JDC Insight Today: No one is an island unto himself, except the Statue of Liberty and its symbolism fostering the 2012 election. Sadly as in the past election, the changes expected became a novelty of words and a divergence from uniformity; radically different giving up a trust, and getting something different in return. Why?
Perhaps one should expect to look within themselves where all decisions start for the greatest change in 2012. So too, does the satire of the Statue of Liberty nailing why Americans can't expect true change until the reasons behind the open floodgate of issues is addressed.
Picture it as you walk past the waters into Manhattan. It is a cool misty New York morning a tear seemingly drizzles slowly down the ennoble face of the Lady in the Harbor, and suddenly, Lady Liberty mystically ponders:
Who is my ally, who is my enemy? "Be'te noire," why is my symbolism of freedom as the French word quotes. . ., so "strongly disliked" by my adopted government? Yes, imposing is my figure for a reason, birthed birthed over a ten year period: a monument and a living symbol of democracy to millions throughout the world.
At my feet lies broken shackles of oppression and tyranny, a reminder, lest we forget, American freedom doesn't just happen. As I must be maintained, so too there must be a balance so the right to freedom of choice is not toppled, in a gradual wave of quietness crumbling before the eye.
Lo, my heart is heavy. My torch of hope stays bright, lighting the way of liberty, enlightening the world, still. . . .
I ache. My structure bemoans with each creaking sound, as I, like America, experience over time, a variation of recasts, revisions and reworkings. Yet, I remain the same true to my gifted purpose, while the degeneration of a benevolent nation, the United State of America is challenged by man's virulent course of a justified authoritarian haughtiness over a peoples freedom and constitutional rights.
I am cast in a secondary copper skeletal frame allowing me to move independently weathering the harsh Atlantic storms, yet, I stand upright.
Can those in this land of opportunity do any less? Or will they succumb entirely as they have become weak, cry babies of an emotional sort, lacking the protective insight of wisdom; easily swayed like a buoy marker waning before my eyes lost in a sea of capricious political waters.
Oh the numbing winds of political controversy can be bitter, vicious and unjust, but with time, follows the warmth and brighter days of spring and a renewed American spirit. . .walking the winding road paved with gold called opportunity.
Like nature's seasonal rebirth blossoms forth stronger and richer, so too man is in constant change and must have the courage to remain true to his roots. . .an American heritage boldly fought for by the forefathers of a great nation. -- July 4, 1776 is not just another date in the annals of history.
Be not mislead by the machinations of those who would be servants of the people, who strongly dislike what I, the Statue of Liberty represents - the universal symbol of political freedom and democracy.
Be not intimidated. Be not compelled to change who you are. Be not swayed by words, but weigh the value of actions. Believe not in the telling. Find ye the truth, and then believe, for knowledge is a protection as money is a protection to the quality of life.
You are America. Without its citizenry there is no government, no control, no oversight. Accept no excuses, no rewards for failure as you foot-the-bill, demand accountability.
Lose not the American dream, for ignorance wears down the spirit, opening the door to ideologies of imperfect men.
I adorn more than one harbor, but speak specifically to a distressed people from New York's gateway of privilege created by immigrants, who from the sweat of their brow gifted the beginnings of a great nation, and though lacking the funds along the way believed it important that I, the Statue of Liberty must exist as a beckon offshore reaching out in friendship and peace to the huddled masses.
As such, you the descendants of the masses are "boss." Have you forgotten how to exercise your power? If so, what has dimmed your light? What has put out the fire in the belly you may once have had? Most of all, what changes will you help to effect in the 2012 election?
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JDC Government Machinations: Evaluating anything is always subjective except when it, and whatever it is, is in black and white. Of course, one may still wish to come to whatever conclusion in order to feed an emotional need at any point in time.
The lack of cash flow on Main Street and no economic improvement has voters looking to the 2012 elections to vent their disapproval of the current administration's ability to solve anything. Is this fair?
