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Detroit, Michigan needs a face-lift. Detroit Mayoral Candidate Freman Hendrix says he’s the answer to replace incumbent Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Hendrix is the son of an African American Army Veteran, Emmanuel Freman Hendrix and an Austrian born woman, Rudolfine Ernegger.
Hendrix managed a successful mayoral campaign for Dennis Archer in 1994. Hendrix has been one of the most prominent political leaders in the state of Michigan, serving as Archer’s campaign manager in both elections and heading up President Clinton and Vice President Gore’s statewide election campaign in 1996.
The Michigan Chronicle noted, Hendrix is the comeback kid in the tightly contested Detroit Mayoral Race where several high profile candidates are making their case to be the winner in the Feb.24th special election. The two top candidates coming out of the special election will make a run for mayor in the May 5th general election to complete the six-month term of former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.
Hendrix is a two time mayoral candidate in the city of Detroit. In the August 2005 primary election, Hendrix outpolled Kilpatrick by a comfortable margin. He lost to incumbent Kwame Kilpatrick in the November 8, 2005 election.
Nina Calahan-James, Kwame Hardy and Joe Humphrey, Legal Analyst will interview, Detroit Mayoral Candidate, Freman Hendrix on Detroit’s Church and State Talk Radio Show, Saturday February 21, 2009 at 1:00pm eastern standard time. Listen on line at www.am1500wlqv.com
Church & State Talk Radio is a bipartisan empowering, informative and motivating radio production. They aim to educate listeners every Saturday with a better understanding of government, politics and the religious community.
The new radio talk show, were one of the select few media programs invited from Detroit, to have seated tickets for the swearing in ceremony of President Barack Obama on January 20, 2009. Nina Calahan-James reported from Capitol Hill.
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Timothy Geitner was approved as Sec of Treas today.
He was criticized by many.
Just out of curiosity how many of you claim all the stuff you order on the internet and do not claim your use tax that you should? How many of you fudge deductions? The sec of treas did pay his taxes after he was told it was taxable. This he did pay many years back.
Now that we are into tax season... will you state all the items you bought on the internet tax free to your state? Will you list everything you should pay taxes on? Just a reality check. Maybe he did something that he corrected.
A treasury person needs to know the economical dynamics of budgets to hopefully save us money in what the government spends. We need a bright person today on that issue. Personal taxes are another field not his. How many of you are not good at your own taxes but good at whatever you do in your job? That is what you should think about. He is an expert on money management for our country and that is what we should think about for him.
I watched Sunday's Concert on HBO and a thrill of happiness went down my spine. Later a friend remarked to me about not liking some of the music. I was stunned. I told her that she missed the point. The thrill was not in the musicians but in the crowds listening and reacting to it.
There was such a sense of hope and enthusiasm for our future in the music and the speeches and the responses of the crowds at the Lincoln Memorial center. I was so proud to be an American while watching it at home on my TV. I did not want it to end. I wanted it to go on forever. Maybe it will.
I know Obama will make mistakes because he is human and because he has never been a President before just like all of us have done when we first started out on a new job. We all are human and so is he.
The important part is the feeling transmitted about Hope for our Future. Pessimism has never created a good world but Hope has and always will. A nation of Hopeful people will change the world for the better. He HAVE to continue to have Hope and support our NEW President.
The best thing that could happen for me and all citizens is for all members of the House and Senate to read this and unite and really promote Hope for all of us and support for Obama. It is time for us all to work together to create a better tomorrow for our kids and grandkids and stop throwing road blocks against moving forward to a common cause of a great America and World for generations to come.
