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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Intuitive Blogger: I have some great friends in California who I play music with in the bar each week. For some reason they are against what has been achieved these past four years. My friends have had no health insurance from the past and do not have plans to change this until they need to. They continue to live paycheck to paycheck and on freelance budgets, without a steady income. They eat fast food and continue to pay rent to landlords who don't bother fixing their houses properly. They have no savings for their futures but they keep slamming the government. They have everything to lose. I just don't understand it at all. At some point, this 'moving forward' will actually help them. </span></div>
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If you read my entire blog which started back in very worrying times of 2007, you will see why I am
terrified of the country rolling back 50 to a hundred years with Romney,
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These are critical times we re living in and this is the last chance we
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intuitivebloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00790794354952128486noreply@blogger.com80tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696762320610850125.post-70245599033528393632012-11-01T11:47:00.003-07:002012-11-01T11:52:19.366-07:00Avoid another catastrophe for the next four years please<br />
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OMG Romney had a phony food drive yesterday (look it up on line http://www.apostolicfriendsforum.com/showthread.php?t=41290) to help and he says he is a "candidate for change" well, he changes his opinions every day and makes up stories that are false. What a flip flopper I see who will say anything. He is outspending on his campaign trail, this is not right and adds new propaganda messages to try toswing voters. This makes me feel ill, I just hope Americans do not get stiffed again. Get out and vote Obama/Biden please and avoid another catastrophe please!!!!!<br />
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<br />intuitivebloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00790794354952128486noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696762320610850125.post-57947210418128797732012-10-29T01:46:00.001-07:002012-10-29T01:51:03.904-07:00A MUST READ!!!!!<br />
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Please send comments. This election is critical and I do not want to see Americans get ripped off again.<br />
If Obama does not finish what he started and if Romney gets to undo all the work that has been achieved, I seriously believe (just as I predicted the financial met down) that the USA will be in serious trouble for decades to come. The rest of the world are educating themselves and looking forward. Many countries have healthcare so they don'y have to worry like us when they get sick no matter what they get. WE JUST HAVE to keep up with our president for his second term, else I think we clould very well be doomed. PLEASE HELP SPREAD THE WORD we have to support all the hard work our president and all his staff have accomplished so far. We are no longer spending 2 billion in two months to fund an endless war. Please VOTE EARLY as once the results are in, we do not want to regret the next 50 or more years that we had the best president who did not finish a job he was so capable of finishing. He is not radical. He may seem so while he was fixing a terrible mess with wars and financial ruin, but he is looking out for Americans, I truly believe it, not just for now but also the future, both very near and further ahead too. Please if you can SUPPORT our president and read this article: <br />
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I have hope! Please don't be charmed by the other guy at this point in time. Things in 2012 are improving with the housing market and jobs are expanding each month, including jobs in Ohio with 1100 new jobs recently announced with Jeep who are EXPANDING!!!! .. yes expanding and not shrinking! GOT IT ?<br />
Yes, OBAMA wants us to be strong and he knows the middle class can make this country RISE!!!<br />
Please read and keep safe in the storms and vote ASAP, that is all I can do to help you! Spread the word if you can! <br />
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Take care in the storms and vote from your heart even if you feel that yo have had to be so patient for things to improve. I sincerely believe they will with Barack and Joe, I really do!<br />
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<br />intuitivebloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00790794354952128486noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696762320610850125.post-62503580235621130712012-10-17T15:45:00.003-07:002012-10-25T08:04:49.326-07:00Romney Tax Plan<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have not blogged in a while and will start again soon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For now, I finally found Romney's tax plan. </span><br />
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<br />intuitivebloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00790794354952128486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696762320610850125.post-38660925622325141362011-03-19T22:52:00.000-07:002011-03-19T22:53:10.548-07:00Nuclear concerns following JapanIf you have a moment, I recommend watching what this guy Ralph has to say about serious concerns for nuclear and what we should really be advocating in future.<br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2ASSOu_dYSU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>intuitivebloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00790794354952128486noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696762320610850125.post-81920968903980029942011-03-19T22:37:00.000-07:002011-03-19T22:52:12.754-07:00JapanIt is terribly sad and shocking what just happened in Japan. Everyone can help financially (no matter how small a contribution) and should go on line now to the Japan red cross or Save the Children and donate something. Make sure you type in these organization official site names in the top your browser so donations go to the right places.intuitivebloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00790794354952128486noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696762320610850125.post-35041085444576333912010-06-15T13:02:00.000-07:002010-06-16T09:46:42.921-07:00Wow<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Rlz8PieK2aqaQRTS8FDYMBeoj3a6Xl971UARzHyhi3pEtRdzEA4zwP5ATJnPUkxLSSPI9xDzuBQxE8NcQxdG6ZME9LQ5qGfHqN0N64f0cJq8jevj0jXpGpsBxXN_-8_Ms2qDvJ2s0QAb/s1600/Exxon-Valdez-in-oil-spill-map.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 220px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Rlz8PieK2aqaQRTS8FDYMBeoj3a6Xl971UARzHyhi3pEtRdzEA4zwP5ATJnPUkxLSSPI9xDzuBQxE8NcQxdG6ZME9LQ5qGfHqN0N64f0cJq8jevj0jXpGpsBxXN_-8_Ms2qDvJ2s0QAb/s400/Exxon-Valdez-in-oil-spill-map.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483406937376952898" border="0" /></a><br />Interesting history on oil spill.