Ending physical year 2008, under President George Bush, the debt ratio was 3.2% of the economy GDP. In 2009 with President Obama's bailout programs, debt rose to 10.9%. In 2011 alone, the current administration has incurred an additional 3 trillion 600 billion without any offset for spending cuts.
The difference between what is taken into government coffers and spent must be plugged by borrowing money at enormous interest rates. Money and rates the American taxpayer cannot afford, and did not bargain for when they pulled the lever in the election booth in November of 2008.
Subject to debate is the spending arrogance of the White House to fulfill one man's ideology that has frustration and anger festering as to the upcoming debt owed. . .15 trillion dollars; a recorded daily changing figure that supersedes the aggregate total of all past administrations combined in less than three years.
Yes, these funds were smoothly lifted out of the taxpayer's pockets yielding no positive results as jobs remain stagnant, and economic growth overall, spurts, fizzles and goes south, while the Dow like a yo-yo forecasts a dim view on recovery.
This is the Obama economy and has been from the moment he took the Oath of Office. Newsmax's Moneynews reports: "Are You Ready for Dow 7,000?" . . ."the U.S. economy has fallen flat on its face. In short, unlike the last crisis, there is nothing more policymakers can do this time around. The course of market and economic history has already been charted. . ., and the Dow Jones Industrial Average has a date with 7,000." Ugh!
Our biggest danger is: the White House postition, is not for on-the-job-training. Are you and I pretending the man occupying the office at 1600 Pennsylvania isn't ruining our country? Do you and I put blinders on pressured by political affiliations rather than facing reality that our checkbooks and our quality of life and freedom is progressively diminishing? Do we continue on the road with a man liked, and once endowed with the magic of words, who has failed in his capacity to handle the job for which he was entrusted by millions?
It takes more than a will and desire to make changes for the better good. Experience and understanding of how our system works in connection with its original purpose endowed by our forefathers must be a prerequisite to opening the door of the most powerful position in the world - The President of the United States.
Any failure as to "insight of understanding," or any deliberate actions based on self-motivated reasoning by any president, can do nothing but bring disgrace and a downfall to what hopefully still remains and can remain the greatest country and republic. . .The United States of America.
And now, sadly, a land where currently Lady Liberty sheds a tear into the New York harbor, still holding her torch brightly to keep the gateway to freedom a reality and as a reminder that: it is man who is the United States, and it is man who will destroy it unless. . .???
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JDC Art of Writing: The strategy of using expressive rhetoric becomes the dance partner with the language in sentences for emotional effectiveness and hopefully a professional touch of elegance adjusted to any genre.
Why is the reader captivated by some writing and unmoved by others? It is the way a sentence is put together arousing the sensibilities, where one is stimulated by the writer's selection of phrases, capable of conjuring a picture in ones mind, so as to be in the midst of the action accepting it or rejecting it, or yearning for more.
Just sentences? No. One has to do something with them for a particular purpose and effect. Professor Brooks Landon, who served as chair of the Iowa English Department from 1999-2005, notes in his writing: Building Great Sentences, ". . . sentences work like verbs, doing things, taking action, rather than like nouns that only name." In other words, show through syntax (the way one styles a sentence); just don't tell or relate words. . .draw the reader in.
There are simple sentences of clarity with clean structure omitting the superfluous, and there are suspenseful elaborate masters in excess of 100 words minus the death-knoll of repetition.
Elegance in writing is a matter of personal taste, efficiency and training; conveying meaning clearly; teasing at every turn of the page; establishing a connection with the reader, who wishes to be satisfied.
With each selected word the writer uses it changes the content through his or her adapted style garnishing a sentence so it delivers the goods for an exciting elegant flow and a reaction from the reader.
Note: Which sentence would keep you reading?
1. O.K. - Maggie bolted through the screen door eager to get out; oblivious of the red fox planted on the front lawn.
2. Better - With three missing glass louvers, Maggie bolted against the black screen door as if she were shot out-of-a-cannon, something she hadn't done before, oblivious of the danger of sharp metal edges on the exterior, and the visitor planted on the front lawn, a handsome red fox, who know doubt would enjoy a five pound lunch.
