The United States $700 Billion Bail Out Plan

This is my views of a plan of action that should be included in this $700 billion bail out program the Senate and Congress are considering. I am in hopes that somewhere out there they may put this into action as it is to late to notify them of this idea.

For starters we all know from the past when our government bailed out GMAC and Ford Motor Credit that they became government companies, and that these employees get their pay checks in the names of the respected companies, but are in all since of the job, a government employee with government type benefits. The same type that the US Postal Service has. Also for the record our government bailed out the USPS in the 1930's during the depression and they became a government company.

So with that being said, here is how I think all of this should work. All Chairmen/woman of the board of directors, CEOs, Presidents and Vice Presidents all should be fired and held accountable for their action of their bad decisions. Just like if an employee in the lowest position of a company was to call in sick for the twentieth time without a doctors excuse. This is a bad decision by this employee and are usually fired and lose all benefits. These higher ups should be treated the same way.

All corporations that have foreign offices must have all these offices moved to the USA except for certain type of banks (I'll get to this in a moment) All foreign employees will have to be terminated. No moving former employees from outside the USA, unless they are U.S. Citizens, then they get to keep their job. If they are found to be involved in the bad decision making of the clasps of the company then they too lose their job. It does not matter who is involved in the clasp of a company they lose their job.

This is my plan of action that needs to be added to the bail out agreements that these companies must agree to in order for the U.S. government to assist in bailing them out of their bad decision making. Or they can file reconciliation bankruptcy, chapter 13 bankruptcy or just go out of business. The companies that agree to being bailed out must move all offices and manufacturing plants back to the United States. This is going to cause these country to lose jobs. This is not about those countries it is about our own country and our own people that are in need of jobs. Yes this is probably going to cause the cost of higher import tax into those countries, which is what our government should be doing. This tax can be covered by charging the customers in that country for the tax by including it in the price to buy the product. That is what happens to us when we buy a product made outside the USA, the company that imports product to the USA tacks on a small amount to the price to cover the lower import tax that the US Government charges that company.

All offices that are to be moved to the USA are to be split up between the fifty states starting with the highest unemployment states. As an example if a company has fifty offices out side the United States then the largest office would go to the highest unemployment state. This does not in any way count Washington D.C. the U.S. Virgin Islands, or any other outlying area that is claimed by the United States.

Now if a company that requests to bailed out by the United States and they have, lets say five offices outside the United States, this is even if it is a manufacturing plant. The company that is to be bailed out by the US and they only have the five offices mentioned, all five are manufacturing plants. The the states with the highest unemployment percentage would be given the first option to put in a sealed bid for the amount of taxes they would charge to have this office or plant in their state.

This would be done just as if they were biding on a government contract. The lowest bidder wins, and they would have to freeze that tax amount for ten years. Also the company that is bailed out by the United States for any reason can never again move any of its offices outside the United States. This protects the people of the United States from losing, their job unless this company finally closes its doors. This company cannot move its office or plant from the state that wins the bid for a set amount of fifty years to help keep jobs in that state.

It would be requirement of the company to contract with the same office that every government employee gets their benefits from. This would mean that the same office that supplies the medical insurance that the USPS (The United States Postal Service) uses would be the office that supplies this benefit. Also the company that is bailed is in not allowed to hire a foreigner unless that person become a U.S. citizen or is in the process of becoming a legal us citizen of the United States and has come to the United States by legal means.

This brings me to my finial example, Lets say a company wanted to bailed out and they came to the US government tomorrow and said we would like the US government to bail out our company, can you help us. The government says yes but you have to agree to these stringent rules and the company agrees. So now in this agreement the USA will assist in moving all office and plants back to the USA as well as restructuring the company. The company is also reminded that an investigation will be done into the company and all involved in the decision making of this company that are found to be the ones responsible for the bad decisions are going to be terminated and held accountable as well.

After the agreement is finished, then the governors of the states that have the highest unemployment rates are then notified that they can put in a sealed bid to have the office or plant moved to their state. The state must go to their Senate and Congress and set the amount of the bid for this office or plant.  Once the bid is accepted and the US assigns the state that gets the bid then this state is also going to have to assist with the moving of the company and buying of land or office buildings for these offices.

Remember as these company offices are moved into the United States the unemployment rates are going to change in these states and they will be sooner than later become a lower unemployment state, so every state will become eligible to bid on these bail out companies. This means that once every state reaches a one percent unemployment rate then every state will be notified that there is a bid availability and the dead line for bidding.

Lets say Mississippi wins the bid for a company manufacturing plant, the state of Mississippi is then protected from this company moving its office or plant for fifty years. The only thing that can stop this protection is the fact that the company goes out of business. The State of Mississippi is then given a dead line for getting the plant built and once this plant is built then this company has to close its doors in the country that this plant is in and sell the building and any other property in that county, also this money goes back to the state government to help pay back the cost of the building of the plant or office buildings. This is meant to help protect these states from losing their money that the state's taxpayers paid in to the state.

Once the fifty years is met then the company has the right to move the plant or office to another state but not outside the Untied States. This is just my idea that should be added to the bill and every bail out plan that the United States Government does. Also the company must pay back a set amount that the United States Government sets. Also one other thing if the company is a bank that has branches in other countries the branches can stay in those countries but the company must open offices and branches in the State that wins the sealed bid and this bank must open a main branch in that state. This will assist in lowering the unemployment in the United States.

This is just a brief of my idea and it is my belief that it is time that the United States Government start looking out for its citizens and creating jobs for its citizens and to protect from this happening again in the United States.

