Post Scripts

Posted by Tina

DENVER – At least 900 officers are being brought into Denver to help at next month’s Democratic National Convention. Suburban Aurora will send the largest contingent, 300 police officers, or half the force. The Wyoming National Guard will send 22 members who are trained to detect nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. KMGH-TV Denver

The question is, are they worried about homegrown threats, plots hatched by overseas terrorist, or just the gaggle of lefty clowns planning to “Recreate 68”?

A married couple in their early 60s was celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary in a quiet, romantic little restaurant. Suddenly, a tiny yet beautiful fairy appeared on their table. She said, ‘For being such an exemplary married couple and for being loving to each other for all this time, I will grant you each a wish.’

Continue reading “Be Careful What You Wish” »

by Jack Lee

CEO’s doing whatever it takes to win, you’ve seen the scandals… they’re selling their souls as they lie through their teeth to shareholders. The pathetic part is it’s just not that uncommon anymore. It seems to have begun with the generation of baby boomers and it’s been passed on to successive generation like a cancer gene.

We know why too. It’s all about money. Money is taking precedence over all other things of value today… like ethics, honor and your good name.

Granted, there is extraordinary pressure on today’s CEO’s and CFO’s to perform (after all they have to justify their mega-salaries) and they must be prepared to be creative to meet all expectations, even unrealistic expectations.

Here’s an example that set the stage for one of American’s most consumer costly corporate scandals of all time. CMS Energy was benign non-profit energy company on the east coast and in a smaller way it was much like California’s own PG&E, that is until California lawmakers de-regulated unilaterally. This forced PG&E to divest of some of its own energy producing plants and rely more on the free market that included energy brokers like ENRON and it opened the door of opportunity for energy exploitation. There was now a legal way to earn more money at the expense of California’s inept lawmakers!

Continue reading “The Corporate Credibility Gap is Growing” »

Posted by Tina

“If we’re serious about reclaiming that dream, we have to do more in our own lives, our own families and our own communities.” Barack Obama, quoted by AP

I have to congratulate the Senator for encouraging personal responsibility in the black community. His comments freflect new trends in the bklack community exemplified by the creators of the movie, Barbershop and in recent comments made by the great Bill Cosby. They are setting the stage for true freedom and independence:

CINCINNATI- Democrat Barack Obama insisted Monday that blacks must show greater responsibility for their actions. In remarks prepared for delivery at the annual NAACP convention, the man who could become the first black president said Washington must provide greater education and economic assistance, but that blacks must demand more of themselves. – AP

Although I disagree about more government handouts and aid, I must say his stance takes courage. My own opinion is that he could have made this speech to all Americans living in circumstances that dont reflect the “American Dream.” There are people of all races living in relative poverty, depending on government, and with kids that are receiving a poor education in the public schools.

But the Democrat party has become the party of division; the party that evaluates according to race and class rather than the content of character. This socialized approach to equality is not the dream envisioned by our founders or by Dr. Martin Luther King:

MLK: We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. *** So we have come to cash this check – a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to open the doors of opportunity to all of God’s children. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. *** I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. *** I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.” *** I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. (all emphasis mine)

Posted by Tina

CHICAGO – U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Monday criticized President George W. Bush’s plan to lift a ban on offshore oil drilling, labelling it a part of a failed energy policy. “If offshore drilling would provide short-term relief at the pump or a long-term strategy for energy independence, it would be worthy of our consideration, regardless of the risks,” Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton said in a statement. – Reuters

Well, I guess it sounds good in a strategy session but what is Obamas plan for reducing energy prices? Untried unproven alternatives that require years of infrastructur building? Bike riding? (Libby’s choice)

Obama’s party, the Democrat Party, is not just a by-stander in thisthe Democrats run Congress. So I ask youwhen it comes to high gasoline prices, what have Democrats done for ya lately? What is their consistent response to our calls for drilling?

That would be NO, NO, NO and the ever popular, NO, we dont care about YOUR problems and needs!