THIS.....WILL BE EFFECTIVE...THIS IS WHERE IT BELONGS! THIS....IN MANY,MANY CASES IS WHAT THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION WOULD NOT DO BECAUSE THEY CATERED TO THE CORPORATE ABUSE OF THE MIGRANT WORKER. THEY TROLLED THE BORDERS FOR YEARS IN SEARCH OF 'CHEAP LABOR' TO BENEFIT THE GREEDY, WEALTHY CORPORATE POCKETS!!!!!! THE MIGRANT WORKERS WERE INVITED HERE..................THIS IS THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM. THIS MUST STOP! 'KNOCK..KNOCK..........WHO'S THERE?..................I-C-E!!!!!!!'....IT'S TIME FOR CHANGE AND NO POCKET CHANGE FOR THE RICH AT THE EXPENSE OF THE POORLY PAID MIGRANT WORKER! THIS MAKES MY DAY! GOD BLESS THESE POORLY TREATED HISPANICS. DON'T FORGET FANCY PANTS....THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH.........YOUR COMPANY IS NOT INVITED TO THIS PARTY!

MAY GOD BLESS THE OBAMA FAMILY AND GIVE THEM A RESPITE FROM ALL OF THE CRITICS AND NAYSAYERS DURING THEIR VINEYARD VACATION. AS FOR THOSE WAITING OUTSIDE THE GATES REPRESENTING THE MEDIA....DUCT TAPE IS ON SALE AT THE LOCAL HARDWARE STORE! BLESSINGS EVERYONE!!!!...:)

THE 'CRITIC'S CHOICE AWARD'...GOES TO NOONE! THE PRESIDENT IS 'THE BOSS!'

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 08:11:20 EDT

FOR TWO YEARS NOW, I HAVE GIVEN EVERY LAST OUNCE OF MYSELF IN SUPPORT OF PRESIDENT OBAMA BECAUSE I KNOW HE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO 'THIS TIME' IN OUR HISTORY. HE CARRIES ALL THE GIFTS NEEDED TO BE A GREAT LEADER....AND THEN SOME. DURING HIS SHORT TIME IN OFFICIAL OFFICE HE HAS BENT OVER BACKWARDS TO UNIFY ALL OPPOSITION IN WASHINGTON. OF COURSE THEY CONTINUE TO ENDLESSLY CRUCIFY HIS COMPASSIONATE CAUSES REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY ARE. RECENTLY, I HEARD GOP PARTY 'ALLEGED LEADER' MICHAEL STEELE TELL THE PRESIDENT TO GO AHEAD AND PASS HEALTHCARE...SINCE HE'S THE BOSS! AT THE SAME TIME HE IS INTIMATING THAT THE PRESIDENT WON'T BECAUSE HE DOESN'T BELIEVE IN HIS OWN PROPOSALS! SOMEBODY PASS THE STEERING WHEEL HERE.......MR. STEELE....THE PRESIDENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT! WE....THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF YOU AND YOUR CRITICAL CRONIES! GET READY TO HITCH A RIDE....AND BE LEFT BEHIND!

AT THE SAME TIME WE HAVE THE 'FAR RIGHT WINGERS' WHO HAVE A USUAL MOUTHPIECE LOCATED WAY OVER THE EDGE OF SANITY...SCREAMING AGAINST THE PRESIDENT'S VACATION....A RATHER SHORT ONE AT THAT! FOR SOME TIME I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO KICK MR. 'FIRE IN THE SHOES' OUT OF THE BIG HOUSE INTO SOME REST AND RELAXATION. OF COURSE HE AND THE FIRST LADY WERE EVEN CRITICIZED FOR THEIR 'DATE NIGHTS'.........AS IF THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY MICHELLE CAN CATCH A RIDE IN A TAXI AND HAVE THE ULTIMATE FREEDOM OF CHOICE IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT!

THE PRESIDENT HAS EVERY RIGHT TO SPEND SOME QUALITY AND BY THE WAY...'PRIVATE TIME' WITH HIS FAMILY!!!! I AM OVERJOYED WITH THE PROSPECTS OF THE FIRST FAMILY'S VINEYARD ADVENTURE! I AM ALSO QUITE THRILLED WITH THE SECURITY PROCEDURES IN EFFECT AND EVERYONE ON THAT ISLAND NEEDS TO RESPECT THE PRIVACY OF THE OBAMA DAUGHTERS.

I WISH THEM LONG AND PEACEFUL WALKS ON THE BEACH AND SERENE CONTEMPLATION IN FRONT OF A SOOTHING FIREPLACE....ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE MISSED WHILE HAVING TO COPE WITH THE UGLY REALITIES IN WASHINGTON. THEY HAVE SACRIFICED ALOT AS A FAMILY LIVING IN THE WHITE HOUSE....NOW IS THE TIME FOR THEM TO ENJOY MANY REWARDS FOR THEIR SELFLESS 'PUBLIC SERVICE.'

WE...THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO LOVE THIS FIRST FAMILY DEARLY WILL GUARD THE FORT WHILE THEY ARE GONE. THE BEST WISHES FROM THE GENUINE 'OBAMA SUPPORTERS' NEVER FADE DESPITE WHAT THE CRITICS TRY TO FEED IN THE PUBLIC MEDIA. WE ARE ALWAYS HERE BACKING THE PRESIDENT...HE KNOWS WHERE WE ARE!

WHEN HE RETURNS REFRESHED AND AFTER SEVERAL ROUNDS ON THE GOLF COURSE...MR. 'FIRE IN THE SHOES' WILL CONTINUE TO MARCH FORWARD TOWARD 'CHANGE' WITH HIS USUAL 'ENDLESS ENERGY!!!!'

AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED MR. PRESIDENT....YOU HAVE GIVEN THAT 'UNITY PUSH' QUITE A STRETCH. IF YOU COME BACK AND PULL THE ISSUE OF HEALTHCARE REFORM BY THE HORNS AND PASS THE PUBLIC OPTION WITH YOUR POWERS THAT BE....THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO HONESTLY CARE ABOUT THIS ISSUE WILL CERTAINLY BE MORE THAN GRATIFIED. IT IS TIME TO STOP THE CRITICS FROM BEATING ON THE ISSUES THAT INVOLVE OUR MORAL COMPASS AND FRANKLY...FROM BEATING ON A PRESIDENT WHO DESERVES THE RESPECT HE IS NOT GETTING.

THERE ARE MANY TIMES WHEN PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN HAD TO CROSS THE LINE ON HIS OWN. THIS MAY BE YOURS! YOU ARE THE BOSS...THEY ARE NOT. YOU HAVE GIVEN THE OPPOSITION ABSOLUTLEY EVERY OPTION TO UNIFY AND CHANGE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THIS COUNTRY. AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED ....THEY HAVE LOST THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO RIDE THE BUS. THEY WANT TO DAMAGE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ON THIS TRIP AND I THINK IT'S TIME TO LEAVE THEM ON THE 'SIDE OF THE ROAD' WHERE THEY BELONG....IN A STAGNANT POND...GOING NOWHERE. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE BEHIND YOU 100%...THE POLLS ARE MERELY A DISTRACTION USED TO DETER OUR EFFORTS TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE OUT THERE WHO DO NOT HAVE HEALTHCARE COVERAGE. I HAVE MINE....I FIGHT FOR THIS TO SEE THAT THOSE WHO DON'T...GET WHAT THEY NEED!

KICK EM' WHERE IT HURTS WHEN YOU RETURN MR. PRESIDENT....WE ARE AN AWESOME COUNTRY. THESE PERMANENT CRITICS NEED TO REPOSITION THEIR DECK CHAIRS ON THE TITANIC AND TAKE A CRUISE TO THE 'ISLAND OF DISCONTENT' WHERE THEY OBVIOUSLY PREFER TO LIVE! WE ARE BETTER THAN THAT...WE HAVE THE 'SPIRIT' NEEDED TO MOVE FORWARD AND WE WILL STAND WITH YOU ALL THE WAY!

MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA, HIS DEAR FAMILY...AND ALL OF THOSE PEACEFUL ADVENTURES IN THE VINEYARD HE WILL EXPERIENCE THIS WEEK. ENJOY IT MR. PRESIDENT....MAKE THE BEST OF THIS FAMILY TIME...THE GIRLS ARE GROWING UP SO FAST. IF YOU DO SEE SIR EDWARD...PLEASE GIVE HIM A HUG FROM ALL OF US! DON'T ALLOW THE DISCONTENTED ONES TO STEAL YOUR VINEYARD JOY....WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST...REST...RELAX...LIVE...LAUGH AND LOVE!...P-E-A-C-E MR. PRESIDENT.......:))))))))))))!!!

'WHAT THE 'GOP' MEANS TO ME....GREED...OVER...PEOPLE!!!!!'

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:12:51 EDT

SINCE 'DAY ONE' WHEN PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA TOOK HIS OATH OF OFFICE, I HAVE HEARD NOTHING BUT DISGUSTING PESSIMISM AND BANTERING FROM THE MEMBERS OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. INSTEAD OF UNITING BEHIND A COUNTRY FACING THE WORST IN ECONOMIC CRISIS SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION IN THE 1930'S....INSTEAD OF PROMOTING ANY TYPE OF PROGRAM OFFERED BY THIS PRESIDENT TO LIFT US OUT OF THIS QUAIGMIRE OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS...ALL I HAVE HEARD FROM YOUR PARTY IS THE 'DENIAL OF ANYTHING 'THAT BENEFITS THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! NEED I REMIND YOU THAT YOUR ROBUST FRIEND GEORGE W. BUSH AND HIS WAR MONGERING CRONIES FOR THE PAST 8 YEARS HAVE LEFT THIS COUNTRY WITH A '0' BALANCE AND HE COULDN'T WAIT TO BOARD A HELICOPTER AND LEAVE HIS TRASH BEHIND FOR BARACK OBAMA TO PICK UP OUT OF THE STREET!

SINCE THAT DAY...AND I CERTAINLY WOULD HAVE PACKED YOUR BAGS FOR YOU....MR. BUSH...PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS HAD TO DEAL WITH YOUR INCOHERENT ENTRY INTO AN EXTREMELY UNJUST WAR THAT YOU WERE ALSO EAGER TO LEAVE BEHIND ON THE 'MISSION NOT ACCOMPLISHED LIST!' THEN THERE ARE YOUR CORPORATE AND WALL ST. FRIENDS WHO HAVE PLAYED MONOPOLY WITH EVERYONE ELSE'S MONEY FOR THE PAST 8 YEARS WHILE YOU DID NOTHING BUT IGNORE THE PRINCIPLES OF CORRECT FOREIGN POLICY AND PUT THE U.S. ON THE HATED SIDE OF THE FENCE WITH YOUR IGNORANT NON-PRACTICE OF FOREIGN RELATIONS.