Number One: This sentence is grammatically clean with clarity, avoids needless words, but isn't one of high impact - it doesn't go anywhere. It lacks the power to push a reader on to perhaps the next paragraph and a specific goal any writer may wish to impart, possibly leading to an unsatisfactory reading experience.
Here there is content that can be easily developed into a strong voice-style (the way a writer puts his thoughts and information down for a specific result).
Depending on a particular use and need, this sentence will work. Yet many writers have found the magic in writing and the fun is the attention-getter, a longer, tightly controlled piece of effective writing, especially desirable in business sales.
Number Two: Here there is content, information, style and there is a suspenseful and unexpected outcome.
The difference between one and two, is how the writer presents and unfolds ideas by pacing, adding not just the grammar, but the rhetoric of careful embellishment with several turns in phrasing. Dense emotional energy grows, flowing as if in motion to the most important end (the goal), bringing the writer and the reader to one mind.
Professor Landon challenges the writer to change the taught collegiate manner of writing, as reflected in William Strunk, Jr. and E.B. White's writing guide, The Elements of Style, not to eliminate its wisdom, but to approach the use of "style" as a "garnish for the meat of prose."
Sentences shouldn't come across as just words, for words in themselves are dead! The madness of the contender who writes is to choose the strategy which channels from the mind to the fingers clicking across the keyboard to shape ideas; understood, both for its content of information and a sentence style in voice equally as important. . .intriguing, entertaining and persuading.
"Whether short or long . . .this is what I mean when I call myself a writer," writes novelist Don DeLillo, "I construct sentences."
So what might be the magic in the writing craft of success? Consider one of the biggies, more control over the value of extraordinary density in phraseology while always paying attention to the effect of delivery; tweaking until you believe each paragraph is simmering, even pulsating beckoning the reader to continue on.
According to one psychologist, people want to be sold. Use the creative writing process to give them the pleasure they seek or one that allows them to justify a reason for taking a specific risk or action.
Reading Material:
Strunk Jr., William, and E.B. White The Elements of Style. 4th ed., with a forward by Roger Angell, New York: Longman, 2000 - Still used in the collegiate field; still indispensable
Trimble, John R. Writing With Style: Conversations on the Art of Writing. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1975 - A good read for one serious about their writing
Zinsser, William. On Writing Well: An Informal Guide to Writing New York: Harper & Row 1976 - Solid, good advice, no frills. Used in Creative Writing Accredited Courses
Style: An Anti-Textbook, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1974. This is author Richard A. Lanham's argument that the stress on clarity in American writing instruction has largely worked to banish pleasure from writing.
Don DeLillo: Noted American novelist whose 15 books include White Noise, and Underworld
References provided by Professor Brooks Landon, The University of Iowa: Building Great Sentences: Exploring the Writer's Craft 2008, and The Teaching Company - Chantilly, Va
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JDC Government Machinations: Democrats indeed passed legislation without knowing what was in it, that now may be a haunting egregious cloud over the upcoming 2012 elections.
The caldron of discontent and anger is bubbling over at President Obama, and those who recklessly chose to pass his health care law, as then Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi claims: in order to find out what is in it.
Perhaps the president believed "you'll learn to like it," as referenced in Rep. Tim Huelskamp's September 23rd OP-ED article in the Washington Examiner.
The new Medicaid program debuted September 5th in the president's home state of Illinois with difficulties, as doctors, clinics, even one of Illinois's top 100 hospitals in the nation choose to not participate in the White House plan, leaving multitudes without a primary doctor.
A doctor's authorization is needed for almost everything medical, and the primary doctor is where it all starts.
States like Illinois have been lax in a cohesive launch of the Medicaid program to ensure access to care under health reforms as discussed by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured; under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), with state and federal officials in December of 2010.
Reality is happening and different from what those in Congress "thought," and that may be the problem they thought instead of actually reflecting with care and regard in the decision making process; opting to pass the official ideology and policy of the president whether popular or not, whether sufficient or not, whether right or wrong; or whether the taxpayer and the country could afford it.
