I have watched this struggle for healthcare reform as it has taken a turn for the worse by allowing the healthcare industries a “seat at the table”. They should of lost that privilege a long time ago when they decided to start ripping off the American people instead of saving their lives.
I have watched as Republicans told lie after lie about “death camps”, “how reform would kill Grandma”, and “how reform means government is going to take over”. This disgusting rhetoric does nothing but hurt our Country as people lose faith that the Senate and Congress do not care about anything or anybody who is not lining their checkbooks with gold trim.
I want to thank Rep. Alan Grayson for standing up for the American people and refusing to apologize to the Republicans who have spent the whole year spilling nothing but hate speech in the House of Representatives. If more Democrats acted like Grayson we might actually be able to get some real reform, but reform without a public option (a real public option) not an optional footnote that is there to make the public feel like they will get reform, is not the reform America needs.
Democrats have managed to take their majority and hand it over to the very people standing in the way. Obama has managed to take his high poll numbers and even with the majority of the people behind him, including people that have lost loved ones due to the healthcare industries greed, and turn his back on them and everyone else that believed his heart was in the right place even if he did come right out of Wallstreet. We believed he would change this Nation for the better. Then, like some horrible reminder of the previous administration, he leaves our boys fighting in Iraq, begins a new war fighting in Afghanistan, and takes on healthcare reform as a distraction.
In the fight over healthcare, he has refused to take a stand for the public option from the very beginning, he has allowed the greedy healthcare industries a “seat at the table” to discuss reform that none of them have any interest in, and denied our trusted neighborhood doctors entry to a meeting held at the White House with hand picked doctors because they had different views then the status quo on what could really help change our healthcare in this Country for the better. Obama must assume that the people would not be watching, or that we would not care, and that none of his decisions would affect his high approval ratings in the future or his re-election. He is wrong!
All of you who are in power right now, the ones who make good money to solve Americas problems, the ones who are considered, for now, the brains we need on the hill to solve Americas wars, healthcare, economy, lack of jobs, and our horrible education numbers you had better do more than what we have seen in the past year up there or your gonna be voted out so fast you will not know what hit you and you can take that to your favorite hand picked bank (Paulson). We are paying attention. We want and have wanted real change in this country (Obama), and we will not be scared by your fear and lies of empty rhetoric (Limbaugh).
All stories that are factual and sourced will often come down to black or white, true or false, right or wrong, I include personal opinions about where these stories fall in that spectrum and allow humor whenever possible to lighten the topics. Goto @twiggles4u for more.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Friday, August 7, 2009
Freedom and Democracy in America
The United States is one of the strongest advocates of human rights and is a symbol of individual freedom to the rest of the world. Living in America means having the advantage of personal freedom and sharing the same promise of the American dream. Freedom to be and believe in everything or nothing can be a blessing or a curse, but the point is that everyone has the power to create their own destiny. They can become whomever and whatever they set their minds to become. The American dream can be thought of as the gold at the end of the rainbow. The United States has been voicing its beliefs loudly at home and to the international community that America offers all people safe haven and with that the potential for obtaining unlimited wealth and opportunity.
Citizens of America are guaranteed human rights at birth. The right to choose is a powerful thing. Sometimes Americans may not realize this advantage until much later in life. This is either because of a lack of education (free but not mandatory) or maybe because they are spoiled with arrogance. Sometimes the only way to really appreciate something is to be deprived of it. People that live somewhere that does not believe in human rights for its citizens often relocate their entire family to America in a search for freedom. Freedom from being suppressed, or from being forced to live in poverty and oppression. Many countries will not tolerate civil unrest and routinely imprison citizens that speak out against its laws Prisoners are tortured and sometimes killed instantly for committing acts that are considered simply “peaceful protest”.
The Bill of Rights was ratified in 1791, three years after the Constitution of the United States was ratified. This is probably the most important addition included in the Constitution as it guarantees the people of the United States a true democracy. An individuals right to life, liberty, justice and the pursuit of happiness is spelled out in a group of ten amendments labeled the Bill of Rights and is included thereafter with the United States Constitution. Many other countries that had similar philosophies found it necessary to include the Bill of Rights or portions thereof for their own constitutions to guarantee their citizens human rights.