ADDING TO THIS PLETHORA OF MALFEASANCE, PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS HAD TO INJECT OUR ECONOMIC STRUCTURE WITH CAREFUL CONSIDERATION REGARDING MUCH NEEDED STIMULUS AND RECOVERY METHODS IN ORDER TO KEEP US ALL FROM DIGGING FOR FOOD IN THE NEAREST DUMPSTER. HE HAS HAD TO ASSIGN INFRASTRUCTURE REPAIRS TO OUR OBVIOUS DECAY WHICH BY THE WAY INCLUDES DILAPIDATED SCHOOLS,BRIDGES,ETC...YOU NAME IT! THEY HAVE ALL BEEN IGNORED. WHILE YOU AND FRIENDS WERE BUSY SUCKING UP FOREIGN OIL WITH YOUR OWN STRAW, AMERICAN JOBS TOOK A HARMFUL DETOUR OVERSEAS....SO DID OUR $$$$$$$DOLLAR!

THE PRESIDENT...(THIS ONE OF COURSE WHO IS EXTREMELY VALUABLE BECAUSE HE DOES CARE ABOUT THIS NATION).....HAS DRAFTED A CORE PLAN FOR OUR EDUCATIONAL, HEALTHCARE AND ENERGY RESOURCE ...............I-M-P-R-O-V-E-M-E-N-T!!!!!! DIFFICULT AS THIS IS FOR THE 'GOP' POCKET LINERS TO UNDERSTAND...IF AMERICA WERE NEEDING A FACELIFT....WE WOULD HAVE TO START WITH THE 'BONES'. THIS IS OTHERWISE KNOWN AS 'STARTING FROM SCRATCH.' YOUR REPUBLICAN PARTY CONTROL FOR 8 YEARS HAS LEFT US WITH ZILCH...NOTTA'....NOTHING!

PRESIDENT OBAMA IS A GENTLEMAN AND A SCHOLAR WHO HAS NEVER COMPLAINED WHILE ALL OF YOUR GOP CRONIES RESERVE SEATS TO INSTIGATE THE NEXT FIGHT AT THE WHITEHOUSE! NOW WITH OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IN OBVIOUS DISARRAY AND BROKEN...YOU WANT TO MOAN BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT KNOWS WE NEED TO 'CHANGE' THIS DYSFUNCTIONAL PROCESS THAT IS BANKRUPTING OUR SYSTEM AND EQUALLY HAS SENT MANY FAMILIES ONTO THE STREETS DUE TO HOME FORECLOSURES. THESE PEOPLE CANNOT PAY THEIR MEDICAL BILLS. BUT....UNLESS IT HITS YOUR HOME...YOU AREN'T WORRIED ABOUT IT NOR DO YOU CARE IF THE JOBLESS WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE EVER HAVE COVERAGE. PLEASE INCLUDE THE HUMANITARIAN NECESSITIES SUCH AS THE POOR...BECAUSE YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THEM EITHER.

TODAY I SAW A PIECE OF 'GOP' SPIN THAT IS SO OUTRAGEOUS AND SO TWISTED THAT MY LITTLE FINGERS GOT THIS ITCH AT THE KEYBOARD....WELL...HERE I AM TO TELL YOU THAT REPUBLICAN SENATOR ORRIN HATCH (UTAH).......YOU SIR ARE NOT IMPRESSING ANYONE BY ATTEMPTING TO ROLE REVERSE THE HEALTHCARE PODIUM! YOU ARE TRYING TO TELL AMERICANS THAT YOU ARE SO 'DISAPPOINTED' BECAUSE TOWN HALL SCREAMERS HAVE BEEN LABELED 'UN-AMERICAN.' LET ME DEFINE 'AMERICAN' DISCUSSION OF ISSUES SIR. FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY, SHOUTING,SCREAMING,QUARRELING, GUN TOTING AND LOST TEMPERS ARE NOT A GOOD EXAMPLE OF BEHAVIOR IN OUR SEARCH FOR DEMOCRATIC AND RESPONSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO ANY ISSUE!

THIS TYPE OF PUBLIC BEHAVIOR HAS CERTAINLY MADE THE HEADLINES AROUND THE WORLD. YOU HAVE YOURELVES AND YOUR ARGUMENTATIVE TACTICS TO THANK FOR THIS DISPLAY. I WOULD CERTAINLY DEFINE THIS AS 'UN-AMERICAN' BECAUSE WE ARE BETTER THAN THIS. THIS IS NOT THE WAY AMERICANS SHOULD ACT. FAR BE IT FROM ME TO TELL YOU THAT YOUR 'GOP PARTY DRAMA AND TRAUMA' HAS PEROFRMED AS A POOR EXAMPLE FOR THE AMERICAN PUBLIC....BECAUSE...IT HAS!!!!! THEN YOU PUSH YOUR CABLE IDOLS....THE GLENS AND THE RUSH LIMBAUGHS IN FRONT OF TELEVISION CAMERAS FOR ALL TO SEE,COPY AND ABSORB AS EXEMPLARY! IT'S DISGUSTING! TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER....BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ONE! IF OUR ANCESTORS WHO FOUGHT SO HARD TO BUILD RESPECT IN THIS COUNTRY WERE ALIVE TODAY....THEY WOULD HAND THE 'GOP' A PETITION TO HAVE YOU REMOVED FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT!

WE DO HAVE SOME RATHER DECENT REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATION....YOU WON'T FIND THEM BECAUSE THEY LEFT YOU ALREADY. THEY ARE EMBARRASSED BY ANY ATTACHMENT TO YOUR PARTY! THIS IS COMPARABLE TPO SQUABBLING WITH A BUNCH OF TODDLERS....ONLY THEY HAVE AN EXCUSE! YOUR PARTY DOES NOT! AND NOW...YOU HAVE AMERICANS WHO ARE WAKING UP TO YOUR PUBLIC DISPLAY OF BEHAVIOR! AND I KNOW, THE 'GOP' WILL GET MORE DESPERATE AND TRY TO PULL MORE 'DYSFUNCTIONAL RABBITS OUT OF THE HAT.' THE 'GOP' IS AS MY TITLE STATES........................'GREED OVER PEOPLE!' THEREFORE...WE CONSIDER THE SOURCE!

MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS THE EFFORTS OF OUR PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA FOR HIS TOLERANCE AND PATIENCE AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE EFFORT TO 'CHANGE' HEALTHCARE! AS FOR THE 'NON-CARING' LEFTOVERS IN THE GOP....CONTINUE TO TURN UP THE HEAT. AS IN THE AWESOME AND MARVELOUS ELECTION OF THIS PRESIDENT.......YOU ALL JUST MAY HAVE TO GET OUT OF THE KITCHEN! BURNT TOAST HERE!!!!!! NEXT???????????????????????????? DON'T FORGET.........'YES WE CAN!'..........I STOLE THAT LINE FROM SOMEBODY!!!!!...:)

PRESIDENT OBAMA...'GOING WEST YOUNG MAN'...WHO IS WEARING THE BIGGER BOOTS ON THIS TRIP????'

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:06:28 EDT

FOR THE SAKE OF HEALTHCARE REFORM, PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL BE HOLDING A TOWN HALL MEETING IN MONTANA TODAY. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A TIME THAT THIS PRESIDENT HAS NOT BEEN WILLING TO STEP INTO THE 'LION'S DEN!' MONTANA IS NOT ONLY 'BIG SKY' BUT ALSO HIGHLY CONSERVATIVE TERRITORY. THIS IS WHERE THE REAL COWBOYS YOU FIND IN LEGENDS LIVE AND THEY ARE FOR THE MOST PART, EXTREMELY INDEPENDENT. HOWEVER, MR. 'FIRE IN THE SHOES' WANTS TO DELIVER HIS MESSAGE TO EVERYONE IN THIS COUNTRY...TO BENEFIT ALL WHO LIVE HERE. THE PRESIDENT IS MORE THAN WILLING TO PARK HIMSELF IN ANY CORRAL...NO CHALLENGE IS TOO LARGE.............YES, MR. PRESIDENT...YOUR 'AUDACITY OF HOPE' FITS WELL IN THOSE BOOTS!.........CLASS IN SESSION...........CHALLENGES WORTH FIGHTING FOR PRESENT THEMSELVES IN DIVERSE LOCATIONS................

MEET AFGHANISTAN...................I HOPE MANY OF YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH 'GENERATION ISLAM' LAST NIGHT. THIS WAS INDEED AN EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIVE VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN PRESENTED BY INTERNATIONAL REPORTER CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR. CHRISTIANE IS A COMPASSIONATE WOMAN WHO CARRIES THE DREAM OF 'UNITY' WITH ALL NATIONS. SHE HAS NEVER BEEN AFRAID,MUCH LIKE OUR PRESIDENT, TO TRED ON ANY THREATENING GROUND. LAST NIGHT'S INSIGHT INTO THE HEART WARMING STRUGGLES IN AFGHANISTAN TOOK YOU AWAY FROM THE BATTLEGROUND TO OUR REAL REASON FOR BEING THERE........AND STEP BY STEP....'HOPE' IS SETTLING IN DESPITE ALL CONFRONTATION.

HERE YOU SEE CLEAR EVIDENCE OF WHAT PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS BEEN SEEKING WITH AN UNCLENCHED FIST, CARRYING THE OLIVE BRANCH ACROSS SO MANY WATERS. THIS EPISODE WAS CHRISTIANE'S COMPARABLE MANEUVER TO THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH IN CAIRO. FOR THE SAKE OF AMERICA....I HOPE THIS PROGRAM IS REPEATED ...AMERICANS NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW THESE CHALLENGES ARE WORKING AND THEY ARE WORKING.

INDEED YOU WILL FIND AMERICANS LIVING THERE. THEY HAVE DEDICATED THEIR LIVES IN ORDER TO RAISE AFGHANISTAN UP FROM THE OLD REVOLUTIONARY SANDS OF TIME. THEY ARE BRINGING 'CHANGE' TO AFGHANISTAN...'CHANGE' IN MORE PEACEFUL WAYS....LIKE EDUCATION....AND THE CHILDREN ARE HUNGRY FOR IT. IF IT WEREN'T FOR THESE 'PIONEER'S OF PEACE,' THESE SAME CHILDREN WOULD BE FORCED INTO BASIC TRAINING AGENDAS THAT TEACH THEM TO HATE AMERICANS. SMALL AS THEY ARE, NO AGE THERE IS CONSIDERED TO BE TOO TENDER TO CARRY A GUN OR STRAP ON A SUICIDE VEST.

YOU WILL ALSO FIND THESE 'PIONEERS OF PEACE' WORKING DILIGENTLY IN PAKISTAN. ALL OF THESE CHILDREN, NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED ARE EAGER TO LEARN. THEY WANT AN EDUCATION. THEY WANT TO BECOME DOCTORS AND TEACHERS AND THEY ARE BEGGING TO REACH THESE GOALS. AMERICAN SOLDIERS ARE DEEPLY INVOLVED IN PROVIDING THESE CHILDREN WITH ALL POSSIBLE OPEN DOORS TO 'EDUCATIONAL CHANGE' IN BOTH COUNTRIES. THIS IS WHERE THE ANSWER LIES FOR FUTURE PEACE FOR ALL NATIONS...THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN, SHARE IDEAS, MORE IMPORTANTLY...TO DISCOVER THAT 'BIG WORD'............TOLERANCE! MANY OF OUR SOLDIERS ARE CURRENTLY SERVING A FOURTH TURN IN AFGHANISTAN BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO LEAVE UNTIL THEY HAVE COMPLETED ....THEIR PURPOSE. I WOULD REDEFINE THIS AS 'HUMANITARIAN ENLISTMENT!' MAY GOD BLESS THEM ALL!