<br /><br />The scales of justice were favorable for the Exxon spill in 1989.<br />The supreme court "vacated the fine" .Exxon only had to pay one 10th of the sum for "punitive damages" many many years later.<br /><br /><blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;">After the </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/e/exxon_valdez_oil_spill_1989/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="More articles about the Exxon Valdez oil spill." class="meta-classifier">Exxon Valdez</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> spill, </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/exxon_mobil_corporation/index.html?inline=nyt-org" title="More information about Exxon Mobil Corporation" class="meta-org">Exxon</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> fought a $5 billion fine for punitive damages for two decades. It won. The fine was cut down to $4 billion, then to $2.5 billion. The case eventually made it to the </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/s/supreme_court/index.html?inline=nyt-org" title="More articles about the U.S. Supreme Court." class="meta-org">Supreme Court</a><span style="font-style: italic;">, which found that Exxon’s actions were “worse than negligent but less than malicious,” and vacated the fine. The judgment limited punitive damages to the compensatory damages, which were calculated as $507.5 million.</span><br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/08/business/08sorkin.html?bl</blockquote><br /><br /><br /><br />Here is a reminder of how much of this deadly stuff gets into the ocean<br /><blockquote style="font-style: italic;"><img style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out;" alt="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwyYWmqfT43_1G_2OientVjpn2IeKbDoGh8EmtbzqFK9M0tu62wNfKMD1tn5KpFNKlWgyjlub_C2K4ojuwPdKyZSbciR-D5aXtRB7lRBH6cz6tg9PfCcSInfblI5r5QNMnryFO5PWVDXX-/s1600/Global-oil-spills-0322.gif" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwyYWmqfT43_1G_2OientVjpn2IeKbDoGh8EmtbzqFK9M0tu62wNfKMD1tn5KpFNKlWgyjlub_C2K4ojuwPdKyZSbciR-D5aXtRB7lRBH6cz6tg9PfCcSInfblI5r5QNMnryFO5PWVDXX-/s1600/Global-oil-spills-0322.gif" /><br /></blockquote><br />Most of the spills are from the middle east and Nigeria (this is where most of the oil comes from) but with oil running low, wells are being drilled in deeper oceans. Oil extraction is destined to become more expensive and the BP spill may show to be the pinnacle of when the world realizes we must stop using oil<br /><br /><br />--intuitivebloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00790794354952128486noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696762320610850125.post-22731871721575131232010-05-27T12:08:00.000-07:002010-05-27T12:49:43.236-07:00What BP does not want you to seeBefore anyone mentions clean up, think again.... these CHEMICAL DISPERSANTS could be the worsted thing ever to try and break down an oil spill!<br /><br /><b style="font-style: italic;"></b><blockquote><b style="font-style: italic;">Renowned Marine Biologist Carl Safina on the BP Oil Spill’s Ecological Impact on the Gulf Coast and Worldwide<br /><br /></b><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2010/5/27/expert_ecological_impact_of_spill_could">http://www.democracynow.org/2010/5/27/expert_ecological_impact_of_spill_could</a></span><b style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />CARL SAFINA: </b><span style="font-style: italic;">Well, the dispersant is a toxic pollutant that has been applied in the volume of millions of gallons and I think has greatly exacerbated the situation. I think the whole idea of using a dispersant is wrong, and I think it’s part of the whole pattern of BP trying to cover up and hide the body. They don’t want us to see how much oil, so they’ve taken this oil that was concentrated at the surface and dissolved it. But when you dissolve it, it’s still there, and it actually gets more toxic, because instead of being in big blobs, it’s now dissolved and can get across the gills, get into the mouths of animals. The water below the floating oil was water. Now it’s this toxic soup. So I think that in this whole pattern of BP trying to not let people know what’s going on, the idea of disperse the oil is a way of just hiding the body. But it actually makes the oil more toxic, and it adds this incredible amount of toxic pollutant in the dispersant itself.</span></blockquote><br /><br /><object width="960" height="745"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7lBQkNgY3bY&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7lBQkNgY3bY&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="960" height="745"></embed></object>intuitivebloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00790794354952128486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696762320610850125.post-53157676290312703092010-05-25T21:53:00.000-07:002010-05-25T21:58:02.060-07:00How big is the oil spill?Really, how big is the spill?<br /><br />It's hard to get a sense of the true size when it's over the ocean floor. Use the links below to see how large the spill is, as of May 21.<br /><br />Break out of frame:<br /><a href="http://paulrademacher.com/oilspill/">http://paulrademacher.com/oilspill/</a><br /><br /><small><small><iframe style="border: 0px none; width: 842px; height: 900px;" src="http://paulrademacher.com/oilspill/#san+francisco" scrolling="no"></iframe></small></small>intuitivebloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00790794354952128486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696762320610850125.post-8802861494128768552010-05-23T09:01:00.000-07:002010-05-23T14:15:09.864-07:00What is going on with this oil field in the gulf?This is just my comment on oil (my 0.2 cents)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL3VwS3pnU0Ys1O4pJhhm7-O_pgSTxZ2r12X7SjyDEDZLs_5K_VxYE3tUPfRPtE5cDs4pf89ccfzFuo_SiEIrlttV8mdhaYSFU2jeNKXGjekLjYu0KE3VMLaZGjmadBBsFNPeT0R5zc733/s1600/uk.reuters.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 349px; height: 257px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL3VwS3pnU0Ys1O4pJhhm7-O_pgSTxZ2r12X7SjyDEDZLs_5K_VxYE3tUPfRPtE5cDs4pf89ccfzFuo_SiEIrlttV8mdhaYSFU2jeNKXGjekLjYu0KE3VMLaZGjmadBBsFNPeT0R5zc733/s400/uk.reuters.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474501714859596418" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span>So who are we upset with ?<br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">I have so far refrained from comment or criticism over the oil spill in the Gulf. I know huge companies involved have this responsibility to do everything they can to fix this disaster of monstrous proportions. As a result BP are quickly facing fierce criticism from oil <span>consumers </span>around the world - how ironic is that? </span>- from the very consumers who moan when gas prices are high!<br /><br /><br /><br />But today I felt the urge to comment about this after I came across this report in Business Week:<br /><blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >"</span><span style="font-style: italic;">If the top kill method fails to halt the spill, BP has “a series of activities that we will do to kill the well for good,” </span>BP Managing Director Robert Dudley said today in an interview broadcast on CNN.