The Statue of Liberty was given to the United States as a gift from France to symbolize our friendship and welcoming our new democracy and the universal appeal of freedom and liberty . Wikipedia includes information about the bronze plaque in the pedestal noting that it is inscribed with the sonnet “The New Colossus” by Emma Lazareth. They tell us that although it was never engraved on the exterior of the pedestal the sonnet reads,
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
Citizens of America are guaranteed human rights at birth. The right to choose is a powerful thing. Sometimes Americans may not realize this advantage until much later in life. This is either because of a lack of education (free but not mandatory) or maybe because they are spoiled with arrogance. Sometimes the only way to really appreciate something is to be deprived of it. People that live somewhere that does not believe in human rights for its citizens often relocate their entire family to America in a search for freedom. Freedom from being suppressed, or from being forced to live in poverty and oppression. Many countries will not tolerate civil unrest and routinely imprison citizens that speak out against its laws Prisoners are tortured and sometimes killed instantly for committing acts that are considered simply “peaceful protest”.
The Bill of Rights was ratified in 1791, three years after the Constitution of the United States was ratified. This is probably the most important addition included in the Constitution as it guarantees the people of the United States a true democracy. An individuals right to life, liberty, justice and the pursuit of happiness is spelled out in a group of ten amendments labeled the Bill of Rights and is included thereafter with the United States Constitution. Many other countries that had similar philosophies found it necessary to include the Bill of Rights or portions thereof for their own constitutions to guarantee their citizens human rights.
The Statue of Liberty was given to the United States as a gift from France to symbolize our friendship and welcoming our new democracy and the universal appeal of freedom and liberty . Wikipedia includes information about the bronze plaque in the pedestal noting that it is inscribed with the sonnet “The New Colossus” by Emma Lazareth. They tell us that although it was never engraved on the exterior of the pedestal the sonnet reads,
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
Obama Jam
I'm bout to watch Countdown, cuz Kieth really gets down on the G.O.P. He pounds the republicans down for free. I now found it's the only news for me. Palin's talkin non-sense in her pantyhose. It's like she just brings in all the true psychos. Then she crumbles and stumbles throwin words in the air. It never matters how they come out cuz the sense ain't there. And she ain't sayin anything we understand, she's never planned for much of anything but takes a stand for anything that plays to the republican base. You know the type, the ones who always bring up race. Doesn't matter if your name is Sotomayor or Obama, whatever keeps our paper full of Jackson drama may keep the base from playin all this racist-rama.
If Palin wasn't bad enough, there's Joe the Plumber. Hey. No way, this one they say is even dumber. Is McCain insane? Is this a joke? I'm afraid not. Sarah was starting to choke. The G.O.P told the media to change the topic but anything about Obama, no one had to stop it. The profits from Ms. Palin just kept pourin in but it still seemed that Couric helped Obama win.
You remember Bush? He claimed he was “the decider” but Obama just claimed to be a true outsider. He said, “No Washington is in my bones!” Now we've got a president that Wall street owns! He said there will be no lobbyists like before, no more keepin secrets, and I'll stop the war. I'll get our boys home from the war in Iraq! First he sent the boys home, then he wanted them back. He moved all our soldiers to Afghanistan, now the war begins in Iran or Pakistan. The people said, “Don't worry, Obama
just got in!” This wont become a war we really have to win.
Obama ain't following his own campaign. Those were lies he told only til they picked his name. He doesn't care now what he promised cuz his house is white. Ain't that right, Koby? What do you think Madonna? You know who I am? My names Barack, Barack Barack Obama!
What do you people want? Health-Care. That's fair. I cant talk about economy. We will give the public option to the elderly, while the private firms will learn they get the best for free. The private options are divided without sickness planned. While expenses are just taxes on the citizen. The middle class just wipe their ass with sand and grit. Then strive to stay alive, by begging government.
Obama does not need to get the health-plan right. He's got other shit to do so pass this bill tonight! He says he's writing a new bill or resolution. Maybe Bush was right about this Constitution! I've decided that no war crimes are prosecuted, no pix released and the info stays diluted. Then refute it, if someone brings a lawsuit in. No freedom of information is allowed again. I don't need to keep my promises of transparency. All that matters is what I let the people see. So, who cares if my actions are causing so much drama. You know who I am? My names Barack, Barack, Barack Hussein Obama.
Bush may have been the decider, but I'm superman. The people said, “You can't be that!” He said,”Yes, I can!” The world screamed, “We could have truly helped Ron Paul win“ Can Obama start a new war in Afghanistan? He said, I am Obama and mama yes I can!
Look here move it Lucy Lou, you too Madonna. My names Barack, Barack, Hussein Obama!