Obama Blames Lobbyist, Politicians for Financial Crisis

Ok so yesterday I said that Obama and McCain did not fill the answer to my question that I always ask my self. Last night and this morning I was out doing research for my "Right to Vote" on which candidate would make the best choice to fill the position of President.

Someone tell me if I am going crazy here....

Because the more I dig the more I am finding on how I agree with some (more than not) on the views of Obama. This does not mean that I have changed my vote as of yet. At this point I am still voting for the Consititutionalist Baldwin.

So here is the deal this morning I got this story in my email from CNN (CNN<---- click here) quick news that I get every morning. For the record I usally glance at it read the breifs that are included with the headlines and if it is important enough I read the article that is included with a link or I just delete the email.

Well this morning there was another story on Obama and his views on an issue. This one was on what this post is titled as. I have been intrigued as to how may times (and yes I am keeping track) that Obama opens his mouth and what comes out of it I agree with. Yes I know those of you that I have been in email conversations are saying "see I told you so", that is such an ugly phrase, but it happens to the best of us. Also if it comes down to it and I find that I am voting (OMG!! am I really saying this or contemplating this) for Obama then I will let it be known that "Hey I was wrong". So until that day comes please those of you that have been in these email conversations please hold the "I told you so" until then.

For the record this is the seventeenth thing that Obama has said that I agree with and Baldwin is still ahead by the huge margin of twenty-nine. There is also the fact of Obama's record, and the controversy of him not being allowed to run for office. Then there is the suit that was filed against him, that still has not been decided in court. Which I am keeping an eye on.

The other thing that has me making this post is that he (by his record, not just his mouth) is on the side of the military and the veterans of America. This is a big issue with me and you that have read my blog understand why.

So here is the deal, Obama may not be the candidate that I am going to vote for but I wanted to let it be know that I am starting to see why a lot of you may end up voting for him.

So we'll see where this leads, I will keep you informed. As for McCain I will never vote for him, not by his record of selling out America to the highest dollar that he can put in his pocket. Following the "Bush plan", Supporting bush in every way, Along with trying to give away "Citizenship" to the illegals! Which is one thing that Obama also voted for. So that is a minus against him.

Also I have to agree with a friend of mine that said "If Americans want to change the Senate, then change the Senator." I think that the Senator and Congressmen and women know this change is coming. Just like it did in the thirties when the American people were tired of the way things were being run into the ground.

I also still think that we the people need to get a bill on the ballot that forces the Senators and Congressmen and women to have to come before their state in an election every year for a raise. If we feel that they are not doing the job by the people for the people then they dont get their raise. Also if after three attempts and they do not get the raise then they have to step down and do not get the check every month, that they get now.  Also I feel that they should only be allowed to hold office for two consecutive terms, just like the president. Not hold their office for life if they choose to run that long. But this is another topic for my blog... maybe tomorrow.

Ok as a friend said "that is my two cents worth!"

Have a great day everyone

An email I got without a valid return address!

How many of us get these emails every day. Thousands I guess, and I am not sure where this guy got my email address. I am not even sure if his name is really Geroge Penny. All I am sure of is that he emailed me. So today I bring that email out in this blog for your comments and discussion.

So here we go. we start with the original email as it was emailed to me.

As this very complex finance bailout plan takes ship, all that's clear so far is that each American will be contributing $7,500, a figure somewhere in the 1

As this complex finance bailout plan takes shape, all that’s clear is that each American will be contributing $7,500 to it. The total figure is somewhere in the 1.5 trillion dollar range. Apparently, nothing in the plan forces the bailed-out companies to change their ways.

In the midst of this fog, Barack Obama offered the following list of guidelines, demands from Congress for assurances that the final deal must reflect “the basic principles of transparency, fairness, and reform.” He issued this statement today at a rally in Charlotte, N.C.  His list actually works well as a template for letters that we all should be writing to Congress, letters insisting that we get something for what we are paying for. Here’s his list from today’s speech:

“First, there must be no blank check when American taxpayers are on the hook for this much money.

Second, taxpayers shouldn’t be spending a dime to reward CEOs on Wall Street.

Third, taxpayers should be protected and should be able to recoup this investment.

Fourth, this plan has to help homeowners stay in their homes.

Fifth, this is a global crisis, and the United States must insist that other nations join us in helping secure the financial markets.

Sixth, we need to start putting in place the rules of the road I’ve been calling for for years to prevent this from ever happening again.

And finally, this plan can’t just be a plan for Wall Street, it has to be a plan for Main Street. We have to come together, as Democrats and Republicans, to pass a stimulus plan that will put money in the pockets of working families, save jobs, and prevent painful budget cuts and tax hikes in our states.”

I suppose it shouldn’t be too surprising that Mr. Obama should come up with something this comprehensive. Just out of law school, Obama worked for a year as a financial researcher and writer in a New York firm called Business International Corporation. His wrote newsletters outlining points of interest for companies doing business overseas. The newsletters were aimed at senior executives and had arcane titles like "Financing Foreign Operations" or "Investing, Licensing, and Trading Conditions Abroad."

It’s nice that he can apply whatever chops he learned to our current mess, and not a minute too soon. Somebody’d better do something. Here are links to his speech and his background on Wall Street:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13181.html

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92337754

Ok now for my response to this email and I sent it to several of my friends too. Also when I sent it out I got the return respons that George Penny's email was invalid, This frustrates me to no end. If your going to email me at least give me a vaild email so I can email you back. Especially when it is a vlaid email that is worth discussing, and giving my views on it or at least the topic of the email. This guy did point out in his six points that I agree with so I did not have a coment on these. I did however have to respond on his final coment about Obama. That responce is here. Unedited and paisted as it was sent out to my friends.