<br /><br />The <span style="font-style: italic;">“best minds”</span> available are focused on the oil flow which, he said, <span style="font-style: italic;">“is catastrophic”</span> for the Gulf region and the company.<span style="font-size:78%;">"<br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >Source: </span><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-05-23/epa-chief-goes-to-louisiana-as-bp-battles-oil-spill-update1-.html">http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-05-23/epa-chief-goes-to-louisiana-as-bp-battles-oil-spill-update1-.html</a></span></blockquote><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">WHAT?????????</span><br /><br />Did I understand they are taking approaches to keep the well alive at the cost of destroying the gulf? I think if we join the dots here my intuition says they have been doing everything possible to keep this damaged well functioning at a deadly cost. This dates back to one of my earlier posts when gulf oil was discovered in the Gulf. <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a44RUTBIl_3Q">BP Makes Giant Discovery in the Gulf of Mexico </a><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a44RUTBIl_3Q">(http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a44RUTBIl_3Q)</a>. I was talking about the question of reaching peak oil discovery and how this well was being factored into the calculation on numbers to keep the oil discovery production trajectory a-float for a while longer (before declines start to really show). I believe if this well is lost, it will add to the decline in future years sooner, even if we do have extra time due to a recession reducing demand for now.<br /><br />I think this oil spill represents a <span style="font-weight: bold;">big moment for humanity</span>. I think we have finally reached peak oil production and this graphic mess [an oil leak] has clearly shown to the world what it is what we depend on. If we get angry there is only so far we can get angry, as we are all dependent on this oil. While we are reducing global oil demand significantly due to a bad economy caused by a tainted finance industry, the price of oil remains low. This has positive impact to the consumer but it also reduces funds for oil companies to discover more oil fields to put them into production.<br /><br />Europe is in turmoil and this is not going to increase oil demand any time soon. It is a question of time before this convenient problem goes away....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="http://www.energyinsights.net/cgi-script/csArticles/uploads/2596/Supply%20Demand.gif" src="http://www.energyinsights.net/cgi-script/csArticles/uploads/2596/Supply%20Demand.gif" /><br /></div><br />If the numbers are correct (on how much oil is being spilled into the gulf) then this is how much oil has gone into the ocean to date:<br /><br /><center><iframe src="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/oil-ticker/" style="" marginheight="5" marginwidth="5" width="310px" frameborder="0" height="300" scrolling="no"></iframe></center><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">BP says 5,000 per day</span> (enough to power North America for a few minutes)<br /><br />That would equal to 16 million gallons (388 thousand barrels) of oil since the well started gushing out. That amount is enough to power North America for a few minutes and by June that would equal the entire load of the Exon Valdes spill in Alsaka (enough to power North America for 1/2 half an hour).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE9x3Gog9Wra0_CtIM5prcKyKuduGAt2t9GZjEUP0SRWMUXG1qGoCT4i1ELfL0lPEsWt0maVHcHcGRc-rHm-A8uroFFAcAPtipxdiv8gNmiQr8-2sAqXgXOB-_ZwFMXdMcfqlNYIoODJcQ/s1600/exxon_valdez_02.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 289px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE9x3Gog9Wra0_CtIM5prcKyKuduGAt2t9GZjEUP0SRWMUXG1qGoCT4i1ELfL0lPEsWt0maVHcHcGRc-rHm-A8uroFFAcAPtipxdiv8gNmiQr8-2sAqXgXOB-_ZwFMXdMcfqlNYIoODJcQ/s400/exxon_valdez_02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474510801101088226" border="0" /></a><br />I don't have much to conclude except to say the voice of environmentalists about are a reality. This reality has started to show up (literaly) on our door steps (fish markets, holiday vacation spots) and everything we do will require oil BP are currently trying to rescue at the cost of millions of people's livelihoods. This is wrong and I have reason to believe there is a lot of political assessment going on behind the scenes (this whole picture including peak oil) and it is going to require rocket science of epic proportions making NASA look like hobbyists . The damage we see today is a sign of the times we live and speaks volumes on behalf of the environmentalists who have been warning about this for a very very long time!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt20YXg1cT_V6NLgs0KnS27o4HvBoHq-9dAzJ4_GnnHkIv33TYVuEF6AypI9E0sqT6uNhr7qvyqUUGXMHicLWjPhhWWKEbOyeKJrXJaC-APqaGl76ZLGaAQODgrXqaBehLeeIHu-M231kN/s1600/100523_oil_pelican.rp420x400.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 196px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt20YXg1cT_V6NLgs0KnS27o4HvBoHq-9dAzJ4_GnnHkIv33TYVuEF6AypI9E0sqT6uNhr7qvyqUUGXMHicLWjPhhWWKEbOyeKJrXJaC-APqaGl76ZLGaAQODgrXqaBehLeeIHu-M231kN/s400/100523_oil_pelican.rp420x400.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474576914687677234" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />Sorry to bring itup. This is just my opinion and I believe we are in good hands with the current government in the US but I hope the disaster rings sense into most people for once and for all or else we really are going to find ourselves in trouble.intuitivebloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00790794354952128486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696762320610850125.post-26211465949307378282010-05-18T10:52:00.000-07:002010-05-18T10:53:09.021-07:00oil<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BvJLyPdwacA&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BvJLyPdwacA&hl=en_US&fs=1&#t=16s" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>intuitivebloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00790794354952128486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696762320610850125.post-24696921315412626312010-05-09T11:16:00.000-07:002010-05-09T11:27:44.694-07:00UpdateThe US seems to have got something right with this massive health care bill. <br /><br /><object width="480" height="300"><param name="movie" value="http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/all/modules/swftools/shared/flash_media_player/player5x1.swf"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="bgcolor" value="282828"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="flashvars" value="config=http://www.whitehouse.gov/xml/video/11938/config.xml&path_to_plugins=http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/modules/wh_multimedia/wh_jwplayer/plugins&path_to_player=http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/all/modules/swftools/shared/flash_media_player/player5x1.swf"><embed src="http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/all/modules/swftools/shared/flash_media_player/player5x1.