THIS IS THE WAY 'CHANGE' WORKS'....PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY OF EDUCATION TO THOSE IN NEED. THIS IS A 'NEVER ENDING' INVITATION THAT PRESENTS 'CHOICES' TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE NONE. THE REVOLUTIONARY OLD GUARD DOES NOT WANT TO SEE SUCCESS IN THIS TYPE OF PEACEFUL MANEUVER. BUT, WITH 'FAITH AND HOPE' AND AN EQUAL DOSE OF PERSEVERANCE...THIS WILL HAPPEN. JUST IMAGINE HOW THIS DOMINO EFFECT CAN WORK AROUND THE WORLD....THIS 'CIRCLE OF LIFE' WHERE WE ALL BEGIN TO FIND EACH OTHER AND THERE ARE NO COLOR BARRIERS...NO ETHNIC BARRIERS..........JUST P-E-A-C-E AND SHARING OUR COMBINED KNOWLEDGE.

THESE MIDEASTERN CHILDREN HAVE MORE STRENGTH IN THEIR TINY LITTLE SOULS THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE. THEY KNOW WHAT 'GARBAGE TASTES LIKE FOR BREAKFAST...THEY CARRY THE WAR SCARS FROM SOMEONE ELSES ANGER AND YET...THEY HAVE THE STRENGTH TO GO ON. INDEED THE GOD GIVEN STRENGTH TO GO ON....UNTIL THEY ARE RESCUED...AND GIVEN THE CHANCE TO EDUCATE THEMSELVES OUT OF THEIR PREDICAMENT. THESE ARE THE 'ROOTS' OF CHANGE THAT WILL PROVIDE THE SEEDLINGS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

THIS IS WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO CULTIVATE AND CONTINUE TO PLANT THE SEEDS OF 'HOPE' IN AFGHANISTAN. WE MUST OPEN THE DOORS TO PEACE FOR OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN. THIS IS THE 'EMOTIONAL' WAR WE MUST WIN. THIS IS IMPORTANT TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. MAY GOD BE WITH YOU CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR FOR YOUR FAITHFUL SERVICE TO ALL NATIONS...TO PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. WE ARE ALL GOD'S CHILDREN...SCHOOL SHOULD NEVER BE CLOSED FOR ANYONE.

I WILL CERTAINLY BE WATCHING THE PRESIDENT TODAY IN MONTANA. I AM NOT WORRIED ABOUT HIS APPEARANCE TODAY BECAUSE HE IS A GIFTED MAN AND THERE IS NO FENCE TOO HIGH FOR HIM TO CHALLENGE. WE HAVE SO NEEDED HIS GIFTS OF DIPLOMACY AND STATESMANSHIP FOR SUCH A VERY LONG TIME. WE NEED TO FOLLOW HIS EXAMPLE AND UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF THE WORD 'PEACE.' WE NEED TO REACH FOR 'UNDERSTANDING,TOLERANCE AND CERTAINLY NEGOTIATION'....YOU CAN'T FIND ANY OF THOSE AT YOUR LOCAL GUN STORE! MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS YOU PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA...WE KNOW WHO WEARS THE REAL BOOTS IN THE WHITE HOUSE! GOD BLESS THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA...'CHANGE' IS COMING TO A CORRAL NEAR YOU!...:)

THE PRESIDENT BRINGS THE 'RAINBOW' ....INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE!!!

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:02:57 EDT

INDEED WEDNESDAY'S CHILD IS FILLED WITH 'GRACE'.....WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY OF CELEBRATION FOR OUR NATION. THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY HOSTED A RECEPTION HONORING JUDGE SONIA SOTOMAYOR AND HER LIFETIME STRUGGLE THAT HAS NOW LED HER TO A SEAT ON THE BENCH IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. HER HEART WARMING SMILE, HER OWN 'AUDACITY OF HOPE' HAS BROUGHT HER TO WHERE SHE IS TODAY. ALTHOUGH SHE STATES THAT SHE FEELS SO HONORED AND PRIVILEGED TO BE WHERE SHE IS TODAY...I BEG TO DIFFER...WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE HER BEFORE US.............CONGRATULATIONS JUDGE SOTOMAYOR!!!! THERE ARE MANY LESSONS TO BE LEARNED FROM YOUR PERSEVERANCE!...CLASS IS OPEN....................:)

OF COURSE THE 'RAINBOW' AND THE MEETING OF GREAT MINDS DIDN'T END THERE...ACTUALLY, RAINBOWS NEVER DO END...THEY PERFORM AS A 'MUTI-COLORED' INTRODUCTION TO NEW TOMORROWS AND NEW PROMISE....MEET THE FOLLOWING 16 PEOPLE...RECIPIENTS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDALS OF FREEDOM....THE UNITED STATES SO HONORS................

NANCY G. BRINKER, PEDRO JOSE' GREER,JR., STEPHEN HAWKING, JACK KEMP, SENATOR EDWARD M. KENNEDY, BILLIE JEAN KING, THE REVEREND JOSEPH E. LOWERY, JOSEPH 'MEDICINE CROW HIGH BIRD', HARVEY BERNARD MILK, SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR, SIDNEY POITIER, CHITA RIVERA, MARY ROBINSON, DR. JANET DAVISON ROWLEY, ARCHBISHOP AMERITUS DESMOND TUTU, MUHAMMAD YUNUS....A 'MELTING POT OF HONORS THAT HAS GIVEN US THE GREAT EXAMPLE OF COURAGEOUS INHERITANCE FOR ALL FOLLOWING GENERATIONS.