George,

I am not sure who you are or how you got my email address, but after reading your letter this is what I have to say in responce. (the original is at the bottem for those of you I included into this conversation) As for his speaches anyone can make a promise, I know this from running in school as class VP. Everyone should realize that a promise out out of a candidate's mouth is worth nothing. It is the actions of the candidate that has to stand for his or her proof as to weather he or she is going to hold up that promise.

As for Obama,  I do not like this crooked individual and will not be voting for him, I will not be voting for McCain either. there is only one choice out there, and this year it is time to vote for a different party.

It does not any longer boils down to the lesser of two evils, not when you have the Constitutionalists Party and the Independent Party. But every one forgets about them. The more that this comes into play the more the Democrats and the Republicans are going to start to change back to "It's about America and the people, not themselves"

Also this will also force the hand of the removal of the electoral college that should have been taken out of play when women (the last minorty in America) were given the right to vote. The electoral college was put into place to allow the people that were not allowed to vote the ability to be counted into the election process.

This is archaic and very out of date and this is why states are removing them selves from the electoral college, there are now seventeen states, (Iowa is one of them as of this year) that have removed themselves from this process to make the votes of the people count. This is one of the things that is still forcing the American public not to vote.

This years election is one of the most important elections in the history of America. It is because the person that gets elected this year is the person that is either going to run the USA into a second depression or is going to work for the people by the people. This brings me to my point.

You have to ask your self one question, and that is this.

Is any of the people that are running regardless of the party going to work for the American people?  

If you can honestly say yes to this question, as to any of the people that are running regardless of the party then that is the only person that you should vote for. I ask my self this question every election year and usually there is no one that fills into this question (except the year Regan ran). You also have to do the research on all of the people running as I have done. This year there is only one person that I can say, yes he or she is going to fill the position of President as a person that is going to help the American people and that is the Constitutionalists party candidate, Chuck Baldwin.

He is willing to give the power back to the people and enact the constitution back into play. There was also the candidate Ron Paul and if he was still running, I would have voted for him, like thousands of other people would have.

This year is the year that the American people need to stand up and vote for the person that is going to work for America. "Not the lesser of two evils!!"

Everyone please do the resarch of all of the canidates without looking at all the hype that is out there. Look insted at the record of each candidate and make your choice from all of the candidates not just the repbulican and democratic parties.

Ok I am now seteping off the soap box, everyone have a great day.


So can someone point me to the George Penny in question so that I can at least respond to his email. I did check the headder and its IP sends me to gmail.com That tells me this guy whom ever he is is computer savy as to at least manipulating the email program on his system right down to the sending IP. All I can do is hope that this either came from a friend that does not want me to know that he or she sent it or he canseled his email address with Gmail.

Ok I now open the floor to everyone that wishes to coment on these two emails.

Y'all have a great day.

The Cause and Effect of the Economy

Ok we have all seen the economy and its effect it is having on all of us at the lower levels of the income scale. Yet the rich seem to be getting richer and since when does the American Economy base its scale on the cost of oil? This is a question that was asked of me the other day, a question
that I could not answer. Yep me the one that is full of useless knowledge could not answer the question.

Well I went out and did the research, and found that after the supposed oil crisis in the seventies (for the record I lived threw) I found that the USA bases its prices on the cost of oil. This has happened ever since we were taken off the gold standard. Hmm, a switch that was expected by the wealthiest of the wealthiest, I think so. But hey that is just my opinion!

So will someone tell me this, since I am tired of digging for the answer? If the rich are still getting richer then what is going to happen when the economy falls out completely? Then what are the rich going to do, just like in the twenty and thirties. The rich forget they were affected by the great depression just like the lowest of the lower class. When the banks started to fall and the bottom fell out of the stock market the richest of the rich were jumping out of the empire state building to their deaths. We have all seen the films. So if there are no jobs to be had and no ways to make the money then what are  the wealthy going to do? Do the work them for their companies? I think not! But again that is my opinion.

I read the story that was published on the CNN website titled "Oil prices fall -- will groceries follow? The story says no and I agree with them. The fact those of us that lived during the seventies know that the prices are not going to fall even if the prices return to normal. Why is this? It is simple the prices in America are based on the cost of oil plain and simple. Even if these oil prices fall the cost of the products in America does not. It is because of the BOTTOM LINE of the companies and the RICH STUFFING THEIR POCKETS! By the way this article points out in a small way without really doing it.

What about if the economy bottom falls out, the rich have their off shore bank accounts to fall back on. Well that is true but that will only last for so long because the off shore account do not give interest. Not one of them, I know this because when I lived in Germany I put marks in a German bank account and let it sit until the exchange rate dropped. When I left Germany the exchange rate
had dropped because of a new president in the U.S. Our decision on who becomes our President has reaching effects on other economies. I did not know this until I was stationed in Germany. When I got there the mark rate was 3.05 for every dollar and I watched it climb to 3.12 and I exchanged a hand full of dollars for marks and deposited them into a German bank, and asked about interest
and was told that the banking system that I was putting my money into did not do interest. I thought cool that will protect my money, but I won’t make any money until the rate falls. Which it did I watched it drop from 3.12 for every dollar to 1.06 when I exchanged it and made a great return. Back to the President deal, if the foreign people like our President then there economy changes in our favor, how this works I have yet to figure out, all I know is that it does.