After dozens of telephone calls, the reply to one voter is always the same. Sorry, we no longer will participate in Medicaid, or sorry, we have reached our limit for new Medicaid patients.
Then there are doctors not four or five star rated by patients, reflecting a serious lax in care practices - from service to staffing problems to billing inconsistencies. More than one agitated voter agrees in a physician of choice, and a doctor with a degree of conformance to standards, excellence of character, and access to a safe location in the use of medical services.
Did Congress have to pass Obamacare in order to know what's in it?
As Forrest played by actor Tom Hanks states in the movie "Forrest Gump,". . ."Stupid is what stupid does." -- Would you as a hard working American give a blank signed check to anyone individual or company without knowing what you are buying, can afford and what your guarantees are?
According to different national polls, with the Congressional rating in the single digits and the president's "leadership performance" level at 39%, will the pigeons come home to roost favorably with the Democratic party and the White House in the upcoming election of 2012? Will Americans fly in droves to the voting booth, outraged at how President Obama's medical program is affecting their lives, wallets and family security?
Will Obama be a one-time president, or will he redeem himself and some bad choices?
Information: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Publication Number: 8187
Published Date: 2011-05-18
Initial Brief (pdf)
http://www.kff.org/healthreform/8187.cfm
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JDC Government Machinations: A father once said to his children: "Don't believe all you read in the paper or hear. The truth is written somewhere in black and white . . . find it and your life will be richer, free from stupid decisions and bondage." Do we as Americans pay attention to truth laid open before our eyes or are we manipulated fools for any man's purpose?
One man, C. Mccall, believes in the above title of this article, as he responded in the Beltway Confidential section of the Washington Examiner 3 days ago on the subject of the devastating effect of uncontrolled immigration. Is he right? Is he wrong?
Ludicrous is the word - when President Obama's Immigration Department refuses to deport illegal trespassers as a whole!!! One might conclude Obama is kowtowing to the Latino vote for 2012. To leave Americans vulnerable to the side effects across the board of border transgressors is criminal, intentional or not.
One could conclude the president drinks like a babe of the milk of inexperience using an on-the-job training to grow to the meat of actual experience in the making of a leader. A trait he should have displayed before running for president.
As the caldron of economic fire bubbles closer to the top the prospect hangs over all; the Obama ideology will prevail unless options for change are made.
Who can be blamed? Angry at President Bush and looking for the Camelot days of John F. Kennedy voters failed to look at Senator Obama's records while in the Illinois legislature, as well as his short term in the Congress.
One who desired truth over party affiliations would have seen an inkling of what we now face. From recorded decisions he made or did not make shows the potential inability to run the office at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
People will believe what they want to. So the topic becomes debatable: the once political history implications of Senator Barack Obama has little positive contributions to either legislative body and the people they served.
Yet, President Obama is an exciting orator and visionary, but, that of supply-side economic handouts. He is good knowing how to get into the taxpayers enormous piggy bank to implement programs not conducive to the free enterprise business cycle by which this country has been run.
Will President Obama do or say anything to get his way? He is a champion for the poor. In the media he comes across as an egoistic man who doesn't know how to get things done within the guidelines of the Constitution of the United States without running over the rights of the American citizens. In the presidents corner of Washington what happened to helping the poor into the state of happy responsible, self-sufficient disciplined lives instead of taking from the lives and hard labor of others? . . .One young 32 year old who doesn't earn alot said: "If you mismanage, you deserve to fail."
Obama's dream for America happens to fulfill the lexicon definition of "socialism," as do steps he has taken in the running of the American government system. In two years, decisions made, show he has surrounded himself with individuals with the wrong knowledge about economics and how ties to small business keep the wheel of prosperity turning and the job market humming.
Again, instead of cracking down and helping illegal immigrants integrate into the U.S. on our terms, and subject to all the monitoring and consequences of law and order other Americans must face, he is unwilling to do so. Why? Could it be the nasty upcoming pressure of the road to reelection and, Votes - Votes - Votes?