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="config=http://www.whitehouse.gov/xml/video/11938/config.xml&path_to_plugins=http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/modules/wh_multimedia/wh_jwplayer/plugins&path_to_player=http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/all/modules/swftools/shared/flash_media_player/player5x1.swf" width="480" height="300"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />With an Oil leak reaching Alabama beaches, people around the world seeing these images may start to see clean energy as a top priory too.<br /><br />Unfortunately for now, England is too busy thinking about who is ruling the country after general election results were too close to call leading to a hung parliament. It may come to the Queen to decide what is next!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br /><br /><ul><li><a href="http://ukelection.blogs.cnn.com/">http://ukelection.blogs.cnn.com</a></li></ul>There is also the dept crisis with Greece heading for a repeat of 2008?intuitivebloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00790794354952128486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696762320610850125.post-69794269628026317032010-03-26T17:38:00.000-07:002010-03-26T17:43:46.967-07:00Change is in the air<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJQcl_nZ7mxVr1iV_vrRIkgxvbWIVfPoU25ZCnE5neorw9jSJSGuNuV_SSRvETQGVqkvcVVlpPdNK9QsvT86uejWoGY7ReOeRwIdCOgubRte3a0uAgOIbsPgAdP5Yjqlhkc4CNFqk4ksKe/s1600/peace.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 130px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJQcl_nZ7mxVr1iV_vrRIkgxvbWIVfPoU25ZCnE5neorw9jSJSGuNuV_SSRvETQGVqkvcVVlpPdNK9QsvT86uejWoGY7ReOeRwIdCOgubRte3a0uAgOIbsPgAdP5Yjqlhkc4CNFqk4ksKe/s400/peace.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453107772551721634" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:100%;">I say ... not bad for a years work!</span><div class="mxb"><h1></h1></div><blockquote><div class="mxb"><h1> US and Russia announce deal to cut nuclear weapons </h1> </div> <!-- S BO --> <!-- Inline Embbeded Media --> <!-- This is the embedded player component --> <div class="videoInStoryC"> <div id="emp_8589632" class="emp"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://cdnedge.bbc.co.uk/player/emp/2.18.13034_14207/9player.swf?revision=11798" id="embeddedPlayer_8589632" flashvars="embedReferer=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F&embedPageUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F2%2Fhi%2Feurope%2F8589385.stm&config_settings_language=default&companionSize=300x60&companionType=adi&preroll=http%3A%2F%2Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fpfadx%2Fbbccom.live.site.news%2Fnews_europe_content%3Bsectn%3Dnews%3Bctype%3Dcontent%3Bnews%3Deurope%3Badsense_middle%3Dadsense_middle%3Badsense_mpu%3Dadsense_mpu%3Breferrer%3D%3Breferrer_domain%3Dnews.bbc.co.uk%3Brsi%3DJ08781_10062%3Brsi%3DJ08781_10139%3Brsi%3DJ08781_10167%3Bslug%3Dclinton%3Bheadline%3Dusandrussiaagreenucleardeal%3Bslot%3Dcompanion%3Bsz%3D512x288%3Btile%3D6&config=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2Fplayer%2Femp%2Fconfig%2Fdefault.xml%3F2.18.13034_14207_20100317162935&domId=emp_8589632&playlist=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2Fmedia%2Femp%2F8580000%2F8589600%2F8589632.xml&holding=http%3A%2F%2Fnewsimg.bbc.co.uk%2Fmedia%2Fimages%2F47542000%2Fjpg%2F_47542481_jex_644288_de27-1.jpg&config_settings_autoPlay=false&config_settings_showPopoutButton=false&autoPlay=false&config_plugin_fmtjLiveStats_pageType=eav2&config_plugin_fmtjLiveStats_edition=International&fmtjDocURI=%2F2%2Fhi%2Feurope%2F8589385.stm&config_settings_suppressItemKind=advert%2C%20ident&config_settings_showUpdatedInFooter=true" quality="high" wmode="default" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="179" width="256"></embed></div> <!-- caption --><p class="caption">Obama: 'Nuclear weapons represent... the darkest days of the Cold War'</p><!-- END - caption --> </div> <!-- end of the embedded player component --> <!-- END of Inline Embedded Media --> <!-- S SF --><p class="first"><b>US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev have agreed a new nuclear arms reduction treaty after months of negotiations.</b></p><p class="first"><br /></p><p class="first"><br /></p></blockquote><p class="first"><b><br /></b></p>intuitivebloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00790794354952128486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696762320610850125.post-18547267370133824272010-03-25T10:25:00.001-07:002010-03-25T10:31:52.777-07:00Yes he did!<img alt="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhegVWBc0HPrf4brDFDBmJEAwoo_m6X4bzocvpDgZB9dD6vj3wpo8Fmsey8zeT4-lrYGuCTTdDEj528uOYg2f3pDlLYKcFHEcnRnMRYdKGAzAKd5TZlpGcF2y8Lw6QNmSh5LD99lPgSyqas/s1600/victory-wrapper-header-split.jpg" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhegVWBc0HPrf4brDFDBmJEAwoo_m6X4bzocvpDgZB9dD6vj3wpo8Fmsey8zeT4-lrYGuCTTdDEj528uOYg2f3pDlLYKcFHEcnRnMRYdKGAzAKd5TZlpGcF2y8Lw6QNmSh5LD99lPgSyqas/s1600/victory-wrapper-header-split.jpg" /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Sm3BB3i1Ottg53v65Ut89wnHxB-0Z2kayJ6phvjsicrBSJJfVXhACVjCqsOijCMTc76h7np6tnl2IQJu-Ej9yaCfRVsU_xRGt3ArMLnYQCxuKlBiZfH6R9WyjzqkXy3Iu_-InJUcjsAT/s1600/yeshedid.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Sm3BB3i1Ottg53v65Ut89wnHxB-0Z2kayJ6phvjsicrBSJJfVXhACVjCqsOijCMTc76h7np6tnl2IQJu-Ej9yaCfRVsU_xRGt3ArMLnYQCxuKlBiZfH6R9WyjzqkXy3Iu_-InJUcjsAT/s400/yeshedid.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452624152131278290" border="0" /></a><br /><h3 style="line-height: 100%;">Be Part of History</h3> <p>On Tuesday, President Obama signed comprehensive health care reform into law. Supporters now have a chance to add our names as "Co-signers" of this historic legislation -- adding our names next to President Obama's to show our pride in helping bring about this great achievement.</p> <p>Organizing for America will establish a permanent archive with all the signatures, so that generations to come will have a record of those who stood together in this moment and won this fight for our future.</p><p>SIGN IT TODAY: <a href="http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/hccosign?source=www_feature">http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/hccosign?source=www_feature</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>intuitivebloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00790794354952128486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696762320610850125.post-81709499964503057282010-03-23T11:02:00.000-07:002010-03-23T11:26:27.051-07:00This took over 45 years<ul><li><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/health/policy/24health.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/health/policy/24health.html</a></li></ul>
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<br />After 45 years of failed attempts, a healthcare bill is signed which will save the lives of many people long after the president has left office. This is big. America has moved out of the dark ages where if you got sick, you could have been left in the gutter even with health insurance.