Now that just proves that everything in the world is based on "for every action there is a reaction" and this is also pointed out in this article. The price of corn and grain mean higher feed cost, this is because our government is trying to get everyone to grow corn for the "GREEN AMERICA" which affects the price of meat. This also causes the invisible pricing. What is this you ask? Well this is when the price of corn oil goes up it causes the size of potato chip bags to shrink but the price stays the same. Do not believe me look at the size of these bags when you are in the store next
time and think about how much a bag of potato chips weighed two years ago compared to today, and yet the price is the same if not more. Cause and effect or action verses reaction, also once a package shrinks they always seem to stay that way so no matter if the prices of corn oil or gas drops, the effects stay the same.

Also now with Chavez is forcing out our ambassador you can expect those cheep stations that were buying their oil from Venezuela to go up, "the proof is in the pudding" as my Grandmother always told me. It starts today with places like the local Double Quick Station raising their prices seventeen cents. Along with the Kroger Station and you can guarantee that the other stations are going to follow suit. Why? Because the bottom line will go into the pockets of the higher ups, they are also blaming hurricane Ike. Yeah right! These hurricanes never affected them before, but now they are, and it is because of the bottom line. The higher ups want to fill their pockets more and
more and they need to blame something, and I guess Ike is better than nothing in their books.


So in the end "Cause and Effect" or "Action vs. Reaction" is filling the pockets of the rich and the richest of the rich. I still would like to know what they are going to do when the bottom falls out like it did in Russia and the twenties and thirties.

This is just my opinion, and I am one of the ones on the lower end of the economy.

If you want to read the article that I based this on you can find it here http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/09/11/oil.grocery.prices.ap/index.html on the CNN website.

Ducks quack, Eagles soar (a story from my email)

I do not know who wrote the following story but it made my morning to receive it, and it is so very true. I try to do this every day, some are harder than others, but if you allow your self to become and eagle then you will find yourself in such a better place. Those that choose to be ducks and do nothing but complain will find themselves in a world that will leave them quacking the rest of their lives.

Like I stated I got this from a close friend in my email. She is an eagle, and she and I used to work together with one other person. Our boss was one of the people that would fly off the handle at the drop of a pin, which made it not the greatest work environment when he was in town. We stuck it out and she made it one of the best place to work. We have stayed in contact even after we both went to other places and she is always sending something to brighten my day. She lives in another town now, but she seems to know just when I need something to brighten my day, even though we do not talk in person or on the phone and most of the emails are only jokes and stories.

She like my wife, seems to know somehow that I need something to brighten my day. That is what a great friend does. My wife is one of my greatest friends, as it should be. No secrets and we always talk about what is bothering us. She even says I am ignoring her at time, even though I am not. She knows I am not but she just want to make sure I up to speed with what she is saying.

My wife is an eagle as well, she knows it, and goes threw life looking at the bright side of everything. Even when it seems the darkest side comes out to play. My wife is a unique person that is hard to find, and I love her more than I think she will even know. I thank God everyday for allowing me my wife and friends into my life. Without them I would be lost.

Ok so here is the story I got in my email. I hope you'll use it to make your life brighter, and to make the world a happier palce.

Ducks Quack, Eagles Soar

Author unknowen


No one can make you serve customers well.
That's because great service is a choice.

Harvey Mackay, tells a wonderful story about a cab driver that proved
this point.

He was waiting in line for a ride at the airport.
When a cab pulled up, the first thing Harvey noticed was that the taxi
was polished to a bright shine.
Smartly dressed in a white shirt, black tie, and freshly pressed black
slacks, the cab driver jumped out and rounded the car to open the back
passenger door for Harvey

He handed me a laminated card and said:
'I'm Wally, your driver. While I'm loading your bags in the trunk I'd
like you to read my mission statement.'

Taken aback, Harvey read the card. It said:
Wally's Mission Statement:
To get my customers to their destination in the quickest, safest and
cheapest way possible in a friendly environment.

This blew Harvey away. Especially when he noticed that the inside of the
cab matched the outside.
Spotlessly clean!

As he slid behind the wheel, Wally said, 'Would you like a cup of
coffee? I have a thermos of regular and one of decaf.'

I said jokingly, 'No, I'd prefer a soft drink.'
Wally smiled and said, 'No problem. I have a cooler up front with
regular and Diet Coke, water and orange juice.'

Almost stuttering, Harvey said, 'I'll take a Diet Coke.'
Handing him his drink, Wally said, 'If you'd like something to read, I
have The Wall Street Journal, Time, Sports Illustrated and USA Today.'

As they were pulling away, Wally handed me another laminated card.
'These are the stations I get and the music they play, if you'd like to
listen to the radio.'

And as if that weren't enough, Wally told Harvey that he had the air
conditioning on and asked if the temperature was comfortable for him.
Then he advised Harvey of the best route to his destination for that
time of day. He also let him know that he'd be happy to chat and tell
him about some of the sights or, if Harvey preferred, to leave him with
his own thoughts.

'Tell me, Wally,' Harvey asked the driver, 'have you always served
customers like this?'

Wally smiled into the rear view mirror. 'No, not always. In fact, it's
only been in the last two years. My first five years driving, I spent
most of my time complaining like all the rest of the cabbies do. Then I
heard the personal growth guru, Wayne Dyer, on the radio one day.

He had just written a book called You'll See It When You Believe It.
Dyer said that if you get up in the morning expecting to have a bad day,
you'll rarely disappoint yourself. He said, 'Stop complaining!
Differentiate yourself from your competition. Don't be a duck. Be an
eagle. Ducks quack and complain.
Eagles soar above the crowd.''