If Palin wasn't bad enough, there's Joe the Plumber. Hey. No way, this one they say is even dumber. Is McCain insane? Is this a joke? I'm afraid not. Sarah was starting to choke. The G.O.P told the media to change the topic but anything about Obama, no one had to stop it. The profits from Ms. Palin just kept pourin in but it still seemed that Couric helped Obama win.
You remember Bush? He claimed he was “the decider” but Obama just claimed to be a true outsider. He said, “No Washington is in my bones!” Now we've got a president that Wall street owns! He said there will be no lobbyists like before, no more keepin secrets, and I'll stop the war. I'll get our boys home from the war in Iraq! First he sent the boys home, then he wanted them back. He moved all our soldiers to Afghanistan, now the war begins in Iran or Pakistan. The people said, “Don't worry, Obama
just got in!” This wont become a war we really have to win.
Obama ain't following his own campaign. Those were lies he told only til they picked his name. He doesn't care now what he promised cuz his house is white. Ain't that right, Koby? What do you think Madonna? You know who I am? My names Barack, Barack Barack Obama!
What do you people want? Health-Care. That's fair. I cant talk about economy. We will give the public option to the elderly, while the private firms will learn they get the best for free. The private options are divided without sickness planned. While expenses are just taxes on the citizen. The middle class just wipe their ass with sand and grit. Then strive to stay alive, by begging government.
Obama does not need to get the health-plan right. He's got other shit to do so pass this bill tonight! He says he's writing a new bill or resolution. Maybe Bush was right about this Constitution! I've decided that no war crimes are prosecuted, no pix released and the info stays diluted. Then refute it, if someone brings a lawsuit in. No freedom of information is allowed again. I don't need to keep my promises of transparency. All that matters is what I let the people see. So, who cares if my actions are causing so much drama. You know who I am? My names Barack, Barack, Barack Hussein Obama.
Bush may have been the decider, but I'm superman. The people said, “You can't be that!” He said,”Yes, I can!” The world screamed, “We could have truly helped Ron Paul win“ Can Obama start a new war in Afghanistan? He said, I am Obama and mama yes I can!
Look here move it Lucy Lou, you too Madonna. My names Barack, Barack, Hussein Obama!
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Google Adsense
Google
Adsense
is an extremely useful free tool that helps direct target specific
traffic to your website in order to generate revenue. The
modification settings that users can access are what sets it apart
from any other traffic generator.
Adsense
offers a wide range of settings that all users can access in order to
streamline results and assure that the ads are effective. For
example, users can allow or restrict access to certain sites and even
include passwords for sites that may otherwise be restricted.
The competitive ad filters can be
created for each site individually. Ads can be targeted to content
specific websites or allowed to filter from ads on your search
results pages. You can improve your ad performance by creating
custom channels which allow you to narrow the search results to
specific websites or topics of your choice.
Adsense
is useful to everyone who is serious about generating revenue and
tracking the results.
It does not take a website guru to use
Adsense
effectively. The get ads or manage ads links include a wizard that
walks you through everything step by step. This allows you to
customize the look and feel of your ads. You can modify the color,
size and even the format of your ads along with font types and sizes.
When your done making all your modifications just click on the
preview link to assure everything looks the way you intended.
Adsense
will generate the code for you to copy and paste to the web page of
your choice.
Tracking the ads performance is the
best feature
Adsense
offers. It is so easy to see which ads are working for you and even
offers ways to determine what has made your ads so successful or what
changes are necessary to improve your performance. They even include
report templates for advanced users that may need to see results from
several different websites. Some of the more advanced uses are
Adsense
for Domains and
Adsense
for Feeds. For more information about these features there are
several choices to choose from. You can browse the Google help pages
for the
tutorials
or read the latest news and tips by signing up for the
Adsense Blog
. There are even
Webinars
,
which are presentations given online about various topics, that may
focus on areas of interest to you. One thing is for certain, Finally,
there are also the
Adsense Forums
that can be accessed anytime.
Google Ads makes sense for everyone.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Blogger:The best Google application around
One of the best applications on Google is Blogger, a completely free blogging application. Several key differences make this blogging site far superior than the competition. Ad sense is one of the many exclusive extras that it offers as a way for you to generate revenue on your blog and it is included absolutely free. You can customize the ads you want to run that will only advertise products related to your blog or leave the ads off completely. You can even customize your own search bar that is offered from ad sense as an optional revenue generator.