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Half describe their reaction in positive terms, as "enthusiastic" or "pleased," while about four in 10 describe it in negative ways, as "disappointed" or "angry."</p> <p class="inside-copy">The largest single group, 48%, calls the bill "a good first step" that should be followed by more action on health care. An additional 4% also have a favorable view, saying the bill makes the most important changes needed in the nation's health care system.</p>
<br />From CNN this is what Americans will get from the Bill:
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<br /></b></p><p><b>Within the first year</b></p> <p>• Young adults will be able stay on their parents' insurance until their 27th birthday.</p> <p>• Seniors will get a $250 rebate to help fill the "doughnut hole" in Medicare prescription drug coverage, which falls between the $2,700 initial limit and when catastrophic coverage kicks in at $6,154.</p> <p>• Insurers will be barred from imposing exclusions on children with pre-existing conditions. Pools will cover those with pre-existing health conditions until health care coverage exchanges are operational.</p> <p>• Insurers will not be able to rescind policies to avoid paying medical bills when a person becomes ill.</p> <p>• Lifetime limits on benefits and restrictive annual limits will be prohibited. </p> <p>• New plans must provide coverage for preventive services without co-pays. All plans must comply by 2018.</p> <p>• A temporary reinsurance program will help offset costs of coverage for companies that provide early retiree health benefits for those ages 55 to 64.</p> <p>• New plans will be required to implement an appeals process for coverage determinations and claims.</p> <p>• Adoption tax credit and assistance exclusion will increase by $1,000. The bill makes the credit refundable and extends it through 2011.</p> <p>• A 10 percent tax will be imposed on amounts paid for indoor tanning services on or after July 1. </p> <p>• Businesses with fewer than 50 employees will get tax credits covering 35 percent of their health care premiums, increasing to 50 percent by 2014. </p> <p><b>2011</b></p> <p>• Medicare will provide free annual wellness visits and personalized prevention plans. New plans will be required to cover preventive services with no co-pay. </p> <p>• States can offer home- and community-based services to the disabled through Medicaid rather than institutional care beginning October 1. </p> <p>• A 50 percent discount will be provided on brand-name drugs for Prescription Drug Plan or Medicare Advantage enrollees. Additional discounts on brand-name and generic drugs will be phased in to completely close the "doughnut hole" by 2020. </p> <p>• Additional tax for health savings account withdrawals before age 65 for nonqualified medical expenses will increase from 10 percent to 20 percent. Additional tax for Archer medical savings account withdrawals not used for qualified medical expenses will increase from 15 percent to 20 percent. </p> <p>• A plan to provide a vehicle for small businesses to offer tax-free benefits will be created. This would ease the small employer's administrative burden of sponsoring a cafeteria plan. </p> <p>• The Medicare payroll tax will increase from 1.45 percent to 2.35 percent for individuals earning more than $200,000 and married filing jointly above $250,000.</p> <p><b>2013</b></p> <p>• Health plans must implement uniform standards for electronic exchange of health information to reduce paperwork and administrative costs. </p> <p>• Contributions to flexible savings accounts will be limited to $2,500 per year, indexed by the Consumer Price Index in subsequent years. </p> <p>• The Employer Medicare Part D subsidy deduction will be eliminated. Employers will lose the tax deduction for subsidizing prescription drug plans for Medicare Part D-eligible retirees. </p> <p>• There will be increases to the income threshold from 7.5 percent to 10 percent of adjusted gross income. Those older than 65 can claim the 7.5 percent deduction through 2016.</p> <p>• The hospital insurance tax will increase 0.9 percentage points for those earning more than $200,000 ($250,000 for married filing jointly), and it includes net investment income. </p> <p>• A 2.9 percent excise tax on the first sale of medical devices will be established. Excepted are eyeglasses, contact lenses, hearing aids or other items for individual use.</p> <p><b>2014</b> </p> <p>• Citizens will be required to have acceptable coverage or pay a penalty of $95 in 2014, $325 in 2015, $695 (or up to 2.5 percent of income) in 2016. Families will pay half the amount for children, up to a cap of $2,250 per family. After 2016, penalties are indexed to Consumer Price Index.</p> <p>• Workers who are exempt from individual responsibility for coverage but don't qualify for tax credits can take their employer contribution and join an exchange plan. </p> <p>• Companies with 50 or more employees must offer coverage to employees or pay a $2,000 penalty per employee after their first 30 if at least one of their employees receives a tax credit. Waiting periods before insurance takes effect is limited to 90 days. Employers who offer coverage but whose employees receive tax credits will pay $3,000 for each worker receiving a tax credit.</p> <p>• Insurers can no longer refuse to sell or renew policies because of an individual's health status. Health plans can no longer exclude coverage for pre-existing conditions. Insurers can't charge higher rates because of heath status, gender or other factors. </p> <p>• Health plans will be prohibited from imposing annual limits on coverage. </p> <p>• Health insurance exchanges will open in each state to individuals and small employers to comparison shop for standardized health packages. </p> <p>• Credits will be available through exchanges for those whose income is above Medicaid eligibility and below 400 percent of poverty level who are not eligible for or offered other acceptable coverage.</p> <p>• Medicaid eligibility will increase to 133 percent of poverty for all nonelderly individuals to ensure that people obtain affordable health care in the most efficient and appropriate manner. States will receive increased federal funding to cover these new populations. </p> <p>• An annual health insurance provider fee will be Imposed across the health insurance sector according to insurers' market share to companies whose total premiums exceed $25 million.</p> <p><b>2018</b> </p> <p class="cnnInline">• 2018 Taxing "Cadillac" plans: An excise tax will be imposed on high-cost, employer-provided health plans beyond $27,500 for family coverage and $10,200 for single coverage; it will increase to $30,950 for families and $11,850 for individuals, retirees and employees in high-risk professions.</p>
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<br />intuitivebloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00790794354952128486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696762320610850125.post-74168349583978141142010-03-22T11:34:00.000-07:002010-03-22T11:36:13.468-07:00AT last - a fairer health system in AmericaANJALI KAMAT: In a historic vote, the House has approved an overhaul of the nation’s healthcare system that expands coverage to more than 30 million uninsured Americans while forcing millions to purchase private health insurance. The House voted 219 to 212 along party lines. Thirty-four Democrats joined Republicans in voting against the bill.<br /><br />After approving the legislation, the House adopted a package of changes to it by a vote of 220 to 211. That package now goes to the Senate for action as soon as this week. It then goes to President Obama, who would sign it into law in the final step of a bitter legislative battle that began over a year ago.<br /><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.democracynow.org/embed_show_v1/300/2010/3/22/segment/1"></script>intuitivebloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00790794354952128486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696762320610850125.post-88999872149241096462010-03-11T18:34:00.000-08:002010-03-11T18:35:44.213-08:00A public option is criticalA public option is critical<br /><br /><object width="640" height="505"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Wy2Y5Uevisk&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Wy2Y5Uevisk&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="505"></embed></object>intuitivebloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00790794354952128486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696762320610850125.post-47665587577287445932009-11-08T08:55:00.000-08:002009-11-08T08:59:46.146-08:00Victory for President Barack Obama<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4lJWtJ7xMbSTf8N9DOumyTRaUbr4Y1D5Kt8CkYC9ab-X4-dY1F6UoynB8FHce1DAkfcYvjsdsBC_-6RUujvZBe1PWeu6-FGFDvukegUtwD1sUJicEx9xKOgAkbZWz0zxNs-TyBPiOn6eS/s1600-h/obama.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 275px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4lJWtJ7xMbSTf8N9DOumyTRaUbr4Y1D5Kt8CkYC9ab-X4-dY1F6UoynB8FHce1DAkfcYvjsdsBC_-6RUujvZBe1PWeu6-FGFDvukegUtwD1sUJicEx9xKOgAkbZWz0zxNs-TyBPiOn6eS/s400/obama.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401778406176249026" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: normal;" class="UIStory_Message">This is big news!