'That hit me right between the eyes,' said Wally.
'Dyer was really talking about me. I was always quacking and
complaining, so I decided to change my attitude and become an eagle. I
looked around at the other cabs and their drivers. The cabs were dirty,
the drivers were unfriendly, and the customers were unhappy. So I
decided to make some changes. I put in a few at a time. When my
customers responded well, I did more.'

'I take it that has paid off for you,' Harvey said.

'It sure has,' Wally replied. 'My first year as an eagle, I doubled my
income from the previous year.
This year I'll probably quadruple it. You were lucky to get me today. I
don't sit at cabstands anymore. My customers call me for appointments on
my cell phone or leave a message on my answering machine. If I can't
pick them up myself, I get a reliable cabbie friend to do it and I take
a piece of the action.'

Wally was phenomenal. He was running a limo service out of a Yellow Cab.
I've probably told that story to more than fifty cab drivers over the
years, and only two took the idea and ran with it. Whenever I go to
their cities, I give them a call. The rest of the drivers quacked like
ducks and told me all the reasons they couldn't do any of what I was
suggesting.

Wally the Cab Driver made a different choice. He decided to stop
quacking like ducks and start soaring like eagles.

How about us?

Smile, and the whole world smiles with you.....


The ball is in our hands! The choice is ours!



Now the following was included at the bottom of the email and I felt it was worth adding by its self
it is a bible scripture that in a short paragraph says the same thing. So lets make the world a happier and brighter place. Do not believe me, put the recomendation of this story to use and see how much happier the world will be.


Galatians 6:7-10 ...God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The
one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap
destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will
reap eternal life. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the
proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up...let us do good
to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of
believers.


Ok lets see what happens to the world, go forth and make the wolrd a happy place for everyone.

Letter to the Editer of the Oxford Eagle

If you get the Oxford Eagle here in Mississippi which I hope some of you do, then sometime this week you will see a letter to the Editor from me that will be published. I could not get them nailed down to the exact date, but after two phone calls from them today, I believe that they are most likely going to publish this tomorrow or Friday. So those of you that get the Oxford Eagle keep an eye out for it. Or you can go here (if you can find it on this site let me know because I could not find any letters posted to the editor): http://www.oxfordeagle.com/index.html

It is about one of the videos from McCain, but if you do not get the Oxford Eagle and cant find it on their page I will be posting the letter here here. I am not posting it now because I want to see if they edit it or if they really publish it, you know how things can change in the news world. We'll just have to see huh? Either way I will give them the chance to publish it first, then I will publish the full letter here.

This is the first of letters several letters I have written them that they feel needed to be brought to the public attention. I have in the past written them a couple of letters on the handicapped issues in Oxford and how the city has treated those of us that are handicapped and one on how the mayor of the city only looks to the square. Well that has changed after a few other people have stepped up and started working with the city and someone got the DOJ involved and they are looking at the city and its handicapped issues and the sidewalks are being fixed and added as they should have been back in 1994 when the cities of this country under the ADA Act were told that all areas must be handicapped accessible by February 2000 to include the sidewalks and parking.The county is another area all together, and I will be writing the County Supervisor (My old boss) Johnny Morgan on this soon. I will be sending him several copies of the stuff that must be done to bring the county up to the ADA Act. Oh wait all of this is an entirely different posting.... me and my ranting huh?

To get back to the posting that I started to begin with. Sorry I know I go off on these tangents of other things, it is how my mind works in streams of stuff and I get routed to them before I complete my thought so sorry but that is me.

At any rate this letter being published excites me and to have it published by the local paper is one of the things that get these things into to the public eye and into their thoughts. I remember after I went before the city council that there were several people talking about it at the coffee shop that I would go to (that is no longer open) and I overheard them for days after discussing the fact that the city left me out back (at what is now called the "black door of city hall") for almost an hour even after I sent my son up to get them to come unlock the service entrance, which by the way is also the handicapped entrance to city hall. Even though that story does not state anything about me being left out side, someone at the City Council Meeting stated talking about it.

The story is here:http://media.www.thedmonline.com/media/storage/paper876/news/2001/01/25/News/Oxford.City.Council.Plans.To.Make.The.City.More.Handicapped.Accessible.Following-1578980.shtml

There were several handicapped people that tried to get it changed, but the city says the Oxford Historical Society stated "This building is a Historical Land Mark and can't be changed". So you see when you do things like write letters to the editor and go before the city council and it gets in the paper it gets the public thinking and talking. It is also a way of standing up for the rights of the people and our freedoms. The standing up for our rights of the people should be done by everyone every day. Then and only then would our government be forced to start doing the right thing for the people by the people, and this is a major issue in this country today.

I know I have said this before; it is true in my eyes that this should be done. It is time that our government returns to the state when it was afraid of the people. It is time that we the people get a bill written that forces our state and federal government to come to us the people to vote to get its raises, and if the people of the state feel that our senators and congressmen and women are not doing the job for the people by the people then they do not get a raise. If after three attempts to get a raise and they fail then they must step down at the end of their term and not be allowed to run and not get a so called retirement check every month even for one year in office.

This is happening to this day, after one year in office a senator, congressman or woman, and our president get a check every month. I wish every job had to do that don’t you? This bill would have to be of course forced onto the ballot for the people to vote on it. I believe that everyone that votes would agree with this, and look at how it would cut the budget of the government spending, with all those checks not going out to the former people of our government that never deserved them to start with.

I wrote this letter to the editor to help get a view to the public that I felt that the public should be aware of. Also I said at the beginning, the letter will be posted after it is published. Also I will still be posting my letter to Congressman Childers in a couple of days, nope I have not forgotten that either. I mailed that letter on Saturday so his office should have given it to him by now and I should be receiving a response from this letter soon.