WHAT DO THESE PEOPLE HAVE IN COMMON? IT WAS THEIR 'FAITH AND HOPE' REGARDLESS OF THE STRUGGLES THAT BROUGHT THEM TO THE WHITE HOUSE. THEY ALL CAME FROM DIFFERENT PLACES,DIFFERENT FAMILIES AND THEY ARE DIFFERENT COLORS. HOWEVER....THEY STOOD AGAINST ALL ODDS, ALL OBSTACLES AND THEY LIT A FIRE WITHIN THEMSELVES THAT WOULD NOT STOP BURNING UNTIL THEY REACHED THEIR GOD GIVEN PURPOSE TO 'SERVE' ON THIS PLANET.

YES...THEY ARE ALL SERVANTS!!!! THEY ARE NOT AFRAID OF CHALLENGE, THEY DON'T FEAR ANGRY OPPOSITION AND THEY CERTAINLY DID NOT ALLOW ANYONE TO GET IN THEIR WAY. THEY DON'T DIFFERENTIATE THEMSELVES BY 'CLASS' OR 'MONETARY PERSUASION.' AND IF ANYONE OF THEM FOUND YOU ALONE AND DESPERATE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD....THEY WOULD INVITE YOU IN...WITHOUT QUESTION! AND SO...PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA...INVITED THEM IN. WHAT AN AWESOME DAY TO REMEMBER..........THIS GATHERING THAT HAS SO 'GRACED' US WITH THEIR GIFTS OF GIVING! GOD BLESS THEM ALL!...:)

AND NOW FOR THE ONES WHO ARE 'NOT SO RESPONSIBLE'...THE ONES WHO NEED TO BE REMINDED OF OUR INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY................I FIND THIS TYPE OF NEWS TO BE RATHER DISTURBING.................

ACCORDING TO RECENT FIGURES...U.S. BANKS HAVE NOW MADE $38.5 BILLION IN 'YOUR OVERDRAFT FEES!' YES DEAR AMERICANS WHO LACK A SPENDING CONSCIENCE...DIDN'T THE PRESIDENT JUST GO THROUGH 'HELL' TO GET US OUT OF THIS CESSPOOL! IT HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED THAT THIS IS THE SAME 10% OF THE AMERICAN POPULATION COMMITTING THESE ERRORS!

STOP WITHDRAWING FROM YOUR '0' BALANCE!!!! DON'T TELL ME YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU HAVE LEFT IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT!!! REPEAT OFFENDERS ARE WELL AWARE OF THEIR BOUNDARIES.............THIS GOES FOR YOUR CREDIT CARDS AS WELL. YOU CAN'T CURE AMERICA'S BANK ACCOUNT WITH CONTINUED 'IGNORANCE' WITHDRAWING FROM NOTHING TO OBTAIN TEMPORARY BLISS! KEEP RACKING UP THOSE FEES AND YOU'LL FIND YOUSELVES OUT ON 'NON-PAYMENT' STREET...ONLY...THIS TIME...NOONE IS GOING TO PICK YOU UP! IF YOU CONTINUE THIS PRACTICE....YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER THE NEAREST TENT SALE. BUT FIRST...MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE MONEY IN THE BANK TO PAY FOR IT!!!!!!!!!!!!

THIS WEEK, MR. 'FIRE IN THE SHOES' WILL BE AGAIN STUMPING THE HEALTHCARE TOWN HALL CIRCUIT DESPITE THE CONSTANT AND UNECESSARY 'HELL' RAISED BY THE OPPOSING TEAM. PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL GO TO MONTANA AND COLORADO,NEVER HESITATING TO BRING HIS HEALTHCARE REFORM MESSAGE TO THE MASSES.

IF HE HAD STOOD STILL LONG ENOUGH YESTERDAY, I WOULD HAVE DRAPED A 'MEDAL OF FREEDOM' ON HIS CHEST. HOWEVER, I KNOW THAT OUR HUMBLE PRESIDENT WOULD NOT ACCEPT THE HONOR. HE WILL NOT REST...THAT IS CERTAINLY OBVIOUS............UNTIL HEALTHCARE BECOMES A SUBJECT OF 'RIGHT' NOT PRIVILEGE. HE WILL NOT REST UNTIL EVERY LAST MAN AND WOMAN IN AMERICA HAS A JOB IF THEY NEED ONE! HE WILL NOT REST UNTIL WE OBTAIN HEALTHCARE COVERAGE FOR ALL OF THOSE IN DIRE NEED. HE WILL NOT REST NOR WILL HE CONSIDER HIS JOB FINISHED UNTIL....WE ALL LOOK AT EACH OTHER AS HUMAN BEINGS AND UNITE IN A RAINBOW OF COMPASSION THAT FULFILLS THE PURPOSE OF HEALING AND GIVING IN THIS COUNTRY!

ACTUALLY, THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH 'MEDAL' TO STRAP ON THIS PRESIDENT'S CHEST! THE RESULTS OF HIS WORK IS 'PRICELESS.' MR. 'FIRE IN THE SHOES' HAS BROUGHT US ALL A CONSISTENT 'RAINBOW' THAT WILL CONTINUE TO DANCE AS LONG AS HE IS IN THE OVAL OFFICE. THEN HE WILL 'LIGHT UP' THE HISTORY BOOKS WITH HIS 'FAITH AND HOPE' RECORDED FOR ALL FUTURE GENERATIONS AND BETTER TOMORROWS!.......GOD BLESS YOU MR. PRESIDENT!..:) HE'S MINE....YOU FOLKS GET YOUR OWN!

WHAT A DIFFERENCE...........AN 'O' MAKES...I'LL PASS ON THE OK CORRAL SYNDROME!!!!!!'