<br /><br /><br />In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous.</span>http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/nancy-pelosi-democrats-pass-sweeping-health-care-reform/story?id=9027367intuitivebloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00790794354952128486noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696762320610850125.post-8348512744634623432009-10-22T13:21:00.001-07:002009-10-28T15:50:34.156-07:00We have to creat jobs soonMan California has lost lots of jobs...<br />http://tipstrategies.com/archive/geography-of-jobs/intuitivebloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00790794354952128486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696762320610850125.post-23854861288715855192009-10-09T16:54:00.000-07:002009-11-08T22:04:20.946-08:00Singing HealthcareWhen are we going to say enough is enough?<br /><br /><object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ITT6bYYGVfM&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ITT6bYYGVfM&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="340" width="560"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />I just heard Obama won the Nobel peace prize... Some say this is a little early but I think there is more hope for peace now than Armageddon just a year ago with Bush/Cheyey. Obama arrived 8 years late... I hope he gets to catch up and undo every single thing Bush f*cked up ...putting it mildly>>><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/09/nobel-peace-prize-barack-obama"><br /></a>intuitivebloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00790794354952128486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696762320610850125.post-72185247119830218712009-09-29T00:44:00.000-07:002009-09-29T00:47:46.036-07:00A film that sums up my entire blogI watched the preview of this movie in Hollywood. It is an amazing documentary!<br />It depicts everything I have been trying to describe in this blog related to finance over the past two years. GO and watch it, you will be amazed.....<br /><br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JeROnVUADj0&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JeROnVUADj0&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>intuitivebloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00790794354952128486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696762320610850125.post-3337637399489943712009-09-14T04:51:00.000-07:002009-09-14T05:27:17.522-07:00USA number 37 rank for healthcareUSA number 37 rank for health care<br />Hear this dreadful song to see who is number 1 :)<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yVgOl3cETb4&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yVgOl3cETb4&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Republicans: against </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">saving lives</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> (</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">health care)</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-09/49219158.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 334px;" src="http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-09/49219158.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Democrats: against killing lives </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">(war and lies)</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/afp_us_iraq_protest_washington_195_eng_15sep07.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 325px; height: 334px;" src="http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/afp_us_iraq_protest_washington_195_eng_15sep07.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://joewilsonisyourpreexistingcondition.com/">joewilsonisyourpreexistingcondition</a>intuitivebloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00790794354952128486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696762320610850125.post-78162240160758430002009-09-10T08:53:00.000-07:002009-11-08T21:24:40.271-08:009/9/9 turning point on health careCan you forward this note from the President to your friends, family, and neighbors?<br />As many voices as possible speaking out to make this happen are needed to make this possible--<br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://my.barackobama.com/SupportReform?district=CA29"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1252598745_1">Add your voice: Ask your representatives to support my plan for real health reform in 2009.</span></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/U1YNF9I25yU&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/U1YNF9I25yU&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /></strong></span><br /><br />Since Republican Congressman Joe Wilson shouted out that President Obama had offered a "lie" during his speech to Congress last night, his Democratic challenger has raised more than $200,000, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee tells <a href="http://www.blogger.com/Since%20Republican%20Congressman%20Joe%20Wilson%20shouted%20out%20that%20President%20Obama%20had%20offered%20a%20%22lie%22%20during%20his%20speech%20to%20Congress%20last%20night,%20his%20Democratic%20challenger%20has%20raised%20more%20than%20$200,000,%20the%20Democratic%20Congressional%20Campaign%20Committee%20tells%20CBS%20News."><b>CBS News</b></a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8GoFj8Fc9iM&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8GoFj8Fc9iM&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><a id="video-long-title-vk8ti3MHwsw" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk8ti3MHwsw" class="yt-uix-hovercard-target" title="President Obama Health Care full Speech 09 09 09 part 7 seven" rel="nofollow"></a>intuitivebloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00790794354952128486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696762320610850125.post-33862119838938665242009-09-09T08:42:00.000-07:002009-09-09T09:31:09.421-07:00The media snow ball effect - How many students watched Obama's school speach?<table style="text-align: left; width: 100%;" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><object width="400" height="300"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ofxVMlU97yA&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ofxVMlU97yA&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br /></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EeUU7niUOsk&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EeUU7niUOsk&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table><br />This educational speech incident shows how things can snowball out of context in a very short time --the parody video is funny to watch but this kind of footage (that regularly comes from network stations like Fox) can often miss lead a section of the public, especially if some are less educated. I believe this is happening with the health care debate and there is no time to lose.<br /><br /><table style="text-align: left; width: 481px; height: 178px; font-family: Arial;" border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><small><a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-23185-Seminole-County-Democrat-Examiner%7Ey2009m9d8-Jim-Greers-sleight-of-hand">http://www.examiner.com/x-23185-Seminole-County-Democrat-Examiner~y2009m9d8-Jim-Greers-sleight-of-hand</a>: <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Jim Greer, the head of the Florida Republican Party is backing off his initial charges toward the President of scurrilous behavior and is trying to save face after making a public disgrace of himself and a mockery of his leadership of the state GOP.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Perhaps the most disturbing aspect of the entire incident is the rapidity with which Greer was able to fan his flames of crackpot dissent into a national concern supported by right-wingers across the nation.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >His efforts were aided by the immediacy of the Internet and text messaging, and paint a sad future for American culture. Rather than serious debate and the time needed for it to develop into true causes, it seems we will now be experiencing more and more "flash fires" over issues that quickly immolate and then die out.<br /></span></small></td> </tr> </tbody> </table><br /><br /><br /><table style="text-align: left; width: 547px; font-family: Arial Narrow; height: 2000px;" border="8" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Prepared Remarks of President Barack Obama</strong><br /> <strong>Back to School Event </strong> </div> <div style="text-align: center;">Arlington, Virginia<br />September 8, 2009<br /> </div> <p style="text-align: center;"> </p> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The President: </span>Hello everyone – how’s everybody doing today? I’m here with students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia. And we’ve got students tuning in from all across America, kindergarten through twelfth grade. I’m glad you all could join us today. </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">I know that for many of you, today is the first day of school. And for those of you in kindergarten, or starting middle or high school, it’s your first day in a new school, so it’s understandable if you’re a little nervous. I imagine there are some seniors out there who are feeling pretty good right now, with just one more year to go. And no matter what grade you’re in, some of you are probably wishing it were still summer, and you could’ve stayed in bed just a little longer this morning.