Ok that is it for now everyone have a great day.

Losing it Because of the Cost of Living

Well it looks like I am going to be off the net for a while come the twenty eighth of this month.

With the ever changing price of gas causing the up climbing price of food, and necessary supplies and electric and water cost going up. This is becoming inevitable to everyone I guess.

Those of use that are barely making it are going to be in a really sad state in coming moths if our government does not do something to stop it. With the banks starting to fail, and the dollar drooping more and more, millions will be homeless and living on the streets in all the cities, just like in the thirties.

Even if those that have a job are not going to be able to afford the things they need like electric and water and food and the rent. If the banks keep failing then everything else will fail. The jobs, the companies, and the stores. If this happens then there will be no way to get food, cloths, and the other things we must have to survive.

You remember the photos and the news films of Russia while they were in their depression, we help bailed them out of their depression by giving them food and cloths. There is no country rich enough to help us out of our depression and we will be on our own. Which means our depression will last longer than any and we will become a third world country.

We have seen those pictures of the third world countries and places that the people are living in shanty towns this is what is going to happen again to America again, just like the thirties.

I will be going to places like the library at the Ole Miss Campus, and to the local coffee shops to check my email and to keep this blog running. This seems to be the only way I have to go right now. there is nothing I can do right now to prevent this. This just happens to the best of us at times.

Something has to go to try and keep food in the house and gas in the car to keep my wife working and I have to keep the phone to stay in contact with my doctor and to order my meds. So this is what I chose to go right now, but things change and we maybe able to make some other changes and get the net back we will have to see.

Those of you that email me and stay in contact via email keep emailing me I will be checking them as I can get to town.

Back to the Veterans Adminstration Denial

Well I am writing a letter to my Congressman for my denial of my disability, this is not by choice a three page letter. I wish I could cut it down to two pages so it is shorter and to the point. I had to make it three pages to get to the full issue and quote two laws that I found, and did not know that it existed. I also fund under title 38 part II chapter 11 subchapter II several other laws that every veteran should be aware of and read. It is my belief that every veteran should be made aware of these laws which gives them rights and Legal Course of Action to stand aginst the Veterans Adminstration and bring about their claim to their favor.

the laws I used are laws USC title code 38 part 2 chapter 11 sub chapter II Sub Section 1117 and 1118 (laws are here if you wish to read them, http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode38/usc_sec_38_00001117----000-notes.html then to get to 1118 click on next at the bottom of the page) these two laws state that the Jackson MS Veterans Administration Claims Office should have never denied me for my claim if I am reading these two laws correctly. These laws state and I quote

From TITLE 38 > PART II > CHAPTER 11 > SUBCHAPTER II > § 1117

(a)

(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term “qualifying chronic disability” means a chronic disability resulting from any of the
following (or any combination of any of the following):

(A) An undiagnosed illness.

(B) A medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness (such as chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, and
irritable bowel syndrome) that is defined by a cluster of signs or symptoms.

(C) Any diagnosed illness that the Secretary determines in regulations prescribed under subsection (d) warrants a
presumption of service-connection.


(e) A disability for which compensation under this subchapter is payable shall be considered to be service connected for
purposes of all other laws of the United States.

(f) For purposes of this section, the term “Persian Gulf veteran” means a veteran who served on active duty in the Armed
Forces in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War.

(g) For purposes of this section, signs or symptoms that may be a manifestation of an undiagnosed illness or a chronic
multisymptom illness include the following:

(1) Fatigue.

(2) Unexplained rashes or other dermatological signs or symptoms.

(3) Headache.

(4) Muscle pain.

(5) Joint pain.

(6) Neurological signs and symptoms.

(7) Neuropsychological signs or symptoms.

(8) Signs or symptoms involving the upper or lower respiratory system.

(9) Sleep disturbances.

(10) Gastrointestinal signs or symptoms.

(11) Cardiovascular signs or symptoms.

(12) Abnormal weight loss.

(13) Menstrual disorders.

From TITLE 38 > PART II > CHAPTER 11 > SUBCHAPTER II > § 1118

(a)

(1) For purposes of section 1110 of this title, and subject to section 1113 of this title, each illness, if any, described in
paragraph (2) shall be considered to have been incurred in or aggravated by service referred to in that paragraph,
notwithstanding that there is no record of evidence of such illness during the period of such service.

(2) An illness referred to in paragraph (1) is any diagnosed or undiagnosed illness that—

(A) the Secretary determines in regulations prescribed under this section to warrant a presumption of service
connection by reason of having a positive association with exposure to a biological, chemical, or other toxic agent,
environmental or wartime hazard, or preventive medicine or vaccine known or presumed to be associated with service
in the Armed Forces in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War; and

(B) becomes manifest within the period, if any, prescribed in such regulations in a veteran who served on active duty in
that theater of operations during that war and by reason of such service was exposed to such agent, hazard, or
medicine or vaccine.