Having retired from the Health care field as a manager of a physican office for 23 years and an RN I am torn between wanting what is good for the community and what is good for the healthcare field. I guess I have to say what I saw over 25 years of managing medical offices to maybe help you in what the healthcare really needs:. First I truly believe that we need some kind of universal health insurance to cover all. Second, I believe we need a universal fee schedule for both insurance and private pay. A patient who has insurance is guaranteed a payment according to what insurance they have. The insurance company negotiates a fee and the physician office writes off the agreed upon fee. The patient who does not have insurance pays the full fee at doctors offices and hospitals. That is not fair. The patient without insurance gets clobbered with full price fees yet patients who have insurance do not. Nor do their insurance company. Today that can put them into bankrupcy just because they do not have a job that pays for health insurance. This is wrong. The real winner in todays health care funds is insurance companies and drug companies. To compound matters, the Federal government has told the offices that it is illegal to charge a tier system, which means they cannot discount people who do not have medical insurance. That really needs to be addressed. The next thing I would do for the price of health care of patients is to more closely monitor the drug industry. I could not believe the amount of dollars drug companies put out to attempt to gain physican support of their drugs. Meals at lunch were a common occurance in doctor's offices. Fees for Doctors and Nurse Practitioners to promote their products at seminars were another common thing. The prices of drugs are also all over the sprectrum among drugstores for those who have to pay full price. That really needs government intervention. All pharmacies need to post on a common site on the internet their prices charged for both insurance companies and full pay patients. Too many people are unaware of the differences in prices. They might just drive a distance when they see what truly are the prices and drug stores might just reconsider ripping locals off. Another thing I noticed was the huge difference between the fees for Primary Care physicians who spent a lot of time with patients and the fees that specialty doctors charged yet had no on-going human contact with the patient. Something is wrong here. To compound matters, the government set a "standard on paper" that a doctor had to abide with on coding for procedures to get paid. The coding did not take into account the time some good doctors spent just listening to and caring about patients. The doctors who ended up paid well just did their "bullets", spent minimal time and got paid. That is wrong. Good doctors who really care about their patients lost money. Again, something is wrong here when the government insists all patients are contained in a bullet sytem for diseases, etc. To put this in perspective, in today's job losses many patients come in with vague problems stemming from stress and only have a doctor to confide in. A good doctor will listen and try to be helpful but will not get repaid for his time. On the other end, a money hungry doctor will not listen and get the same pay. Yet the patient can only go to the doctor who honors her or his insurance. Think about this!! I am lucky. I am retired. I do not have to worry about a job. I only have to worry about all the money I lost in my 401K and will i have enough to take care of me in the years to come.. I am okay with this as long as Medicare Plus will insure me and I know I can pay my co-pays and drugs. The Youth do not have this that I had in the past. The new norm is for business to not cover their insurance or make the copays, etc so high that they cannot afford it. The worst to ever hit the medical costs was the Health Savings Account. It was a wonderful cost savings for wealthy employers. It was disaster for the employees. I can only surmise that it was put into place for employers to get their own insurance and leave the employee behind. Please look more closely into this. It was a case of the employer gets wealthier and the employee ends up without affordable insurance.
I wanted to post this on the Healthcare site for comments but it was refused because it too long.
I hope the Obama team reads this because I am a grandma who cares about healthcare for the future..
I am fully aware the Bush administration is pro-Israel and so am I at times, yet Israel bombed so many civilians in the Gaza strip.
I also was upset when I read that Bush said he will leave it to Obama. I think it was timed to make sure Bush was still in command because (hopefully) Obama will resort to neutral talks and thus hopefully atempt to create Peace. This would not set with their agenda.
I keep thinking about the Hatfields and McCoys whenever I read about this and I then think "is there any win? No, they love conflict.". This thought of mine might send an avalanche of remarks but this is good.
Keep talking and keep giving thoughts to all of us to think, think, think about the situation.
My son is here visiting from another State and he said that the difference about Republicans and Democrats in Youth is that educated young Democrats tend to think through issues and arrive at a conclusion for them on a personal values and educational basis versus Republicans who are either of the super wealthy or just believe what their parents and community believed to belong. (He noted Rednecks at this point since he lives in north Kentucky but works as a senior editor for a NY publishing company and I will not quote this as mine).
Again I say, think, think, think and voice your opinion so all of us can think about and reason and come to a conclusion on this based on our thinking it through with caution and compassion for all involved.
There is a page on facebook that is called "I am Thankful for this Thanksgiving". I created it.
I hope it will encourage others to give thanks for all they are thankful for. It does not have to be just at Thanksgiving. I think 2009 will be a wonderful time to be thankful when Obama gives us hope for a New Year. With him at the helm I hope that all people will have a better llife and jobs and maybe return our country to what it should be which is Peace and Prosperity for all in the New Year. Hope is a wonderful thing but Belief and Support for a new President in a New Year is even better. The new motto for all regardless of political preference should be belief and Support!!
We all in the new year want Peace and Prosperity for all!! We all need to care about those who have lost jobs and those who have had to fight in a war that never should have been. They NEED our support!!
Please post what you are thankful for. Thankful overcomes negative comments.
Blogs are probably done and not read here anymore but I think this is the appropriate site to post what I want to say.
I read today that Obama will use the Lincoln Bible to be sworn in. I think this is very appropriate. Lincoln freed the slaves and because of this Obama could become President. It is a thank you to a great President who served before him. What an awesome circle of life.
I was born 67 years ago on Lincoln's birthday, Feb 12. Because of this I felt an attachment to him. I am white yet all my life felt the touch of Lincoln concerning black people. To me all people are created equal at birth. It is up to them (and the people who mentor them) what they do post birth regardless of their skin color.