Many believe President Obama could have been the great hope. Instead and sadly, he was a man not ready for the commision he accepted. His time had not yet come, but he took it anyway.
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JDC Insight Today: There is always some issue within this great nation we can complain about, take pride in, or fight the good fight, bouncing back in resilience like a rubber ball.
Sometimes we catch that ball and we are happy; other times we are overwhelmed by an inability to grab it, hold onto it, and continue on. Sometimes there is a rude awakening, we've lost control and it is gone amongst the tall weeds.
Today, the New Yorker floated as if on glass into the New York harbor, the gateway to freedom, as a special memorial to all those loved and lost on one historic September day; born out of tragedy awaiting all to see.
A bone-chilling site, as she floats peacefully into port, escorted by someones son or daughter in a uniformed stance - her light gray exterior draped by the "stars and stripes," the ultimate symbol of a nation who shall not be tread upon, and like the mythical phoenix rises from the ashes . . . built from the forged steel retrieved from the Twin Towers.
The memorial ship is open to the public for tour, where one can remember and perhaps find some solitude about the past and hope for the future. We shall not wane, we shall not give up, we shall rebuild our lives with the American spirit.
We Americans are a fighting breed. If nothing else, we prove resilient; we will never forget what happened Septermber 11, 2001, another day of infamy, a travesty of terror penetrating the sunny blue skies over New York City.
In memoriam, flags are painted on rooftops across America. In cities and towns memorials are in progress. We remember more fondly those who are in uniform. Even the innocence of our children has been affected as rendered in the weeks after 9.11. . .their notes of hope, emotions and artwork put down on paper in "The Art of Heart, Remembering 9.11," published by Assouline.
With each passing year we learn more and more about that fateful day, the light of liberty was dimmed, yet only dimmed. What a moment in time: from the eastern seaboard across the heartland to the California coast a sea of red, white and blue gracefully sways unyielding in the cycle of blowing winds, as a great nation remembers and goes forward adding The New Yorker as a visible sign of rebirth.
Who are these strong patriotic people? A quagmire of individuals who have tasted freedom and democracy - stubborn, yet compassionate, opinionated yet reasonable - possessing a will-of-iron and the brawn and guts to keep this republic, the United States of America forever free, and the once tarnished dream of millions alive. . .come to America the land of freedom and hope, where the streets are paved of gold if you dare accept the ever-changing challenge of American life.
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JDC Art of Writing: No, says the professional - Yes says the layman.
There are no short-cuts on the roller coaster ride to the title: author and writer. Those who believe so, are doomed in the world of the literary.
To be a successful Writer one must feel the call from within and be willing to pay the price to succeed in a competitive industry where few attain the status with the big bucks.
The desire to write, auspiciously rises from the soul's depths, ever unyielding, throbbing, a disguised yearning to create from the avenues and crossroads called life; from the mind's dark side, to angelic reaches beyond, to produce its own brand of success...be it minuscule, be it great.
If not for the love of writing, blank pages would be no more than a mirrored reflection of nothingness, unrecorded events of man's existence and the external wonderment of an ever diagnostic world laying open vast secrets to be discovered and challenged.
The many faces of beauty and its emotional moments of excitement, happiness, laughter, and hopes would never have touched man's heart...if it weren't for one human, like a painter, clicking out words, strokes of imagination, with a play on words, and a fountain of endless thought, feeling, emotion and quests into the unknown.
Many writers believe pacifying oneself is a "pity party" keeping a writer in a limbo of non-productive days. Using the art of excuse to avoid steps of growth in the learning process, the creation of ideas or just getting started. This state of procrastination is the writer's worst enemy
Anyone can pen the written word and find they enjoy it. To whip across the keyboard, in a blazing flame of creativity and intrigue capable of attracting and keeping a reader's attention...requires knowing how to get from A to Z and then some.
The prize goes to the one who has the guts to learn what it means to be a writer, what it takes to be able to open the door to the editor's office of publication - and then, d*** it, do it! Prioritize...