(3) For purposes of this subsection, a veteran who served on active duty in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during
the Persian Gulf War and has an illness described in paragraph (2) shall be presumed to have been exposed by reason of
such service to the agent, hazard, or medicine or vaccine associated with the illness in the regulations prescribed under
this section unless there is conclusive evidence to establish that the veteran was not exposed to the agent, hazard, or
medicine or vaccine by reason of such service.

it is best for me explain best by copying and paste the sections of these laws. Then you see and understand where I am coming from with these laws. there is another law that states that will have to go back to the date of discharge no my discharge form (my DD214) that law is

TITLE 38 > PART II > CHAPTER 11 > SUBCHAPTER II > § 1110

§ 1110. Basic entitlement

For disability resulting from personal injury suffered or disease contracted in line of duty, or for aggravation of a preexisting
injury suffered or disease contracted in line of duty, in the active military, naval, or air service, during a period of war, the
United States will pay to any veteran thus disabled and who was discharged or released under conditions other than
dishonorable from the period of service in which said injury or disease was incurred, or preexisting injury or disease was
aggravated, compensation as provided in this subchapter, but no compensation shall be paid if the disability is a result of the
veteran’s own willful misconduct or abuse of alcohol or drugs.

So as you can see these laws help the Veteran in a case like mine or if any other Veteran is reading this and needs to get access to these law you can go to http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode38/usc_sup_01_38.html and start here and click on the Part I -VI that they need to help them,

So now back to the letter I am asing my congressman to step in as a Congressman Of the State of Mississippi and assist me in getting my disability, and I am asking him to do a full congressainal investagation of this office. This office needs a serious looking in to on how they are doing the things they are doing.

I will let you know the out come of the letter and I will post my letter at that time I want to be fair and let my Congressman have a chance to respond to my letter, and I will also post his responce too.

If any of you have any suggestions that may help or know if any other information that may help please coment in the coments sections.

Barack Obama and his fear for the Nation

Barack Obama is now saying that we the people should have to require all of our children to learn only Spanish as the foreign language in the schools of America.

To me this is a total outrage it should be up to the student and the parents of that student to choose which language that their child learns, and most parents allow their children to choose which language that they want to learn.

By forcing a child to learn only Spanish in school instead of giving a child a choice of which language he or she learns is setting our children up to fail, is this what school is about setting our children up to fail? (This is the fear card that Mr. Obama is playing, Learn spanish or fail.) Forcing them into only one choice of language? I do not believe that this is what school is about! I have a sixteen year old son that is being given a choice either Spanish, German (when a teacher is found), which they are looking hard for. Or so I am told by the principal, and remember this is the principal that I tried to put in jail for extortion, for holding my sons cell phone for profit. (This is another article if it happens again)

I see no reason for the government to be involved in our schools for languages except maybe forcing those students that their parents have choose to immigrate to America to learn English, and reqire the parents to learn english as well before allowing them to become citizens. If you were to immigrate to any other country to live you would be forced to learn the language and be forced to give up all citizenship of the country you came from. But not in America it should be law that if you immigrate, or come to America to work or to go to school you must learn the language like the other countries in the world. You should have to give up all aspects of the country which you came from.

Why is it that we the people do not stand up for our rights anymore? We the people should not be afraid of our government, our government should be afraid of its people! I am a firm believer that a bill should be put on the ballot for the people to vote on and pass that if the senators, congressmen, congresswomen and the President want a raise then it should be put before the people. It should be like this, when our government wants a raise they should have to go back to their states and request a vote for a pay raise. If the people of their state feel that the job they are doing does not deserve a raise then they do not get a raise. If they fail to get a raise after three attempts then they should not be allowed to run for office any longer. This should be done at a state level as well. As for our President it should be put before every state to vote on and if it is decided that the President does not deserve a raise then the president should not be allowed to run in the next election. This would force the people we call our government to do right by its people and not for big businesses as in the past. Back to the issue I started with, I will cover this paragraph in an article latter.

In Obama’s speech he says that the people that immigrate to the United States will learn English. Well Mr. Obama if this is the case then why it is we have signs, forms and instruction, and even require our packaging to include other languages? Is it not because these immigrates are not learning English to begin with? We are providing for them with their own stations on satellite and cable. Giving them the option in TVs for SAP (Spanish as second programming), giving them choices on the phone by forcing us the American English speaking to have to press one, and in every other aspect of America just so that they do not have to learn English. Wake up Mr. Obama you are wrong to this fact that immigrates are not and let me stress that ARE NOT LEARNING ENGLISH. They are not, because we cater to them and this needs to stop.

Where are you going to take us Mr. Obama if you are elected? When you say in your speech that “we must force our kids to learn Spanish” makes me believe that you will continue to sell out our nation like our current President. What is wrong with you? Are you not an American or are you one of these people that believe in the new world order, and just by this speech alone I have come to the belief that you are one that will continue to try to force our nation into the SPP and into a North American Union. Wake up Mr. Obama the people of America, and Canada, do not want a North American Union or the SPP.

This article is written in my opinion of the speech that Obama did in Powder Springs, GA on English as the official language, and he is going down the wrong road for the people of our nation. Do you agree? Before you answer that watch the video of the speech yourself http://www.youtube.com/v/g6gfcAe3-as&hl=en&fs=1 then be afraid very, very afraid for allowing this one term senator to become our president. After you watch the video come back and tell me. Do you agree? in the comments section.

Hancock the Movie

I went to the Hancock movie tonight. This is not one the better of Will Smith's movies that he has done. It is an ok movie, with a lot of slowness in it. I do not recommend seeing it for the cost of a theater ticket, and I would have waited for it to come out on DVD to see it if I had known it was not going to be a great movie.

This movie goes to the side like the movie Wild Wild West. I expected a lot more from this movie, after all it is Will Smith. We all know his movies like Men in Black 1 and 2 or I Robot which were all fast paced sit on the edge of your seat movies. This is not one of those movies.

This is one of those movies that you would see if there is nothing else worth seeing. Guess I should have went and seen Wall-e, a safe children/adult movie that maybe better than Hancock I can not really say until I see it.