Lincoln made a positive impact on History. Now it is Obama's time. We voted for him and now we have to support him. He is wading into a mess like no other messes in History left behind for a President to wade through and attempt to clear up. No matter who won, the mess would be the same. We must make sure we stop all attacks and refuse to pass bad judgement on someone who has to serve after Bush. All we can hope for is that we plug the holes and move forward and gain respect in the Country and World. From there we can go forward and return our Country to what it should be.
Join me in the hope and support Obama all the way.
During the campaign, we went through Hope and then we won Change. Now let the motto be to Believe and Support!!
I am a retired person and not an auto worker nor a Union person but just a Michigan citizen who cares about her neighbors and their jobs and their children.
Has it ever occured to you that the American people wanted the big SUVs and because of this the American auto industry had no choice but to build what the US wanted? Don't blame the auto industry - blame what the american consumer wanted. They tried to build smaller autos but the consumer did not want them. They wanted their SUVs. Now, with gas prices climbing, the consumers still did not want to part with their SUVs. If you were a company - what would you build - what the public wanted is the answer. Now, all of a sudden, the Bush administration with ties to big oil put the price up up and away and suddenly, people wanted more fuel efficient cars. They cannot be built overnight. Can you really see what happened. Big oil bled us and now the auto industry pays!!.
The auto industry is not a big Repub donor such as is the financial industry which got bailouts without questions. I am angry, very, very angry as a citizen who cares about my neighbors and their loss of jobs. Why, why , why should blue collarworkers get the shaft from southern Senators who want to grease the palms of Japansse auto owners yet throw aside the American workers. I think we should renind them who pays their pay and if they are unhappy please move to Japan and let the auto workers there pay their salary. I personally, would love to go to their states and start a recall against them on the grounds of being anti-american.
I wish you would circulate this among the Senators. I want them to know what a real live voter thinks. A real live voter who cares about jobs for our country. A real live voter who is retired yet cares very, very much about the future of our country for my grandchildren and my neighbors.
I sent this to the RNC. Please have others do the same!
Iam appalled that you denied the Auto industry bailout. I am a retired Michigan citizen with no ties to the Auto industry yet you in one fell swoop decided that big financial was more important than the middle class labor citizens. This is exactly why we voted you out across the nation. Why, why , why do you consider the financial sector is more important than the people who pay the taxes and who really vote. Will you never learn that We the people really do count. We have had it up to eyballs for your outdated idea that only big business, big bucks politcal count. We will see that you never, ever rule out contry again. I personally believe that we the People must take back our government and we showed that in the polls. Please, please stop thinking that big business, big peolple rule. Care about the people who will need jobs, etc. to truly will show that our economy can rebound. You are of the old rule, old ways that no longer work. I willl do all I can to return the country and the constiution to the people. You have in your vote decided that we the middle people no longer exist. Can you live with this and honestly say you really care about people and their jobs? I doubt that you do.
I am not an auto worker employee, but has it ever occured to all of you what would really happen here in Michigan if the Autos go. I am a retired health care worker and know that all jobs are impacted by the auto workers here. The auto workers are real people and neighbors as are the small places that make parts for the auto industry. Even in the medical field - those who lose their jobs lose their health insurance. Those who lose their jobs lose the income to purchase from local stores. Those who lose their jobs do not pay income taxes to our state. Those who lose their jobs cannot afford their mortgages and food for their children. We all need to care about all these things and stop throwing stones at people who lose their jobs and income and ability to feed and house their children. We need to reach out and hope for them and not just pass judgement on their condition. When did some of you lose your compassion? How can you truly say you care about people with awful judgmental anti-union comments?
I would like to say that I wrote this in response to people who are anti-union and I think they should consider what really will happen if the auto industry goes under. The Chinese will overtake the autos and we will then increase their revenue and decrease ours and jobs. Think about this very carefully. Do you care for the USA or do you care more about the foreign auto industry? The choice is yours - do you care more about your neighbors or the people in China?
The banking and Insurance industry got free checks with no question asked yet the auto industry has had to jump through hoops for a loan. Why is this? The answer is that those industries has big bucks ties to current administration. Do you like that your tax dollars go to big lobbyists? That is what is happening while these CEO's from the banking and insurance agencies can continue with their lavish lifestyles while the auto industry CEO's have pledged to take a one dollar salary. Something is very wrong here.
Thank God that we have now elected a President that might just believe in We the People, instead of We the big Donors that we Owe!!
What is Extensive Vetting for Potential Obama Appointees?
Michigan has approved the smoking of marijuana for medical reasons. Can smoking marijuana threatened your hopes of landing a top presidential appointment? An army of lawyers from Michigan is faithfully volunteering on President-Elect Barack Obama’s Transition Team to vet his potential picks.