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JDC Insight Today: One has a choice ... bitch, make excuses, or fight for the chance to enjoy life at any age. Don't let emotions and fears bring you down - you are giving up before you've started.
There are two things critical to successful surgery. One is to select a competent surgeon, who has the experience to know what the "h***" he or she is doing not only in the replacement issues but is good at aligning the legs, which makes therapy, recovery and the ability to walk easier.
Two, therapy is not a game created to torture any patient, but a systematic series of what seems to be insignificant exercises design to strengthen the whole body ultimately affected in the surgery room.
Do you want to walk? So did I. Just do it! Yes it hurts for the first two to three weeks, after which the body enters into the rebuilding process, as flexibility returns and pain subsides.
Amazing how my hip feels and looks no different than before Truly science is amazing with technological advancements. But, the trick was my having the guts to hang in through periods when I wanted to totally give up. The thought of never walking again and the good lord helped me through as well as all the dedicated nurses and CNAs and others who made me feel I was not alone.
For they lifted me up to a new and brighter future.
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JDC Government Machinations: Why does Congresswoman Debbie Halvorson choose to tax everything against the peoples' will?
Illinoisan Congressional Representative of the 11th District falls short as a proponent of what the American people want. . .an ear of concern, a voice of reason and a humble servant. Could that shortfall be because she is an inexperienced first-term Democrat or because she's afraid to ruffle the skirt of Nancy Pelosi, voting with the Speaker of the House 93% of the time according to the investigative reporting of the Washington Post.
In the fall 2010 issue of The Examiner, the Taxpayer's Voice states: "Hurricane Debbie on Destructive Path."
Hurricane Debbie landed a long time ago. She has contributed to a Democratic cauldron bubbling over with a fiery mix of economic job loss and irresponsible spending by choice. Her demeanor condescending, side stepping issues with what is Democratic political rhetoric in placating voters with spin.
Democrat Halvorson sends out emails touting voter concerns, yet the content doesn't sound as if she is listening, let alone care what a voter thinks, why a voter thinks it and what a voter expects her to do. By her actions and written messages, it comes across not about the wants of the American voter, it's about what politicians generally do - cover their backside in political posturing and the stroking of We the People.
Glue your pockets America: Her to do list has been to side with the majority in putting off a vote to extend the Bush tax cuts, until "after" the November 2010 elections. Humm, I wonder why? Even now the Feds are printing the new increased payroll deduction brochures going out to all employers later this year. The decision was already made; Democrats must believe Americans to stupid to realize it.
Could it be Democrats believe by ignoring the vote it will help reelect their party? Could it be they still don't understand how the economic cycle works? The more you earn the more reinvestment into economic and social issues occur that many on Main Street find more difficult to do.
The earned capital and profits allows for reinvestment, keeps the cogs in the various wheels of opportunity moving, growing and strengthening the business cycle with innovation, job creation and the level of living patterns Americans have grown accustom too.
Depending on allowable tax deductions, this lack of action will cost an income earner of $40,000 a year, a hefty $2600.00 more in payroll taxes. One would think the sane thing to do would be to extend the cuts into 2011 and seriously evaluate its effect on the economy short and long-term, and not in the middle of an economic plunder.
After-all, if you the taxpayer spend it, you pay the consequences, if any . . . but, if big government does, they don't and you do. How far are you willing to bend over?
Can Illinois residents afford Debbie Halvorson's political reach from within the Beltway into the pocket books of hard-working citizens? To understand how Ms. Halvorson thinks and what she has done or not done, look at her congressional record at: http://thomas.gov and click on the Congressional Record link. You may be surprised at how much of her legislative sessions is insignificant.
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JDC OP-ED: Americans are fighters, not cry babies. No one can steal away your power and rights unless you let them through inaction. Like our forefathers, the current upheaval is the wake up cry by 73% of taxpaying Americans to rid this nation of big government and its drunken spending binge.