SUE DUVALL SMITH from IndianaV.O.B. — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:37:42 EDT

ALREADY OUR CABLE DIVETTES ARE TRYING TO MAKE PRESIDENT OBAMA'S TOWN HALL IN PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE YESTERDAY............A STAGED EVENT. THIS COULDN'T BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH. ANYONE WHO WITNESSED THIS TOWN HALL KNOWS THAT THE PRESIDENT SEARCHED FOR DISAGREEMENT. HE WAS MORE THAN WILLING TO CONFRONT AND MEET WITH ANY AND ALL CHALLENGES TO HIS HEALTHCARE REFORM PROPOSALS. OBVIOUSLY, PRESIDENT OBAMA HOLDS A RATHER HIGH AND UNDISPUTABLE POPULARITY RATING! THIS AUDIENCE ALSO JOINED IN UNISON TO CHANT 'YES WE CAN!' THE MORAL OF THIS STORY IS....YOU ARE NOT GOING TO DROWN OUT THE VOICE OF THIS COMPASSIONATE PRESIDENT. THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING....THE KITCHEN IS OPEN HERE....LET'S PUT A LID ON THE POTS THAT BOIL..........

ONLY AN HONORABLE PRESIDENT FILLED WITH AN EQUAL DOSE OF INTEGRITY WOULD REFER TO THE TOWN HALL CHAOS AS 'VIRGOROUS DEBATE.' IT IS TRUE....OPEN DEBATE IS AS HE DESCRIBES IT.... "HEALTHY." IT IS QUITE APPARENT THAT WE HAVE A PRESIDENT HERE WHO'S PATIENCE LEVEL IS INDEED GRACED WITH AN EXTREME LEVEL OF TOLERANCE. JUST THE MAN WE NEED I SAY DURING THESE 'HIGH NOON' SHOW DOWNS OF HYPOCRISY! I DO TRY TO COPY HIS DEMEANOR...OF COURSE I KEEP A BOTTLE OF MAALOX HIDDEN IN MY PURSE BECAUSE I KNOW I CAN'T MATCH HIS ATTITUDE. YESTERDAY THE PRESIDENT TOSSED A LITTLE PEACEMAKING REMINDER TO THE AUDIENCE AT HAND..."I DO HOPE THAT WE WILL TALK WITH EACH OTHER AND NOT OVER EACH OTHER," HE SAID.

THIS WAS HIS TIME TO TO TELL HIS AUDIENCE NOT TO WASTE TIME..."LET'S DISAGREE OVER THINGS THAT ARE REAL," HE ADDED. THAT COMMENT SURROUNDS ALL SORTS OF FALSE HEALTHCARE INFORMATION BEING UTILIZED TO HEAD OFF OUR DEAR PRESIDENT AT HIS 'PROPOSAL PASS.' HOWEVER, HE'S TOO SMART FOR THIS PERILOUS POSSE!

IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR THE SUBJECT OF 'DEATH PANELS' TO HIT THE HIGH ROAD. HOW ANYONE COULD ACCUSE THIS HONORABLE MAN OF INITIATING A NAZI BOARDING SCHOOL FOR GRANDMA'S ELDER CARE IS BEYOND ME. THEN AGAIN...JUDGING FROM THE DASTARDLY COLLECTION OF OUTDOOR SIGNAGE CARRIED BY THE CONFUSED....NOTHING SHOULD SURPRISE ME! THE LACK OF TOLERANCE OFTEN LEAVES BEHIND SHALLOW SHELLS FOR HUMAN BEINGS WHO PREFER ANXIETY TO UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS REAL AND WHAT IS NOT.

THEN THERE ARE THE REAL TROUBLE MAKERS WHO SHOW UP WEARING GUNS. ALTHOUGH IT IS LEGAL TO CARRY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, A TOWN HALL MEETING LED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS CERTAINLY NOT THE PLACE FOR IT! INDEED THIS CARRIER WAS HOPING FOR SUCCESS BY UTILIZING THE 'INTIMIDATION' FACTOR TO ENCOURAGE AND INCITE DISCONTENT OVER HEALTHCARE REFORM. WELL GUESS WHAT 'PECOS PETE II'....WE KNOW WHO #1 IS....YOU CAN ONLY INTIMIDATE THE 'SECRET SERVICE' SO LONG AND YOURSELF AND YOUR HORSE WILL BE REMOVED TO ANOTHER CORRAL! WHAT A BAD WESTERN THAT WAS!

THE REAL HERO WAS INSIDE THE FENCE WITH 'FIRE IN HIS SHOES' WORKING FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE! ANOTHER ONE WHO PREFERRED WEAPONS WAS ALSO PICKED UP CARRYING A KNIFE AND OTHER INTENTIONS IN HIS VEHICLE. ALL I HAVE TO SAY TO YOU IS 'ADIOS' AND GOOD RIDDENS! YOUR COWBOY FANTASY HAS ENDED WITH A STATION BREAK....TO THE STATION...SO TO SPEAK. DEAR WANNABE COWBOYS....THE GOD LOVING AND BLESSED AMERICANS IN THIS COUNTRY REFUSE TO SHOP AT KROGERS WITH 'PECOS PETE' IN THE CHECK-OUT LANE!

PARDON ME...BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW....JESUS CHRIST DIDN'T PACK A SIX SHOOTER! IF YOU THINK WE THE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO REGRESS BACK TO DODGE CITY AND HIGH NOON SHOWDOWNS...YOU PICKED THE WRONG COUNTRY. NO WONDER 'BOOT HILL' WAS SO FULL....PERHAPS THEY HAVE AN '800#'...IF SO...PLEASE CALL FOR A SCENIC VIEW! RESERVE YOUR SPACE NOW BECAUSE WE ARE NOT GOING TO ALLOW VIOLENCE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS! AS FOR KROGERS...YOU NEED TO MAKE A HUGE DONATION TO THE HEALTHCARE BATTLE BECAUSE I JUST GAVE YOU A FREE PLUG! BY THE WAY...ATTEND AN 'OFA' MEETING!