</div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">I know that feeling. When I was young, my family lived in Indonesia for a few years, and my mother didn’t have the money to send me where all the American kids went to school. So she decided to teach me extra lessons herself, Monday through Friday – at 4:30 in the morning. </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Now I wasn’t too happy about getting up that early. A lot of times, I’d fall asleep right there at the kitchen table. But whenever I’d complain, my mother would just give me one of those looks and say, "This is no picnic for me either, buster."</div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">So I know some of you are still adjusting to being back at school. But I’m here today because I have something important to discuss with you. I’m here because I want to talk with you about your education and what’s expected of all of you in this new school year. </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Now I’ve given a lot of speeches about education. And I’ve talked a lot about responsibility.</div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">I’ve talked about your teachers’ responsibility for inspiring you, and pushing you to learn. </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">I’ve talked about your parents’ responsibility for making sure you stay on track, and get your homework done, and don’t spend every waking hour in front of the TV or with that Xbox. </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">I’ve talked a lot about your government’s responsibility for setting high standards, supporting teachers and principals, and turning around schools that aren’t working where students aren’t getting the opportunities they deserve. </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">But at the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, and the best schools in the world – and none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities. Unless you show up to those schools; pay attention to those teachers; listen to your parents, grandparents and other adults; and put in the hard work it takes to succeed. </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">And that’s what I want to focus on today: the responsibility each of you has for your education. I want to start with the responsibility you have to yourself. </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Every single one of you has something you’re good at. Every single one of you has something to offer. And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is. That’s the opportunity an education can provide. </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Maybe you could be a good writer – maybe even good enough to write a book or articles in a newspaper – but you might not know it until you write a paper for your English class. Maybe you could be an innovator or an inventor – maybe even good enough to come up with the next iPhone or a new medicine or vaccine – but you might not know it until you do a project for your science class. Maybe you could be a mayor or a Senator or a Supreme Court Justice, but you might not know that until you join student government or the debate team.</div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">And no matter what you want to do with your life – I guarantee that you’ll need an education to do it. You want to be a doctor, or a teacher, or a police officer? You want to be a nurse or an architect, a lawyer or a member of our military? You’re going to need a good education for every single one of those careers. You can’t drop out of school and just drop into a good job. You’ve got to work for it and train for it and learn for it.</div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">And this isn’t just important for your own life and your own future. What you make of your education will decide nothing less than the future of this country. What you’re learning in school today will determine whether we as a nation can meet our greatest challenges in the future. </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">You’ll need the knowledge and problem-solving skills you learn in science and math to cure diseases like cancer and AIDS, and to develop new energy technologies and protect our environment. You’ll need the insights and critical thinking skills you gain in history and social studies to fight poverty and homelessness, crime and discrimination, and make our nation more fair and more free. You’ll need the creativity and ingenuity you develop in all your classes to build new companies that will create new jobs and boost our economy. </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">We need every single one of you to develop your talents, skills and intellect so you can help solve our most difficult problems. If you don’t do that – if you quit on school – you’re not just quitting on yourself, you’re quitting on your country. </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Now I know it’s not always easy to do well in school. I know a lot of you have challenges in your lives right now that can make it hard to focus on your schoolwork.</div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">I get it. I know what that’s like. My father left my family when I was two years old, and I was raised by a single mother who struggled at times to pay the bills and wasn’t always able to give us things the other kids had. There were times when I missed having a father in my life. There were times when I was lonely and felt like I didn’t fit in. </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">So I wasn’t always as focused as I should have been. I did some things I’m not proud of, and got in more trouble than I should have. And my life could have easily taken a turn for the worse. </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">But I was fortunate. I got a lot of second chances and had the opportunity to go to college, and law school, and follow my dreams. My wife, our First Lady Michelle Obama, has a similar story. Neither of her parents had gone to college, and they didn’t have much. But they worked hard, and she worked hard, so that she could go to the best schools in this country.</div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Some of you might not have those advantages. Maybe you don’t have adults in your life who give you the support that you need. Maybe someone in your family has lost their job, and there’s not enough money to go around. Maybe you live in a neighborhood where you don’t feel safe, or have friends who are pressuring you to do things you know aren’t right. </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">But at the end of the day, the circumstances of your life – what you look like, where you come from, how much money you have, what you’ve got going on at home – that’s no excuse for neglecting your homework or having a bad attitude. That’s no excuse for talking back to your teacher, or cutting class, or dropping out of school. That’s no excuse for not trying. </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Where you are right now doesn’t have to determine where you’ll end up. No one’s written your destiny for you. Here in America, you write your own destiny. You make your own future. </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">That’s what young people like you are doing every day, all across America. </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Young people like Jazmin Perez, from Roma, Texas. Jazmin didn’t speak English when she first started school. Hardly anyone in her hometown went to college, and neither of her parents had gone either. But she worked hard, earned good grades, got a scholarship to Brown University, and is now in graduate school, studying public health, on her way to being Dr. Jazmin Perez.</div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">I’m thinking about Andoni Schultz, from Los Altos, California, who’s fought brain cancer since he was three. He’s endured all sorts of treatments and surgeries, one of which affected his memory, so it took him much longer – hundreds of extra hours – to do his schoolwork. But he never fell behind, and he’s headed to college this fall. </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">And then there’s Shantell Steve, from my hometown of Chicago, Illinois. Even when bouncing from foster home to foster home in the toughest neighborhoods, she managed to get a job at a local health center; start a program to keep young people out of gangs; and she’s on track to graduate high school with honors and go on to college.