We are brought to the brink of ruin through greed, mismanagement, lies and the self-interest plays of a monopoly, not bent on the exercise of free choice, free enterprise and the will of the people.
The voter's voice whether off base or surreal is a freedom that can keep America in the times of prosperity as when President Clinton moved toward the center and worked with the majority Republicans to bring deficits down and prosperity throughout the heartland. Or, this same voice can put the economic stability of a nation into a downward spiral, seen since 2006 by a Democratic Congressional monopoly, and now, includes the White House.
The dogs who don't hunt on the Hill are feverishly running in mad mode. When legislators fear and are afraid of losing the gravy train they ride, they do crazy things like vote tampering, slanderous ads and might even sell their souls not into the service of the American people, but in protecting their own political backside. The leopard doesn't change its spots, and neither does a politician who believes he or she is above those to which he is suppose to serve.
For many voters, facing the truth can mean dealing with the pain harbored from self-indulgent ideologies and sentimentality when reality or the fear of reality sets in threatening and challenging even crushing, base political beliefs and choices.
Even the Bible teaches: "Make sure of all things; hold fast to what is fine," in 1 Thessalonians 5:21. With that said, there are those who would walk away without the truth by choice, the same as voters who choose to live in a bubble. Is it not easier to cry foul than to face up to filtered half-truths or innuendos?
The cauldron of politics should bring out the fine character of a man or woman, and the honest bipartisanship of its legislators and voters to maintain the greatness of America and not encapsulate selfish bitterness in favor of party affiliations and interests. For where the political heart is, so goes the building or gradual destruction of the American dream.
Sadly, the Obama administration of political correctness is lacking backbone and as one taxpayer was heard to claim: discernment in getting the business of the people done. Yet, his administration is astute enough to know how to get into the taxpayers piggy bank squeezing out every copper penny he can, plundering away at individual rights and freedoms and splurging the taxpayers hard earned money on issues in a system his office doesn't understand the affect to the bottom-line.
Democrats try to connect this economy and shrinking checking accounts of Americans squarely at the foot of President George W. Bush. Somehow they have forgotten their majority votes have been calling the shots in Congress since 2006.
No individual or party should call all those shots. Our forefathers set up a system to prevent one party domination, and to allow checks and balances over each of the governing bodies in the White House, and the Congress. Free rein breeds corruption and abuses that will permeate Main Street, challenging Americans, the stability of the Bill of Rights, the existing foundation of the Constitution and the freedom bestowed under the Declaration of Independence.
As Paul Revere shouted: the British are coming, the British are coming, so too the American people are awakened from a complacent sleep. Voters have said it in many different ways: No longer will We the People be blinded by words while actions speak otherwise. And as many wonder . . . yes, this will be a referendum vote on the policies of one Barack Husein Obama, despite those who may like Obama the man. And, that's the way it is.
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JDC Bullet News Forecasts: What's on the horizon of change?
Is Cash No good and the start of a Tend?
In Grandpa and Grandma's day cash was the treasured possession. If there wasn't enough you didn't buy anything. If you needed something you sold something, or waited.
After a recent robbery, one entrepreneur of a Novelty Shop decided he no longer would take cash for purchases. Whip out your credit card or write a check, and we can do businesss. Sales have never been better, and this one business owner has peace of mind.
It is highley unlikely society will achieve a totally cashless society due to the inability of many individual to acquire a checking account, let alone qualify for a debit or credit card.
Cash, the great acquisition.
Democrats Willing to Risk Voter Backlash:
To get their way, Democrats will try to change the Senate rules. If they do, they will be overstepping the political boundaries in a desperate act to boost their power and stop any filibusters so they control the legislative agenda. Pass, pass, and more pass. Spend, spend and more spending before the November elections.
In Mr. Smith goes to Washington the premise is a prime example of the period 1917, in which there was no way for Congress to cut off a debate if one legislator was willing to stand on the Senate floor and keep talking. . .