Actually, Blogger is very customizable. Most blogs only allow you to change the layout and colors, but Blogger allows much more. You can simply upload a logo to be used at the top of every page, or you can customize the HTML template to load with every new post to create a custom look and feel for your blog. This is helpful if you want to include a common creative license with your posts. The best customization for Blogger is what you can do with the layout and page elements. Here you can actually include gadgets that range from your own customized Perl or JavaScript to a video blog. You can upload pictures, add followers, newsreels, subscription links, polls or even a slide show.
I have never had a blog that allowed me so much variability and personalization. Your pictures can be streamlined throughout your blog as many times as you need. Some blogs only allow one photo per post. You can even import and export your blog with the blog tools they offer. You can archive parts of your blog that are outdated, if necessary and then include a blog list as one of the gadgets I mentioned earlier. Blogging has never been this much fun. For those of you who have many blogging sites adding your followers and site list is no problem here.
The advanced mode offers a post feed redirect URL or a post feed footer. You can also add notifications to your email or mobile device. Finally, adding other authors is no problem, so work calenders that change frequently are a breeze on this blog. There are so many unique additions it is impossible to list them all here, but do yourself a favor if you have some time and you like to blog then check out www.blogger.com. I promise you will not regret it.
Actually, Blogger is very customizable. Most blogs only allow you to change the layout and colors, but Blogger allows much more. You can simply upload a logo to be used at the top of every page, or you can customize the HTML template to load with every new post to create a custom look and feel for your blog. This is helpful if you want to include a common creative license with your posts. The best customization for Blogger is what you can do with the layout and page elements. Here you can actually include gadgets that range from your own customized Perl or JavaScript to a video blog. You can upload pictures, add followers, newsreels, subscription links, polls or even a slide show.
I have never had a blog that allowed me so much variability and personalization. Your pictures can be streamlined throughout your blog as many times as you need. Some blogs only allow one photo per post. You can even import and export your blog with the blog tools they offer. You can archive parts of your blog that are outdated, if necessary and then include a blog list as one of the gadgets I mentioned earlier. Blogging has never been this much fun. For those of you who have many blogging sites adding your followers and site list is no problem here.
The advanced mode offers a post feed redirect URL or a post feed footer. You can also add notifications to your email or mobile device. Finally, adding other authors is no problem, so work calenders that change frequently are a breeze on this blog. There are so many unique additions it is impossible to list them all here, but do yourself a favor if you have some time and you like to blog then check out www.blogger.com. I promise you will not regret it.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
A call to Obama- Lost Hope
I cannot believe in your promises any longer. The passing of the cap and trade laws in the house you have called a victory. A victory for who? We don't even know that the C02 emissions are a problem and in fact more scientists are coming forward now to say there is no proof it is the cause of global warming. The real problem is the industrialization taking place in the rainforests all over the world. “Clear cuts” is a term used by our paper industry that use equipment to flatten entire rainforests and remove trees that are as thick as a car is wide and as long as a skyscraper is tall. Activists that are willing to place their bodies in harms way to stop the trucks from reaching their destination are met by police officers that are only there to help enforce the industries right to destroy our homelands yet not to enforce our right to fight them with non-violent protest.
It does not take a Harvard or Yale degree to figure out that a civilization must be able to survive on renewable resources or it is not going to be a civilization very long. Common sense should tell us that we cannot live on a dying planet, nor that we would want to. What we really need is to control the population and stop allowing women unlimited birth rights. What about everyone else s right to live on a green planet with enough oxygen to breath, and enough resources to survive. The problem is not controlling the oil, the problem is learning how to survive on the planet without the need for oil because it is a finite resource. I think even a first grader could understand the concept that oil will not last forever and that when the oil is gone we are left with a planet full of junk cars that are no use to anyone and just another ugliness created by our industries greed. If you are gonna take over the car industry, please tell us that you will no longer be manufacturing cars that run on gas and oil. You would cause the people to swell up in agreement and give them new hope that you finally seek the changes that we must begin believing in. Changes that represent an entirely new way of life. GM and FORD CEO's have known for years that the people have begun to feel guilty buying cars that do not conform and represent the coming of a new age. We hold them responsible for not making changes that society at large has already made. However, if you fail to make the changes now I do not see the people believing America has a future worth saving. Take away the hope of a better future and America may not ever recover from the economic disaster she is facing today. Give America a whisper of hope and she will sustain and duplicate the beauty from within until the entire planet feels her wrath.