MAY GOD INDEED BLESS THESE SENATORS WHO HAVE TAKEN THEIR TIME TO FACE ANGRY CROWDS FOR THE SAKE OF PROVIDING HEALTHCARE COVERAGE TO ALL WHO NEED IT IN THIS COUNTRY. SENATORS SPECTER AND MCCASKILL CERTAINLY HAVEN'T SPENT ANY DAYS IN 'TOWN HALL PARADISE'INSTEAD THEY HAVE HAD TO TOLERATE EXTREMELY POOR AUDIENCE BEHAVIOR. THIS IS UNFORTUNATE FOR THE ATTENDEES WHO HAVE REAL ISSUES AND WANT AND NEED THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES.

MANY ARE PLANTED....OTHERS ARE GUESSING...SOME HAVE NO INFORMATION AT ALL. TO SHOW YOU WHERE THIS FITS....THIS MORNING CNN INTERVIEWED KATIE ABRAMS. SHE IS THE 35-YEAR-OLD HOUSEWIFE WHO CHALLENGED SENATOR SPECTER IN LEBANON, PENN. YESTERDAY WITH A CALL TO HONOR THE U.S. CONSTITUTION AND RESTORE OUR COUNTRY. MRS. ABRAMS SAID THIS MORNING THAT SHE DOESN'T KNOW ALOT ABOUT INSURANCE BUT NOONE IS REPRESENTING THE NEEDS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. PARDON ME DEAR LADY WHILE I CONTAIN MYSELF. I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE YOU HAVE BEEN FOR THE PAST 6 MONTHS OF HELL THIS PRESIDENT HAS EXPERIENCED TRYING TO DELIVER 'YOU' A MESSAGE! THERE IS NO FURTHER COMMENT NEEDED HERE....THAT'S FIT FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION!

I ALSO HAVE A 'FAIR WARNING' REMARK FOR SIGN CARRYING PARENTS OUT THERE WHO USE THEIR CHILDREN IN DEMONSTRATIONS. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST DISGUSTING EFFORTS TO EXPLOIT THE MINDS OF CHILDREN THAT I HAVE EVER WITNESSED ON A STREET CORNER. YOU THINK THIS IS PROPER PARENTAL BEHAVIOR. YOU PARENTS ARE IN THE WRONG CLASSROOM. IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE...DON'T SEND YOUR CHILDREN TO DO YOUR 'DIRTY WORK' FOR YOU.

BY THE WAY...THESE ARE UNDERAGE CHILDREN NOT CAPABLE OF CONDENSING YOUR FOUR LETTER WORDS INTO THEIR PRIOR STATUS TO PUBERTY. WE SEE THIS ALL OVER THE WORLD...CHILDREN BEING USED IN PROPAGANDA...ALL YOU NEED TO DO NOW IS STRAP A BOMB ON THEM AND CUT LOOSE ON THE NEXT CORNER. THIS I FIND TO BE APPALLING. I ALSO THINK THERE SHOULD BE A LAW ATTACHED TO THE AGE OF MINORS INVITED TO DEMONSTRATE IN PUBLIC SPECTACLES! HELLO WASHINGTON...HIT THE DRAWING BOARD! I ALSO DO NOT RESPECT ANY PARENTS WHO NEED TO HIDE BEHIND THEIR CHILDREN IN ORDER TO BRING ATTENTION TO A POLITICAL AGENDA!!!!!!

LAST BUT CERTAINLY...NOT LEAST...I AM THE FOREVER OPTIMIST BECAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE SO MANY GOOD PEOPLE OUT THERE FILLED WITH 'HOPE'...GETTING UP IN THE MORNING AND STARTING EACH DAY WITH A SMILE REGARDLESS OF ANY AND ALL OBSTACLES. THESE PEOPLE ARE THE BACKBONE OF THIS COUNTRY AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THAT 'PIECE OF THE ALL AMERICAN ROCK' THAT THIS PRESIDENT IS BUILDING FOR THE FOUNDATION OF THIS COUNTRY.

THESE PEOPLE DON'T CARE WHO IS BROWN OR BLACK OR BIEGE OR HOW MUCH IS IN THEIR POCKETS. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO WILL GATHER TOGETHER IN SUPPORT OF AMERICA'S VALUES. THEY WILL SUPPORT A PRESIDENT WHO COMMANDS A CODE OF ETHICS AND BELIEVES IN HUMANITARIAN EQUALITY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THESE ARE THE SAME PEOPLE WHO WILL PROVIDE THE RESCUE FROM THE TSUNAMIS IN POOR, INTOLERANT NOT SO HUMAN BEHAVIOR. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO WILL EXTEND A HAND REGARDLESS OF THE STORM. AS GOD IS MY WITNESS...THESE ARE THE PEOPLE HE PLACED ON THIS PLANET TO SAVE HUMANITY. WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO....BUT, 'CHANGE' IS ON THE HORIZON.....'YES WE CAN'....GET THERE!

MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS YOU PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AND YOUR AWESOME TEAM.....ALL WILLING TO CARRY THE MESSAGE OF 'UNITY' TO ALL OF US. WE APPRECIATE THEIR SACRIFICE...ALL THE OVERTIME SPENT TO CONSIDER OUR WELFARE AND MOSTLY....THE PERSEVERANCE. WHERE WOULD WE BE WITHOUT THAT 'MORAL COMPASS'????....IT IS APPARENT SOME ARE STILL SITTING ON THE CORRAL FENCE! THAT'S OK MR. PRESIDENT...WE'LL LEAVE THE LIGHT ON FOR YA...YOU DON'T NEED MUCH...YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING!...:)