</div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Jazmin, Andoni and Shantell aren’t any different from any of you. They faced challenges in their lives just like you do. But they refused to give up. They chose to take responsibility for their education and set goals for themselves. And I expect all of you to do the same. </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">That’s why today, I’m calling on each of you to set your own goals for your education – and to do everything you can to meet them. Your goal can be something as simple as doing all your homework, paying attention in class, or spending time each day reading a book. Maybe you’ll decide to get involved in an extracurricular activity, or volunteer in your community. Maybe you’ll decide to stand up for kids who are being teased or bullied because of who they are or how they look, because you believe, like I do, that all kids deserve a safe environment to study and learn. Maybe you’ll decide to take better care of yourself so you can be more ready to learn. And along those lines, I hope you’ll all wash your hands a lot, and stay home from school when you don’t feel well, so we can keep people from getting the flu this fall and winter.</div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Whatever you resolve to do, I want you to commit to it. I want you to really work at it. </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">I know that sometimes, you get the sense from TV that you can be rich and successful without any hard work -- that your ticket to success is through rapping or basketball or being a reality TV star, when chances are, you’re not going to be any of those things. </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">But the truth is, being successful is hard. You won’t love every subject you study. You won’t click with every teacher. Not every homework assignment will seem completely relevant to your life right this minute. And you won’t necessarily succeed at everything the first time you try.</div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">That’s OK. Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who’ve had the most failures. JK Rowling’s first Harry Potter book was rejected twelve times before it was finally published. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team, and he lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots during his career. But he once said, "I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">These people succeeded because they understand that you can’t let your failures define you – you have to let them teach you. You have to let them show you what to do differently next time. If you get in trouble, that doesn’t mean you’re a troublemaker, it means you need to try harder to behave. If you get a bad grade, that doesn’t mean you’re stupid, it just means you need to spend more time studying. </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">No one’s born being good at things, you become good at things through hard work. You’re not a varsity athlete the first time you play a new sport. You don’t hit every note the first time you sing a song. You’ve got to practice. It’s the same with your schoolwork. You might have to do a math problem a few times before you get it right, or read something a few times before you understand it, or do a few drafts of a paper before it’s good enough to hand in. </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Don’t be afraid to ask questions. Don’t be afraid to ask for help when you need it. I do that every day. Asking for help isn’t a sign of weakness, it’s a sign of strength. It shows you have the courage to admit when you don’t know something, and to learn something new. So find an adult you trust – a parent, grandparent or teacher; a coach or counselor – and ask them to help you stay on track to meet your goals. </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">And even when you’re struggling, even when you’re discouraged, and you feel like other people have given up on you – don’t ever give up on yourself. Because when you give up on yourself, you give up on your country.</div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The story of America isn’t about people who quit when things got tough. It’s about people who kept going, who tried harder, who loved their country too much to do anything less than their best. </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">It’s the story of students who sat where you sit 250 years ago, and went on to wage a revolution and found this nation. Students who sat where you sit 75 years ago who overcame a Depression and won a world war; who fought for civil rights and put a man on the moon. Students who sat where you sit 20 years ago who founded Google, Twitter and Facebook and changed the way we communicate with each other.</div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">So today, I want to ask you, what’s your contribution going to be? What problems are you going to solve? What discoveries will you make? What will a president who comes here in twenty or fifty or one hundred years say about what all of you did for this country? </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Your families, your teachers, and I are doing everything we can to make sure you have the education you need to answer these questions. I’m working hard to fix up your classrooms and get you the books, equipment and computers you need to learn. But you’ve got to do your part too. So I expect you to get serious this year. I expect you to put your best effort into everything you do. I expect great things from each of you. So don’t let us down – don’t let your family or your country or yourself down. Make us all proud. I know you can do it.</div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Thank you, God bless you, and God bless America.</div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">--</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span>intuitivebloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00790794354952128486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696762320610850125.post-75898467855404382882009-08-26T23:02:00.000-07:002009-08-31T00:43:53.706-07:00Ted KennedyAfter hearing the news of the death of Ted Kennedy today, I watched as usual, a decent broadcast of quality journalism from <span style="font-style: italic;">Democracy Now</span> and I have only just come to realize just how great Ted Kennedy was, especially for health care. I share this piece with you as I think it is worth watching:<br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.democracynow.org:80/embed_show_v1/300/2009/8/26"></script><br /><br />Also, I received an email from Barak Obama on vacation. This guy has been working tirelessly to not only win an election campaign but to take on a dire situation and add a fresh boost to rebuild trust lost by the previous administration. I can tell you, in historical context, we will be shocked for years to come by what happened between 2001-2008. I am not going to write about this today but in time, there will be things we <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSJ14CsQMXM">read </a>from the Bush era that will seem fictitious by comparison to the world I think we will be living in.<br /><br />OK, here is the email that I hope Obama does not mind intuitive blogger sharing...<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Roger -- Michelle and I were heartbroken to learn this morning of the death of our dear friend, Senator Ted Kennedy. For nearly five decades, virtually every major piece of legislation to advance the civil rights, health and economic well-being of the American people bore his name and resulted from his efforts. His ideas and ideals are stamped on scores of laws and reflected in millions of lives -- in seniors who know new dignity; in families that know new opportunity; in children who know education's promise; and in all who can pursue their dream in an America that is more equal and more just, including me. In the United States Senate, I can think of no one who engendered greater respect or affection from members of both sides of the aisle. His seriousness of purpose was perpetually matched by humility, warmth and good cheer. He battled passionately on the Senate floor for the causes that he held dear, and yet still maintained warm friendships across party lines. And that's one reason he became not only one of the greatest senators of our time, but one of the most accomplished Americans ever to serve our democracy. I personally valued his wise counsel in the Senate, where, regardless of the swirl of events, he always had time for a new colleague. I cherished his confidence and momentous support in my race for the Presidency. And even as he waged a valiant struggle with a mortal illness, I've benefited as President from his encouragement and wisdom. His fight gave us the opportunity we were denied when his brothers John and Robert were taken from us: the blessing of time to say thank you and goodbye. The outpouring of love, gratitude and fond memories to which we've all borne witness is a testament to the way this singular figure in American history touched so many lives. For America, he was a defender of a dream. For his family, he was a guardian. Our hearts and prayers go out to them today -- to his wonderful wife, Vicki, his children Ted Jr., Patrick and Kara, his grandchildren and his extended family. Today, our country mourns. We say goodbye to a friend and a true leader who challenged us all to live out our noblest values. And we give thanks for his memory, which inspires us still. Sincerely, President Barack Obama</span>intuitivebloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00790794354952128486noreply@blogger.com0