The ridiculous bill fighting C02 is a joke when nothing is being done to even slow down the removal of trees that provide the Oxygen we need to breath. We can see the destruction of rainforests and the devastating deserted wasteland that takes its place. Yet the bill you fight for is one that does not show us anything. No new growth even occurs on the land destroyed and thousands of wildlife species disappear as a consequence. How can we say we care about the planet? We do not even care about the consequences of destroying the beauty and necessity of our wonderful rainforests. Prove to us that you understand we do not need to be perfecting the art of destruction. We have that talent figured out already. Show the world we can build a future that represents a world worth fighting for, worth living in. Show us a new vision of the future that holds the industry accountable and stop taxing the American people for the mistakes made on Wall street. You are starting to look like you were always in Wall streets pocket from day one. You have given in to all of their requests and held no one accountable for anything in the previous administration. Not even torture. So now they kick back in their mansions of gold while we are left paying the bills with our monopoly money collected from cigarette tax, cap and trade scams and more bail-outs then anyone cares to remember.
What is saddest of all is that the people of the world put their faith in the promise of you, Obama. You have been letting everyone down that believed in you. You have caved in to the big Wall street bankers and sold our country out like everyone else when what we really needed was a man with conviction. You cannot convince us that you did not understand as your level of intelligence suggests that you did understand and yet you still chose to let the lobbyists continue to dictate how the world should be even knowing that the world will become a very ugly place if they continue to get their way. The worst part of it all is that you are not even trying to be the man we all believed you could be. We wanted to see CHANGE. The only thing you have changed is our minds about you, about our government and our beliefs that you could actually make a difference.
It does not take a Harvard or Yale degree to figure out that a civilization must be able to survive on renewable resources or it is not going to be a civilization very long. Common sense should tell us that we cannot live on a dying planet, nor that we would want to. What we really need is to control the population and stop allowing women unlimited birth rights. What about everyone else s right to live on a green planet with enough oxygen to breath, and enough resources to survive. The problem is not controlling the oil, the problem is learning how to survive on the planet without the need for oil because it is a finite resource. I think even a first grader could understand the concept that oil will not last forever and that when the oil is gone we are left with a planet full of junk cars that are no use to anyone and just another ugliness created by our industries greed. If you are gonna take over the car industry, please tell us that you will no longer be manufacturing cars that run on gas and oil. You would cause the people to swell up in agreement and give them new hope that you finally seek the changes that we must begin believing in. Changes that represent an entirely new way of life. GM and FORD CEO's have known for years that the people have begun to feel guilty buying cars that do not conform and represent the coming of a new age. We hold them responsible for not making changes that society at large has already made. However, if you fail to make the changes now I do not see the people believing America has a future worth saving. Take away the hope of a better future and America may not ever recover from the economic disaster she is facing today. Give America a whisper of hope and she will sustain and duplicate the beauty from within until the entire planet feels her wrath.
The ridiculous bill fighting C02 is a joke when nothing is being done to even slow down the removal of trees that provide the Oxygen we need to breath. We can see the destruction of rainforests and the devastating deserted wasteland that takes its place. Yet the bill you fight for is one that does not show us anything. No new growth even occurs on the land destroyed and thousands of wildlife species disappear as a consequence. How can we say we care about the planet? We do not even care about the consequences of destroying the beauty and necessity of our wonderful rainforests. Prove to us that you understand we do not need to be perfecting the art of destruction. We have that talent figured out already. Show the world we can build a future that represents a world worth fighting for, worth living in. Show us a new vision of the future that holds the industry accountable and stop taxing the American people for the mistakes made on Wall street. You are starting to look like you were always in Wall streets pocket from day one. You have given in to all of their requests and held no one accountable for anything in the previous administration. Not even torture. So now they kick back in their mansions of gold while we are left paying the bills with our monopoly money collected from cigarette tax, cap and trade scams and more bail-outs then anyone cares to remember.
What is saddest of all is that the people of the world put their faith in the promise of you, Obama. You have been letting everyone down that believed in you. You have caved in to the big Wall street bankers and sold our country out like everyone else when what we really needed was a man with conviction. You cannot convince us that you did not understand as your level of intelligence suggests that you did understand and yet you still chose to let the lobbyists continue to dictate how the world should be even knowing that the world will become a very ugly place if they continue to get their way. The worst part of it all is that you are not even trying to be the man we all believed you could be. We wanted to see CHANGE. The only thing you have changed is our minds about you, about our government and our beliefs that you could actually make a difference.
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