The assembly of President Elect Barack Obama’s administration is an explicit, exemplary and prodigious investigation. This process is beyond previous prerequisites of a government job. It’s above the acquisition of obtaining your actual precise hair count, yes, numbers of hair strands you may have. Tidous process?
These lawyers are utilizing a new level of scrutiny of any task on his transition team. They are vetting his potential picks with unprecedented scrutiny of their personal, financial and professional backgrounds.
Embarrassing e-mails, text messages, diary entries, my space web pages and Facebook profiles? Gifts worth more than $50, other than those from relatives and long-standing friends? Family members though third generations. Validate it. What did your great grand parents do for a living? Do you have any second cousins with connections to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mack, AIG or any other company receiving a federal bailout?
Obama is conducting the vetting process much the way he managed his campaign: methodically, thoroughly and on a prodigious scale. He did not wait until he won the election to vet his favored picks. Soon after he clinched the Democratic nomination, lawyers quietly prepared dossiers of about 150 contenders for senior positions -- often without the candidates themselves knowing. Obama is discipline to reading and studying with a semblance more towards Lincoln’s political strategies and thought processes and other a select few others.A Senior Obama Transition Adviser stated, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
By Nina Calahan-James Email: Nina@BarackObama4change.us
We have all given so much for the campaign and election. We cannot stop now. We need to keep giving and keep supporting. I wanted to keep this giving up and I went to the Kent County, MI Dems website and I saw that they support the local VA hospital and I saw the list of things they needed for the vets and I thought I can do that. Mike and I decided that instead of filling our stockings at Christmas that we might instead fill a box for the local vets which the Dem site showed a need for.
Many of us Dems do not support the war but we do support the vets. This is different from the Republcans who support war but not the vets. Join me in giving to your local VA hospital who really need us to provide them with the basic things that we take for granted such as soap, razors, TShirts, etc. Please give to them to make their life easier. Give to them in memory of all those who fought for our country for wars that they did not choose and do not use them for a political ploy. Let them know that Democrats really care about them as people. The world cares about children at Christmas. Also care about the vets.
My Mother is Coming with me!
George Jefferson didn’t take his mother or mother in law with him as he and Weezy moved up. Like any good son in law would, President Elect Barack Obama invites Marian Robinson, his mother in law to move on up with the first famiy.
Barack Obama will be the first American president to appoint a First Granny. Cultural Change is coming to the White House. Michelle Obama’s mother has reluctantly agreed to move from Chicago to Washington to take care of her granddaughters as they adjust to their new home at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.Marian Robinson, 71, was an indispensable part of the Obama campaign as babysitter for Malia, ten, and seven-year-old Sasha. Where is Granny? When is she coming? These girls wouldn’t have it any other way! With the busy schedule of father then president and mother then America’s First Lady, where is the comfort of Granny? What was know as the extended family, has now changed to neccesitiy of immediate family, Granny.
The move could signal the first time in living memory that three generations of a family have moved into the White House.But the fiercely independent Mrs Robinson has suggested she could take a flat nearby because she doesn’t want Michelle, 44, has insisted that with 132 rooms, there will be no shortage of space.
She said she ‘begged’ her mother to leave her long-time home in Chicago’s tough South Side.‘The girls are going to need her as part of their sense of stability,’ she told Newsweek magazine.‘And what is true for my mum is that she does anything for us and her grandkids. All they have to do is look at her with sad eyes and she is done for.
’Marian Robinson gets along splendidly with her son-in-law -- so well that Michelle Obama has persuaded her mother, 71, to leave Chicago and move to Washington. The former secretary -- widowed in 1991, retired last year -- was the primary caregiver for Malia and Sasha when their parents were on the campaign trail. Marian will help the family make the transition to a new school, new friends and presidential spotlight. Just like a mom.
Studying the psychology of black families, I say this is an excellent decision made by America’s next first family as a family. Critics may wonder, what type of culture is coming to the white house. It will truly be a testament to the Obama’s core belief of strong family values. It also demonstrates the deep love within the black family. Besides all of that, these children are being uprooted from their home. Granny Marian will do more for them than any pet coming to the white house. Surely it’s not meant to be offensive to the expertise of any secret service assigned to the girls. Marian will provide a solid link in the transition and serve as the chief of acclimation for the entire family. I’m curious if Marian might even teach the cooks a few things about soul food or give them a day off here and there.
Carla Sferrazza Anthony, historian of the National First Ladies Library in Ohio stated, “ Yes, it’s a very wise decsion. It will provide continuity and intimacy to these two girls and for her daughter, the first lady, Michelle Obama.
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Writer Contributions from David Gardner.
Thank you , thank you for giving and supporting all Obama people.
I will support you should you run after Obama.
Love, Grandma Pat