The rules were changed to require 67 votes; in 1975 Democrats changed it to 60 votes. Because of GOP opposition and in order to bypass the need for a GOP vote, Democrats want to change the filibuster count to 55 votes on the first day of the upcoming session of Congress.
Vice President Joe Biden will be at the helm, and happy to override any legislative objections from across the isle, which should send Republicans into a tizzy, and a possible backlash from the American voters. It's get everything you can, while you can.
The Trees of 9.11:
This week the first of hundreds of trees will be planted to grace the area where thousands succumbed to the evil that changed the landscape of New York forever. In a peaceful setting will stand one tree for each victim. A serene rememberance upon holy ground for those from all walks of life that they may rest in peace forever more.
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CeCe Day Hill (c) 2010 - Jane Doe Chronicals, All Rights Reserved - 349 West Circle Dr., New Lenox, IL 60451 - (815) 485-4871 - E-mail: janedoechronicles@comcast.net
JDC OP-ED: Chicago, IL - Political power in motion again.
Why does the mayor and his coup of City Council members continue to defy the landmark case, the District of Columbia versus Heller, in which the Supreme Court in its rendering states that the Second Amendment guarantees "the individual right to possess and carry weapons in case of confrontation," specifically within the home?
Not satisfied Daley continues to irritate gun owners with lesser legislation that will no doubt be reversed in the courts, yet, will allow him to get his licks in temporarily. Unfortunately his passionate ideology leaves Chicago citizens defenseless against criminals who know their victims are disarmed. His actions makes it clear there is a desire to make it more difficult for a law-abiding citizen to acquire the equalizer, the infamous handgun.
Doesn't his honor get it? The criminal element could care less about the Mayor and his rule of law. This class of individual has perfected the art of gun acess the Chicago Police can't seem to stop.
Chicago crime has escalated with the heat of the 2010 summer and more than tripled the national average statistics where guns are not banned. FBI statistics from 2007 through 2008 indicates the murder rate decreased by 4.7 percent nation-wide, yet in the Windy City, the rate rises above 15% according to Ronald L. Schmeits, President of the National Rifle Association (NRA).
Gun owners didn't pick the fight and are not about to roll over and accept any unconstitutional act usurping rights embedded in the Second Amendment.
Americans own over 100 million handguns and as the U.S. Supreme Court observed in its 2008 Heller case, is, "the most preferred firearm in the nation to 'keep' and use for protection of ones home and family."
Even President Obama was quoted by the press: "I think there is an individual right to bear arms, but it is subject to common-sense regulation." Yet, his voting record in Illinois suggests the opposite; in direct political agreement with the Mayor of Chicago's War on Guns.
Mayor Daley appears to be defining law-abiding gun owners as the enemy. The Democratic mantra of a political party who has had little or no personal experience with responsible care and use of firearms. Owning a gun empowers in more ways than one, and cannot be easily controlled politically. It's the right to freedom of choice to control ones life absent government intrusion.
A political product of the Chicago Daley machine, President Obama lacked sound judgment when he infuriated Pennsylvanians, many of them Democrats, when he said: They cling to their guns and religion and looked down on immigrants or minorities. The coattails of the President and the Democratic held Congress has become a negative for Chicago legislators up for re-election in 2010.
The opposition debate is slathered with emotionalism and bereft of fact. With the adoption of the right-to-carry legislation the Detroit Free Press in 2008 reported lower violent crime rates over the first six years.
Opponent District Attorney John B. Holmes of Harris County, Texas was very outspoken regarding passage of the proposed Concealed Handgun Act. "I did not feel that such legislation was in the public interest and presented a clear and present danger. . .by placing more handguns on our street. Boy, was I wrong. Our experience . . . has proven my initial fears absolutely groundless.
Perhaps the mayor of Chicago should face the acid test, swallow his political pride and eliminate the gun ban - nothing else has worked.
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CeCe Day Hill, (c) 2010 - Jane Doe Chronicles, All Rights Reserved - 349 West Circle Dr., New Lenox, IL 60451 - (815) 485-4871 - E-mail: janedoechronicles@comcast.net
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