So if you go see Hancock just be warned that it is a slow paced movie that my just put you to sleep until the last half hour of the movie.

If you have seen this movie tell me what you think. Did you like it and why? did you not like it and why?

The Vetrans Adminastration Denies

I got a letter from the V.A. the other day (it is why I have not updated my blog) and it upset me profusely. They denied my claim because my U.S. Army Records are not available to them, they even called me a few weeks ago asking me if I had my records. I explained to them that I do not have my records and every time I requested them that they V.A. Department of Records in St. Louis MO. does not have them.

I have even talked to the folks in St. Louis on the phone and they told me on the phone they show that they received them, but have no idea what happened to my records, that was the first time I talk to them in 2000 and then in 03 I talked to them again after requesting then again for the 5th time and was told by the man that answered that they were burnt in the fire that burnt almost all the records in 1992 but I have never been able to prove that there even was a fire in 92.

I do not understand how an organization like the V.A. could lose both of a persons files, the personnel (201) file and medical file. How it is possible that two separate files be lost that are suppose to be stored in two different parts of a building, one file I can understand but both?

The 201 file is suppose to be stored and under control of one group of people and the Medical records are suppose to be stored in another part of the building. All of this is suppose to be done by your social security number. In this day and age though these records are also suppose to be on a computer disk and micro fiche some where else. Iron Mountain is suppose to have a section in their cave (yes it is actually a cave) that they store copies of these records as well, and there is suppose to be a copy at the Pentagon, of which I have yet to get a response from the Pentagon. The Iron Mountain office tells me that there is no such area in their cave that they store military records. Because I wrote to Iron Mountain to find out to whom I could contact to try and find a copy of my records.

As of the date of this writing I am one of a few thousand veterans that was not able to get a copy of their records and are being told that their records no longer exist or are lost. What I am to do now is to try again to back track my records from the last known place of existence and see if I can find record that they were ever shipped to the St. Louis office to begin with, and if not then I am going to have to trace them threw the last Army base I served at. Which I have tried to do before but this time I will only talk to the officers in charge.

If you have any other suggestion or served with me in the Army At Coleman Barricks or Turley Barricks in Mannheim Germany, or at Fort Lewis Washington then let me know threw the comments section.

The Comments Section is now a discussion area

I have check the comments section every time I come to my blog, so far I have had only one comment to my blog. This is the section to let me know how I am doing on my post and the content so please feel free to let me know what you think of the post and please be honest, the more honest the better.

I only ask that you not use this area for spam. I will delete the spam only, the rest is open game for you to talk among your selves about my posting or about other topics. I will be reading these every time I come to my blog. If you liked something I said let me know, if you did not like it let me know, if I am to harsh or to light on a topic let me know. If you just want to say something to me, let me see it.

Also you do not need to be registered to use the comments section I set it so that anyone can leave a comment anonymous or Google account holder. So comment away, the more the better. Who knows I may even list you in the blog it's self, because your comment may have sparked an interest that may be worthy to bring to the masses that are reading my blog.

That is it for today so hit the comments section button and lets have some fun.

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Ads Added To My Blog and Errors in my blog

Ok everyone As of today I joined the Google AdSense program which means that for every ad that you click on I will earn money. I did this so that I could make a little extra money. So on the days that your broad and need something to do come to my blog and click on the ads and help my family and I make some money Your support of this will help me make some money to off set the lower income that my family and I have. So the more you click the more I'll make. As soon as they get this up and running it will appear on my blog below the posts, so please, please, click away when you see the ads This does not mean you have to buy anything, all you have to do is click, click, and keep on clicking. Also thought I figure out haw to get my line breaks to work in the blog editor/creator so I would have paragraphs that are separated by a blank line, this is an issue I have been working and reading up on to make my blog easier to read I hope that all is well with my friends and all that read my blog. May God find and keep each and every one of you in grace

The Loss of a Great Comedian

Today is my birthday and it started out very well but then I heard of the passing of my greatest idol, which over shadowed it and sadden me, the loss of the man that got me in trouble when I was a kid during one of my moms Tupperware parties. I will never forget the day I was in my room listening to George Carlin's newest album, (yes it was a record not a CD, wish I still had them) after words I came out and asked my mom a question a smart assed one, and she told me she would wash my mouth out with soap, I quoted Mr Carlin from the album I just heard and said "I'll blow bubbles out my ass!" and she smacked my mouth in front of God and all. George Carlin you will be missed by all of your fan, and I will pray for your family that they find the peace from their loss of your love and companion ship, you were the one that made me laugh every time I saw or heard your comedy even if I had heard it over and over. I will miss your live comedy on TV and in concert you helped me laugh at the world and at my self, and taught me that life is meant to be fun and if you cant have fun then why do it. You made Millions laugh.

My New Blog and Its Reason and Uses

Ok so you have come to Floatingeagle's Rants & Raves Blog just to see if he has something worth saying, well that is up to the reader and the readers interest to the subject matter.

For the record Floatingeagle is allowed to rant or rave about what he sees fit, freedom of speech sees to that, so does the American Constitution, along with freedom of the press. Floatingeagle believes that a blog falls under both areas because one it is published material and two because it is his personal thoughts made public for the world to see.

There will be times that Floatingeagle will post just his poetry for the world to read. Please be aware that when this is the case the poem(s) that are published on this blog are copy righted to the author of the material, and can only be used with the express written permission of the writer. If you would like to use any comments or photos (if applicable) on this site please ask, Floatingeagle is a reasonable person and most of the time will allow the use of his printed material. So enjoy his rants and raves about anything and everything in the world.